Confused?

I meant Supernatural the series la. Not as in real ghosts, demons and the supernatural. Much as I have had experiences in such things, I don’t feel at all inclined to blog about it. But if it’s about Sam and Dean Winchester. Woooo….

Heck. I know I am married and a mother. But I am not blind, man.  Now that I’m on Season Four, I think I prefer watching Dean and his swagger and his cheeky grin. But then I simply love the deep timbre of Sam’s voice. Ahhh… Now, that’s what you call fodder for some tired sore eyes and ears.

Oh, what about the scary demons and ghosts and whatever they go around hunting?

Ceh. Who’s scared of those special effects anyway? I find them mildly amusing at most. And at other times, I’d say Supernatural is more like a Sitcom than a horror series.

I mean the way they splash ‘holy’ water on people is funny. Especially when the people they splashed on are not demons. Or how Dean always ask Sam this question ‘How gay can you be?’ and are always making snide gay remarks about Sam.

And I’ll always remember the time they poked fun at Ghost Whisperer with Dean asking Sam ‘Are you trying to pull a Jennifer Love Hewitt there’ or something along that lines. I have watched the Ghost Whisperer series and it is way, way, WAY lamer than Supernatural.

I mean it already takes a lot to swallow the whole ridiculous salt, Holy Water, some latin chant and iron against demon thing but talking to ghosts to make them go away? Yeah. Right. Say, a robber came to your house to rob you. Can you talk the robber out of doing it by telling him you will help him solve his problems? Right.

Not that the way the brothers go about ‘killing’ demons and ghosts are any more logical. I mean aren’t ghosts already dead? So how do you actually kill something that are already dead? As for demons, it turns out they are also ghosts who have been to hell and escaped (according to the series la!). So, that means they are already dead too. And again, how can you kill something that’s dead? Now, if they are talking about sending them back to hell, I guess, I’ll still accept it…pretty much like Constantine.

Anyway, as lame as it is, I still like the humour and the two eye candy that goes with the series. What can I say? They are definitely preferable to the Charmed girls. Hey, I am no lesbian so I don’t go around salivating over hot nubile female actresses in lame movies.

But then I guess that’s the whole point of supernatural series like this. Nothing is logical and nothing makes sense. That’s what we all call fiction. And I sure do love fictional movies and series, especially with wonderful rippling muscles and damn delicious hunks to salivate at….

So, if you LOVE hunks, go feast your eyes on the Winchester brothers in Supernatural. If you prefer boobs, go watch Ghost Whisperer or Charmed reruns. If you prefer boobs and rippling muscles, you are one sicko but don’t worry…you can watch Heroes they have plenty of rippling muscles, boobs with even some geeks thrown in.

Who cares about the lame story line anyway, eh?

I was hooked the moment I realised it was not a horror movie. It was more than a mere fantasy movie (which originated from a graphic novel by Alan Moore) set in the future where the threat of bird flu and worldwide terrorism is very real. It was a really meaningful and great movie! And the dialogue and phrases are good too.

The ‘hero’ of the movie who calls himself ‘V’ is treated like a terrorist by the government as he made his existence known by bombing a public building and then going around killing individuals from the government. At first it seemed like he was out to kill all the government’s people but then later, it was revealed that he was killing those who have wronged him.

Anyway, what I find most fascinating about this show is that it reminds me too much about the state of affairs of our federal government. There were too many similarities and though not as extreme as the government in the movie, ours is heading that way. Just take this quote for example:

From V for Vendetta:

Words will always retain their power.

Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.

And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?

Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.

How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

It touches a familiar chord and it certainly rang true. And yes, how did the tyranny of Umno and BN happen? Well, aren’t we, the voters, the ones who turned them into the monsters they are today by voting for them year in year out for the past five decades? I especially find the phrase which is in bold fits very well with our government and their beloved ISA.

Other wonderful quotes from the movie:

That the world needs more than just a building right now. It needs hope.

Yes, hope shall keep us all alive but we sure do lack hope…And this quote is what Makkal Sakthi is all about:

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

The movie has quite a lot of wonderful quotes. If I was to rate this movie, I’d give it 8/10 at the very least.

I watched this movie (cartoon) when I was very small and I remember that I even have a video tape of this show. I had a copy of the ebook too but somehow it got lost when I formatted my PC!

What I love most about this show is the touching moments and the scores. This particular haunting theme song for the show has remained in my memories.

The story is about the last unicorn, Amalthea, who starts a journey to search for others like her. In her journey she was captured by a witch but was later rescued by a young magician who then travels with her.

Then along come Prince Lir, and as the enemy, the Red Bull, detects Amalthea and threatens to capture her too, the magician turned her into human. The group then continue with their quest to search for the other unicorns who were under captive of the Red Bull.

As with all romances, Prince Lir and Amalthea fell in love. However, the ending is not the conventional ending as it is both a happy and sad ending.

They found the other unicorns and released them but Amalthea was transformed back into a unicorn. The love between her and Prince Lir was not meant to be after all.

The movie is based on The Last Unicorn book by Peter S. Beagle. It was adapted into an animated film in 1982.

Rating: 9/10 (call me a romantic but I still love it as ever before!)

Now, it is very difficult to get copies of this movie except through Ebay or Amazon. It is the same with the book.

Sigh, they just don’t make much movies / write books like these anymore.

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