Hard Candy

Bit creepy movie, this one. That was the kind of movie that you find in TV when you´ve got nothing to do, and you don´t expect much of it, but, later, you find it awesome.


Made in: 2006
Directed by: David Slade
Cast: Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson, Odessa Rae, Sandra Oh
Synopsis: A fourteen-year girl (Ellen Page) agree to meet his online friend at the first time in a café. The friend shows to be Jeff Kholver, a 32 years photographer (Patrick Wilson). After some chatting, John takes the girl, Hayley, to his house. There she sees the young girls picture he has on the walls; Hayley, appearing to be intoxicated, suggests him to take some pictures of her. He passes out, and wakes up tied in a chair; the girl starts to accuse him of old crimes and child molesting; after some time, she sows to be an dangerous psycho. Thriller.

Well, what to say? It´s a very good movie. It´s not scary, but it has psychological thriller, what is very nice. The girl is a very good actress, although it has odd scenes like a homemade surgery (ops!). I don´t know if it´s famous, but had never heard about it before...
It´s a nice movie, but it´s more adult, so, kids, leave the room! My score is 7,5. Watch it! Look at some scenes of the movie:

It´s me, Mario! - Part 2

After rockin´ hard in the oldschool arcade games, Mario starred in the Mushroom Kingdom, found in a state of despair, caused by King Koopa (Bowser). This was the game Super Mario Bros., in which Mario and Luigi fought against Bowser´s minions to save Princess Peach Toadstool. It was a revolutionary game, and it built the fame we know today as Mario´s games style.

There were some famous sequels of this NES game: the Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3, both for SNES. In Super Mario Bros. 2, Mario had adventures in a dreamland, and in 3, he fought against Bowser agains, but in much better graphics and gameplay, including the flying abilitie.
The next game, also for SNES, is probably the most famous one: Super Mario World. EVERYONE must have played this game once. The most notorious thing in this game is the arrival of Yoshi, Mario´s carryer in the game. Yoshi helps Mario to save the Dinosaur Land by swallowing his enemies and splitting shells and fire. He could also fly and perform an earth stomp.

Check next tuesday: Mario in 3D!

Karasu the Puppet!

Greetings! In this (late) section, the weekly databank, I´ll say something about that random object that appears on the left (-->). Today´s theme is Karasu, the Puppet.


Karasu is a puppet fighter from the Naruto series. His owner, Kankuro, is a puppetmaster ninja.
He is not really a character; actually, he is an weapon, a ninja tool. He is Kankuro´s attack puppet, and it´s main tool.
Karasu has a great speed and a really creepy face. Although he´s made of wood, he´s very tough. Kankuro has set some traps and hidden weapons on him. Here they are:
* There´s a hidden knife on Karasu´s right hand.
*His left elbow shoots poison bombs.
*He can expose his metal-sharp ribs.
*He can unleash a kunai (japanese daggers) spray from his mouth
*He can easily disassemble himself, his arms, legs and head ejecting metal daggers from its extremities.
* He´s got a poisonous dagger in his mouth.

Well, I think that´s all about him. He´s only a terciary character, but he´s very cool (and spooky). Check Naruto episodes for seeing him in action!

Saturday Lights

Sorry about the error in the events order, I didn´t had time to post anything thursday, so this week Friday Lights will be on Saturday.

Too Much Thriller



Two days ago, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop in the USA, died in a hospital in LA. You probably know that; Jackson was a huge personality in the modern world.
Jackson´s life was full of eccentricities and scandals. After he started his early career, he became very famous in the 1970 decade. His most famous album, "Thriller", is still heard norwadays; but the most notable fact is not his music, but his worldwide famous dance (including the "moonwalk").
But Jackson had a trouble-full life recently. First, he had a cruel case of an ilness that affected his skin, causing him to have white stains in his body. He passed to a surgery and became all white-skinned; he has also changed his nose to look like a white guy. This was understood as a serious case of racism, which corrupted his image. To make things worse, he was accused of children molester (that was never confirmed).
Michael Jackson died at his fifty years. And, liking him or not, he will still be remembered for many years by the unconditional fans of the King of Pop.

Humor

Here you got some nice Cyanide and Happiness, and a homemade shorty. Enjoy!



Hilarious. As always.

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Perfect World

Morning, boys and girls! Yesterday, a very sad thing happened; Michael Jackson died, and so did Farrah Fawcet. Well, I´ll post something about it tomorrow, because today our theme is Perfect World.



Development: Beijing Perfect World
Publisher: Beijing Perfect World (China), Perfect World Entertainment (USA), Games-Masters Ltd. (Europe), Level-up Games (Brazil)
Release Date: July 2005 (China), Fall 2008 (USA, Europe) June 2008 (Brazil)
Platform: PC
Media: CD, DVD or Download
Genre: Fantasy/RPG

The game is developed by Beijing Perfect World, and today it is one famous MMORPG. To talk about the game, I went to a cyber cafe and experienced it myself. Well, here I got some informations about it:
It´s a fantasy world, where there are monsters, heroes and fantastic misteries. There are three races to choose: Winged Elves, who can be archers or priests; Humans, who can be blademasters or wizards; and Untamed, who can be barbarians and venomancers. Each race has it´s own cities and quests, but they are allied against one powerfull enemy.
The game´s graphics are not very good, but it doesn´t interfere in the fun. The gameplay is very good, and the flying combats with the Winged Elves are well developed. And, it has good quests; it´s not just killing monsters, like Ragnarok.
It´s not hard to get used to it; it has a very good and simple tutorial, and newbies will quickly become veterans.
Well, that´s it. My score for Perfect World is 7,5. What´s yours? Comment! And check theese cool images of people playing the game!