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Monday, June 15, 2015

Comic book adaptation Tv series that you should check out

Marvel has a big headstart in terms Comic book movie adaptation. But its a different story when it comes to television. Thanks to  dacardworld.com, here are some tv shows that you should check out. 



Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation



Ethan faces his most challenging mission as he tries to eradicate a rogue organization known as the Syndicate. The Syndicate is as highly skilled as they are and set on destroying the IMF. The movie is set to be release on July 2015

Check out the trailer




Upcoming Movie: Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice



Check out the latest trailer for Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The movie stars Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman. The movie is set to be release on March 2016.



Saturday, June 6, 2015

Is your face sounds familiar Philippines a fair competition?




 For the last 12 weeks I have been watching this show. And I am impressed with the performances. Well most of them at least. So why do I ask if your face sounds familiar is a fair competition? First of all. The producers seems to be biased with some of the artist. Tutti is always impersonating rock stars. Maxene is mostly impersonating rappers and Karla is always impersonating Divas. Most impersonators are given task that they are very well familiar with. While some them were given the hardest task of impersonating that others. I am talking about Nyoy, Edgar Allan and Melai who has been switching from male to female artist more frequently than other.

 Second the contestants are not voting for the best performance but there are voting based on completely different criteria. A good example is for Maxene’ performance as her late father Francis M. I thought Melai’s Rihanna performance, Edgar Allan’s Ed Sheeran and Nyoy’s Sylvia la torre impersonation was better. Last week EA’s MC hammer, Nyoy’s Rod Stewart and Jayr’s Alanis Morrisette was better than Tutti’s Ely Buendia performance. I even thought that he was more Raymund Marasigan than Ely. I think they voted for him since he is the only one left without a win.

 But to be fair, they made up for it with the revelation of the top 4 finalist. I think Nyoy, Jay-r, Melai and Edgar Allan all deserve to be part of the top 4. Then again the Grand winner will be based on the highest text votes where the most popular but not always the most deserving ends up winning.

 What are your thoughts?

Your face sounds familiar Finale airs tonight



 Last Sunday, the top 4 for your face sounds familiar Philippines has been announced. Nyoy Volante got the highest score with 257 points.  Jay-r got the second place with 246 points. Melai and Edgar Allan are both tied for the third and fourth spot.

 I am glad that the two of my picks are part of the Final four which is Nyoy and Edgar Allan. Next week on the finale, the winner will be decided with the highest number of text votes which in my opinion wouldn’t be fair for the contestant. Why? History has shown with shows like American Idol or the Voice that the deserving contestant doesn’t usually end up bagging the title.

 I hope they would change the criteria to 50% judge’s vote and 50% text voting. This way at least those without a huge fan base wouldn’t end up winning. Remember Voice Philippines last two winners? Since Sarah Geronimo has a huge fan base, her team ended up with the win.

 Well will see. I kind of reminds of the pageants way back in high school those who manage to sell more tickets ended up winning even though they are not clearly to most talented and most deserving.

 My vote is for Nyoy. Since the start of the show, Nyoy has been consistent with his performance and I am glad that he ended getting votes from his co-contestant last week. My second choice would be for Edgar Allan.


Monday, May 25, 2015

Postmodern Jukebox Cover: All About the Bass





Check out this Postmodern Jukebox cover All about the Bass originally sang by Meghan Trainor.

Postmodern Jukebox is group of rotating musicians doing covers of pop songs with twist of jazz, ragtime and swing. Check out the video



Sunday, May 17, 2015

The Flash Season 1 Episode 22: Rogue Air Review









In the last episode, Wells has unleashed Grodd to distract Barry and the team. Wells has been repairing the particle accelerator and has just turned it on.
The team discovers that Wells has been hiding in S.T.A.R. labs the entire time and soon found and rescues Eddie. Learning that Iris would end up marrying Barry in the future, Eddie ended their relationship.






Knowing that the particle accelator might end up killing their prisoners, Barry seeked the help of Leonard Snart to transport them to an airfield and eventualty to an A.R.G.U.S facility in Lian Yu.

But before agreeing to help Barry, Leonard wanted Barry to delete all of his records in all law enforcement database. Barry did that despite Joe's objection.



Snart eventually betrayed Barry. He tampered with the containment system and the prisoners got away. Snart explained that now the prisoners owes him and would have a use for their talents in the future.








Barry's problems doesn't end there. Wells has returned now that the particle accelerator is fully charged. Barry , Oliver and Ronnie teamed up to defeat wells. Using coordinated attacks and nanite injections to disable Wells' speed, they are were able to capture wells.




Now here are questions. By the way spoiler alert!. Eventually Kaitlin and Cisco would become metahumans as well. Now that particle accelator is online, would this mean that it is time for Barry's friends to gain metahuman powers?

Second. What is Wells up to? Would he use accelerator to go back to his time? Or does he have a different agenda?

Now the next question is about the timeline. It was mentioned that Oliver was with the League of Assasins when Barry needed help with transporting their prisoners. But in the end he was there to fight Wells. How did Barry Contact him? If you are watching Arrow, Oliver has been stuck with the League for weeks. And the only time he was back in Starling City is when he was trying to capture Niisa. Was he able get away from the league during that time?

Lastly have you seen the trailer for the new arrow-flash spinoff series called DC's legend of tomorrow? If not click here for the trailer. Why am I asking? Again another spoiler alert. Leonard Snart a.k.a Captain Cold would eventually team up with Atom, Firestorm, White canary and Hawkgirl. Knowing that Snart is a criminal I thought this episode would be turning point for him to join the good side. Or even have some clues. I guess the writers would have to leave us hanging a little bit longer. DC's Legend of tomorrow would air in 2016. What are your thoughts?



Saturday, May 16, 2015

Upcoming DC and Marvel movies from July 2015 to July 2019

Photo from 9gag.com




Here is a list of movies from July 2015 to July 2019 of your favorite Marvel and DC's Characters. The battle of DC and Marvel in big screen is currently heating. Currently Marvel is leading of off course. DC has a lot of catching up to do.  Check out the complete list

July 2015 - Ant-Man
Aug 2015 - Fantastic Four
Feb 2016 - Deadpool (at first I thought it is a Spawn Movie)
March 2016 - Batman Vs. Superman
May 2016 - Captain America Civil War
May 2016 - X-men: Apocalypse
July 2016 - Doctor Strange
August 2016 - Suicide squad
Oct 2016 - Gambit
March 2017 -  Wolverine
May 2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2
June 2017 - Wonder WOman
July 2017 - Spiderman
July 2017 - Fantastic Four 2
Nov 2017 - Thor
Nov 2017 - Justice League
March 2018 - The Flash
May 2018 - The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1
July 2018 - Black Panther
July 2018 - Aquaman
Nov 2018 - Captain Marvel
April 2019 - The flash
May 2019 - The Avengers: Infinity War Part 2
June 2019 - Justice League 2
July 2019 - Inhumans

Wondered why Tuition Fee increase is so rampant in Philippines?


Photo taken from Rappler.com
In a few weeks the new school year is about to begin. Students are excited but not all parents are. Most parents especially those with children in private schools would have to pay high tuition fees. Does high quality of education means high cost?

A college student would have to take more of units (subjects) during their freshmen year. The units would lessen as the students progress with his education. Ideally when the number of units taken by a college students decreases, the their tuition fee would decreases as well. But that is not what is happening.

Based on my experience, I took 30 units on my freshmen year. Tuition fee was around Php16,000 then. That was in 1996. During my senior year, I was only enrolled to around 16 units but paying the same amount that I was paying during my freshmen year. So every year although I was enrolling to less number of units, my parents were paying the same amount. Right now the tuition fee in my Alma mater is ranging from  Php 60,000 to  Php 75,000 per semester. I wondered how much it would cost after another 10 years?

So why is this all happening? In 1982 the president then, Ferdinand Marcos signed the Education of 1982. Basically it gave Private Educational institutions free reign on the tuition fee increase. A commercialization of Philippine Educational System sort to speak. A few years later the Government created the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). One of the purpose of CHED is to approve the tuition fee increase of educational institution. But as we all know, they are not doing a good job in regulating it.

Educational institution claims that 70% of the tuition fee increase goes to the teachers and the rest would go to upgrading of the school's facilities. If that were true how come many teachers a going abroad to work as domestic helpers or would take a job on a different field?

So should we blame Marcos for the enactment of this law? I think we should but I think the blame should also fall on all the succeeding leaders for turning a blind eye to what is happening with Philippine Education System. If they continue to ignore this issue I am afraid that several years from now Filipinos would encounter the same problems as we are facing now.

Just to clear things up. I am not an activist. I am just another parent who would face the same difficulty that my parents did. My child has just started to go to school. 10 to 15 years from now I wonder how much it would cost to provide a great quality of education?

What are your thoughts?








Thursday, May 14, 2015

Arrow and Flash Spinoff series DC's Legends of Tomorrow is coming to CW


After the success of Arrow and the flash comes another spin-off is coming this 2016. If you have been watching both shows you would be familiar with some of the characters. The premise of the show is that a group of heroes and villains must unite to face an immortal threat. Leading them is a time-traveling rogue named Rip Hunter.

The Heroes comprises

Rip Hunter  (Arthur Darvill)- a time traveler who has seen the future and is trying to prevent it from happening.

Atom (Bradon Routh) - reprising his role as Ray Palmer / Atom. Since he joined Arrow in season 3, I have always wondered if he will get a spin-off series as well. Well it's not his own show but it is still a spin-off. I guess that's why he transferred the ownership of Palmer Industries before the end of Season 3.

Firestorm (Victor Garber) - reprising his role as Dr. Martin Stein turned firestorm. In the first season of the flash, Dr. Stein and Ronnie Raymond  left Central City. Although Ronnie is not in the trailer. I wonder why.

White Canary (Caity Lotz) - she will play Sarah Lance. In the flash tv series, Sarah was murdered in the early part of season 3. It seems like she will be raised from the dead using the Lazarus Pit.

Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee) - A girl who could fly and has past life complex


The Villains

Heat wave (Dominic Purcell) and Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) will reprise their role from the Flash. Both were villains hell bent in taking over Central City. Unfortunately the flash was in town. In season Captain Cold and the flash made a deal and both villains left Central City. 


Check out the Trailer




There are news that Hawkgirl and some of the cast of Legends of Tomorrow while appear on the Flash's Season finale. That I have to see. There arealso  some news that there are other characters joining the team. Who are those characters? I guess we would have to wait and see. 


Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Here is what is wrong with your face sounds familiar Philippines









Your face sounds familiar is based on Spanish singing and impersonation competition. If you have seen your face sounds familiar Philippines you would agree that it’s a great show. Here is the problem. The deserving contestant doesn’t end up winning. Why? I’ll discuss that in a bit.
Shows like the Voice and American Idol have the same problem. The deserving ones doesn’t end up winning. For the Voice the winner is based on the number of text votes from the public. And for the past two seasons I thought that the runner up deserve to win. For the voice kids I thought Darren Espanto would win instead of Lyca and Alisah Bonaobra deserved to be the winner instead Jason Dy from the Voice Philippines season 2.
So what is the use of joining if the winner won’t be based on pure talent? So here is the problem with your face  sounds familiar. Although the winner is not based on text votes, the winner is determine based on the votes of the  3 Judges and the votes of their peers.
I think the three judges are mostly fair with their votes. It’s just that during week 7 where Maxene impersonated her father, the late Francis M, they seem to have voted based on their emotional attachment to Francis M. She ended up winning but is she the best impersonator for that week? I really think that there were better performances compared to Maxene’s.
But here is the main problem. Aside from the Judges vote, the impersonators could give 3 points as long as they don’t give it to themselves. And there seems to be a group that is bias with their voting. Karla Estarda, Jay R, Maxene and sometimes Melai are most of time giving the votes to each other.
A good example is Week 8 where Karla Estrada won when she impersonated Ann Wilson of Heart. I thought that Edgar Allan Guzman (impersonated Andrew E) or Nyoy Volante (impersonated Freddy Mercury of Queen) would win it. Before the impersonator’s vote were mentioned, Edgar Allan and Nyoy were leading. But Karla Estrada ended up winning. Is it because her sons was there during the show? Or should we expect automatic votes from here group?
If this goes on I highly doubt that the most talented impersonator would win. So in your opinion who is the most talented impersonator? I'll go with Nyoy or Edgar Allan. What are your thoughts?


Monday, May 11, 2015

What is wrong with Nyoy Volante in Your face sounds Familiar Philippines?


I have been asking this question for weeks. In my opinion Nyoy Volante is one the best contestant in Your face sounds familiar Philippines. And yet he has only won once in the whole competition. It is his performance as Justin Bieber that gave him the win.

Every week he doesn't get votes from his fellow contestants. Two Sundays ago Nyoy got 8 points from the the two Judges Sharon Cuneta and Jed Madela and got 7 points from Gary Valenciano. Another contestant who got high marks with judges was Edgar Allan would transformed as the Philippine Rap Icon Andrew E. I thought that either of the two would win. But when the voting came, Karla Estrada ended up winning it. Why because she got most of her votes from her friends JR, Jolina, and Maxene.

So the question is, is there something wrong with Nyoy Volante? Why isn't getting the votes from his fellow contestants? He surely deserves it. Or it is because there is already a group created among the contestant that they tend to give their votes within it's member?

If that is the case, the undeserving would win most of the time. On top of everything, they seem to take the time to ensure that Nyoy would have a hard time with his performance. Next week he will perform as Katy Perry. Well I could only think of a another contestant who might pull it off and that is Edgar Allan would is also bringing his A game every single week and doesn't seem to win as much.

Just my thoughts. What are yours?

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Izombie pilot review

After watching different types of zombie inspired movies and TV series, I thought I have seen it all. I thought Izombie would just like another zombie comedy show in TV just like z nation or Zombieland. But I was wrong. It is a  refreshing take on zombies.  Most zombies are mindless corpse walking around without any of their humanity left inside of them. In Izombie, the undead are different. They still have a normal heart beat.They are still mostly human with a bizarre food preference. Brains. The less they eat brains the more they become zombies.

The fun part about this is that after eating, zombies would have some of the memories of the people whose brain they just ate. Not only that, they learn skills or behaviour of those people.

The story revolves around Liv Moore (yeah I think it is a pun. Live more?). Liv has the perfect life. She was going to get hitched in a couple of months and then she became a zombie.


Months later she left her promising career for a job in the morgue. She distant herself from her family and called off the wedding in fear that she might infect her love ones.

Then her supervisor learned of her secret. But instead of running away like a normal person,  Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti was fascinated with her condition and was determine to find a cure.

To complicate things, she got involved in solving a murder case. Posing as a Phycic, she help a new detective, , in a solving a crime. Since then she dedicated her life in helping find justice for the people she is feeding on.

I actually enjoyed watching the pilot. It is something like watching warm bodies. It reminded me of the show Heroes as well. Zachary Quinto's character Sylar was eating other people's brains to gain their ability. It is somewhat similar.

Overall the lead actress really fits the role. I think she looks better when she became a zombie. I'll this show a shot and watch the succeeding episode before deciding whether or not to watch the show

What do you think of Izombie?



Wednesday, March 11, 2015

12 Monkeys: Movie versus TV series




The hit movie 12 monkeys starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt is now a TV series. This aint the first movie adaption we have seen. Dominion is based on the movie Legion. Constantine is based on a movie of the same name. Well actually it is not. It is based on a graphic novel.

Back to 12 monkeys. The show is set on a post-apocalyptic world where 7 billion people were wiped out because of a virus. The last chance of humanity is James Cole. He sent back time to try to prevent the outbreak from happening.



So what are the main difference between the movie and the tv show?

1. In movie Kathyn Railly (Madeline Stowe) is a psychiatrist who diagnose Cole and had him admitted to a mental institution. In the tv series she is named Cassandra Railly, a virologist who works for the CDC.

2. Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt) is Jennifer Goines in the TV series. Jeffrey is a human rights activist who heads the army of the 12monkeys. His main goal is the let animals loose from the zoo. In the show, Jennifer is a math genuis who knew the location of a secret lab called the night room.

3.  In the show only Cole was able to time travel but in the movie Jose Ramse, Cole's bestfriend, was able to travel as well. But who knows it is early too early to tell.

4. In the movie the army of the 12 monkeys' main goal was to release animals. They were not responsible for the outbreak. In the movie they are more organize. They really intend to use the virus for their agenda.



So far the TV series is great. But you have to wonder how the show will end. Will they follow the movie plot wherein the virus will be eventually released and Cole would get killed?

We would all have to wait and see.



Thursday, February 5, 2015

Upcoming Movie 2015: Fantastic Four 2015


For those who didn't enjoy the fantastic four movie release in 2005 and 2007, you might want to reconsider watching this reboot.  The movie stars Miles TellerKate MaraMichael B. JordanJamie Bell, and Toby Kebbell.

The movie is set to be release on August 2015. Check out the movie trailer





Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Upcoming Movie 2015: Terminator: Genisys


Arnold Shwarzenegger is back for the fifth installment of Terminator movie series. Skynet nearly defeated, sends out Terminators to the past to kill Sarah Connor. Mother of the leader of the resistance, John Connor, In response, John sends his most trusted Lieutenant Kyle Reese to protect Sarah. But the past has been changed. Sarah has been orphaned since 8 years old and has been raised by an older version of a T-800. Skynet has sent out a newer version of T-800 and a T-1000 to kill Sarah and Kyle.


Saturday, January 10, 2015

Upcoming Movie: Furious 7


The 7th and latest Fast and Furious Installment is coming to the big screen this April 2015. After killing the villain in the last movie, Owen Shaw, his brother Ian Shaw played by Jason Tatham is out for revenge. After claiming his first victim, Han, Ian calls Toretto to tells him that he is coming for him.

After learning of Han's death, Toretto and the crew sets out to find Ian before he finds them.

Check out the full trailer


Upcoming Movie: Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron


The sequel to highly successful 2012 Marvel Avengers movie is showing this April 2015. Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow must joins forces again to face a foe created by Tony Stark.

Check out the trailer below






Movies that you should watch in 2015

2015 is here and movie lovers are eager to watch upcoming movies this year. Here is a list of some of the most anticipated movies of the Year

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers fans rejoice for the long wait is nearly over. The second installment and and the follow up to the epic 2012 Marvel Avengers is coming on the big screen on April 2015. 




Furious 7 

Also showing on April is the 7th Installment from the Fast and the Furious franchise. Owen Shaw's big brother played by Jason Statham is out for vengeance. The crew must work together against a much dangerous foe. 



Terminator Genesys

Arnold is back! Reprising his Titular role in this upcoming Terminator movie, Arnold plays an aged T-800 and a new version T-800. Skynet is in the brink of defeat against the human resistance. They send terminators to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of John Connor leader of resistance in the future. John then sends Kyle Reese to protect Sarah but the past has changed. Sarah has been orphaned since 8 years and was raised by an age version of Arnold's T-800

Click here to watch the full trailer





Fantastic Four

Here comes another reboot coming to your movie screen. On August 2015, Fantastic four is up for a remake. So if you didn't enjoy the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic four film, you might reconsider after watching the movie trailer

Click here to watch the Fantastic Four  full trailer




Sunday, January 4, 2015

This is How I met your mother should have ended



There were mixed reactions when how I met your mother ended. Most people, myself included, thought that Ted shouldn't have stolen the blue french horn to try to woo  Robin. The story should have ended with the mother.

After years of anticipation and a last season of building the mother, it was a great injustice to the fans for Ted to end where he started nine years ago which is with Robin. Well maybe it's just me. I just saw this clip in youtube about that the Alternate ending of how I met your mother. I think I prefer this was shown when the show ended. Check out the clip and tell me your thoughts