TFW2005 just put up some pretty awesome CGI pics of Optimus and Jetfire Combined from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I’m not been a bit fan of the movie designs, but these new CGI pics are showing off a pretty bad-ass Optimus that I really won’t mind seeing on screen. Bring it!
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Apparently JJ Abrams is a Star Wars fan and he including R2-D2 in various scenes in the movie! Paramount is running a contest to find these in the movie, more info on their Facebook page here.
Gizmodo.com has some ideas of their own and you can see the pics below. R2-D2 driving the Enterprise!?!
Straight from the OSW Forums, some latest pics of the 1/6 Terminator Salvation figures from the Hot Toys newly renovated shop in Hong Kong. I’m drooling for the movie and the figures! And being the sucker that I am, I’ve already pre-ordered all the figures. Can’t wait to add them to the great Hot Toys T-800 Endoskeleton that came out sometime back.
And some pics of the new packaging below. Hot Toys blew us away with the Iron Man packaging, but the Terminator Salvation packaging looks to do much better!
I’ve jumped onto the bandwagon and have been using the new Windows 7 RC x64 the past few days. I was using Vista 64 Ultimate previously and upgraded to Windows 7 using the upgrade option when you pop the Windows 7 DVD into the DVD drive. A clean install is the best, but I couldn’t be bothered reinstalling all my programs again, seeing that I plan to upgrade my computer come June and will need to do a clean install then.
After about 2 hrs of waiting for the damm OS to install, wala! The new start up logo screen. Pretty cool.
I reckon you can call Windows 7 the slicker and faster version of Vista. Or rather what Vista should have been when it was first released. Windows Explorer opens up much faster and everything else seems that much snappier. The new taskbar gets some getting used to, but you can always configure it back to what you are used to in Vista or XP. There are too many nice new changes to mention, and you can search for reviews online which go thru them. For me, the upgrade from Vista was seamless. I’ve tested out my movies and games on Windows 7 and so far so good. I’m now using the Windows 7 RC as my main OS and will definitely get the proper OS when it comes out.
One of the nice new things about Windows 7 are the new themes and wallpapers. You get a sense that Microsoft is trying to emulate the Mac OSX. There’s a long way to go, but it’s a start in the right direction. The new themes and wallpapers are separated into categories. You can see some of the cool new wallpapers below.
Windows 7 RC is a great OS to use and Microsoft is constantly updating it during this period, making it that much better. I pretty much disliked Vista, but Windows 7 is a great change. You can go download it here for free. Microsoft allows you to use it until March next year when it will start shutting down every 2 hrs and prompt you that it is expiring and to get the new version. That is a pretty long time to enjoy the new OS and it is likely Windows 7 will be officially released by the end of this year, so you can grab the final copy then.
I had the opportunity to catch the gala premier of the new Star Trek movie on Monday, and was blown away by how good it was! JJ Abrams certainly did a very good job of keeping the essence of Star Trek and updating it to suit younger audiences.
While we will always remember William Shatner’s James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy’s Spock, the new group of actors have done very well to emulate and make the characters their own. Zachary Quinto was spot on as a younger Spock which emotional angst and Chris Pine certainly portrayed Kirk with just the right amount of swagger and ego. The rest of the actors did a great job as well, it was especially great to see the start of the banter between Spock and Dr McCoy. lol
One of the things I loved about the movie was the art direction. JJ Abrams used a ‘lens flare’ effect whenever there were scenes on the bridge of the star ships. Together with the stylistic sets, this brought about a sense of romance in the film and made it ever more stylish and 21st century like.
The pacing of the movie was also just right. With character development and action at just the right moments. I found the starting of the movie pretty good too as it gets you emotionally involved. heh
The new look of the star ship Enterprise was also pretty stunning. It had the retro look of the Enterprise of old yet updated with better paint work, lights and effects.
I had a great time watching the movie, and I’m yearning to watch it yet again. Trekkies will love watching the movie, there are heaps of tie backs to the original series that fans will recognise (Spot the Tribble in the scene where Scotty first appears!). Yet those who know nothing about the series can still enjoy the movie, it doesn’t require you to have much, if any previous knowledge of Star Trek. So go and watch it when it comes out this week! WOOT!
The best thing is that as the movie diverts into an alternate time line, it opens the way for future sequels that may feature familiar Trek elements, yet unrestricted by the canon. Meaning the potential for a variety of storylines and bigger and better Star Trek movies with the new cast and crew! Even now before the movie is officially launched on 8 May, Paramount has already greenlit a sequel. I can’t wait for more!
The Peranakan Museum celebrated their first anniversary on the 25 & 26 April. I went down on the 25 with Jas specially to sample the great food. And I wasn’t disappointed.
The carpark next to the museum was covered up with heaps of stores selling food, arts & crafts and many other small nick nacks.
But what I was most excited with was the food! haha. And boy did I gorge on them!
The Mee Siam was pretty damm good. The best I’ve tried in a long while.
Desert was the chendol which Jas needed to cool herself down due to the hot hot weather.
The place was pretty packed and it was only 12 plus in the afternoon. After filling our tummys, we headed to the museum to look around.
What fascinated me was the traditional Peranakan crafts on show and seeing them being created.
They even had some old Peranakan aunties playing a traditional card game! cool!
All in all, it was a good day out. The festive atmosphere at the museum made things much more enjoyable.
