Haven’t done this for a while. So I have put on my observation glasses which see in a different dimension than your normal bi-focals. After all, I am not your regular mango people (aam-aadmi, ok, I ruined the joke).
Now, I did come up with this a long time back, but having seen one of the ladies recently in a very beautiful avatar, I couldn’t help but just spill the beans.
Hint 1: Marion Cotillard. Oh! I was supposed to give a hint. Eh! Ever since I saw her first in La Vie En Rose ( her Oscar winning role as Edith Piaf), I haven’t stopped loving her. And now that I have seen her play the menacing subconscious (oh noes spoiler?) of Mr.Cobb in Inception, I cannot stop thinking about her (and the movie). So, in the Red corner, here’s Marion Cotillard.

Hint 2: Now who could look like Miss Cotillard possibly. C’mon think! I don’t think this is going to be tough. C’mon, I know you must have thought the same too. A Bollywood connection? Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Miss Universe 1994, and one of the most elegant beauties of Bollywood – Sushmita Sen. WHOA!

Didn’t you figure it out? Have a look below.

Do you guys agree with my observation? Shout it out in the comments.

Also, please visit my Separated at Birth posts for more lookalike fun

HD-licious is a new section to spread the HD Love. Of late, I have collected quite a lot of HD resources which I want to share with everyone. This section will have a lot of visual show-off of the High Definition kind.

And what better way to start this new section with Avatar; James Cameron’s Magnum Opus, releasing this December. Oh yes, click the images to get to the Full HD screencaps. Obviously, I could not include the High-Definition screens directly on here. Just feast your eyes darling, at the H-Delicious Nom Noms.

**** HD Screenshots of Avatar ****

**** Lots more HD Screenshots of Avatar after the Jump ****

Jake wakes up!

Green Na’vi

Na’vi tail..or is that a…????

Jake Happy for transplant..and to get the tattoo

Jake gets wired up

Wakes up once

Wakes up twice..in blue

Jake likes the body blue tattoo

Enter Na’vi..the forest edition

Do NOT piss the locals

Do NOT mess with the monsters

Serena Williams is a global fashion icon..in Na’vi

Glow worms of the Future..err..Na’vi Land

Is there a Sigourney inside you?

Reminds me of ID4

Sunny Deol calling!

Return of the Scream!

Oh GI Joe…oh wrong movie

Fight in the Skies

Told ya..Falling in Love..is hard on the knees

And the Locals are waking up

C’mon Baby Light my Fire!

Love will conquer all

Do NOT forget the Date of release. See you there!!

Watching The Half Blood Prince made me realise a lot of things. One of them was that how an almost 3 hour movie with wizardry, dark-lords, death, and zombies could be turned into a 2.5 hours soap-opera. I mean, give me a break from the Love potioned Ron Weasley, or the Harry-Hermione emotional atyachar! I paid friggin 11 quid for this seat. Now just blast my eyes with some fireworks already! And yes, when you choose certain scenes for 3D over others, please try and select the ones which could be termed ‘sexy’ rather than plain-ol conversations in the hallway, or a lounge chair morphing into Mr.Jim Broadbent. #fail #fail #fail.

But yes, one of the other things which has emerged from the many discussions I have been having with my friends [especially that David bloke], is that how similar Voldemort – the ultimate dark lord, and the ultimate dark-Ninja we know of – Orochimaru are. So here I am, doing my analysis of their similarities and the differences as well. Whether, Harry Potter inspired Naruto [as in JK Rowling inspired Kishimoto] is a very sensitive debate which is out of the scope of this argument. We will be restricting our analysis to whether Voldemort and Orochimaru are indeed similar or not. Part 2 of the Analysis will be trying to answer a Kick-Ass question, literally – In a duel, who will kick who’s butt [and who will eat the dust] -Voldemort or Orochimaru. Pick your side!

First things first. The analysis chart with the Comparison Parameters. Here it is – the Curious Case of Voldemort vs. Orochimaru.

Separated at Birth? Or the same man?

Now for the big battle between the two. WHO WILL KICK WHO’s ARSE?

a) Why will Voldemort Pwn Orochimaru?

~ He’s got Avada Kedavra – the Death Spell.

~ He can kinda dodge Orochimaru’s attacks with his teleportation wizardry.

~ His soul is split into 7 horcruxes. So he can’t die until those are destroyed, one of which is *ahem* [ deleted to avoid spoilers ]. So to kill Voldemort, you have to destroy that too. Too much to ask for.

~ Orochimaru’s snakes can be controlled by Voldemort as he knows how to speak to them in Parseltongue.

~ Can Orochimaru withstand any Wizardry spell, even a basic one like – Petrificus Totalus

~ If Sasuke can pwn Orochimaru, Voldemort can surely do it too….. or can he?

b) Why will Orochimaru totally pwn Voldemort?

~ The ridiculously huge snake Manda can totally consume everything that Voldemort has – him, his Death Eaters and everything.

~ Sasuke did not defeat him. He was just a bit sick when Sasuke got the better of him. But Orochimaru cannot die. So Avada Kedavra might not be relevant in this battle.

~ Any other spell of Voldemort can be easily dodged by a Ninja of the level of Orochimaru.

~ Manda cannot understand Voldemort speaking to it in Parseltongue, coz it speaks only Japanese.

~ Orochimaru can disarm Voldemort but not the other way around! Huaaahahahaha.

~ Someone mentioned – Oro could kill Voldemort with a Kunai or a neck-bite, and then making him his new vessel. How evil will that be!!

~ Ninja Powers rock. There are way too many jutsus that Orochimaru knows, and most of them are the dark ones. And he has experimented them on himself, and his army of followers – not just a bunch of losers known as the Death Eaters.

So…you guys decide who wins the Battle of the Darklords. Me deciding Orochimaru would be unfair as I am a Naruto Devotee more than a Harry Potter fan. And then, both of them belong to different universes – one from the world of wizardry and the other from Ninjas. Wizard Spell vs. Ninja Jutsus is quite an unpredictable situation and could swing in any direction. Because Magic is Magic, and Jutsus are well…Jutsus. What you say? Shout out loud in the comments section

After much anticipation, Is the new Star Trek movie actually any good?

YOU BET YOUR ARSE IT IS! My main reservation was whether or not I could buy Zachary Quinto’s portrayalof Spock and not just see a brooding Sylar. I’m happy to report after a few moments into the film all such thoughts vanished from my mind. In fact, I think it was a masterstroke in casting. To be honest the whole reimagining of the franchise was a breath of fresh air. Here’s a quick account of the Characters :-

Spock – Undoubtedly Spock stole the show. This must have been a very welcome diversion for Quinto in allowing him to showcase his acting ability in a vessel other than Sylar. Great emphasis was placed on Spock’s struggle to accept his maternal human half. In fact the plot hangs on it! The portrayal of this icon of the Sci-Fi world feels like it has been handled with the reverence it deserves.

Kirk – The carousing womaniser comes to the fore here in Chris Pines performance. Even though Kirk is one of the main leads it felt to me as though he was somewhat carried along with the sequence of events rather than dynamically leading it. I loved the kobayashi maru scene! It was a real treat to actually see what happened.

Bones – I was so taken aback with Bone’s first appearance on the shuttlecraft that it made me realise just how strong a performance Deforest Kelly originally made in this character. To say that Karl Urban nailed Bones is an massive understatement. You just can’t help liking the irascible doctor. “I haven’t seen a reaction like this since I was in med school!”

Uhura – Zoe Saldana brought equal measures of Class and Glamour to the role, but it’s such a glaring shame that the depiction is pretty much the customary Hollywood piece of skirt for the guys to fight over. In fact the three other major female depictions were also rather shameful stereotypes, being Mother, Wife and Girlfriend. I expected more.

Scotty – Although I really quite like Simon Pegg I was worried about this casting as he just doesn’t have the same feel to him as Jimmy Doohan did originally. He came across a little too whimsical for my liking, and what the hell was that little creature friend of his?? Pegg’s Scotty seem to have been shoe-horned in as the comic relief which is a shame (and I have to say – Canadian born Doohan did a much better Scottish accent than Pegg!).

Chekov – Lets all laugh at his funny accent. Anton Yelchin played the part with aplomb. I liked the way he made the ship-wide broadcast without flinching, giving it an air of ‘meh, it’s what I do’. It would be nice to see a little more of him in terms of character development in the next movie.

Sulu – The charismatic John Cho was every bit as dashing as George Takei. Leaping into action at an instant. The gaff with disengaging the inertia breaks brought a mild vulnerability to Sulu that was endearing. I’d Like to see a lot more of Cho’s Sulu.

The Romulan villains of the piece didn’t look very Romulan, at first I thought this was a nod to the original series Romulans who were just painted reddish with a moustache slapped on, but then I remembered that these are Future Romulans. Maybe they don’t talk about it to outsiders either

Other notes to point out was the excellent use of lighting in the film, with lots of lights pointing straight at the camera lens for flare. Also the score was really quite good, there was a particular scene where a battle is being waged in space which is normally accompanied by phaser fire, blasts and explosions sound effects etc (conveniently forgetting about vacuums and sound…) however at this point the sound dies out somewhat and is replaced by a piece of classical music. The effect is rather beautiful and very ‘Adult’ in comparison to the former, without being pretentious or cloying.

If you can please please please watch it in Imax, it truly is an awesome experience. Star Trek + Imax = one very good day indeed )

J.J. Abrams really does seem to have melded (haha – actually you do know that there no such word… it’s just slipped into common parlance as an amalgamation of the words Melt and Weld, I digress…) a film for the avid fans and the general movie going public into one cohesive tasty wholesome sci-fi flavoured package.

Quite simply I think Gene Roddenberry would have very been proud indeed.

The name says it all. I don’t care for censorship.

Some random Say What Fun from one of the most insignificant random movie of this year. Just for the benefit of thy funny bone.

Who cares what I write here. Just enjoy the pics.

2 months in hibernation. I was . Why? Coz I was busy. Busy doing what? Long story short. I have moved to the UK. Here I am in the land of the Limeys. Blighty as they call it. Studying my Masters. And why should you care? Don’t have the answer to that, all I can say right now is enjoy reading this edition of Say What: A tribute to the Zack Snyder classic, the very testosteroney …300.

And Finally…

I’ll surely be back with my regular movie reviews and humor posts. A sneak peek into it:- An analysis of 30 minutes of Balaji Telefilms (any godamm K product), News Fart edition 1, Letter from Sunny Southampton, and many more. Hope you guys are reading. Ciao!