Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Heh.

One of the most awaited films of the teen generation is out and expectantly, has made record sales once again!  I know this comes a bit late and I actually never intended to blog about the movie but... since I am experiencing a drought in what to write and to what direction I want to take the blog as a whole, I decided to do this little filler.

Breaking dawn is one of the longest books in the Twilight franchise, not to mention that it is very lucrative for the studios to prolong their moneymaking cash cow by making it into two movies instead of one just to bleed every penny they can on the crazy twi-struck fans and believe you me, it works... they'll gobble it up... including me.

Yep. Me.

I'm not exactly a die hard fan but I have enjoyed the books, and like others, have waited with bated breaths on how they would translate it in the silver screen.  In the books, the first part of the story was actually slow since it focused on the wedding, the honeymoon and the birth... there was never really that much action in the first arc... in the movie, they made it work by incorporating the wolf shifters.. yep, I call 'em wolf shifters 'coz that's what they are... they are not werewolves so you just stop with your own commentary...  They made the birthing and the argument of the wolves as the climax of the movie and it still worked. 

And one more thing, this movie is for those who appreciate the book franchise... this is not going to make a lick  of sense for those who haven't read the book (and I've read commentaries from those people who don't read the book and then watched the movie) and would probably hate it so I am telling it right now, If you don't like or have not read the books, this movie is not for you... 

But on the other hand, if you are a fan of the book, you will love it!  You get to see the wedding, honeymoon, and the birth... the 3 most important facts in the first arc..  you get to see if the studios were able to match you're imagination of how it is setup and executed (though probably, you're imagination wins... mine did!).  And for me, I think the movie sums up the first part quite well...

mumbling my anticipation for the last arc...

The Vampire Wars... Rice versus Meyer!

Oooh... the internet and twitter has been a buzz lately because our old favorite author on vampires is now starting a fight with our current favorite author on vampires!

Yes! Yes!  It seems that Ms. Rice started to do some mudslinging using her characters from her book to deride the characters of Meyer's books!  On her facebook page, Ms. Rice posted a loaded question linking to an article of a North Dakota student:

 And then there is this other really pressing issue: should vampires sparkle? Think before you speak! This is probably the most important issue facing our time!!! (I have a suspicion that Louis, Lestat and Armand will refuse to discuss this. But then you know how contrary and difficult they can be.)...

 She then continued on to site what would her characters think of the vampires in Twilight:

Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town —— anymore than they would hurt the physically disabled or the mentally challenged. My vampires possess gravitas. They can afford to be merciful.

Oh Snap!!!  That has got to twinge even just a little...

Let the Vampire Wars via their authors begin...

mumbling my glee to the closest to a vampire war we will ever get..

An Unlikely Romance...

Hollywood has done it again!  Well actually, books have done it first.  We've had Vampire-Human Romance... Werewolf-human romance.. now?  We got us a Zombie-Human romance.  Say What?  Are you asking yourself if it's a typo?  Nope.  It says clearly... Zombies.

Yep, apparently, there's this book called Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion about a supernatural love story involving the normal human babe and the flesh eating zombie of our nightmares.  The gist of the plot is that a Zombie starts havinh feelings for a girl after eating her boyfriend.  Apparently, the zombie also ate his brains and has then absorbed his memories and his love for the girlfriend.  He then starts to follow her around intent on protecting her.(?)..  Of course there wil be a lot of issues here like how can she stand the smell of rotting flesh and can they kiss without anything falling off or will they do the nasty?

Hollywood has picked up on the book and is now planning an August 2012 release.  It will star Teresa Palmer (I am number four) and Nicolas Coult (beast from XMen first Class).

See more of the original article from Hollywoodcrush via MTV.com.

mumbling as I run away from the brain sucking zombies...

Wash the label away...

Don't you just hate it when you buy fruit and it has this old big label sticker that just refuses to come off??

Yeah you do.

So do I.  So this invention of Scott Amron takes care of that!  You only need to wash your fruit and voila!  The label turns into fruit soap to wash you fruit with!  Epically cool!

See the features of this invention here: http://www.amronexperimental.com/Fruit_Wash_Labels.html

mumbling a day... uh... keeps the doctor away?

Quantum Levitation may make hoverboards possible!!

I just gotta post this although by Internet standards, I am already pretty late.

There's a video that has already gone viral depicting QUANTUM LEVITATION/LOCKING.  You already know what levitation is but Quantum Locking is the ability to trap an object in 3 dimensional space thus also making it look like an object is levitating.  At least as I understand it.  I'm no Physicist so I maybe wrong in my definition.  What I do know is that isn't like the defense mechanism of the weeping angels (for Dr. Who fans!). 

This video proves to us that we are on the verge of a breakthrough in futuristic travel as long as they devise a way to make superconductors at room temp anyway.

Watching the video, you could easily see and feel the wonder as you see the disc glide over the track or below it...  it brings out the kid in you!  The kid that is still full of wonder and optimism unmarred by the reality of skepticism that abound in our daily lives.

For more information, hop on over to the It's Okay to be Smart website: http://jtotheizzoe.tumblr.com/post/11590151866/if-this-video-doesnt-make-your-jaw-drop-you

mumbling my amazement and dreams of the future...

Immaculate Conception of Pit Vipers

Okay.  So it's not exactly Immaculate conception. Okay! It's really not immaculate conception? Happy?  Sheeesh!

But it is similar since pit vipers like the copperhead snake (pictured above -- taken from www.livescience.com) have been found to be able to reproduce asexually! Asexawhat??  Asexually!  You know?  Like when Jeff Goldblum explains how the dinosaurs are breeding in Jurassic Park!  Now you know! 

But just to recap, it's the ability of certain animals  (and plants!) to reproduce from a single parent which does not involve fertilization... or you know... sex (what??? Where's the fun in that?!?).  When it does occur in vertebrate females, this particular mode of asexual reproduction is known as facultative parthenogenesis. Cool!

You can read the whole article here at the livescience.com site: http://www.livescience.com/16573-pit-viper-snakes-virgin-births-reproduction.html

The ancient one finishes marathon

True Story!

Fauja Singh is the first archaic guy ever to finish a marathon!  Really!  This guy is ancient and he friggin ran a marathon!!!  This old british runner completed a 26K run in eight hours and 25 minutes!  That's impressive given his age and he wasn't even dead last!  Damn!  He's really making guys like me look bad...

For those of you not familiar with the hardships of running, BBC news lists the tolls that entail when you run especially when you've already old:

"Long-distance running is hard on the body - and the older you get the greater the toll it takes.

The heart becomes less efficient at circulating oxygen - an average 60-year-old pumps 20% less oxygenated blood than a 20-year-old.

Muscle strength also declines sharply once you pass 70, at a rate of about 30% per decade, according to some studies.

Your ligaments and tendons become more brittle, making you more prone to injuries, and your lung tissue becomes stiffer and less efficient."

Just watch a video of the guy:

For most runners, Fauja has become an inspiration... to me he has become a bane... or maybe I'm just a lazy bastard...

I refer to you to the original BBC post: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15344238 for more details.

*sigh*  mumbling as I sit down on the couch..