5/14/20

SSM! Sinematiks #2: Alita: Battle Angel

Previous SSM! Sinematiks:
SSM! Sinematiks #1: Bohemian Rhapsody
A not so talked about movie from 2019.
From a simpler, pre-pandemic time in our lives, I guess?

Christoph Waltz was also in it.
And he was amazing as always!
Not at a Dr. King Shultz level
but still pretty memorable nonetheless.

But THIS scene
 particularly stood out to us because:

1. Alita: Battle Angel was James Cameron's passion project. So, of course he might or might not appear in it.

2. And despite looking like James Cameron, it's actually Edward Norton playing the part of Nova.

With his pouty lips, bald head, and lanky features, Edward Norton CAN and PROBABLY should cosplay as James Cameron on future interviews and presscons.

And that's pretty much it!
That's our hot take on this not so recent movie that we somewhat enjoyed.

5/6/20

Vedder Man

She lies and says she's in love with him, 
can't find a Vader man.
She dreams in color, 
she dreams in red, 
can't find a Vader man.
She lies and says she still loves him, 
can't find a Vader man.
She dreams in color, 
she dreams in red, 
can't find a Vader man.

(gift courtesy of Frinkster back in Jan 2018. An old and recycled pun as reused in May 2020)

5/3/20

Cutting Corners

As blogged about back in Nov. 10 of last year:
http://silentsanctummanga.blogspot.com/2019/11/corner-tactics.html

We did drop by the same place by November 12 2019.
Which was a Tuesday (our day-off).
Our last visit was cut short due to budget constraints but we intend to
buy a few trading card binders in which the store carries quite abundantly.
We weren't able to buy any (not even oneTankobon at the time but was fortunate enough
to chance upon a few other titles that caught our eye.

Familiar titles like:
Shadow Skill.
And with several colored pages looking like THIS:
The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Highschool Of The Dead.
This very first issue of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Saint Young Men.
Angelic Layer.
Aiki-S by Isutoshi.
To rare and kinda obscure titles like:
Sengoku Basara.
Melty Blood.
which to our understanding, was a superior fighting game.
I didn't know this had a manga version as well.

Kirin by Showhei Halumoto.
is a story about biker gangs.
The art has that Katsuhiro Otomo look to it.

Drifters.
Which we kinda liked but we didn't purchase and I still don't know why?
The art was a bit Hellsing-ish.

Lady Cool.
Which was kinda COOL, I guess?
Much to the approval of Mr. Carlito here,
no doubt!

Kamiyadori.
Which we kinda liked as well
but then again didn't purchase!

And last but not the least, Yasuraka Monsters.
With pages looking like THESE:
I mean, C'MON!
Why the hell didn't we bought this????

When all this ECQ and GCQ is over.
Hopefully, we could all go back to our manga hunting ways.
Because keeping their businesses afloat is our one true mission in life.
And you better believe that, man!

Tondominium

Punta ka sa CONDO ko,
dala ka FOODS!