Movie Review: Tron Legacy

So, I saw Tron Legacy a while back. It turned out to be pretty cool movie with nice special effects. I guess the special effects were what kept the audiences glued to their seat.


Now I haven’t seen the 1982 original Tron, so I won’t be able to tell you how the two movies syncs in, but based on my research it is not necessary to know the first movie’s plot to enjoy the sequel.

The Tron Legacy is about this kid, Sam Flynn, his dad, Kevin Flynn and The Grid.

The movie starts with Kevin explaining the mystical powers of The Grid to his son, Sam. He promises to take Sam to visit this “digital frontier” the next day. However, Kevin disappears. People search for him in vain, but he is nowhere to be found. Twenty years pass. Sam is now a young man who is now a total rebel.

One night, Kevin’s partner is paged on his number. It is Kevin Flynn’s number. The partner informs Sam and implores him to find out about his Dad. Sam is unconvinced. Yet through a fortunate series of circumstances he discovers his Dad’s work.

Kevin Flynn was on top of his game, he was into astrophysics, digital software and all such cool sounding next gen technologies. One day, he went too far. Kevin, who was originally a video game arcade owner, discovered a system where people could take digital avatars and enter the video game a.k.a The Grid.

The Grid, is something like Second Life, only this is a system where once you take a digital avatar here, you do not remain physically present in the real world. How? Well, the avatar is actually is the real video game user only his/her body has been converted from atoms and molecules to bits and bytes.

This may sound all weird and very Star Trek, but hey that’s the basic concept of the movie.

Anyway, then you see what the director hopes is an epic battle between the human mind and the ignobility of the search for perfection through better technology.

There are nice bikes, loads of LED lights, neon suits…and tech life forms. Interestingly, tech life forms are no better than humans in their desires, design or devious plans. The ending is eventful and surely leaves plenty scope for the third installment.

I would give it 3.5/5. The 3D graphics really stand out in this one, so that makes it a definite watch.


Stars: ***1/2

Genre: Science Fiction

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Stars:Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde

Comic Strip: Archbishop gets talking to Santa Claus

Recently, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, an Archbishop called Santa Claus “a "fat, red man" who had no business in the Christmas celebrations of Christianity.


(You can read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/archbishop-calls-santa-claus-a-fat-red-man-72720?cp)

Obviously, it has outraged many people across the world. So Santa thought he needed to clear the air.

Here is a conversation between the Archbishop and Santa Claus at Batman’s secret lair.

Disclaimer: This is meant to be taken as a joke. So, don't shoot me yet!

Visit to the nuclear factory...

These are statements you wouldn't want to hear at a nuclear facility when you are around...

"OOOOoooops!"


"Ooooo.... What does this button do?"


"Ahhh, I think I might have put in too much of that stuff in that reactor thingy..."
"Whoopsie daisy... That was close!"


"So when do we get to blow up some stuff, man???"


"It would be great if we could have a live specimen to test after effects."


"What the HELL DID YOU DO?!?!!?!"


"I really hate this job, I just want to kill this whole friggin' world."


"Clean & Clear with Nuclear - doesn't that sound better than our Foreign Policy on Nuclear Arms Proliferation?"


"I haven't done ANYTHING, it was always bubbling like that!!!"


"No, don't worry...this radiation causing mutation thing is just too over-rated anyway."

An interview with Santa Claus



I have way too much time on my hands...;)


So, what is your present occupation?
A. Sneezing into muffins, wanna help?
B. Really? Are you always this ignorant?
C. Bringing world peace and playing Snake
D. Breaking the Tetris world record


So where are you from?
A. Dad says it's Earth, but I have a hunch he was thinking Venus.
B. I think Twitterverse would be more appropriate
C. Come on, enough of the Barack Obama references
D. Would I get a cookie if I say the Playboy mansion?

What's your background like?
A. I kinda like blue mountain theme on Gmail, but I am going for Hello Kitty on my blog next.
B. Star wars Yoda; yeah, he's my grand dad.
C. I'll just go to the back and check
D. Would you believe it, even if I told you so?

And, what are your religious beliefs?
A. I think Nemo did a better job playing a fish than Shrek did playing a Shrek!
B. God is one. So, please take an appointment before you contact me again.
C. I see stars at night. Holy cow!
D. Jedi


Ok, what's up with you man?
A. I think it's the Pickle jar. Can you help?
B. Pants? Why?
C. Haven't checked the attic in a while.
D. Hahaha. Yeah, I am a goat, you prick.

Facebook updates you shouldn’t post

1. I have a rash. I need a doc. Puhleeease LIKE

2. This is such a beautiful day with cows grazing and cars honking in the fields

3. Yeah traffic is killing me. I just got run over by a truck!

4. Ooooo baby, baby, baby…ooooooo..

5. I danced naked with a monkey in the Saturday night party. See YouTube video!

6. Hey guys, wanna see what I stole from Spencers?

7. Do you think Dad will notice that dent in his car? Dammit! He is on my friend list!!

8. Don’t you love it when you sitting on pile of shit and posting status updates?

9. Yup, finally the constipation drugs started working. Pooooop!!

10. You still haven’t figured out that I am a big, smelly, hairy man posing as a babe!

Movies that should NOT be made



1. I Know Who You Did Last Summer

2. Sheila Ka Budhapa

3. Honey you stomped my kids

4. Dirty Harry meets The Flintstones

5. Good, Bad and the Ugly Betty

6. The Magnificent Seven Pigs

7. Three Idiots and Still Counting

8. Armageddon after Tare Girey Zameen Par

9. The Anaconda Wears Prada

10. Chitty Chitty Gang Bang

11. i Robot, u Fool

12. Men in Black Bikinis

13. The Planet of Snails

14. Willy Wonka and the Cocaine Factory

15. The Golden Compass, Protractor and Geometry set

Top 10 lines to annoy the credit card telecaller

We all have received annoying phone calls asking us to sign up for a new credit card, and they don’t take no so well so I present…


Top 10 lines to annoy the credit card telecaller:

1. Hey, do you deliver pizza?

2. This is Suresh Kalmadi; and yes I would love to defraud you.

3. I think you sound beautiful, why don’t you audition for horror nights.

4. Is that you Justin Bieber?

5. No matter what I cannot satiate your desire, can I? You need some spanking naughty thing, you...

6. You have reached the office of George W. Bush.

7. Mother, I think I hear voices in my head

8. I know you trying to talk, but all I hear is blah, blah, blaaaah…

9. Will you be my mommy?

10. I hate all types of cards - even greeting cards.

MISSED CALL...eeeks!

you can run, but you cannot hide..HAHAHA

This is a story about a time when mobile tariff plans were sufficiently expensive….in fact, most of us were still figuring out how to squeeze in the longest message in one single SMS.


So this friend of mine, in fact this cute boy friend, figured out something sweet; well at first it was sweet…and then I realized I had given bait to a monster! This was the MISSED CALL.

The missed call now could have many connotations for people. However, Mr.BF said it meant quite literally, “I missed you…” and of course, it went on further, “I was thinking of you…”, “You are always in my thoughts…”etc etc.

At first, I thought, awww now isn’t that cute. It was indeed flattering to be missed. What an affectionate young man.

Then slowly the ugly MISSED CALL monster reared its head.

I could get 5 missed calls in the space of 15 mins, AND the intensity would viciously increase if I did not return it with my own “missed call”.

If I tried putting it on silent it would buzzzzzzzz the hell out of me. I couldn’t switch it off, and he knew that, because as a journo I had to be reachable.

Urggh!

Now those ‘sweet’ MISSED CALLs meant:

“I missed you…AND therefore, I believe it is my right to hound you like a maniac, even though you just told me that you are in an all important meeting and will not like to be interrupted”

“I was thinking of you…. HOWEVER, you must realize that I am too broke to actually call you. Are you SERIOUSLY still dating me?”

“You are always in my thoughts… BUT I am too idiotic to make real conversation, and you should seriously revaluate your options here!”

Oh yes, the MISSED CALL gnawed at my sensibilities. You could see the grey cells imploding.

Obviously (at least to me) there couldn’t be a happy ending, as all reasoning and logic failed. I was doomed to either listen to the vehement buzzing in my ears OR to break up.

We went our separate ways, until caller tunes happened. Yes. He would call just to listen to “cool music, yaar”.

Today, I want to thank telecom companies for having affordable tariff plans and having call block options :)

My request – can I get spam SMS block now, pleeeeeease!