Tag: star wars

Anti-Marcos reaction to Sandro Marcos’s Rogue One tweet exposes them as chumps!

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 FallenAngel 15 Comments

With just a four-word tweet, Sandro Marcos, son of Vice-Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos, attracted all sorts of “mockery” from the anti-Marcos buzzing bees again: As handily summed up by local media, anti-Marcos people were quick to remind Sandro, that the movie Rogue One is “a story of a rebellion trying to overthrow an oppressive tyrannical…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

How Pinoy Over-Romanticism Destroys Us As Persons

December 19, 2016 Grimwald 21 Comments

Well ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time of the year again and tickets for Star Wars: Rogue One are selling like hotcakes. Indeed, even as a young boy, I have always been a big fan of the Star Wars franchise what with the space battles, lightsaber duels and vast collection of entertaining and interesting characters….

Culture, Media, Society

About Heroes, Superheroes and the Filipino View of them

December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 ChinoF 16 Comments

Superheroes are all the rage now, and with so many movies coming out from comic book companies, it might be relevant to take a look back and see, where did superheroes originate? We would say Batman, Superman and Captain America would have taken some elements from ancient and medieval heroes, like Hercules, Gilgamesh and King…

Glitz and Glamour

Episode VII: The Force Awakens will make Star Wars fans of even the uninitiated!

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 benign0 6 Comments

Rusty and dusty — it’s the overall look and feel of Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Fans of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars universe will have worked that out just on the basis of the trailers alone which have been coming out over the Net over the last 12 months. The film itself does not…

Film Review, Glitz and Glamour

The Philippines’ Han Solo moment: Why the Ayungin drama made Filipinos ‘proud’

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 benign0 16 Comments

It’s all so interesting to note. One moment, Filipinos would giddily cheer the successful resupply of Philippine military personnel camped in the derelict BRP Sierra Madre which was purposely run aground in Ayungin Shoal in 1999 to seal the Philippines’ territorial claim there. Then on another, they’d give each other high-fives over what is essentially…

Civics, Development, Government

How To Win Friends And Influence People Noynoy Style

May 7, 2013January 27, 2018 Gogs 33 Comments

But the thrill we’ve never known Is the thrill that’ll getcha When you get your picture On the cover of the Rollin’ Stone Wanna see my picture on the cover Wanna buy five copies for my mother Wanna see my smilin’ face On the cover the cover of the Rollin’ Stone Cover of…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics

Noynoy surpasses Gloria? The Force is strong with him…NOT!

February 11, 2013August 14, 2013 FallenAngel 22 Comments

Former president Gloria Arroyo praised president Benigno Simeon Aquino III (BS Aquino) for the 2012 reported 6.6% GDP (gross domestic product) growth. There was a “but”, though: In her statement, Arroyo said she “shares the commitment of President Aquino to integrity and opposition to corruption.” “But the campaign against corruption must uphold the rule of…

Government, Media, Politics

Darth Vader, meet Mickey Mouse

November 1, 2012 benign0 4 Comments

In the last 24 hours, I’ve been seeing lots of updates and memes being published on Facebook and Twitter timelines as well as mainstream media sites expressing one opinion or another about the recent purchase of Lucasfilm and, of course, its all-time epic Star Wars franchise by media giant Walt Disney. Many of these shoutouts…

Glitz and Glamour, Lifestyle, Media