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    [Movie of the Moment] Robo Geisha

    by  • March 9, 2012 • WTF • 0 Comments

    My movie stash came through the mail this week. Robo Geisha had a trailer that doesn’t look too different from the parodies you’ll see on CollegeHumor.com and just when it seems like that’s the whole movie right there, the movie actually surprises with much more.

    To fully appreciate the beauty of Robo Geisha, you have to have absolutely no expectations of a reasonable storyline or plot. Don’t expect to make sense out of the situations nor expect the sequence of events to be coherant. Take it as a series of gags where laughs are milked from completely ridiculous situations and you’ll love the show.

    This is by far the most ridiculous show I’ve ever watched and I love it because it reminds me of old perverse Hong Kong comedies from the 80s. Substitute gags of peeing kids with suggestive sex gags and you get Robo Geisha. I’m still unsure if some of the scenes are meant to mock the nonsensical plots of typical porn movies but there is no nudity and nothing particularly pornographic about the show. It’s the type of comedy gem that we’re sorely missing in today’s politically-correct world. I guess everything’s still fair game in Japan.

    Rent it, borrow it or get it on import while it’s still cheap.

    When Reality TV Meets Reality

    by  • March 8, 2012 • WTF • 0 Comments

    I watched Survivor with the eyes of the average TV viewer and it never occurred to me how insulting it must be to someone who’s living off the grid. Not that anyone off the grid would be watching TV but still…

    Then I got to watching The Tester. It’s in its third season now so it’s not unfamiliar to me but it’s the first time I actually felt offended watching it. It’s funny at the contestants’ expenses for the first 15 minutes or so and then I actually felt quite indignant that my job is actually trivialized. I’m not an Associate Producer, a job that is coveted by the contesters but it struck close enough to home.

    Is the job scope of that of an Associate Producer or even a QA tester in the Games Industry so trivial that it can be auctioned off to any regular Joe in a TV contest? Apparently so. This season’s The Tester includes such relevant day-to-day work as sticking your head in a tank of cockroaches. I can safely say that I believe enough in my abilities to know that if my chances at a job is measured by my willingness to stick my head in said tank, the job isn’t worth my effort.

    Where is the threshold? Is this really impressing the people you may potentially be working with in years to come? I can’t speak for anyone else but if one of my colleagues had got his job because he’s enthusiastic about sticking his head in a jar of cockroaches, I’d probably just label him/her as psychotic from Day One.

    Also, what’s the deal with the crying girls? Any one episode of The Tester features more crying girls or girls who are close to tears than I have witnessed in well, actually possibly my lifetime. In addition to demeaning the worth of a Producer, The Tester has actually gone further to demean women. Nice.

    You’d think that the people on the show would have realised that they would have a job EASY if they had a little more personality. I’m still watching the show for sure. Who knows if the next winner’s going to be my future colleague.

    If We’re Asking You, It’s Not Spam Right?

    by  • November 20, 2011 • WTF • 0 Comments

    My mobile phone service provider is a riot. There are now anti-spam laws which require advertisers to have an unsubscribe message with each SMS sent and you can complain to your service provider if you’re receiving unsolicited messages. There’s nothing much you can do though when your service provider’s the one spamming you.

    Hey, at least they waited a week before trying their luck again!

     

    Escaping is What Tiggers Do Best

    by  • October 20, 2011 • WTF • 1 Comment

    Disneyland is any kid’s dream come true. All day long, delightfully animated mascots prance around, waving and blowing kisses to everyone and anyone. Yup, for any kid, even grown-up ones, Disneyland is magical.

    Ever wondered what happens when mascots grow old and forgotten? What happens when Tiggers bounce a little too high?

    Well, my friends, they end up in China.

    These are pictures from a recent drill to prepare zoo personnel for a day when dangerous animals decide to escape. Tiggers aren’t that dangerous. That’s why they’re easy to pick on.

    Meanwhile in the USA, dangerous (exotic) animals are free for all. 18 Bengals down so far!