this looks very much like the Oiran Dochu procession at Edo Wonderland in Kinugawa. the shooting spot is almost exactly the same from mine 4 years ago as well.

intruding watermarks are fine on the internet. if someone wants an unintruding photo, buy a print. that seems fair.

Epson Workforce WF-5621 (WF-5620 in North America i think)

Epson Workforce WF-5621 (WF-5620 in North America i think)

Nani’s doing fine brudda.

mmm.... wasabi water please...

i remember my childhood sugar rushes and brain freezes more fondly than reality, but alas trying to calm the diabetes dragon from crushing my heart keeps me from all that creme-y bukkake goodness i enjoyed immensely as a little immigrant child to Canada. (also starring: 25cent sour keys, jawbreakers, nerds, jelly…

it’s probably because i’m more used to Asian movie fight scenes, the Batman rescuing Martha Kent scene looks really great, but the wire work didn’t seem too exceptional. you can see parts of John Woo and The Raid being copied into the choreography and it’s done really well for the most part, and i think i saw at least…

they made a mistake during the summoning.

could be, but so was Doomsday. perhaps the effects are different for a kryptonian with infused Lex blood. it’s all very whatever works for Snyder at the time.

loved the film, but did they really have to pull an ID4 just to point out how powerful the aliens were? screw nuke-ex-machina endings.

i really didn’t gave Gal much of any thought before going into the movie, but man, the looks she gave and the power stances during the battle scenes... she nailed it perfectly. i never once during that battle thought she was just some skinny model from a few silly street racing flicks, but remembered from reading her…

thanks. i don’t think i was paying enough attention by that point.

i’ve reiterated this many times. make a live action version of the DCUO intro movie. hire a real Lex Luthor, that’s a proper JL movie.

Superman hanging over the flood victims like glowing alien Jesus. “We get the symbolism. Could you possibly save us now?”

from a Hong Kong/Japan point of view...

her album Lime, Semen, Chestnut Flower has been on my iPhone since my first iPhone which was the 2 or 3... great sound. i also occasionally have stuff from Tokyo Jihen on there if i want something more pop.

there maybe other Asian influences on this rubbing chopsticks thing, at least i know firsthand Hong Kong people have been doing it in Japanese restaurants since the early 80's, predating Bladerunner by several years. it may have to do with poorly made disposable chopsticks outside of Japan, as i saw this custom…

there’s millenia-old superstitions involved with not biting apart noodles as it represents longevity and all that. that’s why slurping is fine. there’s also the matter that for stuff like standing soba joints, you want to be in and out quick and that’s hard to do with boiling hot noodles. a good way is to slurp and…

exactly. when you’re paying so much money for good quality fish, you really don’t want to drown it in that pool of gunk that masks all flavour. if that’s what you like to do, why bother going to the places that cater to people who do care about the taste of the fish? why not just go to the many quality conveyor belt…

like the boys of CinemaSins? i wonder did a Chinese calligrapher taught them how to use forks. who the hell holds forks like that other than apes who have lesser command over their wrists.