Pandarific!!

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The story is not unfamiliar to us fairytale lovers. Rapunzel a girl with uncommonly long hair is locked up in a tower, the only way up is when she lets down her hair. Prince comes, rescues her. That is the story in a nutshell; Disney has finally taken up this classic tale and given it its Disney twist. Rapunzel is still Rapunzel with the long golden hair. Kidnapped at birth, check, locked in tower, check. What’s different now is the prince, he’s not a prince, no in fact he’s a wanted thief. This reminds me of mother Gothel’s line when Rapunzel says “I met someone” and she replies “Yes, the wanted thief....I’m so proud.” As evil a character as mother gothel is, she has been given the most sarcastic lines in the movie, contending with her would be Flynn.  Back to the story, mother Gothel locks Rapunzel up in the tower because, drum roll, Rapunzel’s hair has magical powers of healing and rejuvenation when you sing a certain tune to it. It was one a drop of sunshine that grew into a magical flower you see. Then one night, when the queen almost died of childbirth, the villager/soldiers found that flower that mother Gothel tried so hard to hide, the queen was saved and thus rapunzel had blonde hair. Mother gothel tried to snip a lock of hair but found out that by doing so, the power vanished, so she kidnapped the girl and raised her as her own. The King and Queen were so heartbroken that every year they would light lanterns just like the one they did when Rapunzel was born in hope that Rapunzel would see it and return to them. I know it sounds so magical and all. 18 years later, Rapunzel is bored doing the same old things in the tower. She wants to get out and see the magical lights. She tries to ask mother Gothel but is rejected. On to Flynn, he’s on the castle and on a mission to steal the crown (rapunzel’s). He and his accomplices manage to do the job but they get chased by soldier. After abandoning his accomplices he is pursued by Maximus, the very human like horse in my opinion. He stumbles across the secret passageway leading to Rapunzel’s tower. Seeing it as a perfect hideout, he climbs the tower and meets Rapunzel in the most painful way, a hit on the head by a frying pan (a very prominent weapon in this show).  Rapunzel manages to hide/lock him in the cupboard and before she can show him to mother Gothel, she is dissuaded. Now she comes up with an idea to use Flynn to take her to see the lights blackmailing him using the crown. He agrees and there begins their adventure. I don’t want to give out too much information, it’ll be better for you to watch it yourself, it is really worth it, i plan to rewatch it very soon! Comments on the characters, i like Rapunzel, she’s pretty, funny, smart, somewhat brave and it’s so fun to see her reactions to everything. Flynn is supposed to be the most handsome prince Disney has ever come up with, I AGREE!! He went through the hot guy screening and it’s a pass! I like his sarcastic remarks to Rapunzel’s never ending eagerness. Take this line for example. Rapunzel :Some this brought you here, fate, destiny.. Flynn: A horse. And the nice stuff he does for her, like the lanterns. He acts all tough and bad but deep down inside he’s so sweet and has this little dream in his heart. Pascal is just so cute, and the perfect sidekick to have. Maximus, like i said before, is very humanlike for a horse. He’s smarter than the guards and when Flynn and him fight, it’s hilarious. 

Storyline/plot: Seeing that it’s a fairytale, you’d expect certain things like a Prince and Princess, evil charatcter and a happy ending. Some parts were very predictable, but i’d excuse them as firstly, the movie was made for little kids, not teenagers who have seen/read too many fairytales to know what’s going to happen. And secondly, i think it’s that whole basic plotline that they must follow that makes it a Princess movie.

Animation/Art: WONDERFUL, i love the artwork, how it’s 3D and yet you get to see the old style of hand painting (looks like it). Since i’ve watched almost every promo video that Disney has released for Tangled i know that they used Disneyland as an inspiration for the town. I could really see and feel that in the movie, it was just magical. Two thumbs up to the animators/artists for all wonderful work on the art, loved the tower, the palace, the snugly duckling, oh, just the whole movie!

Favourite scene: The lantern scene. Especially the part where the King and Queen light up the first lantern and everyone else slowly follows. That was the most magical/ cool part of the whole movie.

Songs: The most memorable song for me would be “Now i see the light”, again the lantern scene. Other songs weren’t that impactful. The songs had a link to what was happening of course, but the lyrics weren’t so catchy or the tune was just so so. Or maybe i’m just not a fan of the whole bursting out in song when i feel so very happy in movies. (ok.ok Pascal) 

I would really really recommend this movie to everyone. Good job to Zachary Levi (Flynn) and Mandy Moore (Rapunzel) for a great job with the voices. Disney, you hit the target on the whole Disney Princess thing again. The last two, Giselle and Tiana, didn’t really look like they’d fit in with the rest of the gang, (the usuals you know, Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, etc). I am still so hyped up with the movie that i’m collecting every piece and scrap of artwork there is on the internet related to this movie!! I will upload more stuff on Flynn soon, since very much obsessed with him.

Taken from this blog: http://lucialai.org/2007/03/19/tale-of-a-malaysian-diaspora-discrimination-abound/#/

Here's a qoute "If you want to say discrimination is here in the US, yes, of course it is. Can you name a country where it doesn’t happen? But let me tell you one thing – if you go looking for it, you will find it. But in Malaysia, you don’t have to go look for it because it seeks you out, slaps you in your face every which way you turn, and is sanctioned by law!"

I know it's from 2007 but the issues are still the same, still the same problem. 

As of today there is only 44 days left till CF is here! Here's a random fact for you!

The ending theme of Cowboy Bebop, The Real Folk Blues, has been played in every single CF since 2005.

This years CF will be in Berjaya Times Square Hotel Manhattan Ballroom. So take note and don't go into the mall! 

Here's the facebook page if you're interested: this is their FACEBOOK PAGE become a fan and get all the latest updates! Everyday, there will be the Comic Fiesta featured artwork and it'll tell you how many days are left to CF, so enjoy the nice artwork and get a live countdown too, (It's helping me keep track haha) 

or you could just go to the main site www.comicfiesta.org.

I have no idea if i'm going to cosplay this year, keeping my fingers crossed XD

Because i am so loving it all right now! All the Wanted, Found and Lost video's i could find related to Tangled or better known in this part of the world as Rapunzle because they had to change the movie title for us....

I was googling KFC colonel Japan and came upon this article in wikipedia:

Curse of the Colonel

Yes, there is such a thing, what's it about? 

Curse of the Colonel (カーネルサンダースの呪い Kāneru Sandāsu no noroi?) refers to an urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by deceased KFC founder and mascot Colonel Harland Sanders. The curse was said to be placed on the team because of the Colonel's anger over treatment of one of his store-front statues.[1]

The Hanshin Tigers are located in Kansai, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan. They are considered the eternal underdogs of Nippon Professional Baseball, in opposition to the Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, who are considered the kings of Japanese baseball.[2] The devoted fans flock to the stadium no matter how badly the Tigers play in the league.[3]

As is common with sports-related curses, the Curse of the Colonel is used to explain the Japan Championship Series drought that the Hanshin Tigers have had to endure since their first and only victory in the 1985 Japan Championship.[4] The curse is said to have happened when Hanshin fans, excited over winning the 1985 championship series, tossed the statue of Colonel Sanders into the Dōtonbori River.[4]

Since then, fans have said they would never win another Japan Series until the statue was recovered.[5] Comparisons are often made between the Hanshin Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, who were also said to be under a curse, the Curse of the Bambino, until they won the World Series in 2004.[4] The "Curse of the Colonel" has also been used as a boogeyman threat to those who would divulge the secret recipe of eleven herbs and spices that makes the unique taste of KFC chicken.[6] 

[Taken from Wikipedia]

To read the full article here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel

Since we're on this topic, here are some pics of the colonel dressed up in Japan!

And this is the statue that caused the start of this whole curse thing in the first place

So next time you feel like doing something to public/private property, think twice lah.