Horrors of Nature

                                         

Hachikō - The Faithful

While surfing through the net I came across across this wonderful story of Hachikō the faithful dog. Hachikō is a Japanese Akita dog. In 1924 Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor took Hachikō as a pet. Hachikō used to greet its master everyday at Shibuya Station when the professor returns from work.

In May 1925, the professor suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and died and never returned to the station. Hachikō continued to wait at the station everyday for its master for the next nine years. This faithful act of Hachikō attracted the attention of the commuters. This faithful act of Hachikō was honored by the Japanese and a bronze statue was erected at the station. Also one of the exits at the station is named as 'Hachikō Exit'

Hachikō Statue at Shibuya Station

Gran Torino

Its been a long time since I felt like writing about a movie I saw. Gran Torino, directed and produced by the man, more famously known as 'The Man With No Name' than Clint Eastwood. At first I saw this movie's commercial in Star Movies. Once while surfing the net I saw that imdb had rated this movie 8.4. I thought I will give it a shot and downloaded the movie without even reading the synopsis.

I like Clint Eastwood and his movie. 'The Man With No Name' trilogy was of course the best. But there is no point in watching any of his movies without watching the trilogy. Cause those movies set a benchmark for his characterization. Once I made a mistake of watching one of his movies before watching the trilogy and I didn't like the movie at all. But then after watching the trilogy I saw the same movie again and only then I realized the specialty of that movie. Gran Torino is no different. If you had watched the trilogy and loved it, you will like this movie.

Clint Eastwood is no longer a young cowboy. But he is the only actor in this world who can portray an Action Hero even at an age of 78. Even at an age of 78 'Get off my lawn' sounds really dangerous and 'I blow a hole in your face and sleep like a baby' sounds like he is a person who means each and every word that comes out of his mouth. Even though the movie is slow, as it gets to the climax, it gets as thrilling as the trilogy.

Overall I would rate this movie 9/10, mostly for Clint's acting and for reminding me the great climaxes of the Man With No Name trilogy.

Happy New Year

Well, I haven't blogged for quite sometime now. The last few months of my life had been fast and busy. But never would I have imagined that I will be writing this post from office.

Yes, its the 1st of January and I'm at office. What to do? Situation gone tough. I seem to start my year with woes everytime I guess. Let's push it aside. First I would like to wish everyone a very happy new year.

2010, the one after a slow and the worst of my life, had been a good year. In fact, one of the best. It had been a year with a lot of surprises. I never expected myself to be in this situation, six months back. It has given me hopes to look forward to the new year. Hopefully, 2011 has stored in a lot of surprises for me.

Again I would like to wish you all a very happy new year.

Who is Mysterion?

If you are a fan of South Park, you would have watched the episode, "The Coon" (S13 E02), where Cartman poses as a superhero calling himself as "The Coon" and a mystery superhero, who calls himself "Mysterion" steals his show. At the last scene of the episode Mysterion removes his mask and Mr. Garrison says, "He's in my class", but everyone has the similar face in South Park. Hence the mystery of the Mysterion was left a mystery.

The latest episode of South Park, "The Coon 2: Hindsight", brings back the Coon and the Mysterion along with few new superheros forming a team called, "Coon and Friends". This is a two part episode (the second part will be played next week).

The superheros in this team are:

Coon = Cartman
Toolshed = Stan
Iron Maiden = Timmy
Tupperware = Token
Mintberry Crunch = Bradley (A new blond guy)
Mysterion
Mosquito
Human Kite

The identity of Mysterion, Mosquito and Human Kite were left a mystery. Before the end of the episode, the team without the mask is shown. So Mysterion, Mosquito and Human Kite could possibly be Kyle, Kenny and Clyde (not in order).

The way Cartman beatsup Mosquito makes me think Mosquito could be Kyle. So Mysterion could either be Kenny or Clyde.

Cartman always picks up on Kenny as well. In the episode, "The Coon", when Mysterion unmasks, Cartman was only delighted. I dont think he would have reacted so if he had realized that Kenny was Mysterion. So my guess would be Clyde.

Hopefully, next week, they will reveal who the real Mysterion is.