madcan diaries

Kick-Ass

2010-09-09T12:28:00.000-07:00

I needed to write this sooner. Months ago actually. But since my Animation Mentor education started (see my Tumblr account) I wasn't able to write as much as I wanted. I used my little time left from work and AM to watch things or play games. Yet there were some movies... Movies I waited like crazy or didn't even expect to be good but still rocked my shoes.

Kick Ass was one of the ones I waited like crazy. Ever since the moment I read the first page of the comic, I was in love with it. Written by Mark Millar (Wanted, Old Man Logan, Nemesis) and drawings by John Romita Jr (mostly known for his work on Spider-Man), it was an amazing story on paper. But I remember how I thought "this can never be a movie" once I saw the last pages of the first issue. That was where we saw Hit Girl for the first time doing things we loved her for doing. It was an independent comic and took them more than a year to complete it's 8 issue story, so they had no problem with being politically correct. But movie industry was different. Yet when the news came out that Matthew Vaughn, director of Layer Cake and Stardust, was going to direct the movie adaptation, we had only a few issues.

Of course it turned out that although Matthew Vaughn wanted to do that movie, no production company was willing to go to that dangerous waters where a 12 years old girl was cutting people with a katana and swearing like no other. Vaughn didn't give up, collected 30 million dollars, hardly a budget for an action movie this caliber, and shot it the way he wanted. He got an incredible cast, including Mark Strong and Nicholas Cage, and made that movie. Then some scenes were shown in Comic-Con. And it got a reaction. And what a reaction it was. Then we know the rest, production companies that didn't want to do that movie having a bidding war on it with LionsGate winning at last with 60+ million dollars and a condition to release it as it is, an R rated action movie.

So you see, I waited a long time before that movie came out on April 2010. And then some! Because it wasn't released in Turkey,the country I live in. First it was told that it was going to be released in June. Then, around June, it was completely vanished. Yeah, our distributors sucks big time. And all that time I was reading reviews on how good it was. When it's Blu-Ray came out and I watched it 2 times in 2 days, I couldn't write anything. Because I wanted to watch it again and again and again... One month later, I watched it for the 3rd time and decided that I should write something. I knew it was going to turn to a love letter as I started but sorry, that's how I feel.

No matter how high my hopes were, Kick Ass delivers in every aspect. Story-wise, we knew it was going to be amazing because the comic was amazing. Vaughn captured everything that made us love that story and changed only some bits to make it all better. Except Big Daddy and Hit Girl's backgrounds, I loved everything he changed. How Katie-Dave relationship turns out, unmasking live on internet and final showdown. They all were brilliant additions.

All of the actors were amazing. Not only always awesome Mark Strong and Christopher Mintz-Plasse or awesome, as he was when he was nominated for Oscar, Nicholas Cage (seriously, this is the role I'll choose to remember this man). As everyone will say to you, Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz are the real stars in this movie. While Chloe Moretz steals every scene she's in and easily the most unforgettable, Aaron Johnson also gives an incredible performance. Just think about how many layers his character gets through the whole movie and you'll see. He's a comic book geek, a superhero wannabe, a guy pretending to be gay, betrayed and betrayer, and finally a tough guy. And he plays all this like it's nothing, passing from one mood to another as if changing clothes.

Since there may be people out there still didn't see it (movie wasn't a big box office hit, it got more than 100 million dollars tho), I don't wanna go into spoiler territory too much. But I'll say this: Kick Ass has one of the best 3rd acts in the history of cinema. How it climbs up to that point, how it starts and plays out and how it's presented... it's epic. I'll leave it at that.

Since Matthew Vaughn is directing X-Men: First Class now and Mark Millar is doing Nemesis (with Tony Scott attached to direct it's adaptation recently), I guess we'll need to wait a little bit for the sequel, both for the comic and the movie. But at least now we have Kick-Ass to help us wait.

Lost - "Across the Sea"

2010-05-13T00:47:00.000-07:00

This one involves big big big spoilers for Lost. If you didn't watch this episode, don't read. I warn you.

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I LOVE Lost.It's my favorite show and I don't think there can be any other show that can replace it for me.I watched it from it's first season and never ever questioned if they would be able to meet my expectations. Because it never disappointed me. I knew it was never going to since we first saw Black Rock. Then I realized how clever that series were planning it's mysteries.

But I must admit, after watching 6th season's 15th episode called "Across the Sea", I felt fear for the first time. Because we were expecting some very clear answers from that episode and we didn't "see" them as clear as we wanted. If it was in one of the first seasons, I would think about it more but when we are so close to the final, I thought answers would come quite openly. But no, there were some very big answers but they were not clear. I realized that when I read a theory on a Turkish web site, so I'll basically summarize what I read here (original is here if you know Turkish: http://sozluk.sourtimes.org/show.asp?id=19016229)

So basically:

The island is the home of Elixir of Life. And that light is where it comes from. It's the very source of life and death. That's why stepmother tells Jacob that "Everyone has it but only a little. And they look for more." That's life and everyone looks for a longer life. And dead people walk around because in some beliefs once you are dead, you go back to the life source. Which is the island itself in a way. Also Widmore is probably not trying to stop Black Smoke. He always wanted to go back to the island because unlike Illana's group, he's after Eternal Life and Black Smoke is only a "security" he needs to pass.

And Black Smoke wasn't their stepmother, but the first apperation of their mother. It tried to corrupt them as kids by showing them other people. Thus MIB left Jacob and his stepmother. Then Black Smoke also killed the village, making MIB think it was his stepmother and causing both of them to die. MIB was a candidate and that's why it appeared as him after that. So until losties arrived, it was only Jacob it needed to kill and then it would be free.

All the other things are also related with this source. It's source of life, that means basically the strongest energy source in the universe. So people getting cured close to it, huge elecromagnetic areas and even time travel on a big energy release is all related to this.

Of course there are still 3 more episodes to go, but I really think that's what it's all about and frankly, I really like it. Everything fits into place and that's what I was expecting.

The Lovely Bones

2010-03-02T06:04:00.000-08:00

I don't know if it's the same with most people but I rarely read a book after seeing the movie it was adapted from. I did that for Stephen King's It when I was a kid and it made me start reading books like crazy. I don't remember why I read Silence of the Lambs actually. I'm also planning to read Contact soon. But I don't remember any other example.

And I'm glad that I read The Lovely Bones before seeing this movie. I didn't decide to read it when I heard about the premise of the book. It was a great premise but I hadn't heard much about it. Then I saw the first trailer and I saw how Peter Jackson was interested with this story. Yet it was the reader's comments that made me buy the book and read it before movie comes out. It was one of the good decisions I made.

I will try not to go into spoiler territory here. For those who don't know, The Lovely Bones is the story of Susie Salmon and her family. The thing is, she's raped and murdered by her neighbour Mr. Harvey when she's 14. And it's the story of what happens after that.

First of all, The Lovely Bones as a book is a masterpiece. It's horrifying at some parts, especially the first chapter where we read the rape and murder of Susie by her own words,with all the details... It disturbs the hell out of you. Then Susie becomes a watcher mostly and tells what her family is going through. It's not about catching Susie's killer. It's all about a murder changing people's lives in unimaginable ways. Nothing goes the way you expect from this kind of story, it doesn't try to be soft.

There comes the problem with Peter Jackson's adaptation. Though it's a beautiful and masterfully crafted movie, it's only a part of the story. And that's a really small part. Actually what I loved most about the book was how little that story about the killer was and how it was about life going on in different ways for different people. Also,movie's much softer and afraid of not being politically correct.

I'm really impressed with the way Jackson handles the rape and murder sequence. It horrifies you the way the book does. And he manages to do that by not showing the most horrible parts. I was squirming in my seat already so I was very glad to see his decision. But that's the only part where softening the story works. Then it becomes basically about Susie's dad trying to find his daughter's killer as Susie watches from her heaven. There are only hints of some other side stories but we never see anything that mattered in the book. Biggest difference being Abigail and Len Fenerman's stories disappearing completely.

Yet, he makes a captivating movie. Maybe not his best, but a very impressive one nonetheless. All the actors give brilliant performances. Stanley Tucci is quite unlucky he's against Christoph Waltz this year. Visuals are as good as any Peter Jackson movie and I really thought that the score should have been nominated for Oscar. There's a climactic scene between Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci that used music so good, it became my favorite scene of the whole movie.

Just read the book at some point and have the real story. Otherwise it's a beautiful movie that chose to tell one part of the source material.

Mass Effect 2

2010-02-16T01:46:00.000-08:00

When Mass Effect came out, I wasn't much interested. I hadn't learned not to trust other people's comments yet, so when I heard some negative things from a few of my friends I didn't bother with it (Then I heard the same kind of things for Dragon Age Origins from the same people but it was already too late).

First, came the news about the cast of the game. Seeing an all-star cast including Martin Sheen,Carrie Ann Moss,Adam Baldwin,Seth Green,Tricia Helfer,Keith David,Yvonne Strahovski and more,caused an interest. Still not much,but I wondered what it was.

And then, Mass Effect 2 launch trailer appeared:

I was instantly sold. Actually, that trailer is one the best 3 trailers I've ever seen for a game.(Other ones are for Wing Commander 4 and Uncharted 2 slow-mo trailer). It is incredibly dynamic, has an epic feel, captivating you with a great score and awesome editing.

So I found the first game (it was hard to find but really cheap since it was 3 years old) and started playing. This blog is about the sequel so I won't go into detail about the first game but by the end of it, I was baffled. I can tell you this: Mass Effect universe is the biggest, most detailed, richest sci-fi universe ever created for games. And in general, there're only 2 other sci fi universes that I can compare: Star Wars and Star Trek. And this was only the first part of a trilogy,while these other examples have decades of history. It was a masterpiece in every aspect.

One week after I finished it, I got the sequel. So it was a continous experience, thanks to importing first game's character. It opens right where you left off at the end of the first game with an amazing and unexpected event. People that played Call of Duty 4 can understand when I say it's the emotional equivalent of those first moments, running away from a sinking ship, drowning in adrenaline and thinking all the time "Oh my god! This is incredible!", then seeing the title. "Game didn't even began!" Same kind of moments here. But you definitely need to play Mass Effect because it's a second part of a trilogy, getting all of it's story elements from the first part, considering the player knows everything already.

Then the story starts to unfold and you start gathering your team. Some can say this is weaker than the first game's team gathering part. I don't agree. In the first game, you are an unknown, living some things and meeting some people during those times. And some of those people join your crew. It was all going according to the story. Here, Shepard gathering his team and that team itself is a big part of the story. So you have some characters, all the best in their areas, and you need to go and find them, getting them to join you on your cause. And again, it's all going according to the story. With different planets having different atmospheric conditions presented in perfect visual quality and with all those characters having incredible backstories, it never gets repetative.

As you gather those characters, that massive universe expands even more. Every backstory adds something, and with every character comes a private mission that you can do to clear your crew member's mind. Once again, every one of those loyalty missions are very well written, making you want to see everything (My favorite is Jacob's by far. It can be a movie on it's own).

So you gather around, get ready and when the time comes for you to go forward in your main mission, amazing things start to happen. I was bonded with every character in this adventure and as the final battle gets near, having some huge incidents, I started to get afraid I would lose them. Because depending on the choices you make, you can really lose some of them. And it's known that those choices will also affect the third game if you import your character in that too. This makes it a really special experience.

Another special thing Mass Effect 2 gives is the final battle and how it's presented. Not only in the first game but most of the similar RPGs, you can get as much people as you want but only use a few of them when it really matters. Here, it's different. You plan your attack and need to get seperated, sending some of your team on a different route, even sending some alone on their own. You are aware that you may be sending them to their death, it really gives you that feeling. You have no idea what's going to happen in there and it's an incredible experience.

Mass Effect 2 is an example of how you can climb a few steps over a masterpiece. Storytelling aside, gameplay, graphics, sound fx, voice acting, cutscenes, music, everything's over your usual gaming bar. I can't wait for the final part of this series. In this day and age when even the most ambitious single player games have a multiplayer component, Bioware gives us an epic single player adventure like no other,trusting in it's game. It's a very well deserved trust.

Axe Cop!

2010-01-29T08:35:00.000-08:00

I love comic books and like everyone else,I have my favorites (Runaways might be my number one for example). Yet with only six pages, Axe Cop is probably the most awesome comic I've read in a long time. And if the comments are any indication, most people are equally impressed.

It's written by a 5 year old, while being expertly drawn by his 29 year old brother. However, writing is the killing blow here. It really shows how much we lose as we grow up and by loving this, how much we really crave for what we lose at the same time.

Check out www.axecop.com,or if it's not working at the moment http://eefblogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/axe-cops-temporary-home.html .

Up In The Air

2010-01-18T07:51:00.000-08:00

I was trying to find time to write about Up in the Air for three days now and after yesternight's Golden Globes, I thought it's quite the right time. Because first of all I want to make this clear: Though I'm a fan of Avatar and watched it over and over again and will watch it again probably, when it comes to being "The Best Movie", it's not that movie. At least not when Up in the Air is amongst nominees. I didn't watch Precious but can say the same thing with Inglorious Basterds and The Hurt Locker. All great movies, but as a movie, Up in the Air impressed me the most.

I don't think a movie's purpose should be to make you think.Or should I say, only purpose. Because Up in the Air makes you think but doesn't make this by forcing some ideas down your throat. It tells you a beautiful story, lets you know some great characters and never shows you something and says "This is right!" Because there are different "right"s for different characters in the movie. They all think about others' decisions,like we do in real life, but doesn't go ahead and change their whole lives just to show you a right choice (Although they try but any more of that would be spoiler). But when you leave the theater you think about those choices. And for every individual, this movie says something different. It's a real "Whatever you get from it" movie.

In one of his Smodcasts,Kevin Smith was talking about Whip It's trailer and how one scene in particular had affected him.He said that ten years ago he wouldn't feel a thing but because he lived through some experiences, that scene talked to him. And I believe that's just the case with Up in the Air. If you didn't live through some things and didn't pass some phases, some scenes may not affect you the way they would, say 10 years later. I'm not old, yet I could completely understand what some characters,especially George Clooney's character,were passing through. But I'm sure in years to come, I will find more in this movie.

I still couldn't see Thank You for Smoking and his previous work but every other thing Jason Reitman did, I loved it (including his Office episodes). Even Jennifer's Body, which he produced, was an original movie in it's own genre. That's why I can't wait to see more from him. And while George Clooney is doing one of his best works in years and Vera Farmiga is even better than her performances in Running Scared and The Orphan, Anna Kendrick was the unexpected gem for me. It's hard to choose a favourite scene in the movie but my strongest nominee is the one with her crying and then taking advice from the older ones. Actually, seeing that scene alone would make you understand why Up in the Air is one of the (if not The) best movies of this year.

Sherlock Holmes / My Name is Bruce

2010-01-16T09:46:00.000-08:00

You may be wondering why there are two seemingly unrelated movies as the header to this post. For me, they are not very unrelated as one of them is one of the best examples of making a setting work while the other one is the worst. And since I watched them one day apart, I was able to see some things more clearly. That's why this blog is being written.

I'll be frank. I loved Sherlock Holmes and I loathed My Name Is Bruce. And I was waiting for the latter one with more enthusiasm. I love Bruce Campbell, maybe more than Robert Downey Jr. He is an incredible actor and his work as Ash is on a top place in physical acting. Just as an example, I can't imagine a better performance of a guy,fighting with his own hand and making it fun while managing to not making it over the top. And his guest starring role in Spider-Man 3 was absolutely the best part in that whole horrible movie. Long story short, with a good director, he is gold.

But he is a terrible, terrible director.

My Name is Bruce was a movie I was waiting to see since I first heard about it's premise. Bruce Campbell,who is playing himself,finds himself figting with a real monster/demon in a town where they think he is a real hero. Look at this plot! How can this go wrong? Let me tell you how: You make the worst directoral decision I've ever seen in a movie and make the whole "real world" as a B-movie. You make it not a "Bruce Campbell in a real life situation with a real monster" but "A farting,pee drinking Bruce Campbell character in a B movie setting with the worst actors and a terrible script, just like you've seen dozens of times before". Movies with the similar plots like Trophic Thunder or Three Amigos work because they have a script with some real life bonding. Watching them,you don't think "What the fuck is this? That's a quite civilized town with a teenage character that watched every Bruce Campbell movie. Why are they thinking he is more than an actor?" I can't fathom how an experienced guy like Bruce Campbell couldn't see these things and doomed his own movie.

And then came Sherlock Holmes. Just the opposite of My Name is Bruce in almost every aspect. Don't get me wrong,I'm not trying to compare an A-list blockbuster movie with a little budget B-movie. I'm telling you about something money can't buy. Just the right decisions to make a movie work.

For a director like Guy Ritchie who had his career going downhill since Snatch, a project like Sherlock Holmes was actually quite risky. He needed to make a Sherlock Holmes that looked "hip" and "modern". There is a quite easy formula for it actually. You just go and do it and don't care about the source material. I'm sure fans of Conan Arthur Doyle would just say "Fuck you!" and go their own ways while you get the job done and make studio executives very happy with a detective story that had no resemblence to original Sherlock Holmes.

Instead of it, there is a great deal of brainstorming you can see in the movie to make it both different and the same. Starting from the script, going to the tiniest acting details, these are the characters Doyle has written. There are even moments nodding to Holmes' addiction and Watson's war history. Hints that Holmes is a master of disguise while Watson is a gentleman-looking tough guy. Even Inspector Lestrade is the same character from the books. In the movie, there is nothing you've not seen in Sherlock Holmes books but just by thinking and planning about the setting the movie takes place, Guy Ritchie manages to make a Sherlock Holmes that we've not seen before. You like it or hate it, he made a real Sherlock Holmes movie.

Whip It

2010-01-11T10:51:00.000-08:00

I'm saying this a lot nowadays, so I'll say it once again: 2009 was a great year for "small" movies. It was also a great year for science fiction movies but that's another blog's subject.

I really wasn't that much interested with Whip It. Didn't see it's trailer, it's plot wasn't too interesting and I had no idea if Drew Barrymore could direct a good movie. But all these things were also reasons to get curious about and of course there was Ellen Page.

Then at last I found time to watch it and if it wasn't everything I was hoping for and then some! First and the most important of it all: I didn't know it was a novel adaptation till the credits but story is beautiful. I don't know if it's the novel itself or adaptation to the script by the book's author himself or Drew Barrymore's directing, it really works. There are lots of great characters with their little details giving them dimension, lots of side stories all working in context to the main story and there is Roller Derby itself which could be a confusing hell on it's own. But movie is fixed on Ellen Page and we never lose it, never seeing one moment of unnecessary scene.

And just like in Juno, Ellen Page carries the whole movie on her shoulders. I had loved watching her in Juno and X-Men The Last Stand (She may be the only good thing from that movie). And after watching her in Whip It, I can't wait to see her in Inception, being directed by Christopher Nolan. She captures the scenes she's in with her little gestures, delivering lines as natural as I can imagine. There is one little scene in Whip It for example, where she is flirting with her boyfriend in a field and there, after he throws away the keys to his car, she gives an awesome yet subtle performance. She looks so shocked in that moment, I actually thought if that scene was improvised.She is that good and I think neither Juno nor Whip It could be this good if it weren't for her.

And one of the things I loved about Whip It is how it plays in a familiar territory yet becoming quite original. We have lots of characters but none of them are "evil", even the antagonist(s).Plural, because as our main character is a teenage girl and this is actually a personal story of hers, there are too many antagonists. They are just obstacles in her life. Her mother, at one point her boyfriend and of course the opposite team's Juliette Lewis. Yet none of them, even Juliette Lewis is portrayed as evil. They are all well written characters, doing what they think is right and somehow colliding with this girl's passion.

Last of all, I loved how the winning and losing in life is told in the movie. How Ellen Page's team Hurl Scouts doesn't care about winning that much. Even their coach,the only character that gives a damn about it,doesn't care that much. And I won't spoil anything but there are a few little surprises in the movie that makes this different than other similar movies, especially in that area.

As Whip It became one of my favorite movies, I would love to see more from Drew Barrymore. Both as a great director and a great actress,in characters like the one she plays here. And even more Ellen Page please.

Avatar

2010-01-01T11:51:00.000-08:00

First of all, since I got some non-Turkish readers as well, I will write my blogs in English from this point forward. Previous few blogs may remain in Turkish, I don't think anyone will mind.

I was thinking about returning to blogging for a long time and seeing Avatar for the second time finally made me sit and write again. I wrote a few tweets in twitter about it already but there is much more to write about.

First time I watched Avatar was in Real D and I really loved it. 3D feel was incredible but I loved rest of the movie not as I watched or left the theater but as days passed and I re-visited it in my mind. I hadn't thought about it but when I saw it second time in Imax 3D today, I realized why.

Real D forces you to see 3D scenes as 3D and it's fun. But it also makes everything else blurry. You see, but not actually see the movie. You only get a feeling what's there. So when I saw it again in Imax 3D, I was confused at first with how 3D feel was not so strong, but then started to see how clean it all was. You can actually watch the movie, move your eyes all around the frame, not losing anything at all. It's just like a 2D experience, only you "feel" the extra dimension is there.

And actually I really didn't care if it was 2D or not. I don't care what everyone else says. Avatar is a really "strong" movie. I know some people arguing how it's not a new story. Guess what, it's not a new story. But it's extremely well told. And that's what matters. It makes you feel. Whenever James Cameron wants you to feel something, you feel that. *SPOILER ALERT* Didn't you feel that pain Na'vi experience as their home-tree gets bombarded? Didn't you get your blood pumping up as Jake has his first flight? Didn't you feel really hopeless in that last battle as everyone dies and all hope gets lost? *SPOILERS OVER*

I'm not talking about love story here, I know some people don't get into that stuff in movies no matter what. But if you didn't get those feelings in those important parts I told about, I'm really sorry for you. Because the feeling is there, in the movie, waiting for you. You should just accept it to receive.

I can just keep writing. I can just write about how James Horner's music is unforgettable. Not as you watch the first time because no composer can keep up with those visuals. But listen to the soundtrack only one time and you'll remember every scene, relive that experience and be surprised how you didn't remember it at the first place. I can also write about characters and how well executed they are. I'm not saying well-written, because they are not. You can think of them as 1-dimensional even. But since they are expertly directed, they became believable characters. You can argue about them not having complexities but you can't argue about any one of them acting out not-realistic. You know people like those characters let it be soldiers,scientists or Na'vi. And if I know James Cameron,we'll definitely get more character moments in an extended cut.

I can just go on and on. And that's why I wanted to write this kind-of love letter to Avatar. It was not just a beautiful movie, it also made me "feel". And that's all that matters.

Savaşın Tarihçesi

2006-08-14T13:49:00.000-07:00

Günümüzde insanlar savaşanlar ve savaşacaklar olmak üzere ikiye ayrılırlar. Bu yönleriyle eskilerin savaşanlar ve savaşı uzaktan takip edenlerinden farklıdırlar. Ancak insanlık tarihi boyunca savaş hep bir yerlerde gerçekleşen bir insanlık sporu olmuş, bir alışkanlık haline gelmiştir.

Savaş denilen aksiyonun nasıl ortaya çıktığını anlamak için öncelikle savaşanları anlamak gerekir. İnsanı anlamak mümkün olmadığı için birkaç insanın bir araya gelmesiyle meydana gelen toplum mekanizmasını anlayabiliriz.

Sürekli hemcinslerine yapışma eğilimi gösteren görünmez minik şeylere molekül denir. Bilindiği üzere insan pek çok molekülün bir araya gelmesiyle meydana gelir ancak moleküller daha çok molekülle bir araya gelmek isteyen açgözlü yapılar olduklarından ötürü insanlar kendi aralarında sosyalleşme adı verilen aktiviteler gerçekleştirirler. Böylece moleküllerini mutlu ederler.

Bu sosyalleşme esnasında oluşan kalabalık, çeşitli şekillerde adlandırılır. Bir bakışta sayılarıyla ilgili tahmini bir rakam söyleyebilecekseniz topluluk, bir tepeden aşağı baktığınızda sayamayacağınız kadar çoklarsa toplum olurlar. Tepeler arasındaki her topluma ülke denir.

Ve savaşanlar da genellikle bunlardır.

Bu nedenledir ki ilk savaşın çıkması için öncelikle insanların ülke adı altında birbirlerinden ayrılacak kadar zeka kaybına uğramaları gerekmiştir. Dünyadaki bütün sorunların temelinde yatan bu ayrım aslında yine temelde sadece bir zevzeğin fikrine bağlıdır.

Adem ile Havva'dan birkaç jenerasyon sonra iyice kalabalıklaşan topluluk zaman içinde bir ovayı doldurup bir sonraki ovaya geçmek zorunda kalmışlardır. Aradaki tepenin arkasını göremeyen topluluktan, "tepenin arkasındaki arkadaşlar" demeye yorulan birisi çıkıp "diğerleri" kelimesini (ya da o zaman kullanılan versiyonunu) telaffuz ettiğinde ilk yabancılaşmanın da temelleri atılmıştır.

Sonrasında ovalar arasında kalan ineklerden birisi üzerine bir tartışma çıkması için çok zaman geçmesi gerekmez. Bugün her gün binlerce çocuğun ölmesine neden olan o zevzek, ilk ayrımcılığın temellerini atmadan önce birbirinin halası, yeğeni veya dedesinin ikinci karısından torunu olan bu insanlar arasında zamanla değişen ama temelde aynı kalan diyaloglar gerçekleşmeye başlar.

- Merhaba tepenin arkasındakilerin lideri.
- Sarıkafa?
- Şu tepeden sizin tarafa inen ineği geri istiyoruz.
- Neden?
- Bizim o.
- Siz kimsiniz?
- Diğer ovadakiler.
- Amcan da mı orada?
- Hayır amcam burada. Yengem orada kaldı.
- Siz de buraya gelseniz?
- İneği istiyoruz.

O gün yenmiş olan bir inek nedeniyle iki ovadan birisi üzerinde meydana gelen savaş, daha sonra bir gelenek halini almış ve ovalar üzerinde icra edilmeye başlanmıştır.

Günümüze gelene kadar dünya üzerinde gittikçe farklı yerlere yayılan insanlar ise kendi aralarında "tepenin arkasındakiler"in yanında "şu nehirin ilerisindekiler", "rleri söyleyemeyenler", "sıcak bölgelerde derisi kavrulanlar" şeklinde ayrılmalara devam ederek günümüz dünya düzenini oluşturmuş, her gün yeni metodlar bularak savaşmaya devam etmektedir.

Ve halen o ineğin kimin olduğu belli değildir.

Gececi Uzaylılar

2006-07-24T12:35:00.000-07:00

Gece vakti karanlık bir kır yolunda ilerliyorsunuz. Eğer bu bir gerçekse buradan iki şeyi anlayabiliriz: Birincisi yanınızda kendi kırınızı taşımadıkça İstanbul'da yaşamıyorsunuz. İkincisi ise sağlıkla ilgili konularda uykusuzluktan daha büyük endişeler taşımaya başlamalısınız.

Bilindiği üzere uzaylıların en sevdiği vakit gecedir. Bu hayaletler, zombiler, gulyabaniler ve pek çok hayal yaratığı için geçerli olsa da vampirler dışındakilere keyfiyet faktörü etki etmektedir. Bu tayfanın ışıklı zaman ve mekanlarla aralarının olmamasını genel olarak derilerindeki pigmentlerin renkleriyle ilgili sorunlar yaşamalarına bağlıyorum. Ancak hiçbirisi kendi ırkı içindeki karşı cinste de aynı sorunlar olduğunu henüz farketmediğinden, kendilerini gölgelerde tutmaya devam ederler.

Yürüdüğünüz kır yolunda karşınıza çıkma olasılığı bulunan uzaylı iki tip olabilir: Sırtında inek taşıyan ya da ineği doğrudan ışınlayan.

Eğer uzaylının ineklere karşı herhangi bir ilgisini görmüyorsanız o bir karşılaşma sayılmaz. Bizzat sizin için o kadar yol tepmiş ve karşınıza muhtemelen ışınlanmış ama ufak bir ihtimalle ufodan sarkıtılan ip merdivenle inmiş bir uzaylıdır o. Böyle bir durumda işi yokuşa sürmeyip ışıklı alana geçmeniz en iyisi olacaktır (ya da doğrudan merdivene tırmanmaya başlayın). Aksi takdirde iç organlarınız vücudunuzda bir delik oluşturacak kadar ısınabilir ki buna tıpta lazer tabancası yarası denmektedir.

Karşılaşma durumunda doğrudan selam vererek geçip gitmek ilk başta uygun görünse de en azından dikkatinizi yeşil ince uzun adamdan çok onun sırtındaki siyah benekli hayvanın beneklerindeki asimetri çekiyormuş gibi davranmanız önerilir. Genel olarak kendilerine uzun bakılmasından hoşlanmadıklarını biliyoruz. Doların üzerinde de bulunan piramitin üzerindeki göz simgesi bunun özetidir.

Yeri gelmişken, piramitlerin uzaylılar tarafından inekler için yapıldığını ancak Mısır'da inek bulamadıkları için Firavun'a bırakıp gittiklerini biliyor muydunuz?

Runaways

2006-06-04T03:30:00.000-07:00

Beni heyecandan ve zevkten titreten yeni bir çizgi roman keşfettim. Bir arkadaşımın bilgisayarında şu aşağıdaki wallpaperı görüp "ne bu ne bu ne bu ne güzelmiş bu ne bu bu ne" diye atlamamla arkadaşın bana çizgi romanın ilk albümünü vermesini sağladım.

Bir grup gencin, ailelerinin aslında insan kurban eden kötüler olduğunu ve kendileriyle ilgili de gizlenen bazı gerçekler olduğunu keşfetmelerinin ardından ailelerine karşı savaşmalarını anlatan hikaye ilginç bir şekilde Marvel'den çıkma. Zaten bu nedenle Wizard dergisi, bu çizgi roman için "Son 30 yılda Marvel'den çıkan en orijinal konsept" tanımını kullanıyor. Dark Horse Comics'den çıkmış olsa şaşmazdım ancak Marvel için gerçekten farklı bir tarz bu.

Her bakımdan mükemmel bir çizgi roman ve ilk albüm harika bir sonla bitiyor. Özellikle albümün ortalarından itibaren giren "Ekipteki hain kim?" sorusu cidden şok edici bir şekilde cevaplanıyor. Bakalım ikinci albümünde konu nasıl bir hal alacak.

Düzen

2006-05-31T11:34:00.000-07:00

Düzen dediğin nedir? Bir şeyi nasıl bıraktıysan öyle bulmak demek değil midir? Bu nedenle değil midir ki birisinin öylesine fırlatıp attığı bir kazak onun için düzendir...

Peki bu durumda ben neden bitirme projem ile ilgili hayati öneme sahip bir downloadım varken modemimin fişini çıkık bulabiliyorum? Ya da günlerce uğraştığım puzzle'ımı bozulmuş bulabiliyorum?

Ne biçim düzen lan bu?

Isıracam...

İlk Gün

2006-05-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

İnsanın en eski dürtüsü üreme denir... İkincisi de beslenme ise üçüncüsü kendisini ifade etme dürtüsü olsa gerek...
Bakalım ben bundan sonra burada kendimi ne kadar ifade edebileceğim.

Mesela bu ilk yazı çok saçma oldu...