你不在
It’s practically impossible not to have lusty images from 300 resurfacing in my head as I was watching Beowulf, and inevitably, ending up doing a mental comparison of the CGI manipulated maleness while at the same time, trying to make sense of this adaptation from the epic poetry that I have neither read nor heard of prior to this.
If we were talking about abs and pecs and veins, I would go for the representation in Beowulf. 300 was rather overwhelming and all too easy to discredit as the physiques were, most unconvincingly, muscularly and glisteningly buffed. Then again, Best Friend and I would pick Donnie Yen as the No 1 Alpha Male any day over Beowulf because we are Chinese.
(And I find it hard to believe Neil Gaimen is part of the Beowulf project after he worked on the stunning spectacle that was Mirrormask)
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Read a little on Beowulf online and “reading” the old text reminds me of the days we had to study Chaucer and his wife from Bath.
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I’m actually more thrilled by another “wolf.” Apparently, the Lone Wolf series is gonna have a respectable (according to initial review and feedback from testers) PC game (locally produced some more) based on the game books and it’s making international waves. Reading Lone Wolf series was my very first engagement with the fantasy realm in primary school that eventually led to Dragonlance, so this is definitely news worthy of note. I still have my Castle Death stashed somewhere!
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It turns out I’m watching The Pillowman after all with The Male Best Friend (formerly known as Po and, in another realm not that long ago, as PyJamas – so as to totally eradicate the remotest possibility of his students tracing him from this blog which he fears). I hope he isn’t going to read this entry till we have actually watched it ‘cos it’s meant to be an early birthday surprise. He’s back in Singapore today and stay he will for 3 days more. It was a toss between Mr Dimples and The Male Best Friend as escort when I received the show invite, made all the harder as I haven’t given Mr Dimples anything for his birthday either. Eventually, The Male Best Friend won the mock tussle by virture of Being In Singapore (and that he had wanted to BUY tickets to the show together and that he would appreciate it MORE) and I would really prefer to spend an unhurried day leisurely with the other male friend who is going to be stationed in Singapore more permanently, and we have postponed that day to be after my HK trip.
你不在 当我最需要爱 你却不在
无尽等待像独白般难挨
你不在 高兴还是悲哀 你都不在
我受了伤在偷偷好起来
但你不在
If we were talking about abs and pecs and veins, I would go for the representation in Beowulf. 300 was rather overwhelming and all too easy to discredit as the physiques were, most unconvincingly, muscularly and glisteningly buffed. Then again, Best Friend and I would pick Donnie Yen as the No 1 Alpha Male any day over Beowulf because we are Chinese.
(And I find it hard to believe Neil Gaimen is part of the Beowulf project after he worked on the stunning spectacle that was Mirrormask)
*
Read a little on Beowulf online and “reading” the old text reminds me of the days we had to study Chaucer and his wife from Bath.
*
I’m actually more thrilled by another “wolf.” Apparently, the Lone Wolf series is gonna have a respectable (according to initial review and feedback from testers) PC game (locally produced some more) based on the game books and it’s making international waves. Reading Lone Wolf series was my very first engagement with the fantasy realm in primary school that eventually led to Dragonlance, so this is definitely news worthy of note. I still have my Castle Death stashed somewhere!
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It turns out I’m watching The Pillowman after all with The Male Best Friend (formerly known as Po and, in another realm not that long ago, as PyJamas – so as to totally eradicate the remotest possibility of his students tracing him from this blog which he fears). I hope he isn’t going to read this entry till we have actually watched it ‘cos it’s meant to be an early birthday surprise. He’s back in Singapore today and stay he will for 3 days more. It was a toss between Mr Dimples and The Male Best Friend as escort when I received the show invite, made all the harder as I haven’t given Mr Dimples anything for his birthday either. Eventually, The Male Best Friend won the mock tussle by virture of Being In Singapore (and that he had wanted to BUY tickets to the show together and that he would appreciate it MORE) and I would really prefer to spend an unhurried day leisurely with the other male friend who is going to be stationed in Singapore more permanently, and we have postponed that day to be after my HK trip.
你不在 当我最需要爱 你却不在
无尽等待像独白般难挨
你不在 高兴还是悲哀 你都不在
我受了伤在偷偷好起来
但你不在
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