Monday, June 10, 2013

A Proposal on Self-Control and Self-Restraint

TITLE: A Project on Self-Control and Self-Restraint

I. Background
I currently reside in Japan, a small town called Beppu. It's like your Salt Lake City to your New York, but without having the privilege of having itself called 'City'. Or I don't know, it's like that Batman town in Turkey to Istanbul. Japan is the worst country to live if you're an avid moviegoer, well maybe second worst to China. The cinemas has absolute control on which movie to distribute and most importantly and absurdly, WHEN to distribute. If you're a Japanese film freak, then you'll feel no problem. But if your interest is Hollywood films, particularly the mainstream ones, you're in a hell lot of trouble. Let me tell you which country is better than Japan to live in if you're a traveling movie fan. First, Indonesia--the ticket is cheap, and for example the upcoming World War Z is slated to open in June 21. Or even, Lebanon where World War Z is expected to hit cinemas in Beirut and other cities in June 20. Whereas in Japan, August 10. In order to pleasure myself (in terms of movie-viewing pleasures, of course), I usually reside to streaming films which is honestly, illegal. Or maybe I make myself wait for at least two months to experience a certain film in cinemas, with quite the high price of admission. Moreover, with the great waiting time, the Internet phenomenon of spoiler culture is almost inevitable to avoid.


Kirk hates spoiler!


II. Goal
As with the title of the project, the desired goal is to establish self-control and self-restraint in myself through the following methods.


III. Methods
The subjects of the project are the highly anticipated Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel and the sci-fi lens flare-porn Star Trek Into Darkness. Both have international release dates of June 14 and May 24, respectively. Both are slated to hit Japanese cinemas on August 30 and August 24, respectively.
1) Avoid twitter feeds and some film sites' forum or comment sections to avoid spoilers for Man of Steel
2) Suppress the temptation to download or stream a decent/original copy of Star Trek Into Darkness
3) Forcing myself to watch both films in the cinemas

Superman thinks, "it may be hard, but it's possible!"


IV. Timeline
Effective immediately starting June 10, 02:00 am, I have left twitter for an indefinite time being. This actually has already has a benefit, which is avoiding spoilers for Game of Thrones season finale. As for the avoiding-twitter act, I will be back until the anticipation and hype for Man of Steel have calmed. But for the final report of this project, I will be posting the 'Results' section along with either the review for Man of Steel or Star Trek Into Darkness (late August or early September).




Thank you for your time, and please do support this project. Say no to piracy and spoilers! Say no to Japanese theatres monopoly! Also new reviews coming, hopefully on June 21!

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