Train of Thoughts Vol. 1

Let me introduce a new feature in this blog. So, 'Train of Thoughts' would be a series of posts that would be dully titled, like 'Train of Thoughts Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 100' and so on. But it would hopefully be produced weekly, or anytime that I collected enough materials that usually don't qualify for one full post. Ever get that feeling when you want to praise or rant but Twitter can only hold 140 characters and Facebook is too public for you to do it? Yes, 'Train of Thoughts' is exclusively designed for those. So, with no further ado, the first edition of 'Train of Thoughts'! (It's still beta-testing so I hope I can do better with the formatting)

On the latest episode of Empire,
It's still my favorite guilty pleasure. The all-too-important drama is great for entertainment. Music is still good, I mean, Jamal and Freda Gatz is fire y'all. And Lucious Lyon is still slimy as hell. But let me give you these two screenshots of Cookie responding to Anika's Lyon heir announcement. It's so great and very Cookie.

On the new trailer for Jason Bourne,

I still think it's a silly ass title for a landmark continuation of an exceptional action franchise. But I'll forgive it for having Alicia Vikander in it. Fingers-crossed for a last minute title change though. Also on the subject of trailers, The Magnificent Seven and The Girl on the Train looks good. Oh, first trailer for Doctor Strange! I was already excited knowing that Benedict Cumberbatch is in it despite the whole concept and idea of it is super strange (hence the name) and weirdly off-putting. But then I was reminded that Rachel McAdams in it and also Tilda fucking Swinton is also in it! Marvel did a good job putting seats in theatres in movies that sounds so fucking dumb because I am now 120% sold on the movie purely based on its casting.

On Black Mirror,

I know I'm late to the party but I just started Black Mirror, the Brit TV series that's like Sherlock, only has 3 episodes in one season. It's quality TV for a one-off 42-minute episode and up until the first episode of the second series, it boasted famous British actors that has become familiar faces in Hollywood such as Domnhall Gleeson, Toby Kebbell, Jessica Brown Findlay and Hayley Atwell. Every episode really resonates with you especially because it's technology-related and how it serves as a reminder that technology could be the bane of our existence or it may has already.

On The People v. O.J. Simpson

Holy shit this is such a good show! I was unfamiliar with the 'trial of the century' but now I am familiar, too familiar. The casting of the show is amazing, although they could find someone who looks more like O.J than Cuba Gooding Jr, but it's great to know that Gooding is getting work that someone could show him da money (bad joke). Sarah Paulson is great. Courtney Vance is sensational. Camerawork, direction, production design is top-notch. I binge-watched the whole show in 3 days and I still had some work and also an earthquake going on. It's so good that I just can't put down. Yes, I spent the next two days after that watching documentaries on about the case. Emmy is well-deserved, and if not, Emmy would be as innocent as OJ if you know what I mean.

 On Joy,

My expectations were low on this one, seeing that it's about a woman who invented a mop. Pretty sure there were stuff more important to turn into a film, I thought. While that may still stands true, this movie is so well-made that I couldn't help but loving it. Cast is great and even when you catch David O. Russell on a bad day, he's still so fucking amazing. Also music is so good. Jen Lawrence is too lovely and talented that all this movie oozes her charisma and it's also a movie with charismatic actors like De Niro, Bradley Cooper and Edgar Ramirez in it. I loved this movie, if I must rate it like on a regular post, I'd give it 3.5/4.

That's it for the first edition of Train of Thoughts! See you soon.
Will try to write more because as of right now, I'm so behind compared to previous years. At this point of the year I have only written 8 posts, last year it was 13 and last year I wrote the least in four years! To rub more salt in the wound, at this time of the year in 2014 I had written 20 and in 2013 I had written 14. Gotta catch up! (and not chili sauce).

(another bad joke)