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The Death of Twitter

When is it right or wrong to send a tweet? Is there a kind of silent Twitter etiquette? Well, for the sake of common sense, you should at least keep it out of the dinner table, your relative’s funeral and your bathtub (where an Austrian woman was electrocuted to death after attempting to tweet from her laptop).

Twitter is a word I hear about everyday. It’s on every news show, website, billboard…it’s stalking me everywhere I go! I knew the death of Twitter came when Oprah sent her first tweet in all caps:

HI TWITTERS . THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY .

She’s a powerful woman and all, but she is the queen of overexposing and hyping anything worth talking about. The weekend that followed after her show aired, 1.2 million new users signed on to Twitter.

There are two interesting words you can ooze out of ‘twitter.’ One being ‘wit’ and the other being ‘twit.’ From the times I’ve used the micro-blogging platform, I definitely felt like a nitwit.

Posted on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Under: Joseph Natividad | No Comments »

Transformers Sequel Not as Bad As Everyone Says

I woke up early Saturday morning, drank a cold glass of milk and drove straight to the movie theater to catch the 11 a.m. screening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Call me a geek and a lover of horrible summer movies, but I’ve been waiting for this to come out since watching the first big-screen adaptation a couple years ago. My verdict: it’s even better.

Loud machines, loud humans, nonstop action and the objectification of women — that’s just Michael Bay being Michael Bay, unleashing his id to create the most visually arresting film to come out this summer. The only other film that comes close to wearing out your eyeballs is the Wachowski brothers’ attempt at Speed Racer last year.

I’ve read a number of reviews for the Transformers sequel, which mostly bashed the film to a pulp. The only review that I believe actually captures the significance of what this film is all about can be found on io9.com.

The Transformers films are simply designed to blow your mind away. I grew up watching the cartoons on TV before going to school. Having them come to life before my very eyes is an almost magical feeling.

If you’ve already seen Revenge of the Fallen and came out from it with a disgruntled feeling in your stomach, reconsider and watch it again in IMAX for all its visual splendor and magnificence.

Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2009
Under: Joseph Natividad | 1 Comment »