Thursday, December 30, 2010

Mobile blogging has never been easier!

What?
Mobile blogging - what can I say, it's blogging from your mobile & using a feature just cos it's available - it's never been easier.

How?
It's actually Blogger.com's email blogging feature, ported onto my smartphone, and voila, mobile blogging! :)

Why?
But I can't figure out for the life of me what I would blog about while seated at a restaurant waiting for dinner to arrive...perhaps someday I shall have my answer. Nomnom time, ta!

SALT (2010) - Differences between the movie's Theatrical Release & Director's Cut

SALT (2010) - Featuring Angelina Jolie.
Comparison of Salt (2010) Theatrical Release & Director's Cut
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944835/

There are 3 versions of Salt available for viewing, the Theatrical, Extended, and Director's Cuts. They run 95:54, 96:56, and 99:48 respectively. Here are the major differences as compared to the base Theatrical Cut, e.g. Theatrical vs. Extended, and Extended vs. Director's Cut. Note, SPOILERS follow below, so read at your own risk. There are a few major, significant differences between the versions. 

The Director's Cut makes the most sense plot-wise, and includes some better character development, in my opinion. 


THEATRICAL vs. DIRECTOR's CUT

1) Evelyn Salt's opening interrogation scene in North Korea is longer and more brutal. The soldiers force a tube down her throat and subject her to more intense questioning, followed by several kicks to the abdomen. 

2) Extended scene of Orlov training little kids who will be future sleeper agents. As the kids finish a race through the woods, Orlov asks which kid was first, and which was last, whipping the last kid with a riding crop. 

3) Abduction of Michael (Salt's husband) by Orlov's thugs is shown. 

4) Additional scene where Michael tells Salt about a new species of spider that he has discovered. 

5) Childhood scene between Salt and Schnaider at Orlov's training camp. 

6) Salt's husband is NOT shot in the Director's Cut; rather, he is slowly drowned and Salt is forced to watch. Michael's death is much more harrowing in the Director's Cut. 

7) Salt kills Orlov with a broken bottle, and the stabbing is shown in more detail, rather than off-screen. 

8) Salt's rampage through Orlov's freighter HQ is more graphic. 

9) Gunfights depict more bullet holes and blood, but nothing overly gory. 

10) Winter kills the president in the Director's Cut, whereas in the Theatrical cut, Winter only knocks him unconscious. I always thought the Theatrical cut never made much sense, because the President would easily be able to identify Winter as the traitor. 

11) At the end of the movie, there is a voiceover that subtly suggests that the vice president is actually one of Orlov's sleeper agents, setting the stage up for a sequel. This voiceover is not present in the Extended Cut. 


EXTENDED CUT vs. DIRECTOR's CUT

1) The changes listed above in the Director's Cut are also done in the Extended Cut, with the exception of the differences below. 

2) The President is only knocked unconscious in the Theatrical Cut (and killed in the Director's Cut). In the Extended Cut, Winter attempts to make his way towards the unconscious President, who is being wheeled away on a stretcher, in order to kill him. 

3) The biggest difference in the Extended Cut is that Salt doesn't kill Orlov until the end of the movie. So the entire sequence in the Theatrical and Director's Cuts where Salt annihilates Orlov's thugs on the barge is missing. 

At the end of the Extended Cut, she is being interrogated by Peabody, where she fakes suicide and is taken to a hospital. She subsequently escapes from the hospital, finds Orlov (back in Russia somewhere), and kills him. 

Source:
Amazon.com | http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Unrated-Blu-ray-Angelina-Jolie/dp/B0021L8V0W | Customer Review: Unrated Edition vs. Theatrical Cut Differences, December 8, 2010 | by Senor Zoidbergo (Washington D.C.)

F1 Drivers on Twitter | 2010 Season


F1 Drivers on Twitter (Verified) | 2010 Season:
Formula 1: http://www.formula1.com

Making of Kopi Luwak - The Most Expensive Coffee In The World

A short intro on the making of Kopi Luwak - the Indonesian Civet Coffee - The Most Expensive Coffee In The World
Kopi Luwak: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak


Making of KopiLuwak 1 - 'Coffea robusta' - the type of coffee bean grown in Indonesia. http://j.mp/dmbAV6


Making of KopiLuwak 2 - The coffee berries are collected & picked by hand in Indonesia. http://j.mp/bN76us

Making of KopiLuwak 3 - The coffee berries are fed to 'luwak' (civet) or the Asian Palm Civet. - http://j.mp/991jxNhttp://j.mp/cAhHv5

Making of KopiLuwak 4 - Coffee berry pass thru civet's intestine, get enriched in enzymes & the bean is defecated out. http://j.mp/azrDuA

Making of KopiLuwak 5 - Robusta coffee bean defecated by the civet is collected for processing. http://j.mp/aQrgRS http://j.mp/aXMgVf

Making of KopiLuwak 6 - Final product - Kopi Luwak, processed & plain roasted with a chocolaty aroma & no horrid smells. http://j.mp/9o9HWu

Making of KopiLuwak 7 - Freshly brewed cup of Kopi Luwak coffee, costs US$30 per cup or US$120-600 per pound of beans. http://j.mp/cskhVq

Source: 
The Internet.