Latest Fantastic Four 2 Trailer!

A new trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer aired on Wednesday night and you can now watch it using the player below!

And More Transformers Posters…

Guys, here are more Transformers posters that have been recently released. I was supposed to post them much earlier but I kinda got sick of these posters cropping up one after the other so I waited till I got somewhat in the mood!

Personally, I think they’re putting out a whole bunch of ‘em than I’d really like to see…! It’s as if their creative department couldn’t decide which of the whole lot is going to be the final layout so they just presented all the studies to the public.

Oh, and check out what they claim to be the FINAL International Poster (last image)… It’s as if they mashed everything together and… TADA! Eck!!!

Whatever… just as long as the movie doesn’t end up being SUCKY!

Galera Gazing…

Well whadya know!  There are internet stations here at Puerto Galera after all!  Err… probably some of you are already saying, “DUH!”… so for those who’ve known for quite sometime already, pardon the ignorance.

It’s my first time here in Galera and I wasn’t so sure what and what not to expect.  Luckily, I found 2 net cafes (doesn’t really look like cafes) here… one right below the hotel we’re staying at and another one owned by a Korean dude located near the restaurants and bars.

The hourly rates are more expensive than those back home in Manila.  Here, you can surf the net at 90 bucks an hour or 50 bucks for 30 minutes.  But since most people only come over to check their mail, it really doesn’t put much of a dent on your budget… and the bandwidth speed is great, so you can get a lot done in a short span of time.

Lots of people last Saturday and Sunday!  The beach was packed!  But earlier today, most of them had headed back home already… so not much action.

I took a lot of video and will make sure to post ‘em as soon as I finish editing the clips.

The water’s surprisingly clean and blue… too bad there are a lot of garbage on the sand… empty bottles, junkfood wrappers, and more.  Oh well… pinoys!

Getaway: Galera

Well, looks like I won’t be able to post anything new over the weekend.  I’ll be off to Puerto Galera with my wife and kids.  Not too anxious, though… I’ve been feeling under the weather the past 2 days already and it would really be a bummer if things got worse by the time we hit the beach.

I’m hoping all these cold medications I’m currently taking will help suppress the virus.

I’m bringing the videocam so hopefully I’ll be able to post a few short clips when we get back.

(Geez!  The medicine I just took sure is making me sleepy…)

I’ll probably just snooze all the way to Batangas since we’re just taking the bus.  If I find a decent net cafe somewhere there, I’ll most likely update my blog.  That’s all for now…

Off we go!

Game Show Mo ‘To!

Finally, I am able to unveil the theme song of the newest game show of QTV Channel 11!

The title of the one-hour program is “Game Show Mo ‘To” which will air twice a week (Fridays and Saturdays) on the 10:30am slot (still to be confirmed).  No date has been decided yet as to when the pilot episode will air.  But it looks like it’ll be late May or early June.

The title of the composition is “Appear Disappear (Game Show Mo ‘To)”.

Why Appear Disappear?

Well, it’s because the mechanics of the game involve the terms: “Appear”, “Disappear”, “One Half”, “One Fourth”.  Not necessarily the old hand slapping game which most pinoy kids used to play.  But nevertheless based from that.

The Baywalk Bodies will be releasing the same song as the the carrier single for their next album.  The difference between the game show version and the album version are the slightly modified lyrics in the chorus.  The album version won’t have the “Game Show Mo ‘To” tag included in the chorus and will be replaced with a different line.

Anyhow, as promised… my bloggies will be the first ones to listen to the composition.  This was recorded, mixed and mastered at my recording studio.  Musical arrangement was done by me also.

I mentioned earlier that the song had a novelty-ish approach… but not too much of it.  I didn’t really want the music to sound too “temporary” (gets?)… so I gave it sort of a swing-ish beat which infuses a classic disco feel making it sound like a classic revival yet actually really isn’t.  I also opted out of the “simpleton” lyrics known to be a staple of today’s pinoy novelty tunes.

You’ll soon understand once you listen to it.  I hope you guys like it!  Lyrics are included also below…!  Comments are greatly appreciated.  Enjoy!

 

“APPEAR DISAPPEAR (GAME SHOW MO ‘TO)”
Composed by Chuckie Dreyfus
Performed by the “Baywalk Bodies”

(Tara na) Tara na… Huwag nang mahiya
(Tayo Na) Tayo na… Itodo mo na
(Simple Lang) Simple lang kung tutuusin
(Iyong kamay) Iyong kamay ang paliparin

(Sundin mo) Sundin mo ang gagawin ko
(Makikinig ka) Makinig nang hindi malito
(Heto na) Heto at subukan mo na
(Dahan-dahan) Dahan-dahan muna sa simula

REFRAIN:
Ba’t hindi mo samahan
Ng kembot ng iyong bewang
Umindak pa ng todo
Sabay-sabay lahat tayo

CHORUS:
Appear Disappear 1/2 1/4
1/4 1/2 Disappear Appear!
O ayan… ulitin pa…
Appear Disappear 1/2 1/4
1/4 1/2 Disappear Appear!
O diba… Alam mo na…
Sige lang wag kang hihinto
Ginaganahan pa ako
Itodo mo lang… “Game Show Mo ‘To”!

(Masarap) Masarap pagbumibilis na
(Mas exciting) Mas exciting ngang talaga
(Lalo pa) Lalo pa’t ika’y kalaro
(Parang ayoko) Parang ayoko nang huminto

(Sabayan) Sabayan mo ako sa pagsigaw
(Wag mong pigilin) Wag mong pigilin ang paghiyaw
(Mas malakas) Mas malakas mas masaya
(Tara na) Tara na’t ihataw mo pa

(REFRAIN)

(CHORUS 2x)

Appear Disappear ½ ¼ ¼ ½ Disappear Appear!

Game Show Mo To!

The Joker Will See You In December

The new image of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight has now been removed from IBelieveinHarveyDentToo.com. It’s been replaced with red text that gives the error, “Page not found.”

If you highlight the entire page, however, you’ll see a ton of Ha Ha Ha’s with some letters here and there that don’t belong. String those letters together and what do you get? - “See you in December.”

I assume you’ll get a first look at The Joker in a trailer for the sequel at that time. Warner Bros. has both Nicole Kidman’s, “The Golden Compass”, and Will Smith’s, “I Am Legend” opening in December, to which the teaser could be attached to.

So who is behind all this? It looks to be 42 Entertainment, the company which previously created the “I Love Bees” promotion for “Halo 2″ and “Year Zero” for the Nine Inch Nails album “Year Zero.” The company just registered SeeYouinDecember.com yesterday, so stay tuned.

The Dark Knight opens in theaters on July 18, 2008.

Joker Revealed!

If you’ve been following the progress at IBelieveinHarveyDentToo.com, you’ll know that the first photo of Heath Ledger as The Joker was slowly being revealed as more and more people entered their e-mails.

The photo has now been completely uncovered and can be seen below! The Dark Knight hits theaters on July 18, 2008.

24

Call me ignorant… but up until last week, I haven’t completed a single episode of the hit series, “24″ (Keiffer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert)… nor did I actually care to.

But 2 weeks back, it has been somewhat of a coincidence that during those times that I shuttle from one cable channel to another, I always happen to chance upon the television program on the C/S (Crime and Suspense) Network (owned by Solar).

I’ve read the rave reviews online… the critical praises it has merited. I figured, it was finally time to see for myself what people were going so “gaga” about.

So I went to my nearby DVD shop and bought “24″ seasons 1-5. With a skeptical approach, I started my first episode… before I knew it, I had already finished 6 episodes! I stopped not because I got bored… but because the sun was about to rise and I knew I needed to get some serious shuteye. Had it not been for my conscious effort to pause my marathon, I probably would’ve completed the entire 1st season in one sitting!

This is good stuff! So good actually that it sometimes rivals my internet time. The last time I actually did a similar DVD viewing marathon with the same engrossment and eagerness was when I got the entire “Taken” mini-series (produced by Steven Spielberg).

Now, everytime I’m doing something away from my DVD player… I get antsy, looking forward to my next “24″ fix!

I also enjoy the fact that the series has no qualms about killing off big/major characters every now and then making the plot very successful in it’s unpredictability (which all the more adds to the excitement). Unlike other programs wherein you could almost be sure that the big stars will never be killed off the show.

You guys probably already know all this… but if you’re like good ‘ol ignorant me, then you should probably try giving “24″ a shot. It won’t disappoint. Don’t even try watching one of the show’s episodes on TV, which is probably already in the middle of it’s season run. You won’t fully understand the plot. Watch it from the very beginning…

But I have to warn you…

THE SHOW WILL SUCK YOU IN AND THE ADDICTION IS SO F*CKING HARD TO SHAKE OFF!

Baywalked!

Last night I finished the recording session for the game show theme song which I composed.  This was just coming off the heels of completing the musical arrangement of the song which I also did.  The “Baywalk Bodies” arrived in the studio a little bit after dinner to do their vocal layin.

I asked the services of good friend, Garry Cruz, to sit in as voice coach.  Normally, I’d personally coach them but I figured I was wearing too many hats already that evening being producer of the song and sitting in as sound engineer.  Besides, Garry does a lot of voice coaching over at GMA-7 so I asked the show’s producer to just shoulder the cost of his services.

The whole recording session was fun!  As I was laying in their vocals one by one, I was eagerly anticipating the final outcome of the song.  Some of the girls were even doing the dance choreography for the song while the others were inside the isolation booth.

My ears were too fatigued after the recording that I opted to do the mixing and mastering the next day (which was today).

I finished the final master this afternoon.  My kids love it… hahaha!  My truest most solid fans!  My little Isabella was even doing her own dance routine to the beat of the song.

I’ll be posting the actual song soon… I just don’t want to preempt anything first.  I also spoke to Baywalk Bodies manager, Lito de Guzman… He plans to use the song also as the carrier single for their upcoming record album due out by mid-June or early July.

Oh by the way, the title of the new game show is, “Game Show Mo ‘To!” aired over QTV.  Timeslot hasn’t been determined yet but I was told it most likely will be aired in the mornings (probably in the 10:30ish slot).

Updates will be posted as it happens.

Game Show Theme…

As I’ve mentioned earlier… I’ve been asked a week ago to compose the theme song for a new game show which will be aired over QTV (sister network of GMA-7).

Well, I’ve finally finished the song and to tell you the truth, I actually enjoyed making it!  Although I’ve given it a Novelty-ish feel which was required… I made sure it was still melodic.  It’s a given that all novelty songs are easy to sing along to because of the music’s simplicity in structure, but I made sure it would sound a whole lot different than most novelties you normally hear on the airwaves.

It’s got this SWING-ish beat that, combined with the melody, IMHO, is very infectious.

I don’t think I am at liberty to say the title of the show yet… so I’ll just stay mum for now.  But you guys will probably hear more about it come next week… not just from my blog but from QTV as well.

"A Day in the Life" on AOL Television!

I was just given the heads-up by “Andie” (a regular visitor of my blog)… that I was one of ten bloggers featured on AOL Television’s website recently which tackled on “American Idol Winner Predictions – Bloggers Pick Who They Think Will Win”.

I rushed over to AOL’s site and, lo and behold, indeed I found myself featured there!  Below is a screenshot of the site…

When you get to the site, click on the “next” button till you get to number 7 of 10.

It’s so cool!  I never would’ve known had I not been tipped.  Hey, Andie!  Thanks again for letting me know… Here, I linked to it!  Hahaha!

Dodge Fantasticar Commercial

Dodge recently released their “Fantasticar” ad as a tie-up with the upcoming “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” movie…

It’s really cool!  Check it out for yourself…

More Than Meets The Eye!

Folks… New images of the Autobot and Decepticon characters appearing on the upcoming Transformers live-action flick directed by Michael Bay.

Enjoy!

Optimus Prime

Bumblebee and Ironhide

Jazz

Megatron

Starscream and Blackout

Frenzy

Back from a short hiatus…

Hello my fellow bloggies!  Man oh man… it’s been quite a week for me.  Most of my regular visitors here would’ve noticed that I have been inactive the past few days and would consider it to be quite unusual since, I’ve been known to update my site daily…

Well, updates are in order…

I spent 3 days (Wednesday to Friday) last week at the “Crowne Plaza” with my family to somewhat escape the regular everyday grind.  My kids went swimming while I brought my trusty ol’ DVD player and relaxed in our hotel room.

I missed blogging so much while I was there (Haha!  Like I was REALLY gone for a loooong time!).  I didn’t have much time to go net surfing there nor did I plan to do so since that WAS the purpose of getting away from it all.  And the “Business Center” which houses the internet stations of the hotel was “unbelievably, over-the-top, through the roof” expensive!  550.00 bucks an hour to surf the net!  Forget it!

Oh… I gotta thank my Jun (Anteola), who also happens to be a regular here in my site, for the constant text jokes he’s been sending me.  Thanks, man!  Sorry, couldn’t text back… I used up all my credit on my cellphone!  Hahaha!  Keep ‘em coming!

What else have I been busy with lately… hmmmm…

Oh, yes!  I’m currently composing a song for QTV’s upcoming game show…  I’m kinda excited about that one cause I was asked to compose a Novelty-ish song for the program.  I’m used to writing slow and upbeat commercial love songs… so it’s a whole new take for me.

I was told that the “Baywalk Bodies” would be performing the song so I pretty much had an idea as to how the approach of the composition should be treated.

Watch out for that one.  I’ll post the song as soon as I get my hands on the final master.

Also, Nikon Appliances re-launched their brand through print and radio… their commercial jingle which is currently being played in various FM stations was composed by me.  Parts of the lyrics were contributed by good friend and business partner, Jun Regalado.

I guess that’s all for now.  I’ll be posting more stuff later…!  Cheers! 

Spiderman 4 Villains!

Freezedriedmovies.com is reporting that a reliable source has confirmed that the villains in the next Spidey flick will be the long-rumored Lizard and the murderous symbiote Carnage.

This is the same source who confirmed Sandman and Venom for the third part, and well, he was right.

Dylan Baker has appeared briefly in all three films as Dr. Curt Connors and as comic book fans know, he eventually transforms into Lizard. Baker has gone on record as stating he’d be up for playing the part.

As for Carnage, he is initially serial killer Cletus Kasady, who after becoming possessed by the same symbiote which transforms Eddie Brock into Venom in the current SPIDERMAN, becomes the vicious incarnate Carnage.

If Carnage does indeed make it into the fourth film, it will have to be considerably darker than its predecessor, which trust me, would be a very good thing.