Babbling Point

In today's Inquirer, I saw a picture of a bunch of guys in spandex. Turned out to be the cast of the movie LASTIKMAN starring Vic Sotto as the elastic hero, Donita Rose as his love interest, Michael V. as his faithful sidekick, and Jeffrey Quizon as the villain. Jackielou Blanco and Michelle Bayle are also in the film. The movie is part of the line-up of this year's Metro Manila Filmfest... which should be renamed the Metro Manila Fantasy Filmfest. As a kid, I used to watch the original, b&w LASTIKMAN movie on IBC 13 during those lazy afternoons. Of course, back then, they didn't have any hi-tech morphing effects, so you'd usually see Lastikman run off-screen and it cuts to the object he transform in, like a tire or a table and it would have that distinct diamond-pattern that's on Lastikman's costume. There was only one scene where special-effects was used. When Lastikman was buried six feet under, he was able to escape by making his hand snake out of a...

4:34am At the office. And I can finally go home. But I have to be back here around 11am. It's been awhile since we've had to stay here so late. Bummer! Didn't get to meet up with the guys for WarCraft3. Maybe later. Crazy. Worked on several print ads, a radio commercial, and got to help out in a new TV commercial. I hate to admit it but I get a rush out of days like these, but it definitely leaves me drained. I have to be back here later to work on that radio commercial. I tried to applie some of the stuff I read in CUTTING EDGE RADIO, but client just didn't go for it. And because of that, we have to re-record tomorrow... actually in a couple of hours. That's what I get for trying to be "cutting edge". Babbling at 4am Around two years ago... (or was it a year ago?)... I was blabbing about the possible viability of the comics-magazine format. But I didn't do anything about it except blab about it. Anyway, check out what's ...

Wish we had Comix Decode sessions here. Well, I guess we can easily set it up with the local guys, but it would be fun to get foreign artists to come over and talk about their work. COMIXDECODE is a series of readings and discussions with contemporary cartoonists. Our goal is to enlighten fans, fellow artists, and new readers alike by offering a forum for in-depth discussion of the comix medium. Our main modus operandi is to get a few outstanding cartoonists together in a room, project their work on a screen while they read it, and then have an active and open discussion about it, with the cartoonists themselves acting as the panel of experts.

DOH! Last night at the NU107 Rock Awards, Diether Ocampo went up on stage to present one of the awards. The crowd started to yell, "Bakla! Bakla ka naman!" Diether took the mic and yelled back, "Hoy! Jologs din ako!" The crowd started to throw stuff on stage. Diether didn't get hit, but his co-presentor --some new talent from ABS-CBN-- got hit on the forehead with something. The DJs of NU had to calm down the crowd before they could continue giving the award. Diether soon left in his Audi TT. Jologs nga siya . p.s. Click on Mark's blog for the discussion and definition of the word JOLOG.

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RADIO GA-GA Feeling better now. Felt crappy yesterday. I presented two radio scripts to client yesterday and they disapproved the one that I liked. I spent most of Monday writing different scripts and that was the one I liked. One of the many books that Brandie brought home from Singapore was CUTTING EDGE RADIO by Jim Aitchison. I started reading it during the weekend and I was trying to put to practice the things that I read. So, I wrote one radio commercial where I tried to “give the flavor” of what the product does for you, instead of flat-out saying it and give you the old hard-sell routine. Well, client didn’t like it. They liked the other one. I guess it’s okay. I don’t think it’s too much of a hard sell. I think. To make matters worse, out print ad barely survived. What a great way to end your day—to see your work picked apart before your very eyes. The problem with reading books like CUTTING EDGE is you see how good ad get produced elsewhere, the...

FROM THE FWD EMAIL DEPT. A group of Geography students studied the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of that section, the students were asked to list what they think were considered to be the present Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following got the most votes: 1. Egypt's Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter's Basilica 7. China's Great Wall While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student, a quiet girl hadn't turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The quiet girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help." The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are: 1. To touch 2. To taste 3. To see 4. To hear She he...