TUESDAY TV: PILOT OF HAWAII FIVE-O KICKS ASS

INTRODUCTION The pilot of one of the most awaited new TV series in CBS has arrived. Hawaii Five-O, re-imagines the hit TV series that spanned 12 seasons back in 1968-1980 and developed a popular cult following. What's so different with this brand new Hawaii Five-O? Not much. Fans will have something to love about the old one while may also share some love towards this new version as well. Hawaii Five-O in my opinion, is one of the best pilot episode for this year's new US television series. Not even The Event nor Undercovers could save their best to fight against this cop series. In the first episode (S01E01) - Pilot, director Len Wiseman who single-handly put some high octane action rush in Bruce Willis' Live Hard or Die Harder (Die Hard 4), placed the same formula again with decent script by the exec-producer duo of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Read on for the review of the pilot episode.

MONDAY MOVIE: THE WARRIOR'S WAY LOOKS KICK-ASS

One movie has shunned from our radar so greatly that many of us has missed it. Now, Rogue has slated this for an opening on 3 December 2010 in US and in Malaysia.


The Warrior's Way, an upcoming 2010 English fantasy action film starring Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Tony Cox and South Korean actor Jang Dong-gun. It was written and directed by Sngmoo Lee, and is being produced by Barrie Osborne who also produced Lord of the Rings. The production has started since 2008.


The fantasy film revolves around an Asian warrior played by Jang, who is forced to hide in a small town in the American badlands after defying the last mission to kill the infant, supposedly the last of a clan-cleansing. He meets the town drunk played by Rush, and a circus knife thrower played by Bosworth, both of whom have powerful secrets. The trailer is available after the jump.

MUSIC SUNDAY: IS LINKIN PARK LOSING IT'S CLASSIC TUNES?

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The topic of the day is relatively simple. The one question I would like to ask is that, in conjunction with the release of Linkin Park's new album A Thousand Suns, 'Is Linkin Park losing it's classic tune?'

Many, if not all may have heard their brand new single, The Catalyst. The Catalyst is a clear departure from their trademark and comfort zone of nu metal hits in the past like those in their previous hit albums Meteora and Minutes To Midnight. Besides retaining some forms of alternative vibrant on The Catalyst, there are more growing tendency of fusing electronic rhythm too. I would say it is not that bad after all.


There are some complaints from the fans regarding this new sounds. The fallacy falls in completely over the decision of Linkin Park to create such a mixture and for the fans, it has lost all the meaning of the old Linkin Park features. So did Linkin Park loses their trademark classical tunes of hard rock bliss that defines who they were in the past? No, they didn't.