Ken Block doesn't need wheels on his Subaru Impreza STI

He is the man who knows no fear. He can take a car to its limits, push it further and make it do things which will prompt the viewer drive a knife through the chest to see if he or she is dreaming. A pinch just won't do. 

He is Ken Block (some say he is The Stig) and his videos get millions of hits on youtube and he doesn't sing at all. But he can make cars dance to his tunes. His chosen mode of transport - heavily modified rally-prep cars. His preferred one - the Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Just in case you didn't know, he never drives in a straight line.

So what if we take the wheels of his steed and replace them with something which would feel at home on a battle tank? What if we drop him and his reworked machine off at a snow-covered mountain? Would he still be able to make us whistle at his antics behind the wheel?

Enough with the teasers...watch the video.

To those who need more pictures of the machine, try googling "Subaru Impreza WRX TRAX STI".

Is it just me or does the woman on the left look a lot like Salim Kumar?

Now that you have recovered from the shock, CLICK THE IMAGE to see WHERE I FOUND IT on the web.
Trust me, you'll be surprised. :D

The Expendables - SLY-ARNIE Face-off

The over-hyped scene in The Expendables, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone shared screen space for the first time in movie history, in the auspicious presence of the third man who completed the trio of 1980's action superstars, Bruce Willis himself, was nothing more than a couple of one-liners. Though some of them did succeed in getting a laugh or two, the end result wasn't so much worth writing home about.

And no, I didn't expect them to engage in a brawl or a gunfight with each other. The way Arnold limped his way to the church's altar was sight enough for me to realize that the man has aged gracefully and by no means is supposed to do anything more than walking and talking.

Clash of the Titans and some crap!

Watched Clash of the Titans - a Swords and Sandals epic which lies somewhere between Troy and 300. Kraken was the piece of cake and so were the mythical creatures.

Revelation: All Greek Gods are womanizers and the seemingly good Gods are in fact the bad guys. Zeus was on a globe-trotting one-night stand spree, impregnating women on earth and tricked Hades to the depths of the underworld. Remember, Hades is always portrayed as the bad guy in Greek epics as he tries to take revenge on his brother Zeus who cheated him by denying him his seat at Mount Olympus a.k.a Heaven! How idiotic is that! Isn't Hades doing what all of us with some self-respect left in us would do when backstabbed? He is trying to get back what is rightfully his. Now how is that evil?

The story on Medusa's origin was indeed sympathetic and another example on how wayward the Greek Gods are. Poseidon, the God of the Seas, brutally raped Medusa when she was a beautiful young woman and he gave way to his urge right inside the Temple of Athena. Medusa pleaded to the Goddess to save her and Athena didn't bother at all. Instead, she turned the hapless woman into a Gorgon and that too once Poseidon was done with his hunger. How considerate! Athena's explanation for her "blessing" - she regarded it as the finest way to save Medusa from men! Medusa went on to be known by the monstrous form from then.

Now tell me - Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?

Breaking into Inception

Watched Inception and I would choose not to say anything about the movie except that:
1. Nolan, the cast and the crew have put in a lot of effort to conceive and film a movie of this magnitude, complexity and broad canvas.
2. Inception will take sometime and repeated viewings to grow on you if your intellectual capacity is equal to that of an average moviegoer like me. You''l realize that it's a path-breaking, visionary movie which will find its place in the Best Movies Ever List. But you'll find it difficult to explain why you think so. 

I'm in that state now. :)

Airbender is a mindbender which will be a spinebender for its producers

Despite its astonishing concept/production designing and overwhelming visual effects, The Last Airbender comes across as one of the worst fantasy movies I have ever seen. It wasn't fun, it didn't have a single character to vouch for and the bad acting buckled with ridiculous dialogues make it the worst efforts from M.Night Shyamalan...next only to Lady in the Water.

An industry counting on Inception

Inception releases to the highest possible critical acclaim (Imdb rating 9.5/10) today. A whopping $200 million to make this movie and an additional $100 million to market it, Inception is hyper-expensive just like its summer counterparts. The question is, will it give the box-office that much-needed blockbuster hit and will it beat The Dark Knight?