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Showing posts with label Heroes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heroes. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 June 2012

AMERICAN HORROR STORY >>> Cerita Rumah Angker Dengan Cita Rasa Berbeda


Kangen deh nulis di blog yang sudah sedikit terlantar ini. Selain banyaknya aktifitas dan sedikitnya judul serial yang di tonton, modem yang lemot juga harus di salahkan juga atas tak berminatnya Ithon meng-update blog tercinta ini.

American Horror Story sebenarnya sudah lama di tonton, namun Ithonx ingatnya sudah pernah di share disini, tapi begitu ada fans yang 'ngadu' kalau serial ini belum pernah di share, maka di hari yang cerah ini, izinkan Ithonx mengulasnya...halah.

Jika terbiasa dengan menikmati Twilight Zone, Dark Skies, atau karya-karya Stephen Kings, rasa-rasanya misteri dan twist yang di tawarkan American Horror Story terasa biasa saja. Satu episode Twilight Zone saja sudah cukup efektif menakut-nakuti kita dengan hanya berdurasi 30 menit, apalagi American Story butuh 12 episode dengan durasi 45 menit per episodenya membuat kita tercekam akan nasib keluarga malang yang baru pindah ke rumah angker ini.

Ryan Murphy, sang kreator yang membesut Glee dan Nip/Tuck, cukup piawai membuat jalinan cerita antar karakter menjadi sebuah misteri besar dalam satu season saja. Ithonx sendiri tak melihatnya sebagai sebuah serial istemewa, namun publik Amrik dan para kritikus menyanjung serial ini setinggi langit. Memang, jalinan misteri dan plot cukup generik, namun bagi Ithonx yang paling menonjol adalah akting memukau bebarapa pemainnya. Dylan McDermott jelas sekali menampilkan akting yang sangat luar biasa. Rasa takut, galau, amarah, pilu dan kebingungan dengan fasih di ekspresikan aktor teve kawakan ini. Dedikasi akting juga di barengi dengan penampilan fisik luar biasa prima. Demikian juga dengan Connie Britton, Jessica Lange, dan Kate Mara, mereka tampil prima dan tak meragukan.

Inget si Sylar di Heroes? Yup, Zachary Quinto si Spock di Star Trek ini belum lama mengaku ke publik bahwa dia seorang gay, dan di serial ini dia cukup apik melakoni peran gay kemayu yang malang.

Penasaran dengan plot? Oke deh, begini, Keluarga Harmon yang terdiri dari Papa, Mama dan seorang Putri pindah ke sebuah rumah tua besar dengan harapan dapat menyelasaikan masalah rumah tangga yang mereka alami di tempat sebelumnya. Mereka tak tau kalau mansion yg mereka tempati berhantu. Dan kemudian satu persatu masalah baru muncul seiring munculnya tokoh-tokoh lain dalam hidup mereka. Terdengar generik ya? Tapi tunggu dulu....lapis demi lapis cerita dan sejarah rumah beserta penghuni sebelumnya benar-benar membuat penonton penasaran hingga ingin tau misteri besar apa yang melingkupi rumah angker tersebut dan tentu saja nasib ketiga tokoh utamanya. Siap-siap menelusuri rumah hantu? Come inside....

>>Ithonx<<

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Milo Ventimiglia Soon To Be A Hero in REST >>> Serial Baru Adaptasi Komik-nya Milo "Peter Petrelli" Ventimiglia


Milo Ventimiglia is going to star in and executive produce a new potential series adaptation of Rest, a comic book co-created by himself along with Russ Cundiff and Mark Powers. The news also said that the writer of Smallville is the one who's responsible adapting the comic.



The series follows John Barrett, a guy in his late 20’s stuck in a dead-end job with no future, but when his best friend from college mysteriously resurfaces with news of a new wonder drug that replaces sleep, John falls into a conspiracy that threatens to change the course of human history.

After Heroes was canceled, many fans are disappointed (I personally am disappointed because of the story, not for the series being canceled) and want to see more Peter Petrelli. I hope it's gonna be great like Human Target.

Welcome back, Peter..oops Milo...!




Saturday, 11 September 2010

HEROES >>> GOING TO MOVIE VERSION???


I hope you guys still remember with Hiro Nakamura, Claire Bennet, Peter and Nathan Patrelli, and some other powerful people in HEROES. The series was phenomenal at first and second season even in Indonesia (aired by Transcorp till second season). But when it hit the third and fourth ones, some friends of mine complained that Heroes got so silly and they lost interest in finding out what next coz the story turned to be like X-Men. I felt that way too, but I still watched till the last episode of season 4.

Then several months ago, rumor had it that the the wrap -up movie will be made as the real finale. I got excited, guys. This phenomenal series should have been given a proper phenomenal closure as well. We really want to know what would happen to our favorite heroes and villain.

But here comes the bad news from http://tvseriesfinale.com
Check this out and prepare to be sad.....

Heroes: NBC Wrap-up Movie Plans Cancelled [Report]

Sorry, Greg Grunberg. It turns out that Ali Lartermight just be right. It seems that the Heroes wrap-up movie isn’t happening.

As fans know all too well, after NBC cancelled Heroesin May, there was talk about wrapping up the TV show’s storylines as either a movie or a mini-series. Despite the fact that some time had passed, series creator Tim Kring recently indicated he was still optimistic.

He said, “It looks like we’re really going to start talking about it now. The summer months in television are always about preparing for the Fall launch of all the new shows, so I totally understand why there hasn’t been a lot of discussion [until now]. Once the Fall season is launched, I fully believe that this discussion will get reignited in a very big way.”

Now, according to EW sources, NBC isn’t going ahead with the project, at least for the 2010-11 season. However, that may not be the end of the Heroes universe. Kring believes that the show’s broad premise allows for many different stories to be told in many different ways.

What do you think? If not onscreen, how would you like to see Heroes continue — as books, comics, animation, web shorts, or in some other form?



Thursday, 9 September 2010

Scoffield fights the zombies in RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE


Wentworth Miller, the guy we know as Micheal Scoffield in Prison Break will join Mila and Ali to kick some zombie's asses in the new sequel of Resident Evil: After Life. Ali Larter, as you know, was the hot dangerous woman from the series Heroes. For Ali, this movie is not her first major role coz she previously participated in some movies like Final Destination or Obssessed (with Beyonce).


Wentworth Miller, FYI, was in two Mariah Carey's videos: It's like that and We belong together. He played a small part in Underworld and Human Stain, as I recall. (well we in Indonesia have limited choices of movie). So Resident Evil is Went's biggest movie project ever.



And if I'm not mistaken, Went also played in one episode of Ghost Whisperer, right? as an army man who died and became a ghost or something...in the first season...

Here the excerpt of an interview with Wentworth Miller with MoviesOnline.com

MoviesOnline: Did you have any special training for this movie?

Wentworth Miller: You know what, I got my training on Prison Break. It was four years of stunt work and choreography and all of that came into play very specifically with Resident Evil.

MoviesOnline: Whenever we talked to you during Prison Break you were actually saying you didn’t want to do movies at the same time. So now with your first movie after Prison Break, how carefully did you choose what was coming your way and why did you pick this?

Wentworth Miller: Well, the first thing I did after Prison Break was actually an episode of Law and Order, which was a show I want to be a part of in some small way. I think that was a pretty clear indication of where my head was at as far as – there’s a certain well-worn narrative in this industry about a TV actor who wraps up a series that put him on the map, and now it’s time to throw your hat into the feature film ring. I don’t subscribe to that narrative, it’s not my story. For me, a role is a role is a role, and whether that’s TV, film or theater, I just have to go with what inspires me.

MoviesOnline: So are you a gamer at all?

Wentworth Miller: I am not. My family put an emphasis on education so it was all about homework. There wasn’t much time for comic books or video games, so this is kind of my chance to have a second childhood. It’s like a do-over.

MoviesOnline: How different is your character from the video game to the movie? Doesn’t the character have biceps the size of his head in the video game?

Wentworth Miller: Oh yeah, that’s the first difference. In preparing for the role, I felt the need to respect what was already out there, in terms of the video game mythology, and I did my research online, going to fan sites and blogs to find out what the conversation was about this character, what the expectations might be. But then I had to balance that with who I am as an actor, and what I inherently bring to the table, and who is the Chris Redfield that Paul W.S. Anderson establishes in this movie. He’s very specific to the feature film interpretation of Resident Evil, rather than the video game. It was a question of balancing all three influences, and I’d like to think that I did my best.


If you wanna see the complete interview, go to http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_18245.html

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

OH BROTHER, WHERE ARE YOU???

Curhat dulu ya...

Walau berasal dari keluarga besar, Ithonx tidak punya saudara laki-laki. Memang sih bukan cerita sedih ala One Tree Hill, tapi kadang-kadang rasanya lonely juga. Maksudnya, jika ada masalah yang butuh pendapat dari sudut pandang cowok, Ithonx harus pergi ke rumah temen-temen cowok buat curhat (walau ujung-ujungnya juga mereka memberi saran yang asal juga sih, he..he)

Kadang membayangkan punya sodara cowok yang gak jauh beda umurnya seru juga kali ye. Bisa tukar-tukaran baju, sepatu, maen game or karaokean bareng, ngobrol akrab. Wah seru juga ya. Sayang gw gak punya pengalaman kyk gitu. Walau punya temen akrab, tapi tetep aja rasanya laen kalo itu sodara kita sendiri. Nah karena semangat ngomongin soal brotherless, kita review yuk berapa serial hits yang karakter utamanya kakak adik

Lucas dan Nathan Scott (One Tree Hills)

Meski punya bapak yang sama, Lucas kurang beruntung nasibnya. Dia tidak diakui oleh sang ayah, dan di sekolah dia sering jadi bahan ejekan sang sodara. Seiring bergulirnya cerita, Lucas dan Nathan akhirnya menyadari kalo mereka hanya buang-buang energi saja kalo sering berantem. Lucas akhirnya jadian dengan Peyton yang dulunya pacar Nathan. Nathan berkeluarga dengan Hayley yang merupakan teman baik Lucas dari kecil. Di season 7, Payton dan Lucas yang diceritakan pindah dari One Tree Hill, masih sering berkirim kabar. Ah, serial ini banyak sekali memorinya, apalgi soundtracknya gila-gilaan keren. Eh, One Tree Hill belum berakhir loh, musim ke-8 akan segera dimulai lagi

Lincoln Burrow dan Michael Scoffield (Prison Break)

Kakak adik yang tak pernah cekcok ini dijuluki The Brute and The Brain. Linc tau betul kalo dia tidak pintar, jadi dia berusaha keras menyekolahkan sang adik yang seorang jenius. Awalnya Micheal benci dengan kelakuan kriminal sang kakak dan berpikir bahwa biaya pendidikannya berasal dari warisan sang ibu. Ketika Linc di tahan dan terancam dihukum mati karena dituduh membunuh saudara wakil presiden AS, Mike yang akhirnya tau pengorbanan sang kakak, bertekad membebaskan Linc. Caranya? Ikut-ikutan dipenjara dan sebelumnya membuat tato disekujur tubuh yang rupanya adalah cetak biru denah penjara. Petualangan-petualangan tegang dan mendebarkan di dalam dan luar penjara mewarnai cerita kakak adik ini. Keduanya saling menyayangi dan bertekad ingin bahagia bersama dengan pasangan masing-masing. Namun takdir berkata lain, Mike yang ternyata mengidap kanker otak, harus menyerah dengan keadaan. Akhirnya demi menyelamatkan Sarah, sang kekasih yang ikut-ikutan dipenjara, harus merelakan nyawanya. Jangan sedih, Sarah ternyata mengandung Mike Junior kok

Nathan dan Peter Petrelli (Heroes)


Sang kakak, Nathan, adalah Senator. Sang adik, Peter, seorang perawat. Tiba-tiba hidup mereka berubah total ketika perlahan mengetahui bahwa mereka mempunya kekuatan super hero yang luar biasa. Sebuah organisasi mengincar hidup mereka dan Sylar membinasakan satu demi satu orang-orang yang punya kekuatan serupa. Berulang kali Nathan berjuang menyelamatkan sang adik hingga akhirnya Nathan akhirnya benar-benar tewas. Ah, sedih nontonnya

Dean and Sam Winchester (Supranatural)

Lama tak mendengar kabar sang kakak yang tinggal didusun dengan sang ayah, tiba-tiba Sam dikejutkan datangnya Dean yang membawa berita bahwa sang ayah menghilang. Yang kemudian terjadi adalah pacar Sam malah tewas mengenaskan seperti ibu mereka belasan tahun silam. Perlahan Sam mengetahui bahwa keluarga Winchester telah mengabdikan diri sebagai pembasmi setan. Sambil mencari keberadaan ayah mereka, Sam dan Dean berhadapan dengan setan-setan dan urban legend ganas yang membunuh orang-orang tak berdosa. Petualangan dari state satu ke state yang lain mereka lakukan demi menguak siap sebenarnya setan pembunuh ibu mereka. Sam dan Dean adalah dua karakter yang bertolak belakang. Sam pintar, rasional dan ramah, sementara Dean urakan, brutal dan playboy. Awalnya Sam tidak mau tau urusan sang kakank dan ayah, namun akhirnya malah memutuskan untuk meninggalkan bangku kuliah dan membantu sang kakak. Sepanjang petualangan mereka, percekcokan sering terjadi, namun pada dasarnya mereka saling menjaga dan mengagumi kelebihan masing-masing. Tipe adik-kakak kayak gini yang Ithonx suka.

Clark Kent dan Lex Luthor (Smallville)


Loh kok?? Iya..iya...mereka bukan kakak adik, malah musuh bebuyutan. Tapi diawal musim mereka berteman baik dan memutuskan jadi saudara angkat loh. Namun karena Lex terobsesi dengan misteri kekuatan Clark, jadinya Clark harus menjauh lantaran takut identitasnya ketahuan. Episode demi episode mereka makin bersain mendapatkan cinta Lana dan makin saling benci. Sayang banget ya, tapi memang ceritanya memang begitu...

Mau Nambahin??? Ayo komen

Ternyata seru juga serial-serial yang tokoh utamanya kakak adik cowok ya.