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The Meg (2018) extended movie trailer

Extended trailer for The Meg, an upcoming American Chinese co-production film with a monster-shark theme. Directed by Jon Turteltaub and based on a 1997 book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten.

The film stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis. Set to be released in the United States and China in August 2018.

The plot is about a group of scientists who discovered a 95-foot-long prehistoric shark called megalodon (hence the name MEG) – thought to be long extinct – two hundred miles off the Chinese coast. They have to stop the shark before it attacks the beach but looks like Meggy makes it anyway.

I love watching monster movies, the teaser doesn’t look too exciting but will give it a go regardless. Most of these films have nothing new, you know what you get when you walk into the cinema.

And if you don’t know, megalodon was a real extinct species. Read more on Wiki.

Reply 1997 – Alone music video by Bee Gees

Bumped into this music video while doing some Youtube hopping of western music from the 1990’s. Alone by British pop group Bee Gees, released in 1997.

Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records in a career spanned over half-a-century, placing them among the world’s all time best-selling music artists.

Old memories

Not particularly fond of this song, but it’s one of those memory-trigger pieces that stuck in my head. I just started driving (mostly to tuition and libraries) back then and this was played so often on the radio that it became toxic LoL.

It was also during the first “major” crossroad I faced. Just got into pre-university and pondering whether I should switch to business or stay with science stream. Chose the later partly because of a girl, and the rest is history.

It’s been 20 years now. Two of the three brothers in Bee Gees are in heaven, and I’m probably halfway through my journey. Time flies for sure, carpe diem.

BTW, Reply 1997 is a popular Korean drama series about pop culture and memories in the 90’s. I’m borrowing the title to tell my own stories.

Moumoon – It’s Our Time in Paris

Music video for It’s Our Time by Japanese pop duo Moumoon, released in June 2015. Found this song after blogging about them a couple of months ago.

They shot the MV in Paris when the band held their first solo concert (sold out) in the French capital in May 2015. The song is OK, love the video though… it looks like a beautiful travelogue.

Feels like visiting Europe again after watching this. It has been over a decade since my last trip to the continent. Always thought I would be there again much sooner.

By the way, half of the group name moumoon comes from a French word. “Mou” means soft in French, hence their name can be interpreted as soft moon in English =)

Moumoon, Shooting Star, Assassination Classroom

Japanese MV for Hello, Shooting Star by pop duo moumoon, released in February 2015. It’s an ending song for popular anime series Assassination Classroom.

I was a fan of moumoon’s Sunshine Girl in 2010. Haven’t heard much from the band since then, but they are probably doing well in their home country. Many Japanese commercials, movies and TV shows have used their songs over the years.

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Skull Island: Birth of Kong comic trailer

Following the huge box office success of Kong: Skull Island last month, Legendary has unveiled a teaser for a comic book series which delves deeper into the myths and mysteries of the island.

Titled Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, the comic is both a sequel and a prequel to the film. At the moment they are planning just a few (monthly) issues and not making it into long running series.

The comic is going to fill some gaps and answer questions which lead to the next Kong movie. And it probably serves as a bridge between various characters in the MonsterVerse franchise.

The “war” at 0:30 in the teaser looks pretty awesome regardless. It’s also the preview image of the video at the time of writing (but the video admin can change that if they please.)

The producers may be tempted to make a scene out of it in the next film, and bet the fans are going to love that too. They could have just included that in Kong: Skull Island though, that would be really epic.

I haven’t watch the movie yet, will wait for it on TV instead. But seems like the secret organisation Monarch is going to be a mainstay in the franchise. And they probably know a thing or two about Godzilla.