The Future is Here
July 16, 2006 1 Comment
I was watching the movie "UltraViolet" 2 nights ago. After 20 minutes into the movie, I got kinda "switch-off" – not because of the lousy story plot – but more on the futuristic settings that the movie-maker designed.
You see, "UltraViolet" is a movie about life in the future. You carry a handphone that can do 3D Live Conferencing, you carry weapons in Compressed 4-Dimension Space and your hair/attire changes colours as you please. It was pretty impressive…Afterall, if you are working on a futuristic movie, you should go all the way out to design and produce the future at your "wildest imagination".
The moment of anti-climax came when I noticed something really familiar in the movie. 40% of the action acutally took place at Shanghai Puxi – at the world famous "Pearl of the Orient" and "JinMao Tower". Dun get me wrong, I love Shanghai but I tot the movie-maker should fabricate and design their own futuristic settings – and not using popular locations that people are so familiar with. Imagine seeing Starwars being shot at our own backyard… how convincing that this is the future, huh?
On the other hand, I tot it is not a bad idea to be in that "future state"…so I popped over to Puxi yesterday and visited some of those scenes.. and got my pictures taken.
I hope this strengthen my point – "See you in the future!"
12 years away from home - Singapore. Writing my stories here for my lovely mum & dad, friends and most importantly, for my wife & son back home. A self-confessed gadget freak, a spontaneous prankster on the outside and a warm loving heart inside. Enjoying a happy life with loving families, friends plus a dream job. Realising mum’s motto – “Exceed Yourself Every Day”. Always believing that “Simplicity is Beauty”.
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ah ha… looks soo familiar, been to the red red bg one, Jinmao is it?…… heng nv watch Ultraviolet.. But on the other hand, it could mean… u ARE in the future already. hmm, tis china boy has progress really fast!