Differences between 2002’s Red Dragon and 1986’s Manhunter

Starting off i would like to point out that the recent 2013 series ‘Hannibal’ is more a re-imagination of the fates of the original Red Dragon novel’s characters. The timeline is set before the events of the first novel and many of the character’s defining traits have been altered. For example Freddie Lounds has become a woman in her 20’s, dr. Bloom has also had a gender change of the same magnitude, becoming from a male doctor in his 50’s to a female doctor in her 30’s and Jack Crawford is now black and about 15 years younger. There are plays of the different evens in the red dragon novel in the series, freddie lounds being tracked down by a serial killer trying to make her write the story the way he sees it, not unlike Dollarhyde, there’s also an episode that mentions the local opera becoming better after the disappearance, presumably by Hannibal’s hand, of one of the opera’s members. By the end of the series though the timeline of events has been severly altered compared to both the original movie and novel so i will disregard the tv series in my comparrison for now.

Isle of Man – ultimul loc liber din lume

Imagineaza-ti asta: o insula unde cei mai rapizi motociclisti din lume sunt liberi sa tureze motoarele la maxim, sa impinga unghiul de inclinare pana cand ating asfaltul, un loc in care poti sa prinzi peste 300km/h fara sa fii deranjat, un loc in care asfaltul e perfect si oamenii te incurajeaza sa-ti depasesti limitele. Suna utopic?

O insulita mica localizata in Marea Irlandeza intre inslula Marii Britanii si Irlandei cu o suprafata de 572 de km2 constituie ultimul teren de joaca deschis pentru orice entuziast al motociclismului de viteza din lume, odata pe an. Acolo oamenii se intrec inca din 1907 pentru cel mai rapid timp de parcurgere al traseului. Pe primul traseu de numai 24 Km, dar care trebuia parcurs de 10 ori, Charlie Collier calare pe o motocicleta cu numai 3.5 cai putere a reusit o viteza medie de 61.5 km/h, parcurgand traseul de 10 ori in 4 ore si 8 minute.

Ce-i cu frica asta de proteine?

Daca ai frecventat cat de cat regulat vreuna dintre salile de forta romanesti, sigur ai fort martorul a cel putin unei conversatii legate de proteine. Sa fim sinceri, de cele mai multe ori parerile oamenilor legate de suplimente sunt cel putin exagerate, atat cand vine vorba de beneficiile atribuite acestora cat si a dezavantajelor folosirii genului acesta de produse. Dar daca e un singur lucru pe care l-am auzit de nenumarate ori prin Sali in legatura cu proteinele este ca folosirea lor pe termen lung duce la probleme cu ficatul. Nu conteaza ca e vorba de o parere pro sau contra, ca privim proteinele ca pe elixirul magic care ne va transforma in Adonis sau ca o risipa de bani, pe termen lung, conform majoritatii, proteinele cauzeaza distrugerea irecupreabila a ficatului. Dar unde isi au originea asemenea teorii? Cum se face ca pe majoritatea site-urilor americane proteinele sunt recomandate tuturor si nicaieri nu se aduce in discutie tema distrugerii ficatului? Sa fie masinatiunea de marketing americana atat de bine unsa incat orice fel de efect secundar pe termen lung sa fie ascuns publicului? Uite parerea mea:

The end of TV

Summer is almost here and production has officially wrapped on two of the best if not the best two tv series around. Breaking Bad Season 5 Part II and Dexter Season 8 commence in but a few months and it’s just about time to get all hyped for the end. If you haven’t seen either one of these amazing shows now’s the time to begin because once the final episode has aired, you can bet the shows are gonna be spoiled for you. So the end begins a bit sooner for tv’s favorite serial killer, Dexter’s first episode of season 8 begins June 30th with Breaking Bad’s episode 9 of Season 5 airing August 11th.  

Hannibal Tv-Series

Ok, so, we all know Hannibal Lecter, right? The brilliant psychiatrist turned cannibal, made famous in the early 90s movie “Silence of the Lambs” by Anthony Hopkins? The first movie showed us an imprisoned Hannibal, helping a young FBI agent track down a crazed killer known as Buffalo Bill. In 2001’s “Hannibal” Hopkins reprises his role, as a now fugitive serial killer running around Europe ‘causing all sorts of trouble. Only a year later yet another Hannibal Lecter movie is released, this time a prequel, telling the story of a pre-incarcerated Hannibal based on a novel with the same name “Red Dragon”. And it is that same novel that has sprawled this year’s tv series which features a very refined, calm and generally non-creepy version of the iconic character, at least in the very beginning.

Pain and Gain

There’s generally two types of views with regards to Michael Bay’s work, there are those who absolutely hate his filmmaking, claiming it’s nothing more than a bunch of explosions and action scenes packed together piling up a cheap roller-coaster ride and then there are those who think his movies are ‘ok’. I’m not part of eighter one of those groups, i think Bay is a freakin’ genius.