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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Heard of the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skulls? I'm sure you have. Two months ago it was being played at every major cinemas worldwide. I have yet to watch it though =D but here's a little info for all of you: Do you know that crystal skulls aren't a myth at all? Oh yes, they're pretty real alright. The crystal skull above is the most popular crystal skull called the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull a.k.a. 'the skull of doom'...yikes!
Crystal skulls are made of either clear or opaque Quartz, carrying from bead-sized to real life sizes. They were believed to be of Maya or Aztec origin, dating way back to the 14th to 16th century. They were also believed to have supernatural abilities; healing, mind control...and the 'skull of doom' was believed to have the power to kill.
Now here's the MYTH: Recent studies regarding these magnificent crystal skulls showed that they have a more humble origin than what was believed.
In 2005, an anthropologist at the Smithsonian examined several skulls and found that the cuts into the crystal unmistakably showed evidence of modern, not ancient, carving techniques. Not only were the cuts done with modern lapidary wheels, but the skulls themselves were polished with modern machinery. Nickell, an expert on crystal skulls, concludes that "none of the famous skulls appears to be pre-Columbian; in fact, all of them maybe be European forgeries."
Ah well...even though these cyrstal skulls don't have supernatural powers, I still want one....
And I still think they have at least one power, that is,
the power to fascinate.
Labels: 2008, crystal skulls, Indiana Jones, movie
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
I'm a self-confessed movie buff.
I absolutely love watching movies, I've compiled the movies that you 'must-watch-out-for' this/next year. So clear your scheds people coz I'll almost post the estimated premier for each movie. Enjoy!
1. Saw V
Yeap, the 'all-gore-from-start-to-end' movie is back, haha! I'll definitely watch out for this one.
RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2008.
2. Twilight
The much anticipated movie moved their premier 3 weeks EARLIER! Nice...
RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2008.
3. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
The immortal battle between vampire and werewolves continue...
RELEASE DATE: January 23, 2009.
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
In this coming X-Men movie, Wolverine takes center stage.
RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2009.
5. Angels & Demons
Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon. This should be an interesting movie, the plot of the book was more ambitious than The Da Vinci Code. Can't wait!
RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2009.
6. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Ben Stiller stars again in this comedy movie, wonder who the Smithsonians are...
RELEASE DATE: May 22, 2009.
7. Terminator Salvation
In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator movie franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and it's army of Terminators.
RELEASE DATE: May 22, 2009.
8. The Fast and the Furious
Vin Diesel and the gorgeous Paul Walker teams up again for Part 4 of the movie. Nice...
RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2009.
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Yay for this! One of my favourite movies! Finally, a sequel! Rumour has it they will be introducing additional members to both the Autobots and Decepticons. Awesome!
RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2009.
10. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
One of the cutest and funniest animation movie I've ever seen so far! Good thing they made a Part 3.
RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2009.
11. Final Destination 4
The ever thrilling 'fighting death' movie strikes again!
RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2009.
15. Ok, I'll stop already haha! I don't want you having information overload because of this post...I guess that's enough for now. Erm..or maybe I'll give you this much, I'll just tell you the upcoming movie sequels to watch out for!
Here they are:
Saw VI
Austin Powers 4
Jurassic Park IV
Nightmare on Elm Street
Robocop
Sin City 2
Wanted 2
X-Men Origins: Magento
Iron Man 2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of Dawn Treader
James Bond 23
Spiderman 4
Pirates of the Carribean 4
Cars 2
Boy was that tiring *phew*
Labels: 2008, 2009, movies, premiers
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