tuesday post

good evening! em plodded 2667 steps today. righteo, let's jump straight into the spotty points :P for today!
-em woke up, looked with bleary short-sighted eyes at the clock, then decided my eyesight was too poor to see that distance - i had physio at 9am at the PA, there's no way it could be 10am! :P
-so i called PIG mum, who said, "yeah, no physio today. poor dom dom's sick."
-she dug me up, but i felt like doing a stinky unspeakable, so much thanks to PIG mum who pushed me in, gave me a mug of water to drink, and helped me to wipe afterwards.
-PIG mum rolled me back to my bedroom, got me kitted, then made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the beginning of thursday's post to read what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk out to the dining hall.
-breakfast was ... duh. >< i honestly can't remember what/if i had breakfast! gomen, gomen.^^"
-what i do remember is PIG mum kindly popping me my pills.
-time to go, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the beginning of thursday's post to read what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the car, and off she tootled us to plaza.
-we parked, then PIG mum FORCED :( (first time) to walk in there. i wanted to go to the bathroom, so PIG mum plopped me down on a seat then went to ask a lady for the keys (don't really know why the disabled loo is locked?).
-back outside, PIG mum plopped me back down on the seat as she went to go buy us tickets.
-PIG mum returned and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the beginning of thursday's post to read what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk in. we took a seat - i begged her for some popcorn coz i've never had any at the cinemas before - and surprisingly, she said yes!
-the movie started. here are all my favourite quotes and trivia, courtesy of imdb:
-According to the film's make-up expert Ed French, it took four hours to apply the prosthetics to James Marsters to change him into Piccolo. At first it took 17 hours, but Marsters had difficulty breathing and Piccolo's look also seemed overdone, so some prosthetics were removed, thus shortening the time to 4 hours.
-James Marsters discussed the look of Piccolo during the Grand Slam 2008 convention. He said the producers wanted to make Piccolo "more beautiful" than James wanted him to be. Since the producers weren't around when filming started, James and the make up artist changed the character's look to make him ugly, which would reflect Piccolo's rage from being imprisoned for so long. James said, "It would be better to be fired than mess up Piccolo."
-Justin Chatwin considers it an honour to play Son Goku: "He is a very important and epic character. He is always seeing the positive side of things, does good things, and always tries to help and take care of the weak, not only pursuing his power. He is a dependable and loving man as well as a boy."
-To prepare for his role as Son Goku, Justin Chatwin read all the Dragon Ball comics and "The Journey to the West," the Chinese literary classic which inspired the Dragon Ball saga; he practised martial arts and acrobatics; and to get into Goku's character (a likeable child-man), he told jokes to fellow cast members between filming breaks to increase the rapport between them/their characters.
-To prepare for her role as Bulma, Emmy Rossum watched "Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru" (1986) and read the "Dragon Ball" comics.

-Joon Park admitted he didn't think he was going to get the role of Yamcha "because I'm god in Korea, but a shit in the US." He auditioned for the role in nothing but a hat and shorts, but as soon as director James Wong took a look at him Park landed the role.
-While filming a fight between Son Goku and Mai, Eriko Tamura accidentally injured Justin Chatwin by striking his face a little harder than intended. She apologized over and over, but eventually they both laughed it off and went on filming; Chatwin claims that this incident enabled the fight to very powerful and intense, which fit the tone of the film.
-Since Bulma and Yamcha develop a relationship, it was important for Emmy Rossum that she establish a good bond with Joon Park, so they spent a lot of time together getting to know each other; when Rossum learned Park was a musician, the two of them traded favourite songs between them to enjoy. Rossum learned two things: "Because everyone's taste in music is so personal, I've found music a very good way to get to know someone," and that Park loves classic rock.
-The film's title was originally going to be simply "Dragonball" in homage to the title of the original series, but the word "Evolution" was added to show that this would be a more different and advanced version of the saga
-In "Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru" (1986), Goku was a 12-year-old at the beginning of the story and 15 when he fought King Piccolo, but in Dragonball Evolution, he was made 18. He also does not have a tail in the movie.
-The filmmakers decided to keep the number of characters in the film to an absolute minimum for a tighter story and better characterization. Therefore, sentient animals like Oolong and Puar were removed for realism, and fan-favourites like Tien and Krillin were removed for better focus on the core characters.
-According to James Marsters, his characterisation of Lord Piccolo is based on loneliness and revenge: "Piccolo is floating in the air in the beautiful landscape, but he never even admires the landscape; he is only thinking or musing and staring at his feet. I think that is a characteristic of Piccolo more than anything else. Maybe it must be a characteristic for revenge. He hates himself and blames the people who trapped him; his desire is to kill not only them but their family, furthermore to destroy the city and the planet they live and protect. To get revenge is everything to him. Everything."
-Goku is seen in a poster wearing a sweatshirt with Japanese characters on them. These characters (actually the same one repeated over and over) are the Japanese character "kame", which means "turtle". This was the symbol any student of Master Roshi (who is also known as the Turtle Hermit) would wear.
-Goku is instructed by Roshi to carry all of Roshi's luggage on his back, while keeping up with Bulma's vehicle. This is similar to an event in the "Dragon Ball" comics where Master Roshi instructs Goku and Krillin to train wearing 50-pound turtle shells on their backs
-Music composer Brian Tyler recorded the film's score with an 82-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at 20th Century Fox's Newman Scoring Stage.
-SPOILER: In the Dragon Ball saga, Goku transforms into Oozaru (a giant monstrous ape) whenever a full moon rises, similar to a werewolf situation. In this film, Oozaru is an alternate personality who appears when an eclipse occurs.
-advertisementMaster Roshi: In an ancient time, Earth was nearly destroyed. Not by man, but by Gods from the sky.

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Master Roshi: Seven mystics banded together to fight the invaders. They created the Dragon Balls. and here come the quotes i like!
Master Roshi: Now the signs have appeared again, the evil has returned. Only one chosen warrior has the power to defeat this threat.
Lord Piccolo: With this Dragon Ball, I take my vengeance... upon the Earth.
Goku: I'm not ready for this.
Master Roshi: You are the only one who can do it.
Goku is fighting with Master Roshi]
Bulma: STOP! You both need to stop!
[Goku fires a chi blast at Roshi, but Roshi ducks and Bulma is hit]
Goku: Sorry!
Chi Chi: [confronting a duplicate of herself] Who the hell are YOU?
Bulma: [about Roshi] Why are we wasting our time with this guy? Let's just go.
Master Roshi: But...
Goku: We'll go...
[looking at Roshi]
Goku: all THREE of us.
Goku creates a chi wave which opens every locker in the school]
Chi Chi: Did you do that?
presenting the Four-Star Dragon Ball]
Grandpa Gohan: There are only six others in the world, each with stars of one to seven. Besides you, Goku, this is my greatest treasure.
[Goku trashes Fuller and his gang]
Goku: Oh, about your car...
[smashes the car]
Bulma: I'm not a Piccolo, you twit, whatever that is! And if I'd killed your grandfather I'd have finished you off already!
Goku: I am Goku. I am Oozaru. In order to defeat you, I must be one with myself.
[to Goku after he just fired chi blasts]
Chi Chi: You're different. I like different.
-the movie was good, if unfortunately ridiculously short!
-once the movie was over, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the beginning of thursday's post to read what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out. i went to the bathroom once more.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the beginning of thursday's post to read what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to take a seat as she went to buy some groceries. ping yee :p aunty catherine and uncle calvin popped along to say hi :)
-PIG mum kindly bought me a 2 peice feed and a chocolate with pearl. she got some KFC for herself, too.
-julz popped along, too! and so did uncle slam, who sat with us for awhile; he'd been to cafe mi with some work colleagues (sp?) i told him the 2 jokes i knew :P the 'sum ting wong' and the puddles one. :P
-time to go, uncle slam walked with us as PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the beginning of thursday's post to read what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) catch the escalator back up. we saw aunty catherine again, who'd bought some hungry jacks for matthew as his arvo tea. yum! so she held it up in front of me to keep my head up looking at her as i walked. :P
-PIG mum tootled us home, listening to westlife's the love album.
-amanda was already waiting for us. so she Forced me to walk in to the dining room, and we started our cooking!'
-i helped by spreading the marg on the bread and showing my expertise at one-handed egg cracking. :p
-once the food was baking in the oven, amanda Forced me to walk into the laundry and gave me a nice hot shower - hairwash today. good to hear that i've only got one spot on my chin, too.
-i got dried, redressed, then amanda handed me my stick and Forced me to walk out to the dining room.
-i read my novel as amanda and PIG mum fussed over our bread and margarine :P pudding, adding more milk, etc. i just read my book.
-afternoon tea was finally ready! so i got 2 small slices, and thanks to PIG mum who poured me a cup of plain milk.
-amanda forced me on a few mins of left hand exercises - squeezing the stress ball 100x, and lifting the .5kg dumbell 100x, both with my left hand.
-news time! amanda Forced me to walk to my TV armchair, and kindly fed me 2 half crackers. 7's news was read out by rod young and kay mcgrath, sport by shane webcke, and weather by john schluter. the most interesting surname i found was mooney - the last name of the australian rugby union's team's coach.
-once the sports news was finished, i asked amanda to please help me to the loo. so she Forced me to walk there, Forced me to walk over to wash my right hand - but kindly helped me dry it - then Forced me back to my dinner chair.
-i signed her off, then ding dong! aunty a arrived.
-but uh oh. amanda couldn't find the keys, and she was freaking out and everything.
-but i rang dad, who said the side door wasn't locked. amanda let aunty a in, then rocked off. she'll be back on friday, and is having yummy battered fish and chips for dinner tonight - with lotsa chicken salt.
-dinner tonight: rice, umm ... i forgot. ^^" sorry! but dad gave me a cup of juice to wash it down with (coz i hadn't had a milky drink at 6pm)
-dad Forced me to walk back over to the computer. but umm ... why wasn't the keyboard working? :S but in the end, thanks to dad who plugged the old one in, so i could pop online.
-and here ends my spotty points for today! ping/aunty wendy's coming toms, and physio in the arvo. >< guess i will be asking percy the angel for patience and perserverance(sp?) again. but i remember that evelyn promised to take me out for icecream! i hope she keeps her promise!
best of all, house and icecream tonight!
cheers,
em. ^^