I finally watched Hero recently. The Chinese flik with Jet Li. It wasn't what I had been expecting at all! Very interesting concept. I don't think the flow of the fight scenes were that great, but everything was still very nice visually. And definitely a movie I'll watch again to better interpret things. Seems each color/retelling represented different aspects of human nature. Very classic Chinese storytelling. I've also always liked Maggie Cheung.

What's really messed up though, is the cover of the DVD for US release. It's *only* of Jet Li and Zhang Zi Yi, they edited out everyone else! Zhang Zi Yi is only a supporting role! Fuuuucked uup! They made it look like she's the main female character, and everyone else only appears on the back cover. It's obviously done to attract the US audience since Jet Li and Zhang Zi Yi are the only big names here. But it's just so wrong. Disrespectful and also misleading. Just like how Quentin Tarantino's name, and only his name, appears on the cover. You don't see the actual director's name (Zhang Yi Mou) anywhere other than that production staff listing thing on the bottom of the back cover that no one can ever read anyway. To the uninformed, which is pretty much anyone, me included, it leads one to believe the movie was made by Tarantino. Just wrong, wrong, wrong... I haven't seen US promotional ads for it, so can't say if its the same way there.

I also watched Blood: The Last Vampire a few months back. I have the manga, but the movie doesn't explain anything at all. o_O It's more like an OVA. Anyhow, Saya is totally the kind of character I go for. To the extreme. Wooow XD. She rocks. I should try to find that music video of it I saw at a con a few years back.

Hmmm... I've gotten some new Saiyuki doujinshi recently, and one of them is "Puchi-San" by Angel Night (I really like this circle). The story is... interesting o.O; and I felt the need to share it. Not that I could understand everything really. But from what I could see, the story seems to go like this:

Gojyo & Sanzo are already in a relationship. Sanzo and Hakkai have to leave for a little while (dunno where/why), and Hakkai leaves Gojyo a small box and a note. I reeeally wish I could understand what the note said, as I'm pretty sure it would explain the 'mechanics' behind this story XP. Anyhow, inside the box is a *mini* Sanzo. Very mini. It's only about half a foot tall. And it's wearing this poofy dress/apron thing that's just the cutest thing ever. XD Why? I've no idea. Well, after Gojyo's initial freak-out over mini-Sanzo, they get along okay, and the situation is all just too cute. When they go to sleep, mini-Sanzo is adorable on its makeshift bed/pillow. It's even got its own lil mini-blanket. And not long after settling in, Gojyo proceeds to molest the hell out of it -_-;. It's some rather bizarre kink. x_x;; Well, seems there's some kind of bond/connection between mini-Sanzo and the real Sanzo and so the real Sanzo is suffering from the "effects" of their activities, whereever he is, hehe. The next(?) morning, Gojyo and mini-Sanzo are chatting together. At this time, real Sanzo returns, really pissed off. And immediately shoots and hits the mini-Sanzo off Gojyo's arm. And it's gone. Blown away. I was *SHOCKED*. It was SO CRUEL! ;_; Completely unprepared because it was completely unexpected. Even though of course Sanzo would do something like this, but the bullet actually hit and "killed" it instantly, in a story that's so far been only humorous and light-hearted. I wish I could describe the shock on Gojyo's face. A complete 180. Having ice water dumped over you after you come out of a sauna. Omg. -_-

Well, after mini-Sanzo is annihilated, you see its remains, which is a broken cigarette with some writing/markings on it. It was very depressing. The scene jumps forward to what I assume is later in the day (or next day?), the four of them just chilling in the room, pretty normal. But you see Gojyo sitting backwards on a chair, back to us, just staring out the window =*(. Then Sanzo silently gets up from reading his paper, walks up to Gojyo... and drops another mini-Sanzo onto his shoulder! Aaaww! ^o^ Though this one is just wearing the monk robes, no apron XD, hehehe. Gojyo immediately glomps it in joy. I'm not sure what's going on afterwards, but seems multiple mini-Sanzos have spawned. o_O At least two, possibly three. Not sure if the one peeking out from Goku's shirt is the same one Gojyo had glomped. The other one is just wearing a tiny, short robe (like the one the antagonist wore in the Requiem movie during his time as an acolyte at the temple). It then says, at Gojyo's inquiry, that it's not wearing anything under it. And Gojyo promptly passes out from a nosebleed. XD And so the story ends, happily, if pervertedly.

Some seriously weird shit, yeah? LOL. I wish I knew what was going on better. How exactly are the mini-Sanzos made? I still feel really sad for mini-apron-Sanzo though ::sniff::. Dammit, I want one, too >_<. I hope the circle decides to do another book for it.

Angel Night's style seems to be changing again though. Doesn't look too good, imo. Mainly noticed in a few panels of Sanzo in the newest book. =(

In NARUTO circles, Sai no Kandume's style has reeeally changed, too. The characters had looked better back then, but I guess her current style is alright. Much longer faces, mainly in the doujinshi art, but they're older so it's all good. Still love it. Want... more... books...

Oh btw, I guess I should mention here, I put up a new picture at Nocturne a few weeks back to celebrate 100k hits. =D Another kittens pic, but with more charas. Mah, so behind.