Mikhail, Zog and Trashcan - a belated review of Astro Boy the movie

That's me. Zog. No, the boy's not Mika.

I am Zog, according to my son. Zog is a 100 years old construction robot, made of pig iron that fell from Metrocity to the Surface world. Zog fell asleep until one day, Astro gave a little of his Blue Core energy to the defunct robot. Zog woke up and became pals with Astro and his friends on the Surface, which is actually planet Earth. This is a little of the story from the CGI movie on DVD which I only watched recently with Mikhail entitled (unsurprisingly) 'ASTRO BOY'. I think Mika does kinda look like Astro, except that Astro has no little belly. So I told my son that he is Trashcan. A robotic refuse bin that has all the characteristics of a lively friendly dog. Yes. I am an awesome dad.

This is Mika! 

I am talking about this movie, 2 years late (it was released in October 2009) because I found it to be intelligent and funny. When I first noticed that they are producing this Japanese Manga oldie (it originated in 1952!), I avoided watching it like the plague. It looked 'cute' and its probably gonna be 'cute'. And the sinner don't do 'cute' movies, disappointed as he has been by recent productions like 'Despicable Me' which hinted at being 'uncute' but turned out to be inane, sugarcoated and shallow. This movie, is surprisingly strong in dealing with human emotions and the robots (especially the Robot Liberation Front) are hilarious. The dialogue breezes through just fine. If you haven't watched it, you might wanna.

Robots play a big part in my son's imaginary world. He takes them everywhere. He talks to them, he dismantles them and rigged them back again for a robot battle. I am constantly bugged by him to choose my robot in the epic fights. Sometimes, he even lets me win.

No poems, sunshine. Just a movie review of sorts. And of course, Zog and Trashcan.

wa min Allah at-taufiq

Hate has no place in Islam

Love will show the Way

Mikhail, Jack Black, Hamzah & Hamzah Jr., and a Client called the Predator

FILM REVIEW. My son is happy. He watched Jack Black’s movie “Gulliver’s Travels” last night with my brother and nephew. Mika loved the movie, but the other two were quite willing to walk out 20 minutes into the movie. Well, that’s my film review for today. Sorry, I cannot focus much because I have a toothache. It hurts so bad that I am counting the minutes before my appointment with the dentist later today. *Ouch*

I don’t really feel very spiritual right now. The opposite in fact. So no high falootin’ discussion about sinners and saints, just sharing…

MIKHAIL, HAMZAH AND HAMZAH JR. If you have been a habitual reader of this blog, you may have already read about Hamzah the Lion (Click Here). He is a guest blogger and fills in for me sometimes. Anyway, Mika took a shine to him and wanted a pencil-case-animal too, so I bought him a tiger.

“So what’s is his name, Mika?”
“Hamzah Junior.”
“Hamzah Jr? Is he related to Hamzah?
“They are father and son, Papa”, my son replied.
“Mikhail, how can they be father and son? Hamzah’s a lion and Hamzah Jr. is a tiger.”
With an exasperated tone, Mika answered, “Papaaa, you were the one who bought him!”
“Umm, okay.”

THE PREDATOR AT THE OFFICE. We had a client from outer space last week. He wanted to buy some real estate in Kuala Lumpur. We had problems communicating because he keeps disappearing and reappearing, and he talks gibberish.

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Dammit, my tooth still hurts. And it’s still 4 hours to my dental appointment. Someone please bring a gun and put me out of my misery.

Well, may you have a great day (since I am not), sunshine!

Pax Taufiqa.