Resident Evil: afterlife

I saw Resident Evil when it got out back in 2002, and was impressed by the tension and action and, by Milla Jovovich, of course. Although flawed, the second installment of the franchise found more room to expand to than i could've ever imagined. And though it was logical, the third one provided the goods as well with more action and a bigger picture, as well.
Now, Alice is back, once again. I wasn't sure what to expect, because the series were strong and solid so far, but it isn't easy to keep up the good pace. So, at first, i thought it wasn't going to be easy to match the prequels, especially the scale of the last installment
But then, the news about the 3D came around, and followed by the fusion system technology announcement, the infamous Cameron creation, that will be used almost ruthlessly often in the future, it was all clear. I saw it getting better and better, the development of the movie was incredible lately and, though the trailer wasn't saying much, i was kind of hoping to cover the best parts, and i luckily hoped right and this was the best part-i wasn't expecting even half of the action and battle sequences i saw
And i must say that the cast is the best that could've been assembled. Ali Larter is great, she's grown so much to the series that fits her perfectly well. Wentworth Miller is cool, a little bit Scofield-like, but that's normal. After all, he was great as a con. The only thing i missed was Oded Fehr, who has portrayed a very likable and convincing character in the 2-nd and 3-rd installments
And, surprisingly, the script had more in common with the videogames than the prequels had. I mean, that's a fresh take, and the 3D makes it better.

After shock

Aftershock cuts to the chase and audience smack into 1976 Tangshan, China, just about when the big quake struck. We are introduced to family of four, where soon enough mother nature’s unforeseen wrath swallows up the entire city, and shattering countless of lives and families in the process. What follows will set the stage for the entire two more hours to come, where Yuan Ni has to make that Sophie's Choice of which twin for the rescuers to save - son Da Feng, or daughter Fang Deng - since a beam separates the two. Tradition, culture and custom will unfortunately make this a no-brainer when push comes to shove, coupled with the fact that the death of her husband in rescuing her, and her role as the dutiful wife to ensure the preservation of the family line, but worst, this decision is made within earshot of Fang Deng who's fighting for her life in the rubble.Heaven's compassion means Fang Deng survives the ordeal nonetheless, but gets picked up by a PLA soldier and sent to a survivor's camp, where she gets adopted into a foster family. The narrative then tangents into two halves, one following the grown up Da Feng, and the other Fang Deng , in their trials and tribulations of growing up in China in the last 30 years, interspersed with shots of a growingly vibrant Tangshan (and other cities of China) where we see the economic development of the country. However, Nature still is that unfortunate leveler, and for all the technological advancement, human emotions and a mother's love still continue to form the basis of a heart-wrench when dealt with an unfair card in life. Based upon a novel, what works here are the many small subplots that get introduced, such as teenage romance, filial piety, and essentially the all important theme of family that merges well with the inclusion of landmark events and another more recent quake that brings characters together. What more, all the cast members gave stellar performances that will tug at your heartstrings, and enable the melodramatic, emotional finale to be all the more powerful as we come to learn how bitterness and hatred accumulated over the years, can dissipate with the passage of time, and the opportunity presented to seek forgiveness. Which somehow the editing seemed to give way under the weight of emotions, and introduced some abrupt cuts away from scenes you'd think will linger for a more emotional closure. However, art direction from costuming to sets here are superb in capturing the look and feel depicting the different eras from the 70s to the 90s, and brought to mind other similarly crafted dramas like Heaven Eternal, Earth Everlasting and Electric Shadow, both films that you should give a watch as well should you dig powerful dramas like Aftershock.

Disney

In the previous class, the lecturer had showed us a documentary about Disney. About Disney, I have seen a lot of cartoons produced by Walt Disney Company, and I have been to Hong Kong Disneyland on 2007. In Hong Kong Disneyland have 4 parts, Main Street USA, Tomorrow land, Fantasy land and Adventure land. Although there is the smallest, but I really love it. In there you can find plenty of familiar cartoon characters, also there have the traditional American town. Although Disneyland is the children’s playground, but there are recreational facilities include many high-technologies. Disneyland have many themes, the park use animated by the color, excitement, magic and other ways to show the different theme park. For example they use the 3D technology and the sound technology fix in the ghost house, people feel it’s a true environment.

Toy story 3

I went to watch toy story 3 with my sister last month, I just watched 2D version, because the focus of this movie was not high-tech, but its story itself. This is a touching story, the toy is very important to every kids, every toy include a memorable story, it means everyone’s childhood, I think no one want to farewell to our toys, this is starting point of this movie, I saw a men cry when the toy will dead on the movie, I think it makes him remember his childhood and toy, what we have learned from this movie? One love is hand in hand, when the toys face to die on the movie, they just didn’t give up his friend to reach the end. one love is let it go, when Andy grew up, at first he forget his favorite toy, but he gave it to Boonies’ in the final, I think he learned how to do to his toys was best way.

Avatar

After I watched avatar, I have to admit that the film is such as wonder that I thought it is well worth watching in one’s life, I think “avatar ” is not just a film, the graphics, character and environment design is very nice, the view is really beautiful and amazing, but all things is not true, they are use the technology do it from computer. I don’t know how can I describe what I saw, I think James Cameron is not unknown to us , after he direct titanic in1997 everybody knows him is great director ,right now he use 3Dcamera give us a surprise again, this film is not just about love story between a human and Navi’s princess, but also is a educational file. It leads a profound question that what is human’s future. We can’t be that selfish regardless of our descendants’ happiness. We must believe nature is rules can’t be broken, believe harmony can exist among every species. We also need believe love can cross people with background, believe justice can win evil.

Bird park

This time we have been to birds park in KL, this is my first time there, Iheard that it's largest bird park in the world from my friend, so i really expected this trip and i bring my camera to take some photo, when we outside, it looks like a beautiful park. this is the map of bird park:

at this flamingo pond, you can observe this pelican birds, look, there is one of the special features of these gregarious wading birds originated from Africa is their ability to stand on one leg, and they had characteristic pink colouration on their feathers.

In the parrot section, visitors can feed the colorful parrots using the bird food provided by the park, look.....my classmate very enjoy to feed them.

we get outsid from bird park around 3:30pm, i have taken a lots of photo, so i feel a little tired and hungry, i have rest for a while with my friend, so i didn't go to orchid garden.

trip to aquarium and petrosins

This is my first time went to Petrosains and Aquaria, we entered to petrosains first, There's a screen where showing butterfly pouring down. When a person stand in front of the screen, the person's shadow is appear on the screen surface and the butterfly interacted with the person's shadow. It is a mixed reality application. The other amazing experience was earth quake machine in Petrosains. The level from 1 to 3, u can realize feeling of real earth quake from this machine. I felt it’s very interesting.

When the time was 3 pm, we had to gather at Aquaria we only have one hour to walk around in the Aquaria, the Aquaria was not too big, so we had enough time, before I went there I already have been to similar place in china, but I still felt interesting, because I liked fishes and animals. Sometimes u can touch this fishes and feel its skin and behavior in Aquaria. It’s very amazing, u also can watch lots kind of ocean fish what is u never see before, like sea horse and shark and so on. I just watched it on the TV show before. Well… after Aquaria we should go home……

I MAX

IMAX is a motion picture film format and projection standard created by the Canadian IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than most conventional film systems. A standard IMAX screen is 22 × 16.1 m (72 × 52.8 ft) and they are generally the same everywhere. Imax Corporation has released four projector types that use its 15-perforation, 70mm film format: GT (Grand Theatre), GT 3D (dual rotor), SR (Small Rotor), and MPX, which was designed to be retrofitted in existing multiplex theatres. (Wikipwdia.org_the definition of IMAX)
Before this time go to I max theatre I already heard it many times, so I am very exciting, when I entered the theatre, I feel it’s so huge, the screen Is big, like 3 times bigger than the normal theatre, this time we wanted to watch movie called “prince of Persia ”, actually I already watched it before 1 week, so I really expected how much different with I max, but when it finished, I feel a little bit disappointed, because it’s not a really film of I max, so it’s not different with other normal theatre.
Whatever this is the first time I went to I max theatre, even though I haven’t watched really the movie of I max, I think I still want to watch the really one when I go back to shanghai.

Exploring second life-Japan

This one was my choice of location. I like to go there and explore the virtual Japan also, that was really cool experience. The textures that they applied for designing it were also very good. That was a bit like Japan but not completely same as there. The structures were same as japan but some parts were not really like there. I like to explore more in there, but I think they designed it a bit boring. I mean that it must have some other lights, shinier and etc but that was still good. Have a look at my virtual trip to the Japan.

there are many small shopping mall in the side of street.

there place is theme cafe. i think this name is housemaid cafe. the theme cafe is very popular in japan.

this room have many japanese traditional cloths, i am very like this kimono.

showroom in the front of me.

Exploring second life-virtual travel to the Mexico

My travel was really good in the second life that was awesome. You will pass big stones and you will reach some big attractions, you can play there. The best thing was that we could fly all over the land easily. We could go to the advertisement and read them. Wow I forgot to say about the dance floor. That was really cool. The salsa dance floor was really nice and really well-designed. That part was really attractive. You can experience one of the best virtual trip by teleporting there.


There have two houses near the beach, this dragonfly always around me.

there is a small restaurant.

I think there is a arts plaza

Historic spot??I don't know!!

rest a while~~

Exploring second life-SS Galaxy cruise ship

Wow… that was so big, as big as a tall building that put it on the ground. That place had swimming pool, lots of rooms, diving and so many entertainment. You can use all of them to have fun in this huge cruise ship. I like this one. That was really well designed from the doors of the ship to the end of the swimming pool that was really nice. I also like the background music that was keep playing there. The attractions were very nice and detail-designed. I met some people there I think this one is also really famous in second life.


I want to play this slide.

Big swimming pool.

i am really like this place, that is very beautiful, good swimming pool,good small pub and good music

There is a big shopping mall, you can buy fashion cloths, beautiful jewel and digital products, etc.

This is a model for this ship.

when i see this place, i feel i am already in that place.

Exploring second life-Kowloon

I know this place very well; I went there lots of the time. This area that called Kowloon (the English name) is in Hong Kong and it’s really nice to see. I like the design of this virtual world, that was all covered be the doors, shops, café and some bars or some places like this. I really like this place and honestly last time that I visited this place in SL I spent 2 hours in it and I didn’t realize that this is already 2 hours that I’m in the SL. the red colors, the well-designed posters, the drinks and so many shops that make this place really attractive. I could see most of my memories there.


I dont know how to explan this place, there is like a market, you can buy cloths, game, DVD flim, etc.

There is kowloon restaurant, this place is very interesting, you can up to the second floor, there have a door, if you open the door, you will fall off in the sea.

This is a map for the kowloon.

There have many cloths, you can buy it. but this cloth like cosplay.

I got this photo in kowloon street.

Exploring second life- the land of the pot healer’s adventure

This Land was really amazing with nice colors, nice flowers and so other nice things. The most beautiful part was the colors that the designer used before there. Also there were some mystery places there that I really loved to explore them. At first of my trip to this land I realize that my boat is broken already and I must do something for myself and explore the land as soon as possible because if any one cannot come to help me I must stay here for my rest of the life. Here you are I have some pictures about my trip. Hope you enjoy it.

i dont know where is it, but the flowers are very big~~

some house, and have some boxs in the house.

there have a waterfall, you can hear sound by the waterfall.

Exploring Second life-Introduction

Hi, this is my pretty avatar as me in the second life I really enjoyed the welcome page and all of them. I hope you enjoy it as well.

this is me , i like the girl because she have black hair and the cloth, my name is celine yuheng.

technology as Experience

When I finish read, I know Technology is a necessary force in modern life. We use technology to develop economy, change our life and quicken the pace of development. For example if I want to play game, I have many choose, ps1, ps2, ps3, wii, xbox or psp and ndsl, we also can play on computer for 3D or 2D online games. Technology makes life more convenient, Without it, we might still stay in a poor society. We might have no TVs, no computers and even no lights. We might have to work by hands instead of by machines and read many books to gain new knowledge instead of making use of computer nets. It's believed that technology improves our life.

Introduction

My name: Zhang Yang

Student ID: 1061110750

Faculty creative Multimedia (FCM)

Major: Virtual Reality