Transformers

Just caught the moview Transformers on Monday. As a treat from the wife, she surprised me with a pair of Gold Class tickets at Vivocity. Just when I thought we would be watching the movie on one of those small cinema screens.

It was an experience. Almost like a performance. We left it till late before we went to the cinema. That proved to be a mistake because the interior was great! Big comfortable couches and sofas with a bar counter serving drinks and food. There was staff on hand to greet us and bring us to our seats.

I feel so 'sua ku' as I gushed over how large the cinema seats were. There was a control to lower the back and raise the foot rests. If you were feeling a little chilly, there was even a blanket. On the table in front of the seats was a green glowing button that would signal the staff to attend to you in the event that we wanted some drinks during the show. I snuggled under the blanket, kicked off my shoes and waited for the show to start.

The show, under these circumstances, was a scream. Childhood memories flashed through my mind as I saw the digitally rendered robots transform and battle each other on screen. There was a certain artistic liberty taken as some of the Autobots and Decepticons were depicted differently from the cartoon series. Nonetheless, that did not detract from the fact that the show was a fun, action packed movie.

Best were the familiar lines from the cartoon series:
Autobots, transform and roll out
More than meets the eye

What a movie!

The Serengeti

There is a place on Earth where it is still the morning of life and the great herds still run free

This line echoed round the hall while images of the great African plain appeared in front of our eyes. I rubbed my eyes.... and confirmed what I saw, or was I there?

Fran and I dropped by the Omnimax Theatre at the Singapore Science Centre after a long hiatus. The last show we watched there was Journey of Man by Cirque du Soleil.

What did we catch? The IMAX movie: The Serengeti caught our eye with an ad in the newspapers. This is the official synopsis

James Earl Jones narrates this stunning, award-winning IMAX film that explores the natural beauty and timeless cycles of Africa's Serengeti plains. The highlight is a spectacle that few humans have witnessed--the great migration--during which 2 million wildebeests, zebras and antelope travel over 500 miles across the plains.

With the promise of such a spectacle, how can we miss such a show? This was also a good opportunity for us to relive our trip to Kenya and Tanzania in 2005/2006. We had a short 3 day Safari after our climb to Mount Kilimanjaro. The Serengeti plains, Ngorongoro Crater and Olduvai Gorge were just some of the places we visited and was also mentioned in the movie.



Director: George Casey

Writers: George Casey
Mose Richards

Release: 1994

Runtime: 40 min

Try it....you will be stunned and awed at the spectacle of life.