X-Men First Class Review

The story starts with different poignant childhood memories, the first batch of the mutants have. The story presents the story of young Erik Lensherr and young Charles Xavier. They've both discovered they're different at a very young age, but due to different circumstances, they've got different views in life. Charles was idealistic while Erik was pessimistic to the society

They're paths would cross; together they'll form a team and discover other mutants. They're training young mutants to be part of the US Special Services and fight against the evil mutants lead by Sebastian Shaw. But Erik wasn't overcome by the rage of his childhood, he teamed-up with Charles to get his sweetest revenge to Shaw.

Charles and Erik's conflicting ideas would lead to the end of their team. Erik would lead the team formerly headed by Shaw, and Charles would be the lead of young mutants which would be called X-Men. Erik's was aggressive to the society, while Charles choose to be secluded and would only come in time of need.

Story-wise is good. Effects is commendable. Fighting scenes would let you hold on to your seats. This movie would let you feel sympathy for the children who are different and are treated differently by the society.

I think this was the best installment i've ever seen for this franchise, because it shows the parallelism of Erik and Charles, only on opposite ways. Although i'm not much of a fanboy, i'm not aware if there are some stories which isn't parallel to what the comic book does. But this franchise, tries to give the viewers to understand Erik, a.k.a. Magneto.

I also liked the idea that, people in different walks in life and who had different views, can actually be good friends, almost.

Created by 20th Century Fox, this much-awaited installment of one of the most popular comic franchise really deserves it's name - 'First Class'

Soap Opera Dash Walkthrough - Season 2

Rosie's show was a major hit and they've upgraded their set. Season 2 would be shoot at Samson's Place

Season 2 would also start in Casting. We've unlocked two casts now:  you now need to pick the roles for Socialite and Bigwig

In these season, Wandering Camera Man would have another job - he would now also be the  Wandering Utility Man. Dressing room, make-up station and hair-styling area are prone to be broken. Find the Wandering Camera/Utiliy Man and drag him to the broken station to start fixing.

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The judges would give scores to Rosie's show depending on these  criterias

Another condiment would also be added - the production would now have a burger station. Rosie  can now offer not only refreshments but burgers as well to hungry actors

On much advance stages Cookie, Flo's trusted cook, comes into picture and will help Rosie cook and deliver the burgers to the hungry actors.

• Win mini-games (the count increases as game progress)
• Serve iced tea (the count increases as game progress)
• Color-matching combination
• Chain combination
• Avoid having unhappy actors

Mini-games 

There are 3 mini-games in these games, and they happens on these locations: 

1. Dressing Room - intoduced on the first season (Rosie's picks the proper outfit of the actor)

2.  Hair-styling Area - Rosie chooses the proper hair style and hair color for the girls; and hair style and beard style for the guys.

3.  Make-up Station - this happens only for the actresses. On the first season, Rosie picks the lipstick color. Now Rosie would also pick the eye shadow color.

As Rosie's show are gaining popularity, fans are starting to appear. When a fan appears, drag her to the actor/actress she idolizes to get an autograph. The actor/actress would be delighted and will reward Rosie bonus points

And the end of the season, similar to season 1 finale, Rosie would pick on the lead actors and the theme. At the end, all the actors/actresses would appear on the stage praised by the cheerful crowd.

 Next: Season 3 - WDTN Studios

Soap Opera Dash Walkthrough - Season 1

Soap Opera Dash is another time-management game that offers unique storyline. Created by PlayFirst and Big Fish Games, fans of Diner Dash and Wedding Dash would be delighted by this another great dash game.













Rosie was a good scriptwriter but wasn’t able to get producers help to find him any star. Simon was a star who wasn’t able to get a break. The two met together and Rosie, having a big crush on Simon, got an idea to produce Simon’s show with her script. With Flo and Quinn’s help, the team would make the perfect show that will mark their way on to the stardom.

Rosie was the hero of the game. We can't see much of Flo and Quinn in  action, they're actually the actors here. The characters in this game were:

Rosie - the producer/make-up artist/dress stylist/waitress all rolled-up into one.

Bernie - the script writer

Aunt Ethel - the director

The Wandering Camera Man

Cleaner/Props Man

Season 1 - Rosie's Mom's Garage

On the First Season, the set would only take part on Rosie's Mom's Garage. You'll get to pick first the casting on to this roles: The Best Friend, The Lovers and The Jealous Ex. You'll be able to unlock the other cast as you go along.

This is the basic setting of the game. We have the stage at the upper center, the actor's script-reading area at the upper left, the scriptwriter area at the center, the dressing room at the bottom and the props area at the upper right. 

Most of the characters here stays on their station, except for Rosie who can go around to do her tasks and the Wandering Camera Man who always wanders around after filming. You can find the Wandering Camera Man on these following places:

• Near the scriptwriter table
• Behind the dressing room
• At the bottom right near the make-up chairs
• At the bottom left near the hairstylist chairs

First, Rosie would give the scripts to the talent actors sitting at the script-reading areas. After reading the script, the actors need to change their dress. 

Drag the actors on the dressing room. Click the dressing room so that Rosie can help the actors change their outfits. Click on the arrows to choose the right dress needed by the actor.

After that, the actor is ready to shoot, Aunt Ethel would call on the camera man. Find the Wandering Camera Man and drag him to the camera to start filming. This completes one whole task. Keep on repeating the same steps for the next actors to come.

And that ends your first episode. It will show a short film where all the actors appears on the stage and a delighted crowd applauds them.

A wrap up on the last episode would appear and some invited judges would give score on your show. You would be judge based on:

• Color-matching combo (the number of combos increases for every episodes)
• Happy actors
• Match script colors (the number of match increases for every episodes)
• Avoid using trash can
• Avoid losing a scene

You can upgrade your stations after every episodes. These upgrades would help Rosie to do tasks quickly and keep the actors comfortable.

On the next stage, Aunt Ethel would call on props. Pick the correct props on the upper right area and drag on the stage. Keep in mind that Aunt Ethel gets upset quickly so my advice is to first get the props as quickly as possible

As you progress on the game, a lot of stuff would be added. The hair-styling area and the make-up station would appear. The sequence of the game would now change. After reading the script, the actor would prefer to have his hair fixed first so drag him to the hair-styling area. Click on the actor so Rosie could choose the hair style that would fit the actor. 

After fixing the hair, the actor needed to change his outfit so drag the actor to the dressing room and click on him so Rosie could help choose the proper outfit for him









After dressing the actors up, their make-ups needs to be done so drag them to the make-up station and click on them so Rosie could fix their make-ups. Some actresses would need Rosie's help to pick on the proper lipstick color.

On the next stages, other commodities would also be added, like the iced tea station. Iced tea would keep actors stay calm.

The Waiting Chair would also be added later on. Here you can drag the actors who are not yet included on the current set so they would stay calm and won't lose their hearts.

At the end, there would be a season finale where the actors you pick on the first casting would appear. Choose the actors and the theme of the season finale.








Next Season - Samson's Place

Kung Fu Panda: Kaboom of Doom Movie Review

Last night, I’ve watched Kung Fu Panda 2 which was sponsored by the company (that’s why it’s only on 2D). I’ve seen the first installment of Kung Fu Panda, that’s why I’m eager to watch the sequel of it.

With the success of the first Kung Fu Panda, I have high hopes for this film. And I can say it did not disappoint me anyway.

The movie starts with a brief introduction of the history of ruling of the Peacock Empire, with the emperor being the father of Lord Shen. Lord Shen was the main antagonist. Because of his ambitions, he became cunning and aggressive. So he was exiled by his family, to which Lord Shen vowed that someday he’ll go back to the Empire and claim the throne and rule the empire.

Po and Furious Five continued to be the hero of their village. Po was famous for being the Dragon Warrior. Master Shifu told him about the Inner Peace that Po should master. But Po started seeing memories of his past. And he wanted to know about his real parents and his true identity.

Gongmen village was attacked by Lord Shen. And with this, Master Shifu sent out Po and the Furious Five to stop the new weapon that Lord Shen used to attacked the city and that threatens to stop the Kung Fu. At the course of helping Gongmen and fighting Lord Shen, Po discovered his past that haunts him and to finally have an Inner Peace.

There are downsides and up sides of the movie. The movie I think starts without so many bangs. In fact, I think I didn’t laugh on the first 10 minutes of the film. But as the story progress, you’ll finally get the humor that you expected. Yes, I’ve had so many laughs on the middle parts of the film.

The movie is different on the first one, because on the first installment, Po was striving to be a Dragon Warrior. He’s striving to earn the respect of the Master Shifu and the Furious Five. Here, Po was already part of the team. In fact, he’s so famous that he’s like a celebrity on their village.

Animation was superb, it’s so good that I think it’s much better seeing it on 3D. Lord Shen was so full of grace. I love to see more of him on the next sequel. The baby panda was the cutest character I think. He was so charming that you would understand how Mr Ping, Po’s father, would feel when he first saw Po. Jack Black, as usual did a great job in voicing out Po.It’s as if Po was Jack Black himself. I was glad the other members of the Furious Five have more dialogues now compared on the first film. Gary Oldman also fits Lord Shen’s character.

The movie revolves around the Inner Peace that Po was trying to learn and discover from himself. I think I need to apply that to myself as well.

Just when you think you’re familiar with Po’s character, in this film you’ll discover and learn more about him. He has a lot of funny antics in store that you can’t help to burst out laughing. At the end of the film, there’s a hint for the next installment. Definitely I’ll watch out for the next one.