Being called out-of-step and dorky by a bank. That's gotta hurt.

Cüneyt Arkın The Magnificent!

That man is the Turkish Chuck Norris (I know, shocking, right?)

@chingalera:
You are referring to Kowloon Park in West Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui). KWC was in East Kowloon, and has been replaced by Kowloon Walled City Park.

I was just dropping by to tell y'all that the two guys seen at the beginning of the vid, Ian Lambot and Greg Girard, are publishing a new/augmented edition of their classic City of Darkness book under the title City of Darkness Revisited, and it's definitely going to happen as they've blown past their Kickstarter goal this weekend. I own a copy of the first edition, and if you're into that sort of thing it's totally worth it.

He he. In Hong Kong, "remote areas" = "still quite a lot of people in the frame".
Nice shots though. And good sound.

@BoneRemake's source has the full segment and is much better. The "pretend cancellation" intro with the audience's laughs in the background was the best comeback possible.

Also, BD Wong.

That collar is in dire need of a steadycam.

:~(

*promote

"I alone can make an empire out of a republic, to restore former glory, to return lost territories and pride for this country."

Fucking brilliant.

It's incredible how generic that trailer is. If you edit out the split seconds showing the turtles, you could re-purpose it for about any action movie. You could turn it into a trailer for Transformers, Bad Boys, or Robocop, or Batman...

To complete what oritteropo said: Laibach built a reputation for themselves as a satirical "mock-fascim" band* (their members came from late 70s avant-garde theater).

One of their more well known type of provocation has been to cover popular feel-good items and paint them under a fascistic light, the point being that empty rhetoric can easily be turned on its head to serve the opposite view -- fascists and communists where "feel-good", "patriotic", and "righteous" too, according to their own worldview.

A recent example, in light of the very partisan coverage of the issue from both sides and the "you're either with us or against us" tone, would be to make a song about whistle-blowers, and have it set to the tune of a military march.


* In less sophisticated circles they are taken at face value and some people actually believe them to be fascists.

You don't need to climb to 45 000 feet to depressurize a cabin. Both pilots had no history of "zealotry" or instability. Anwar Ibrahim is more-or-less a progressive in Malaysia, he wants an independent judiciary, calls anti-gay laws "archaic", and supports Israel/Palestine peace -- hardly Taliban material.

We're not even sure it's a hijacking at this point.

For some odd reason, since last week I can't listen to the line "Hello darkness my old friend" without thinking of Mitch McConnell...

Mongolian Death Metal Band? Wish granted:
Tengger Cavalry

Edit: didn't realize they were on Bandcamp. Here you go,
http://tenggercavalry.bandcamp.com/

Although it doesn't have much to do with drumming, the overall vibe and dedication to the craft reminds me of U Theater, the percussion ensemble, who are also from Taipei.