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Spoiler alert……..
Writing about part 1 of a 2 part episode is always difficult because you never really get the full picture of the story.  Part 1 is always consist of setups and cliffhangers.  That is the case here with part 1 of End of Time.  What made this particularly an un even episode is that it is also a Christmas special episode!  We tend to forget that Doctor Who was a family show in all its history and still is one after the revival.  Its Christmas special were always a …

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If people are like software, then they would also have newer versions of themselves when it’s time to replace the older self. A closer example that might make it easier to understand is Doctor Who – the Doctor is a Time Lord, and Time Lord can regenerate 13 times. The latest Doctor is the tenth, and his time is ending soon, the eleventh Doctor will replace him.
Of course the Doctor is a fictional character, real human can’t regenerate when they are about to die. My thought is applying the …

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A movie 10 years in the making, from the legendary director who brought us Titanic and the Terminator series, a movie that promise it will change how people make movies, can Avatar in any way live up people’s expectation? Luckily for the film, I wasn’t expecting much at all. I guess because the premise of the movie is so familiar – military-industrial vs. nature – that i really questioned can this movie show me anything new, concept-wise? and to my surprise, actually it did!
Before we get to that, …

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Continue from the last post, here are the rest of my top 10 albums of 2009:

Waking Up – OneRepublic
OneRepublic has a somewhat distinctive sound among all the bands. There’s a rhythm in their music, , something that without listening to the voice track, you would know it’s their music. Their debut album has a single that was remix by Timberland that really bring that rhythm front and center, and that was, as we all know, their smash hit “Apologize”.  This time around, they have another collaboration with Timberland, …

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Continue from the last post, here are the next few of my top 10 albums of 2009:

It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
I did not have a good impression of Lily Allen when she first hit it big three years ago.  Some of her comments just made her looks like she’s a bit of a brat, almost too obnoxious.  Therefore I didn’t even listen to her debut album despite all the good reviews.  Three years later when her sophomore album came out, I finally give it a try and …

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2009 has quite a few great albums, especially from the returning artists’ sophomore or follow up albums.  I remember last year there were quite a few that I was excited to wait for the albums to come out but eventually got disappointed.  This year though, I was excited at quite a few albums from the beginning of the year up until this month.  Overall it’s a great year.  My rule of thumb for great album is that it got to have more than 5 songs on the albums that I …

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When I first heard there is a season 9 of Scrubs, my reaction was very much like a lot of fans – WTF? it had a good series finale last season already, why mess it up by dragging it out for another season?  I was against the idea.  However, as people know I usually can see both sides of an issue, and this is no exception.  We tend to forgot that TV show is an industry with people whose livelihood depends on.  We always focus on the lead actors who …