http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvRK2_W07J8 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMff0UjXsBs Part 2
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Expendables
I want to watch this! It's very good
The Expendables is a 2010 American ensemble action-war film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone. Filming began on March 28, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and the film was released on August 13, 2010.
The film is about a group of elite mercenaries is tasked with a mission to overthrow a South American dictator. When their informant is arrested in the process due to the team leader's initial denial, the team eventually decides to gain redemption by completing the mission. It pays tribute to the blockbuster action films of the 1980s and early 1990s, and stars an array of action veterans from those decades, including Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger (the latter two in cameo roles), as well as more recent stars such as Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and Steve Austin.
Plot:
A group of elite mercenaries, the Expendables, has been deployed to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to halt local pirates from executing the hostages. The team consists of Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), former SAS soldier and blades specialist, Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), martial artist Yin Yang (Jet Li), sniper Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) and demolitions expert Toll Road (Randy Couture). Ross pays the original agreement of $3 million to secure the release of the hostages. However, the leader demands $5 million, and Jensen instigates a firefight, causing casualties for the pirates. With moral disagreements over hanging a pirate, Yang and Jensen have a brief fight, only for Ross to intervene. In the aftermath, Ross reluctantly releases Jensen from the Expendables due to psychological problems.
Ross then goes to a church, where he and his rival, Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger) meet "Mr. Church" (Bruce Willis), who offers them a mission in Vilena, a fictional South American country, to overthrow a brutal dictator, General Garza (David Zayas). Busy with other things, Trench gives the contract to Ross. Ross and Lee Christmas do initial reconnaissance after meeting with their contact, Sandra (Gisele Itié), only for the mission to go awry. Ross learns that Garza is backed by ex-CIA agent James Munroe (Eric Roberts), and henchmen Paine (Steve Austin) and Wickham, a.k.a. The Brit (Gary Daniels), who control Garza by making his people fear him. Sandra is revealed to be Garza's daughter. Ross then decides to abort, and causes casualties among the army as they escape, but feels guilt for leaving Sandra behind. Meanwhile, Jensen approaches Garza and Munroe, identifying his former comrades.
Ross, Yang, and Christmas find information about Munroe, and Ross guesses that "Mr. Church" is a member of the CIA. He thinks that Church hired them to kill Garza and Munroe, since the CIA could not. Ross has a conversation with former teammate and now mission coordinator, Tool (Mickey Rourke), about why he can't stop thinking about Sandra. Tool makes an emotional revelation about an experience in Bosnia where, after killing tons of Serbian fighters, he had decided not to stop a woman from killing herself, an action that he regrets as he feels if he had saved her, he could've saved what was left of his soul. After hearing Tool's story, Ross decides to go back for Sandra. Ross initially decides to go alone, but Yang tags along. Munroe's men and Jensen tail Ross and Yang, instigating a shootout during a car chase. Just as the pursuit ends in an abandoned warehouse, Yang and Jensen fight each other a second time. Jensen eventually gets the upper hand and attempts to impale Yang on a pipe, only for Ross to shoot Jensen before he does. Believing that he is going to die from his gunshot wound, Jensen gives the layout of Garza's palace to Ross in an attempt to make amends. Ross and Yang board the team's plane where they find Christmas, Ceaser, and Road, who've decided to fight alongside Ross.
The Expendables then infiltrate Garza's compound, with Ross bent on rescuing Sandra, while Christmas, Yang, Caesar, and Toll Road plant explosive charges throughout the site and prepare for battle. When Garza has a change of heart after hearing of the team's reputation, Munroe kills him. Ross briefly rescues Sandra, but she is re-captured by Munroe. The entire team fights and shoots their way through scores of Garza's soldiers. Ross and Caesar manage to destroy the helicopter Munroe was to escape on, and Christmas, Yang and Road kill Paine and The Brit. Ross and Christmas catch up to Munroe and kill him, while also managing to save Sandra. Instead of taking the payment of $5 million, Ross decides to give it to Sandra in order to help restore Vilena.
The film ends with the team celebrating their victory at the team headquarters, disguised as Tool's Tatoo Parlor, with former teammate, Tool, aswell as the reformed Jensen and Yang having reconciled with each other. Lee and Tool challenge each other to a game of knife throwing. Before his final throw, Lee recites a poem about his respect for Tool, who he claims cannot beat him in knife throwing as he walks outside of the bar before turning to make his throw, which lands perfectly in the center of the board. As the credits role, The Expendables ride off on their motorcycles into the night.
Cast:
Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross
Jason Statham as Lee Christmas
Jet Li as Yin Yang
Randy Couture as Toll Road
Dolph Lundgren as Gunnar Jensen
Terry Crews as Hale Caesar
Mickey Rourke as Tool
Eric Roberts as James Monroe
David Zayas as General Garza
Steve Austin as Dan Paine
Gary Daniels as The Brit
Gisele Itié as Sandra
Charisma Carpenter as Lacy
Amin Joseph and Senyo Amoaku as the leaders of a group of Somali pirates
Bruce Willis as Mr. Church
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Trench
Click this llink here if you want to see the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFXGxhyRDo
Man saved after sides of skull cut off, frozen
Another article i read from ninemsn.com.auNeurosurgeons said they performed the risky surgery on Kyle Johnson as a last-ditch effort because his brain swelled so uncontrollably after he fell off the board at about 60km/h, Fox News reports.
The surgery — a bilateral decompressive craniectomy — is normally performed on one side of the head.
"[But] Kyle had such a global brain injury that we needed to take both sides of his head off, and you just leave a small strip of bone right down the middle," said Dr Blake Welling from McKay-Dee Hospital in Utah.
Surgeons removed both sides of Mr Johnson's skull, put it together with screws and placed it in a deep freezer to stop the bone becoming brittle.
Mr Johnson was placed in a drug-induced coma for three weeks while doctors waited for the swelling to go down. They then reattached the bone flaps and he woke up after about one week.
"He had a very high mortality rate," Dr Welling said.
"I told him sometimes we're left with really terrible results, but in your case you have a guardian angel, you have something to live for."
Mr Johnson said he was undergoing mind exercises in therapy to assist with memory loss and multi-tasking.
He was not sure if he would ever ride a longboard again.
"But snowboarding for sure," he said.
Tila Tequila attacked!
I found this article on ninemsn.com.au and just thought this was interesting but painful to read and look at the same time.Here's the article from ninemsn.com.au:
Tila Tequila was taken to hospital after being attacked with bottles and rocks while performing a gig in the United States.
The reality star-turned musician, 28, was singing on stage at the 'Gathering of the Juggalos' music festival in Hardin County, Illinois – a gig put together by hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse
After taking her top off in an effort to please the booing crowd, the star was pelted with bottles and rocks, copping a nasty gash to her eye.
Onlookers told CNN that Tila was “pretty cut up” after leaving the stage following the attack. She was then pursued by hundreds of people, who shook her trailer and smashed the windows.
Writing on her Twitter page later, she said, "The people at Juggalos behaviour was disgusting and I am filing a suit against them now."
She added: "Pretty soon the owners who run the Juggalos will be bankrupt. My attorney Alan is already on it. This is disgusting behaviour from men."
The reality star-turned musician, 28, was singing on stage at the 'Gathering of the Juggalos' music festival in Hardin County, Illinois – a gig put together by hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse
After taking her top off in an effort to please the booing crowd, the star was pelted with bottles and rocks, copping a nasty gash to her eye.
Onlookers told CNN that Tila was “pretty cut up” after leaving the stage following the attack. She was then pursued by hundreds of people, who shook her trailer and smashed the windows.
Writing on her Twitter page later, she said, "The people at Juggalos behaviour was disgusting and I am filing a suit against them now."
She added: "Pretty soon the owners who run the Juggalos will be bankrupt. My attorney Alan is already on it. This is disgusting behaviour from men."
The video is on:
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