Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label media. Show all posts

Rita Hayworth vs Marilyn Monroe

Posted: Sunday, 28 July 2013 by Hellllbender in Labels: , , , , , ,
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The Backdrop

Being an advocate of classics, I feel starved as I see the state of today’s fashion, film and music industries. The Bryan Adams, Coldplays and Didos have been replaced by the *gulp* Biebers, One Directions and Nicki Minajs. Where we had The Shawshank Redemptions and Star Wars, we have The Silver Linings Playbooks (Yes, I hated it) and Iron Mans (Or should I say ‘Iron Men’? Regardless, Robert Downey’s cockiness fails to impress me one bit). The fashion sense once safe in the hands of the Marilyn Monroes now lies trampling under the feet of the Kim Kardishians.

After seeing Lindsay Lohan’s ‘Liz and Dick’ a few days back, I felt the urge to grab my laptop, don my safe-behind-a-computer-screen armor and blast the wretched woman to smithereens with my words. How it is possible to even imagine Lindsay Lohan portraying the legendary Elizabeth Taylor, I can never quiet comprehend. The absurdity of the comparison actually made me feel sorry for Lohan; you don’t compare two elements as many classes apart as the average modern actress and a queen of Hollywood. The reason being singular; there simply IS no comparison.

In the first of the ‘Head to head’ series, I would take out time to compare two actually comparable individuals; both received worldwide fame and success, both approximately belong to the same era of Hollywood prime, both were renowned for their ‘divine’ beauty, and both were loved by many while worshipped by more; “The Love Goddess” Rita Hayworth, and “The Blonde Bombshell” Marilyn Monroe.
  


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Dr Who

Posted: Saturday, 22 June 2013 by Hellllbender in Labels: , , ,
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Doctor Who is a science fiction programme first started by the BBC in 1969. It tells the never ending tale of a last of his kind, Timelord ( a type of alien) who travels through time in his little-to-eye police phone box called the TARDIS: Time and relative dimension in space; The TARDIS is bigger on the inside. The Doctor has lived 1100 years and throughout these extensive years has saved millions of lives using only his vast knowledge of the universe, being a Timelord this knowledge is bestowed on him as a child; oh yes and with the help of his clever little Sonic Screwdriver. Along with a chain of human companions, the Doctor travels time and space only to save worlds and civilizations.

The reason for the longevity of the show is because, when the Doctor is dying, he uses this trick Timelords evolved to stay alive, Regeneration. Using this, every cell in his body dies and is replaced with new cells, resulting in an overall change in appearance and personality. The Doctor has regenerated a total of 11 time since the show first aired; the first being William Hartnell and the current being Matt Smith.

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Style Over Substance

Posted: Thursday, 20 June 2013 by Hellllbender in Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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“So what will you wear at the convocation ceremony?” asked my friend.
“The blue dress I recently got stitched.”
“But that’s a lawn suit. You can’t wear that. If it has to be lawn then get a designer lawn at least. You will feel confident when you are dressed well. Change the dress.” she added hastily.
I ignored her advice. But when my aunt came up with somewhat similar advice; that my dress should be comparable to my expensive degree; I grew a little perplexed. Was it really true that I needed a better dress to help me lift my electrical engineering degree?

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The Vast Majority

Posted: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 by Hellllbender in Labels: , , , , , , , , ,
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A world where we run after, what is, in the vast majority...blind enough to realize that it is the very thing failing in this world. If you believe success awaits you along the lines of the majority you are sorely mistaken. There can be no money in the lines of abundance. It’s the untapped region, the untouched fields of possibility and the path to invention that truly holds the key to a successful life.

You find success where your heart finds its inclination. It has been said time and again. I don’t need to emphasize it. I cannot possibly comprehend what true success requires. But it does not ask you to work mechanically for the rest of your life, enslaved to a monotonous existence, no different than the machines that are your own design.

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We Are The Future

Posted: Monday, 13 May 2013 by Hellllbender in Labels: , , , , , , , ,
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After the recent events of rigging at over 100 polling stations, Pakistan’s political parties have disappointed the public yet another time. But let me assure you one thing, ‘NAYA Pakistan’ is inevitable, because change has begun.

To everyone reading this blog, you are the top 15% students of Pakistan. The pillars of this nation lie on your shoulders, not the politicians’ and not on their fake promises. So, let us fight together to fulfil those promises. Let us get rid of greed, hatred and intolerance from our society. Let Pakistan be a country of reason, a country where progress will lead to all men’s happiness, and a country where every human being has an equal right of dignity. Let us fill our hearts with the love of humanity by working together in making a society where everyone lives by mutual respect and benefit for one another.

It is the need of the day to claim the right of liberty that we have lost through the hands of our elders to the government. We cannot repeat the same mistakes over and over. Thus, let us not despair, instead, in the name of democracy, let us all unite! 


Written by: Faisal Farooq