Street Fighter Assassin's Fist Movie

Warning: Possible spoilers

Was able to watch the Street Fighter Assassin's Fist movie last night. This movie will start off the planned Street Fighter TV series. This movie tells how Ryu and Ken meet for the first time, and how they end up being trained by their master, Gouken.

The movie also explores the story of Gouken and his brother Goki. Goki, eventually will become Akuma, who I believe will be the final enemy in the series.

The actor who plays Ken really did a good job. He should have maintained the long hair instead of cutting it off in the end. He was way more bad ass looking sporting the pony tail.

Too bad the actor playing Ryu reminds me of Cho in the Mentalist. I don't know if this was the reason why I couldn't believe in his Ryu portrayal. But I guess Ken will be the main hero in this series, preventing Ryu from embracing the dark side.

I wish they could have found a Gouken who looked like the character in Street Fighter IV for Playstation 3. If they could get Akuma right, they should have gotten Gouken right. (Unless Gouken will undergo some kind of transformation that will allow him to look like the video game version).

I hope the TV series will show the duo encountering a street fighter character every episode. Can't wait for Ryu and Ken to fight Guile, Chun-li, E. Honda, Blanka, Zangief, Vega, Balrog, Sagat, and M. Bison. There are plenty of Street Fighter character histories to explore. Each episode of the series could probably do that. And with new characters like Gen, Rose, Cammy, Sakura, T. Hawk, and many more, this series should last for 3 seasons at least, assuming they explore one character per season, and each season lasts about 10 episodes.

I'm still wondering if Gen was the old man who gave Ryu to Gouken.

Props to the Mega Man bit, reminding us of Street Fighter's relationship with CAPCOM. Also to Ken's pissed off comment about Dan, being the first student of Gouken. Wonder if we will see him in the series, and whether or not he will be as funny as his video game persona.

If the visual artists can do a great job with the hadoken animation, they can also work on Ken's flaming shoryuken.

Really excited about this series and hope it doesn't disappoint the Street Fighter fans worldwide.

   

Paramore That's What You Get Guitar Chords

After watching Jenna Irene and Paramore on the latest season of American Idol, I've been listening to a lot of Paramore songs lately. Here's a song I've enjoyed, especially after listening to Paramore's acoustic version. Hope you enjoy it.

Paramore - That's What You Get

Standard Tuning

Intro / Stanza Pattern
G# - G# - Bb - Cm (Repeat)
Eb Ebsus Eb (transition to chorus)

Chorus
G# - Eb - Cm - Bb
G# - Eb - Bb (Bbsus Bb)
Cm - Bb - Cm - Bb
G# - Eb - Bb - Bb

Repeat Intro - Stanza - Chorus

All This Love by Greg Cagle and Robyn Springer

This acoustic rendition of El Debarge's All This Love was simply mind-blowing. I wish I could play the guitar as good as Greg Cagle. And Robyn Springer was excellent on vocals too.

Caleb Johnson - As Long As You Love Me Lyrics

Here's what I could get from Caleb Johnson's performance from American Idol. Hope it's accurate enough, but corrections are welcome. Just post them in the comments section below if you have any. Enjoy!

And before I forget, congrats to the winner of American Idol Season 13 - Caleb Johnson. You rock man! Wish you and Jack Black would duet in the future!

Stanza:
We were looking for love in all the same places
Infected with the same disease
In a room full of guys with handsome faces
(Well) We couldn't find a moment to seize

(backup vocals) Always wanted to be closer
I guess that's just the way it goes
(backup vocals) Always / (You were) looking for an answer
When all the time
It was right here under your nose

Chorus:
(But) As long as you love me
You don't always have to say I'm cool.
Yeah
As long as you love me,
We don't have to be together 24/7.
As long as you love me,
I'm in heaven
Whoa / Yeah yeah

Bridge:
You will never have a reason
To tell me that we're through
I will ever ask you not to do what you wanna do
Even if you never show me what I mean to you

Citipointe Live Dominion Guitar Chords

 Here's a cool duet by Citipointe Live. I've modified it a bit, but I hope the chords are easier for you. Enjoy!

(Capo on the 3rd fret optional)

Intro:
Em - D - CM7

Verse 1:
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Sanctified by Your Grace
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Was once wounded but now You've removed all stains
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Cleansing me with tender mercy
Em - Bm7 - CM7
I will abide in You

Verse 2:
Em - Bm7 - CM7
There is no one that is like You
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Pure is this love You've bestowed upon us
Em - Bm7 - CM7
It is our privilege to worship
Em - Bm7 - CM7
You oh Mighty God

Pre-Chorus 1:
Am7 - G - CM7
All of the earth is Yours
Em - D - CM7
You're our delight, You are Lord of all

Chorus:
G - CM7 - Em - Bm7 - CM7
You have the dominion over all the earth
Em - D - CM7 - D - CM7
And with all that's within me, I will bless You Lord

Instrumental 1:
Em - D - CM7
We worship tonight oh Lord
Em - D - CM7
We love You, We love You

Verse 1:
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Sanctified by Your Grace
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Was once wounded but now You've removed all stains
Em - Bm7 - CM7
Cleansing me with tender mercy
Em - Bm7 - CM7
I will abide in You

Pre-Chorus 2:
Am7 - G - CM7
All of the earth is Yours
Em - D - CM7
You are Alpha and Omega
Am7 - G - CM7
All of the earth is Yours
Em - D - CM7
You're our delight, You are Lord of all

Chorus:
G - CM7 - Em - Bm7 - CM7
You have the dominion over all the earth
Em - D - CM7 - D - CM7
And with all that's within me, I will bless You Lord

Instrumental 2:
CM7
I will bless You Lord
CM7
I will lift my voice to worship You
CM7
I will love You
CM7
I will love You

Bridge:
CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - G
You took a wretch like this
CM7 - D
You loved me, and You saved me

CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - G
You took a wretch like this
CM7 - D
You loved me, and You saved me

(female vocals joins in)
CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - G
You took a wretch like this
CM7 - D
You loved me, and You saved me

CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - Em
You have rescued me
CM7 - D - G
You took a wretch like this
CM7 - D
You loved me, and You saved me

Chorus:
G - CM7 - Em - Bm7 - CM7
You have the dominion over all the earth
Em - D - CM7 - D - CM7
And with all that's within me, I will bless You Lord
CM7 - D - CM7
I will bless You Lord
CM7 - D - CM7
I will bless You Lord

CM7 (fade)

Bayantel Frequent Disconnectons 2014

After a terrible time with Bayantel last November 2013 dealing with frequent disconnections that took 8 service calls before finally being resolved by a physical port re-assignment or port re-blocking, Bayantel is at it again. But this time, they have a new excuse for the disconnections besides having a congested network. According to them, since they have been acquired by Globe Telecommunications, the "upgrades" to their system is the cause of the frequent disconnections.

If these "upgrades" are improvements, then why is the service becoming worse instead of better. And even the personnel making service calls are less accommodating. When I suggested that hardware replacement might resolve the issue, they said that they won't replace it since they believe that the Globe improvements are causing this issue.

So, what are customers supposed to do at this point? Apparently, the new management is saying, it's either you just take whatever we're willing to give you, or go to the only other competition which has far worse service than we have (PLDT). With Globe's acquisition of Bayantel, there are fewer internet service providers competing. And when there is hardly any competition, then service providers don't really need to provide excellent service. "Acceptable" levels are enough. And as long as consumers tolerate this idea, then Philippine ISPs will remain sub-standard compared to global service providers.

2014 Update to Firefox 29.0 Causes Black Screen

Firefox forced me to update today. After I did, lo and behold, the tabs are now nicely S-shaped. And there's this new menu forcing me to relearn how to use this browser. But that's not what I hate about this update.

I hate that the update caused a black screen while I was on the Tiberium alliances site. And Firefox did not recover at all. I waited for roughly two hours hoping it would recover. But after two hours of waiting, I had to do a hard shutdown (holding down the power button of your computer for about five seconds until it switches off) which is really uncool. Hard shutdowns can damage your hardware. After doing a hard shutdown, I entered Safe Mode before rebooting into Normal Mode.

Firefox team, stop using your regular users as Beta testers for your roll-outs. There should be a QA team in your company for that. If your new product hasn't been fully vetted yet, then don't force your customers to update.

Thumbs down for Firefox 29.0