Month: July 2021

ALITA : BATTLE ANGEL

Movie review:

Introduction:
Alita, a female cyborg is revived by cyber medic expert Dyson Ido and she sets out to learn about her past and true identity. The main cast is Rosa Salazar as Alita, Christoph waltz as Dr. Ido and Keean Johnson as Hugo. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez and released on 8 February 2019 in India. It is based on the Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro’s 1990s series Battle Angel Alita and its 1993 original video animation adaptation, Battle Angel. Alita is a cyborg who awakens in a new body with no memory of her past and sets out to uncover her destiny. It belongs to the genre of science fiction. The movie was set 300 years after the fall or the big war.


In my opinion, the movie was good enough to be entertaining but not good enough to be talked about for a long period of time. Even though they claim it’s a sci-fi movie, there are a few scenes which would pass for a romantic movie. Alita has the need/drive to find her own self, her own identity but during the end, she aspires to avenge Hugo, her boyfriend who was brutally murdered by Nova, who resides in Zalem.


Alita is someone who is drawn to violence without any hesitation. She was alive even after the span of 300 years. Her brain was intact which shocked Dr. Ido and he realised that she is a warrior from United Republic of Mars (URM) who was considered the enemy and therefore he tried his best to keep her away from danger. Her mission was to end Nova from Zalem but she and her other team mates failed to do so and now, 300 years later, she swore to complete her mission.


In the iron city, where she resides, there’s a play called motorball which can get pretty rough and If one manages to win the final round or become the championship, they are sent to Zalem which the other people, the common citizens don’t even dare to imagine.


Nova isn’t someone who is used to losing, so he hired vector and a cyborg known as Grewishka to end Alita but she was strong enough as her technology was very advanced (URM Technology), so she emerged victorious.


The character I liked the most was Alita. How, even though she remembered nothing, she still longed to know where she belonged, who she was, her past and unraveling truths about her self. It shows how much important it is to have an identity for oneself and to be able to remember who you are.


I, also liked the character of Dr. Ido, who was hesitant to let her out into the real world at first but later realized that one cannot be kept from their destiny for long, no matter how much they try. He was from Zalem originally but never failed to show his humanity by helping Alita.

Conclusion:
I would recommend this sci-fi movie to an amateur or a beginner who developed new interest in sci-fi movies.
I rate this movie a 7.4/10

ALITA : BATTLE ANGEL

Movie review:

Introduction:
Alita, a female cyborg is revived by cyber medic expert Dyson Ido and she sets out to learn about her past and true identity. The main cast is Rosa Salazar as Alita, Christoph waltz as Dr. Ido and Keean Johnson as Hugo. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez and released on 8 February 2019 in India. It is based on the Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro’s 1990s series Battle Angel Alita and its 1993 original video animation adaptation, Battle Angel. Alita is a cyborg who awakens in a new body with no memory of her past and sets out to uncover her destiny. It belongs to the genre of science fiction. The movie was set 300 years after the fall or the big war.

In my opinion, the movie was good enough to be entertaining but not good enough to be talked about for a long period of time. Even though they claim it’s a sci-fi movie, there are a few scenes which would pass for a romantic movie. Alita has the need/drive to find her own self, her own identity but during the end, she aspires to avenge Hugo, her boyfriend who was brutally murdered by Nova, who resides in Zalem.

Alita is someone who is drawn to violence without any hesitation. She was alive even after the span of 300 years. Her brain was intact which shocked Dr. Ido and he realised that she is a warrior from United Republic of Mars (URM) who was considered the enemy and therefore he tried his best to keep her away from danger. Her mission was to end Nova from Zalem but she and her other team mates failed to do so and now, 300 years later, she swore to complete her mission.

In the iron city, where she resides, there’s a play called motorball which can get pretty rough and If one manages to win the final round or become the championship, they are sent to Zalem which the other people, the common citizens don’t even dare to imagine.

Nova isn’t someone who is used to losing, so he hired vector and a cyborg known as Grewishka to end Alita but she was strong enough as her technology was very advanced (URM Technology), so she emerged victorious.

The character I liked the most was Alita. How, even though she remembered nothing, she still longed to know where she belonged, who she was, her past and unraveling truths about her self. It shows how much important it is to have an identity for oneself and to be able to remember who you are.

I, also liked the character of Dr. Ido, who was hesitant to let her out into the real world at first but later realized that one cannot be kept from their destiny for long, no matter how much they try. He was from Zalem originally but never failed to show his humanity by helping Alita.

Conclusion:
I would recommend this sci-fi movie to an amateur or a beginner who developed new interest in sci-fi movies.
I rate this movie a 7.4/10

DARK HUMOR

BY: VAIBHAVI MENON

Black comedy, also known as black humor, dark humor, dark comedy, morbid humor, edgy humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. Writers and comedians often use it as a tool for exploring vulgar issues by provoking discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term black comedy can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Popular themes of the genre include death, violence, slavery, genocide, discrimination, disease, and human sexuality.

Black comedy differs from both blue comedy—which focuses more on crude topics such as nudity, sex, and bodily fluids and from straightforward obscenity. Whereas the term black comedy is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, gallows humor tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics have associated black comedy and black humor with authors as early as the ancient Greeks with Aristophanes. Does dark humor make you laugh? You know, all those jokes about painful or taboo subjects such as death, disease, deformity, or sexuality? Well, researchers say that if you appreciate or indulge in dark humor, also known as morbid humor, black comedy or gallows humor, you are probably not just a genius, but also show lesser aggression and are less negative. Not everyone has the nerves or intelligence for morbid humor. You need the nerves because you are making fun of taboo subjects, and getting others to laugh along with you. And intelligence, because understanding dark humor demands astuteness since it is not as easy to understand as your regular everyday jokes. It requires unraveling intelligent word play, and also demands better emotional control so that you can distance yourself from the content and enjoy the joke! When you try to unravel a single word’s multiple meanings, you are pitting your brain’s left and right hemispheres against each other. Top that with trying to disentangle complex emotions about taboo subjects, as well as laugh at them – and you are right out of your emotional comfort zone! From high profile comedians to teens on TikTok, dark humor is a form of comedy utilized across all media platforms. It can bring people together to make light of an unfortunate situation and it can isolate those at the brunt end of the joke. The idea of dark humor is controversial at its core, especially considering that its subjects are often disputed. The harsh and edgy jokes are meant to poke fun at otherwise not humorous situations. 

One of the biggest components of dark humor is the ability of the user to draw on personal experiences, especially difficult ones, to bring levity to it and connect with others that have similar experiences. Race- or gender-based jokes can be funny when made by a person within the demographic of which they are making fun.  When a joke is made at the expense of others, it crosses the line and becomes offensive. This includes using slurs to describe marginalized groups. When the use of a slur is the only punchline, it is best to rethink the joke.  A good way to judge whether a joke relies solely on insulting a group is whether or not the person would make the same comment in front of those they are describing. If there is any hesitance in whether one would want another to hear or see it, then the joke should not be made in the first place. When making edgy commentary about a friend or family member, it is important to check with them first. Losing relationships is not worth a few laughs at the expense of a loved one.

Star Wars V: Explained

The story picks up 3 years after the events of the last movie. With the Death Star destroyed the imperials are frantically looking for rebels bases. Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader commands one such fleet aboard his imperial star Destroyer, Vader is looking for the any signs of the rebel alliance lead by his daughter Leia Organa. Leia and Luke don’t know about their relationship to each other or the true identity of Darth Vader, they were separated at birth to keep them safe. Luke was sent to Tatooine and Leia was sent to Alderran. In the last movie Luke learns about his connection to the Force and uses it in order to destroy the Death star, but with no one around to help him learn his abelites he doesn’t reach his full potential.

The rebels are staioned on the ice planet of Hoth, Luke sets out to investigate a probe that landed on the planet. While investigating the probe, Luke is captured by a yeti like creature known as a Wampa. Luke defeats the Wampa using the Force but is about to succumb to Hypothermia, the Force ghost of his former mentor Oni-Wan Kenobi instructs Luke to go to Dagobah. Worried about Luke Han Solo sets out to locate Luke, he finds and saves Luke before he could die of Hypothermia. On returning to the base they are alerted about an incoming large scale attack.

The attack consists of large AT-AT walkers and a few TIE fighters, overwhelmed the rebels begin to evacuate. Luke defeats a squadron of AT-AT which help the other rebels escape. Han, Leia, Chewie and C3-PO escape aboard the Millennium Falcon but are forced to hide in an asteroid field due to a malfunctioning hyperdrive. Luke decides to seek out Grand Master Yoda on Dagobah along with R2-D2. Upon reaching the swampy planet of Dagobah Luke finds Yoda who refuses to accept Luke as an apprentice, this reluctance maybe due to how his previous apprentice Count Dooku turned out. After conferring with the Force ghost of Obi-Wan, Yoda accepts Luke as his apprentice and begins training him in the way of the Force.

Solos group manages to evade the imperial fleet and they decide to go to the cloud city of the planet Bespin for repairs. On touch down they are greeted by Han’s old friend and the previous owner of the Millennium Falcon Lando Calrissian. Unbeknownst to the group they were tailed by infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett, son to Jango Fett who served as the template for the clone armies. Fett relays the Falcons location to Darth Vader who then arrives and forces Lando to handover the rebels to guarantee the safety of his people. Vader intends to use the group as bait for Luke Skywalker, he intends to turn Luke to the dark side and fight the emperor for supremacy.

On Dagobah Luke has a premonition of Leia and others being in trouble, he abandons his training against the wishes of Yoda and Obi-Wan to go save his friends.

Vader intends to freeze Luke in carbonite if Luke doesn’t accept his offer to join him. Vader tests his method by freezing Han Solo in carbonite, the frozen Han is taken into custody by Fett on the behalf of mobster Jabba the Hut. Lando saves Leia and Chewie and they get onboard the Falcon to escape the city. Luke arrives on the planet and engages Vader in a duel, Vader being the stronger duelist easily defeats Luke and severs his right hand. Vader tries to convince Luke to join him but Luke persists thinking Vader to be his fathers murderer. Vader tells Luke the truth about himself which Luke refuses to believe, Luke jumps down the air shaft and hangs beneath the floating city.

Luke reaches out to Leia using the Force which prompts Leia to come back to the floating city and save Luke. The group escapes a squadron of TIE fighters when R2 repairs the Falcons Hyperrdrive. They join a rebel fleet for assistance. Luke is outfitted with a prosthetic hand to replace the one he lost, the severed hand is considered an irony by most. Anakin lost his right arm in a similar fashion, fighting the apprentice of Darth Sidious at that time Count Dooku or Darth Tyranus. Luke lost his arm fighting the current apprentice of Darth Sidious Darth Vader or Anakin Skywalker. Lando sets out with Chewie to find Han Solo, promising to right his wrongs.

This wraps the story of Episode V we shall pick up the next chapter soon. Until then may the Force be with you.

Star Wars V: Explained

The story picks up 3 years after the events of the last movie. With the Death Star destroyed the imperials are frantically looking for rebels bases. Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader commands one such fleet aboard his imperial star Destroyer, Vader is looking for the any signs of the rebel alliance lead by his daughter Leia Organa. Leia and Luke don’t know about their relationship to each other or the true identity of Darth Vader, they were separated at birth to keep them safe. Luke was sent to Tatooine and Leia was sent to Alderran. In the last movie Luke learns about his connection to the Force and uses it in order to destroy the Death star, but with no one around to help him learn his abelites he doesn’t reach his full potential.

The rebels are staioned on the ice planet of Hoth, Luke sets out to investigate a probe that landed on the planet. While investigating the probe, Luke is captured by a yeti like creature known as a Wampa. Luke defeats the Wampa using the Force but is about to succumb to Hypothermia, the Force ghost of his former mentor Oni-Wan Kenobi instructs Luke to go to Dagobah. Worried about Luke Han Solo sets out to locate Luke, he finds and saves Luke before he could die of Hypothermia. On returning to the base they are alerted about an incoming large scale attack.

The attack consists of large AT-AT walkers and a few TIE fighters, overwhelmed the rebels begin to evacuate. Luke defeats a squadron of AT-AT which help the other rebels escape. Han, Leia, Chewie and C3-PO escape aboard the Millennium Falcon but are forced to hide in an asteroid field due to a malfunctioning hyperdrive. Luke decides to seek out Grand Master Yoda on Dagobah along with R2-D2. Upon reaching the swampy planet of Dagobah Luke finds Yoda who refuses to accept Luke as an apprentice, this reluctance maybe due to how his previous apprentice Count Dooku turned out. After conferring with the Force ghost of Obi-Wan, Yoda accepts Luke as his apprentice and begins training him in the way of the Force.

Solos group manages to evade the imperial fleet and they decide to go to the cloud city of the planet Bespin for repairs. On touch down they are greeted by Han’s old friend and the previous owner of the Millennium Falcon Lando Calrissian. Unbeknownst to the group they were tailed by infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett, son to Jango Fett who served as the template for the clone armies. Fett relays the Falcons location to Darth Vader who then arrives and forces Lando to handover the rebels to guarantee the safety of his people. Vader intends to use the group as bait for Luke Skywalker, he intends to turn Luke to the dark side and fight the emperor for supremacy.

On Dagobah Luke has a premonition of Leia and others being in trouble, he abandons his training against the wishes of Yoda and Obi-Wan to go save his friends.

Vader intends to freeze Luke in carbonite if Luke doesn’t accept his offer to join him. Vader tests his method by freezing Han Solo in carbonite, the frozen Han is taken into custody by Fett on the behalf of mobster Jabba the Hut. Lando saves Leia and Chewie and they get onboard the Falcon to escape the city. Luke arrives on the planet and engages Vader in a duel, Vader being the stronger duelist easily defeats Luke and severs his right hand. Vader tries to convince Luke to join him but Luke persists thinking Vader to be his fathers murderer. Vader tells Luke the truth about himself which Luke refuses to believe, Luke jumps down the air shaft and hangs beneath the floating city.

Luke reaches out to Leia using the Force which prompts Leia to come back to the floating city and save Luke. The group escapes a squadron of TIE fighters when R2 repairs the Falcons Hyperrdrive. They join a rebel fleet for assistance. Luke is outfitted with a prosthetic hand to replace the one he lost, the severed hand is considered an irony by most. Anakin lost his right arm in a similar fashion, fighting the apprentice of Darth Sidious at that time Count Dooku or Darth Tyranus. Luke lost his arm fighting the current apprentice of Darth Sidious Darth Vader or Anakin Skywalker. Lando sets out with Chewie to find Han Solo, promising to right his wrongs.

This wraps the story of Episode V we shall pick up the next chapter soon. Until then may the Force be with you.

State of the Siege: Temple Attack

State of the Siege is a 2021 movie released on Zee5. It is an amazing thriller rescue. State of Siege: Temple Attack is a fictional story, not bearing deliberate resemblance to any events or persons, living or dead. But through the course of its first 30 mins, director Ken Ghosh tries every trick in the book to let you know that he has made a film about the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack in Gandhinagar. State of Siege begins on a promising note, with an opening sequence set in the picturesque hills of the Kupwara District in J&K, at a make-believe Indo-Pak border. Akshaye Khanna plays Major Hanut Singh, the man running a mission to extract a minister’s kidnapped daughter. There are some great visuals in this scene, some atmospheric sound design, and a slow-burn pace that steadily increases as the stakes rise. In more good news, the extras don’t act like they are in a TV commercial. The cinematography and the performances take a plunge when the action moves to the Gujarat temple. Acquaintances are made with characters that will potentially be captured or murdered. From the temple guide to the priest, to the woman visiting the temple with her entire family, not one character seems to belong to our planet. Absolutely everyone is acting extra-happy about their lives. Anyway, none of these gleeful people have been given much thought in the script, by William Borthwick and Simon Fantauzzo. The are all unimaginably decent, just in case you were wondering if they deserve to die. 

Hanut Singh is one of only two characters that are not written as uni-dimensional beings. When his mission from the opening sequence ends poorly, it gives him a reason to prove himself in whatever assignments follow. The other is Gautam Rode’s soldier #2, awaiting the birth of his first baby, but called to duty before he can see her face. Akshaye Khanna delivers a satisfying enough performance as the steely senior soldier, ridiculed by a junior only to ultimately earn his respect. However, it would be a stretch to say that he has been given his due. Someone of his calibre could have accomplished more had the writing been more complex. 

Story Line 

Major Hanut Singh is haunted by his past where he was injured badly in a terrorist attack and lost his colleague when they were close to completing a mission. The state of Gujarat has just calmed due to ongoing riots but a terrorist organization led by Aby Hamza plans to attack a temple in order to free their leader Bilal Naikoo. The terrorists enter the temple and start cross firing and killing whoever comes on their way but further they get orders from Abu Hamza to hold the civilians as captive and demands the government to free their leader Bilal Naikoo or every hour there will be a blood shed. Major Hanut Singh along with his team of NSG commandos decides to lead the mission but his senior’s ask him to back out when he does not follow the orders leading to cross firing between the terrorists and NSG Commandos.  

State of the Siege: Temple Attack

State of the Siege is a 2021 movie released on Zee5. It is an amazing thriller rescue. State of Siege: Temple Attack is a fictional story, not bearing deliberate resemblance to any events or persons, living or dead. But through the course of its first 30 mins, director Ken Ghosh tries every trick in the book to let you know that he has made a film about the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack in Gandhinagar. State of Siege begins on a promising note, with an opening sequence set in the picturesque hills of the Kupwara District in J&K, at a make-believe Indo-Pak border. Akshaye Khanna plays Major Hanut Singh, the man running a mission to extract a minister’s kidnapped daughter. There are some great visuals in this scene, some atmospheric sound design, and a slow-burn pace that steadily increases as the stakes rise. In more good news, the extras don’t act like they are in a TV commercial. The cinematography and the performances take a plunge when the action moves to the Gujarat temple. Acquaintances are made with characters that will potentially be captured or murdered. From the temple guide to the priest, to the woman visiting the temple with her entire family, not one character seems to belong to our planet. Absolutely everyone is acting extra-happy about their lives. Anyway, none of these gleeful people have been given much thought in the script, by William Borthwick and Simon Fantauzzo. The are all unimaginably decent, just in case you were wondering if they deserve to die. 

Hanut Singh is one of only two characters that are not written as uni-dimensional beings. When his mission from the opening sequence ends poorly, it gives him a reason to prove himself in whatever assignments follow. The other is Gautam Rode’s soldier #2, awaiting the birth of his first baby, but called to duty before he can see her face. Akshaye Khanna delivers a satisfying enough performance as the steely senior soldier, ridiculed by a junior only to ultimately earn his respect. However, it would be a stretch to say that he has been given his due. Someone of his calibre could have accomplished more had the writing been more complex. 

Story Line 

Major Hanut Singh is haunted by his past where he was injured badly in a terrorist attack and lost his colleague when they were close to completing a mission. The state of Gujarat has just calmed due to ongoing riots but a terrorist organization led by Aby Hamza plans to attack a temple in order to free their leader Bilal Naikoo. The terrorists enter the temple and start cross firing and killing whoever comes on their way but further they get orders from Abu Hamza to hold the civilians as captive and demands the government to free their leader Bilal Naikoo or every hour there will be a blood shed. Major Hanut Singh along with his team of NSG commandos decides to lead the mission but his senior’s ask him to back out when he does not follow the orders leading to cross firing between the terrorists and NSG Commandos.  

Summer

Summer is the brightest season on this earth, after the chilling winter the warmth of the sun soothes its living beings. But this same summer makes life a bit difficult in the tropical regions when the temperature crosses 50-degree Celsius and the earth almost burns in the scorching heat of the sun. But as always nature plays its game smartly not only it gives us the scorching heat and its disadvantages but simultaneously it also gives us the way to deal with it, the various fruits and vegetables which grow in summers to provide us the potential to withstand the heat are also provided.

In summers we get to eat the king of all fruits i.e., mango which almost all of us loves also we find many fruits such as watermelon, cucumber, litchi, black berry, pineapple one thing which is common to the fruits and vegetables available in summers is that their water content is high, also they at times give some cooling effect which helps us to relax. Talking about the flowers we mostly see flowers ranging in white color much in summers which have very pleasant smell and this smell also somewhere helps us to deal with the heat.

XOXO, Oops girl.

As we are blessed (cannot say) with the reboot to the legendary teen show, Gossip Girl, this girl just dived into the world of Manhattan’s elite teenagers and since I like to judge, I am going to judge, I mean review it. Binge re-watching the show that came out in 2007 I found nostalgic. Though G.G came out in the 2007s, I didn’t watch it till the 2014s, almost 7 years later, and yet this Gossip girl had so many of my friends hooked with scandals, drama, betrayal in their lavish life.

However, since now I have rewatched it, I have a lot to say about this show.

So hold on tight for this crazy judgemental ride, xoxo.

The series which lasted for almost 5 years and 6 seasons, revolved around the Upper East Side of New York teenagers each blessed with fortune so huge that the entire world would be saved, however since it’s all fiction, the world can be saved by some other way. Each rich kid was the same person with different faces, all pretentious, rude and had horrible fashion taste. Whoever, I mean whoever was the fashion director for this show, please show your face. Into all this was an outsider called Dan Humphrey whose parents are rich but not like the others, I mean how expensive can a huge penthouse in Brooklyn cost? I looked it up and it’s around 3 million. Living in a 3 million Brooklyn penthouse? cannot relate.

The rich kids ie. Serena Van Der Woodsen whose name is as wonderful as it sounds is an absolute understatement of how wonderful her life is, Nathaniel Archibald another rich kid whose life is being turned upside down, Blair Waldorf an absolute Queen B whose entire life needs to her dominating or wanting to rule over others (can someone tell Blair that the British Rule is over and it’s so 1900s to want to be a princess) and Charles Bass, who someone goes by the name of ‘Chuck’ an absolute horrendous nickname. Chuck Bass has just one ionic script,’ I am Chuck Bass’ as being a son of a multibillionaire allows you to use such a corny line.

* If you haven’t watched this series and are planning to, there are spoilers ahead so just maybe skip it *

The series starts with Serena spotted at the Upper Eastside train station after her mysterious disappearance to visit her brother who has had mental health issues and was put into rehab. Serena mysterious disappearance is said to be the result of a one night stand with her best friend’s boyfriend, Nate Archibald, however later a secret comes out. The reappearance of Serena causes Blair to be uncertain about her relationship with Nate, as he has feelings for Serena. So thus starts an entire series worth of, ‘whose in love with whom’. As Serena is banished from her friends, she and Dan Humphrey who is known as a lonely boy start hanging out and falling in love. Meanwhile, Chuck is living his best bachelor life, while hopelessly being in love with Blair. Nate and Blair break up and so the toxic relationship between Chuck and Blair started. Throughout the entire series which revolves around the life of the above mentioned, along with their family members who just keep digging themselves in newer and deeper and fancier graves, each which can be covered with money, connections or blackmail. With all the news of their scandal coming out through a blog called, ‘Gossip girl’ whose entire blog revolves on the above mentioned teenagers and who has an famous line too (shocker!) which goes like, xoxo Gossip girl. At the end of the series, the gossip girl is revealed to be someone they know (again shocker!).

After 2 weeks of putting through myself through this show, I can say it was sheer self-induced torture. I can say that I do have some views, some horrible views.

This show just shows us the epitome of self-centeredness, pretentiousness, self-righteousness and trying to prove that, ‘money can buy you anything’ point. The show also lacked diversity and representation. The show which wanted to portray friendship,but fell short, as not all friendships turn into relationships. Friendships about being there for each other, though this show did that. It’s also about being able to be your true self, watching movies, fooling with each other. It’s not above bringing down each other, it’s not about business. All the relationships shown in the shown were nothing worth swooning over, with infatuation being the centre and toxic relationships shown as games and plots played against each other. The Chuck and Blair relationship seemed so forced and the Prince coming into the picture with the whole lock you away in a castle plot just seemed too clichéd. The characters development wasn’t good. In season 5, we see a new Blair, the one who isn’t so stuck up about money or social hierarchy. The only worthy relationship that seemed to be any good was Blair Waldorf with Dan Humphrey, however, she goes back to the so-called toxic love of her life. Serena just seemed very rude in so many scenes, it seemed that only Dan could bring out the good in her. Nate Archibald also finds himself in new different scandals, mostly related to relationships, drugs and family. I feel like the show, showed us that capitalism is okay, and if we want a lavish life, the only way we can get is through nepotism or marrying rich or work so hard that we don’t have proper family relationships.

However, this doesn’t mean that show is not good, it’s a good one-time binge-able show. Through the entire show, you can compare your life to theirs and thank everyone in your family for not being shallow, conniving people.

See you next time with another scandalous review, xoxo!

Summer

Summer is the brightest season on this earth, after the chilling winter the warmth of the sun soothes its living beings. But this same summer makes life a bit difficult in the tropical regions when the temperature crosses 50-degree Celsius and the earth almost burns in the scorching heat of the sun. But as always nature plays its game smartly not only it gives us the scorching heat and its disadvantages but simultaneously it also gives us the way to deal with it, the various fruits and vegetables which grow in summers to provide us the potential to withstand the heat are also provided.

In summers we get to eat the king of all fruits i.e., mango which almost all of us loves also we find many fruits such as watermelon, cucumber, litchi, black berry, pineapple one thing which is common to the fruits and vegetables available in summers is that their water content is high, also they at times give some cooling effect which helps us to relax. Talking about the flowers we mostly see flowers ranging in white color much in summers which have very pleasant smell and this smell also somewhere helps us to deal with the heat.

XOXO, Oops girl.

As we are blessed (cannot say) with the reboot to the legendary teen show, Gossip Girl, this girl just dived into the world of Manhattan’s elite teenagers and since I like to judge, I am going to judge, I mean review it. Binge re-watching the show that came out in 2007 I found nostalgic. Though G.G came out in the 2007s, I didn’t watch it till the 2014s, almost 7 years later, and yet this Gossip girl had so many of my friends hooked with scandals, drama, betrayal in their lavish life.

However, since now I have rewatched it, I have a lot to say about this show.

So hold on tight for this crazy judgemental ride, xoxo.

The series which lasted for almost 5 years and 6 seasons, revolved around the Upper East Side of New York teenagers each blessed with fortune so huge that the entire world would be saved, however since it’s all fiction, the world can be saved by some other way. Each rich kid was the same person with different faces, all pretentious, rude and had horrible fashion taste. Whoever, I mean whoever was the fashion director for this show, please show your face. Into all this was an outsider called Dan Humphrey whose parents are rich but not like the others, I mean how expensive can a huge penthouse in Brooklyn cost? I looked it up and it’s around 3 million. Living in a 3 million Brooklyn penthouse? cannot relate.

The rich kids ie. Serena Van Der Woodsen whose name is as wonderful as it sounds is an absolute understatement of how wonderful her life is, Nathaniel Archibald another rich kid whose life is being turned upside down, Blair Waldorf an absolute Queen B whose entire life needs to her dominating or wanting to rule over others (can someone tell Blair that the British Rule is over and it’s so 1900s to want to be a princess) and Charles Bass, who someone goes by the name of ‘Chuck’ an absolute horrendous nickname. Chuck Bass has just one ionic script,’ I am Chuck Bass’ as being a son of a multibillionaire allows you to use such a corny line.

* If you haven’t watched this series and are planning to, there are spoilers ahead so just maybe skip it *

The series starts with Serena spotted at the Upper Eastside train station after her mysterious disappearance to visit her brother who has had mental health issues and was put into rehab. Serena mysterious disappearance is said to be the result of a one night stand with her best friend’s boyfriend, Nate Archibald, however later a secret comes out. The reappearance of Serena causes Blair to be uncertain about her relationship with Nate, as he has feelings for Serena. So thus starts an entire series worth of, ‘whose in love with whom’. As Serena is banished from her friends, she and Dan Humphrey who is known as a lonely boy start hanging out and falling in love. Meanwhile, Chuck is living his best bachelor life, while hopelessly being in love with Blair. Nate and Blair break up and so the toxic relationship between Chuck and Blair started. Throughout the entire series which revolves around the life of the above mentioned, along with their family members who just keep digging themselves in newer and deeper and fancier graves, each which can be covered with money, connections or blackmail. With all the news of their scandal coming out through a blog called, ‘Gossip girl’ whose entire blog revolves on the above mentioned teenagers and who has an famous line too (shocker!) which goes like, xoxo Gossip girl. At the end of the series, the gossip girl is revealed to be someone they know (again shocker!).

After 2 weeks of putting through myself through this show, I can say it was sheer self-induced torture. I can say that I do have some views, some horrible views.

This show just shows us the epitome of self-centeredness, pretentiousness, self-righteousness and trying to prove that, ‘money can buy you anything’ point. The show also lacked diversity and representation. The show which wanted to portray friendship,but fell short, as not all friendships turn into relationships. Friendships about being there for each other, though this show did that. It’s also about being able to be your true self, watching movies, fooling with each other. It’s not above bringing down each other, it’s not about business. All the relationships shown in the shown were nothing worth swooning over, with infatuation being the centre and toxic relationships shown as games and plots played against each other. The Chuck and Blair relationship seemed so forced and the Prince coming into the picture with the whole lock you away in a castle plot just seemed too clichéd. The characters development wasn’t good. In season 5, we see a new Blair, the one who isn’t so stuck up about money or social hierarchy. The only worthy relationship that seemed to be any good was Blair Waldorf with Dan Humphrey, however, she goes back to the so-called toxic love of her life. Serena just seemed very rude in so many scenes, it seemed that only Dan could bring out the good in her. Nate Archibald also finds himself in new different scandals, mostly related to relationships, drugs and family. I feel like the show, showed us that capitalism is okay, and if we want a lavish life, the only way we can get is through nepotism or marrying rich or work so hard that we don’t have proper family relationships.

However, this doesn’t mean that show is not good, it’s a good one-time binge-able show. Through the entire show, you can compare your life to theirs and thank everyone in your family for not being shallow, conniving people.

See you next time with another scandalous review, xoxo!

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics.he was Born on  14 March 1879, Ulm, Germany. Died on 18 April 1955, Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, New Jersey, United StatesSpouse: Elsa Einstein (m. 1919–1936), Mileva Marić (m. 1903–1919)Education: University of Zurich (1905), ETH Zürich (1896–1900)

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TOP 5 ALTERNATIVES OF ANIMENOVA

ABOUT ANIMENOVA :-

ANIMENOVA is one of the best online anime streaming website which offers anime movies, anime drama and anime series free of cost. Yes!!! You hear it right. You don’t have to spend a single penny to enjoy the best anime content available on this website. All the content available on this website is in high quality and dubbed versions of many anime content in different languages is also available. There is a search box available on the top right corner of the homepage to quickly find and access all your favourite content in an user-friendly manner.
The homepage also provides options which include Anime Series, Dub Anime and Cartoons, Movies, etc. Filters option on the basis of popularity, new, recent, alphabetical order, etc. is also available. It provides a unique feature of ongoing and completed option which is very useful and handy when the user want to check which of the content is already visited on the website.
Now the questions arises that if Animenova is that much good then why we are discussing about its alternatives??? The answer to this is that all the content that is available on Animenova is pirated and illegal. Due to this reason, authorities in many countries have shut down Animenova on the basis of copyright issues.
But there is nothing to worry about. Still we have many other alternatives of it.

BEST ALTERNATIVES OF ANIMENOVA :-

  • 9Anime – 9Anime is a free anime streaming website which provides dubbed content in English for the users. It was first introduced in the year 2016. The stuff is available in various genres like action, comedy, drama, historical, romance, etc. Ongoing and completed sections are there to provide the history of the content that was accessed by the user. The user interface is one of the best as compared to other websites that are currently available on the internet. With all this positive aspects, 9Anime is one of the most deserving alternative of Animenova to watch out for.
  • Animefreak – Animefreak is a popular website among the users as it provides some of the unique features in it. These unique features include anime list, search anime, popular anime, random, etc. One more very handy feature is “Schedule Anime” option which lets the user to set the time in accordance to his/her comfort. The dubbed versions of various anime are also available on the website.
  • Anime Door – Anime Door is very popular among the users and provide the latest anime content. The content available in it is dubbed in English language. There is no need of creating any account or sign up and content is free of cost. Users can either stream and watch online or can download the anime series to watch later on. Filters option on the basis of release date and popularity are available to sort the anime of your interest from a huge library of anime content.
  • AnimeLab – AnimeLab provides the users with high quality and latest anime content in both sub and dub. The user interface of the website is awesome and is made as simple as possible for the users to use. Some most popular anime series on this website includes Hunter x Hunter, My Hero Academia, Naruto Shippuden and much more. With all this stuff AnimeLab can be a good go to option to visit for.
  • MyAnimeList – MyAnimeList is considered as the most active online anime website with a nice collection of all the popular anime series. One unique feature of this website is that it provides the complete information of all the characters that are present in the particular anime series. Filters option on the basis of top anime, seasonal anime, search anime, etc. are available for the users.
  • Now it’s time for the Conclusion – As everyone knows that for creating anime series and movies is not an easy task. It is considered as one of the most tedious task. It also requires a hefty amount of funds to complete it. Any company or investor will invest this hefty amount of money only when given an assurance that the money invested will be returned with the profit that the project makes. The livelihood of a large number of people depends on how much profit the project makes. But the websites mentioned above does not have copyrights and provides pirated and illegal content because free content cannot be provided if the website buy copyrights. Therefore there is always a chance that authorities can take actions on these websites and can shut them down. However as long as these websites are working, visit them to enjoy content free of cost.

TOP 5 ALTERNATIVES OF ANIMENOVA

ABOUT ANIMENOVA :-

ANIMENOVA is one of the best online anime streaming website which offers anime movies, anime drama and anime series free of cost. Yes!!! You hear it right. You don’t have to spend a single penny to enjoy the best anime content available on this website. All the content available on this website is in high quality and dubbed versions of many anime content in different languages is also available. There is a search box available on the top right corner of the homepage to quickly find and access all your favourite content in an user-friendly manner.
The homepage also provides options which include Anime Series, Dub Anime and Cartoons, Movies, etc. Filters option on the basis of popularity, new, recent, alphabetical order, etc. is also available. It provides a unique feature of ongoing and completed option which is very useful and handy when the user want to check which of the content is already visited on the website.
Now the questions arises that if Animenova is that much good then why we are discussing about its alternatives??? The answer to this is that all the content that is available on Animenova is pirated and illegal. Due to this reason, authorities in many countries have shut down Animenova on the basis of copyright issues.
But there is nothing to worry about. Still we have many other alternatives of it.

BEST ALTERNATIVES OF ANIMENOVA :-

  • 9Anime – 9Anime is a free anime streaming website which provides dubbed content in English for the users. It was first introduced in the year 2016. The stuff is available in various genres like action, comedy, drama, historical, romance, etc. Ongoing and completed sections are there to provide the history of the content that was accessed by the user. The user interface is one of the best as compared to other websites that are currently available on the internet. With all this positive aspects, 9Anime is one of the most deserving alternative of Animenova to watch out for.
  • Animefreak – Animefreak is a popular website among the users as it provides some of the unique features in it. These unique features include anime list, search anime, popular anime, random, etc. One more very handy feature is “Schedule Anime” option which lets the user to set the time in accordance to his/her comfort. The dubbed versions of various anime are also available on the website.
  • Anime Door – Anime Door is very popular among the users and provide the latest anime content. The content available in it is dubbed in English language. There is no need of creating any account or sign up and content is free of cost. Users can either stream and watch online or can download the anime series to watch later on. Filters option on the basis of release date and popularity are available to sort the anime of your interest from a huge library of anime content.
  • AnimeLab – AnimeLab provides the users with high quality and latest anime content in both sub and dub. The user interface of the website is awesome and is made as simple as possible for the users to use. Some most popular anime series on this website includes Hunter x Hunter, My Hero Academia, Naruto Shippuden and much more. With all this stuff AnimeLab can be a good go to option to visit for.
  • MyAnimeList – MyAnimeList is considered as the most active online anime website with a nice collection of all the popular anime series. One unique feature of this website is that it provides the complete information of all the characters that are present in the particular anime series. Filters option on the basis of top anime, seasonal anime, search anime, etc. are available for the users.
  • Now it’s time for the Conclusion – As everyone knows that for creating anime series and movies is not an easy task. It is considered as one of the most tedious task. It also requires a hefty amount of funds to complete it. Any company or investor will invest this hefty amount of money only when given an assurance that the money invested will be returned with the profit that the project makes. The livelihood of a large number of people depends on how much profit the project makes. But the websites mentioned above does not have copyrights and provides pirated and illegal content because free content cannot be provided if the website buy copyrights. Therefore there is always a chance that authorities can take actions on these websites and can shut them down. However as long as these websites are working, visit them to enjoy content free of cost.

ALL ABOUT YOUR ZODIAC SIGNS

1) ARIES:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. More energetic than any other zodiac sign.
  2. They never fails to grab attention because of their magnetic aura.
  3. They are headstrong , strong-willed and straightforward.
  4. Don’t hesitate to take risk.
  5. Popular in social circle.
  6. They were stubborn and Impatient makes it difficult to deal with them.

2)TAURUS:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. They are reliable, persistent, and stable.
  2. They are very generous and down to earth.
  3. They are very dependable and patient.
  4. If they do not feel motivated, they are very laid-back and lazy.
  5.  Bulls can be huge perfectionists. If something or someone isn’t absolutely perfect, Taureans are known to turn up their noses and walk away.
  6. They are hardworking persistent in their efforts.

3) gemini:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Geminis are easy-going and adjustable. 
  2. They are extremely knowledgeable, Intelligent and filled with loads of enthusiasm.
  3. They’re also very flexible and able to change according to situations.
  4. They have sharp wit and sense of humor.
  5. The people born under this sign are very restless and anxious.
  6. Lack of consistency and decision-making ability.

4) CANCER:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Cancerians are intense, incredibly charismatic and attractive.
  2. Crabs are very intuitive and rely greatly on their intuition for taking important decisions. 
  3. Cancerians are very emotional people
  4. They may seem a bit isolated and distant.
  5. Suspicious and take time to trust people.
  6. Possessive and over emotional in their relationships.

5)LEO:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Leos are warm and loyal people.
  2. They are confident,passionate and generous.
  3. The presence of a Leo cannot be ignored in a gathering.
  4. They are usually dominating , headstrong and Egoistic.
  5. They often feel unhappy because they care too much about how others think of them.
  6. Leos are very kind and helpful to people around them.

6)virgo:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. They are very practical beings and do not believe in whims or fantasies. 
  2. virgos are very watchful, cautious and analytical in their approach.
  3. They are reliable and trustworthy friends.
  4. Virgos do not like sugar coating their words and thus can get too harsh sometimes.
  5. Very conservative and like to do things in old-fashioned ways.
  6. Virgos are also humble and affectionate.

7)libra:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Librans are very loving and romantic souls
  2. They are diplomatic but very charming people.
  3. Decision-making can be a tedious task for the Librans.
  4. They are very tactful and know how to get things done by people. 
  5. They have sense of fairness and an outgoing nature.
  6. You may find a Libra taking selfies everywhere they go.

8)scorpio:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. The Scorpions are highly ambitious and focused people.
  2. They are very intuitive and can guess what is going on in somebody’s mind.
  3. They are brave and can deal with most difficult situations with utmost ease.
  4. Sometimes , Scorpions can hurt people with their words and actions.
  5. If a Scorpio is committed to someone or something, they stick with it.
  6. Their trust is hard to earn, but once they do trust someone, they dedicate their whole self to that person.

9) sagittarius:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Sagittarians are optimistic,freedom Lovers, hilarious, honest and intellectual.
  2. They like truth, nothing but the truth
  3. They are very generous and love to help everyone.
  4. They cannot be consistent in anything they do and thus get bored easily. 
  5. They are straightforward in their dealings too. 
  6. They are spontaneous ,fun and best conversationalists.

10)CAPRICORN:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Highly ambitious and driven, the Capricorns have big goals in life.
  2. Capricorn sign is pessimistic, work-obsessed, and stubborn.
  3. They are loyal and true friends.
  4. They are very practical and disciplined in their approach towards life. 
  5. They are friendly, but they like to be in the company of a few selected people.
  6. Capricorns are one of the most serious, diligent signs of the zodiac.

11)Aquarius:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. They are very friendly and generally have a large circle of friends.
  2. Once committed in any relationship, Aquarians will remain faithful till the end.
  3. They like to be financially and emotionally independent.
  4. They sometimes become distant or aloof for no reason.
  5. Aquarians are future-oriented people, often described as visionaries.
  6. because of visionary nature they may become dissatisfied, frustrated, and even depressed.

12) pisces:

CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Pisceans are very affectionate,oversensitive and gentle souls.
  2. They are great thinkers and can come up with great ideas.
  3. They greatly rely on their intuition when in doubt.
  4. They are lazy beings and often opt for escape.
  5. Pisces are extremely generous and known for putting others needs before their own.
  6. Pisces are empathetic and in tune with the emotions of others.