Question

Does being secretary to 某某大牌 or 某某人 who the secretary thinks is 大牌 gives the secretary the right to be an*l?

What's your problem? (Sympathetic tone please)

Everyone's got their own problem I guess.

Miss 某某 with her problem of love that cannot be and commitments that are cannot be made.

Mr Fashionable and his expletive-ridden, angsty, witty and (mostly) beautiful discourses about things desirable and things not so desirable, dotted with vivid accounts of his daily occupational struggles, unrequited love, disordered belongings and other routine daily challenges faced by a mortal in mundane existence.

Mrs Tehpeng with the happy problem of how to clothe Junior like "Solomon in all his splendor".

Starsapphire juggling team dynamics.

And for me, the problem of "the lack of peace in royal physique" has been tormenting me for an entire week, with rasping cough and snivelling nostrils and general feelings of ill-disposition throughout, and it shows no signs of abating anytime soon. I'm feeling too weak to even feel p*ssed off with the whole situation.

PHD

Just saw a program on tv that said consuming just a small amount of alcohol per day is enough to give you irreparable brain damage. It literally melts your brain.

Another compelling reason to say no to drinking.

I love my brain.

"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."

Reading all the negative reviews, some from self-professed fans, I was a little peeved. I watched the trailers before and although they do not resemble the originals very much, I accepted the need for some adaptation to transform an 80s kiddish cartoon into 21st century life action movie. In fact, not doing so would just make the movie ludicrous. As for excessive Michael Bay style blow-'em-ups, all I have to say is this: this is a movie about a gigantic robot slug-fest with lots of (warmongering) humans running around. What else can you expect but violent explosions?

After watching the movie, I think the Transformers generally looked acceptable. The additional details gave them a more realistic look which the cartoon, being an 80s US production, did not give much attention to. The action sequence was also a good watch, not too excessive or too noisy (I'm sure we have seen and heard worse from other movies.) I do have a number of complaints though:

1. Too many people running around and too much footage spent on them. This movie is about Transformers, not the people running around them.

2. The Transformers were given painfully little screen-time. Apart from Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (not that they got a lot of attention that is), most of the others barely had enough dialogue to portray some semblance of character. The Decepticons got it worse, mostly with no or just one line to transit to the next scene. They seemed just rampaging, destructive automatons. So much for sentient beings.

3. Transformation was too complicated.

4. Little distinction between each Transformers. It doesn't help that they are mostly grey or black.

5. Autobots are portrayed as somewhat callous about human life. While Optimus Prime is the kindest and wisest protector of human kind, the other Autobots are no less protective towards us weaker beings. And yet in the movie, Jazz (I think it's Jazz. See my point about s/n 4?) actually asked if he should "take out" the boy's parents.

6. One of Bumblebee's key characteristics is him being the smallest Autobot and able to go where no other Autobot can. He is supposed to be slightly bigger than human beings and thus uniquely suited for his role as Autobot scout. In the movie, he's just another blaster-toting robot.

7. Optimus is the patient and dignified leader of the Autobots. But the scene at the boy's house with Optimus prancing around the garden like a bull in a china shop, all the while impatiently pressing the boy to find the glasses is just simply ridiculous.

Watch the movie for the special effects, but if you are a Transformers fan, I would not be surprised if you are more than a little disappointed.