Currently Addicted to: Running Man

Sebenarnya post ini udah jadi draft dari kapan tau, tapi baru bisa ter-publish sekarang.

Okay guys. If you really, personally know me, you know that I'm not really interested in Korean thingy. I did watch some K-dramas, but blah, it was just passing by.
Tapi sekarang, jengjeng, saya sedang tergila-gila sama variety show Korea yang satu ini. Awalnya Damar yang mengenalkannya pada saya (Juli 2012). Episode yang paling pertama saya tonton adalah episode 96, di mana Park Ji Sung (waktu itu masih di Manchester United) jadi bintang tamunya. Damar suruh saya nonton yang ini karena dia tahu saya suka MU (aww Dam :'D). Dan emang bener, ngakak pol nonton ini!
Tapi yang memberi saya 109 episode Running Man adalah Titi, teman kuliah saya. Jadi, thanks to both of you guys, I found a new addiction! :D

Running Man adalah variety show Korea di mana para member dan bintang tamunya harus menjalankan beberapa misi untuk memenangkan perlombaan. Pada episode-episode awal, mereka dikunci di dalam suatu tempat/landmark dan melakukan misi di dalamnya (favorit saya adalah kejar-kejaran di antara tim yang berbuah pencabutan nametag!). Tetapi format game berubah beberapa kali, jadi episode-episode sekarang ini (terhitung dari episode 48) tidak memerlukan landmark tetap. Dari awal mereka dibagi beberapa tim yang harus mengikuti balapan panjang (seperti Amazing Race gitu lah) dan melakukan beberapa misi di tengah-tengah balapan.

Untuk saat ini, Running Man mempunyai 7 member yang kocak dan gila. Siapa aja? Cekidot:

Yoo Jae Suk (유재석) -- MC utama Running Man yang dikenal dengan nickname seperti Grasshopper, Yooruce Willis, dan Yoo Hyuk. Jae Suk jago banget dalam hal kabur-kaburan. Siapapun yang mengejarnya pasti kelelahan. Karena sudah wara-wiri di dunia variety, Jae Suk sering kali pamer kedekatan dengan para bintang tamu. Di antara member Running Man, Jae Suk lah yang paling popular.

Ji Suk Jin (지석진) -- Dikenal dengan nickname Big Nose Hyung dan Impala, Suk Jin merupakan salah satu member terlemah di Running Man. Karena sering tereliminasi duluan, member lain suka menyebutnya sebagai "race starter", menunjukkan bahwa race yang sebenarnya resmi dimulai setelah dia tereliminasi. Walaupun begitu, dia tetap bangga dan sering menunjukkan kasih sayangnya pada istri dan anaknya.

Kim Jong Kook (김종국)-- The strongest Running Man member! Nickname-nya adalah Commander, Sparta-Kooks, Tiger, Coach Kook, dan kalau sedang berakting imut (ini membuat member lain kesal sekaligus ngeri) ia suka memanggil dirinya Kookie. Jong Kook juga memiliki insting detektif yang kuat, membuatnya hampir bisa dipastikan menang karena kekuatan dan instingnya itu. Tapi sayangnya, Jong Kook lemah kalau berhadapan dengan cewek.
Gary (개리) -- Rapper dari group Leessang, Gary yang mempunyai nickname Peaceful Gary, Monday Boyfriend, dan Straight-Going Gary ini masih baru di dunia variety. Gary sempat terlibat loveline dengan member Song Ji Hyo, membuat mereka dipanggil "Monday Couple". Gary dikenal sebagai dark horse di Running Man.

HaHa (하하) -- Karena penampilan fisiknya yang mirip dengan Pororo the Little Penguin, HaHa diberi nickname Haroro. Selain itu dia juga sering dipanggil playboy karena sering menggoda bintang tamu, tapi hal ini terhenti karena dia menikah, dan sejak saat itu ia sering dipanggil married man. HaHa sering diejek karena tingginya.

Lee Kwang Soo (이광수) -- Member paling lemah sekaligus paling tinggi di Running Man. Kwang Soo dikenal suka menciptakan cerita-cerita aneh tentang member lain (terutama Ji Hyo) yang membuatnya diberi nickname Framer. Nickname lainnya adalah Giraffe, Kwang-vatar, Kwang-Potter, dan yang paling khas adalah Icon of Betrayal karena seringnya ia mengkhianati member lain. Ia juga dikenal sebagai Prince of Asia karena ketika Running Man pergi ke negara-negara Asia lain, Kwang Soo lah yang paling popular.

Song Ji Hyo (송지효) -- Satu-satunya member cewek di Running Man. Sebelumnya Ji Hyo adalah bintang tamu, tapi naik pangkat jadi member. Ji Hyo dikenal dengan nickname Song Ji Yok (Kwang Soo yang memberinya nickname ini karena keseringannya mengumpat), Blank Ji-Hyo (wajahnya yang suka tiba-tiba blank), Ace (dengan kecepatannya, dia menjadi salah satu member terkuat di Running Man), Miss Blank, Monday Girlfriend (Gary as the Monday Boyfriend), dan Bad Ji Hyo (muncul kalau dia sedang marah kepada member lain).

Dan jangan lupakan dua ex-member kece-kece ini:

Song Joong Ki (송중기) -- merupakan salah satu member original Running Man yang harus keluar (hiks) karena jadwal syutingnya. Sering dipanggil Flower Boy dan Brain Joong Ki karena dia ini member paling ganteng (dan paling pinter!) loh, yang ngantuk pasti langsung melek lihat dia :P

Lizzy -- seperti Ji Hyo, Lizzy adalah bintang tamu yang 'naik pangkat' jadi member, tapi hanya bertahan untuk beberapa episode saja karena kesibukan jadwal (Lizzy adalah member After School). Ternyata, Lizzy adalah long-term guest (bintang tamu untuk jangka waktu yang lama) dan dia boleh kembali ke Running Man kapan saja.

 

 Back (L-R): Lee Kwang Soo, Yoo Jae Suk, Song Joong Ki, Ji Suk Jin, Kim Jong Kook

Front (L-R): Song Ji Hyo, Gary, Lizzy, HaHa

Back (L-R): Lee Kwang Soo, Ji Suk Jin, Kim Jong Kook, HaHa, Gary

Front (L-R): Yoo Jae Suk, Song Ji Hyo

Member favorit saya?
Sejak pertama kali nonton Running Man, saya sudah menaruh hati (ceileh) pada Lee Kwang Soo alias si Icon of Betrayal. Waktu itu dia satu tim sama Park Ji Sung dan tingkahnya emang kocak banget. Akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk nonton berurutan dari episode 1, dan Kwang Soo, he is indeed funny and handsome and awkward! Hahaha. Walaupun masih ada Joong Ki, tapi tetep aja hatiku buat Kwang Soo haha.
Oh, dan saya juga suka sama Commander Kim Jong Kook. Look at those muscles! I really want to touch it hihihi. Selain itu Kwang Soo dan Jong Kook punya relationship yang unik karena mereka dipanggil Giraffe dan Tiger.

Lee Kwang Soo

Kim Jong Kook

Setiap episode Running Man memiliki misi yang berbeda-beda, tapi tetap seru dan kocak untuk diikuti. Ayo kita rame-rame kasih applause dan standing ovation buat tim kreatif dibalik Running Man ini. Selain para member dan bintang tamu, yang bikin kocak Running Man itu adalah kru dan staffnya, seperti PD (mungkin singkatan dari Production Director/Producer?) juga VJ (kameramen) yang menyorot aksi para member. Ada juga staff yang paling sering nongol di Running Man, yaitu Dong Wan, yang merupakan FD (still don't know what this means) termuda di Running Man. Dia sering banget didandanin macam-macam, kocak banget deh.
Kalau ngomongin Running Man memang nggak ada habisnya. Mending kalian nonton aja ya biar tau lebih banyak tentang variety show ini.

Running Man is very fun and entertaining show. Just by watching it, you'll feel like you want to join them doing those crazy missions! I'm recommending this show to everyone of all ages, especially who easily get stressed hahaha :D

Don't walk but RUN!

Pics were taken from Google.

Movie Marathon: Ben Affleck

I said that I would do Ben Affleck movie marathon right after Matt Damon's. Well, here is it, I keep my promise really well, right? *talking to the mirror*

Before I start my review, I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to Ben Affleck for winning Best Director (again), this time at Golden Globe Awards 2013! He beat four other top directors; Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee, and Quentin Tarantino, which was a great achievement because it's only his third movie as director. Not only Best Director, but Argo won Best Picture - Drama (again) as well! I'm sorry, Academy what~~? :p

Haha I'm too excited to talk about Affleck's win. Let's back to the topic: Ben Affleck movie marathon.

Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt or known simply as Ben Affleck is, yes, one of my favorite actors all the time. Do I really have to say that every time I post about movie marathon? Yes, I think so. I can't think about anything cleverer to write as opening :p
By the way, yes, he has a younger brother, Casey Affleck. Yes, he's also an actor, and yes, he's as handsome as his elder brother. Oh, and yes yes yes Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are best friends since childhood. Together, they won an Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Golden Globe Awards for Best Screenplay following their work in Good Will Hunting. Even though they have their own families now, they still hang out together, sometimes with their family too. Is there any of you girls/boys can beat the loyal and long last friendship like Affleck and Damon's? Well, congratulations.
Affleck married to the actress Jennifer Garner and they have four three children; me, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. I don't know why do I even talk about his family here haha whatever. By the way, I really, really love Affleck's chin and I want a chin like that. Or at least a husband with chin like that haha kidding. Um, not really kidding actually :p

So, what makes you decided to do Ben Affleck movie marathon?
Same reason with Matt Damon movie marathon. Yeah, it's because of that Jimmy Kimmel video hahaha. It's really funny. The video features many of actors and actresses. Watch it, I say, watch it!

Here's the list of his movies, according to the time I watched them:
1. Good Will Hunting (from Matt Damon movie marathon)
2. School Ties (from Matt Damon movie marathon)
3. The Sum of All Fears
4. Man About Town
5. He's Just Not That Into You
6. Smokin' Aces
7. Bounce
8. Hollywoodland
9. Daredevil
10. State of Play
11. Surviving Christmas
12. Jersey Girl
13. Gigli
14. Forces of Nature
15. Boiler Room
16. Paycheck
17. The Company Men
18. Changing Lanes
19. Shakespeare In Love
20. Pearl Harbor
21. Gone Baby Gone (director, writer, and producer)
22. The Town (also director and writer)
23. Dogma
24. Chasing Amy
25. Armageddon
26. Argo (also director and producer)

After watching all of them, do you have any specific movies that you've been into?
Of course! But it's not just 4 or 5 out of 26 movies I've watched. There are more than it I suppose. Although Affleck had a bad time of his career in 2002-2004 (especially when he was still dating J-Lo) and his movies which were released that time didn't get so much attention (box office bomb, yes) I still love some of them. Listing time!

The first is Armageddon. Maybe some of you say that this movie is not good or whatever, but I LOVE IT. In fact, this is the first movie that made me cry :p Please don't judge me, I watched this movie for the first time when I was in 9th grade, so yeah I was a little bit overreacted to it. Affleck is sooo freakin handsome in here, playing a deep core driller A.J. Frost who, along with his boss Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) and others, is recruited by NASA to drill the asteroid which will hit Earth in less than a month. When I first watched this I really didn't care about the storyline because all in my head was Affleck. Well, it apparently made me cry, so yeah I love it :)

The second is Argo, the third movie that Affleck directed. The Argo-hype hit me in October 2012 when some of the celebrities I follow on Twitter tweeted about how amazing this movie was. I was really curious, but Argo wasn't released at the local cinemas so I was losing hope to see this movie. But then, it was announced that Argo got many nominations in many award events, so did Affleck, and apparently they won several awards. I wanted to wait for the DVD or Bluray to come out but it's still long so I decided to watch the copy instead. And you know what, Argo, f*ck yourself! Fantastic and brilliant movie, it got me chills! Set in 1979 when the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries, Tony Mendez (played by Affleck), an ex-filtration specialist manages to save six Americans who escape from them and hide in Canadian Ambassador's residence, by making a phony film project. Well done, Affleck, well done. I bit my t-shirt and hit my brother with a pillow when watching this because it was so thrilling. Try to watch it guys, best Affleck movie so far.

The third is The Town, the second movie that Affleck directed. Yes, Jeremy Renner was in this movie and his role as Jem Coughlin earned him Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actor. But we're not talking about Renner here (yes, I will do his movie marathon later, promise!). Affleck played Doug MacRay, a professional bank robber who falls in love with a bank manager (Rebecca Hall) whose bank, yes, was robbed by him and his 3 friends before, while trying to hide this relationship from them. The Town is recommended for you guys who love heist/robbery movies.

The fourth is Gone Baby Gone, the first movie that Affleck directed, but he wasn't playing any roles in this. The lead role, Patrick Kenzie, was played by Affleck's younger brother Casey. Patrick and his girlfriend/partner Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) investigate a little girl's kidnapping which ultimately risks everything including their lives. Well, I first watched this movie when I was 8th/9th grader and I really really loved it. Affleck brothers really did good job working together in this movie. I hope there's more collaboration between them like this :)

The fifth is State of Play, starring Affleck and Russell Crowe. The story follows a team of reporters (played by Crowe and Rachel McAdams) who work with a police detective to solve the murder of a congressman, Stephen Collins' (Affleck) assistant. One thing that I love from this movie is the investigation. Ya know I love detective thingy, but reporters can do the same! I thought this movie is a heavy political drama and blah, but actually it has some mysteries that makes me sit sweetly for 2 hours to watch this.

The sixth is The Sum of All Fears. Jack Ryan was previously played by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford. In this movie, Affleck took the role. This time Jack must find out about the terrorist plan that threatens to induce a conflict between US and Russia's newly elected president. FYI: Jack Ryan will be played by Chris Pine in the 2013 movie.

The seventh is Paycheck, where Affleck played Michael Jennings, an engineer who is offered a job but his memory must be wiped afterwards. After deciding to take the job and gets his memory wiped, he discovers that he's being chased--and he has to find out why. I love this movie, but when watching it, my mind was a little distracted by, uh, I forgot. I didn't watch it seriously, but I did watch the ending. Maybe I should watch it again? Yeah~

The eight is Pearl Harbor. Ben Affleck and Josh Harnett? Who can't say no to them? Hahaha. Anyway, yes, this movie is telling about the Pearl Harbor attack that happened on December 7th 1941, but with more love story. Rafe McCawley (Affleck) and Danny Walker (Harnett) are two best friends who become Army Air Corps pilots. Rafe falls in love with a nurse (Kate Beckinsale). Who knows that Rafe's decision to go fight in Britain affects his relationships with both his best friend and girlfriend? Don't worry, the love story is fictional, but I can say that it dominates the whole film than the Pearl Harbor incident itself. It's just me, maybe you have different thoughts. Cool effects though.

Actually, I love some other films like Jersey Girl and Changing Lanes, but this post is too long already haha. I'm kinda lazy to use jump break so this is it. And I watched 3 episodes of Saturday Night Live in which he was the host. It was sooooo funny! My favorite episode was S29E15 when the prologue was about his relationship with J-Lo. Couldn't stop laughing =))
By the way, Affleck is confirmed to direct and star in an adaptation of Live By Night, a novel by Dennis Lehane, who also wrote Gone Baby Gone novel. I also can't wait for his next movies To the Wonder and Runner, Runner.

"As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career."

-Ben Affleck

That's it from me, see you in the next movie marathon post! Gotta think about who's next! ;)

Pics were taken from Google, then were made into a collage by me.

I'm Coming Back Home...

PULANG PULANG PULAAAANGGG!!!

*guling-guling di tempat tidur*

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya perkuliahan semester satu selesai.
Akhirnya bebas dari tugas dan deadline.
Akhirnya UAS selesai.
Akhirnya Pameran Semesta Nusantara selesai (dan sukses berat).
Akhirnya saya berjumpa lagi dengan Bogor!

Sebelum mengungkapkan kebahagiaan ini, saya mau cerita tentang hal lain yang membahagiakan.

PAMERAN SEMESTA NUSANTARA 2012

Di sini kami para mahasiswa Arsitektur Universitas Brawijaya 2012 memamerkan (bukan pamer yang pamer gimana gitu ya) hasil karya dan tugas kami selama semester satu. Lima hari, tapi rasanya sebentar banget. Oh iya, selama 5 hari itu kita dapet 1216 pengunjung loh! Semesta Nusantara sukses sukses sukses!!!

Karya dwimatra dari kelompok saya, 3B. Juara 3 dari voting pengunjung breh!!! :')

Karya trimatra dari kelompok 3B :')

Itu siapa sih? Merusak nilai estetika trimatra 3B aja deh.

Hari terakhir pameran juga merupakan deadline tugas besar Gambar Teknik. Sebelas gambar breh! Memang sih dikasih waktunya 6 minggu, tapi yakaliantahusayakerjaannyamoviemarathonmelulu. Bahkan, minggu-minggu UAS saya nggak belajar sama sekali. Habisnya yang di UAS cuma matkul umum dan open book semua (kecuali matematika, tapi suksesjugadongkarenayagitudeh haha). Malahan saya malah lanjut Ben Affleck movie marathon haha.

Ngomong-ngomong tentang Ben Affleck, pas saya lagi seru-serunya ngerjain GT, saya buka twitter dan menemukan berita bahwa aktor ganteng itu nggak dapet nominasi Academy Awards atau Oscar untuk Best Director.

Reaksi pertama pas liat tweetnya Rotten Tomatoes: cengo.
Ben Affleck tuh dijagoin banget loh karena film ketiga yang disutradarainya, Argo, mendapat positive reviews. Saya emang belum nonton film itu (gubrak prang klontang klontang meooww, belum nonton aja udah kecewa banget loh daddy ku yang satu itu gak masuk nominasi), tapi saya yakin banget filmnya bagussss, bisa dilihat dari dua film Affleck sebelumnya, Gone Baby Gone dan The Town. Mantap! Yang belum nonton dua film itu sok ditonton! Ben Affleck is not just another actor-turned-director!

Karena saking keselnya, GT sempet tertunda beberapa menit, mendadak nggak napsu gitu lihat potongan, perspektif, denah, cuma gara-gara hal sekecil itu doang. Padahal siangnya, saya dapat berita menggembirakan: Robert Downey Jr, Jason Mraz, dan Chris Hemsworth menang People's Choice Awards! Congratulations guuuyysss! Itu artinya, sebagai fans kalian saya nggak gagal! :')

Daddy RDJ and his award. Keren seperti biasa.

 Tapi, kekesalan saya hilang waktu liat berita kalau Ben Affleck akhirnya menang Best Director di Critics' Choice Awards! Bukan hanya Affleck, tapi Argo juga menang Best Picture! Wohooowwww congrats Daddy Ben!!! Yang lebih bikin seneng (ketawa, lebih tepatnya), acceptance speech-nya Affleck pas nerima award Best Director.

"I would like to thank The Academy."

Hahaha walaupun setelah itu dia bilang kidding, tapi saya yakin di dalam lubuk hatinya yang paling dalam, dia beneran nyindir Academy. Habisnya, Ben Affleck jadi salah satu 'the most shocking Oscar snub' sih, ditambah Argo masuk nominasi Best Picture (tapi Affleck nya kagak masuk Best Director) dan bagus banget kan filmnya, ya pantas aja sih menurut saya kalo dia nyindir-nyindir The Academy =))

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And finally, I'M COMING BACK HOOOME! Kangen sekali dengan kamar tercintah yang ternyata telah diambil alih oleh adik saya yang paling kecil. Tapi sekarang saya sudah sampai rumah, jadi mau nggak mau ya adik saya harus mau didepak hahaha *evil laugh*

Lha, orang ini muncul lagi. Merusak suasana.

I really, really need vacation. Kalau kata Jason Mraz mah "You don't need a vacation when there's nothing to escape from" (Everything Is Sound) dan itu tidak berlaku untuk saya because I want to escape from college thingy!

Dan saya setuju banget dengan Mbak Taylor Swift: "Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines." (22)

Wah, yang tadinya cuma pengen ngomongin first homecoming saya, jadi ngalor ngidul ke Ben Affleck dan roti maryam gini ya haha. Oke deh, cukup sekian dan sampai jumpa lagi! :*