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Although I enjoyed watching The Expendables, I feel bad for the movie. Given the cast of the film, it would have been one of the greatest action movies of all time.  Here's what the movie equation would have looked like...

STALLONE + LI + STATHAM + COUTURE +  WILLIS + SCHWARZENEGGER + More... = AWESOME ACTION FLICK!

Unfortunately, here's what happened...

STALLONE + LI + STATHAM + COUTURE +  WILLIS + SCHWARZENEGGER + More... = STALLONE x 3

Stallone 1: He was the main character of the movie.  I have nothing against Stallone being the star.  In fact, I have watched most of his movies - Rambo series, Rocky series, The Specialist (Sharon Stone was hot in this movie! Teehee!) to name a few.  Unfortunately, the other main characters - Li and Staham - lacked attention in the film.

Stallone 2: He wrote the script of the movie.  (He wrote it with Jeffrey Kimball, who doesn't even have a wiki page.) Let's face it, the action was there but the story was kind of lame.  Ex-CIA torturing the daughter of a General.  The General reacts by just throws a bottle of alcohol on the floor.  Come on!!! If I were the General, I would have ordered my men to kill the ex-CIA and his outnumbered crew in the General's territory.

Stallone 3: He directed the movie. Too much already!

Recommendations:

• Get/Buy a solid story. The story of the A-team would have been a good enough story to start with.
• Hire a good script writer.  Working with the people behind the Ocean's series and Italian Job would have produced an excellent script. Witty and everyone gets to say something.
• More fight sequence. The movie lacked the  awesome fight scenes from the Li and Statham's movies.  Everyone was expecting a MMA fight sequence with Couture.
• Hire another director. John_McTiernan, director of Die Hard, would have been my choice. For starters, he would have hired an excellent cinematographer, who knows how to capture fight sequences, explosions, car chases and the like.  Obviously, the film failed to give justice to these kinds of scenes.
• Too much fire power!  It was a joke!  They were supposedly mercenaries, ex-special forces. The film should have shown some tactics other than just fire power.

Here are the songs...

Set 1

1. Magasin
2. Walang Nagbago
3. Maling Akala
4. Maskara
5. Poor Man's Grave
6. Waiting for the Bus //Right be for the song, the crowd was shouting "Group hug! Group hug! Group hug!" Ely replied: "Kayo muna!" And there was a brief moment of laughter from the audience.
7. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong //The Eheads played this song Reggae-style. Groovy! Marcus was on vocals!  I will never foreget the whimsical changes to the lyrics like "At di ko sasabihin sayo..."
8. Slo mo
9. Alkohol //For those of you who don't know, Radio Active Sago's rendition of Alkohol was actually a tribute to the Eraserheads.  Raims did a good job on the vocals.  Full of energy. It was almost like Sandwich! Haha. Moreover, I believe everyone will never forget the moment when Raims posed with Ely for a good 15-30 seconds for some photo op in the middle of the song.
10. Insomnia //I believe after this song, the crowd was requesting Buddy to sing. "Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!" Jazz was quick to play the intro of the Fabulous Baker Boy on the keyboards. Buddy sang the first line: "They come to me for doughnuts..." Stop. And everyone laughed.And how can we all forget? Ely said: "On vocals... Raimund Marasigan!"
11. Torpedo

Set 2 //This acoustic set is the most memorable one for me. They played songs that I've never imagined them perform in a concert. Not to mention, I've never seen them on an acoustic setup.

1. Julie Tearjerky
2. Tikman
3. Wishing Wells
4. Fine Time
5. Pare Ko
6. Kailan //Ely goes solo with Jazz Nicolas on keyboards. Loved it!
7. Back2Me
8. Trip to Jerusalem
9. Spolarium
10. Overdrive //After the song, I thought it was over but no one was leaving. No one.

Set 3 //This is supposedly their final set

1. Superproxy //Too bad Francism didn't make it. Sad. He was going to jam with the Eraserheads. I'm not sure if he was gonna rap or sing.  Again for those of you who don't know, in the Cutter Pillow version, Ely sang while Francism rapped.  In the Ultraelectromagneticjam version, Francism sang while Ely rapped.  Last night, Ely did both - sing and rap.
2. Minsan //It was a very heartfelt song. You can tell from Ely's voice and facial expression. One of my friends even got teary-eyed.
3. Alapaap
4. Kaleidoscope World //This is the 0.5 song in my count.  The Eheads played the chorus. "Every color, every hue, is represented by me and you... in this kaleidoscope world."
5. Huling El Bimbo //As expected this will be their finale. As the song was about to end, Ely lit the piano at his back on fire. I believe it was the piano at the album cover of Sticker Happy. At this point everyone was roudy and shouting "Woooo!" Finally, the fans got their "group hug." Technically it was just a group bow.  I was really delighted with Ely's enthusiasm as he was the one calling rest of the band, Raims, Buddy, Marcus and Jazz (their sessionist / drummer of the "Evil" Itchyworms).  They "hugged" and bowed together.Oh I forgot, Ely threw his sneakers! Both of them!

Set 4 //Some of the people started leaving. But, it seemed like Raims wasn't contented with the 3 sets. He wanted more. And so did we! He called everyone and even asked the crown to call out the other band members! Ely! Marcus! Buddy!

1. Ligaya
2. Sem break //I think Ely jumped to the 3rd stanza so the song was "cut short." After the last note of the song, he was about to sing another stanza then he realized "Ay tapos na pala..."
3. Toyang //At this point Ely went down the stage spent some time with the fans.  As he was going back on stage, he passed the microphone to Tim Yap. He was supposed to sing the line "Pero pero pero malinis to..." Instead, he mistakenly sang "Pen pen pen de sarah pen..." I feel so embarassed for him. Tim Yap BOOOOO!!!

And that was the greatest concert EVER!

Eraserheads: The Final Set
March 7, 2009 (03.07.09)
8PM at SM MOA Concert Grounds 

When: Ticket selling will start Jan. 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Where: Tickets will be sold thu Ticketworld outlets or thru www.ticketworld.com.ph

How much: 

• vip P5150 
• gold P3090 
• silver P1339 
• bronze P309

Here's my YM conversation with ticketworld...

ticketsmanila: tickets available tomorrow @ 10:00 am

benny_da_ball: how much?

ticketsmanila: vip 5150 / gold 3090 / silver 1339 / bronze 309.

benny_da_ball: can we buy online?

ticketsmanila: yes. using your credit card.

benny_da_ball: anything else i need to know about the eheads concert?

ticketsmanila: mar. 7 8 pm @ MOA

benny_da_ball: ayt. thanks.

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i got a lot of messages yesterday asking about the eraserheads
concert. apparently there was a press release already in the papers.
anyhoo, here's what i got so far.

yes its true. that much i know. but after the first one i got darwin
(soupstar, sandwich) to iron out my concerns before anything.i want
this one to be smoother. in other words i just want to rock.

the band has not me yet officially but i know the promoters have been
talking with our respective representatives since december.

we have a dysfunctional relationship haha. we play well together but i
think we can only stand each other for short periods of time.

i see buddy a lot cos were band mates in cambio. i bumped into marcus
at mogwai last week. he just got back from the beach. im glad ely's
getting his groove back. sandwich played with pupil at guijo last friday.

we dont talk about the show. i know everyone agreed to do it so ill
guess well see each other at the presscon or rehearsals , whichever
comes first.

this wont be as top secret as the marlboro gig. there will be tickets,
sponsors and details in the papers. and well be allowed to talk about
it. haha.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL OR TEXT ME about it. its just a rock show. i just
want to rock.

see you all there

raim<s>

Reposted this from Miggy's Blog at Odysseylive.net.

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