KA-ME! HA-ME! HAAAAA!

If you ask me what was the TV show that I enjoyed the most when I was a child, without a doubt I would have to say (and I think a lot of people would agree with me)  Dragon Ball Z. I remember to be like 5 years old or less and sit there watching the channel 9 and waiting for it to start.

The plot of the show is known by all of us I think, but it’s about the adventures of Goku, an earth‘s defender who learns he’s from another planet, and has to defend the Earth from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial and powerful enemies.

I think it’s a show that marked an entire generation of people, like, a few time ago a new movie of Dragon Ball Z came out (after a loooooooong time since the end of the show) and the people that were excited the most were actually people around 18 years old or so, ‘cause they were the ones that watched the show when they were young and got more influenced by it. I believe that for the people of my age, the dubbed latin voice of Goku is one of the most characteristics sounds ever… It’s one of those things that are unmistakable. Also, I think the scene when Goku’s battling Freezer and turns into super saiyan for the first time is such a memorable scene that it got seared in the minds of an entire generation.

Roots (Raíz)

Since the topic is free and I don’t have anything really interesting to tell, I will use this space to promote the movie from a friend’s brother that is getting released around these days…

The movie is called Roots and the name of the director is Matías Rojas Valencia. It was actually released in September of 2013, but I think now it’s been released like for the people to watch in cinemas and that kind of things. The movie won the price of the national competition in the International Movie Fest of San Sebastián.

The plot of the movie revolves around Amalia, a 26 years old woman, who takes on a journey with her 9 years old son Cristobal in the search for the father of the kid. Travelling by remotes parts of Chile, the journey becomes in a personal search for everyone.

I haven’t actually seen the movie, but I've been told that it has an AMAZING photography work. It was filmed in the south of Chile, which is a beautiful place, so you can imagine all the natural and amazing shots that the movie has. The movie has not only professional actors, but it also has local people acting and telling their own stories in the dialogues, so it creates a really special atmosphere and becomes very intimate.

I don’t really like Chilean cinema, but I think it has some nice movies and maybe this one could be part of that (really) short list. 

Country country country

I would like to visit Korea (or some Asian country, like Japan or China), because I've been watching a lot of Korean gangster’s movies and I've realized that there’s actually a really big difference between our culture and theirs, like the way they say hello to each other or things that in our culture are normal, are very disrespectful in theirs, like for example, kissing when we greet. Also, the codes they manage and all that sort of thing… I mean, Japan has like one of the most dangerous mafia in the world, the yakuzas… Although, I think that the only person in the world that could actually face a yakuza without be intimidated would be the typical Chilean flaite, which kind of makes me proud.

I wouldn't actually like to live, study or work there, because I think (at least for the things I've seen in movies, news or things I've heard), the amount of stress that they have to manage is reaaaaally high, I mean, you're living in one of the most populated cities of the world. You can't even move without crashing someone or colliding with tons of lights and advertisings.

Also, I think Korean chicks are really cute… I mean, just look at them, it's kind of like a fetish thing: