Robin next after darknight rises

After seeing the I am still mesmerizing how epic it was., however its sad since it has to end. There are some confusion in the ending scene where Alfred(trusted person of the Wayne family) is Italy and he saw Selena Kyle and Bruce Wayne in the restaurant after the Batman was announced dead then people of Gotham comemorate him as a hero for what he has done to Gotham. Maybe what Chris Nolan tries to tell us that Batman the persona is  dead but Bruce Wayne the man is alive and he will hang up the cowl and the cape permanently. We also saw the ending where Robin Blake enters the bat cave and does gives us a hint that Nolan may create another film which is Robin. Robin is known for many as a sidekick of Batman but he is a stand alone hero maybe Chris Nolan will be making the Robin film( I hope he does) and we may see Bruce Wayne again training Robin. Personally I hate reboots of the film which is great and made an Icon for me Bale is the best Batman and Nolan is a realist which makes the batman film even better. I hope to see Robin in the big screen and Nolan to direct it will be so awesome. I included you a video from you tube and this guy explains the end scene well and check out this costume concept for robin

Carabuena suspended from Philip Morris

Apart from direct assault charges filed by the Metro Manila Development Authority and being bullied online, Robert Blair Carabuena has a bigger problem.

Carabuena, the motorist who was caught on video hitting traffic enforcer Saturnino "Sonny" Fabros, has been suspended from work Thursday. On top of that, he might also just lose his driver's license.

Cigarette maker Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) said it has suspended its executive, "pending the outcome of the investigation."

It noted, however, that Carabuena was "on his personal time and not on duty for the company at the time."

A video of Carabuena mauling traffic enforcer Saturnino Fabros has been spreading through social networking sites since Tuesday.

Fabros said he told Carabuena off for making a wrong turn near Tandang Sora in Quezon City.

"PMFTC reiterates that it does not condone inappropriate conduct by any of our employees," the company said.

The suspension came a day after a petition dubbed "Robert Blair Carabuena is Bad for your Corporate Health", which urges PMFTC to fire Carabuena, made rounds online.

"[Carabuena] has now also become the poster boy of Philip Morris International (PMI). His behavior is a disservice to the corporate image of PMI and the global goodwill it has earned all these years. We call on PMI to immediately act on this unforgivable incident and accordingly fire him," the petition said.

Meanwhile, MMDA already asked the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to revoke Carbuena's license, Yves Gonzales, head of the MMDA traffic disclipline office told Yahoo! Southeast Asia in a phone interview.

"MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino has drafted a letter to LTO Assistant Secretary Virginia Santos, asking them to look into the case and if possible revoke the license," Gonzales said.

The LTO also confirmed that licenses may be revoked under certain grounds.

"Pwede po talagang i-revoke ang license, kung halimbawa gumamit ka ng sasakyan na ginamit sa krimen (Licenses may indeed be revoked, such as in cases when motorists use vehicles identified in criminal cases)," Daisy Jacobo, chief of LTO's traffic safety division.

Tolentino on Wednesday said "abusive and arrogant motorists like him (Carabuena), who obviously do not have serious regard to the rule of law, have no right to be in the road in the first place."

obama wants to see martians

President Barack Obama placed a congratulatory telephone call to the NASA team behind the Mars "Curiosity" rover, joking he might go for a Mohawk to emulate flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, and quipping that he needed to be told "right away" if the probe finds any little green men.
"If, in fact, you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away," he said in the call. "I've got a lot of other things on my plate, but I suspect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they're just microbes, it will be pretty exciting."
Obama offered a personal shout-out to "special Mohawk Guy" (yes, the White House transcript capitalized "Guy"). "I, in the past, thought about getting a Mohawk myself, but my team keeps on discouraging me," Obama said. "And now that he's received marriage proposals and thousands of new Twitter followers, I think that I'm going to go back to my team and see if it makes sense."
"It does sound like NASA has come a long way from the white shirt, black dark-rimmed glasses and the pocket protectors," the president said. "You guys are a little cooler than you used to be."
On a more serious note, Obama congratulated the team on Curiosity's successful landing on the Red Planet a week ago and praised the technical skill required as "mind-boggling."
"What you've accomplished embodies the American spirit, and your passion and your commitment is making a difference," he said."
"'Curiosity' is going to be telling us things that we did not know before and laying the groundwork for an even more audacious undertaking in the future, and that's a human mission to the Red Planet," Obama said.

And he pledged his "personal commitment to protect" government investments in science and technology.

Curiosity captures the view on Mars on August 8 ( NASA/JPL-Caltech via Getty Images)

MMDA officer abused by a motorist

this video shows unethical behavior of a motorist which shouldn't happen. Well it's a case here in the Philippines which is happening almost everyday. Traffic enforcers getting mauled and verbally abused by these type of motorist. These motorist are commonly rich people or having a position in the government. I assumed that they believe that their wealth and authority protects them from the hands of justice, because mostly that's the scene here. The poor enforcer wouldn't dare to cross them since they lack financially to battle their plea in the court and after it's done the abuser will go freely and sometimes post a threat to the enforcer's life. I also believe that the only solution that can solve this problem is a re bump in our justice system, of course we have a law about that and the congress and the senate don't have to build additional law for it. Our country have so many law approved but why most of the citizens are disrespectful  and doesn't seem to follow it? It is because our laws doesn't have teeth that can bite on these people. The Law tolerates them and does sometimes make them corrupt. This act should be condemned and  be punished, so I personally plea for our government balance our justice system. Provide the poor with free legal counsels and most of all make our laws have teeth and definite.

bourne legacy no.1 in canadian box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Action movie "The Bourne Legacy," with new star Jeremy Renner, raced to the No. 1 spot on U.S. and Canadian box office charts with an estimated $40.3 million in ticket sales over the weekend.

New adult comedy "The Campaign" debuted in second place, winning $27.4 million at domestic theaters. The two new movies knocked three-time box office champion "The Dark Knight Rises" to third place.
"Bourne Legacy" is the fourth movie in the spy franchise that previously starred Matt Damon and has grossed nearly $1 billion around the world. Damon played a CIA assassin with memory loss who tried to discover his true identity while evading the CIA's attempts to kill him.
Universal cast Renner in the new movie in an effort to reboot the series for future sequels. Renner plays agent Aaron Cross, who tries to escape his CIA pursuers with the help of genetic scientist Marta Shearing, played by Rachel Weisz.
Universal and privately held Relativity Media produced "Bourne Legacy" for about $125 million. Opening weekend sales beat Universal's projections for a $35 million debut.
Nikki Rocco, Universal Pictures' president of domestic distribution, said the film performed as expected, and that the studio was happy with its opening weekend.
"It's a validation, it's a successful rebooting of the franchise," she said, adding that it gives Universal an opportunity to continue the Bourne saga.
"The Bourne Legacy" nabbed $48.1 million worldwide over the weekend, bringing its global total to $88.4 million.
"The Campaign" also exceeded pre-weekend forecasts, which had the film debuting with around $20 million. The movie stars Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis as two candidates facing off against each other in a race for U.S. Congress.
Dan Fellman, president of theatrical distribution for Warner Bros., said the political comedy played especially well in Washington and Boston as the U.S. presidential campaign gets into full swing.
"We think that the real campaign will add to our 'Campaign'," he said.
"Dark Knight Rises," the final movie in a Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale, took in $19.5 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters over the weekend. The blockbuster has grossed over $390 million in the U.S. and Canada since its July 20 debut.
"Hope Springs," a new romantic comedy/drama, finished the weekend in the No. 4 spot with $15.6 million. The film stars Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones as an aging couple trying to bring a spark back to their marriage.
"Hope DOES spring," said Rory Bruer, president of distribution at Sony, who expects the film to continue to play well among older audiences.
In fifth place, family film "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" earned $8.2 million during its second weekend in theaters.
Despite doing well overseas, science-fiction reboot "Total Recall" took in a meager $8.1 million its second weekend, taking a tumble from its tepid $26 million opening.
Comcast Corp's Universal Pictures released "Bourne Legacy." "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Campaign" were distributed by Warner Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc.. Sony Corp's film studio released "Hope Springs," and News Corp's 20th Century Fox studio distributed "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."

bourne producer says manila scene is the best

Universal Pictures, Mary Cybulski - This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Rachel Weisz as Dr. Marta Shearing, left, and Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross in a scene from "The Bourne Legacy." (AP Photo/Universal …more  Pictures, Mary Cybulski)

“Bourne Legacy” producer Patrick Crowley said the Philippines will be joining “Moscow, Paris, Prague, London, New York City, Madrid, Tangier and Berlin as the new thrill ride on the billion-dollar “Bourne” roller coaster.

“Millions and millions of fans worldwide will be rocketed through San Andres, raced through the Pasay Metro Rail Station, careened down Magsaysay Boulevard, and stopped very quickly at the end of the ride in Navotas Fish Port,” he shared at the red carpet screening of the film last August 5 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World Manila.
 
Best of the franchise

Crowley, who produced all four “Bourne” movies, is proud of its latest installment, particularly the chase sequence filmed in the streets of Manila.

“The movie you’re about to see is being talked about as better than the first three, and the Manila chase as one of the best chases ever.”

He explained that the Philippine shoot required  production people to bring an international team of action specialists, 30 containers of gear from Los Angeles, over 100 people from New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Paris and London; and hundreds of local technicians, drivers and assistants with some “with resumes that stretch back to “Apocalypse Now.”

Crowley also mentioned that for the film’s rooftop chase, they replaced 50 roofs in San Andres, Manila and spent a lot of time working with MMDA (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority) and other local officials in planning traffic diversions for the motorcycle chase.
 
Asian premiere

The August 5 screening is three days ahead of the film’s release in Manila on August 8 and five days in advance of the US premiere.  Crowley explained that the special screening is the production’s way of paying Manila back.

“We felt an obligation to pay back to the people who let us have control of the city for two months. We created huge traffic jams and all of the problems that come from making a good movie,” he said.

Crowley added that this is the only special screening in one of the countries the latest “Bourne” installment was shot in. It is also the film’s Asian premiere.

Will they make more movies in the Philippines after “Bourne”?

“If there is a script that happens to be set in the Philippines or a script that is set somewhere else and would be easier, better to do in the Philippines then we would suggest it, because we really did have a successful experience here,” Crowley replied.

bourne legacy movie review

Movie Info

The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles. -- (C) Universal

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personally I have not gone to see the movie myself but I think the movie is good. Rener is a good actor and they had the excellent choice in Rachel Weiz as the partner for Rener. Judging from the trailes it looks really good looks like there will be a lot of going on in the movie which is kind of  my taste for an action movie. Anyways here's some reviews from rottentomatoes.com for some ideas what you will be seeing in the movie but I may warn you there are some spoilers here so ready yourself for that.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bourne_legacy/