Phantom is faction!

                            A new genre?

                       ...... Phantom does it all

Faction is the  new genre on the block.
Faction basically is the cinematic blend of fictional stories and facts.

Phantom, the movie sparked off a streak to direct films based on faction. As most of  you might have seen the movie, the tagline says "A story you wish were true" which suggests that the movie is fiction, but on the other hand, the movie is based on 26/11 mumbai attacks.. which clearly says that it is based on facts as well.

The film has garnered a lot of appreciation and also it has inspired many directors to draw conclusions from real life events and then fictionalise it. Phantom is not a 100 crore film, but it has given cinema yet another dimension... it is also being considered as a milestone in Indian Cinema.

For those of you who haven't watched it as yet.. please do. It will not just create a sense of pride, but will also enhance your knowledge of film-making.

RIP Television 

How The Internet Could Kill Television.

Internet has a lot of potential to kill Television. I am not talking about television programs, but i am talking about television as a medium. Years pass and the medium of entertainment that interests people changes. First the radio, overshadowed by the TV, which in turn is soon to be overpowered by the Internet.

When most of us talk about watching a show, or a serial, or a Sitcom, we seldom talk about watching it on the 'Idiot Box', instead many of us watch them online, and many of us prefer downloading it.

Websites like Netflix has surely helped to welcome more and more TV shows online. Netflix is not currently available in India, but universally serves 28 countries.

There is factually nothing that you can find on TV that one cannot find on the internet. And this new trend is now visible with series of shows only meant for the internet. YouTube channels have started to create shows for the current generation, which is nothing but magnificent. Online series is nothing new to the world, but to India, this onset has definitely created a sensation.

Recently TheViralFever, or commonly known as TVF, released their season finale to their second series, TVF – Pitchers (The first one being ‘Permanent Roommates’), and looking at the craze the youth has for it, it could be perceived that things are changing, and our medium of entertainment is definitely one of them.

- Anil Nair

BOWING TO GOP PRESSURE, OBAMA AGREES TO BE EMPEROR OF AMERICA

BOWING TO GOP PRESSURE, OBAMA AGREES TO BE EMPEROR OF AMERICA

Nov 23, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. (SatireWire.com) – After repeatedly being labeled a dictator by Republicans and conservative media, President Obama today reluctantly agreed to become the Emperor of America they insisted he already was. 

“Every day I kept hearing, ‘Emperor, king, tyrant,’ on and on,” said Obama of the Republican outcry following his executive order on immigration. “So eventually I’m like, ‘You know what? Fine. I’ll be Emperor. Whatever.’ I mean, half of America already thinks of me as an emperor, and that’s the half that doesn’t like me.

“It’s not that bad, really,” His Imperial Majesty said of the new role. 

“Yesterday, the San Francisco Giants came to the White House. I had them gilded.”

Just a few of the many images on the Internet supporting Obama's status as Emperor.

Republican leaders immediately protested, leading to a frank Oval Office exchange between John Boehner, now former Speaker of the disbanded House, and Obama, newly crowned leader of the Not-Quite-So-Free World.

“It’s a misunderstanding. We don’t really want an emperor,” Boehner said. 

“That’s not what we meant. You’re not an emperor.”

“Really?” Obama responded. “That’s funny, because the other day your spokesman referred to me as, and I quote, ‘Emperor Obama.’ And it’s not just you. There’s Rush Limbaugh and (Sen.) Jeff Sessions and most everybody at Fox News. Emperor emperor emperor.”


“Look, it was hyperbole, OK?” Boehner explained. “We were just angry that you pushed immigration reform on your own, like an emperor.”

“But I acted on my own because you guys wouldn’t do anything,” Obama answered. “You’ve done that since I took office.”

“Yes, because we… well, we wanted you to go away.”

“You wanted me to go away.”

“Yes.”

“So you called me emperor?”

“Yes. No. Sort of. But…”

“You do know emperor is a permanent position, right? President: four years. Emperor: forever.”


“OK, maybe we should have toned down the rhetoric.”


“Maybe? Because you realize all the bogus stuff you accused me of in the past, like that $200-million-a-day trip to India, now I get to do that for real, and you can’t complain.”

“Yeah. I’ll try to stop some of that. You have my word.”

“I could have your head. Technically. You know, emperor and all.”
“Whoa now. Just… let’s not get carried away.”

“Too late. What was it that Congresswoman from Tennessee — Marsha Blackburn — what was it she said about me the other day? Oh yes. ‘Soon we will no longer need the legislators or the courts. King Obama will make the law, interpret the law, and if he so chooses, enforce the law.’”

“All right, she might have gone overboard,” Boehner admitted. “But hey, you can’t say you’ve been entirely honest either. You’ve misled people.”

“And a President should be held accountable for that.”

“Exactly.”

“But an Emperor is never accountable. So… smooth move you.

“OK, you’ve made your point,” Boehner said.


“Speaking of points. We have the whole ‘enemies of the state’ issue. You all oppose me, so legally I’ll have to put your heads on spikes.”


“That’s… you can’t do that!”


“Having a real emperor is a bitch, ain’t it?”

“You’re not a real emperor!” Boehner yelled.


“Honestly,” said Obama, “you can’t agree with me even when I agree with you.”

And at that moment, Obama turned and gave a signal to his cabinet members, who, Boehner hadn’t noticed before, were each dressed as individual Latin American countries. Out of thin air — which suddenly smelled of guacamole and guajillo chilis – a monstrously large guillotine appeared. Burly U.S. border guards, shouting orders in Spanish, dragged Boehner into the machine and forced him to his knees. Despite this, he was somehow face up, looking at the looming blade, which he would have thought was odd except he was distracted by the mariachi music that came out of his mouth whenever he tried to talk. Emperor Obama, his head wreathed in barbed wire, standing atop a wall that seemed a thousand miles long and was made entirely of tortillas and human suffering, shouted, “Hit it, Jimmy!” and Jimmy Page, lead guitarist of Led Zeppelin, launched into “The Immigrant Song.” The dangling guillotine blade, which Boehner now noticed was not made of steel but was instead a gigantic and lethally sharpened Green Card, came rushing down toward his head. Boehner let out a cacophonous scream. “Amnesty!” he shouted…

And woke up in his bed, in a cold sweat, the sheets wrapped around his neck as a callow winter sun rose over the nation’s capital.

“Honey, you all right?” his wife Debbie asked.
Wild-eyed, John turned to Debbie. “Obama is not an emperor,” he said in a hoarse morning whisper. “I’ve seen a real emperor. He’s not that. He’s never been that. We have to stop saying he is.”

And from that moment on, Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, the President and the House Speaker, toned down their rhetoric and passed sweeping immigration legislation based, not on fear and ignorance, but on what was best for the American people.

And then President Obama woke up and realized it was all just a dream.

“Fuck,” he said.
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