What was the most successful military recruitment commercial of the last decade? Transformers, the Michael Bay sci-fi blockbuster is definitely a competitive candidate. As Bloomberg said, Pentagon officials and weapon makers consider it as “a savvy way to make U.S. military service seem attractive to teenage boys.” The DoD agrees with them.
From the video we [...]
This tremendous piece of oratory, many passages of which deserve to be chiseled in marble some day, has been translated now into Chinese. I encourage all of you who have Chinese friends who would be interested in hearing it to share this link.
The dawn of a new day!
I don’t get Ultraman at all. My son Johnny, who turns three in March, is absolutely obsessed with him and involves Ultraman’s signature poses in the interpretive modern dance he does to Daddy’s Heavy Metal music. Playtime for him always begins with, “你是怪兽、我是奥特曼!” (”You be a monster, I’ll be Ultraman!”). How this crappy, personality-free ’60s [...]
In my gadabout college days, I made short films to kill time and deal with interminable boredom. Like this one. Sadly, there were no video-sharing websites back then, so the only way for me to share these videos was through expensive FTPs and self-made VCDs.
Last week, we spotted this interesting Chinese webisode show called “All [...]
Though there’s still a week remaining before the Chinese Spring Festival, some of my friends who work in Beijing are already on their way back home - somewhere far, far away in Southern China. For most of them, this is the only chance to see their parents this year. They just can’t wait.
Greed is the [...]
Barack Obama’s younger half-brother Mark Ndesandjo, who lives in Shenzhen, was featured on this news clip that appeared yesterday on Youku. Mr. Ndesandjo, who is apparently quite an accomplished pianist, gave a rare fundraiser performance for Chinese orphans in an event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce of South China. He’s been reluctant, it [...]
Steven and Kaiser from Youku Buzz (daily) wish everyone a Happy Year of the Ox.
We’d like to express our thanks by sending one of these lovely coffee mugs to the first 9 readers in China to leave a comment with the name of (or better yet a link to) their favorite Youku video of 2008. [...]
My friend Julia Liu from W+K Shanghai sent me this trailer for Love Noise, a documentary film and integrated marketing campaign created by Converse China. Directed by Beijing filmmaker Liu Feng, the film tells a story about the road trip of Beijing bands PK 14 and Queen Sea Big Shark cross the country.
In August 2008, [...]
You remember the Backdorm Boys, with their boy-band lip-sync videos that were such a big hit on YouTube a few years back, right? I personally find this to be far more amusing.
Linkin Park may not have made it to China like they were supposed to this last fall — alas, illness befell one of the [...]
After a big spat in an auto showroom, and after his sassy girlfriend nearly runs over a couple of innocent bystanders, the poor guy just gives in: “Okay, I’m buying it! I’m buying it!”, he cries. “Stop the car!.” And he ponies up for the red Buick she wants, right then and there.
This video, which [...]
