Consistency, Responsibility and Dignity..: 07/11/11

Monday, July 11, 2011

hopes rekindled

one saying hi, another nods and smile.
conversations flow. and memories glow.
old time friends met again. old stories unearthed.
love sparks and restart. hopes rekindled again.

stomachache

I've been having stomachache for days now. it's dreadful that i need to care on what i ate. if not, i'll be facing non-stop time of churning inside the pit of my gut. urgh!! it hurts...

Kuasa gusar kini menggelegak murka;
warna kuning diisytihar racun terbisa.
Diragutnya baju-T segeram tenaga
dan diumum itulah busana bahaya.

Tapi, kita jahit semula perca kain,
menjadikannya panji terindah dan tulen.
Warna kuning yang teramat tenang dan syahdu
kita kembalikan damai ke dalam qalbu.

Kini cahaya mentari mungkin diramas
dan sinar kuningnya juga mungkin dicantas.
Memanglah mereka kini peludah warna
sedang menghimpun lendir kahak sebanyaknya.

Kerana nikmat amat lama berkuasa,
kuasa pun seolah menjadi hartanya.

1. 7. 11. A. SAMAD SAID

*mengesahkan pemerhatian yang aku lihat di kaca TV. benarlah beliau ada di sana :)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, crash lands on the far side of the moon. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the moon as a cover for investigating the craft. In 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the Moon to explore the craft.

In the present, the Autobots assist the US military in preventing conflicts around the globe. During a mission to Chernobyl to investigate suspected Alien technology, Optimus Prime finds a fuel cell from the Ark, discovering it had survived its journey from Cybertron. The Autobots are attacked by Shockwave who manages to escape. After learning of the top-secret mission to the moon, the Autobots travel there to explore the Ark. There they discover a comatose Sentinel Prime — former Autobot leader — and his creation, The Pillars, a means of establishing a Space Bridge between two points to teleport matter. After returning to Earth, Optimus uses the energy of his Matrix of Leadership to revive Sentinel Prime.

Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky is frustrated that he is unable to work with the Autobots and failing to find a job. He also becomes envious of the close relationship between his new girlfriend, Carly Spencer, and her boss Dylan Gould. After finding work, Sam is provided information by his co-worker Jerry Wang about the Ark before he is assassinated by Laserbeak — a condor-like Decepticon. Sam contacts the now-retired Seymour Simmons, and together they realize that Megatron and the Decepticons are murdering people connected to the American and Russian space missions to the Ark. They locate two surviving Russian cosmonauts who reveal satellite photos of hundreds of Pillars being stockpiled on the moon. Sam realizes that the Decepticons raided the Ark long before the Autobots mission and intentionally left Sentinel and five Pillars behind to lure the Autobots into a trap - Sentinel being key to activating the Pillars and the Decepticons lacking the means to revive him. The Autobots rush to return Sentinel to their base for protection but Sentinel betrays them and kills Ironhide, revealing he had made a deal with the Decepticons to ensure the survival of the Cybertronian race.

Sentinel uses the Pillars to transport hundreds of concealed Decepticons from the moon to Earth and Carly is captured by Gould, who is revealed to be in the Decepticons' service. The Autobots are exiled from Earth at the demand of the Decepticons to avoid war but as their ship leaves Earth it is destroyed by Starscream, seemingly killing the Autobots. The Decepticons, led by Megatron and Sentinel, seize Chicago as their agents place Pillars around the world. Gould reveals to Carly that the Decepticons plan to transport their homeworld of Cybertron to the Milky Way to use the resources and enslaved humans of Earth to rebuild their world. Sam teams with Robert Epps to go into Chicago and save Carly, but they are nearly killed by Decepticon forces before the Autobots intervene; revealing they concealed themselves during the launch of their ship to convince the Decepticons they were destroyed.

Working together, the Autobots and human soldiers manage to rescue Carly and destroy Soundwave, Barricade, Starscream and Shockwave with Optimus using Shockwave's arm-cannon to blast the Control Pillar, disabling the Space Bridge. Sam confronts Gould as he reactivates the Control Pillar. Sam knocks Gould into the Pillar, electrocuting him. Bumblebee and Ratchet arrive and destroy the Control Pillar, permanently disabling the Bridge and causing the partially transported Cybertron to implode. Optimus and Sentinel fight while Carly convinces Megatron that he will be replaced as leader of the Decepticons by Sentinel. Sentinel severs Optimus' right-arm and prepares to execute him when Megatron intervenes, incapacitating Sentinel. Optimus attacks Megatron, decapitating and killing him. Sentinel pleads for his life but Optimus executes him. With the Decepticons defeated, Carly and Sam are reunited and the Autobots accept that with Cybertron gone, Earth is now their home.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Thousands of years before the events of the first film, the Dynasty of Primes traveled through the galaxy to create Energon by creating sun-absorbing machines called Sun Harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes followed a law that no sun may be destroyed where there was life on one of its planets. However, one of the Primes felt hatred towards the human race and attempted to break this law by building a Sun Harvester on Earth in 17,000 B.C . The rest of the Dynasty named himThe Fallen, and sacrificed themselves to hide the Sun Harvester's key, the "Matrix of Leadership".

Two years after the first film, Sam Witwicky is heading off to college. While packing, he finds a shard of the All Spark in the clothing he was wearing during the fight. Unbeknownst to Sam, when he touches the shard, it "uploads" its knowledge into his mind. Sam gives the shard to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safekeeping, and leaves his guardian Bumblebee behind.

The Autobots and the humans have created NEST (Network Elements: Supporters and Transformers), an elite joint military organization from multiple countries from the top elite soldiers on the planet led by Optimus Prime, Major William Lennox and General Morshower. In Shanghai, Optimus takes down Demolishor who warns him of The Fallen's return. Reporting to NEST's base in Diego Garcia, the Autobots are patronized by U.S. National Security Advisor Galloway for their actions. Soundwave, a Decepticon communications officer, hacks into a U.S military satellite, and overhears both the location of Megatron's corpse (buried at sea in the Laurentian Abyss) and the presence of a shard of the Allspark stored at the base. Soundwave deploys Ravage to retrieve the shard. The Constructicons, Ravage and the mad surgeon known as "The Doctor" dive into the Laurentian Abyss and resurrect Megatron with the salvaged shard. Megatron flies to the Decepticon flagship Nemesis, where The Fallen rests and Starscream has awaited Megatron's arrival. The Fallen instructs Megatron to kill Optimus and capture Sam, as he has knowledge that can lead to the Matrix of Leadership.

At her shop, Wheelie tries to steal Mikaela's shard, but she captures him in the process and heads to see Sam with Wheelie locked in a container. At college, Sam meets his roommate Leo Spitz, who runs a conspiracy website. During class, Sam experiences a flash of Cybertronian symbols in his mind. He has a meltdown in class and starts graffiting the symbols all around his room. Mikaela arrives just as Sam is attacked by a Pretender. Sam, Mikaela and Leo escape, but are quickly captured by the Decepticons torturing Sam to obtain the information he has about the whereabouts of the Matrix. Optimus and Bumblebee arrive and battle Megatron, Starscream, and Grindor. Grindor is killed, Starscream is wounded and Megatron then kills Optimus by impaling Optimus's chest and firing. Bumblebee and the twins, Skids and Mudflap, flee with the humans. The NEST team extracts the body of Optimus and returns it to New Jersey base until a convoy of the U.S. Army arrives with weapons all aimed at the Autobots. Lennox tells them to stand down, but Galloway arrives with the news that NEST has been decommissioned.

Meanwhile, The Fallen taps into media signals and broadcasts a demand that the people of Earth deliver Sam to the Decepticons. The Decepticons then also kidnap Sam's parents. Leo suggests to Sam and Mikaela that his online rival "RoboWarrior" may be able to help. When the trio find him, they discover that RoboWarrior is Agent Simmons from the now defunct Sector Seven (as seen in the 2007 Transformers film). Simmons reveals Transformers have been on Earth for a millennium, and convinces Wheelie to reveal a group of ancient Transformers who live on Earth, known as the Seekers. They find the elderly Jetfire who teleports them to Egypt and reveals the history of the Transformers.

Following several clues, the trio find the Tomb of the Primes in Petra. Led to an ancient Egyptian temple, the group discovers the Tomb, with the Matrix however crumbling to dust upon Sam touching it. Sam puts the sand in a pouch to take with him. Simmons contacts Lennox who flies over with his troops and the Autobots. The Decepticons arrive and battle the Autobots and NEST, who are aided by Egyptian and Jordanian military. Constructicon Devastator uncovers the Sun Harvester from inside a pyramid before being killed by a rail gun strike ordered by Simmons. The Air Force is called in for an airstrike from every aircraft in their fleet, wiping out the Decepticons, leaving only Megatron and Starscream. Sam makes a break for it towards Optimus until he is killed by Megatron. In a limbo between life and death, Sam has a vision of the Dynasty of the Primes who tell him that the Matrix of Leadership is not a physical item, but a right that he has earned.

Sam awakens, and the Matrix reforms from the sand in Sam's pouch. Sam uses the Matrix to resurrect Optimus Prime, but The Fallen arrives and retrieves the Matrix in order to activate the Sun Harvester. The U.S. military forces attack the Sun Harvester, but are quickly wiped out by The Fallen's telekinesis. Combined with Jetfire who willingly sacrifices his Spark and parts, Optimus destroys the Sun Harvester, kills The Fallen, and wounds Megatron. Starscream convinces Megatron to retreat. Sam and Mikaela profess their love for each other, and Optimus thanks Sam for his bravery and records another message in his data bank saying that the humans and the Transformers share a common past. During the credits, Sam is seen returning to college.

Transformers

Optimus Prime, heroic leader of the benevolent Autobots, describes in a voice-over the collapse of the Transformers' home world, Cybertron. It was destroyed by the malevolent Decepticon leader Megatron in his quest to get hold of the All Spark. The Autobots want to find the All Spark so they can use it to rebuild Cybertron and end the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, while the Decepticons want to use it to obliterate the Autobots and take over the universe. Megatron had managed to locate the All Spark on Earth, but crash-landed in theArctic Circle and froze in the ice. After stumbling upon his frozen body in 1897, explorer Captain Archibald Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigational system and his eye glasses were imprinted with the coordinates of the All Spark's location, an incident that left him blind and mentally unstable. Sector 7, a secret government organization created by President Herbert Hoover, discovered the All Spark in the Colorado River and built the Hoover Dam around it to mask its energy emissions. The still-frozen Megatron was moved into this facility and was used to advance human technology through reverse engineering.

In the present day, a group of Decepticons composed of Blackout,Scorponok, Frenzy, Barricade, Starscream, Brawl and Bonecrusher, have landed on Earth and assumed the disguise of Earth vehicles. Blackout and Scorponok attack the U.S. SOCCENT forward operations base in Qatar and try to hack into the U.S. Military network to find the location of Megatron and the All Spark. Their mission is thwarted when the base staff cuts the network cable connections. While Blackout destroys the rest of the base, Scorponok pursues a small group of survivors, led by Captain William Lennox and Sergeant Robert Epps, who have photographic evidence of the robots. Scorponok is eventually repelled and hides in the sand after the humans manage to call air support and damage his tail. During this battle, the military discovers the only effective weapons against the Decepticons' armor are high-heat sabot rounds.

After Blackout's failure, Frenzy infiltrates Air Force One to again hack into the military network, planting a computer virus. He finds the map imprinted on Captain Witwicky's glasses. While the Pentagon interferes with Frenzy's plan, he finds that Witwicky's descendant Sam Witwickyintends to sell the glasses on eBay. Frenzy and Barricade begin tracking Sam's location. Meanwhile, Sam unknowingly buys the Autobot scout Bumblebee (also on Earth disguised as a 1976 Camaro) as his first car. After Bumblebee helps Sam woo his crush,Mikaela Banes, he leaves at night to transmit a homing signal to the rest of the Autobots. Sam pursues Bumblebee, thinking someone is stealing his car, but is shocked to find his car is actually a giant robot, which he regards as evil as first. Sam is arrested, and in the police station, tries to explain to the police officer what happened, but the apathetic and impassive officer assumes that he is hallucinating under the influence of drugs. When Bumblebee (in car mode) returns the following day, Sam flees, thinking the car is stalking him. While out, Barricade attacks Sam and ferociously interrogates him about his grandfather's glasses. Bumblebee saves Sam and Mikaela and engages Barricade in battle, after which Sam comically states that the robots are probably of Japanese origin. During the fight, Mikaela severs Frenzy's head but he disguises himself as her cellphone and hides in her purse. They leave to meet with the rest of the Autobot team – Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ironhide, and Ratchet – who have landed on Earth and taken the forms of Earth vehicles as well. Sam, Mikaela, and the Autobots return to Sam's home and obtain the glasses; however, agents from Sector 7 arrive and take Sam and Mikaela into custody. The Autobots intervene, but Sector 7 captures Bumblebee and sends Sam and Mikaela away.

Sam and Mikaela are taken to Hoover Dam, as are Lennox and Epps, under Defense Secretary John Keller's orders. Frenzy sends an alert to the other Decepticons and sneaks into the technology system, freeing Megatron from his frozen state. Sam convinces the Sector 7 agents to release Bumblebee so that he can deliver the All Spark to Optimus. Frenzy's hacking has shut down government communications, but Keller and two hackers, Maggie and Glen, manage to establish a signal to the Air Force to support the Autobot-human convoy that has gone to nearby Mission City to hide the All Spark. The Decepticons attack; Bonecrusher, Frenzy, Jazz, Brawl, and Blackout are all killed during the ensuing battle. Sam, who was instructed to put the All Spark into Optimus' chest if Megatron prevailed (thereby destroying it and Optimus), instead rams the All Spark cube into Megatron's chest. The All Spark disintegrates, and its power obliterates Megatron. Optimus takes a fragment of the All Spark from Megatron's corpse, but admits that with its destruction, their home world Cybertron cannot be restored. The President orders the closure of Sector 7 and has the destroyed Megatron and other Decepticons dumped into the Laurentian Abyss. Lennox and Epps are reunited with their families, and Sam and Mikaela form a relationship. Optimus transmits a message to all surviving Autobots in space, telling them that they have a new home on Earth. During the credits, Starscream – the only surviving Decepticon besides Scorponok – escapes into space.