Recap: True Blood Season 4

Vampires. Werewolves. Shapeshifters.

Bon Temps’ resident creatures we have come to love as HBO’s True Blood unfolded in our eyes.

Fairies. Were-panthers. Witches. Ghosts and its latest attraction, Skinwalkers.

Truly, True Blood has not failed us in making the show different among vampire series. A lot has happened since we were introduced to human Sookie Stackhouse and vampire Bill Compton in season one. Now, halfway to the end of season four, more revelations were opened. New characters are presented to the audience. New plots are hurled at us.

Let’s have a quick trip down memory lane.

Sookie has gone to fairyland and came back after a year. She thought, she was only gone for hours.

Bill was now King of Louisiana.

Eric was cursed by a witch to forgetting who he is and has drained Sookie’s fairy godmother.

Pam now rots after being cursed as well.

Jason was raped by Crystal and some were-panthers and now believes he was turned into a were-panther.

Tommy became a skinwalker and was able to disguise himself as Sam and f*ked his girlfriend.

New loveteams:

Surprisingly, Tara has switch preference and has a new girlfriend.

Sam has a new girl also but Tommy got to her first.

Jason, after having drunk from Jessica’s blood has, well, weird dreams about her… and Hoyt.

Sookie is now inlove with Eric.

This season, witches are at the mainstream. A witch, with such a heavy baggage, has been resurrected and is determined to have her revenge. To unleash a spell that will kill all vampires by letting them out in the sun. Towards the end of episode 7, we saw Jason running towards the mansion trying to save Jessica who has gotten out of her silver chain craving for the sun.

Will Jessica burn? I hope not. I really like her and hope she will continue to be in the series.

Will the fight between Tommy and Sam ever stop? Blood is still thicker than water.

Will Sookie return to Bill now that she has Eric? Hmm.

I just wish, the season will not end.

The Difference Between Typhoon, Hurricane and Cyclone

Typhoon season is here again. Just this July, Philippines have been ravaged by few destructvie typhoons leaving affected regions with destroyed houses and livelihood and even killed loved ones.

But so much for the seriousness of this issue.

I was asked once why storm in the Philippines are called typhoon and not hurricane like in the US. Although not so sure, I answered the question only to find out later that I was indeed correct.

Typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones are all one and the same, STORMS. But the only difference with the three of them is there location of origin.

If the storm develops in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Ocean, it will be called hurricane. So all storms that will bring damage to the US are called hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina. If the storm will originate in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, it will be called typhoon. And this might bring damage mostly to islands in Guam, Japan and the Philippines like Typhoon Ondoy. Winds from typhoons are more stronger and dangerous than hurricanes.

Cyclones are storms that develops in the Southwestern Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Who's The Better Superman?

Warner Bros. has just released the first ever picture of the newest Superman flick, "Man of Steel". Now helm by Zack Snyder, the director of such films as 300, Watchmen and Sucker Punch, this film will not be in any way connected to Bryan Singer's Superman Returns. I really wonder what's wrong with Singer's version when infact I really, really like it.

Shown in the picture donning the red cape this time is Henry Cavill. It looks like he has just came out from being locked up in a massive vault.  The suit has still the dark shades just like the suit used by Brandon Routh in Superman Returns.

With this retelling "again" of the superhero's epic adventures, let us take a look back on the previous actors who have played Superman.

George Reeve has played Superman on the original TV series "The Adventures of Superman" from 1952 to 1958.

The most beloved among Superman actors, Christopher Reeve has played Superman in four major motion pictures.

From 1993 to 1997, we've seen Dean Cain with the beautiful Teri Hatcher on ABC's Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Smallville's Tom Welling as the young Clark Kent in the longest running TV series based on a comic character. 

Brandon Routh in the not-so-loved version of Brian Singer's Superman Returns

"Man of Steel" is still due for release in 2013, with an all power house casts that include big names like Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Julia Ormond and Michael Shannon as the evil General Zod. Yet to be confirmed to join the cast is Russell Crowe who is being rumored to play Jor-El.