shailendra
December 18th, 2007, 12:16 AM
GoshOwhiz, People!… Now what have we been missing HERE, eh!?!… these recent blood-numbing, hair-thining, and blood-pressure-raising 'thread' happenings here were just so much to take in at one go that I had to spend the last couple of hours just trying to bring myself to speed on all this (can easily be called) the ‘parallel-cinematic’ blogsphere excellence on our beloved website!
Talk about walking back to a jackpot mother lode of sizzling vibes, discussions and accusations!
Now of course the initial intent of logging in after a long sabbatical was to write a quick and small review of a movie I had just watched and needed a worthy mention in one of the older threads (Creative Movies of all… but that of course shall have to wait for later, I see!)
Cause Boy O boy, gotta tell ya- This here presents itself that amazing possibility of penning down a review on the Jatland’s very own ‘Series of Melodrama’ threads itself! [Right? I mean, seems to make perfect sense writing a review of what a unique site Jatland itself has become these glorious fun-filled days!]
Our ‘Series of Melodrama’ is an intriguing, complex and offbeat thriller set of threads set in a sleepy small online town of Jatland.
[Recommended for all those members (of course Jat’s only please) who like offbeat threads.]
I mean consider this; we seem to have the whole fare here, don't we- Drama queens (Mallika Sherawat beware!), some dashing ‘heroes’ (arguably called zeroes directly by others and who leave you confused as to whether they are reading from the wrong script) and even pseudo (read ‘wannabe’) villains trying to play the classic ‘bad man’ (I mean remember Gulshan Grover people? He was the buffoon trying to act tough but being more of a comedian in the end :rolleyes:)… sometimes even the great Hanumanji himself no less, is being mis-quoted liberally in the process! ;)
That's RIGHT! It's all happening here- Moderators being pelted upon, people being banned (but always accessible by phone, mind you!... oh the joys of technology!) on all kinds of bizarre 'please-let-me-go-from-here' requests; followed immediately by a truck load of well-wishers and enquiriers that would fill up the annals of any respectable library with some real juicy and genuine posts of ‘why’, ‘why-not’, ‘when’, ‘who’, ‘where’ being thrown around and being caught and subsequently send for sixers! (chakka’s! :D) - and then Before you can say "Jatsowhizz"- those either banned, missing-in-action, or prisoners of the blog-war, all somehow manage to show back up again like magic out of the Jatland green-and-orange-logo's wood-work!!!
But WAIT, hold your horses and your hats!… All is not really lost- because deliciously, the simmering discontent is still quite obviously visible under the top skin, there are still villains abound (read: fake drag queens, aspiring bloggers, rouge phelwaans, and of course the merciless moderators!)….
Can anything be more unique, then this Inqalaab Zindabaad ("burn these dictators on the witch stakes"), fake-eyelashed tear-jerking, pot-belly-moving laugh riot???
I say NO! Nothing beats this!!! This is where one should turn to for entertainment and melodrama these days definitely!… Chuck those visits to the multiplexes and walk away from that remote, dude! The Jatland Melodrama is here to stay!...
Well sure!... most of the other members who have probably been missing it (just like me, till now) or have turned their well intended blind-eye to what may probably be considered by them as some cheap-theatrics, immature/juvenile bickering- are probably saying that they are more used to and prefer the other regular escapist fare Bollywood has to offer (for example Om Shanti Bhangg, Baawariya, Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki etc.) and QUITE frankly may find these series of melodramatic threads as too fast paced, juicy and even confusing at times for their liking; BUT hash it all people!… Trust me- This is the REEL DEAL!
The fact is that this 'Melodrama' leaves many other threads of the site begging for mercy. Even as it pays homage to all the banned shaheed’s, rouge foul-mouth bloggers, aspiring tough-guy comedians, ‘Amitabh-Bachchan-in-Mohabateein’ like moderators and not to forget the ever forthcoming and heart-breaking shradhanjalee’s :rolleyes:- all these related threads manage to stay pretty close to the Jatland reality and our history as war monging Jats that love to give and get a black eye!!!
And to top it all off there is a strong sense of impending doom throughout all these posts. All in all a perfect Beer-and-popcorn viewing dramebaazi that you simply can’t help but LOVE with cocked eyes!…
Make no mistake- the plot of this whole melodrama is in fact buried into not one but five-six different and intriguing threads and their posts- sure, it takes a winding path instead of going linear… and beginning very initially on a cogent note in a thread (...which was something like, "damn you, you jallaad Moderators!":mad:), this real (reel) life movie veers onto a somewhat tangled route, and the focus flits from one subplot thread to another!
The narration was obviously quite slow in the beginning but as the 'drama' progresses it unfolds a series of underlying sweet truths, bare accusations and lovely reconciliations.
Quite verbally vibrant (colorfully written is more like it! :cool:), intensely intelligent, and visually striking (oh yeah- pictures are included at some crucial moments to add the overall impact), the Series holds your interest despite its predictable pace and moments.
And complementing the series director's and cinematographer's commendable job are performances by the individual actors. (All cannot be named here for obvious 'post-size' restrictions- and frankly, we still completely can't put our finger on who all these ‘saas-bahu ki performances’ waale lead actor/actresses/director/directoresses really are and who really derves the full kudos of such a job well and truly hashed up!) and that’s really because- Members jump in regularly before, during and after the interval (and various other times for that matter) to froth at the mouth (and their keyboards) for no apparent reason trying to get infront of the other to commit professional blogsphere hara-kiri right here in plain view!
So one can truly appreciate the fact that it makes it very difficult to decide who (or who all) finally get(s) the bald ‘Asgar’ (Oscar) to take back home! (Gonna miss the “I thank the Jatland motion picture committee, my father, Chichi bhaiyya, my monitor and keyboard…..”) ;)
But then whoever these brave (albeit faceless) Jat and Jaatni’s be, their dedicated portrayal has been refreshingly a natural one (no pun intended!) and lends a lot of credibility to the character they have tried to make a complete hash of. In fact more than acting, these worthy artists have believed in spontaneous performance and it definitely comes through on their posts, blogs and verbal abuses…
Obviously not Inspired from Ektaa Kapoor’s zillion other serials (missed opportunity there, if you ask me!), these 'Series of Melodrama' is Jatland’s very own unique and rare fare for those who like unconventional threads and posts. At times bizarre, at times fascinating, these series are arguably the first of its kind in offbeat Jatland cinema and shall go down in it’s annals as the moment when time (and everything else) stood stock-brain-dead still on the website.
So listen up all you People; (Firstly, all those amazing members that were directly and indirectly associated with this awesome blogspeher motion picture excellence and experience) PLEASE take a bow, the stage is truly yours! (and secondly, the rest of you other members who missed the grand opportunity to be part of making History; please stand up right next to your computer screens for a standing ovation on this agonisingly momentous occasion!) ;):D
Talk about walking back to a jackpot mother lode of sizzling vibes, discussions and accusations!
Now of course the initial intent of logging in after a long sabbatical was to write a quick and small review of a movie I had just watched and needed a worthy mention in one of the older threads (Creative Movies of all… but that of course shall have to wait for later, I see!)
Cause Boy O boy, gotta tell ya- This here presents itself that amazing possibility of penning down a review on the Jatland’s very own ‘Series of Melodrama’ threads itself! [Right? I mean, seems to make perfect sense writing a review of what a unique site Jatland itself has become these glorious fun-filled days!]
Our ‘Series of Melodrama’ is an intriguing, complex and offbeat thriller set of threads set in a sleepy small online town of Jatland.
[Recommended for all those members (of course Jat’s only please) who like offbeat threads.]
I mean consider this; we seem to have the whole fare here, don't we- Drama queens (Mallika Sherawat beware!), some dashing ‘heroes’ (arguably called zeroes directly by others and who leave you confused as to whether they are reading from the wrong script) and even pseudo (read ‘wannabe’) villains trying to play the classic ‘bad man’ (I mean remember Gulshan Grover people? He was the buffoon trying to act tough but being more of a comedian in the end :rolleyes:)… sometimes even the great Hanumanji himself no less, is being mis-quoted liberally in the process! ;)
That's RIGHT! It's all happening here- Moderators being pelted upon, people being banned (but always accessible by phone, mind you!... oh the joys of technology!) on all kinds of bizarre 'please-let-me-go-from-here' requests; followed immediately by a truck load of well-wishers and enquiriers that would fill up the annals of any respectable library with some real juicy and genuine posts of ‘why’, ‘why-not’, ‘when’, ‘who’, ‘where’ being thrown around and being caught and subsequently send for sixers! (chakka’s! :D) - and then Before you can say "Jatsowhizz"- those either banned, missing-in-action, or prisoners of the blog-war, all somehow manage to show back up again like magic out of the Jatland green-and-orange-logo's wood-work!!!
But WAIT, hold your horses and your hats!… All is not really lost- because deliciously, the simmering discontent is still quite obviously visible under the top skin, there are still villains abound (read: fake drag queens, aspiring bloggers, rouge phelwaans, and of course the merciless moderators!)….
Can anything be more unique, then this Inqalaab Zindabaad ("burn these dictators on the witch stakes"), fake-eyelashed tear-jerking, pot-belly-moving laugh riot???
I say NO! Nothing beats this!!! This is where one should turn to for entertainment and melodrama these days definitely!… Chuck those visits to the multiplexes and walk away from that remote, dude! The Jatland Melodrama is here to stay!...
Well sure!... most of the other members who have probably been missing it (just like me, till now) or have turned their well intended blind-eye to what may probably be considered by them as some cheap-theatrics, immature/juvenile bickering- are probably saying that they are more used to and prefer the other regular escapist fare Bollywood has to offer (for example Om Shanti Bhangg, Baawariya, Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki etc.) and QUITE frankly may find these series of melodramatic threads as too fast paced, juicy and even confusing at times for their liking; BUT hash it all people!… Trust me- This is the REEL DEAL!
The fact is that this 'Melodrama' leaves many other threads of the site begging for mercy. Even as it pays homage to all the banned shaheed’s, rouge foul-mouth bloggers, aspiring tough-guy comedians, ‘Amitabh-Bachchan-in-Mohabateein’ like moderators and not to forget the ever forthcoming and heart-breaking shradhanjalee’s :rolleyes:- all these related threads manage to stay pretty close to the Jatland reality and our history as war monging Jats that love to give and get a black eye!!!
And to top it all off there is a strong sense of impending doom throughout all these posts. All in all a perfect Beer-and-popcorn viewing dramebaazi that you simply can’t help but LOVE with cocked eyes!…
Make no mistake- the plot of this whole melodrama is in fact buried into not one but five-six different and intriguing threads and their posts- sure, it takes a winding path instead of going linear… and beginning very initially on a cogent note in a thread (...which was something like, "damn you, you jallaad Moderators!":mad:), this real (reel) life movie veers onto a somewhat tangled route, and the focus flits from one subplot thread to another!
The narration was obviously quite slow in the beginning but as the 'drama' progresses it unfolds a series of underlying sweet truths, bare accusations and lovely reconciliations.
Quite verbally vibrant (colorfully written is more like it! :cool:), intensely intelligent, and visually striking (oh yeah- pictures are included at some crucial moments to add the overall impact), the Series holds your interest despite its predictable pace and moments.
And complementing the series director's and cinematographer's commendable job are performances by the individual actors. (All cannot be named here for obvious 'post-size' restrictions- and frankly, we still completely can't put our finger on who all these ‘saas-bahu ki performances’ waale lead actor/actresses/director/directoresses really are and who really derves the full kudos of such a job well and truly hashed up!) and that’s really because- Members jump in regularly before, during and after the interval (and various other times for that matter) to froth at the mouth (and their keyboards) for no apparent reason trying to get infront of the other to commit professional blogsphere hara-kiri right here in plain view!
So one can truly appreciate the fact that it makes it very difficult to decide who (or who all) finally get(s) the bald ‘Asgar’ (Oscar) to take back home! (Gonna miss the “I thank the Jatland motion picture committee, my father, Chichi bhaiyya, my monitor and keyboard…..”) ;)
But then whoever these brave (albeit faceless) Jat and Jaatni’s be, their dedicated portrayal has been refreshingly a natural one (no pun intended!) and lends a lot of credibility to the character they have tried to make a complete hash of. In fact more than acting, these worthy artists have believed in spontaneous performance and it definitely comes through on their posts, blogs and verbal abuses…
Obviously not Inspired from Ektaa Kapoor’s zillion other serials (missed opportunity there, if you ask me!), these 'Series of Melodrama' is Jatland’s very own unique and rare fare for those who like unconventional threads and posts. At times bizarre, at times fascinating, these series are arguably the first of its kind in offbeat Jatland cinema and shall go down in it’s annals as the moment when time (and everything else) stood stock-brain-dead still on the website.
So listen up all you People; (Firstly, all those amazing members that were directly and indirectly associated with this awesome blogspeher motion picture excellence and experience) PLEASE take a bow, the stage is truly yours! (and secondly, the rest of you other members who missed the grand opportunity to be part of making History; please stand up right next to your computer screens for a standing ovation on this agonisingly momentous occasion!) ;):D