Nova Soraya Reject Filming

Objek Wisata - Artist Nova Soraya refuses filming chase running for now. That's because Nova did not want to lose the beautiful moments with her baby.

Daftar Hotel Murah di Kuala Lumpur "I do not want ninggalin child because I did not want to ninggalin moment of the child's development," Nova said when met in a birthday party in Campus UIN Wali band, Ciputat, Tangerang, on Sunday (11/14/2010).

In recent years, Nova prefer to be a presenter or MC instead of acting. According to him, activities that do not take a long time.

"Time it more flexible, if for the soap opera I'm not possible," said Nova.

Nova also had a hard time getting the right roles with his performance today. "If I were the mothers also do not Pantes. So young people are not Pantes jg too," he concluded.

Unggulan Ketujuh ‎

Objek Wisata - Pebulutangkis tunggal putra Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka berhasil melewati rintangan pertama kejuaraan Cina Masters Terbuka. Hayom menyingkirkan pemain Hongkong, Yan Kit Chan, dua game dengan skor 21-11, 21-13 pada pertandingan babak pertama, hari ini (15/9).

Wisata - Pada babak kedua, Hayom akan menantang pemain tuan rumah unggulan ketujuh Chen Long. “Tidak ada persiapan khusus, tetapi perlu menyiapkan mental dan strategi,” kata Hayom melalui pesan singkatnya pada Tempo, Rabu (15/9). Pemain peringkat 26 dunia ini mengaku siap meladeni permainan Chen Long. “Ini pertemua kedua, semoga saya bisa mengatasi kesulitan di lapangan besok,” katanya.

Agus Dwi Santoso, pelatih pelatnas Cipayung, menilai pemain asuhannya itu mempunyai peluang menang karena sebelumnya pernah bertemu. “Hayom seharusnya bisa menyimpulkan kekalahannya sebelumnya, tetapi kita lihat nanti,” kata Agus. Menurut dia, yang terpenting Hayom menabung pengalaman.

Senada dengan Agus, Sekretaris Jenderal Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia, Jacob Rusdianto, mengatakan Hayom adalah pemain yang disiapkan untuk menggantikan seniornya Sony Dwi Kuncoro dan Simon Santoso. “Menang atau kalah, yang penting Hayom bisa memetik manfaat untuk memantangkan dirinya sehingga ke depannya bisa menjadi pemain papan atas,” kata Jacob.

Di sektor tunggal putri, Maria Febe Kusumastuti juga lolos ke babak kedua setelah Wang Lin mengundurkan diri di game ketiga saat kedudukan sementara 5-21, 21-18, 8-14. Di babak kedua, Febe akan berhadapan dengan pemain Cina lain, yiatu Xia Jingyun.

Sedangkan pemain tunggal putri Adriyanti Firdasari harus berhenti di babak pertama setelah ditaklukkan pemain tuan rumah Li Xuerui dalam dua game langsung, 21-16, 21-13.

News Gempa Jogja 2010

Hotel - Gempa bumi dengan kekuatan 5,0 skala Richter menggoyang Bantul, Yogyakarta, Sabtu (21/8), sekitar pukul 18.41 WIB. Pusat gempa terjadi di 15 kilometer tenggara Bantul dengan kedalaman sepuluh kilometer.

Hotel di Padang - Berdasarkan informasi BMKG, lokasi gempa berada di 8,03 lintang selatan dan 110,39 bujur timur. Kendati begitu, gempa di Bantul tak berpotensi tsunami.

Walau tidak berpotensi tsunami, guncangan gempa sempat menjadi pembicaraan di status pengguna jejaring sosial, facebook. Mereka khawatir gempa kali ini seperti yang pernah terjadi di Yogyakarta, beberapa tahun silam.

"Kerasa banget di Bantul...Astagfirullah," ujar Maulana, menulis di facebook. Sedangkan Agustina Din Feysholly menulis, di pusat kota terasa banget, kaget. Takut kejadian Mei 2006.

Masih Film Selimut Berdarah

Hotel - Enno Lerian pleased to RIA, the main star for the film The Bloody Blanket. If later on many people who do not like his acting, thank Enno gracefully.

Hotel di Medan "I'm now more willing to take all sorts of things that I have not tried. If I had not dared," said Enno when found in the shower movie Bloody Blankets, Planet Hollywood, Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, Monday (12 / 7).

Bold flavor that's what makes the film world Enno sure to jump. For the first time, a childless widow was a major star.

"This is my first movie there was role. If you want more of this sort exists more as a survival exist. If you want to talk to the problem of acting, I had had since the fifth grade elementary school. Certainly, the role was challenging because it must portray disparate characters," he explained.

He added, "If people do not like baseball what it means there are less than me. So if I did not receive more in-entertainment, yes okay."

Prediksi Nigeria Vs Korea Selatan News

Hotel - Meski sangat tipis, kans Nigeria lolos ke babak 16 besar Piala Dunia 2010 Afrika Selatan masih ada. Asalkan, mereka menang besar atas Korea Selatan (Korsel) dan pada saat yang sama juga berharap Argentina menang atas Yunani.

Hotel di Hong Kong - Demi memuluskan langkah itu, Nigeria menjanjikan bonus besar buat para pemain. Dengan syarat, mereka bisa merebut tiga angka dan kemudian lolos ke babak 16 besar. Para pemain dijanjikan bonus sebesar USD 30 ribu atau setara Rp 272 juta per orang.

Sejatinya, setiap pemain hanya mendapatkan USD 10 ribu atau setara Rp 90 juta bila tim berjuluk Elang Super tersebut merebut kemenangan pada penyisihan grup. Hingga saat ini, kemenangan belum pernah mereka rasakan dan bonus juga belum diraih.

Sebelumnya, Nigeria kalah tipis dari Argentina 0-1 pada pertandingan pertama dan kemudian kembali kalah ketika bersua dengan Yunani di partai kedua. Dampaknya, mereka terpuruk di dasar klasemen sementara grup B tanpa poin.

Menyadari krusialnya pertandingan melawan Korsel, dini hari nanti, NFF (asosiasi sepak bola Nigeria) memutuskan untuk menyuntik motivasi pemain dengan bonus besar. Khusus buat laga versus Korsel, penghitungan bonus berbeda.

"Para pemain akan mendapatkan bonus senilai USD 30 ribu apabila mereka bisa mengalahkan Korsel dan lolos ke babak berikutnya. Itu adalah janji yang disepakati petinggi NFF dengan para pemain," kata petinggi NFF yang enggan disebut namanya, seperti dikutip All Africa.

Selain itu, NFF juga telah menyiapkan bonus sebesar USD 12,5 ribu atau setara Rp 113,5 juta per pemain kalau menang di babak 16 besar. Tapi, sekarang fokus mereka lebih baik pada pertandingan terakhir di grup B saat melawan Korsel.

Presiden NFF Sani Lulu telah meminta kepada para pemain supaya berusaha keras memenangkan pertandingan terakhir. Dia sengaja datang ke lokasi latihan Nigeria untuk memberikan suntikan motivasi langsung kepada Joseph Yobo dkk.

Sementara itu, pelatih Lars Lagerback, masih melanjutkan aksi tutup diri dari media dan orang di luar tim pada sesi latihan. "Lagerback memang telah menutup sesi latihan dari semua orang, kecuali para pemain dan ofisial tim," papar Ademola Olajire, juru bicara NFF.

Obat Keputihan

Daftar Hotel - Domestic industry responded positively to government policies that regulate and restrict the import of herbal and traditional medicinal products.

Hotel di Bali This policy is expected to suppress the circulation of medicinal products / traditional medicine imports that do not have permission (registered) and standards of quality and content of the raw material (composition). Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Herbal and Traditional Medicine (GP Jamu) Charles Saerang say, during these herbal and traditional medicinal products imported bloom circulating in the domestic market. In 2009, sales of imported products in the domestic market to reach USD 4 trillion, or nearly half of the sales value of herbal and traditional medicinal products locally at Rp 8.5 trillion.

Products imported mostly from China, India and South Korea. During this time, not only in the form of imported products and herbal medicines, but also products used for spa, scrubs, aroma therapy, and beverages.

"We continue to disseminate to consumers associated the use of herbal and traditional medicinal products imported to beware. Consumers should also consider the composition and properties," Charles said at the workshop entitled "Herbal Medicine as a Cultural Heritage to Improve Image of Indonesia" at IPB International Convention Center ( Botanical Square), Bogor, yesterday.

According to him, herbal and traditional medicinal products imported without a permit or not registered with the content of chemicals in circulation even more than the officially licensed product. In this case, it is time the government through relevant agencies, such as the Ministry of Health and the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), doing policing.

It is also expected to support the GP Jamu to socialize and educate consumers about herbal medicine to the community as well as traditional medicine is good. If not, it will be harmful to consumers from the health side. Moreover, consumers also can not lodge a complaint or even prosecute because of unclear origin of imported products and the manufacturer's.

"The potential sale of herbal products and traditional medicines in Indonesia could reach Rp 20 trillion per year. Do not be dominated by imported products that are not clear. So, with the policy of import restrictions or government settings, plus efforts to public education and socialization, the production of herbal medicine sales national industry could exceed the target this year which reached Rp 10 trillion, "said Charles, who is also the President Director of PT Nyonya Meneer this.

As is known, the Minister of Trade Mari E Pangestu Minister of Trade issued Regulation (Permendag) Number 23 Year 2010 regarding Import Provisions for Certain Products. A total of seven postal tariffs for products herbal / traditional medicine is included. Imports can only be done through five main ports, namely Port of Belawan-Medan, Tanjung Priok, Tanjung Emas, Semarang, Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, and Makassar Port.

Charles Saerang further explains, the traditional Indonesian herbal medicine is a drug that has been used by generations of society. Indonesia itself is a country that has a kind of medicinal plant the second largest in the world after Brazil.

The quality of medicinal plants in Indonesia would be better than other countries, such as ginger, turmeric, samiloto, and others. In general, Indonesia has a 30 000 40 000 species of medicinal plants species in the world. Which has been used for medicinal or drug is not more than 200 species.

In addition to national income has been contributed from non-oil sector through exports to some countries, like Taiwan, the Netherlands, the United States, and Hong Kong, even China, herbal medicine industry has also contributed in the field of socio-cultural. And, equally important, has opened job opportunities for millions of workers, either directly or indirectly.

Currently there are 1247 herbal industry and traditional medicine consisting of 129 large and medium scale units and 1037 small scale industries and the rest of the household. GP Jamu active members reached 800 companies.

Charles added, the sales value of herbal medicine, traditional medicine and herbal products in the world reached 53.4 billion U.S. dollars, or around Rp 500 trillion, and of them in Asia amounted to 22.6 billion U.S. dollars, or Rp 200 trillion. Ironically, the herbal industry in Malaysia, which hardly has a medicinal plant, its sales could reach 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, or Rp 14 trillion. While Indonesia has 200 medicinal plant raw materials, industry sales this year only Rp 10 trillion.

"Saintifikasi herbal medicine in health care-based research can change the paradigm and be able to lift the image of herbal medicine that can enhance public trust. However, this needs the full support of government," he said.

In fact, continued Charles, with the establishment of Agency Review of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (BKKTK) Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) is a fresh wind that awaited by the herbal medicine industry. With more and more doctors are interested in developing and using herbal medicine in health care, then the herbal industry can flourish.

Obviously this will also encourage the cultivation of agricultural crops increased drug and is able to move the economy of society. In the end the people will support independence and reduce reliance on imported products. Therefore, GP Jamu is ready to support and facilitate the availability of medicinal products that meet the requirements saintifikasi safety, health and international quality.

"This includes the standardization of raw materials, manufacturing processes, or forms of presentation. We will also seek to improve the capacity and quality of herbal medicine industry to the national to the regions to be able to meet the needs of these herbal saintifikasi program. People need to love and use Indonesian herbal product that can be host in their own country, "he said.

Previously, the Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government through the ministries / institutions seriously encourage the development of herbal industry and traditional medicine. Industrial or manufacturers of herbal medicine and traditional medicine in the country will not be able to expand without any partisanship of the government.

Moreover, herbal and traditional medicinal products must compete with imported products coming into the country with ease and with a relatively cheaper price. To that end, the government should support industry development plan herbal and traditional medicine in the country.

Hp Nokia Terbaru

Nama Hotel - Nokia increasingly aggressive poured latest mobile phone products to the market by offering a more affordable price. Not long ago, showing off the Nokia N8, this time from the line of music phones out X2 dibanderol 85 Euro or the price of Rp 1 million.

Hotel di Semarang X2 is the third mobile X-part family series devoted to music. Earlier versions have come out middle Nokia Nokia X3 and X6 premium version. The size is smaller and lighter than its predecessor with two 13 mm thick and weighs 81 grams. The screen 2.2 inch QVGA type and not a touch screen like the X6.

Penyimpannya memory capacity can be expanded to 16 GB via a microSD external memory but the camera is better than the 5-megapixel X3. It is designed as a music phone, quick keys available on their sides other than a direct camera button and volume control and two external speakers.

To transfer music and sync to your PC available USB port and can be managed through OVI Player which is available free. To enjoy the music is 3.5 mm headphone jack or Bluetooth 2.1 if you want the connection to external speakers tersedi additional wireless based on the market.

Not only the music, the X2 also provides Facebook application in order to terhubugn directly from the front screen. In addition, the X2 also features the Nokia Messaging application for managing email and chat Sesam of cell phone users who have registered with Nokia OVI service.

Lowongan Depkeu

Hotel - Chairman of the Selection Committee (Pansel) Chairman of the Commission who is also Minister of Justice and Human Rights Patrialis Akbar expect applicants to fill positions Chairman of the Commission are not lonely enthusiasts.

Hotel di Surabaya He hopes there will be many candidates who apply to become Chairman of the Commission to replace former Chairman of the Commission Antasari Azhar, which had been replaced by the Caretaker Chairman of the Commission H Panggabean batch.

"Hopefully not (quiet enthusiasts), hopefully abundant," said Patrialis at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Building, Jalan Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta, Friday (14/05/2010).

However, he insisted, remains tight selection will apply to all applicants. He said the applicants who want to become Chairman of the Commission of unemployment does not mean people necessarily want to find a job.

"Do not apply because they do not have a job. It should be really professional," he said.

About one size Chairman of the Commission should be established candidate in economics, Patrialis add, well-established is only one size. There are still a number of other criteria, he said, also must be met by the prospective chairman of KPK.

'It also includes (established). Yes, in all things, not only that, many of which are assessed, which we expect to be one kestauan. Do not just mapannya you'll enjoy it, the integrity of the most important thing,' he said.

Gambar Lucu

Hotel - Curtains can be made more beautiful by adding decorations on the surface of the fabric. Ornaments can be made from fabric scraps. Various motives can be made there.

Hotel di Jakarta Art is the art of embroidery craft applications by placing the pieces of rag which has been designed so as to form a picture or cut is unique. Image patterns and then mounted on a piece of fabric by stitching, either by hand or by machine, follow the entire edge of the image pattern.

Originally craft applications done to patch up the damaged section with a cloth fabric that is available with due regard to beauty. Placement and selection of fabrics are all concerned. So also with the style and color. Blend fabric colors and patterns appropriate to produce decorative trim applications.

During its development, the art does not just patched patching patchwork pattern, shape it is. Hue images deliberately designed and laid out neatly on a piece of cloth. Similarly, embroidery and weaving, the art of application is also not just for clothes, but also expanded into various other household needs, such as curtains and vitrase.

Applications are installed on drapery and vitrase innocent. Applications are made from fleece material that is formed in accordance with ornamental patterns that we want. Installation of applications can be machine sewn or hand embroidery. Sewing machines are usually relatively more neatly than hand embroidery, hand embroidery, while the end result is more unique and artistic.

Cowboys In Paradise

Daftar Hotel - Οι αρχές της Ινδονησίας συνέλαβαν περίπου τριάντα νεαρούς που περνούσαν τον καιρό τους σε παραλία του Μπαλί και πιστεύεται ότι πρόσφεραν επ'αμοιβή τις υπηρεσίες τους σε τουρίστριες.

Hotel di Bandung - Οι συλλήψεις αυτές έγιναν μετά την προβολή στο Ιντερνετ ντοκιμαντέρ με τίτλο «Cowboys in Paradise» που παρουσίαζε τα πορτρέτα των νεαρών οι οποίοι κερδίζουν χρήματα συνάπτοντας ερωτικές σχέσεις με τουρίστριες.

Το ντοκιμαντέρ του Αμίτ Βιρμάνι, συγγραφέα από την Σιγκαπούρη, παρουσιάστηκε την περασμένη εβδομάδα σε φεστιβάλ της Νότιας Κορέας.

«Συλλάβαμε 28 άντρες που θεωρούνται ύποπτοι ότι δούλευαν ως ζιγκολό. Είναι νέοι, όμορφοι, ηλιοκαμένοι. Οι περισσότεροι είναι σέρφερς», δήλωσε ο Γκούστι Νγκουράχ Τρέσνα, επικεφαλής της ασφάλειας στην παραλία Κούτα.

«Τους ανακρίνουμε, αν κρίνουμε πως εμπλέκονται σε τέτοιες δραστηριότητες θα τους παραδώσουμε στην αστυνομία», πρόσθεσε.

«Είμαστε παρόντες στις παραλίες, έτσι μπορούμε να καθορίσουμε αν αυτοί οι άνθρωποι εκμεταλλεύονται τους ξένους», επισήμανε.

Σύμφωνα με τον ίδιο, οι νεαροί πλησιάζουν τουρίστριες στις παραλίες, κυρίως Γιαπωνέζες, και πληρώνονται για να τους κρατούν συντροφιά ή για τις «σεξουαλικές υπηρεσίες» που προσφέρουν.

Πάντως ο Τρέσνα δεν είπε ποιες κατηγορίες είναι δυνατόν να απαγγελθούν κατά των νεαρών αυτών, γιατί δύσκολα αποδεικνύεται πως κοστολογούσαν τις σεξουαλικές τους υπηρεσίες

Hollywood

Daftar Hotel - Showtime has picked up Lisa Kudrow's online series Web Therapy.

In the show, the Friends star plays psychologist Fiona Wallice, a therapist who gives her patients advice over a webcam.

Hotel The Hollywood Reporter says that Showtime has now picked up all 45 episodes of the 10-minute show.

The network is planning to convert the programme into half-hour episodes by combining three instalments into one and commissioning extra material.

Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said: "I'm a huge Lisa Kudrow fan, and I think it's a clever show she's put together. It's a great little coup for us."

The series, which has previously featured Kudrow's Friends co-star Courteney Cox, will debut on Showtime later this year.

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010

Tips Hamil - FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said 145,000 tickets for the World Cup games in South Africa were sold over the counter and Shoprite Holdings Ltd. will open 18 sales points tomorrow.

Buku Panduan Lengkap Cara Cepat dan Mudah Hamil - Most of the tickets have been marketed through First National Bank branches around the country, while 30,000 were sold at ticketing centers and another 33,000 via FIFA.com and a call center, the organization said in an e-mailed statement today. All games in Durban and Cape Town, South Africa’s second- and third-biggest cities, are sold out.

The tournament, which has 64 games, begins on June 11 in Johannesburg.Johannesburg, Apr.18 (ANI): South Africa maybe preparing for the greatest football show on earth, the FIFA World Cup, which is just 53 days away, but officials associated with the event appear to have turned a blind eye to the high level of crime, piles of junk and filth near Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium.

Buzz up!

According to News of the World, the northern tip of Johannesburg has South Africa's most notorious shantytown where whites and even cops dare not go.

Instead vicious vigilante justice is meted out to criminals daily while the honest population fight for survival like feral beasts in filthy squalor and hopeless destitution.

It quoted Police Sergeant Ma Ramasodi, as saying: "We have crime here every day. There are rapes, murders, assaults, robberies, hijackings. You name it, we have it. We can't go into parts of Diepsloot because we'll be killed."

According to News of The World, life here is cheap. Victims of crime usually bear their losses in silence. If a suspect is identified, victims usually inform vigilante groups or hire their own thugs to sort it.

People here feel let down by the justice system. Even their own president Jacob Zuma said people "cannot be blamed if they take the law into their own hands".

The kangaroo court system is basic and their punishments horrific.

Unsurprisingly, crime is expected to rise during the World Cup. And the Johannesburg police are taking no chances - they are stepping up their presence in Diepsloot next month in a bid to pen the population inside the razor wire and stop opportunists getting into the city to target rich fans.

Zodiac

Tips Hamil Cara Cepat - For Tulu-speaking community of Dakshina Kannada, it is harvest festival. New crops are brought home to worship and new accounts are opened. Rice, coconut, cucumber, gold items, fruits and areca nut are offered during the pooja early on Wednesday morning. Wearing new dresses and giving money to children and the poor are also part of the festival celebrations.

Tips Hamil As part of Bisu, Bunts Sangha in Vijayanagar will hold special programmes in the evening with Minister of Public Health Suresh Shetty from Mumbai and MLA Shobha Karandlaje as the chief guests. "Our community is mostly agriculturists. Hence, it is a day when new paddy crop is brought home," said BLN Hegde, the Sangha president.

According to Tulu Sahitya Academy Secretary Uday Dharmasthala, Bisu marks the entrance of sun in ‘Mesha’. "The farmers usually show their gratitude towards the landowners on Bisu with the landowners helping them in return," he said.

Viewing Kanni or auspicious things is considered a major part of Tamil New Year. As the legend goes, seeing auspicious things early this day brings fortune throughout the year. In Kerala beginning of the Zodiac New Year - when the the sun enters into Aries, ‘Ashwini nakshatra’ is celebrated as Vishu. Even Malaylee women prepare the vishu kani a day before.

The kani comprises first vegetables of the new season, fruits like jackfruit, mango, coconut, gold items, a photo of the god, new silk clothes, lamp and most important - the Kani Koona poo (a yellow coloured flower). "All these items are kept in bowl filled with rice and placed in front of a mirror.

The lady of the house brings family members with their eyes closed in front of the kani the next day morning and ask them to open their eyes. Later, senior family members are expected to give money to young members of the family," said Reji Kumar from Kerala Samajam. As most members have gone to Kerala, Kumar said that the Samajam will organise Vishu function in May.

Susno Duadji

Cara Cepat Hamil - Former National Police detective chief Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji revealed Thursday another corruption scandal allegedly orchestrated by the same group as the Gayus H. Tambunan case, but involving more money.

Buku Panduan Cara Cepat Hamil "I have just been informed of a case involving a business dispute of a Singaporean arowana fish businessman in Pekanbaru.

"It turned out that the 'players' were the same [as those in the Gayus case]. The detectives were the same, the lawyer Haposan was the same, the prosecutors were the same. And all of them were under the control of the same Mr. X," Susno told a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission III on law and human rights.

Susno said the case took place when he was still serving as the detective chief last year.

The case involved hundreds of billions of rupiah while Gayus' case involved "only" Rp 28 billion (US$3 million).

Gayus, a tax official, allegedly deposited the funds he got from tax payers' bribes in his bank account. But later, according to Susno, the group "fabricated" testimony that most of the money was legal and owned by businessman Andi Kosasih.

"Andi Kosasih was only a 'clown' used by the syndicate. And he was also used in the arowana fish case.

"In my opinion, the arowana fish case should have been a civil lawsuit since it was more of a business dispute than a crime.

“I told my detectives to stop the investigation, but they insisted [on continuing]," Susno said.

Clash of the Terminators

Cara Cepat Hamil - It is visually stunning and available in 3D (like everything nowadays), has a strong cast full of well-rehearsed actors and grueling back-to-back epic battle scenes. It depicts man’s struggle against the gods in great detail, from the top of Olympus to the pits of the underworld, and the last time I saw such gorgeous landscapes or heard such glorious music was during the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Warner Bros. Pictures has spared no expense in making it a fantastic film.

Cepat Hamil - In ‘Clash of the Titans’, Sam Worthington plays Perseus, the son of the Greek god Zeus (Liam Neeson) and of a mortal woman. When Perseus’ mortal family is slain by Hades (Ralph Fiennes) during the god’s retaliation against the city of Argos, the demigod vows revenge against the lord of the underworld. To defeat him, Perseus goes on a quest to find a way to kill the gods’ most fearsome weapon – the Kraken. With an ever-dwindling troop of warriors at his side and the occasional gift from Zeus (always ready to assist his son), Perseus battles mythical creatures and demons alike in the most epic battle of the year.

Whew. Now that that’s over with, I can elaborate: I don’t consider this movie to be ‘Clash of the Titans.’ Yes, I’m that nerd that stays faithful to originals and spits on remakes, but even so, it felt like another movie altogether. To me, 2010’s ‘Titans’ seemed like it was just ‘Terminator Salvation’ in disguise – instead of robots, guns and Sam Worthington yelling that he’s not a robot, it’s mythical creatures, swords and Worthington yelling that he’s not a god. Replace all the urban dystopia with panoramic Greek landscapes and you have a new movie.

The plot of the movie has been changed, which again makes it feel like a different movie altogether. In the original, Perseus went on his mission to save the princess Andromeda (played by Alexa Davalos in the remake) from the Kraken because she would be his bride. 2010’s ‘Titans’ has the character out for revenge and little else. They may as well have written Andromeda out entirely, since her only significance to the plot is that she’s offered up to the Kraken. The spirit guide Io (Gemma Arterton) seems to take the place of Andromeda’s character in Perseus’ party. None of this actually takes away from the movie, however; it’s just a bit extra.

My only real peeve with the movie is that the dialogue is all modern even though the film is set in ancient Greece. It’s hard to feel like you’re immersed in mythical times when Perseus says “Let’s go kill that b**ch,” referring to Medusa. However, the inclusion of the owl prop from the original movie was a nice tease to fans that grew up with the film like I have.

As far as remakes are concerned, ‘Clash’ lives up to expectations. It’s been updated for a more modern movie-going crowd that expects huge flashy battles, a single nefarious villain to despise, typical love stories, and 3D glasses at every show. The casting is excellent – Neeson is a fantastic Zeus, Worthington adds some necessary badass to Perseus, and each character, be they man, god, or otherwise, is well-versed and convincing. It’s a good movie and it’s worth watching, but anyone who has seen the original will probably feel like the two films are not related except by name.

I would watch it again as long as there’s a non-3D version, since it’s hard for me to enjoy a film while wearing the ‘gimmick goggles’. Grade: B