Octobriana was riding pterodactyl before it was cool

Who wants to kill Jessie?

Recently I watched a Czech movie called "Who wants to kill Jessie?" ; and what a good surprise.

I won't tell the whole story but very shortly this film made in 1966 similarly to "Who framed Roger Rabbit ?" is introducing comic characters in real life (except that compare to normal person they can only talk via text balloons).

Now the irony is that what actually killed Jessie were 1968 historical events, as explained in the imdb extract below :

Kdo chce zabit Jessii? (1966) - Trivia: "American remake of this film was discussed with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the roles of Jiri Sovak and Dana Medricka. Juraj Visny, Karel Effa and Olga Schoberova who played Superman, the gunfighter and Jessie in the original version were asked to repeat their roles. The project broke down after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968."

As a final note. I would suggest to watch the movie opening sequence featuring drawings of the talented Czech artist Kaja Saudek.

20 Years ago ... The Fall of Berlin Wall

The spirit of Revolution at his best!
Octobriana would have been dancing all night, I'm sure.

Octobriana by Gom on Odosketch

Cool stuff, today not only you get an artwork by the talented French comic artist Gom - but you also get the chance to see his drawing in progress - Thanks to Odosketch

El Che [odosketch]

Bonus sketch "El Che" by Abraao

Octobriana : South Park Character version

How Octobriana would look like if she would appear in a South Park Episode ?

I had to investigate this ... and found flash tools to create South Park characters and made these 2 Octobriana below :

Using images.southparkstudios.com

Using http://www.sp-studio.de/

As a final note, I would recommend watching the episode South Park : Major Boobage
Why ? Because, it's like watching the 1981 cult classic "Heavy Metal" within South Park, and for the first time in the serie (if I'm not mistaken) Kenny has the lead role!

Women: the secret weapon of Red Alert 3

Today I made a little compilation to make a point

Watch Red Alert 3: Soviet Cutscene Theater Pt 2 (HD) Online 
http://www.videosurf.com/video/c-c-red-alert-3-girls-67790893

And the final (short one) is the EA official advertisement - with High Quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcoxUAd7AFU

Read the youtube's comments too, I like the one talking about "Whoriffic game[sic]" - Red Alert 3 gamers are sort of complaining that their favourite game is moving away from the RTS (Real-time strategy) and moving toward Porn ?! I guess they're right ... you would have hard time to stay focused on a mission when a video of Ivana could pop up anytime ...

Because it's a scientific fact, that men are getting dumber when they see beautiful women ;)
see article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6132718/Men-lose-their-minds-speaking-to-pretty-women.html

I quote the article :

When a man meets a pretty woman, he is what we call 'reproductively focused

That's why sexy conscripts on the battlefield would totally make sense.
(Sex bombs, not actual bombs ... no injuries, no fatalities, ... everybody wins!)

I rest my case.

Hot Russian girls (Sasha Dith)

A little treat for you posted at 9h09 on this September, 9th 2009 !

One of the most talked about videos of the year. A Russian military officer is captured and interrogated by a striking lady wearing a full length fur coat and nothing but black lingerie and boots underneath. She is assisted by four hot and dirty lady conscripts.


 Sasha Dith - Russian Girls
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http://www.sashadith.com/

Kind of an intense clip - and also a complex message here.
But remember one thing "Make love not War!"

And notice that those sexy conscripts can wash cars too !

Octobriana : Animoto Interlude

For fun I created yesterday this little video promoting the blog on Youtube.
First I used Animoto, and the whole preparation took less than 1 hour - there's also a nice feature to publish the animoto clip to Youtube -

So now there is a (new) channel for Octobriana on Youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyPavelDrakov

Octobriana: Don’t Mess with Russian Girls

GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo.




Well, this is definitely Russian ... no doubt about that!
And the underlying message is that Gorbatchev saved the day of many young Russian women who were presumably attacked by Stalin look alike zombies

Oh, and one more thing ... this article Don’t Mess with Russian Girls
Just in case you were thinking that those Russian women were helpless - well, think twice before you jump into conclusion.

They're not as weak as you might imagine. But, if you know Octobriana (and you should by now, since you are reading this blog ;)) you already were well aware of the fact, that Russian women can kick serious butt and they rock.

Octobriana: SF4 Anime (Cammy is back)

Everyone know that I'm a big fan of Octobriana, but only a few that I'm also a fan of the Street Fighter character "Killer Bee" Cammy White. I wonder what these two ladies would do together, if they met ... would they work as allies, or more likely be enemies ?!
Since Octobriana (Red) represents revolution and Cammy (White) the institution ... I figure a serious ass-kicking would follow.

In the meantime, here's a little treat for you dear reader, found on RuTube

Street Fighter IV: Aratanaru Kizuna / Уличный боец 4 :: Видео на RuTube

I'm sure you will enjoy the Russian "voice over" of this 1hour video ;) but unfortunately I couldn't find another version ... Anyway Russian isn't it Octobriana's native tongue ?!

NB : This video is originally from the SF4 movie 'The Ties That Bind' included with the Collectors edition of Street Fighter 4.
Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC & Arcade
Published by: Capcom
Developed by: Capcom / Dimps

There also a 5mn youtube video of the epic fight between Viper / Ryu and Cammy (of course)
here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIag3-8yhIw (make yourself a favor and press HD)

Mosquito Coast, tale of a genius inventor

Another post, not directly related to Octobriana, (but I promised the next one will definitely be about her - In fact, I have one surprise for you readers coming soon next week - a comic magazine I've been looking for, is on his way).

Anyway, back to my current post, the movie "Mosquito Coast" based on the book by Paul Theroux (which I had read long time ago, but never had seen the movie).

The movie is very close to the book (to what I remembered from the book) the selection of actors is brilliant (River Phoenix and Harrison Ford, what a treat!) - I won't tell the whole story here, but it's a very interesting subject, about a genius (and stubborn) Allie Fox unable to accept to follow the crowd, will go against all odds, to build his own vision of a perfect society in South America (acting a bit like a selfish bastard toward his family in the meantime).

The only thing, that puzzle me is the giant fridge (?! that supposed to represent the ultimate invention...) ; but I guess this fridge is just a symbol. This story, somehow reminded me of El Che Guevara (see previous post), fighting with his small group of soldier in the Bolivia's jungle ... maybe that's because it ends badly for both.

• The movie has been posted on youtube here
• More information on the movie can be found on wikipedia here
• Paul Theroux's book can be found on Amazon here

El Che Investigating a Legend

Exceptionally today, this post won't be directly about Octobriana, but to a very real man representing the spirit of Revolution with a big R (and also controversy).

A man that is too often only a mono chromatic face on a t-shirt and unfortunately not well known, so if you have 1hour 35mn to spare, I would recommend you to watch this video retracing his life, and discover what means integrity in a man, a true believer of freedom.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8008270432750882980

You can also have a look afterward, to this Top 10 things people don't know about El Che.

I didn't know he was suffering from asthma, and went to Ireland and later to Prague (so in theory, he could have met Octobriana's spiritual father (Petr Sadecky)).

Also as a side note, (I wonder how El Che would react to this) his grand daughter Lydia, made the headline recently by posing naked for Peta.

Octobriana and the finger of lenin

The whole 24mn movie from "Drakov Picture" is available for viewing and download here