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Another decade, another Batman movie to signal fans of the billionaire superhero back to cinemas for another take on DC Comics' iconic character. Robert Pattison (Twilight, Tenet) begins his journey as the new Batman / Bruce Wayne from 4th March at cinemas nationwide.
Within the Egyptian themed Sunway Pyramid floors of Sunway’s signature mall, comes one of many exhibits that feature contents and snippets of The Batman movie located on Ground Floor adjacent to the main "pyramid" entrance. Mall shoppers can visit The Batman Experience before docking themselves in TGV Cinemas upstairs to catch the 3-hour long movie.
It’s not a Batman exhibit without an archive of Batmans of the past, brought to you by the Batman Fans Malaysia (BFM) people, and their collections of figures and associated CDs of each Batman’s respective movies.
But if a history lesson of the past is not what you’re here for, then perhaps the exhibit’s attractions of the present day Batman will interest you. This includes a wayang kulit / shadow puppet edition of Pattinson's Batman by the artists at Fusion Wayang Kulit.
But most notably of all, is the activity that awaits visitors with time to spare, as the exhibit itself welcomes attendees to solve the mysterious puzzles within itself.
All this free entry activity, at no extra cost with no strings attached. The only rule is to solve the riddle, and be paid with a free beverage at the counter.
It’s like being the Batman detective without needing a prerequisite of being a billionaire...
Starts with a door of green text, which hides a question within. What does this mysterious riddle unveil? That is for you, the person reading this, to uncover the truth from.
Mystery solving aside, for folks interested to suit up like the Batman, a contest of cosplay awaits those who dare enter combat via costume.
The DC Superhero Cosplay Competition to be held at Sunway Pyramid this coming March 13th welcomes anyone’s inner DC superhero cosplay to fly free for the contest, with Online Registration open until 9 March for contestants.
Upto RM10,000 worth of prizes to be won including Sunway Pals points (cash value for purchases at Sunway Malls) & official Batman merchandise. Click here for the Registration Form.
If cosplay isn’t your cup of coffee, there is still the Sony Centre section of the exhibit, where Playstation Batman videogame allow you to virtually don the cowl of the Dark Knight investigating Arkham Asylum.
Alongside are escape-room like activities and retail section selling DC themed merchandise to take home as a souvenir.
While The Batman screens in cinemas, why not visit Sunway Pyramid for the occasion as well? It’s open until 20 March, 2022.
The Batman movie of the 2022 features the Caped Crusader’s venture into Gotham City’s underworld in pursuit of a sadistic killer with their cryptic clues. As the trail to the perpetrator becomes clearer, he must form new partnerships to unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the city’s long running abuses of power.
The Batman stars Robert Pattinson at Batman / Bruce Wayne, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Jeffrey Wright as GCPD's James Gordon, Colin Farrell as Penguin, and Andy Serkis as Alfred.
Disclaimer: Batman and associated trademarks are copyright to DC Comics, referenced here for fan service announcements only without intent to infringe.
Finally after 6 seasons of 60 episodes since 2011, Winter has finally come to Westeros. Granted in George R. R. Martin's fantasy world, seasons can last for years. And despite record viewership and Emmy awards, the storyline for A Song of Fire and Ice is set to conclude over a final 13 episodes, of which 7 comprising season 7 has started airing last week on 17 July (or 16 July US time). Season 8's last 6 episodes will be in 2018 or 2019 (of the wait!).
Game of Thrones Season 7 activation event in Sunway Pyramid, Blue Concourse.
As a treat for Malaysian fans celebrating the release of Season 7, HBO Asia and Astro held a Game of Thrones event in the popular Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall early this month. The key exhibit comprised a Pencil Micro-sculpture Exhibition by Russian scuptor Salavat Fidai. His art pieces are formed out of the graphite in pencils, or more commonly called pencil lead (although there is in fact no lead in pencils!).
16 pencil micro-sculptures showcasing elements from Game of Thrones.
Try to imagine how small these sculptors would be considering the slim graphite shaft encased in length of pencil wood. Yes, so small that the term micro is aptly appropriate and require magnifying glass to see the thematic details from Game of Thrones that Salavat Fidai has sculpted into 16 pencil art pieces. These include House sigils, the Iron Throne, the 3-eyed Raven, and more.
It's not poor eyesight, it's really that small!
The Iron Throne sculpted from pencil graphite.
The 3-eyed Raven, though spotting that 3rd eye is rather challenging.
For a better close-up look at these sculptors than could be captured by our cameras, check out articles by The Hive Asia And Says.com.
Don't get too comfortable as recent rulers on the Iron Throne have met with untimely deaths.
Of course no Game of Thrones event would be complete without the Iron Throne, and there is was open for fans to be King of Westeros for a minute and take home a souvenir photo.
Looked like a cake sculpture of Daenerys' dragon.
There were also various activities for event guests to be challenged for a chance to win Game of Thrones souvenirs. Eager fans would have to visit 6 stations at the event concourse and receive a stamp for participation. This included an archery range (Ygirtte's Challenge), a hand coordination exercise (Journey to the Throne), visiting various Astro counters, and posting self-photo on social media.
The passbook of upto 6 challenges to redeem free Game of Thrones loot.
Let arrows fly like Ygritte shooting at Jon Snow (ops!).
"Navigating" through Westeros requires hand-eye coordination.
Now that Winter is Here, beware the danger form the north. Indeed a pair of White Walkers appeared periodically but were less icy than expected, perhaps since Malaysia is always Summer!
The Night King (left) and a White Walker soldier. Wonder if they melt in tropical weather?
White Walker recruitment.
Game of Thrones Season 7 finally Premiered on Monday 17 July, 9am Malaysian time (16 July, 9pm US time. For true fans in Malaysia, HBO Asia hosted a Premiere Episode Viewing Party in TGV Cinemas that night. Thanks to a last minute invite from Sunway Pyramid, I got to join in on the festivities with fellow.... er, Thronies (Game of Thrones fans).
Expect fire and ice to clash this season on Game of Thrones.
Hosted in the Chillax lounge of the cinema, we were offered food worthy of a King's feast (always good in any event!). Everyone got their chance to be Kings and Queens on the Iron Throne for photo opportunities together with cosplayers of Daenerys Targaryen and Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish.
Daenerys Targaryen finally wins the Iron Throne with Littlefinger by her side and a pair of Sparrows.
"Engage!"... ops, sorry this isn't a Captain's Chair.
Thronies with a Maester's knowledge of Westeros and Essos were rewarded with official Game of Thrones merchandise from Trivia Quiz hosted by Malaysian TV persona Daphne Iking.
Event emcee Daphne Iking offering a Game of Thrones Monopoly for the Trivia Quiz.
A Maester's knowledge will score you Game of Thrones loot!
Party guests group photo before heading into the cinema hall. Looks like #TeamTargaryen.
Photo credit: HBO Asia.
Counting down to the Season Premiere screening, we were all ushered into the cinema hall and shown a recap of the Season 6 finale "The Winds of Winter". The recap was well worth it as this season finale ended on such a high-note to really fuel the enthusiasm for Season 7, which had been eagerly awaited for over a year.
Revved up for Game of Thrones Season 7.
The Season 7 episode opening credits with Ramin Djawadi's iconic score were greeted with a collective cheer. "Dragonstone" kicked off with a masterful opening act continuing Arya Stark's journey and soliciting much applause from fans. The episode then visits all the remaining players that matter in the Game of Thrones. If you have yet to watch this episode, get to it NOW via Astro On Demand or Astro Go. If you have watched the episode already, it's still worthwhile to read-up on any of the online recaps to check that you haven't overlooked some detail in this expansive fantasy political world. Here's recap by EW.
Alissa Dania won an oversized Funko POP figurine for naming all 3 of Daenerys' dragons.
After the screening, another round of Trivia Quiz too place with Game of Thrones jacket, Funko POP and Monopoly set being given away. Thronies coming to the event in costume were then lined up for the camera and winners chosen to receive digital gadgets worth some significant nuggets of gold.
Can you identify all these Game of Thrones cosplay?
Winning the main prize for the Cosplay Contest was Saiful Imran (right) as an Unsullied Soldier. Since it's only cosplay his wife would be relieved that his nether regions remained intact.
No one left empty-handed either as all guests received a HBO goodie bag filled with Game of Thrones stationery, window stickers, cap and badges of the 3 remaining houses vying for the Iron Throne.
The last 3 Houses in the Game for the Iron Throne. Photo credit: Riez Forester.
#WhoWillWin the #GameofThrones ?
Game of Thrones now airs locally same time as US exclusively on HBO (Astro Ch 411/431) every Monday at 9am with repeats at 9pm. The series will also be streaming on On Demand and Astro GO.
Disclaimer: Game of Thrones and other trademarks are copyright George R. R. Martin and/or HBO, referenced here for fan service engagements without intent to infringe.
This year Star Wars celebrated its 40th
Anniversary since release of the first movie Episode IV A New Hope in
1977, launching a new era of science fiction adventure in the
cinemas. All across the world, fans celebrated 4 decades of the
franchise with the largest most prestigious convention taking place
at Star Wars Celebration Orlando (SWCO) in April.
UNITED IN THE FORCE!
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Not to be left out, Malaysian fans got
together for our very own Star Wars Day 40th Anniversary Celebration
at Sunway Pyramid Shopping Centre from 15 to 21 May 2017. Whilst many
Star Wars Day events around the world take place around 4 May, i.e.
May the 4th, this celebration date is actually closer to the actual
anniversary day of the movie release on 25 May, 1977.
Fans gather at the Blue Concourse for a Lightsaber Flash Mob on Saturday.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
This fan based event was indeed put
together by fans for fans by 4 local fanboys: Julian, Ng, Daniel and
James. As the Organising Committee, they worked tirelessly since last
year to unite 20 fan communities to celebrate their love for Star
Wars with the support of Disney / Lucasfilm, partner brands, and
Sunway Pyramid, one of our country's premiere malls. These are the
participating fans and communities:
Franchise brands like Hasbro, LEGO, Uniqlo, etc. at the Orange Concourse.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
These are the franchise brands
represented at the Orange Concourse showcasing and retailing their
products throughout the week:
Hasbro
LEGO
Hot Wheels by Mattel
Funko Pop (by Sheldonet)
Royal Selangor
TGV
Uniqlo
Toys R Us
GL Design
UrbanTee
Hot Toys
Gamer's Hideout
Outpost Productions was glad to have
been invited as one of the fan communities to represent Geek Pop
Culture in Malaysia, of which Star Wars form a huge fan-base. We
setup stall over the weekend of 20-21 May in the Blue Concourse
showcasing Star Wars fandom at events from other parts of the world,
and doing our small bit for charity. We offered a Hasbro AT-ST Walker
toy and LEGO Micro-fighter on raffle with ticket sales donated to the
Spastic Children's Association of Selangor & Federal Territory (SCASFT), the adopted charity for this event.
Our contribution for charity.
Winners of our charity raffle prizes: Tan Kok Hwee (left) and Andrew Mark Fernandez.
Over 2 days we collected RM211 from the
raffle and doubled up this amount to donate RM422 to SCASFT.
Collectively RM7,700 of cash donation was collected from activities
of the various fan communities on the weekend. Together with other donation channels, over RM11,000 is being donated to SCASFT, excluding proceeds from the fan art
paintings now being auctioned (more below).
Children from SCASFT pose with fans.
Here's coverage by the Malaysian
Insight over the weekend:
One of the participation fan clubs,
Star Wars Modellers Malaysia (SWMM) also put together their video of
the event showcasing their fantastic scaled models on display as well
as other fan activities:
Whilst we are unable to give every
participating fan community their due (we were rather occupied
ourselves), we do wish to highlight the very awesome Star Wars
inspired Fashion Show by Venus Lim of Costurera Haberdashery on
Sunday.
The Blue Concourse packed for the Star Wars inspired Fashion Show on Sunday.
The 25 minute show showcased 14 outfits inspired from Star
Wars plus 7 canon costumes in 3 chapters as well as a lightsaber duel
performance by Force Arts Stunt Team (FAST). For those who missed out
being there in person, here is video of this very unique Fashion
Show:
Venus Lim of Costurera Haberdashery with her Star Wars inspired outfits modeled during Fashion Show.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Browse these Facebook photo albums
for great shots by John Gullidge. His 6 photo albums from the whole
week provide the most complete record of the whole event. Thank you
John!
John Gullidge Star Wars Day photo albums: Blue Concourse 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and Orange Concourse
Note: Most photos here credit to John Gullidge.
Our Outpost Commander Richard Chua facilitating discussion on the Fan Panels.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Outpost also put together a series of
Fan Panels for the event offering fans the chance to share their
personal stories and passion for Star Wars. Moderated by Outpost
Commander Richard Chua, the four panels featured different facets of
Star Wars fandom as follows:
Collectors Fan Panel (left to right): Richard (moderator), Oppie (SWMM), Sanjiv (SWMFC) Bryan (PVM), Chancellor Peter, Ng (LOM). Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Collectors Panel:
Oppie
of Star Wars Modellers Malaysia: A long time ago in a galaxy
far, far away, a small band of model makers formed a group. It was
designed for people with a passion for building and creating. A
group where you can grow and share ideas, while creating your own
style and form. A genuine passion for creativity and a meeting of
the same mindset. The group is designed to help modelers develop and
share their skills. A unique place to learn and perfect your craft.
For those of you who love model making, whether it be scratch build
or working from a kit, this group will provide great deal of input
from fellow modelers, who have experience and talent in the art.
Sanjiv
Indran of Star Wars Malaysia Fan Club (SWMFC): The club was
established in December 2011 by a group of fanboys who shared a
passion for that beloved galaxy far, far away. As a nonprofit
organization registered with the Registrar of Societies Malaysia,
SWMFC aims to promote the timeless space fantasy saga by uniting
fans across the region, as well as organizing Star Wars themed
events for its members and the general public. Community service is
a hallmark of our society, and we strive to bring the joy and
excitement of growing up with Star Wars to the next generation.
Bryan
of Pop Vinyl Malaysia: A group formed to bring collectors of
Funko products together, now 1.5 years old and reaching 600 members.
Peter
Lai, a Vintage Star Wars Collector. Better known as
“Chancellor Peter” in the International Vintage Star Wars
collecting forums and Facebook Vintage Star Wars collecting Groups,
he has been a lifelong collector since getting his first STAR WARS
figure in the Christmas of 1979 and collected well into the Internet
era. Evidently, a completist at heart as he has put on display the
full range of Vehicles, Playsets, Creatures, Display Stands and
Collectors Case released by KENNER PRODUCTS from 1977 to 1979,
complete in their original STAR WARS packaging.
Ng of LEGO User Group of Malaysia (LOM): The group was incepted in 2013 by brick enthusiasts and has
since become the fastest growing LEGO fan club in Malaysia with over
10,000 online members. LOM's vision is to share the love of LEGO to
Malaysians and unite Adult Fans of LEGO. At Star Wars Day, their
members have built scenes from Episodes I to VII including Rogue
One.
Chancellor Peter's collection of vintage Star Wars toys from 1977-79.
Moderator Richard Chua (far left) with the Saber Masters (left to right): Tintoy Chuo, Alan Cheong, Jason Ngiam, Saber Dad / Vincent Wong. Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Lightsaber Panel:
Tintoy Chuo of Lightsaber League Malaysia (LLM): LLM is a gathering of like-minded individuals who
admire the elegant weapon, from a more civilized age. Lightsaber
fans from all over Malaysia to come together to talk, share,
participate, and source stunt sabers.
Alan Cheong of AC Lightsabers (ACL) helps Star Wars fans purchase, modify, customise and upgrade
their lightsabers. Alan himself literally hand crafts lightsabers
right here in Malaysia and therefore can customise hilts to specific
requests for unique designs tailor made for a fan.
Jason Ngaim of Sabertrioprovides
high-grade aluminimum hilt illuminated stunt lightsabers for Star
Wars fans to duel like the movies. Sabertrio's sabers are made
locally as to be much more affordable to Malaysian fans.
Vincent Wong, more commonly known
as Saber Dad in the local lightsaber community, was one of the early
adopters of LED saber technology. Armed with almost a decade of
saber building knowledge, he does servicing, installations,
conversion, and custom builds.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Artists Panel (left to right): Richard Chua (moderator), Dave Liew, Bone Alfie, Jon Tham, Michael Chuah, Tintoy Chuo. Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Artists Panel:
Dave Liew the co-founder of
Fearless Ideas & Designs providing art direction while managing
an impressive work flow with a tight turnaround for a wide range of
clients. He is also a stalwart members of the 501st Legion and won
best fan-made Star Wars social poster for the 2011 Japanese Tsunami
Relief Effort.
Dave has littered his art piece with Easter eggs for fans.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Bone Alfieis a full-time graffiti
artist. With 16 years experience in the field, he does commission
art for clients such as Petronas. His personal style tends to be
distorted, deformed or monstrous versions of the subject matter.
Bone's distorted art style of a Stormtrooper.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Jon Thamis a graphic designer who
infuses manga art into his work, capable of drawing manga style
portraits and caricatures, designing anime characters, conducting
art classes and, on many occasions, raised funds for charity through
his art. He experiments in colour pencil art and produced quite a
number of fan art ranging from Star Wars, Batman and Transformers.
Jon's manga-influenced version of Force twins Luke & Leia.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Michael Chuah is a Malaysian comic
artist and well known designer. Over the years, he focuses on the
development of comic art presentation and its contents, as well as
its character and graphic designs. His comic, 《Gengkey》
had a line of vinyl toys and character design collection
artbook 《GENGKEY 100 : The
Character Guide》. His
other notable works are: 《Office
Survival》、《KO
Campus》、《Monster
Chaos》、《Three Hours To
Master》、《Horoscope
Fever》 and many more. He
contributed the Fan Key Art for this event collaterals. Thanks
Michael!
Michael's comic edition of Darth Vader.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Tintoy Chuo of Fusion Wayang
Kulit. Founded by Tintoy & Take Huat, Fusion Wayang Kulit teams
up with Mr.Pak Dain, the 13th accredited Tok Dalang ("Master
Puppeteer") of the Kelantan Traditional Malay Shadow Play, to
revive this dying traditional culture by merging it with fusion
element & enhancing it with various multimedia components.
Tintoy with his art piece of the galaxy's most famous smugglers, Han Solo & Chewbacca. Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Each artist contributed a special Fan Art Drawing for the event to be auctions for charity with proceeds donated to SCASFT. The five pieces are exclusive fan art pieces are now up for silent auction starting from RM1,000 per piece. If interested to bid for them, please call Ms. Kimberley of SCASFT at 6016-225 9886 to submit your bid.
Art pieces (left to right) by Bone Alfie, Michael Chuah and Dave Liew are being auctioned for charity.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Our 40th Anniversary Fan Panel (left to right): Richard (moderator), Rafie, Nightress, Julian, Allen.
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
The Force is 40 Fan Panel:
Rafie is a familar face in the
local fan community, being the current President of the Star Wars
Malaysia Fan Club (SWMFC). He revels in dabbling in both the Light
and Dark Side of the Force, but committing to neither.
Nightress love for Star Wars comes
from watching A New Hope but delved into costuming during the
Prequel era. She is a member of the Rebel Legion inspired to
recreate screen accurate costumes to support the fan community's
charitable causes.
Julian Kong is the Force behind
this Star Wars Day 40th Anniversary Celebration event. Please thank
him and his comrades in arms, Ng, James & Daniel, for bringing
us together.
Allen Yap is founder of
Cosplay-FUN Malaysia (CFM)with the mission to help Cosplay in
Malaysia gain more positive acceptance & exposure as well as
present cosplay as a healthy interest / craft for all ages, races
and creed. Allen is a Star Wars fan at heart and strives to be a
Jedi Master.
THE FORCE IS 40!
Photo credit: John Gullidge.
Thank you again to everyone contributing their time for the passion of Star Wars.
Disclaimer: Star Wars and other trademarks are copyright to Lucasfilm and/or Disney, referenced here for fan service announcements without intent to infringe.
