The Best Movies Adapted From Books/Novels

 The best Movies adapted from Books and Novels
JOHN CARTER
John Carter is a science fiction movie that tells a story about the adventures of John Carter on Mars.It's based on the book"A Princess of Mars"(Available for free download on Wattpad). The book dwells in details on John carter's experiences on mars(Barsoom), where he fights the fearless and emotionless four-armed giant warriors called 'Tharks' and where he later falls in love with the Princess of Helium"Dejah Thoris". John Carter dies several times in the book as opposed to the movie, and He is said to have lived many years without aging a day.There is a second sequel to Book called "Gods of Mars", where Carter fights with flesh eating Mars gods called 'Therns' (also available for free download on wattpad)
The Movie John Carter is directed/written by Andrew Stanton whose previous works include: Finding Nemo (2003) and WALL-E (2008).

 BOURNE
The Bourne movies are a series of action/thriller spy movies based on the character Jason Bourne,who's a former CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss. The Movies are based on the Bourne Novels written by Robert Ludlum. All of the 3 Ludlum novels were adapted to movies, each featuring Matt Damon as the Jason Bourne character. The first Bourne Novel "Bourne identity" is Available for free download on wattpad. The Bourne movies include: The Bourne Identity (2002),  The Bourne Supremacy (2004),The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and  The Bourne Legacy (2012).
Other Stars who were considered to take the role of Jason Bourne include:Russell Crowe and Sylvester Stallone.

THE HUNGER GAMES
The Hunger Games is a science fiction film directed by Gary Ross and is based on the novel by the same name written by Suzanne Collins. The Movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Donald Sutherland. According to the Hunger games producers, the last book Mockingjay, will be broken into Two movies.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of films based on The Chronicles of Narnia novels written by C. S. Lewis. ...so far 3 novels have been adapted to movies, they include: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Prince Caspian(2008) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). The movies are Set in the fictional realm of Narnia which is a fantasy world of magic with mythical creatures and talking animals.Books (yet to be adapted to movies) include;The Silver Chair (1953),The Horse and His Boy (1954),The Magician's Nephew (1955) and The Last Battle (1956).

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Its about a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on  his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.The Sherlock Holmes books include: The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes 1927,The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,. The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow.(Some of the books are available for free download on wattpad and 4share.com)
The Movies stars Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr.Watson.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA
The Twilight Saga is a series of five fantasy films based on the four Twilight series novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer.The Twilight saga series was adapted from the Novel "Twilight" which is a vampire-romance novel written by Stephenie Meyer.The novel is followed by other Meyer Twilight books_ New Moon,Twilight Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, which were all adapted to movies with Breaking Dawn Being Broken into  2parts.All the Twilight Movies star the teenage hearthrob Robert Pattinson as Edward and his lover(Now separated) Kristen Stewart _who is well Known for her unreadable pale face and coy lips.{In recent news, Kristen's parents are filing for divorce after 27 years of marriage}
 
Other Top movies based on books include: The Notebook, Lord of the Rings, Merlin/King arthur movies,The silence of the lambs, Bond  007 movies, No country for oldmen, Scarface, The GODFATHER,3.10 to YUMA, Children of Men, The Thing, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.

[Information sources: Wikipedia and Imdb ]

The Best Tv Shows Of The 90's You Should Rewatch

Part1:The Best Tv Shows of  the 90's KBC Generation,_Tv Shows you were probably addicted to But now forgot about.

Robocop
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox.Used to air on KBC in the 90's and was undoubtedly the most popular family Tv show then.
Plot
Its set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally murdered and subsequently revived by the malevolent mega-corporation OCP as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop".....
 Robocop :The movie  is set to be released in 2013.
Movie Plot>> In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him....
Will be directed by José Padilha
Written by Michael Miner
Starring: Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman

The Flash

The Flash is a 1990 American television series which used to air on KBC in the early or mid 90's(not very sure)), it starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash (Created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert), and co-starred Amanda Pays.The series was developed from the DC Comics characters.Executive producers Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo became the writers of the Flash comic book series beginning with The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #1 (2007)
Plot
The series' pilot episode features an accident in which Central City Police forensic scientist Barry Allen's crime lab is struck by lightning. Allen's electrified body is flung into and shatters a cabinet of chemicals, which are both electrified and forced to interact with each other and with his physiology when they come into physical contact with his body. He soon discovers, with the help of S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Tina McGee, that the accident has changed his body's metabolism and as a result he has gained the ability to move at superhuman speed...

THE CROW
The Crow _probably the best Action scifi Tv show to ever grace the Kenyan Tv Stations,  is a 1994 American action film directed by Alex Proyas, and also written by David J. Schow and John Shirley, and was starring Brandon Lee.It was Brandon Lee's final film appearance before his death on March 31, 1993. It was a based on the 1989 comic book of the same name by James O'Barr.In the Late 90's KBC Tv aired The Crow Show till the episode where Brandon Lee met his death. It was speculated by viewers(Myself then a teenager) that the death of The Crow was as a result of the paranormal activities displayed in the show.
While filming the last sets of the show,  Lee was fatally wounded when a dummy bullet, which had lodged in one of the prop guns, was shot into his abdomen by a blank cartridge accidentally.(I still don't believe that..The Crow was not your normal Tv show).After sustaining the '"accidental??" gunshot wound,he was taken to an area hospital, where he later died.  [Sound tracks to The Crow Tv show include songs from the Rock band Rage against the machine(RATM), who's lead guitarist _Tom Morrello, is a nephew of the 1st president of Kenya_Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.

PASIONS
Pasions is one of the Best Romance Tv shows to air on Kenyan Tv Stations. Its an American Soap about the lives and loves, the various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of a town called Harmony. Storylines center around the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families — the African American,Caucasian Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds — as well as the supernatural including town witch Tabitha Lenox. Passions debuted in 1999 with major fanfare. Creator Reilly had been credited for a large surge in the ratings for the Tv Show Days of our Lives years before, thanks to innovative storylines[ like that of heroine Dr. Marlena Evans being possessed by Satan that drew new viewers] ...In the early days of the show, Passions heroine Sheridan Crane is identified as a close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales.Sheridan recalls speaking to Diana on the phone immediately prior to the 1997 car accident which took the Princess' life..
[Personally this still ought to be my favourite Tv soap.>>Used to air on KBC back in 2002(If i recall correctly)_ 30 mins episodes aired at 12.30 pm and a repeat at 6.30 pm every weekday.]

GARGOYLES
Gargoyles is arguably the Best Toon Tv show to ever air on the Kenyan screens.Its an American animated series created by Greg Weisman, produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and originally aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997.Gargoyles is known for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs,melodrama and Shakespearean themes which were heavily employed throughout the series.The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as Gargoyles that turn into stone during the day.It focuses on a clan led by Goliath _in the year 994, the clan lives in a castle in medieval Scotland alongside humans, until many of them are killed by betrayal and the remainder are magically frozen into stone....A millennium later, in 1994, a billionaire (David Xanatos) buys the Gargoyles' castle and has it reconstructed atop his New York City skyscraper thus awakening the remaining 6 Gargoyles.....It used to air on KBC back in 1994 on Tuesdays at 4.15pm (correct me if am wrong) ..Ought to be the best Toon ever #Mytake

 Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a top Comedy Tv show about a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, on the "English Riviera"  which focuses around tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese), his bossy wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), a comparatively normal chambermaid Polly (Booth), and hapless Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs) ...and their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests.It was voted by industry professionals as the best British television series of all time.[Totally concur].The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom also starred in the show.  (Used to air on KBC back then before it went off air)

Kindly, Anyone with access to any of these Tv Shows (Own, For sale or know a place i can get them) Contact me at rkangwana@yahoo.com.

[Information sources: Wikipedia, Imdb and Personal experiences]

How To Make Your PC Talk_ Computer Trick

 Just For Fun Computer Trick to Prank Your Friends.
No programming skills needed.Just follow this steps...

>Open Notepad © and paste the following code.

Dim message, sapi
message=InputBox('What do you want meto say?','Speak to Me')
Set sapi=CreateObject('sapi.spvoice')
sapi.Speak message

>Now Save the notepad file with the name 'speak.vbs' on your desktop.
>Now double click on 'speak.vbs' file and type in the box what you want your computer to say to you.

Enjoy.

How To Easily Hack Any Facebook Account

Here i will show you how you can easily hack anyone's' Facebook account.
Here we go.....
 
First you have to create three fake Facebook accounts.
Then send friend requests from the three fake accounts to whom you want to hack their Facebook account.
[NOTE:-The victim must add you to their friends list]
After they add all the three Facebook Accounts now we can get to the real hacking...
 >Open the Facebook login page.
>Click on 'Forgot your Password' button. It will show three options on how to recover your password.
>In the first option, give their(the victim's) Email Address and in the Name field give their Full Name,your name and click on Search button.
>Now if everything goes well you will see the profile picture of that person. Here click on the No longer have access to these.
>Now Enter a New Email address which does not associate with any Facebook account and click on the Submit button.
>Now you will be prompted for the Security question. If you know the answer then its all well and good otherwise, give wrong answers all three times.

>Now after the three unsuccessful attempts, you will be asked if to recover your account with a trusted friend feature. Click on the Continue button.

>Then you will be asked to choose three friends. Select your created fake accounts from the list and click on Continue button each time.
>After selecting the three friends, Facebook will then send security codes to the Email address associated with those fake accounts. Login to each account and fill the security codes in the same manner. {check spam messages if it is not in the mail inbox.]
> Now you will get password Reset Email on the Email Address that you entered in the 5th step[Unassociated New Email]. ..and That’s it! You have successfully hacked your friend's Facebook Account.

By reading this trick one will learn one thing, and that is ...never add anonymous people to your Facebook friends list!!
 
NOTE: AM in NO way responsible if you use this trick with malicious intentions and get caught!!

Tricks On How To Download YouTube Videos To Your Pc or Phone

Here i will show you a trick on how to download any YouTube video without using any software.
Here we go...
Open YouTube and select your video.
Now copy the URL of that video. For example if this is the URL of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbGXYn4SmwQ

Now paste it on a new tab and after "http://" add "ss"(without the quotes).
For example:http://ssyoutube.com/watch?v=IbGXYn4SmwQ

Note:- Remove 'www.' if it is there in the URL..and if you are downloading from a mobile, the link will be like this:http://www.m.youtube.com/watch?v=IbGXYn4SmwQ
Remove the "www.m." and add "ss"(without the quotes)

NOW hit enter and choose the format you want to download the video in,, like Flv,mp4,3gp etc. Select your desired format and download.


Alternatively.....You can use this other trick to download youtube videos or any other video.
Just add "sfrom.net/"(Without the quotes) before the URL of the video you want to download.

For example: sfrom.net/http://youtube.com/watch?v=IbGXYn4SmwQ

Enjoy.

Hiking Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya is the 2nd highest mountain in Africa which boasts mountain peaks like Batian, standing a high of 5,199m, Nelion standing a high of 5,188m and Lenana standing a high of 4,985m. Mount Kenya is located in Central province which is south of the equator and is about a 6 hour drive from Kenya's capital city, Nairobi.

Routes to use when climbing Mount Kenya include the Sirimon route which is the most popular Climbing route.It has an easy and steady ascent as compared to the others and it also gives one a beautiful approach to the peaks of Mount Kenya. It usually takes a minimum of 2 days to get to the peaks when using this route.
Burguret route is mostly favored by those who want to avoid crowds and public.Its less used and is more challenging as compared to Sirimon route. Its usually combined with Sirimon and Chogoria routes during descent.
The Chogoria route is an adventurous route commonly used during descent and hikers get to enjoy amazing views of waterfalls that grace Mount Kenya on their descent.
Naro-Moru route is the most popular descent route for its the easiest and fastest route to use when climbing down.

When climbing Mount Kenya Hikers may require the following; A guide, cook, porter,a tent and a sleeping bag. Other requirements can  be obtained from a travel guide which you can get from the Kenya wildlife service guides.

To keep safe, one should know that Mount Kenya (and Kenya generally) is a very cold place between the months of March to August and its advisable to bring with you warm clothing, warm boots, warm gloves and warm headgear to ensure you don't catch a cold.

Before or after hiking Mount Kenya, one can get some rest in any of the surrounding beautiful Hotels.. Treeetops Hotel is one such beautiful place where you can get some rest while enjoying a lovely scenery of the wildlife from the comfort of your own room.Treetops Hotel is located about 180km from Nairobi. It is a historic hotel known for being the place where The Young Princess Elizabeth(Now Queen of England) was at when she received news of the demise of her Father King George VI.
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Sweetwaters Tented camp is another spectacular place. It is situated in Mount Kenya National Park and is owned by sweetwater's game reserve. It is about 217km from Nairobi which is like a 3 hours drive.
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Serena Mountain Lodge is another exhilarating resting place which floats a high of 2,195 m above sea level on the flanks of Mount Kenya.It is also about a 3 hours drive from Nairobi and about 42 km from Nyeri town.

Hiking up Mount Kenya is a great vacation for groups, families and also can be a romantic gateaway.A vacation at Mount Kenya can be good escape from the stressful hassle and buzzle of the city life and it helps one enjoy nature and its wildlife at best.

Must see sights in London

Here are My  Top 5 Must see Sights in London for those attending The London Olympics

The London Energy Eye

 The Tower of London

This is an ultimate destination sight for anyone visiting London.It was built by William the conqueror over a 1000 years ago.He built the white tower which gives this castle its name.Besides being a royal residence, it also houses the dazzling Crown jewels.Over the years it has served as a fortress, a weaponry house and also an execution chamber.The royal family uses the tower during coronation ceremonies and other official events.If you are in luck you will get to see the magnificent seven ravens who have had their wings clipped off to stop them from flying away.(Legend has it that if the ravens leave, the tower of London will fall!). The tower is located on the north bank of river Thames in central London. Open hours[9 a.m to 5.30 p.m from Tuesday to Saturday and 10.00 a.m to 5.30 p.m from Sunday to Monday]

The London Eye
Also known as the Millennium wheel or Energy London Eye [EDF]. It's the newest London trademark.The London eye will hoist you up in the air and you will have a spectacular view of most of the major landmarks in central London.At a glance you will see the Big Ben,the parliament and many other  central London landmarks.According to the London eye official website "www.londoneye.com", the energy London eye has hoisted over 39 million tourists since its launch in 2000 and continues to hoist over 3.5 million visitors every year. It has worn over 75 awards for the national and international tourist attraction sight. To book a place for the London eye, you will need to visit their official website and book a ticket.If you are a couple, i advice you book for a clear moonlight night to enjoy the breathe-taking romantic view of the city.The london eye is located on the banks of river Thames adjacent to the Dome of Discovery.

The British Museum
It's over 250 years old and houses over 8 million artifacts from America, Asia, Europe and North-Africa.It's widely known as the world's greatest museum for Pre-historic and Modern times artifacts and culture.Some of the artifacts you expect to see include; Parthenon sculptures, Rosetta stone and Mummies from ancient Egypt.This museum is ranked 1st in the country and 3rd in the world. It is located on the Great Russell street, London WC1 and is open daily from 10 a.m to 5.30 p.m[and until 8.30 pm on Friday]. Admission is free except for the special exhibitions.

The Big Ben
The Big Ben is a nickname used to describe the great bell.It was completed in 1859 and stands over 315 feet tall and 39 square feet.It holds the largest four faced clock in the world.It's majestic in its look thus a major attraction sight for tourists around the world. You can visit their official site "www.parliament.uk" to learn more on the baffling history of the Big Ben.It is located at the top of the clock tower, at the north end of the palace of Westminster in London.You can have an unforgettable view of the Big Ben from the London eye.

The Victoria and Albert Museum
Often abbreviated as V&A, is named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.It exhibits over 4.5 million works of art and design which is said to be the largest in the world.It has arts as old as 5000 years.You will be amazed by how time flys by as you go through the vast collection of arts in their gallery.It is located in Cromwell gardens,South Kensingston London.Visit  Their Official website is "www.vam.ac.uk" for more information.