"scully" on X-Files 2, other things

X-Files: I Want to Belive is set to hit the theaters sometime in the last week of July or early August , depending on where you are, and the buzz is already starting to grow for this second X-Files film.

i, for one, am already mentally gearing myself up for this. it will be good to see Gillian “Scully” Anderson and David “Mulder” Duchovny again as they reprise their roles as TV-dom’s most intriguing FBI pair.

here’s an amusing short interview featuring gillian anderson, where she talks about the movie and her recent activities, among other things. as you can see, she’s rather cagey and too much of a pro to be pinned down by a mere journalist. i think even scully would approve.

here’s a closer glimpse at scully (long hair and all).

moyashimon’s dancing microbes

moyashimon is one of those quirky anime shows that just happens to focus on — of all things — microbes! or rather, a 17-year-old college freshman who can see bacteria.

at first i thought moyashimon would be one of those intimidatingly technical, icky things. but as it happily turns out (for me at least), it’s actually an amusing series that manages to combine a few things: it’s basically a comedy show that’s spiced with a bit of science, growing pains, campus life, and even some gender confusion issues, among other things.

moyashimon’s main protagonist is tadayasu iwasaki, who is basically your average hapless teenager who enrols in an agriculture university in Tokyo. slightly embarassed about his “unique talent,” he tries to hide it at first but things have a way of conspiring against him and this, of course, leads to all sorts of hilarious incidents. 

in any case, here’s the opening song of this series (complete with frolicking, cuddly-looking microbes).

The Dark Knight beckons

[NOTE: this post is SPOILER-FREE]

despite some last-minute changes in our plans, a friend and i grimly pursued our original intention of watching The Dark Knight on its opening day.

and boy are we ever glad we did. to put it in a nutshell, if you don’t watch this second Batman movie, you will miss one of this year’s best films. personally, i would say this is the best superhero movie i’ve seen so far. and i say that with confidence because The Dark Knight will leave you hanging on for dear life. yes, it’s that good.

why do i say this?

let’s leave aside the rave reviews that The Dark Knight has been reaping and concentrate on the audience’s reaction. usually you just feel how well a movie scores among the moviegoers by the way they react after the credits begin to roll — they erupt into spontaneous cheers and applause! and this time, you could just feel the buzz growing louder as the last scene began to fade.

another sign is when you hear the audience enthusiastically babbling about the movie or its characters/actors half an hour after they have left the theater. i know, because my friend and i couldn’t help raving about the parts that we liked best. we couldn’t even wait for each other’s sentences to end before launching off to another point. and to think that we both watched the movie!

the film’s highlights are provided by Heath Ledger and Christian Bale, among other things. and the Batpod. 

and to the vacillators out there — don’t even think about it. just go and watch The Dark Knight, honorary citizens of Gotham.

sorry, but i just gotta say this. here’s the best line in the movie (and observe how the audience reacts when one of the characters utters this): “YOU… COMPLETE ME.”