I am Sherlocked!

With my recent craze for BBC's Sherlock Holmes, I am saddened that season 3 might only be released next year. What should I do? Boohoo.

So I am on the lookout for more of gorgeous Benedict Cumberbatch and his great acting. I can also say that I am Cumberbatched. :D

Before his Sherlock Holmes character, I was not much interested with Atonement, Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy, and Star Trek. (Yes, I humbly confess that I just watched Star Trek yesterday and it was indeed a good movie. Just like LOTR, but that's another story.) I prefer him with black hair than blonde.

Why Star Trek? Because he's in the sequel as a villain - a villain which I will be rooting for? Haha. MTV got some photos of the sequel's shoot, with Spock (Zachary Pinto who looks like Cumberbatch too?) giving dear Benedict a Vulcan Neck Pinch.

I just hope that Sherlock and Watson's adventures do return next year despite the fame that their actors might get from Hollywood. (While Cumberbatch is filming Star Trek 2, Martin Freeman is Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.) We, the fans, need the answer as to how Sherlock survived the fall... although we have our own deductions, of course. :D

Until then, I will content myself with reading the original Sherlock stories of Arthur Conan Doyle in print. The game's afoot.

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The Great Azkals Experience

I admit I'm no soccer fan and I haven't watched such a game before July 3. But I definitely enjoyed it despite being in the bleachers and having to endure the pelting rain when the game commenced.

Thank God I believed PAG-ASA that there would be rainshowers and thunderstorms so my friends and I had raincoats - and maybe we were the only ones who were ready for the rain - since umbrellas were not allowed.

Professional cameras (DSLRs) were also prohibited so I didn't bring my trusty compact because I was afraid the guards would mistake it for an SLR. Yet we noticed some people who were able to smuggle in their SLRs; security was not as strict as we expected after all. So please bear with pictures and videos taken from my mobile phone.

The Rizal Stadium in its glory after the rain.

The supportive Filipino audience helped boost the Azkals' morale I bet. My friend Almah's shriek may have startled Sri Lanka's goalkeeper. :D

The whole experience in the bleachers was worth the price and the rain so I hope I get another chance to do this all over again. Here's a clip of the running Philippine flag...


and the Azkals' lap of honor after their 4-0 win over Sri Lanka.


Sorry I got excited when I saw Phil Younghusband, thus the clumsy hand. Haha.

Next game is Azkals vs Kuwait. Second leg will still be held at Rizal Stadium on July 28. That's a Thursday and kick-off is at 7PM so it's a pity that I may not be able to watch this. For you who can be available at the said date and time, be sure to get your tickets at Ticketworld so you wouldn't have to buy them outside the gates of La Salle at more than half the price. ;)

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Super 8: An Alien Passing By Town

I have been deceived by hearsayings that the title pertains to a giant 8-legged alien and so I thought I would be watching a sci-fi movie. Yes, of course, there was the giant alien - I wasn't able to count its legs though - who robbed electric/electronic stuff and kidnapped people. (Still I don't understand where the lost dogs come in the alien's path. Enlighten me please.)

But I believe the film isn't about the alien at all. He may have just crossed over from another movie, which might be District 9.

The film is about the journey of being a teenage kid, preferably in the 80s. Since I was born in the 80s, I was able to relate to the setting and missed the time when you don't have the convenience of fast communication (cellphones and internet) therefore you really need to come over your friend's house and hang out and do whatever you want, which in this case is making a zombie film. Hence the title pertaining to filming a super 8 movie.

I loved the teenage characters because they were just how normal teenagers are in such circumstances (even for an alien attack I presume). There's nothing extraordinary in them which makes them believable and endearing. The combination of the ordinary kids and the humongous extraterrestrial made the story more refreshing because there has been a lot of sci-fi adventures with grown-ups as protagonists. (This makes me recall ET directed by Super 8's producer, Steven Spielberg.) It was beautiful to see a bunch of teenagers running for their lives on what seems like a battlefield. Because of the stark contrast it created, not that I'm sadistic.

There's also a lot going on with relationships regarding families, friendships, the whole community, and a budding romance to boot. My favorite scenes were both from Joe and his father – first when they had a fight and the father, being the deputy, had to go back to the 12000 people who need his help, leaving his confused son alone; and secondly, when Joe let go of his mother's necklace after he got reunited with his father, symbolizing their acceptance and forgiveness for what happened.


As a sci-fi adventure I would barely give this two stars, but as a family movie it deserves its Rotten Tomatoes' rating and I would give it a 3.5.

Watch it and enjoy reliving a lost childhood. And don't forget the zombies in the closing credits. :)

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