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June 04:
Shanghai surprise.

Aww, thanks for the greetings, everyone! It's lovely to know that my efforts here are appreciated. (: Now back to our regular scheduled programming...

The sudden change in temperature (from dry-humid to drizzly-humid) and a currently heavy workload rendered me sniffly sick last weekend so instead of us going out as usual, Arnold came over bearing movies for a relaxing stay-at-home date.

So I finally, finally saw Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis which is so refreshingly different from the current crop of anime that we see on AXN or in the local channels. It's reminiscent of Akira (no surprise there, Metropolis was written by Otomo too), only less "heavy" -- possibly because the central character Tima is so cute that you wouldn't think the fate of all humanity will one day depend on her. Riveting and visually breathtaking, it's sure worth the two hours of your planet time.

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Now that's a flyover.

Speaking of futuristic cities, my mother just got back from a week-long tour of Shanghai and, looking at the photos she took, Calvin, Arn and I were surprised to learn that the city is so well-developed now you'd half expect to see cars flying around ala Coruscant. Wow, when did all that happen?

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To cap this entry, here's Wired's list of the best sci-fi movies of all time.