• 的确,这样的标题是有点悚然。不过我还是觉得,放在《虫师》这部动画片身上,还是不过分。

    对日本动漫的了解,自己还是处于宫崎骏大友克洋这些名声在外的阶段,相对更海贼王这些造型夸张的画风,个人取向更趋同于宫崎骏那种更为写实的风格。少有跟着看的动画剧集,高中毕业那个暑假看了个EVA,之后就没再接触过,火影犬夜叉之类的也看过几集,不是不喜欢,只是没有挠到痒处。

    去年暑假的时候,遇到一位复旦气象专业的女生,整日拿个日语教材有空就看。后来才知道,原因是十分钟爱日本动漫,所以才努力自学,并没有其它野心。从她那里大概听到,加上自己之前见到的,觉得动漫里应该也是分门别类的有很多中,各种风格各种派别,还有什么腐男腐女同人志之类的(这几个专业词汇的概念总是搞不清楚,but还是知道正太罗莉定义的),呃,没有专门研究过,就不多说了,the point在于,动漫,日本动漫,其产业规模和发展形势,我们还有很长的一段路要走。

    其实是最近断断续续的看了一点《虫师》,不算回顾篇一共26话现在大概看了一多半。很明显这不是一个给小孩子们看的,小孩子有小孩子的奥特曼和怪兽们,他们不需要银古这样既不帅也不会耍酷还穿着现代服装在古代混的freak。07年的时候有个大友克洋监制的真人版电影版,看过预告片之后就没一点想要再看的意思了,那种静谧灵动的气氛消失的一点都没有了。

    对于一个二维动画来说,我认为画面已经是到了无可挑剔的地步,在表现心理活动时大量的留白都是如此完美。对比了一下电视版漫画,明显电视版做工要精细很多,据说故事还是一样的。配乐也是尽善尽美,最重要的是故事本身的吸引力,恕我学浅,我是没有见过在对这么多宏大难以叙述的事情上进行努力的影视作品。一集长度为24分钟,在这么短的时间对某一亘古不变的话题进行深度的探讨,先是引入了“虫”这一既玄又幻的概念来作为引子:

    “这里的虫既不是动植物,也与微生物和菌类不同,是更接近生命原生态的东西。这些东西总称为“虫”。它们的形态和存在都很暧昧,当人与虫的世界重叠之时,发生了超越人类智慧的怪异现象,此时人类才开始知道它们的存在.所谓生命,并非为威胁异己而存在。只是,各自以各自的形态存在着——作为连接这样的”虫“与人类的”虫师“--主人公银古,在旅途中不断与各种各样的人及与其关联的虫相遇。绘就了每话登场人物各不相同,读不尽的画卷。”

    在叙述爱情亲情乡愁童真母爱等这些话题的同时,基本就是主人公银古在其中穿针引线,没有美式漫画英雄的无往不胜。虫师的任务,是为了“人”和“虫”能够回到某种平衡,而在这个过程中,并不是所有的“虫”都是可以对应的,有点医学剧里疑难病症的意思,很多是以我们现在科学,也只能是针对病症,无法找到十分确定的病因,更多时候,是在现有的病症面前,我们也是依旧还是无能为力无法作为。

    我无法对这个只有26话的动画片使用任何我觉得贴切的形容词,任何形容词或副词都有可能成为一种羁绊,束缚作品本身的魅力。所以,容我在这里推荐一下,但愿那样美丽的画面和冷静的故事能够打动你。

  • Derek: This is the CT for Katie Bryce, 16-year-old female, subarachnoid aneurysm.

    Meredith: From a fall during rhythmic gymnastics. I remember.

    Derek: It was the first surgery we ever scrubbed in together on, our first save. Right here is a cerebral cyst. Tough save, but we did it. I kissed you in the stairwell after the surgery. And this right here is where Dr. Bailey kicked you out of the surgery because she caught us in your driveway in my car. And right here--this is a 7-hour craniotomy, and you held the clamp the entire time, never flinched. That’s when I knew you were gonna being an incredible surgeon. And Beth Monroe, who made our clinical trial a success by surviving. You talked me into putting her under. That's when I knew I needed you. And this is today, post-op head CT of Izzie Stevens. You see that? Tumor free. Because of you. You got me into the O.R. If there's a crisis, you don't freeze. You move forward. You get the rest of us to move forward, because you've seen worse, you've survived worse. And you know we'll survive, too. You say you're all... dark and twisty, But that's not a flaw. It's a strength. It makes you who you are. I'm not gonna get down on one knee. I'm not gonna ask a question. I love you, Meredith Grey. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

    Meredith: And I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

    Watch this clip form Grey's Anatomy S05E19 via here.

  • S01E01: A Hard Day's Night
    MEREDITH: "I can't think of a single reason why I should be a surgeon, but I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit. They make it hard on purpose. There are lives in our hands. There comes a moment when it's more than just a game, and you either take that step forward or turn around and walk away. I could quit, but here's the thing. I love the playing field."

    S01E02: The First Cut is the Deepest
    MEREDITH: "At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in. Life is messy, that's how we're made. So you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross. Here's what I know. If you're willing to throw caution to the wind and take a chance, the view from the other side... is spectacular."

    S01E05: Shake Your Groove Thing 
    MEREDITH: "Responsibility. It really does suck. Unfortunately, once you get past the age of braces and training bras, responsibility doesn't go away. It can't be avoided. Either someone makes us face it or we suffer the consequences. And still adulthood has it perks. I mean the shoes, the sex, the no parents anywhere telling you what to do. That's, pretty damn good."

    S01E06: If Tomorrow Never Comes

    MEREDITH: "The early bird catches the worm; a stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we haven't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to ‘seize the day'. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves like Benjamin Franklin meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying."

    S01E08: Save Me

    MEREDITH: "But the thing is, it’s hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely, because almost everyone has that smallest bit of faith and hope that one day they would open their eyes and it would all come true. At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don’t really expect it. It’s like one day you realize that the fairy tale is slightly different than your dream. The castle, well it may not be a castle. And it’s not so important that it’s happily ever after -- just that it’s happy right now. See, once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you. And once in awhile, people may even take your breath away."

    S01E09: Who's Zooming Who? 
    MEREDITH: "The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free. Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open, like it or not. And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore. The problem with secrets is even when you think you're in control, you're not."


  •  

    Bryn Christopher - The Quest

    I’m leaving tonight
    Going somewhere deep inside my mind
    I close my eyes slowly
    Flowin’ away slowly
    But I know I’ll be alright
    It’s coming stronger to me
    And I know someone is out there
    Lead the way
    Lead the way
    Show me the answers I need to know

    What I’m gonna live for
    What I’m gonna die for
    Who you gonna fight for
    I can’t answer that

    All my life/love it is
    It is all my love
    All my life/love it is
    I know it is a life to live lately
    From above I hear
    I hear the sound of them sinkin’
    I feel numb, I’m alive
    I know I’m getting closer

    What I’m gonna live for
    What I’m gonna die for
    Who you gonna fight for
    I can’t answer that

    My life has had it’s share of troubles
    And now I found a place to go
    I’ve said goodbye to all my troubles
    ’cause now I’ve find my place to go

    What I’m gonna live for
    What I’m gonna die for
    Who you gonna fight for
    I can’t answer that 

    4年过去了,终究还是躲不过的Live for the moment。这些人再怎么纠葛不清,却只能还是活在当下。几百年前,昆仑派的孤月大师都说:去吧,将来的事,将来再说。第六季两个小时首映,明天下午国内观众就能看到。

  • 新一季的开始,总会有比较大的人事变动。第三季的结尾是将所有人解雇,第四季伊始重新招人。第四季结束和Wilson搞到不行,现在Wilson辞职,剧情介绍说House在新季要找sidekick,还有个侦探之类的。恩,我是在剧透,您可看仔细了。

    第五季第一集围绕两条主线,一条是短线每集必备的病例,一条是长线Wilson的辞职。病例的含义比较明显,往浅了说,也就是死亡对人能改变多少。往深了说,有空我再想想吧。另外也能看出13在新季里不会太好受,不论是自己的性取向还是chorea,编剧也透漏在她身上冲突会更多一点。哎,我咋还是那么喜欢Cameron 童鞋捏?总是感觉出境太少了。

    另:这是我看过最煽情的一集豪斯。下面是wilson走之前对豪斯的深情告白,我只是想贴出来,没别的任何意思。

    I was trying, like I always do, to protect you, which is the problem. You spread misery because you can’t feel anything else. You manipulate people because you can’t handle any kind of real relationship. And I’ve enable it. For years, the games, the binges, the middle-of-the-night phone calls. I should be the one on the bus, not… You should have been alone on the bus. If I have learn anything from Amber, is that I have to take care of myself. We’re not friends anymore, House. I’m not sure we ever were.