I’m just all over the place with what I’m watching and reading recently.
Not finishing Mornings on Horseback yet 😔 Will circle back at a later date.
This is a lot more complicated. I really am all over the place on this. Just to name a few:
YouTube: Puppet History
Viki: Love is for Suckers
Amazon Prime: May I Help You
ParamountPlus: Criminal Minds: Evolution
Learning: KoreanClass101.com
I’d need to do some individual post to go into details, when I feel like it.
Me: Finally got around to connect to Tumblr.
Also me: (Writer’s block)
Me: 😫😱
I finally did it. I bought a new TV for fam, and took the old TV.
Okay, not a CRT old school, need a digital tuner TV. Samsung D5000 series 22″ 1080p 60Hz LED-LCD HDTV.
With an old FireTV stick, a few downloads, logging back into Netflix, Hulu, etc., I’m with endless hours of entertainment. Also losing a lot of sleep in the near future. This also means I may be able to get more thoughts in this blog, since now I spend more time…watching TV. Stay tuned.
The classic is better than the reboot.
Dang, I really miss the year 1998. I spent the entire summer in Hong Kong at a first grown up summer job, met friends that became my old friends. It really was one of the best years of my life.
Which makes Armed Reaction 2021 so hard to watch. If the “reboot” is mean to be a comedy, then Jessica Hsuan and Moses Chan are not good casting choices, leave those two roles to newer comers e.g. Jeannie Chan and Carlos Chan. I understand the writers want to balance out heavy scenes with comedy, but when I see Jessica and Moses I’m thinking about more dramatic roles, e.g. Moses from Healing Hands and Jessica from Detective Investigation Files.
It’s either that, or the screen writings were supposed to be two different shows.
Alright, going back to relive 1998…
Forensic Heroes 4: A Rant
I’m sorry, this gets thumbs down. The writing is all over the place, and I was only watching the first episode.
Also, whose idea is it to keep the cut where Patrick Tse is slurring his speech? I understand he is veteran actor and is legendary, but I find it hard to believe this is his best cut, especially when at a different scene when he slapped Michelle Yim, that was his best performance.
The irony is the scenes that requires re-shooting actually turned out to be much better, because of limited budget, and the creator had to step back into the producer’s seat. The difference can also be seen that the re-shoot is done with an older technology.
Karma Rider and Swipe Tap Love were great. You’re your own thing, and if you need to compete with Netflix, this is not the way to go. I know China is a huge market, but there are plenty of Chinese dramas out there. There’s no shame to produce shows just for a Hong Kong audience, your ratings are telling you that when Come Home Love: Lo and Behold has higher ratings than your other shows. Stop doing fancy things and bring the good writing back, TVB!
Updated my handle, and a few other things.
Anyway, off we go!
Twice Upon A Time is bittersweet.
Let’s start with the obvious: This is the last episode with Peter Capaldi as a regular on Doctor Who. I would say never say never, so bringing him back for the 60th anniversary special will not be a stretch. BBC, think about it!
Having David Bradley to play the First Doctor is in K-Dramaland called the ultimate meta: Having the actor playing the first actor who played the First Doctor to play the First Doctor. I dare you to repeat the last sentence five times faster.
I am not sure what to feel about other actors to portray other doctors again, but this keeps me thinking, maybe it’s not a stretch to have Capaldi to play the Third Doctor. Look at that hair. Alright, I’m thinking too much.
A regeneration episode is always bittersweet. It is always the moment when you finally get used to the actor who play this iconic role, and now you have to start getting used to the next one. We the audience need to be honest with ourselves. We don’t really get a Tom Baker that often. We also don’t get a David Tennant very often either. Capaldi is a sage to leave end of this season to make his tenure remarkable on the franchise. Having a new actor means the possibility of new stories, and with a new production staff now that Steven Moffet is also leaving, everything can be new again.
IMHO this is 2017, and when the next season of Doctor Who is being aired, it will be 2018. Give Jodie Whittaker a chance. At this day and age, to argue why the Doctor cannot be a woman is just old and weak coffee: Old and weak. This is the same age old argument of why women cannot be funny when we have the likes of Jane Curtain to Kate McKinnon on SNL. The age old argument of math is hard for girls when Katherine Johnson and her team ensured the landing of Apollo 11. If Whittaker turns out to be the worst Doctor in the history of the franchise, let there be proof that she has poor acting skills, the writing is terrible, etc., and not let her tenure defining women should not be playing the Doctor or anything other than playing a pretty face on the screen.
I’ll be gnawing my teeth until “Autumn 2018” over here for the next season of Doctor Who.
(Edit: WordPress informed me that this is the 100th post. Yay!)
Introvert comes from Latin intro-, “inward,” and vertere, “turning.” It describes a person who tends to turn inward mentally. – Vocabulary.com
In my mind, introverted is quite different from shy. One can overcome shyness, but a person cannot suddenly become an introvert or extrovert overnight. The factors of making a person an introvert and extrovert are both internal and external, with external influences magnified what’s already internal.
I’m picking apart words because the title of this show is also called My Shy Boss, but when you look at the Korean title, 내성적인 is translated from the word introverted, so while the alternative title is less challenging for people whose first language is not English, there’s a loss of flavor with that particular translation. Ok, I’m done with my take on the title.
I’ve been watching fewer Korean dramas in recent years because I’m more strapped for time with my current commitments, so I tend to choose carefully what to watch and tend to not start watching when the premise is not interesting. Honestly, Protect the Boss had a similar premise where the male lead was a beta male learning to step up to become an alpha male, but there are some differences
Yeon Woo Jin has caught my attention since Arang and the Magistrate. There is something about him that attracts my eyes. He definitely hit the ball out of the park with his introvert interpretation of the boss. I look forward to having him as one of the A-list Korean actors along the lines of Gong Yoo.
I hope I have time to update this when I’m done watching this drama.
Update: I wish to join the rest of K Drama community and say, Le sigh. This drama has so much promise, especially the premise of an introvert coming out of his shell. There were wonderful signs of that, but there are so many good plot devices going to waste, the writers and editing board decided to rearrange a few things, which really killed the show’s mojo. We can only wonder what happened before the fateful rewrite.
My recent accomplishment: Finished reading a book in two weeks.
Wait, that’s an accomplishment? You bet! Given the adult life I’m living, finish reading a book in two weeks is no small task. That means having the book in my hand during commute, lunch break, before bed, etc., without creeping into my work hours. I lied, it crept into my work hours.
I will go into detail which book got me this interested, so much to invest this much time and attention, which I usually don’t have.
Recently, I took on a challenge: Instead of falling asleep or doing some work related stuff during my commute, I’ll take my commute time to see how long does it take to finish an audio.
I don’t think I can honestly write a book review for everything I listened to, but I can try sharing what I’m up to with books and how the experiment is going. Watch this space for book reviews.
Secretary Damselfly 