Rants and Weekly Raves #289 (RAWR)
kakashi: Major pet peeve. People pretending they're playing a flute on TV but VERY OBVIOUSLY not even knowing how one plays a flute (Yes, I'm watching The Untamed).
JoAnne: Mine is having people chew loudly in my ear on the phone. Do not do that.
Panda: I can see Kakashi being so sucked into The Untamed she starts recapping. Hehehehe. I can't concentrate on reading subs, so watched Miss Fisher and the crypt of tears (It fell very flat for me) and then discovered the very entertaining Agatha Raisin.
Trotwood: I'm not a nice person, so I have far too many pet peeves to list here. I am thankful that I still have power. It went in and out yesterday with the storm. Over 130,000 people still don't, so I'm not complaining about anything at all here. Not even dramas.
The show
was back this week for another episode. You can tell that they were really
trying to hard to put together and episode from things they had already filmed.
We all knew that the lovefest couldn’t last forever, right. Fighter’s father interferes
and makes Tutor break up with him. This wasn’t a surprise, but the way it
happens and the teary smile of support that Fighter gives Tutor—not even asking
for an explanation but just wanting him to stop crying was quite good. Another
great surprise was how hard Hwa actually ships them together. I’m looking
forward to when Fighter realizes that it was his father that is behind the
break up.
JoAnne: Mine is having people chew loudly in my ear on the phone. Do not do that.
Panda: I can see Kakashi being so sucked into The Untamed she starts recapping. Hehehehe. I can't concentrate on reading subs, so watched Miss Fisher and the crypt of tears (It fell very flat for me) and then discovered the very entertaining Agatha Raisin.
Trotwood: I'm not a nice person, so I have far too many pet peeves to list here. I am thankful that I still have power. It went in and out yesterday with the storm. Over 130,000 people still don't, so I'm not complaining about anything at all here. Not even dramas.
KOREA
I'll Find You on a Beautiful Day/I'll Go to You When the Weather is Fine
I
wasn’t expecting it, but I wasn’t surprised to find out what actually happened
to Hae Won’s father. We knew he was abusive, but the sisterly love that happens
was powerful and watching how Myung-Jeo just sort of crawled into herself and
away from everything makes so much sense. It was so hard to watch the abuse of
her friend (how can someone abuse someone who’s already dying?!?!) but watching
her watch that and wail was heart wrenching. I didn’t mind not spending as much
time with our couple. And of course, yet again, Hwi was a delight.
365: Repeat the Year
I
thought I was confused by what happens in the second half of the second of last
week’s episodes because I was so sleepy while I was watching it, so I rewatched
it again while wide awake, and though I did see more details, I still was confounded
by the end. Of course more people die, but these deaths make even less sense.
And now we know that Shin has a daughter. I also question why Jung Tae gets so
violent with Se Rin all of a sudden. He’s a scum bag, but he doesn’t seem to be
violent for no reason. And the big reveal our intrepid but surprisingly
endearing lead duo figure out was a major surprise to me.
The World of the Married/ A Couple's World
I caught up with all the episodes because of that clip that
going around online that contains the scene where Sun Woo confronts her husband
and his mistress while at dinner with the mistress’s parents. That was sooo
good. I really was afraid that she had lost it when she seemed trapped by the
blackmailing abuser and I nearly ground my teeth into nubs when her husband
accused her of being crass, but she got her own back and got out of the
marriage and even got a restraining order against him. However, I’m not going
to keep watching. The time jump reminds me of what happened in the time jump in
the finale of Shira. But we have ten more episodes. I’m not watching any of
that. I’m going to pretend that my friend is living a happy life now and maybe
going to date the psychologist.
I entertained Trot greatly over the weekend (and I think snagged some new viewers) as I live-tweeted while watching all available episodes. I am up to speed and would be champing at the bit for more except that I think the first six episodes formed a pretty perfect drama and I don't really want what's coming next. The heroine of our story found out her husband was a lying, cheating bastard, aided and abetted by several of their so-called 'friends.' Not only did she get her revenge on him and his little chippy, but he had to leave town - and she managed to pay back some others, too. She got apologies from people who were angry at her, her career recovered, she's got interest in and from a hot new man, and her son is thriving. It should be a happy ending, right there. Why do we need more? But no, this is KDrama. So the LCB and his chippy are married and returning to town with their kid and of course, there's going to be hell to pay. Probably by our girl, who, quite frankly, tipped dangerously toward the crazy end of the spectrum of scorned women for a while. I have concerns.
I entertained Trot greatly over the weekend (and I think snagged some new viewers) as I live-tweeted while watching all available episodes. I am up to speed and would be champing at the bit for more except that I think the first six episodes formed a pretty perfect drama and I don't really want what's coming next. The heroine of our story found out her husband was a lying, cheating bastard, aided and abetted by several of their so-called 'friends.' Not only did she get her revenge on him and his little chippy, but he had to leave town - and she managed to pay back some others, too. She got apologies from people who were angry at her, her career recovered, she's got interest in and from a hot new man, and her son is thriving. It should be a happy ending, right there. Why do we need more? But no, this is KDrama. So the LCB and his chippy are married and returning to town with their kid and of course, there's going to be hell to pay. Probably by our girl, who, quite frankly, tipped dangerously toward the crazy end of the spectrum of scorned women for a while. I have concerns.
Want a Taste
This
daily is now in its final 20 episodes of a 120, so I thought I would check in
again. I didn’t have to watch as the terrible spoiled SIL marries the too good
for her brother, and she’s been humbled by living with her MIL and really
seeing how hard our heroine worked all those years and how terrible her brother
was to her. It’s a treat, to be honest, to see said brother living in a rundown
apartment and getting fired from job after job basically because he’s horrible
at working while Hae Jin is getting famous with her own show and falling in love
with the guy she should have been with in the first place. Of course, we have
the vixen character, but we need her to take down people because in dailies the
good people remain good and only bad people can be as nasty as the villains
deserve.
CHINA/TAIWAN
Amensalism
No time to watch this weekend.
JAPAN
Unmei Kara Hajimaru Koi/You are My Destiny
I watched this show over a span of two days because I really
wanted to watch something where I kind of knew what was going to happen. It’s
only ten episodes, so I thought great, I’ll get this show on speed, hopefully
keeping all the parts I liked from the other versions (Father to Love You has
the original Taiwanese version but also Korean and Thai version), which I did
get. We also get different twists to the second leads. However, the show does
stop at ep 10, but the ten episodes only cover around 2/3 of the original
story. I’m not sure the show is popular enough to do another season. But I’m
wondering if they are going to do a movie. There have been several Jdoramas
lately that do a show in the spring and then a “sequel” in a move version over
the summer.
THAILAND
WHYRU
The show
was back this week for another episode. You can tell that they were really
trying to hard to put together and episode from things they had already filmed.
We all knew that the lovefest couldn’t last forever, right. Fighter’s father interferes
and makes Tutor break up with him. This wasn’t a surprise, but the way it
happens and the teary smile of support that Fighter gives Tutor—not even asking
for an explanation but just wanting him to stop crying was quite good. Another
great surprise was how hard Hwa actually ships them together. I’m looking
forward to when Fighter realizes that it was his father that is behind the
break up.
2Gether: the Series
This
series came out of nowhere in the long list of BL dramas that are or were
supposed to be premiering this spring. I think we are seeing a new team of
BrightWin to follow in the ranks of MaxTul, KristSingto, and TayNew. It has the
best story and the best acting and the best side characters. It's even popular enough to have its own international fan war (Mainland China vs. Hong Kong & Taiwan). The now iconic football jerseys are even for sale now! If it was
wonderful watching the confession last week, it was even more squee worthy
watching the recognition of feelings and the beginning of the earnest courting
in this.
My Engineer
Remember when I said that this show releases an episode a
week with subs for free for but released multiple episodes with subs for VIP
members of the Wetv channel? Well since day one, people have been posting
copies of these “extra” episodes on Youtube and other places, which really detrimentally
affects how they can count viewership. So this past week, the show released
three episodes for free on their official channel! I’m glad I never bothered to
figure out had to be a VIP member. Show is still fun in a Swet Valley High kind
of way.
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