The Problematic of the Unproblematic

kynkari: We are in the home stretch! The demon has been vanquished by Murong Bai and the village has been saved! If you were here for the pretty, stick around because the pretty shows back up during the credits in some hilarious BTS/outtakes. SakiVI: Murong Bai is my hero - or would be if he was alive . For a girl who had a big crush on Murong Bai and then was engaged to him, Xiao Mei doesn’t seem at all put out by his tragic demise. Instead, with Murong Bai’s smouldering ashes still sifting through the air, she and Dachui make heart eyes at each other and he tries to kiss her. Everyone staring makes Dachui  nervous and the mood is killed. Dammit! I'm annoyed with her lack of grief for my precious sacrificial lamb.

kynkari:  It is my humble belief that this is the best part of the movie.  My opinion has nothing to do with the fact that Murong Bai is a “spank-me-until-I’m-cross-eyed”  evil bad boy in this section.  Not at all. *coughliescough* SakiVI: It is in fact my total belief that this is the best part of the movie, and it's completely because Murong Bai turned sexy evil bad boy. Settle in and grab some popcorn. We have lots to cover and plenty of Ma Tianyu visuals.  Squee! I'll just get my tea. Anyone who guesses who this is, gets a Jaehyo pic.

kynkari: We left our story with Dachui being frightened by a friendly pig demon and running headlong into a portal in the woods. SakiVI: All totally normalish so far. My hat might do that too if I met a talking pig in the woods…

kynkari: About a year ago, I curled up under a fuzzy blanket with some Funyuns and my unicorn slippers to watch Netflix. “We have a recommendation for you,” Netflix boldly claimed. “You will love it and will surely forgive us for canceling our original series Marco Polo, starring the panty-disintegrating Remi Hii.” SakiVI: Hmmm, I wasn’t so picky about watching on Netflix. And Remi Hii was the only good thing on Marco Polo. I was skeptical, and still bitter about Marco Polo, but I hit play out of curiosity. My innocent eyes were immediately assaulted with images of ethereal Chinese elves cavorting in a frozen landscape and whipping their Party City white wigs around in the mystical wind. I was convinced that I had stumbled upon Chinese fantasy porn. It’s arguably very bad porn, then.

On Sunday, March 16, 2014, I attended a screening of Cold Eyes at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco as part of this year's CAAMFest (The Center for Asian American Media Film Festival). Cold Eyes is a thriller written and directed by Cho Ui-Seok, co-directed by Kim Byung-Seo, and starring Han Hyo-Ju, Seol Kyung-Gu, Lee Jun-Ho (aka Junho from 2PM), and my personal favorite, Jung Woo-Sung. It was billed as a remake of a Hong Kong film called Eye In The Sky , but having never seen Eye In The Sky , I am unable to comment on its similarities or differences. Also, I admit that I was there almost exclusively for Jung Woo-Sung (who once again did not disappoint), but the movie itself turned out to be a tense and tightly paced thrill ride that my companions and I all quite enjoyed. What is more, the grandeur of the Castro movie palace's full-sized screen — so rare in today’s era of multiplexes — was a special treat for watching such a visually exciting film. Thank you so much t...