Category: Television

  • LGBT Blogathon is ON!

    Still deciding a few more films and tv shows I should review and talk about.

    I don’t think I have enough time~

    In the meantime, follow all the posts that will be added during the week.

  • A-Mei Does Talk Asia

    I haven’t watched CNN… for at least a month, since I’ve been focusing my news-watching on local news for politics, so I didn’t know A-Mei was going to be on Talk Asia… or I would have been flipping before.

    I totally despise Anjali Rao, though.

    Her face, her voice, the way she speaks irks me so much, it makes me want to punch her sometimes. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. LOL It’s one of those things when the aura of people rub you the wrong way.

    Anyway!

    A-Mei on Talk Asia~~~

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  • The L Word: Shane + Carmen – Fix You

    Hmm… not really in the mood of talking (or ranting) now.

    I don’t need to say that nothing on The L Word is really “safe for work” right? It’s not like you see much in here, but just to be safe, knowing you won’t get caught watching something… even if just a fanvid, that may look to some people like something else~

    I re-watched sporadically the 3 first seasons of the show, and I just got sort of nostalgic about Shane and Carmen. You know I like Shane a lot, I liked Shane with Molly a lot too because of how fluffy their development was. It was different for the character, they had somewhere to go… but they never made it there. Meh, oh well~

    So re-watching Shane and Carmen, I had almost forgotten how intense they were. Partly in a good way, but as the end of the third season came upon… it became more and more destructive.

    You know that bit when Carmen dreams that Shane is giving Cherie Jaffe their tattoo, and then Carmen reveals she also cheated on her after Shane slept with Cherie? That bit when Shane’s all mad but nonchalant, looks at her and asks her whether she feels better now that they’re even. It was awful in a really good way.

    So I guess Coldplay is their perfect fit. LOL

  • Worldwide Anthems~

    This post took a really long time… it’s been on my to-do post-it for a while~ I even have a post-it with the songs that I wanted to include, and the ones I could ask people about.

    So check out the list on YAM Magazine ;D

  • Kuwazugirai: Yu Aoi vs. Okada Masaki

    The 40min. segment from FujiTV’s Tunnels Thanks to Everybody that aired the day before the opening of Raiou… is actually pretty fun. Plus, Yu Aoi talking about food.

    A popular segment in which Tunnels and guests take turns trying to guess the food the opponent hates the most.

    We need translation for this one xD

    Loads of interesting facts, it seems… like Yu owning a shaved-ice machine.

    And Yu tearing up when laughing. Does anyone get that when they laugh?

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  • How Jdrama Made me a Lazy TV Viewer

    I have been ruined by Jdrama xD

    Can you believe it’s been three years since?

    It’s probably the longest fictitious relationship I’ve ever had with anything. LOL

    You can read all about it on YAM Magazine.

  • Ten Actresses that Should Move to Cable

    Re-pimping this old list~ xD

    It’s always been tough to be a working actress on the big screen, as you turn a little older, offers often seem to be linked to “being someone else’s mother,” but cable television seems to be becoming more and more attractive to not only writers – because they get to write more challenging stories and skip censors – but also to women who were movie actresses and have found new complex roles to take on.

    you can read the whole thing on YAM Magazine~

  • Music Video Director: Zhong Ping Huang

    I just finally burnt Zhong Ping Huang’s (黄­中平) name in my head.

    Because of A-Mei’s latest MV.

    Having realized that he’s made my favorite Faye Wong video, I just spent all night “curating” a list of 77 MVs of some of the music videos he’s directed since 1997… but only of the artists I follow… otherwise the list is just endless~

    Most of the time, his style is described as just about style, emotion and composition. Though, I have seen a few of those that have something resembling a plot.

    Faye Wong – Bu Liu/ Nothing Left

    I think that video captures what I essentially love about Faye Wong.

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  • Ryomaden Goodbye Interview

    I told you there were a few posts…

    Anyway, did any of you watched Ryomaden last season? I did try to watch it at the beginning but wasn’t that into it, so it was really troublesome to gather the energy to find a subtitled version of it. Plus, there weren’t any small files, and I didn’t feel like download HD versions.

    So I watched on TV with no subs.

    Until the very last episode that Yu was on… and then till the very last of the year.

    I remember that when I saw the preview of episode 44 with Yu’s character Omoto saying goodbye, I thought to myself — well, what bad number of episode to leave the show xD and it ended up being her 13th guest appearance — pretty sure about that.

    Anyway, for those who didn’t watch the show — Yu played Omoto, a geisha who’s a closeted Christian (oh, the irony!). She plays the shamisen, does some traditional dancing and performing, and has some non-explored sexual tension with Ryoma. She was good in it, but I understand that Taiga dramas are a long-term commitment.

    Here’s the capture of the interview with photos for those of you who won’t touch a Taiga with a stick xD

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  • Where You’ve Been, Erika Eleniak?

    I have another confession to make.

    As you may have already figured out, I grew up in a time when there was barely any stability. When things settled down, we had about 4 or 5 networks, usually broadcasting local productions.

    But there was also syndication.

    American television loves syndication, they ensure making a living with it. What’s a better example of syndication than… Baywatch. Yup, that’s my confession. I grew up with Baywatch. Especially the first season and the second… maybe the third. They re-ran those seasons a lot those years, so I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them more than once.

    So when I was like 5 or 6, we would all watch the show — most likely for different reasons LOL — since we kids liked going to the beach, we would always joke that our local lifeguards looked like they had floatability devices inside them. We would laugh, and move on.

    Then there was Shauni. Before there was Stephanie Holden… Shauni was the only girl in the cast — pretty sure, I could be wrong. I was Team Shauni! As a kid, I don’t know why I thought she was awesome. She seemed nice, no problems — I’m seeing a pattern here — and she had Eddie xD

    I just realized I’m a crazy shipper… almost since I was born. LOL

    Anyway, time passed. Country got better, we got cable. Sony had just launched their signal, and were re-running Baywatch. Browsing channels, there was this episode – or was it a movie? – of Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood. Ha! I didn’t know what a bordello was at the time. I didn’t speak any English, all I remember saying was “Hey! That’s Shauni!” And I watched it. The memory of it — me watching that — is hilarious.

    So yeah, I like Erika Eleniak.

    Very much like on the other tales, I was browsing channels and ended up on Sony. What a surprise it was to see Erika Eleniak on the latest season of Desperate Housewives. Color me surprise. Even if I have stopped watching the show, I… for a split second or more, considered watching the show again. Then I didn’t when I found out it was a one-ep gig.

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