Category: Television

  • The Green Hornet Trailer

    Oh, Jay~
    Why did you have to open your mouth and talk. LOL

    You look cool doing your kicking, but all your dialog didn’t do it for me. Having said that… I do find Seth Rogen slimness, kind of unsettling because during the first frames, there was some quiver… then he spoke and it was gone. Phew.

    But this is Michel Gondry, right? So I’m still watching it.

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMA-taGtfXs?rel=0″]

    BTW, I hate the way they say “KAY-TOH” UGH. Never heard the English audio for The Green Hornet, so I actually grew up with how normal people say Kato. xD

  • Chris Colfer Mad Ninja Skills

    I wanted to say it’s adorable, but it’s actually kind of hot. xD

    Chris Colfer, Amber Riley and Matthew Morrison on The Jonathan Ross Show on BBC

  • The L Word + Yu Aoi Fandom Crossover

    I’m sorry, I had to post this. xD

    I ran into this post in Japanese talking about something about a The L Word London/British BBC remake version (?), and the poster asked herself who she would cast in a Japanese remake of The L Word… or something like that. You know, you should always take my translations with a grain of salt. xD

    ベット:天海祐希
    ティナ:石田ゆり子
    アリス:菅野美穂
    ディナ:梨花
    ララ:香里奈
    ジェニー:蒼井優
    マ リーナ:原沙知絵
    シェーン:柴崎コウ
    カルメン:黒木メイサ
    パピ:土屋アンナ
    ヘレナ：松下ゆき

    Bolding mine~

    As Bette Porter: Yuki Amami
    As Tina Kennard: Yuriko Ishida
    As Alice Pieszecki: Miho Kanno
    As Dana Fairbanks: Rinka
    As Lara Perkins: Karina Nose (?)
    As Jenny Schecter: Yu Aoi <- I “WHAT” at this one xD
    As Marina Ferrer: Sachie Hara
    As Shane McCutcheon: Kou Shibasaki <- OMG I laughed at this one, actually snorted.
    As Carmen de la Pica Morales: MEISA Kuroki
    As Eva Torres (aka. Papi): Anna Tsuchiya <- I burst out laughing ‘coz I can picture it.
    As Helena Peabody: Yuki Matsushita

    First thoughts? It would be actually kind of exciting… considering Jenny was often described as “the main character” on the show, that would mean Yu on a new show xD and… no disrespect to Mia Kirshner and her Jenny, but OMG… how much I wanted to hit Jenny in the face. LOL She was… exasperating. So in that sense, I would like to see if Yu could make me want to punch her in the face with her Jenny, or if the Japanese writers (and Yu’s new interpretation) would be able to make me sympathetic towards her.

    And if by any chance it gets remade… well, I doubt any Japanese network would be able to get away with all the smut, so all the smut would have to be implied. I don’t have a problem with that, as I actually think that all the smut took away from whatever little you could salvage from the telenovela.

    *sighs* I haven’t talk about The L Word since it ended… unless you count the Shane posts xD And talking about Shane… how about Kou Shibasaki as her? I don’t know man… Shane’s like iconic. LOL It’s like you say “Shane” and people should know, you know? Could Shibasaki play suave? I don’t know any actress that could pull of Shane’s player attitude.

    And since we’re talking about players… how about Papi. You know why I laughed with the suggestion of Tsuchiya. Because I was reminded the time I was watching Kamikaze Girls with a friend, and Anna Tsuchiya, playing Ichigo, was on screen with Momoko (played by Kyoko Fukada) and my friend literally “She’s sooooo cool” and then she turned around and asked me whether Kamikaze Girls was a gay film. Hence, I can picture Tsuchiya playing Papi.

    Thoughts?

  • Akiba Fest and other stuff… like BiBi’s new album~

    Akiba Fest is today. Never been to it, I guess there will be loads of otakus there. xD

    Today, had to attend the press conference for it… ooh, fancy~ Patricia Acevedo (the Latin American voice of Lisa Simpson, Lady Oscar, and Chichi from Dragon Ball), as well as Laura Torres… who is the only dubbing actress I ever recognize on tv merits only, because she is the voice of Daria… as well as Gabrielle on Xena, and I grew up with that dubbing… and then I heard her as Catherine Willows on CSI. Trippy. Then I found out she’s also been Goku when he was a kid, as well as Gohan and Goten… plus, Tommy Pickles from Rugrats, and Shippo on Inuyasha. I’m pretty sure she’s done Happy Feet too. LOL

    During the conference…

    They had a moment. xD

    Anyway… Bibi’s album just hit the net.
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  • Mark Ronson & The Business INTL – Bang Bang Bang

    Mark Ronson featuring QTIP and MNDR.

    I really enjoyed Ronson’s last album, and I think he’s a really great producer. However, I think he really dropped the ball with this song… or maybe I just don’t like his type of music any longer. Honestly, it’s been ages since I heard anything from him xD

    But the French and Japanese? Sounds so weird.

    Does anyone feel the video is so Liveman or Flashman? [why the 90’s ruled]

  • BeeTV Mobile Phone Dramas Create Buzz

    We have been talking about Mobile Phone Dramas for a while here… a little more than half a year.

    Then there’s Mobile Phone Dramas. Sort of a hybrid between a series and commercials.. or other PR material, maybe a mix between short films and commercials that end up becoming a movie…

    …

    While Asia is taking product placement and marketing to a whole new level, here… they try to shove ads and other silly commercials on printed media. And more commercial time. And more clicking banners.

    It seems BeeTV, which focuses on broadcasting dramas through cellphone carrier DoCoMo, has grown into more than 1 million subscribers paying $3 a month to watch this 5min pieces. Dude, that’s $3M a month for roughly 30min of footage in a cellphone.

    Hollywood is jealous.

    BeeTV broadcasts more than 20 short programs in eight genres like drama, music and comedy and plans to add shows on cooking, fashion and beauty for a total of more than 50 programs. The two most-popular are drama series “Love Letter in Five Years” and “Death Game Park.”

    …

    Some of BeeTV’s more popular shows are later released on DVD. The saucy drama series “Women Have Fun Twice,” starring five well-known actresses, will be screened in late June at the Taipei Film Festival after the number of episodes downloaded hit 900 million, a BeeTV record.

    via Japan Now.

    Women Have Fun Twice is that Asami Mizukawa mobile phone drama I was telling you about. And, OMG! It’s going to be screened at the Taipei Film Fest? Jealous!

    I am eating up all this commercial stuff. Geez, and I don’t even own a cellphone. xD
    I am not prepared for this type of marketing~

  • Yu Aoi to Guest Star on TBS Unubore Deka

    I thought I would never EVER say this, but this is too much Yu Aoi.

    The TBS website for the upcoming drama Unubore Deka (Conceited Detective) just announced guest-stars, and Yu Aoi will be appearing on the 2nd episode. Also guest-starring, actress Kanako Higuchi (ep03), and Kyoko Koizumi.

    Mika Nakashima stars on the show alongside Tomoya Nagase, who plays the deluded detective.

    A 30-year-old single detective (Nagase Tomoya), who is under the illusion that he is popular with females is called ‘Unubore’ by friends. He is an ultra romantic and susceptible to conceitedness. He has such a strong desire to marry to the extent that he has bought an apartment for his newlywed life. He falls in love with female criminals at first sight each time. While the sheer desire to meet wraps around him, he will get proof that the female is the culprit. And so, he will thrust both the arrest warrant and marriage papers at her, proposing with the words, “If you marry me, I won’t arrest you.” If that still does not work, he will hold out an engagement ring and his handcuffs. In the end, the criminal will choose to be arrested and his heart will be broken. He will cry as he puts the handcuffs on her…

    via DramaWiki.

    To be honest, the premise sounds BLAH.

    But Nagase is funny… at least he was on Tiger & Dragon, but that was a different monster. However, I will probably give it a go… after all, if I don’t like it, it’s only going to be two episodes. [added to the calendar]

    Let’s play 6 Degrees… Mika Nakashima starred on Worst by Chance — and Yu Aoi made a short appearance there. Tomoya Nagase was on Tiger & Dragon with Yu. Kanako Higuchi played Aoi Miyazaki’s mother on Atsuhime… Miyazaki is besties with Yu. And Kyoko Koizumi starred on the stage piece Gakuya with Yu.

  • Early YAM 010!

    MY85 made me realize that tomorrow is the 13th, so I decided to release this today.

    Thanks to Julz, who’s always a diligent writer.
    and MY85… and well, Maca who keeps tracks of her films.

    I just want you to head over here.

  • June 2010 Yu Aoi Short Takes

    Sorry for the lack of comment activity yesterday, there was a weird mixed up with me, my server, and my ISP… which was fixed NOT by Telefonica, but my server providers~~~ They’re the best. You should all work with them.

    Anyway, a lot of stuff… besides the World Cup,
    whose Opening ceremony I missed, because I couldn’t wake up for them…

    Toy Story 3 screening in the morning! So I’m making this short~

    First~ as you may (or not) have noticed, I have added a Yu Aoi Event Calendar to the right, below the Ads. That’s to help us all to keep track of what’s going on and when. As you can see, Flowers opened today.
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  • Glee Quote of the Week – S01x22 – Journey

    Hi, Glee Quote of the Week, Glee is over for the season O.o

    I think last night’s (real) season finale was a good sappy episode. I had a problem with the whole Quinn giving birth, as she was not sweaty or red enough, in my opinion… but I have never been pregnant, let alone given birth, so I’m just saying. The scene was quite funny though… and after having Puck peeking to the forbidden lands of down there during the birth, I doubt he will be getting laid any time soon. Anyone who’s seen any documentary knows. LOL

    My second pet-peeve was the crying during To Sir with Love. I know it’s hard to cry while singing, but even Will had to look away from the line of the camera.

    Anyway! The blogosphere is abuzz with this quote~ at least part of it.

    Announcer: She is fresh off her fifth consecutive National Cheerleading Title, and author of the soon-to-be-published memoir, I’m a Winner and You’re Fat, Ohio’s home-grown iconoclast, Coach Sue Sylvester!

    I dunno if I would buy I’m a Winner, and You’re Fat… but I would totally read it.