Tag: tv drama / tv series / miniseries

  • The Evolution of Mobile Phone Dramas

    I haven’t used a cellphone since someone stole mine nearly 3 years ago, but I’ve seen it moving towards it. I mean, I still think it’s gonna be tricky watching the show on my phone while making sure no one is following me to mug me.

    Stories on forums that became premises for films, blogs that became books, etc. After all, everyone’s got something to say. Then came the days when Marketing caught up with technology, and we began with viral videos. We love viral videos, you’ve probably received thousands of emails from different people all sending you the same goddamn video.

    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… like the Kit Kat short films by Shunji Iwai starring Yu Aoi and Anne Suzuki that became the film Hana & Alice. And so came Shunji Iwai again, this time with LISMO Channel and their nine 5-minute episodes titled Koibana ~ SUIKA to Bansoukou ~ (恋ばな ～スイカと絆創膏～) directed by Kodomo no Kodomo director Koji Hagiuda.

    Iwai, who is producing, has mentioned the high quality of this drama, and seems to be interested in turning this idea into a feature film. In reality, anyone can say whatever they want to say, but if anyone can make a Phone Drama and turn it into a film is Iwai. I mean, after turning Kit Kat into Hana & Alice, I believe anything can be possible.

    But how far have we gone… 45 minutes of Koibana may turn into a feature film, short stories become nearly-three-hour films… Facebook becomes a movie, episode recaps as if they were on Facebook. What’s next? Twitter movies? After all, there are Twitter accounts for television characters already. Yes, definitely… a Twitter movie in the future. Anyone wants to discuss a story idea?

    There’s already people on LiveJournal doing roleplay (though with real people), we can make one work, right? Anyone want to pitch in? It’s casting time! LOL Just gathering people who have the time to pretend they’re a character, and see where we go. xD

    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.

    Also, I might need to add a new category besides Television. xD

  • Glee Withdrawal Symptom!

    EEK!!!!

    It was right after this week’s episode that I began feeling the need to watch a new episode of Glee, only to find out there won’t be a new episode until November 11!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

    What to do in the meantime?

    Fox Latinamerica is beginning Glee this November 5th,
    but that still leaves me with one week of no Glee. *sighs*

    Did I fuzzed about the Glee ads all over town? Yes, I did.

    There are some issues with Glee with Spanish subtitles… and those problems will arise with translating the jokes, and people actually getting them. Just like “hairless pussy” [insert WB’s Popular plug] got translated literally, it lost all funny. Plus, it gets all passed the censors on ABC’s Family Channel — even funnier. xD but no such thing here.

  • Tweets I Would Love to Read

    You know what I love more than the smell of victory? The smell of loser’s defeat.
    sueCsit

    @sueCsit yeah, hon. thank you.
    b1tchisback

    —

    I just got my feet unwebbed!
    marycherry

    @marycherry I shoulda picked the other one when I had the chance.
    mamacherry

    @mamacherry oh, mama~ I love ya. Let’s go hunting for baby seals!
    marycherry

    —

    Come over here to get some frottage!
    apriltuna

    @apriltuna meet you at the janitor’s closet.
    travoltadick

    Hahaha.
    get them all?

  • Glee Quote of the Week – S01×08 – Mash-Up

    Courtesy of Noah “Puck” Puckerman
    Hawt-mohawk-guitar-playing Jew-football-player~

    Glee - 1x08 - Hot Jew!

    Rachel was a hot Jew, and the good Lord wanted me to get into her pants.

    HAHAHAHAHA.

  • Music Makes the Glee Club Come Together~

    Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Madonna is letting the Gleeks sing her song catalog. What that means? Possibly an episode full of Madonna tracks~ But it’s not the first time Ryan Murphy is featuring Madonna~~~

    I had read a rumor that Madonna (and Gwyneth — split from the same cell as Mary Cherry) were fans of Popular. LOL Could that be true? Because that’d be awesomeness~~~

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    Ladies! We’ve got our Smokin’ Gun~~~ xD

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  • Fandom Crossover: Glee + Buffy

    joss-whedon-is-my-master-now-tshirtNo, we ain’t gonna see vampires on Glee, fellows~

    Entertainment Weekly reported, and has confirmed thanks to this Whedon comment that he will be directing an episode of our favorite new loser show Glee.

    As you know, Fox has already ordered the complete first season (13 episodes, plus 9 more) – one of these new nine eps to be shot will have Whedon at the helm, after such classic musical extravaganzas like Once More with Feeling — the classic Buffy musical episode — and Dr. Horrible.

    What the people are asking for?

    Neil Patrick Harris!

    Of course! I second that one!!!

    For sure there’s a whole demand for all the cast of Dr. Horrible, and Buffy — After all, it IS the Whedonverse we are talking about here, but let’s not forget this is Glee! xD I’m sure there’s a lot of Whedon fans who are also Ryan Murphy’s fans (moi!), I;ll just be thrill for the episode. And I’ll spazz if NPH shows up.

    PS: I also want Mary Cherry and Cherry Cherry for a cameo~

    PS2: There’s Glee posters all over town here. I’m spazzing.

  • Oh, Ms. Holloway~

    christina-hendricks-mad-men-2

    Christina Hendricks has been called buxom, voluptuous, and even bodacious by the press. She wants us to know that she’s much more than her hourglass figure and bottle-red hair, but one thing can’t be denied: Whether she’s warm or cool to her secretarial pool, Joan is always smoking hot.

    The Advocate has a new interview with Mad Men’s (and also Firefly’s) Christina Hendricks. x)

    I can NOT believe she was a goth… and that she’s a natural blonde.

    I’ve had many, many unrequited crushes. I knew this one guy’s entire schedule my senior year of high school and would conveniently be outside his classrooms whenever class let out. But I was a goth kid and he was a soccer player, so he wasn’t having it. He was just horrified by me.

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  • I need a little Shane today~

    LOL

    or… “you’re looking very Shane today”

    Three Rivers is showing its first ep next week down here,
    and I needed to see Kate Moennig xD

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  • Glee Quote of the Week – S01×07 – Throwdown

    So so hard to pick a great quote
    because the whole episode was filled with Sue Sylvester
    dialog to spare~~~

    Glee - 1x07 - Minorities!

    Alright, everybody! Listen up! When you hear your name called, cross over to my side of this black shiny thing.

    (That’s called a piano, Sue.)

    Santana, Wheels, Gay Kid — come on, move it! Asian, Other Asian, Aretha, and Shaft!

    BUAHAHAHA. So so many great quotes on this week~

  • Glee Quote of the Week – S01×06 – Vitamin D

    Courtesy of Sue Sylvester again!

    Glee - 1x06 - Procreation

    I’ve always thought the desire to procreate was a sign of deep personal weakness. Me? Never wanted kids. Don’t have the time, don’t have the uterus.

    Hahahaha.
    And come on! That journal entry! xD