Friday, January 8, 2010

Currently watching...

I finally found time to catch up on the first few ep of Liar Game season 2. It's up to ep #7 now so I have some marathon to do... Based on the first few epi I have seen, as usual, the "games" are still as intriguing and ingenius as ever, and Nao is less annoying as she was in season one.

Looks like my coming week isnt going to be as boring as I feared if this season lived up to my expectation as season one had... If u are a person who enjoys "Mind games", this is one drama for u (if u dont mind bearing with some annoying eccentric characters along with it)



Havent quite figured out why they even bother with Code Blue season 2, airing on 11th Jan 2010...I didnt even think season one was that great, but I suppose it is good news for yamapi fans...

4 comments:

Nimy said...

Hi Tv addict ,Thanks for Hongki..err..FtIsland download link s:)

have u finished LG-S2? After watching complete 1st season of liar game ,I immediately started season 2 but didn’t finish ep 1.Not because it was boring or anything but I wanted to move on or I wanted them to move on .I know its presumptuous of me to assume anything without watching all the aired eps but it was a bit too familiar ,Akiyama ,the saviour ( still hot !),Naoki ,the cute but dumb ,Fukunaga ,the former ? conman (ahhh ,the violator of my fashion sensibility ) what bugs me is the Detective Conan or Yukan club vibe I am getting but with game theory, art house setting and gang bang music ,I know its totally different ,like comparing Truman Capote with Colin Forbes ,whose characters never grew .I mean ,the games get intense but the interpersonal equations are downplayed deliberately in the plot ,which I have come to hate as a general principal .I have to admit I may be a Noaki in RL:0 .May be things have changed S2?

U know after You Are Beautiful ,I have not settled on a definite drama(nor have I rewatched ,there goes my/our list !!:)).I started many ,old & new ,but nothing seems to hold my attention ,the downside of liking a trendy drama too much :) ....there are a lot to pick from ..The only drama that am watching week to week is Smile ,You .It started as a comedy but is veering towards melo ! What is keeping me glued are the leads .But I hate the girl getting all doormatty in front of guy’s family ! Where is the spunky girl I loved ?

1.chuno..people are raving but no subbed version is up yet ..as far as I know ..I highly recommend this ...Can we watch this together ? ,pretty ,please :)
2. pasta ,good reports..but viikii has new ‘translator ‘ policy, cant seem to work around it
3. god of study ..am keeping this aside for the time being
4.Will it snow for Xmas ,remake of a Jap drama .Go Soo ,the hero akka Mr Soulful eyes is delicious from stills but it’s a melodrama .I am not ready for a melo now .May be once all eps are aired ,I will marathon it. Has great potential, I tell :)

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Old dramas that I simply cannot get ahead with

1.Mixed Investigation Agency (love all the leads especially Lee Minki , I like their kind of humour and am their kind of person but a bit slow for me ..will finish it in Jan )
2.Fantastic couple( what made me check it out was the scriptwriters .Hong SISTERS ,YES the same Hers Highnesses behind YAB .Great fun,good chemistry between leads …but ...)
3.Tamra the island ,stuck at ep 4 .What got me started was my love for jeju island that I have seen in a million dramas...but same problem
4.Conspiracy In the Court ..Really awesome, A+ ,Cannes golden palm stuff ,May be one of the best dramas I have watched ,it s too good ,so have to assimilate it slowly and am taking my time .

Now I have news .Manga Perfect Girl Evolution or Wall Flower is being adapted to live action and is going to start airing from this Jan 15 and Kame is the lead .I like Kame but I am not too sure about the choice .I don’t know whether u heard this or know this manga ?
I have not read the manga nor watched the anime ,just know the synopsis from wikipedia .What caught my attention was 4 hot guys + nobuta like female lead .My brain yelled *YAB+nobuta wa produce *,went into this ‘must watch this at all cost’ mode ,a bit hungry , a bit desperate ,now I have seen the preview and it doesn’t look very appealing .I think I ma going to be terribly disappointed with everything but I will watch !!! U may want to check it out ?

Oh btw I watched Avatar during xmas hols .Loved it ,premise is familiar but MAN ,Na’vis are Gods ;0 ..Catch U later

Tvadddict said...

Nope LG-S2 is still currently airing, still at ep7. Last ep next week.

Since I havent finshed the series, I can only say what I hink of LG up to now.

This new season is less intense less the previous in terms of the levels and number of " liar games". Rather it focused more on Naoki pressing on her notion that people can turn their back on money and lies etc. She is smarter here than last season so she grind on my nerves less this season. At least I can see her purpose and her trying hard to achieve her aim by her own merit - and not merely relying solely on Akiyama. (I hated her so much last season towards the end as it got abit draggy)

In season 2, Akiyama meet his nemesis, another high IQ professor who was the only one who had ever beaten Akiyama with her wits..thus creating the anticipation to see if Akiyama can outwit her this time..so far, she seems to be one tep ahead at all time..the suspense as to who she is and relationship to akiyama.

I think LG s2 is still good. I am surprised it is such a short season. Will let u know if its worth finishing the series after the last epi air.

Yeah I havent settled on any drama or got sucked in after YAB. Maybe its just timing as well...

I have previously seen the synopsis of teh drama u mentioned
but I didnt pick them up as it didnt come across as interesting.
As u will know me by now, I HATE doormatty characters, they drive me insane. So I think I will skip Smile, you based onyour descrip! (before I stab myself to death from frustration!)

Wallflowwer sounds familiar, may have read it before but canx be sure now (since I must have covered hundreds of manga by now)
will check it out and revert later:)The rest, do not know much...though I know about its upcoming airtime..

OH yes! I caught Avatar after I got back, 3D version. It was cool flick but too similar to pochantontas and i though the Navi could do with less manicured fingers given they live in the "wild"..ok its me nitpicking:)

Just finished sherlock holmes too...alittle unexpected coz guy ritchies totally morphed holmes into a different guy from what I rem from the books! I had expected more but found the flick a little lacking. It's still entertaining but not as good as some of Guy ritchie's previous works....

elisa said...

hiya Tv Addict, Nimy, Arlyne...and the rest of the gang

Yup, after YAB, I, like all of you, couldn't get to watch anything. when you recommended Liar Games, started the 1st two episodes of Season1 and gave it up. When Arlyne recommended "Will it snow this Christmas" tried it too, had a lot of potential (of course, the eyecandy doesn't hurt its merit..hahahahaha) but around episode3 the melodrama (and the less screentime of the young gorgeous actor, more hahahaha) got to me, and wasn't in the mood to continue YET. will probably catch up with it after a month or two and do a marathon. Thought that it has something to do with all the packing and organizing I have to do but when you both mentioned the "after YAB syndrome" then I finally had a name to my melancholy. So back to packing and organizing. Read my kids books again (Artemis Fowl series by Eion Colfer is fun). Rewatched Season1 of Glee on TV and my new Season1 DVD of Fringe (Christmas gift from my boys). I guess that is what keeps me afloat nowadays. Hope we have a new drama soon that has a lot of fangirl potential. hahahahahaha. Will try to check the mangas available in the country...I do like the illustrations that I could just imagine how cute the next actors would be if they do decide to make it into a series. Sorry babbling.

PS oh...oh...ask Amigo if he is a Neil Gaiman fan too? hahahahaha

Tvadddict said...

ha.... its scary how powerful YAB is...this is the longest withdrawal syndrome ever after a drama series. maybe because its short and sweet, thus rendering it so memorable..

Well for me, Liar game 2 is keeping me occupied even its its a sore substitue but better than nothing. I am taking a beak from reading after finishing my Jim butcher series..

AT least they are showing "FLASH FORWARD" in HK now!! yeah! something to pine for on every tues...

Back to manga for good faithful company... :)