Everything under the Sun. Tropical sun.

[dangermousie]

Yes, still at the beach. I love the dry air and the giant cacti and the winding hilly roads with goats lazily wandering across and a myriad of birds flying overhead. And the brightly painted houses with thick slanting walls, and the blueness of the ocean from the cliff, and the cloudy sunsets.

But this is not why I have an LJ, so here continues my chronicle of watching.

I found a preview for ep 13 of Snow Queen on youtube and OMG! OMG! Tae-Woong's overachieving friend, the one who killed himself because he was an idiot, is actually Bo Ra's beloved brother?????? And she blames the 'brother's friend' (who she doesn't know is TW) for the brother's death? OMG. The look on Hyun Bin's face when she tells him that! This really is ALtKish.

I have also been continuing with my Farscape rewatch.

That first shot of D, John and Zhaan approaching the Orican's abode made me think of the Wizard of Oz (with who being the Tin Man and who being Dorothy, I'll leave the others to determine). And just like WoZ, Orican is not what she seems.

This is not the greatest ep, but it is important in a very crucial fashion: the appearance of John's long leather coat. Whoa. :)

And of course, he continues his over-reacting, acting 'off' in this ep too. John is paradoid of losing his small family, scared of loss, and of course the events, unfortunately, generally seem to bear out his paranoia of distrust against anyone 'other.' Can his over-agression, over in-your-face be a continuing PTSD reaction to his helplessness and his torture at Scorpius' hands? You bet.

Also, this is where I first noticed Chiana liking D'Argo, and little mundane things like washing. Oh, and yeah, John now is inseparable from his gun.

I am also four episodes into Samurai Champloo which continues to be excellent. I confess Mugen freaks me out, with the 'fun' violence, but he is an interesting character (who is certainly having fun) and I like Fuu and adore Jin (who seems to make a habit of rescuing people from brothels? Yeah, yeah, I know I am not supposed to have seen the later ep yet).

I have also finished six episodes of Magicians of Love and it continues to be awesome. I really like that Yasi and Xiao Bei seem to be getting genuinely good friends first, before all the heavy necking or what not. They get to know each other and their misconceptions fly away. I love that Xiao Bei admits that she now prefers him to his 'brother,' after getting to know him, and actually defends him to his grandmother. I really can't wait until poor Yasi's house of cards will fall down and grandma and Xiao Bei will find out there is no Yayun, as he and Mother died a couple of years back. Ouch. Well, Yasi is clearly falling apart as a result of doing such an odd charade, so it's probably for the best (the look on his face as XB unwittingly hits on it by saying he can pretend to be his twin with a different demeanor and clothes). And I love it when he ruffles her hair. Eeeeee! And he finally decided to give up on his awful ex (who ditched him for 3 years!) not knowing she just came back. And XB basically summed him up to his face, as someone nice who builds walls in order to keep from being hurt (a sheep in wolf's clothing) and they had fun and now Richie likes her too and she thinks she likes Richie, who is liked by Kelan (who should stop with the cooking) which has Fernando pissed off and eeeeee....getting good!

And in conclusion, youtube is your friend. Why? I have been a bad girl, watching Hana Kimi RAWs. And I bring you my fave scene so far, Quan rescing Rui Xi from annoying guy's attempted rape and her being all feverishand unconscious and there being kissing. (Trust me to pick the angsty scene in a near angst-free manga).

Comments

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

Re: SQ spoiler: I had a very strong suspicion it would turn out to be like that. Can't wait for the angsting that the news will bring *g*. Poor Tae-Woong, he really is made to suffer a lot in this dorama.

Now I'm more tempted than ever to check out the unsubbed version (I have made a youtube playlist of all the available unsubbed eps for the day I finally can't wait any more for the subs to appear :)).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

yeah, poor guy. He must have been an ax murderer in the past life, or similar. Seriously, I really wish for a HEA though I know it won't happen.

[fivil.livejournal.com]

I'm watching ISWAK episode 4 & needed to squee a bit. It's getting better & better. Eee, he protected her from perverts in the bus! & Now his mother conspired to have the two share the house alone!

By the way, I'm slightly confused about Zhi Shu's family.. Why does his mother call him "big brother"?

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I think it's a cultural thing, referring to the siblings as "older" and "younger"

[fivil.livejournal.com]

By the parents, that is? Good to know!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think it's more anytime you refer to the siblings of the family(unless one is the head of the family) traditionally.

It's similar to the kung fu shows, books, dramas, etc. If they're talking to each other, or there's more than one in the room and they're being spoken to, it's first, second, third, etc. brother.

Also I've noticed that most siblings in Taiwanese, Korean, and TVB dramas each share a part of the name, so it can also just help differentiate so there's no confusion about who's being spoken to.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hey, I found Wallflower anime on youtube and I just watched a few minutes, but it's cuuuuute.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Sigh...I found it when my speakers worked...watched an unsubbed clip of one of the best scenes from book 1 of the manga...located the first few eps subbed...watched a movie...and by the time I went back to sit down w/ the first few eps, the speakers had died

*is going to try to exchange them today after work*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh, hope the speakers get fixed.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay! Hope you'll end up enjoying it a lot. 6 or 7 is where my love really kicked in. I do love that he protects her from perverts not by being all macho and beating them up but by quoting legal stuff :)

Re: big brother. What meganbmoore said.

[calixa.livejournal.com]

I knew she would turn out to be the best friend's sister, only from years of watching doramas and the scene where the best friend asks Tae Woong if he'd like to be introduced to a great girl. Obviously someone who has a domineering father and studies all day would only know great girls who are their little sisters :P

What? Attempted rape?? I didn't watch the clips because they're too long, but is it by that crazy dorm monitor guy? He's so sketchy but I didn't think he'd be a villain...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Obviously someone who has a domineering father and studies all day would only know great girls who are their little sisters :P


ROFL.

Re: Hana Kimi. No, not the dorm monitor (who is awesome, IMO). They are working during the summer and it's one of those 'appearing in one ep only' kinda characters who works there. But on the plus side, there is Rui Xi holding on to quan and sobbing into him, and his hugging her and stroking her hair, and piggy-back carrying :)

[calixa.livejournal.com]

Oohhhh, good! I like the slutty dorm monitor, and awww to the hugging and carrying! :D

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Mugen is one of those weird characters whom I don't like, but who intrigues me, especially when you find out his back story. And I love Jin. He's generally so sincerely unflappable (he didn't seem to think twice about cross dressing) in the face of his really weird companions. And Jin has some streaks of weird to him too, you find out, which makes it more understandable that he fits in with the group of misfits (same theme that Cowboy Bebop had). It's understandable that Fuu develops a crush of sorts on him.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That is how I feel about Mugen as well.

But yeah, definitely yeah on Jin.