War of In Laws II has just finished, normally I would rank it but I feel that I have missed too many episodes (probs about 3) to do it justice so I am going to rank it later. Currently this is how the whole thing looks:
1st... Catch Me Now
2nd... A Journey Called Life
3rd... D.I.E.
4th... The Silver Chamber of Sorrows
5th... The Master of Tai Chi
Monday, 30 June 2008
Thursday, 12 June 2008
The Apprentice Series 4
Now that I think of it I should have blogged about this series but I didn't for some reason even when I wrote so much about it. I am so happy Lee won he was my favourite from the start and finally my favourite wins after both Saira and Ruth failed to do that.
I don't want to go into too much detail about the final 4 as it'll take me too long but I thought Alpha deserved their win, Renaissance had a good concept but they just threw the money factor down the drain - anyone can produce brilliant concepts when they have a professional designer telling them what to do and a lot of money!
Alex was the worse in the final - he tried to make Helene look bad but in the end he was the stupid one, I liked him at the start but as the series went on I just started to dislike him and nothing he did made me like him - most annoying thing is his constant reminder of him being 24, I don't care if you're 24 age doesn't matter in this business!
Anyway Helene did a better job towards the end but it wasn't enough to save their asses.
Claire and Lee deserved their win and Lee deserved his overall win.
I didn't like Claire at the start as she seemsed all talk and no work. I think it was around the mid competition where I honestly saw a different side which I liked and I saw her attributes. She did well but in the end I felt Lee was the stronger candidate.
Of Interest: I actually made a list and I've agreed with only 6 firings by Sir Alan out of 15!
Here is how I ranked the 16 in terms of how much I liked them rather than how good they were in business.
1st: Lee - my favourite by far and equally the best candidate! Lovely personality and passionate about his opinions.
2nd Raef - You just can't dislike him, Ok at the start I felt he was slightly annoying but that was just misunderstanding, he truly is a likeable person who didn't deserve to go when Michael was still in.
3rd Lindi - Some may say "who is she" well Lindi was one of the earlier candidates who got fired. I just liked her. She was always my favourite girl, though she had some silly ideas I felt she was very direct and by no means vindictive - a straight talking girl with a big heart.
4th Lucinda - Candidates like Lucinda normally leave me split, at the start I felt sorry for her though felt she was no good for the job, in the end I didn't feel sorry for her but felt she was a strong candidate. I liked her because she was different but she was not a team player indeed! It was just a joy to watch her confrontations.
5th Sara - We now come into the slightly grey area where the rankings are interchangeable. Sara is 5th because I don't dislike her and have never disliked her (which is the case for some of the people below her) therefore for that sole reason she places at 5th.
6th Jennifer - I don't know about Jennifer but like Sara I didn't dislike her and actually found her to be one of my favourites at the start. She wasn't made for the job but I felt she was OK and had nothing which made me hate her.
7th Claire - Yep another girl! Anyway some may think she places quite low on this chart and for me it splits two ways. If I placed her for the last few weeks she may have been in the top 4 but in the first few weeks she would have been in the bottom 4, so take an average and we reach 7th! Anyway Claire rose in my books basically but it was a bit too late for her to make my top 3.
8th Helene - I didn't really have much of an opinion on her for the whole of the series, however at one small point I did find her annoying. She is still as much of a mystery to me I think but I place her here basically because she reached the final and I didn't find it that annoying so I must have liked her in some aspect.
9th Jenny - She kind of has two sides of her. The nice side is very sweet but the vindictive side is definitely evil but very entertaining. I didn't like her confrontation with Lucinda but that is basically it. In the end I liked her more than hating her.
10th Shazia - Ok basically don't know her! Probably would have placed higher but she went too early for me to form an opinion on her.
11th Simon - So all the girls are above the last 6 boys! Anyway Simon places here because yeah he is likeable but I just don't really feel for people who put themselves in a shambles, he was too passionate in the wrong way and in the end I didn't have a developed opinion on him.
12th Alex - I tried hardly to keep him higher but enough was enough, I couldn't put up with him anymore and he eventually placed here. He was annoying during the competition and I felt he was the weakest of the finalists. He should definitely not have reached the finals in my opinion.
13th Ian - He left early and on a bad note so he places 13th. I didn't like the I can't say the word "loser" thing that was just obnoxious.
14th Kevin - argh... this guy got on my nerves and honestly he just didn't know what to do. He is so annoying and really manipulative! Didn't like him one bit.
15th Nicolas - who! It's Nicolas de Lacy-Brown! Still don't know he is, he is the guy that went the first week. That obnoxious, annoying, vindictive rat actually avoided the bottom. He was so smug with himself that I hated him from the start and because of that he made me like Alex which was the stupidest thing I ever did! Nicolas annoyed me to hell I really hated him.
16th Michael - His personality is vile and his business acumen is the smallest you could ever imagine. People don't have to be evil in business which he was. What topped it off for me was Sir Alan keeping him for so long when it was obvious he could do nothing right! Well At least Sir Alan admitted his mistake in the You're Hired and Why I fired them program. Anyway he'll go down as one of the most hated candidates in The Apprentice history and the first one to actually make Sir Alan think twice!
I don't want to go into too much detail about the final 4 as it'll take me too long but I thought Alpha deserved their win, Renaissance had a good concept but they just threw the money factor down the drain - anyone can produce brilliant concepts when they have a professional designer telling them what to do and a lot of money!
Alex was the worse in the final - he tried to make Helene look bad but in the end he was the stupid one, I liked him at the start but as the series went on I just started to dislike him and nothing he did made me like him - most annoying thing is his constant reminder of him being 24, I don't care if you're 24 age doesn't matter in this business!
Anyway Helene did a better job towards the end but it wasn't enough to save their asses.
Claire and Lee deserved their win and Lee deserved his overall win.
I didn't like Claire at the start as she seemsed all talk and no work. I think it was around the mid competition where I honestly saw a different side which I liked and I saw her attributes. She did well but in the end I felt Lee was the stronger candidate.
Of Interest: I actually made a list and I've agreed with only 6 firings by Sir Alan out of 15!
Here is how I ranked the 16 in terms of how much I liked them rather than how good they were in business.
1st: Lee - my favourite by far and equally the best candidate! Lovely personality and passionate about his opinions.
2nd Raef - You just can't dislike him, Ok at the start I felt he was slightly annoying but that was just misunderstanding, he truly is a likeable person who didn't deserve to go when Michael was still in.
3rd Lindi - Some may say "who is she" well Lindi was one of the earlier candidates who got fired. I just liked her. She was always my favourite girl, though she had some silly ideas I felt she was very direct and by no means vindictive - a straight talking girl with a big heart.
4th Lucinda - Candidates like Lucinda normally leave me split, at the start I felt sorry for her though felt she was no good for the job, in the end I didn't feel sorry for her but felt she was a strong candidate. I liked her because she was different but she was not a team player indeed! It was just a joy to watch her confrontations.
5th Sara - We now come into the slightly grey area where the rankings are interchangeable. Sara is 5th because I don't dislike her and have never disliked her (which is the case for some of the people below her) therefore for that sole reason she places at 5th.
6th Jennifer - I don't know about Jennifer but like Sara I didn't dislike her and actually found her to be one of my favourites at the start. She wasn't made for the job but I felt she was OK and had nothing which made me hate her.
7th Claire - Yep another girl! Anyway some may think she places quite low on this chart and for me it splits two ways. If I placed her for the last few weeks she may have been in the top 4 but in the first few weeks she would have been in the bottom 4, so take an average and we reach 7th! Anyway Claire rose in my books basically but it was a bit too late for her to make my top 3.
8th Helene - I didn't really have much of an opinion on her for the whole of the series, however at one small point I did find her annoying. She is still as much of a mystery to me I think but I place her here basically because she reached the final and I didn't find it that annoying so I must have liked her in some aspect.
9th Jenny - She kind of has two sides of her. The nice side is very sweet but the vindictive side is definitely evil but very entertaining. I didn't like her confrontation with Lucinda but that is basically it. In the end I liked her more than hating her.
10th Shazia - Ok basically don't know her! Probably would have placed higher but she went too early for me to form an opinion on her.
11th Simon - So all the girls are above the last 6 boys! Anyway Simon places here because yeah he is likeable but I just don't really feel for people who put themselves in a shambles, he was too passionate in the wrong way and in the end I didn't have a developed opinion on him.
12th Alex - I tried hardly to keep him higher but enough was enough, I couldn't put up with him anymore and he eventually placed here. He was annoying during the competition and I felt he was the weakest of the finalists. He should definitely not have reached the finals in my opinion.
13th Ian - He left early and on a bad note so he places 13th. I didn't like the I can't say the word "loser" thing that was just obnoxious.
14th Kevin - argh... this guy got on my nerves and honestly he just didn't know what to do. He is so annoying and really manipulative! Didn't like him one bit.
15th Nicolas - who! It's Nicolas de Lacy-Brown! Still don't know he is, he is the guy that went the first week. That obnoxious, annoying, vindictive rat actually avoided the bottom. He was so smug with himself that I hated him from the start and because of that he made me like Alex which was the stupidest thing I ever did! Nicolas annoyed me to hell I really hated him.
16th Michael - His personality is vile and his business acumen is the smallest you could ever imagine. People don't have to be evil in business which he was. What topped it off for me was Sir Alan keeping him for so long when it was obvious he could do nothing right! Well At least Sir Alan admitted his mistake in the You're Hired and Why I fired them program. Anyway he'll go down as one of the most hated candidates in The Apprentice history and the first one to actually make Sir Alan think twice!
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
The Silver Chamber of Sorrows
Though I probably missed a quarter of the show I have decided to start this post because I won't have much time to revisit this show. In the future I may decide to rewatch it but currently it doesn't seem likely.
Anyway The Silver Chamber of Sorrows was an interesting drama which I found to be overall a good series (though my Dad seems to think otherwise!). I felt the cast was generally good but of course with the usual bad acting. Let's go into a character anaylsis first.
Nancy Sit was the first wife of Paul Chun, a character who tries to fight for the good of the family. I did seem to find the character development minimal and to be honest she would be a better support character in my opinion. I felt Nancy did a good job but at times I felt it seemed a little off.
Paul Chun played the "evil" father and husband of the Sheung family. To me he protrayed it well because I didn't like him! He really did capture his role but I never like the bad guys who are ignorant!
Ng Wai Kwok didn't really interest me. Since Drive of Life I felt his acting was slightly stunted. I didn't really connect with his character either and overall I didn't feel much towards this character or Ng Wai Kwok.
Shirley Yeung played a maid who turned out to be a daughter of the Sheung Family. Shirley showed her usual acting in this role but I think she fits it. However I didn't see much of her as I didn't watch the episodes where her main scenes were.
Christine Ng was probably my favourite character by quite a far margin. Though I can see acting faults I liked her portrayal. Though her story seemed slightly exagerrated I liked it as she was the only person who I was interested in!
Jack Wu didn't really get me through his acting!
Rebecca Chan was annoying at the start but I think she portrayed her role well though she seemed kind of wierd when she had brain damage (her acting I mean).
Overall this series didn't have many characters who I really liked with only Christine Ng holding the fortress for me, however I do accept I missed some of the episodes. Do I feel it is a series to watch - Yes. My favourite scene was probably the death of Nancy Wu which seemed really haunting when I watched it. I think the whole series escalated with that scene and it was that scene that got me interested again. Though the best scene this year still seems to lie with Sharon Chan finding Johnson Lee dead in Catch Me Now!
Ok with this series I am going to rank the shows...
1st... As everyone knows is Catch Me Now
2nd... A Journey Called Life
3rd... (Just beat out 4th) D.I.E.
4th... The Silver Chamber of Sorrows
5th... The Master of Tai Chi (sorry Raymond and Myolie!)
Well the first episode of Forensic Heroes was aired today and it was an ok to good start. I felt the episode was climbing up and up in terms of how good a start it was but I think it was way to quick into the cases! Overall we'll have to see how it develops because the second and third weeks in Hong Kong received lower ratings that the first week.
(Survivor's Law II and The Building Blocks of Life are currently not ranked but I probably rank them later though I'm quite shady on the Building blocks of life).
Well so War of In Laws II is in its latter stages here whilst of course Forensic Heroes is just starting. As I will be going to Hong Kong in July I will probably have to watch the Gentle Crackdown II, The Seventh Day, Wasabi Mon Amour and The Money Maker Recipe online (but I don't think either will make much of an impact on me!) The Speech of Silence doesn't interest me but if it airs I'll watch it! Love Exchange seems slightly Ok so I'll see. When a Dog Loves a Cat will be my Hong Kong series but I don't have to high of a hope for this whilst Moonlight Resonance will be my much awaited series!
Anyway The Silver Chamber of Sorrows was an interesting drama which I found to be overall a good series (though my Dad seems to think otherwise!). I felt the cast was generally good but of course with the usual bad acting. Let's go into a character anaylsis first.
Nancy Sit was the first wife of Paul Chun, a character who tries to fight for the good of the family. I did seem to find the character development minimal and to be honest she would be a better support character in my opinion. I felt Nancy did a good job but at times I felt it seemed a little off.
Paul Chun played the "evil" father and husband of the Sheung family. To me he protrayed it well because I didn't like him! He really did capture his role but I never like the bad guys who are ignorant!
Ng Wai Kwok didn't really interest me. Since Drive of Life I felt his acting was slightly stunted. I didn't really connect with his character either and overall I didn't feel much towards this character or Ng Wai Kwok.
Shirley Yeung played a maid who turned out to be a daughter of the Sheung Family. Shirley showed her usual acting in this role but I think she fits it. However I didn't see much of her as I didn't watch the episodes where her main scenes were.
Christine Ng was probably my favourite character by quite a far margin. Though I can see acting faults I liked her portrayal. Though her story seemed slightly exagerrated I liked it as she was the only person who I was interested in!
Jack Wu didn't really get me through his acting!
Rebecca Chan was annoying at the start but I think she portrayed her role well though she seemed kind of wierd when she had brain damage (her acting I mean).
Overall this series didn't have many characters who I really liked with only Christine Ng holding the fortress for me, however I do accept I missed some of the episodes. Do I feel it is a series to watch - Yes. My favourite scene was probably the death of Nancy Wu which seemed really haunting when I watched it. I think the whole series escalated with that scene and it was that scene that got me interested again. Though the best scene this year still seems to lie with Sharon Chan finding Johnson Lee dead in Catch Me Now!
Ok with this series I am going to rank the shows...
1st... As everyone knows is Catch Me Now
2nd... A Journey Called Life
3rd... (Just beat out 4th) D.I.E.
4th... The Silver Chamber of Sorrows
5th... The Master of Tai Chi (sorry Raymond and Myolie!)
Well the first episode of Forensic Heroes was aired today and it was an ok to good start. I felt the episode was climbing up and up in terms of how good a start it was but I think it was way to quick into the cases! Overall we'll have to see how it develops because the second and third weeks in Hong Kong received lower ratings that the first week.
(Survivor's Law II and The Building Blocks of Life are currently not ranked but I probably rank them later though I'm quite shady on the Building blocks of life).
Well so War of In Laws II is in its latter stages here whilst of course Forensic Heroes is just starting. As I will be going to Hong Kong in July I will probably have to watch the Gentle Crackdown II, The Seventh Day, Wasabi Mon Amour and The Money Maker Recipe online (but I don't think either will make much of an impact on me!) The Speech of Silence doesn't interest me but if it airs I'll watch it! Love Exchange seems slightly Ok so I'll see. When a Dog Loves a Cat will be my Hong Kong series but I don't have to high of a hope for this whilst Moonlight Resonance will be my much awaited series!
Friday, 6 June 2008
DESPERATE 4Housewives! (may Contain Spoliers!)
Wo, Wo, Wo, Wo, Wo firstly let me make this straight this isn't a hidden fantasy that I have been hiding away it is actually about one of my truely favourite TV Shows of all time Desperate Housewives. To all you people who have watched this already good for you but I think it is time that I have my own post that talks about my shock of what I've seen. Today I decided as I had a free day to finish up on some - dirty laundry! After watching to the finale I was left gobsmacked and like I had been in a boxing ring (note: I watched about 6 episodes at once! so the post goes back way way long).
Round 1
Ok I think I'll go with the small things first let's start with... Gabrielle! Though I do feel Gabrielle gives a whole different air to the show I do think her storyline is less dramatic in my point of view compared to Bre and Lynette and in the early stages Susan, however I love how they made Carlos blind, but I don't hope it lasts forever! The dog thing was so cute and I loved it, hate it was so short! I'd love a dog like that! The Ellie storyline was OK but it seemed very wierd towards the end, they were best friends at one point and bitter enemies the next! As well as that her death was kind of iffy! She just didn't seem to play much of a part in anything! I do think that Gabrielle's storyline tries to develop but then they cut it short, it just doesn't seem to develop into a climax - it ends abruptly. However I like the second half of her storyline better than the first because Carlos and Gabby just have this chemistry that make it a joy to watch even if it seems like a small sub plot! I love that she looks drained in the next series and has two kids, it will add a whole lot of dimension to the show.
Round 2
I dedicate story No.2 to Lynette. Firstly I'm more in shock that In Season 5 she will be 50! I felt her storyline was interesting but the Tornado thing was such a waste! I think they brought the tornado at the wrong time because all they wanted was to get rid of Victor! I hate to say it but one important death was needed and Victor wasn't the guy to fulfil it! I liked that Lynette had this fiasco with religion but the biggest thing about this storyline I liked was the Kayla thing. It's something I want to watch but feel in slight agony when I watch it. How horrible was Kayla! I actually don't forgive her even now! and they call Edie a slut! oops bad word. Anyway I felt so annoyed but I also felt it could have dragged on for a bit longer if not for the shortest season to date thing! It will be wierd watching Season 5 with all the Porter kids older, will all 4 be teenagers! I wonder who will play their parts! But now it is going to be wierd because their aren't as many teenagers as we get the previous ones all grown up from the evil 5 years later thing! err... so annoyed about that!
Round 3
Although not shocking I just like Bree so much. The friendly yet slightly deadly relationship with Katherine was always a joy, I just love the sarcasm both of them have, the little pokes at each other which make watching them so enjoyable! I did not like the thing with Orson though, the storyline had built up so much about that and eventually it is just thrown away! I think a huge anticlimax fills it up. However it's going to be different watching Bree be famous in Season 5 as yet again it would be so different from previous seasons!
Round 4
OK shock wasn't in stall for me in Susan's storyline at all until the very end! However I don't think I like the change! Susan's character has just been with so many men that I felt a calming down was what she needed with Mike, but they had to change that didn't they! So I guess Season 5's first plot will begin with Susan and her new love! I did think that the producers were calming down Susan's shocking life but now I realise they are just waiting to develop it for Season 5. I always liked the Mike/Susan relationship it has been since Season 1 and I have liked it since, I did think the mystery was calming down and I do see why they chose to add someone else to the ranks because three women with exactly the same husbands since the beginning maybe a bit to similar! I do feel however that leaving the last two main scenes of Susan as with Mike and her baby and with another man is really bad! I really want to see why this has occured though, though I don't want to see it unless it is because Mike and Maynard die I don't find a good reason for Susan to leave or Mike to leave! I just feel so uncomfortable!
Overall this season has left me wanting for so much more! So many cliffhangers and the thing is their doesn't seem to be a criminal underlying plot in the next season that has been the main focus of all the seasons! What I do want to see if why Mike has been evicted and Katherine ascending to be the 5th desperate housewife - the death of her daughter was so gruesome it was nearly unimaginable! I was just thinking wouldn't they have heard some sort of noise when that happened - it is quite a big wardrobe! Anyway it's good that it will be coming back in September so I just have to sit back in the summer and contemplate what I will be craving on next!
But I left the most annoying thing till last. Rumours and I think are actually quite true is that Desperate Housewives will only be up to Season 7, that makes me really sad. Though I have heard previously that it will only be going up to 2010 when I heard that only 3 seasons were left I felt in slight shock. I watched DH since the beginning and was probably one of the first in my friends to watch it - it has been such an enjoyable series that seeing it end will be awful, I hope it ends well though as I do understand that by the age of 55 (what two of the characters will be nearing) shocking storylines are somewhat minimal!
Round 1
Ok I think I'll go with the small things first let's start with... Gabrielle! Though I do feel Gabrielle gives a whole different air to the show I do think her storyline is less dramatic in my point of view compared to Bre and Lynette and in the early stages Susan, however I love how they made Carlos blind, but I don't hope it lasts forever! The dog thing was so cute and I loved it, hate it was so short! I'd love a dog like that! The Ellie storyline was OK but it seemed very wierd towards the end, they were best friends at one point and bitter enemies the next! As well as that her death was kind of iffy! She just didn't seem to play much of a part in anything! I do think that Gabrielle's storyline tries to develop but then they cut it short, it just doesn't seem to develop into a climax - it ends abruptly. However I like the second half of her storyline better than the first because Carlos and Gabby just have this chemistry that make it a joy to watch even if it seems like a small sub plot! I love that she looks drained in the next series and has two kids, it will add a whole lot of dimension to the show.
Round 2
I dedicate story No.2 to Lynette. Firstly I'm more in shock that In Season 5 she will be 50! I felt her storyline was interesting but the Tornado thing was such a waste! I think they brought the tornado at the wrong time because all they wanted was to get rid of Victor! I hate to say it but one important death was needed and Victor wasn't the guy to fulfil it! I liked that Lynette had this fiasco with religion but the biggest thing about this storyline I liked was the Kayla thing. It's something I want to watch but feel in slight agony when I watch it. How horrible was Kayla! I actually don't forgive her even now! and they call Edie a slut! oops bad word. Anyway I felt so annoyed but I also felt it could have dragged on for a bit longer if not for the shortest season to date thing! It will be wierd watching Season 5 with all the Porter kids older, will all 4 be teenagers! I wonder who will play their parts! But now it is going to be wierd because their aren't as many teenagers as we get the previous ones all grown up from the evil 5 years later thing! err... so annoyed about that!
Round 3
Although not shocking I just like Bree so much. The friendly yet slightly deadly relationship with Katherine was always a joy, I just love the sarcasm both of them have, the little pokes at each other which make watching them so enjoyable! I did not like the thing with Orson though, the storyline had built up so much about that and eventually it is just thrown away! I think a huge anticlimax fills it up. However it's going to be different watching Bree be famous in Season 5 as yet again it would be so different from previous seasons!
Round 4
OK shock wasn't in stall for me in Susan's storyline at all until the very end! However I don't think I like the change! Susan's character has just been with so many men that I felt a calming down was what she needed with Mike, but they had to change that didn't they! So I guess Season 5's first plot will begin with Susan and her new love! I did think that the producers were calming down Susan's shocking life but now I realise they are just waiting to develop it for Season 5. I always liked the Mike/Susan relationship it has been since Season 1 and I have liked it since, I did think the mystery was calming down and I do see why they chose to add someone else to the ranks because three women with exactly the same husbands since the beginning maybe a bit to similar! I do feel however that leaving the last two main scenes of Susan as with Mike and her baby and with another man is really bad! I really want to see why this has occured though, though I don't want to see it unless it is because Mike and Maynard die I don't find a good reason for Susan to leave or Mike to leave! I just feel so uncomfortable!
Overall this season has left me wanting for so much more! So many cliffhangers and the thing is their doesn't seem to be a criminal underlying plot in the next season that has been the main focus of all the seasons! What I do want to see if why Mike has been evicted and Katherine ascending to be the 5th desperate housewife - the death of her daughter was so gruesome it was nearly unimaginable! I was just thinking wouldn't they have heard some sort of noise when that happened - it is quite a big wardrobe! Anyway it's good that it will be coming back in September so I just have to sit back in the summer and contemplate what I will be craving on next!
But I left the most annoying thing till last. Rumours and I think are actually quite true is that Desperate Housewives will only be up to Season 7, that makes me really sad. Though I have heard previously that it will only be going up to 2010 when I heard that only 3 seasons were left I felt in slight shock. I watched DH since the beginning and was probably one of the first in my friends to watch it - it has been such an enjoyable series that seeing it end will be awful, I hope it ends well though as I do understand that by the age of 55 (what two of the characters will be nearing) shocking storylines are somewhat minimal!
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
D.I.E.
To those who don't know TVB D.I.E. does not stand for anything other the latest series I have watched which is called D.I.E. aka Detective Investigation Extension. The main reason why I stuck to this series like glue was because it received high ratings in a pool of other good TVB dramas which received average ones, however I felt slightly dissapointed.
Ok firstly I did not fing the cases that difficult to solve and that was supposed to be one of it's selling points, in the end the ability to be able to connect with the dead just made it seem that every case was only solved because of that ability rather than true wit. I found those scenes some of the worst in the series. I felt Roger Kwok also went stiff towards the end. It just seemed like he got bored of filming and his facial expressions became gradually weaker and weaker. There was one scene though where I commend him for his natural charm but overall I felt this was a below average performance by him - I believe a main reason why this drama excelled was basically because Roger was in it (not for me but for HK).
Sonija however did a change, I felt she was stiff at the start but came to relax in the end! There were definitely some good moments in the show but I have to say the main parts e.g. the leads and the ending were forgettable. The ending on both sides were awful and probably one of the least captivating ones I have ever seen. I didn't like it one bit. Now that I talk about it I do feel really shocked that this series was the one of the series that beat Catch Me Now. It was nice however to see Margie Tsang but to be honest she didn't have much screentime anyway during the end. I felt this series also lacked a strong plot or an underlying mystery, the one that did come up seemed rather lame! I also felt everything was in a rush in the end and that it wasn't well wrapped up. I definitely feel dissapointed but I think I make it sound worse than it is. D.I.E is a watchable series but would it stay in my mind for long - I don't think so!
Catch Me Now is actually airing today in the UK but I've already watched it! Anyway it's a good series and I was thinking of watching it again, I really want to watch Forensic Heroes though however the ratings seemed to have dipped!
Anyway with D.I.E on the have watched list it extends it to 3 currently! Which is a shock I know considering it is June already! Anyway War of In Laws II will soon finish here so that will get me to 4. I'm not planning on watching the Master of Tai Chi any time soon because it bored me a bit when I watched it so I want to put my focus on ones I want to watch. The Seventh Day doesn't look like it will be airing soon here either nor does the Gentle Cracdown II. I think I may watch Wasabi Mon Amour online because I'll be in HK when it airs here. Finally The Silver Chamber of Sorrows has been airing in the UK but I skipped a few episodes so I'll need to watch them on the internet before I can make a judgement of it!
Anyway currently my ranking is:
Catch Me Now - above by a comfortable margin
A Journey Called Life - a strong simple series but lacked a good ending
D.I.E. - An average drama that had no ending what so ever!
The more I think of it the more I feel shocked that D.I.E. is the most watched this year with War of In Law II 2nd as WOIL II seems just to be OK. Anyway waiting to watch Forensic Heroes II and HOG II which I'll be in HK by that time!
Ok firstly I did not fing the cases that difficult to solve and that was supposed to be one of it's selling points, in the end the ability to be able to connect with the dead just made it seem that every case was only solved because of that ability rather than true wit. I found those scenes some of the worst in the series. I felt Roger Kwok also went stiff towards the end. It just seemed like he got bored of filming and his facial expressions became gradually weaker and weaker. There was one scene though where I commend him for his natural charm but overall I felt this was a below average performance by him - I believe a main reason why this drama excelled was basically because Roger was in it (not for me but for HK).
Sonija however did a change, I felt she was stiff at the start but came to relax in the end! There were definitely some good moments in the show but I have to say the main parts e.g. the leads and the ending were forgettable. The ending on both sides were awful and probably one of the least captivating ones I have ever seen. I didn't like it one bit. Now that I talk about it I do feel really shocked that this series was the one of the series that beat Catch Me Now. It was nice however to see Margie Tsang but to be honest she didn't have much screentime anyway during the end. I felt this series also lacked a strong plot or an underlying mystery, the one that did come up seemed rather lame! I also felt everything was in a rush in the end and that it wasn't well wrapped up. I definitely feel dissapointed but I think I make it sound worse than it is. D.I.E is a watchable series but would it stay in my mind for long - I don't think so!
Catch Me Now is actually airing today in the UK but I've already watched it! Anyway it's a good series and I was thinking of watching it again, I really want to watch Forensic Heroes though however the ratings seemed to have dipped!
Anyway with D.I.E on the have watched list it extends it to 3 currently! Which is a shock I know considering it is June already! Anyway War of In Laws II will soon finish here so that will get me to 4. I'm not planning on watching the Master of Tai Chi any time soon because it bored me a bit when I watched it so I want to put my focus on ones I want to watch. The Seventh Day doesn't look like it will be airing soon here either nor does the Gentle Cracdown II. I think I may watch Wasabi Mon Amour online because I'll be in HK when it airs here. Finally The Silver Chamber of Sorrows has been airing in the UK but I skipped a few episodes so I'll need to watch them on the internet before I can make a judgement of it!
Anyway currently my ranking is:
Catch Me Now - above by a comfortable margin
A Journey Called Life - a strong simple series but lacked a good ending
D.I.E. - An average drama that had no ending what so ever!
The more I think of it the more I feel shocked that D.I.E. is the most watched this year with War of In Law II 2nd as WOIL II seems just to be OK. Anyway waiting to watch Forensic Heroes II and HOG II which I'll be in HK by that time!
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Britain's Got Talent
Just wanted to post about this, this is a program that I always say I'm going to watch but then I seem to forget about it! I didn't watch any of the Semi-finals bar one that I watched on the internet to see if it was worth watching the semis (which I proved it wasn't really) and I watched some auditions, though not the whole way through. I kind of like and dislike the show firstly because it has more variety but yet it lacks variety to actually say it is a multi talent show. The two things that are basically done are singing and dancing (I'm counting Martial Arts as dancing because it is choreographed body movement!). The winners are generally from these two groups, I end up thinking whether I would just rather watch a singing contest. However the one thing that attracted me this year was a number of acts I seemed to like, I still think some acts in the final were slightly lack luster but I felt overall it was a good final - however I don't think the Semis would have been.
The night started off with the Cheeky Monkeys, lovely and cute as they are I felt it was not very interesting, I really didn't see much more than two children dancing to a child's song who could do a few cartwheels, no disrespect to anyone. They were a bundle of joy and that's what I could give them but as far as talent goes I felt they were as far as a good semifinal act.
Ok was the next guy called Andrew Muir, I hope I don't get anyone mixed up. I watched his audition and I didn't find much to be fascinated about, his voice is not amazing and I didn't think the performance was that good. His singing in the final was not good either, like Amanda said he murdered the song I don't know what Piers was thinking, it seems like he is just to nice recently. Basically I would have found it difficult to ascept he was one of the choices of the judges and I would have given him a semifinal at max but he was way out of his depth here and didn't perform at all, I'd rather he squeaked dreadfully in the performance to add some comedy than hear him sing that song again.
Kate and Gin came next and overall I liked their performance, however I still find it difficult to ascept that Gin is supposedly the most talented dog in the world! I just felt that they were thousands of other dogs that could do that and that the judges were just dillusional. The act was ok though and interesting at times but I hate to say it but I think I was in deja vu, I seemed to have seen all of that already! I think it was overall an Ok act but more integration with the music was needed.
I think it was Nemesis next or was it Strike, anyway it doesn't make that much difference. Let's go to Nemesis first, I really had high hopes for this act because these performances along with earth shattering singing are generally the ones that I enjoy the most. I felt however the performance was overall Ok and I didn't really get too excited. I was just waiting for the one money moment but I don't think many or any of the acts seemed to do that (though I'm not a huge fan of Paul Potts he produced the money moment with his performance).
Strike are good at what they do but like Nemesis I didn't find much of it too interesting. I felt they seemed stronger in their auditions. It just seemed slightly underperformed and there was no high point in the performance which every performance should have where it gradually builds up to a high point. Though I like the guys personalities and their talent I felt the performance wasn't really what I wanted to see.
Now we get on to the potential winners -seeing that the show put all of them in the last half of the show!
George was next and I felt it was a very good performance. I liked the music and the rain thing was a great idea though I thought he could of manipulated it more. Overall the dancing was good and I enjoyed it but yet again It seemed to lack a high point! I think something slightly daredevil may have lifted the performance to greater heights. I know I'm picky! However it was the best performance yet.
Now that I think about it I'm not sure if Andrew was the next performance after Strike or Nemesis but it doesn't matter. With Andrew it basically is the sudden shock that makes me listen. Every time I start listening to his voice it gives me a wierd sensation but that only lasts for about 10 seconds. I felt as good as his voice is he didn't really push on the needed parts. I sing in a choir myself and I know with classical pieces they can tend to drag on if you don't variate it and I felt the variation was minimal, the only reason why I seem to remember some of it was because I know the song. Pie Jesu is one of my favourite pieces but I felt his singing technique could be improved especially the gradual changes. There was nothing after the first 10 seconds that really grabbed me.
Faryl was next which leads me to believe Andrew was before George but anyway I felt Faryl was the better singer, her voice is amazing and overall her performance was good, she looks older than twelve though! Though the high point factor also applies with her vocally she did fantastically and I felt beat out Andrew. I however would have liked her to chose something that gave a high point to the song like Nessun Dorma did with Paul Potts.
Escala came next and I felt they were generally good however I would have liked them to create their own piece and have played that. The playing was very good but it lacked the je ne sais quoi.
Finally it was signature though I liked the dancing I wanted a bit more drama, the reason I liked them at the start was because of the drama it included which gave them the edge and allowed the performance to flow. I felt more drama would have escalated them to an even higher stage. I however loved the exoticness of the routine and the music was good. It was definitely one of the better performances of the night.
Overall including likeability factor, the performance and their personalities this is how the order goes for me:
10th: Andrew Muir (if that is his name - let's call him plumber)
9th: Cheeky Monkeys (cute but lacking in anything else)
8th: Kate and Gin (at least that's what I think they were called)
7th: Nemesis (an ok performance lossed them the rankings)
6th: Strike (different)
5th: Andrew Johnston (I don't know I just don't like him as much as the Top 4!)
4th: Escala (needed umph)
3rd: Faryl Smith (lacked a high point)
2nd: I found this extremely hard but then I gave it to Signature because George seemed more charismatic to me.
1st: and it is George Sampson the winner. Though the performance didn't leave me awe struck his personality and the likeability factor gave him the win.
So congratulations to George Sampson and most of the rest of the finalists.
The night started off with the Cheeky Monkeys, lovely and cute as they are I felt it was not very interesting, I really didn't see much more than two children dancing to a child's song who could do a few cartwheels, no disrespect to anyone. They were a bundle of joy and that's what I could give them but as far as talent goes I felt they were as far as a good semifinal act.
Ok was the next guy called Andrew Muir, I hope I don't get anyone mixed up. I watched his audition and I didn't find much to be fascinated about, his voice is not amazing and I didn't think the performance was that good. His singing in the final was not good either, like Amanda said he murdered the song I don't know what Piers was thinking, it seems like he is just to nice recently. Basically I would have found it difficult to ascept he was one of the choices of the judges and I would have given him a semifinal at max but he was way out of his depth here and didn't perform at all, I'd rather he squeaked dreadfully in the performance to add some comedy than hear him sing that song again.
Kate and Gin came next and overall I liked their performance, however I still find it difficult to ascept that Gin is supposedly the most talented dog in the world! I just felt that they were thousands of other dogs that could do that and that the judges were just dillusional. The act was ok though and interesting at times but I hate to say it but I think I was in deja vu, I seemed to have seen all of that already! I think it was overall an Ok act but more integration with the music was needed.
I think it was Nemesis next or was it Strike, anyway it doesn't make that much difference. Let's go to Nemesis first, I really had high hopes for this act because these performances along with earth shattering singing are generally the ones that I enjoy the most. I felt however the performance was overall Ok and I didn't really get too excited. I was just waiting for the one money moment but I don't think many or any of the acts seemed to do that (though I'm not a huge fan of Paul Potts he produced the money moment with his performance).
Strike are good at what they do but like Nemesis I didn't find much of it too interesting. I felt they seemed stronger in their auditions. It just seemed slightly underperformed and there was no high point in the performance which every performance should have where it gradually builds up to a high point. Though I like the guys personalities and their talent I felt the performance wasn't really what I wanted to see.
Now we get on to the potential winners -seeing that the show put all of them in the last half of the show!
George was next and I felt it was a very good performance. I liked the music and the rain thing was a great idea though I thought he could of manipulated it more. Overall the dancing was good and I enjoyed it but yet again It seemed to lack a high point! I think something slightly daredevil may have lifted the performance to greater heights. I know I'm picky! However it was the best performance yet.
Now that I think about it I'm not sure if Andrew was the next performance after Strike or Nemesis but it doesn't matter. With Andrew it basically is the sudden shock that makes me listen. Every time I start listening to his voice it gives me a wierd sensation but that only lasts for about 10 seconds. I felt as good as his voice is he didn't really push on the needed parts. I sing in a choir myself and I know with classical pieces they can tend to drag on if you don't variate it and I felt the variation was minimal, the only reason why I seem to remember some of it was because I know the song. Pie Jesu is one of my favourite pieces but I felt his singing technique could be improved especially the gradual changes. There was nothing after the first 10 seconds that really grabbed me.
Faryl was next which leads me to believe Andrew was before George but anyway I felt Faryl was the better singer, her voice is amazing and overall her performance was good, she looks older than twelve though! Though the high point factor also applies with her vocally she did fantastically and I felt beat out Andrew. I however would have liked her to chose something that gave a high point to the song like Nessun Dorma did with Paul Potts.
Escala came next and I felt they were generally good however I would have liked them to create their own piece and have played that. The playing was very good but it lacked the je ne sais quoi.
Finally it was signature though I liked the dancing I wanted a bit more drama, the reason I liked them at the start was because of the drama it included which gave them the edge and allowed the performance to flow. I felt more drama would have escalated them to an even higher stage. I however loved the exoticness of the routine and the music was good. It was definitely one of the better performances of the night.
Overall including likeability factor, the performance and their personalities this is how the order goes for me:
10th: Andrew Muir (if that is his name - let's call him plumber)
9th: Cheeky Monkeys (cute but lacking in anything else)
8th: Kate and Gin (at least that's what I think they were called)
7th: Nemesis (an ok performance lossed them the rankings)
6th: Strike (different)
5th: Andrew Johnston (I don't know I just don't like him as much as the Top 4!)
4th: Escala (needed umph)
3rd: Faryl Smith (lacked a high point)
2nd: I found this extremely hard but then I gave it to Signature because George seemed more charismatic to me.
1st: and it is George Sampson the winner. Though the performance didn't leave me awe struck his personality and the likeability factor gave him the win.
So congratulations to George Sampson and most of the rest of the finalists.
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