I don't like what you like

[calledinvain]

This is a mostly dead fandom livejournal with interludes of life. I'm keeping it up as a private archive of stuff I used to love and still love. I used to be someone else and now I'm still someone else, but with better hair. Still shaky on the time management stuff though.

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[starlitscribe]

I truly admire your ability to write such long posts and still update so often (while keeping up with all the latest dramas too). *bows* Teach me your skill! =P

For Non-Asian Shows:
Gilmore Girls - I know how you feel about Dave and Lane. And Rory/Logan, along with several other pairins, just started to get on my nerves, lol, so I gave up somewhere in the second-to-last season. Ugly Betty is great! You really should watch more, although the plots are going haywire (well, actually they've always been like that...probably why people like it so much) and I'm just waiting for Henry to leave already so Betty can be with Gio/Daniel/someone who didn't get his girlfriend pregnant while still flirting with her. =P Grey's Anatomy...*cough* enough said. I watched it for a while until the game of switching partners/beds got too old for me.

Drama:
- Ella was definitely better in The Rose than Hana Kimi. Her expressions in H-K were so horribly horribly over-exaggerated (what was she thinking?). Ironically, I was able to finish H-K and not The Rose (yet) because I can't stand Jerry's acting (can you say "board"??) and hate that his character is going to end up with Bai He.

- No. Wu Zun is nowhere near an actor. And, sorry to say this, but he's nowhere near a singer either. >.< But at least he's a nice guy.

- I like WWL too. So much better than DBY. But poor Kingone. *sigh*

- Outsiders - hm. I thought I liked it when I saw the first two episodes, but it lost its luster...I blame both plot and acting. Maybe it'll work for you, though (I tend to be rather impatient about dramas).

- It's true that a lot of popular TWdramas...shouldn't be. It's always the good dramas that get low ratings. And oh, have you seen Green Forest My Home?? 0_0 Leon Jay Williams should NOT be acting. Another board. I was rooting for Ethan. And I am still horrified that Prince Turns Into Frog got the highest rating. NOOO! (I can't stand Ming Dao, and although Qiao En did a good job, PTF did NOT deserve that great of a rating.) But there are some good TWdramas, if you hunt for them. I thought Silence was quite good, although of course it has some drama stereotypes. Bump Off Lover fully redeemed Angela for me after my opinion of her acting was severely injured by Romantic Princess. She does an amazing job, and the plot (it's quite dark) really pulls you in. I haven't finished True Love 18 yet, but the leads are excellent and I actually prefer it to some of Ariel (Lin)'s later dramas. (In general, though, Ariel is a great actress.)

- Goong - haven't finished yet either. Couldn't bear to see Yul's heart broken.
- DBY - nope. bleh. wasn't working for me.
- Love Contract - great acting on Mike and Ariel's part (and the others, too) but a horribly slow plot (outright boring at the end). took me forever to trudge through it, and i skimmed.
- 1 Litre of Tears - watched one MV and it had me sobbing, so I don't dare start the drama or I'll use up all the trees in the world by way of tissues (that almost happened for Silence)
- Full House - haha. Never one of my favorites, but once in a while it was cute.
- 18 vs. 29 - I only watched part of the first episode, to see Park Eun Hye (star of Silence) in a kdrama^^
- Kimi wa Petto - creeped me out early on, lol. couldn't finish.
- Nobuta - <3. (But i didn't like how the focus was pulled mostly onto the JE guys and Maki didn't get as much attention. =P Typical.)
- Nodame - funny and v. cute. =D
- Kurosagi - love Tsukuro, but I fear for the movie. Apparently there's not much relationship development, and that's the only thing I cared about in the drama (sorry Kurosagi, your swindling schemes get old)
- Hana Kimi - I'm still a Mizuki/Nakatsu shipper. ^_^ They made us love that pairing too much.

Whew. Sorry for my rambling. =)

I like rambling. It keeps all the silly thoughts company.

[calledinvain]

It's only impressive if you ignore the fact that I haven't updated/kept up with my RL LJ nearly as often. I do not know if this reflects on my real life, if at all.

I just saw a MV of the TW hana kimi, and the mind, it boggles. I can't even understand why people would even begin to compare the two adaptations and go on the side of TW as a 'better' adaptation when the acting is just so uniformly awful in the TWversion.

Well, re: the Fahrenheit boys - at least they're pretty and don't look like they'll blow over in a strong wind? Which is not something you can say for some JE boys.

KINGONE! ILU.

I watched part of Green Forest My Home...and...man. I heard good things about Silence - and most of it 'IT WILL SMASH YOUR HEART TO PIECES, RUN AWAY' but you know, I am open minded about TWdramas. I do believe there is quality out there among the utter idol fluff/crap - it's just a matter of finding quality subs to go with them. My comprehension flickers in and out of fluency.

I don't mind Ariel Lin at all, but her most beloved dramas - yeah, I don't get it.

You know how I feel about NWP, and well, Kurosagi the movie is apparently open-ended enough to suggest a continuation in either movie or drama form, so who knows? All I can say is, 'STOP WASTING PRECIOUS CHEMISTRY BETWEEN MAKI AND YAMAPI, JAPAN, THXBYE.'

Hana Kimi SP! HANA KIMI SP! I CAN'T WAIT.

rambling is awesome. and so is your icon. =D

[starlitscribe]

Lol at your Fahrenheit comment. Arron and Calvin can sing, too (Jiro and Chun are in the, erm, learning stage). And for Kingone, I'm happy he's going for his own singing career (since Comic Boyz broke up a while ago *sigh*). At least there he's guaranteed not to be a third party. =P

True about TWdrama quality. And I've liked Ariel herself for a while, but I didn't really like any of her dramas until I saw True Love 18.

Haha, the Kurosagi writers are killing me. Just hit Mikimoto neatly over the head and get Tsurara and Kurosaki together, would you??

Ahh, the Hana Kimi special! (My only reservation is that if it's a "between-episodes" type thing, we won't get to see much chronologically new material...but I'm still happy. =D) Yay for Mizuki and our dear ikemen!

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Sorry again. I think I'm monopolizing your comments section. >.<

Re: rambling is awesome. and so is your icon. =D

[calledinvain]

Don't worry about it. :) That's what my comments section is for, after all. Comments.

I love that Te Amo song on the new Fahrenheit CD. Tragically, that is about the only song I love - the other songs don't really stick out for me.

It looks to me like there's quite a lot of new footage, actually - that they're going the Nodame route and doing more new footage instead of just being a clipshow.

Re: rambling is awesome. and so is your icon. =D

[starlitscribe]

I love Ti Amo too. ^_^ Jade and Arron sound lovely together. That's my favorite on the album, although I liked Xin Li You Shu at first (until I saw the MV and I kind of lost interest, lol).

Oh, really? I haven't been keeping up enough with the latest Hana Kimi special news...I had several links for it bookmarked, but then my laptop crashed and I lost them. =P Must get around to restoring~~ I can't wait till summer!

...By the way, do you mind if I friend you?

Re: rambling is awesome. and so is your icon. =D

[calledinvain]

I don't mind at all. No one ever has to ask for permission to friend me. :)