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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:37 pm Post subject:
yeulih wrote:
I'm going through Engine right now, and I find it to be pretty good, actually. Sure, the on-air chemistry with the main female lead isn't there. But I find Kimura's interaction with the kids hilarious and engaging.
Now what I didn't like was Pride...the whole weak, submissive, timid, saint-like self-sacrificing behavior of the main female character and the over-the-top masculine, patriarchal attitude of Halu annoyed me to no end (though now that I think of it, maybe it's a reflection of societal attitudes in Japan...).
Now I know I've annoyed all the Pride lovers out there. Sorry!
Hahaha.. don't worry!! I loved Pride but yeah.. sometimes.. it was just too testosterone driven for me.. (Halu and the team screaming their head off and Aki just crying at everything that can be cried over) I don't even like the female lead as much.. (the chick from Good Luck would've kicked her butt in a celebrity deathmatch) I just loved it because of three moments. Seriously. The shots of Kimura in this dorama were really good.. *beams*
Engine with Koyuki was weird too.. I feel like Kimura needs to find his perfect pair.. or maybe he's too good looking for himself that he doesn't need another co-star.. hehehe..
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject:
littlemissfab wrote:
Hahaha.. don't worry!! I loved Pride but yeah.. sometimes.. it was just too testosterone driven for me.. (Halu and the team screaming their head off and Aki just crying at everything that can be cried over) I don't even like the female lead as much.. (the chick from Good Luck would've kicked her butt in a celebrity deathmatch) I just loved it because of three moments. Seriously. The shots of Kimura in this dorama were really good.. *beams*
Engine with Koyuki was weird too.. I feel like Kimura needs to find his perfect pair.. or maybe he's too good looking for himself that he doesn't need another co-star.. hehehe..
that's just me.. rambling..
hahs.. i too agree that he's too perfect that he doesn't need another co-star.. but dramas ought to have a two leads(a male & a female), isn't it??
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:
yeulih wrote:
I'm going through Engine right now, and I find it to be pretty good, actually. Sure, the on-air chemistry with the main female lead isn't there. But I find Kimura's interaction with the kids hilarious and engaging.
Now what I didn't like was Pride...the whole weak, submissive, timid, saint-like self-sacrificing behavior of the main female character and the over-the-top masculine, patriarchal attitude of Halu annoyed me to no end (though now that I think of it, maybe it's a reflection of societal attitudes in Japan...).
Now I know I've annoyed all the Pride lovers out there. Sorry!
oh ...noooo... *LOL*....i lovee this drama very much... Halu character is the best hehe..!!! yeah maybe u have different taste from me..
Engine, i like too..the relation between jiro and the children is perfect..to bad is Koyuki..she didn't match at all with kimura ...
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:
littlemissfab wrote:
ah.. for SINGLE eps and not the series as a whole? i get it.. but still.. not one ep of Engine was on it... well, engine was less than stellar i suppose.. but dang.. Beautiful life?? Almost half of Japan watched it.. that's some crazy sh*t
Don't worY Takuya still the rating man..^0^...Engine got the highest rating then other dorama when it played...
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Aw, I love PRIDE and his pairing with Teckuchi Yuko. They were perfect I think he have great chemistry with her comparing to his other female costars and you can tell it too. He seems very intersted and I'm happy on that account so to me, he have met his match and that's with YUKO in PRIDE
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:05 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
yeah i have the triathlon episode..you can get it at www.jpopsuki.com
pride is definitely one of kimura's better works...it evidences a maturity in his acting ...i do agree with some of the stereotypical notions in the characterizations of the two main actors but that in no way takes away from their performances....kimura takuya is a pimp.
Hahaha.. don't worry!! I loved Pride but yeah.. sometimes.. it was just too testosterone driven for me.. (Halu and the team screaming their head off and Aki just crying at everything that can be cried over) I don't even like the female lead as much.. (the chick from Good Luck would've kicked her butt in a celebrity deathmatch) I just loved it because of three moments. Seriously. The shots of Kimura in this dorama were really good.. *beams*
Engine with Koyuki was weird too.. I feel like Kimura needs to find his perfect pair.. or maybe he's too good looking for himself that he doesn't need another co-star.. hehehe..
that's just me.. rambling..
i thought that Kimura and Matsu Takako in love generation series, she was his match, as a co-star. That was a really great series.
also, i haven't seen engine or pride yet, but in Pride, Yuko Takeuchi is Kimura's co-star? maybe she has potential to be a good co-star alongside kimura...
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:31 am Post subject:
qilver wrote:
i thought that Kimura and Matsu Takako in love generation series, she was his match, as a co-star. That was a really great series.
also, i haven't seen engine or pride yet, but in Pride, Yuko Takeuchi is Kimura's co-star? maybe she has potential to be a good co-star alongside kimura...
OMG.. Triky posted something that broke my heart a bit... @ triky.. hehehe..
Kimura in Spandex... yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.. (triathlon)
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:35 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
pray tell, what are you referring to, fabulous?
the one where Yuko Takeuchi is so hot that people are thinking that he purposedly botched the kissing scenes to do retakes.. over... and over... over.. again
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:
littlemissfab wrote:
the one where Yuko Takeuchi is so hot that people are thinking that he purposedly botched the kissing scenes to do retakes.. over... and over... over.. again
ahhhhhh i posted that article AGAIN just for your benefit, fabulous. i can just visualize it...gettin his mack on for hella minutes despite the fact it's supposed to be a short scene....and she's got this gorgeous face, too....
<sigh> some pimps gots all the luck...
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:
i'll post this blurb again just for you, fabulous...
kimura takuya playing a blind swordsman avenging his wife...a film directed by yoji yamada
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Yoji Yamada's final Samurai film 'Bushi no Ichibun' set to go
(Posted In Action Asia Drama Film News )
Shochiku Films announced at the end of this week that the third and final film of Yoji Yamada's samurai trilogy is being prepared to start filming in 2006. Bushi no Ichibun based on a story by Shuhei Fujisawa, who also wrote The Twilight Samurai and The Hidden Blade. It follows the relationship between a young samurai who loses his eyesight during a mission and his wife. She eventually sacrifices herself in order to save her husband's honor.
Principal photography on Bushi no Ichibun is slated to start in early 2006. Takuya Kimura [of 2046 fame] will star in the lead role as the young blind swordsman.
Hahaha.. don't worry!! I loved Pride but yeah.. sometimes.. it was just too testosterone driven for me.. (Halu and the team screaming their head off and Aki just crying at everything that can be cried over) I don't even like the female lead as much.. (the chick from Good Luck would've kicked her butt in a celebrity deathmatch) I just loved it because of three moments. Seriously. The shots of Kimura in this dorama were really good.. *beams*
littlemissfab:
Yeah, Kimura was pretty hot in this one too - it was just the plot that was irksome for me, not the acting.
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Engine with Koyuki was weird too.. I feel like Kimura needs to find his perfect pair.. or maybe he's too good looking for himself that he doesn't need another co-star.. hehehe..
It seemed to me that she was perpetually high-strung and nervous the entire time. Maybe she was nervous sbout acting next to Kimura. lol
Takuyo solo? Who would he awe with his total sexiness then...
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pride is definitely one of kimura's better works...it evidences a maturity in his acting ...
tu_triky:
He is a little bit different in this drama from his normal good guy characters - a lot of emotional outbursts and etc.. Never seen him yell so much...
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i thought that Kimura and Matsu Takako in love generation series, she was his match, as a co-star. That was a really great series.
qilver:
I love this pair - they have such great on-air chemistry. *sighs* Even in Hero, where the romance was absolutely low-key, you could feel the (sexual?) tension btw the main characters. Kinda like Mulder and Scully from the X-files.
I am trying to find Matsu Takako clips from when she was on SmapxSmap, but currently having no luck. I know she's been in a guest in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
the one where Yuko Takeuchi is so hot that people are thinking that he purposedly botched the kissing scenes to do retakes.. over... and over... over.. again
Wha...? An article on this? Can someone give me more info? It just sounds so hilarious...
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject:
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the one where Yuko Takeuchi is so hot that people are thinking that he purposedly botched the kissing scenes to do retakes.. over... and over... over.. again
That's a great idea! . . . j/k
The mood is all wrong though. I mean, you have like 150 people watching, plus the camera. Not very romantic, even if you keep on kissing... Maybe, they were just shy or they sucked. Then again, they are both great actors. _________________
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*LOL*....i lovee this drama very much... 
Halu character is the best hehe..!!! yeah maybe u have different taste from me..
I think he have great chemistry with her comparing to his other female costars and you can tell it too. He seems very intersted and I'm happy on that account so to me, he have met his match and that's with YUKO in PRIDE 
@ triky.. hehehe..
I know she's been in a guest in 2001, 2003 and 2004. 
Then again, they are both great actors. 
