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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject:
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru
I like episode 1 a lot but the second episode was pretty disappointing. Maybe because they tried to string together events that happened a long time apart in real life, the build-up was lacking and people's reactions felt exaggerated and unrealistic...
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject:
slashersam016 wrote:
rewatching Liar Game season 1 and will try Nakama Yukie's drama Untouchable if it's good.
Watched ep 1 of UNTOUCHABLE and not really sure wot to make of it?? i`ll give the second a try. BUT ofcourse LIAR GAME is a solid series. luv it _________________
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:
xploring wrote:
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru
I like episode 1 a lot but the second episode was pretty disappointing. Maybe because they tried to string together events that happened a long time apart in real life, the build-up was lacking and people's reactions felt exaggerated and unrealistic...
The series ties together as it goes on. I thought it was better than the average cliche High School drama. _________________
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:49 am Post subject:
Unfortunately I haven't been able to watch many doramas lately as I've been on yet another Asian trip (this time China) plus there's also JLPT revision.
I've finally Finished Golden Bowl. Fantastic central performances, both Kaneshiro Takeshi and Kuroki Hitomi are outstanding and have excellent chemistry. Their interactions and the complicated nature of their romance turned the show into something special. Nojima Shinji's script ranges from the profound and moving to just plain silly and dumb, I wish there could have been less of the latter, I also wish there were less bowling.
I now have to decide which Nojima Shinji dorama to watch next.
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:03 am Post subject:
Cerebus wrote:
I've finally Finished Golden Bowl. Fantastic central performances, both Kaneshiro Takeshi and Kuroki Hitomi are outstanding and have excellent chemistry. Their interactions and the complicated nature of their romance turned the show into something special. Nojima Shinji's script ranges from the profound and moving to just plain silly and dumb, I wish there could have been less of the latter, I also wish there were less bowling.
GB has been one of my favorite dramas from early on. The leads and supports are terrific and storyline solid. But I enjoyed the bowling too. The surreal quality of their opponents was great fun I thought. _________________
As Mark and a few others have mentioned... it's not a great series. It's got rather a silly premise (the staff at the complaint department of a TV shopping network take it on themselves to go out and solve their client's personal problems.) but you know... it's TV land, and how realistic was it that all those people kept getting murdered in Angela Lansbury's small town in "Murder She Wrote."
Anyway... I think this is a show you have to pick your moment for.
For me, I've had a really lousy week, and I needed something simple, and sort of mindless. Comfort food TV, if you will. And that's what this was. At no time did the plot or the other actors get in the way of my Mimura watching. And there was just enough story in each episode to keep me from getting annoyed.
I'll probably forget that I even watched this thing in a couple of months. but I was glad to have it this week. _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:37 am Post subject:
Geezer wrote:
Mimura watching
Speaking of which, have you seen Ima Ai ni Yukimasu? They broadcast it here shortly after it came out and for some reason, I just couldn't get into it but I gave it another chance and this time around I really liked it! Dunno what the hell I was thinking the first time.
Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 4313 Location: Nagoya Country:
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:
I watched LAST FRIENDS. (thanxs bmwracer) for seeding by the way..but hve to say i really did not enjoy this one...weird storyline...bad acting despite the good casts...and awfully put together dorama...dissapointed _________________
Joined: 23 Jun 2009 Posts: 248 Location: Naperville Country:
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:33 am Post subject:
Well, today I planned to watch more dramas, unfortunately, family kept calling and everyone wanted to "talk".
So, all I got to watch was Untouchable Ep. 1 and Shokojo Siera Ep. 1
Untouchable was interesting, I kept waiting for Abe Hiroshi to walk in, it definitely has a "Trick" feeling to me. I'm hoping the second ep is uploaded soon.
As for Shokojo Siera, it was well done, I liked hearing Shida Mirai's English and French. Though the way the other's treat her This is another I'm anxiously waiting for Ep 2.
I watched LAST FRIENDS. (thanxs bmwracer) for seeding by the way..but hve to say i really did not enjoy this one...weird storyline...bad acting despite the good casts...and awfully put together dorama...dissapointed
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:
Mark
Ima Ai ni Yukimasu? I started it. Got about two episodes in -- okay, one and a half -- and the one word that kept floating through my head as I watched it was... creepy.
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If I accepted the premise, I thought it was an all round creepy thing to do to the kid. If not, it sort of looked like the set up for one of those low budget slasher movies where the psycho gets it into his head that a woman he doesn't know is his dead wife come back to life. Again, kinda creepy.
I like her best when Mimura is being adorable rather than quiet and mysterious. _________________
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