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Friday, June 10, 2011

Top New TV Shows 2011

I'm really looking forward to trying out a bunch of new shows this year. I thought I'd share with you! I'll start with an obvious one if you know me . . . or read the old blog part.

Alcatraz

I would give this a try even without knowing anything about it other than that it has Jorge Garcia and J.J. Abrams in it. But, I do know more and it sounds cool. 50 years ago all the prisoners in Alcatraz disappear . . . now they are coming back . . . but why? Watch the Trailer.

Grimm

This is a cop drama . . . mixed with Grimms fairy tales. I love fairy tales! Particularly the original dark Grimm ones. They say it is going to be dark. I'm excited. I don't really know any of the actors involved, but I'm all for high concept shows. Apparently it will show of Friday at 10 - which is a icky spot . . .

Terra Nova

This one has a lot of hype lately, that makes me nervous. But, it also has Jason O'Mara in it . . . yay! It will supposedly be on Mondays at 8, which is a much more acceptable time. It is the story of the future where we killed the earth and so we . . . time travel back to prehistoric earth . . . that bit bothers me a bit . . . I'm actually more cool with alien planets . . . but I'm willing to try.

Awake
Another sci-fi cop show. With Jason Issacs. So, there is this fatal car accident . . . that results in split reality for or lead (either his wife or teenage son has died). I think it has similarities to Life on Mars . . . which got very sadly canceled. I hope they have better luck.

Person of Interest

So, Darling Ben from LOST is a computer genius who invents a computer program that predicts future crimes . . . he picks up a partner and tries to stop the crimes.

Once Upon A Time

Another fairy tale show! This one is a bit more . . . in your face fairy tale. The fairy tales are an alternative world and the characters are stuck over here having forgotten who they are . . . I don't have as much hope for this one . . . even if my beloved Robert Carlyle is in it.

The New Girl

A new comedy about a girl who is terrible with men and ends up living in a house full of men . . . who try to help her. Not my normal type of show, but I do love Zooey Deschanel. She is just too cute. I hope it is actually funny. The preview did make me laugh.

As you can see, I have a bit of a show type. It is really just that I'll fit in this stuff. I already have a medical show and a crime show etc. I'm pretty excited.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Jdrama: Ohitorisama!

I recently finished another JDrama. I picked Ohitorisama because it looked kind of sweet (and I am agnsted out for awhile) and was short (10 episodes). Ohitorisama means one person (or you know perpetually single/old maid - for the record she is 33).

The plot is as follows our Ohitorisama broke up with her boyfriend 5 years ago as she wanted to keep her job as a teach and wasn't sure she could be a good wife at the same time. Now she does everything alone and says she likes it. Her school gets a male substitute who is 23 and useless. Our heroine is his mentor . . . this is the story of how they "don't" like each other at all.

I really enjoyed this show. It was sweet and I just enjoyed the silly stories. It is not deep or emotional or much of anything really, but I still really liked it. I guess I could relate to Ohitorisama and her love for doing things her own way. If your in the mood for something silly and light, this is a great way to go. Koike Teppei did a good job at being bumbling and fairly useless . . . I never really really liked his character expect for a couple of key moments, but he is okay overall. Maya Miki plays the principle and I adore her. All of her scenes were my favorite!

Love her!

This probably isn't a good choice for a first drama, but if you've been at this awhile and would like to cleanse your palate this is a great choice.

Friday, April 8, 2011

KDrama: Hello My Teacher

Today I'm going to review Hello My Teacher. It is a Korean Drama with Gong Yoo (from Coffee Prince, see my very early review of that here. I love him. You will too he is gorgeous and a great actor . . . I think. He might just be ridiculously romantic slightly brooding and a deligeted little boy at heart. I kind of hope that is true and he isn't acting). This is the story of Na Bo Ri a girl who is terrible at school who really wants to be a teacher . . . and marry her old art teacher. She isn't well trained though and ends up as a semi-baby sitter for his nephew Park Tae In (Gong Yoo). The whole show is about their relationships . . . and weather she can be a teacher. There is a lot more to it then that, but I will let you see for yourself. Before watching I had seen a lot of mixed reviews, but I powered on due to my love of Gong Yoo. (My love is not creepy, he is totally older than me. No worries).

This picture pretty much captures it . . . Na Bo Ri looks to happy though . . . MORE CRYING!

The characters and story are really well done. Na Bo Ri acted the most out of character at times (for me). She just got a wishy-washy in the middle, which brings me to the main point. I both love and hate this drama. On one hand I needed to see it to the end . . . on the other hand I couldn't choose . . . which love is better? Which one is true? Should our dear Biscuit just cut them both off for being frustrating and stupid? Maybe . . . Should she just grow up and make decisions on her own? Should she just slap the h#ll out of someone (this is probably the option I would choose and still regret not seeing). These are not thoughts I usually concern myself with. Despite my obsession with dramas I'm not often drawn to the super drama filled dramas nor do I really feel that invested in them.

Aren't they cute!

I got invested in this one, so I guess that is good . . . particularly if you someone who wants to be very invested in the shows you watch. Part of the problem for me is the show is just so darn long (16 episodes) and I'm so very busy. So, I kept being drawn away by other things and then I would be like: If I start again I'm going to be all conflicted and drawn in and I really do have other things to be doing right now . . . oddly this dilemma seems more common with kdramas (this is not a scientifically proven correlation).

Tae In likes basketball . . .

In the end I watched the whole series at a fairly normal pace and then I stopped at the final two episodes. I stopped for like 3 week before I finally asked myself why. The answer. I didn't want it to end. I almost didn't want to know what happened. What if the makers got it wrong? But, I did watch the end, which was really good. Kdramas actually have endings that make sense to me unlike most jdramas so that is a plus. They did a great job with it. I shouldn't have been scared. The ending fit without any of the characters doing anything too out of character. There was also an extremely not courtship period before marriage and the idea that late marriage is much better. I've seen this is kdramas and kmovies before. I guess it is a cultural ideal of some kind. The anthropologist in me may have to research this.

School boys . . .

Overall, I really liked this drama. It could be one of my favorites, even though I still feel a bit tortured by it. If your up for it, give it a try. Make sure you have some time on your hands!

Note: there is way more touching and even kissing in kdramas! \(*_*)/
Note Note: this is more than jdramas, not more than us tv really . . .

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Top 50 TV Shows! 1 - 50

I decided to round out my TV lists by making a list of my favorite TV shows. Once again they go 1-50. I've probably forgotten a few favorites, but I did my best.

50 - Lost In Space