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Series Review: Person of Interest

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Let me start with this statement: 'BEST SHOW EVER' Period. Harold Finch: "Sooner or later both of us will probably wind up dead. Actually dead this time. I said I'd tell you the truth. Didn't say you'd like it." (Pilot, S01E01) Person of Interest (POI) ended in 2016, 5 seasons, 103 episodes. This is a long overdue post, I've been keeping this draft for 2 years now, finally the time to publish it lol. POI is a show about a super computer, a ASI (artificial super intelligence), that assisted a geeky billionaire Harold Finch and the ex-army super macho dude John Reese helping people and catching bad guys. Started off as a 'concerned third party', because the computer only gives them social security number, they don't know if that person is a victim or perpetrator, so they would often follow and track down that particular person (one or few persons each episode), jump right in when the person is in trouble and sa...

CSI: Never Gonna Be The Same Again

'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' was first introduced to me when I was at the ex-bf's house back in, wow, 2003, I think. I started 'officially' watching on Season 4 in 2004, almost the same time as House M.D. came out. I'm speaking of the era when I got my first laptop, Internet was still a luxury (provided my hostel's cyber cafe's internet sucks max) , and we were still using 3 1/2" floppy disks for computer data transferring. AXN was my fixed channel whenever I went back home for semester breaks. That time, the Grissom team was utmost awesome. For several seasons later, the casts remained the same and that definitely retain the teamwork chemistry real strong. The presence of Lady Heather doesn't bother me, it creates a different set of chemistry between her, Gil and Sara. The most awesome season finale, 'Grave Danger' of season 5, is still running in my head. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, it was Tarantino-ly spectacular. If I...

Sherlock (TV Series)

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I have heard about the awesomeness of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It is even said that the combination of House MD and Wilson in, obviously, House MD series, is based on the said combination, or so I heard. Unfortunately and shame to say, I never read any of the Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, be it English or Mandarin version, I haven't even watch the Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. So, very very shame of me... Anyway~ After the ultimate slowpoke - I - finished The Good Wife Season 3 (awesome season, but I don't have much feeling to write about it) , weekend arrived and I have ample day + night time for long duration show, so I sorted to this series, Sherlock. Sherlock is a British crime drama, three 90-minute episodes per season, depicts "consulting detective" Holmes assisting the police in solving crimes alongside Dr. John Watson who has returned from Afghanistan. This series is different from what I've...

Glee Season 3

Honestly, I was 'THIS' close to skip (or even delete) the whole season without watching it, because, after "Once Upon A Time" and "Person of Interest", Glee seems to be less serious and less interesting... LUCKILY I did not do that!!! OMiGosh What was I thinking!? Although this is seriously slowpoke (season 4 is running), I still wanna talk about it. Season 3 is mainly about the Senior Year students, winning Nationals, and Rachel with her NYADA application thingy. Here's what I think about season 3: 1) The guests are hot!!! Ricky Martin, Matt Bomer (OMG he can sing!!!), Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Estefan!! 2) Hate is a strong word, but New Directions are better off without Rachel!! Everyone shines in Sectionals... 3) McTina Cohen Chang-Chang - my favourite couple!! Heard they break up in season 4 :( One down, ten to go... Bones S07, Chaos, CSI NY S08, CSI S12, House of Lies, House S08, Sherlock, The Good Wife S03, The Mentalist S04, The Newsr...

Once Upon A Time

*Spoiler alert!!! You have been warned* "Once Upon A Time" is one of the 'stocks' I have in my hard disk. Now that I finally finished watching the season finale, it is one of my favorite too! It begins with a 28-year-old woman, Emma, a bail bond agent (still can't understand the nature of this occupation) , who is one day being approached by a boy, Henry, claimed to be her son. He brings her to Storybrooke, where every fairy tales characters are trapped without knowing their true identity, to break the evil queen's spell, or shall I just quote the opening: "There is a town in Maine... where every storybook character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth, and only one can break her spell." "Once upon a time, an evil queen banished every storybook character you've ever known to our world. Who knows the truth, and who can break the spell?" That pretty much tel...

步步惊心 之 看后感

很早之前就拿了那部剧,尤其当一个平时只看日剧日动漫的超级哈日迷都跟我说这部剧是多么地很棒时,当然更加要收藏啦~ 用了将近一个星期多的时间看完。前面活泼淘气,后面白热化的九子夺嫡很黑暗,害我沮丧得哭惨了~比较喜欢前面淘气的剧情,觉得每个人在那个时候是最好看的...没有皇位斗争,没有勾心斗角,只有开心地笑,快乐地玩... 早前8TV播另外一个穿越剧,《宫》。因为时间关系(7-8点播映),打球跳舞什么的都耽误不可能每集看。第一感觉是,刘诗诗比较美 :p 总觉得这些 ‘穿越人’ 都很庆幸,因为都是穿越进了格格的身体里,还很好运地让几位阿哥们周转在她身边, 羡慕 !!! 如果是我穿越,不管穿越到哪一个前世,我要嘛是穿越进一个平凡人家的身体里,不然就是早被拉去砍首或赐死了... 剧情神马的我就省略啦,我倒是对剧情有点小建议和感想。 第一,虽然若曦在清朝跟雍正拥抱亲热,甚至有身孕,可是回到现代的张晓也太惨了,因为她要带着若曦的记忆活下去,这是多么沉重啊~ 二,雍正登基后的铲除异己行动很残酷,是因为起初他的‘知心’只有十三爷,所以他要对付的人自然就多了。可是如果是八爷或十四爷当上皇帝,这些事情难道就不会发生吗? 三,‘八哥’。每次九,十,十三十四爷叫他们的‘八哥’时,我总会想起以前英文补习老师家的那只帅气八哥。每次我们进门,它都会‘呀,呀’地叫几声,我们逗它时,还会叫个不停。八爷迷,对不起哦!! 四,结局,还是有点悲情。我自己有个小idea,就是,张晓跟着‘现代雍正’走出博物馆,然后看到众位阿哥们在外面三五成群地聚在一起,碰到‘现代雍正’,再哈哈大笑地一起走。张晓望着他们的背影,回想起清朝时发生的事情,眼泪还是掉着,可是笑了。=) 当然,每次看这么悲的戏,接下来该看的就是花絮了,因为花絮最容易让人从剧情里拉出现实来,而且他们的花絮很有意思! 看 这 和 这

女人的香气

这部连续剧在我电脑里已有一段时间了,一直有拿出来偷看几下,基本上也猜到整个剧情在讲什么 (我就是这么无趣...) 。追完《Person of Interest》后,终于决定好好看这部剧。 《女人的香气》,故其名,是电影《Scent of a Woman》的直接翻译,当中的共同点,就是探戈 Tango 了。而剧的内容,是Queen Latifah的《Last Holiday》和Morgan Freeman & Jack Nicholson演的《The Bucket List》两个故事搅在一块。前者我看过,后者来不及看就被External HDD I/O error给吃掉了 -_- 可能这段时间都是在看美剧,对这种连续版连续剧 (跳针吗??) 有点给我带来惊喜。更奇怪的是,这部剧让我觉得,每个人都很有份量,不再只是围绕着男女一二号。 故事讲述李妍在,一位在旅行社工作的白领,突然收到自己得了癌症的噩耗,只有六个月寿命。就酱,她写了一个在死前要做的Bucket List,一一进行。中间就穿插了和男一号姜智旭的恋情;和男二号蔡银熙的医生病人兼小学单恋对象关系;和女二号任世景的情敌关系;和母亲知而不报的关系;等等等等.... 要说这部剧嘛,并没有给我韩剧一贯有的贫富差异。对,男一女二都很富有,可是他们并没有给我很强烈的“我是有钱人快点跪下来亲我的脚趾”感觉;男一智旭非常天然呆,连找公司的律师问个事情都给爸爸训话,自己公司的动向还要看在公司工作了二十几年的‘老古董’的脸色行事;女二世景被以前的烂桃花伤得不敢再把心掏出来,而且前面几集的奸诈表情真是让我不敢恭维。 再说说女一吧。几年前看《我叫金三顺》,很喜欢金宣儿。由于这部剧她‘得’生病,所以整个很瘦,有点不习惯,也显得有点苍老。虽然网民觉得主角姐弟配很不讨好,可是我觉得恰到好处,因为智旭的天然呆+单纯正好衬托了妍在的对疾病的恐惧+对将来的憧憬。而且每次智旭生气吃醋扁嘴时,可爱到~~~ 整个剧下来,我最喜欢的反而是男二,严基俊饰演的 蔡银熙医生。这部剧好像是他的第一个作品...喜欢他的原因是,他的笑容很好看! :-) 身为医生,最不想发生的事就是病患去世吧。喜珠去世时,他整个人崩溃,连我也崩溃了... 至于我说每个人很有份量,可以说是因为有王牌配角大助阵。妍在妈,伊部长,妍在麻吉惠媛等等,这些阵容都不容或缺的... 可喜的是...

Person of Interest

It is one of the new series to 'try out', and not only it pass the test, it gives me priceless experience! Unlike the other investigation series that I watched such as CSI, White Collar, Castle, The Mentalist etc, this one has a different and fresh approach, and the combination of cast is awesome. John Reese is an ex-CIA agent who is presumed dead by the authority and living under the radar. Harold Finch is a reclusive billionaire who build 'The Machine' something like the one in Eagle Eye except the appearance is never revealed after 9-11 attacks to detect acts of terror, hmmm let me just quote the opening narration: "You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people, people like you. Crimes the government considered "irrelevant." They wouldn't ac...

Too Many Series, Too Little Space (& Time)

One down, nine to go. Yes. Ten of them all. The other day a friend was posting a youtube on one of the "The Good Wife" scene, and I was silently screaming of excitement that finally someone shares the same taste as I do. Then he and his friends talked about 'collecting' the series, finished watching this season, didn't get a hand on that season... Then I wondered, how come all my laptop drives and external HDD are full? Secret revealed that I am currently watching/wanting-to-watch ten series! - Castle S3 (just finished season finale) - Glee S2 - House S7 - White Collar S2 - The Mentalist S3 - CSI S11 - CSI:NY S7 - Lie To Me S3 - Raising Hope S1 Four of them has yet to be 'collected' the entire season, and my drives scream " DAMN YOU I'm stuffed lah!! " Duh!! Boh bien, the usual entertainment slot is taken place by the data entry part time job, for money's sake. :/ Time of new HDD investment? Hmm. I just got my pay ...

The Good Wife

....aka the lawyers' world. Watching 'The Good Wife' can exciting sometimes, and confusing most of the times, of all those law jargons and stuff. It makes me understand there's no play-play in the lawyers' world Of course, which one doesn't? Duh~ For me, being a lawyer not only you need to have a mouth to talk one's head off, the most important asset is the brain with super fast processor and RAM, to poke holes in any place they can find, to stand up for the client etc... It also makes me feel glad that I didn't choose law in the first place. In fact, everyone said you must be distinctive in History if you want to become a lawyer, and my History sucks to the max. So far, season 1 episode 18 'Doubt' is the most dramatic for me. The scenes of the episode alternate between the jury's discussion, court room, investigation etc. By the end of the day, both the prosecution and defense agreed to a plea bargain in the very last minute, that the defe...

Drama/Movie I Watched

1. Angle's Temptation 天使的诱惑 Out of so many drama series that I would usually back it up after finish watching them, be it to waste up my HDD memory or to watch second time, this is the one particular drama which I deleted immediately after the end of the final episode. The them of this drama is revenge. There are a huge ass of revenge plots all over the drama and the ending is not a happy one too. People die (not because of natural death!!), couple break apart, etc etc etc. My first passion towards the drama is 裴秀斌, the main actor who plays the role Ahn Jae Song aka the plastic-surgery version of Eun Woo. He is so adorable in 'Brilliant Legacy', but in this drama, they drew his eyeliners too dark, making him look evil and not cute :( Overall, I would call it 害人大全, because the plots of taking revenge are cool and cruel! ********************************** 2. Bread, Love and Dreams 面包王金桌球 I love Kim Tak Gu!! The Mandarin version of his name is a pun (I think) for the word tabl...

Thai Lakorn

Long looong time ago, when Astro and even Mega TV (if any of you still remember) were not the hot thing in town yet, all we had were TV1, TV2 and TV3. Some additional programme channels were available too. For those in the south peninsular, they watched Singapore channels; while for us in the north region, we received Thai channels. For those who familiar with it, the most watched channels would be channel 7, channel 3 etc. And below were our most favourite drama series (in Thai, they call it 'lakorn') of all time~ ^Sai Lo Hid (1995) ^Dao Pra Sook The group of actors and actresses in both dramas were almost the same group, where the hero and heroine were the same, but with different background and era, so we won't get confused. Of course, if you wonder , we don't understand Thai, but we're damn good in guessing! Plus, we have friends who understand Thai and watched the drama in the same time! So no problem in 'translating' the synopsis of an episode. :) Aww...

Latihan Industri (2)

This morning, we have a so-called perhimpunan at our Radicare office's parking bay. Well, it can consider a 'standard' perhimpunan procedures except one: nyanyikan lagu Negaraku ! =D After several days and weeks of non-stop rainy days, this two days' weather was great. Sunny bright sun light is back. So is today, and damn it's so hot for us to stand under the sun +.+ After baca doa, the pengerusi rancangan introduced the new staffs, and us O_o to all the staffs. Luckily there were 8 of us, but I can still feel some heat on my face *blek* Our biomedic manager gave his speech first. It was so weird he talked about 'eat' and eating habit O_0 Then FEMS manager's turn, talking about a story which the moral of the story is be yourselves O_0 Lastly was the Radicare Kelantan manager's turn, and finally more related agendas he talked about (although the sun was so hot I couldn't absorb anything he said already) . On the afternoon we had a small bek...

女人的哭相

忘了在何年何月何日,我曾听有个人说过,要看一个女演员演得如何漂亮法,就要看她的哭相了。 这次的主角,是‘家好月圆’里的钟嘉欣-心女。 在这部剧,钟嘉欣的于素秋一角并不讨好。 要演一个妈妈是超级无敌大奸人殷红的女儿,本身成两家的夹心饼,的确不容易。 在这个剧里,她哭的戏份很多,超多。 可能是我眼光的问题,我觉得她哭得不好看,整张脸的表情不好看,整张脸揪起来,是很真情流露,可是,就是不美咯... 说哭相美呢,应属阿庆和荷妈吧。那种很酷的哭法:表情变都不变,眼泪悄悄地从眼角流下来。超酷~ 总算把戏看完了!好笑的是,在看前面几集的时候,我在房间里看戏开speaker。在出房间的时候,室友看到我就会问一句:"Lim, u tengok ape crite, bisingnyer crite tu" 发出噪音的,正是那罗婆咯。 我在想,还好这个剧本是由香港来制作。如果这个剧本落在台湾手上,他们不搞个千五两千集也不会善罢甘休吧 -_-