If this Episode 4 was supposed to be comedy, then I must have been the only viewer in the whole wide world of internet who didn’t appreciate the humor. The only scene that drew a smile from me involved the leeches. Like the CP/Lee Yul/WonDeuk, I didn’t see that coming – or to be precise […]
100 Days My Prince: Fan Service
Starting Episode 4, I’m going to use my fan-service-o-meter to rate the show. It will detect whether an actual plot development has occurred in the episode or the scenes are arranged to gratuitously titillate fan girls. I haven’t finished my design yet. But this is one option. lol. It functions like my bullshit-o-meter which I […]
Devilish Joy: Episode 4
I’m not going to dispute that there are serious flaws to the plot. However, I’m sticking with this kdrama because I can still make some sort of sense of the writer’s intent with the romance. This isn’t meant to be a realistic story in the same way an Impressionist painting isn’t meant to depict people, […]
100 Days My Prince: If WonDeok Winks at You…
How could this tavern owner resist his winking?? What would YOU do if he were to wink at you? gif credit: leekangdoo’s tumblr Me? I’d wink back for sure. credit: giphy 😉
The Ghost Detective: On the Suicide Theme
This post will be talking about suicide. If you are struggling with this issue, then this kdrama and my blog post on this episode may not be right for you. You may want to watch the show with a trusted and mature friend. Hugs! What I like most about this kdrama is that it treats […]
100 Days My Prince: 138,658 Hours
Shout out to @soyabeancurd, et al. I was informed that subbers (Bless their hearts!) made an error and didn’t account for the different way time was kept in the Joseon period. While the Western world divided the day into 24 hours, a day was only segmented into 12 in the Joseon method of timekeeping. Thus, […]
100 Days My Prince: Sketchy Plot, Handsome Actor
This is one of the reasons I can’t come out of hiding and legitimize my kdrama addiction. Many of the plots are utterly sophomoric that I’m embarrassed to have wasted my time over them. Unlike most fangirls, I’m too much of a bitch to ignore shoddy plot for the chance of ogling at and mooning […]
The Ghost Detective: Ep 3 and 4
Before I start talking about the suicide theme in another post, there are details in these episodes that are noteworthy. 1. The mystery of 1am. The time is important in the story. In Episode 2, when Lee DA IL pulled himself out of his muddy grave, his watch showed that it was almost 12:55am. In […]
The Ghost Detective: A Warning (No Spoilers)
After watching Episodes 3 and 4, I’m convinced that The Ghost Detective is not a simply ghost story but an allegory on suicide. I view the Woman in Red as a silent and invisible killer that suicide is. And at the end of Episode 4, we’re seeing a suicide cluster. Ever since that Hwayugi’s episode on […]
100 Days My Prince: On Cornerstones
This is another use of cinematography to add depth to the characters. I might be stating the obvious, so please feel free to skip this post. I know my favorite 10 followers and 5 readers ignore me all the time anyway…. 😂 What’s the point of this scene? To me, it’s this — Minister Kim […]
The Ghost Detective: Dead or Alive (Spoilers)
There seems to be a debate as to whether Lee Da Il (DI) is dead or comatose somewhere. He’s dead. 1. His “mentor/boss” Sang Seop (SS) couldn’t find his body was because it’s already been unearthed and sent to the morgue. He was the unidentified corpse beside the deceased bodies of the teacher Lee ChanMi […]
100 Days My Prince: Cinematography BS
Lately, I’ve read a lot of paeans to cinematography in reviews and recaps that I must point something out here. Cinematography is only one element of a drama, movie, or episode to VISUALLY communicate the meaning of the story. It uses lighting, landscape, color palette, actors’ positioning, camera angles and effects, and a host of […]
Bitch SOS: The Ghost Detective (no spoilers)
To my 9 followers and 5 readers: (What the heck?! Even my followers are not reading me….😂) Watch the Ghost Detective. It’s well-written, excellently directed, and decisively portrayed by all cast members. It’s a thriller (and I dislike watching thrillers as much as melodramas). It involves ghosts (I’m a scaredy-cat). It has no romance (I’m […]
100 Days My Prince: 69,329 Hours
Okay, this bugged me for about 24 hours. credit: riya-in-the-valley’s tumblr 69,329 hours = roughly about 2,889 days = 7 years and 334 days or almost 8 years. But it’s been 16 years since his father ascended throne. So what happened 8 years ago that made him stop smiling? His marriage to the CPrincess? […]