Rainy day watches
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halfcactusWho's the Murderer S1 eps 10-?
Apparently I stopped midway through the Jackson Wang + Avengers ep and I'm picking it up again two(!) years later because I still haven't cancelled my Mango subscription... Though I really should just cancel and watch it on Youtube since there will be no music to delete, unlike in Time Concert. XD Also, English subs!
Watching the early seasons hits different now that I know that a lot of the original cast just aren't returning for various reasons that I found out at various points this year. ;__; There seemed to be massive drama among the core MXDZT regulars/crew (outside of the Sasa thing, which everyone is very understanding about), and Guigui got blacklisted for expressing the "wrong" political opinions (I always assumed she couldn't return because of the pandemic + scheduling). ;__;
Now starting the Republican ep with--I think--Aaron Yan??? Again, feeling complicated about this because I can't un-know his crimes and wish I'd watched this ep on the year it came out, and not in 2024… He’s also gonna be in the upcoming (BL?) science fiction miniseries Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum (trailer link) directed by Zero Chou (Spider Lilies, Handsome Stewardess). I'm a bit curious about the premise anyway.
成何體統 How Dare You eps 1-6
Novel-based transmigration donghua that's still airing on iQiyi: A corporate slave finds herself isekai'd into the part of a minor villain in the webnovel she was skimming, and finds the tyrannical Emperor on the same boat.
This one has het romance and more moving parts (multiple transmigrated characters that have funny indicators that they belong in the real world). Unfortunately it also has, idk, the fantasy martial arts equivalent of a fat suit, which was annoying because it almost successfully subverted trope expectations before it dropped that revelation.
I kinda want to watch on to see what the in-universe FL ends up doing, but mostly I just had the urge to read Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (fantranslation), which I guess I'm doing now. The way my attention span works, though, is that I'll read a few chapters for a day and then start something new the following day.
當我飛奔向你 When I Fly Towards You eps 1-2
NGL I mostly listened to this like an audio drama... and it certainly works as an audio drama. XD I also only put this on because I misremembered Zhou Yiran (周依然) being in this, but instead I got Zhou Yiran (周翊然) who I'm less interested in. orz
I guess it's a pretty good youth drama (a lot of shenanigans, all very low-stakes), but as usual I'm unimpressed by the romance setups + I believe the girls are too good and cute for the boys... The episode titles being lyrics of old tunes made me hope for musical tie-ins, which obviously did not happen. XD They also made me wonder if music licenses are more expensive these days or have to account for all the different platforms? Or maybe these ones just weren't as integral to the plot as the great Eason Chan roadtrip in My Huckleberry Friends… But even With You had scenes of 晴天 (I think!) playing through Liu Haoran’s headphones, and the students joyfully breaking out to 龍捲風 and neither of those was particularly relevant, just vibes… Sugarman Media is big on retaining nostalgic references though so maybe they were just determined to have the music. 😂
Watching the early seasons hits different now that I know that a lot of the original cast just aren't returning for various reasons that I found out at various points this year. ;__; There seemed to be massive drama among the core MXDZT regulars/crew (outside of the Sasa thing, which everyone is very understanding about), and Guigui got blacklisted for expressing the "wrong" political opinions (I always assumed she couldn't return because of the pandemic + scheduling). ;__;
成何體統 How Dare You eps 1-6
Novel-based transmigration donghua that's still airing on iQiyi: A corporate slave finds herself isekai'd into the part of a minor villain in the webnovel she was skimming, and finds the tyrannical Emperor on the same boat.
This one has het romance and more moving parts (multiple transmigrated characters that have funny indicators that they belong in the real world). Unfortunately it also has, idk, the fantasy martial arts equivalent of a fat suit, which was annoying because it almost successfully subverted trope expectations before it dropped that revelation.
I kinda want to watch on to see what the in-universe FL ends up doing, but mostly I just had the urge to read Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (fantranslation), which I guess I'm doing now. The way my attention span works, though, is that I'll read a few chapters for a day and then start something new the following day.
當我飛奔向你 When I Fly Towards You eps 1-2
NGL I mostly listened to this like an audio drama... and it certainly works as an audio drama. XD I also only put this on because I misremembered Zhou Yiran (周依然) being in this, but instead I got Zhou Yiran (周翊然) who I'm less interested in. orz
I guess it's a pretty good youth drama (a lot of shenanigans, all very low-stakes), but as usual I'm unimpressed by the romance setups + I believe the girls are too good and cute for the boys... The episode titles being lyrics of old tunes made me hope for musical tie-ins, which obviously did not happen. XD They also made me wonder if music licenses are more expensive these days or have to account for all the different platforms? Or maybe these ones just weren't as integral to the plot as the great Eason Chan roadtrip in My Huckleberry Friends… But even With You had scenes of 晴天 (I think!) playing through Liu Haoran’s headphones, and the students joyfully breaking out to 龍捲風 and neither of those was particularly relevant, just vibes… Sugarman Media is big on retaining nostalgic references though so maybe they were just determined to have the music. 😂
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Date: 2024-07-29 09:21 pm (UTC)(LOL @ the wrong Yi)
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Date: 2024-08-17 01:38 pm (UTC)Anyway for Jay Chou specifically he used to have his own label with his regular lyricist and they recently partnered with Universal Music Group and I wonder if that changes things, especially with the Netflixification of cmedia.