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It's Beating, I'm Bleeding - Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 10:19 AM

Absolutely awesome show. Kicks matt bellamy and gang off top spot on my list.

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Do The Stars Gaze Back? Now That's The Question... - Monday, January 28, 2008 at 9:45 AM

Having re-read my last post, I do find I'm a little harsh on local dramas.

No, don't get me wrong here. I still think most of the present day actors stink. Not all, most. The new 9pm and current 7pm dramas have only reinforced my view on this, speaking of which, the 7pm one really had me in stitches a week ago. There was a rather serious scene with the young male actor (presumably one of the leading actors) lashing out on another guy, and it was just plain funny cos he was blurting out line after line of half-baked chinese, his eyes, telling of a fresh actor struggling to remember his lines and his face, contorted in a miserable attempt to suggest anger, however, resembled more of a monkey making faces in a zoo.

Argh, there I go again, over-criticising young local actors. But I can't help it! It just kills me that I actually find a drama funny, when it's supposed to be dead serious.

Anyway, as I was saying, I am thankful, maybe in the littlest way possible, for today's local dramas. Just because... they make any and every other film/television show look so damn good. And if these movies/shows were already good to begin with, you'd be tagging these movies as epics, must watch shows of our generation, labelled deservingly as a "classic" etc. I was mighty glad i sat through a whole 5 minutes of that 7pm show (as mentioned 2 paragraphs ago), 'cos to erase the painful yet ironically laughable experience, I decided to finally watch Stardust after procrastinating since December. I tell you, it is now easily one of my alltime favourite movies. Good acting became masterclass performances, the great screenplay became one of absolute brilliance and beauty and the overall experience, from wonderful to breath-taking. All easily done with just 5 minutes (which might seem an eternity to some) of our locally produced drama. Relativity can be such a wonderful thing when you work it in your favour.

I wonder how I'll rate Pluto Nash after sitting through a full hour of that 7pm show.

Pretty darn good, i'm assuming.

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Hurry Up And Get Here - Monday, January 21, 2008 at 8:22 AM

I caught the last episode of the (warning: overstretched adjective-fest to follow) 9pm channel 8 local chinese drama serial.

Prior to the finale, i did catch 1 or 2 episodes way back when it first aired on tv. I got to tell ya, it looked promising with a somewhat refreshing plot. Of course, i'm saying this in relation to other local dramas.

But as always, mediacorp stayed true to its rep (at least for me) by screwing up the last episode. Ok, so i didn't follow the series but it's not hard to make out what happened the past month or so. Hey, it's a local drama serial, just plot a few points and extrapolate. Why do you think our local screen writers aren't going on strike? Other than the fact that uncle lee runs a tight ship, of cos.

So, how did the last episode end? The main characters died, and the rest of the family lived ever after. That's right, no "happily" or "sadly" before the ever after, because that's just it! It was im-friggin-possible to infer whether it was a sad or happy ending. If it's supposed to be a melodramatic ending, i.e. the typical korean drama, then i've got to say the screen writers got to go back to writing school. Somewhere between primary 5 & 6, where lessons on basic plots are being taught to 11 and 12 year olds. If it's to have the "life goes on" sort of effect... surprise, surprise... just like NUS, it still sucks! Ok, i take that back... i mean, nothing sucks like NUS... what was i thinking? If NUS, no, i correct myself, "nus", in lowercase letters, had a module, NU1101, module description "introduction to the many ways nus suck", i'll probably hand in a 5000 word essay on the first week.

But i digress, on my favourite topic, no less. Yea, the ending to the show was horrible! I might sound like a meanie who despises local productions (which i don't. I just despise the lack of innovation), but you got to really check out the show and i'll be shocked if you don't agree with me.

That aside, switchfoot next week! Exciting stuff... a non-emo, non-punk pop/rock act that is just pure alt rock! With a touch of powerpop. Yea!

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