Eternal Love of Dream – Unhelpful Recap (Episode 7)
Si Ming and Chengyu are racking their brains to think of a way to help Fengjiu both to get a little of Donghua’s attention and to get her fox tails back.Continue Reading
Mulan (2020) – Super Brief Thoughts
What? I thought we were done with the I-have-special-power-that-needs-to-be-released trope after Rey and Captain Marvel. Are you saying we have to go through it again? And without Mushu’s rice congee too??Continue Reading
Beauty and the Beast (2017) vs. La Belle et la Bête (2014)
Well… yes, there is another Beauty and the Beast film that was not produced by Disney: La Belle et la Bête (2014), starring Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel. No talking clocks or teacups there, but we get little puppies with eyes like those Ty stuffed animals’.Continue Reading
Eternal Love of Dream – Unhelpful Recap (Episode 6)
Princess Jiheng moves into Donghua’s palace as his fiancee. She doesn’t look too happy about having to marry him, though.Continue Reading
Why Xiaoyanzi and Benjamin Should Have Been
I guess the real question is: why does Benjamin even need to exist in this story? But he does, so let’s talk about it.Continue Reading
Boss and Me – Some Brief Honest Thoughts
This post is a follow-up to the Boss and Me’s Basically Video. Having seen the entire drama and now looked back at it for a second time, it strikes me how wholesome this story is, and perhaps that is its appeal.Continue Reading
General and I – Some Honest Thoughts
*WARNING: This post is humor-free. This post is a follow-up to the General and I’s Basically Video. Honestly speaking? The first few episodes of General and I are highly interesting. Yes, the plot holes are there, the green screens are obvious, and all the popular die-hard tropes are also present,Continue Reading
Eternal Love of Dream – Unhelpful Recap (1 – 5)
It just came to my attention lately that we have not made fun of Donghua enough, mainly due to the fact that he is such a cool/detached/duty-driven character in Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, shaken only by a short arc of romance that he ultimately overcomes.Continue Reading
The Legend of Hua Buqi – Some Honest Thoughts
*WARNING: This post is humor-free. This is a follow-up post to the Basically video on the drama The Legend of Hua Buqi. Sooo… Ariel Lin and Vin Zhang. I admit we didn’t expect much, but their chemistry is surprisingly convincing.Continue Reading
Journey to the West 1986 vs. 2011
Now… I know what all of you who are from the ’90s are going to say – the 1986 version is an unrivalled classic. Yes, it is, there is no argument there, but that should not mean any version that comes after it is automatically rubbish. (Although, there are alsoContinue Reading