jmovie: Trick: The Movie 2

So, most on my flist who have a clue what Trick is(or would care) have heard me babble about it enough.  The short version is that it's about a physicist, Ueda Jiro, who's absurdly booksmart but utterly devoid of street smarts and is very gullible and Yamada Naoko, a stage magician who isn't overly smart and isn't much of a magician, but is brilliant when it comes to spotting the tricks and lies as others.  The mysteries are largely an excuse to spread their insanity and showcase their bizarre courtship.

In the second movie(supposedly but not definately the end of the franchise) features a young man asking Ueda to come and investigate an island near his village where he believes his childhood friend(played by Hirokita Maki, looking absurdly cute) is being held against her will.  All Ueda hears is an excuse to drag Naoko off somewhere so he can display his...urm...brilliance, and off they go.

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jmovie: Trick: The Movie 2

So, most on my flist who have a clue what Trick is(or would care) have heard me babble about it enough.  The short version is that it's about a physicist, Ueda Jiro, who's absurdly booksmart but utterly devoid of street smarts and is very gullible and Yamada Naoko, a stage magician who isn't overly smart and isn't much of a magician, but is brilliant when it comes to spotting the tricks and lies as others.  The mysteries are largely an excuse to spread their insanity and showcase their bizarre courtship.

In the second movie(supposedly but not definately the end of the franchise) features a young man asking Ueda to come and investigate an island near his village where he believes his childhood friend(played by Hirokita Maki, looking absurdly cute) is being held against her will.  All Ueda hears is an excuse to drag Naoko off somewhere so he can display his...urm...brilliance, and off they go.

( some highlights )

dorama: mostly Next/Rebirth, but a non-spoilery bit on Chinese Paladin

I found out yesterday that when they made Chinese Paladin, Hu Ge was 20 and Crystal Liu was 16, and because she was 16 Hu Ge felt uncormortable in some of their romantic scenes because she was so young(even though, of course, her character was 16 and his was, I think 18-19, and it's not a huge age difference to start with-especially for the time it was set in-just the actual age)  This...makes me like him more, somehow(guess it gives "decent guy" factor, I guess, though of course, I already liked him) and also explains why he seemed so much more comfortable in his scenes with An Yi Xuan, who's 2 years older than him. Just a little bit that I found interesting.

I'm also 3 episodes into the kdrama Next/Rebirth(I've seen it by both titles)  Decided I needed a break from swordplay shows for a bit and...chose a drama about reincarnation where the hero was a warrior in at least 2 of his past lives.  *whistles* (in my defense, there has been no sign of a sword yet and I don't think there will be, if there is, I dount there'll be much fighting)  The setup is that two brothers, Ki-bum(an overly serious neuro-surgeon whose life is too controlled for his own good) and Ki-Soo(a stage actor who doesn't seem to have any real path or direction planned out) are involved with women they seem to be very compatible with. Ki-bum is engaged to Soo-hyun, a psychiatrist who specializes in sleep disorders, who he's been seeing since college, and Ki-Soo is dating Jung-Hwa, an actor in his troupe who believes in things like fate and destiny.  Unknown to the four, they've been destined lovers in previous lives.  The problem?  They're dating the wrong people, of course(what else do you expect from a kdrama about reincarnation)

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dorama: mostly Next/Rebirth, but a non-spoilery bit on Chinese Paladin

I found out yesterday that when they made Chinese Paladin, Hu Ge was 20 and Crystal Liu was 16, and because she was 16 Hu Ge felt uncormortable in some of their romantic scenes because she was so young(even though, of course, her character was 16 and his was, I think 18-19, and it's not a huge age difference to start with-especially for the time it was set in-just the actual age)  This...makes me like him more, somehow(guess it gives "decent guy" factor, I guess, though of course, I already liked him) and also explains why he seemed so much more comfortable in his scenes with An Yi Xuan, who's 2 years older than him. Just a little bit that I found interesting.

I'm also 3 episodes into the kdrama Next/Rebirth(I've seen it by both titles)  Decided I needed a break from swordplay shows for a bit and...chose a drama about reincarnation where the hero was a warrior in at least 2 of his past lives.  *whistles* (in my defense, there has been no sign of a sword yet and I don't think there will be, if there is, I dount there'll be much fighting)  The setup is that two brothers, Ki-bum(an overly serious neuro-surgeon whose life is too controlled for his own good) and Ki-Soo(a stage actor who doesn't seem to have any real path or direction planned out) are involved with women they seem to be very compatible with. Ki-bum is engaged to Soo-hyun, a psychiatrist who specializes in sleep disorders, who he's been seeing since college, and Ki-Soo is dating Jung-Hwa, an actor in his troupe who believes in things like fate and destiny.  Unknown to the four, they've been destined lovers in previous lives.  The problem?  They're dating the wrong people, of course(what else do you expect from a kdrama about reincarnation)

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Shadowless Sword MVs

Note to self: watching MVs makes you want to rewatch.  When its for a movie instead of a series, the need is worse...

A brief incentive for those who would be tempted by such things:

( Commander Hwangbo Yoon, don't let Chae-Ohk catch you at this )

Shadowless Sword MVs

Note to self: watching MVs makes you want to rewatch.  When its for a movie instead of a series, the need is worse...

A brief incentive for those who would be tempted by such things:

( Commander Hwangbo Yoon, don't let Chae-Ohk catch you at this )