Behold the finest, most skilled characters in this show: the servants. The ones who do most of the reconnaissance, who do most of the delivering of forbidden messages, who risk their lives and limbs for their masters but remain unappreciated not only in-universe but also by the audience ( Read more... )

I don't hate Myeon. Once upon a time, I did; even now, when he's in full let's-kill-Seung-yu mode, I want to climb into the screen and personally murder him. Honestly, he hasn't done anything to redeem himself. He hasn't done anything for Seung-yu after helping bring about the massacre of all decent ministers, including Seung-yu's father ( Read more... )

I love this movie.

I never thought I would say this because I was against rebooting the still-fresh Spider-man franchise on principle. I thought that this new movie was just being made so that Sony could hold on to the rights to Spider-man a little longer. I was biased against it by (a) my undying love for the Raimi/Maguire trilogy and (b) it ( Read more... )

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I am currently rabidly obsessed with everything about this show. The political machinations and wall-to-wall murders of Suyang (now King Sejo, dammit!) are just as addicting as the Seung-yu/Se-ryeong fiasco love story, perhaps even more so. I hate the guy SO FREAKING MUCH and wish he'd at least get deposed (but this doesn't happen, goddammit), but ( Read more... )

I haven't posted about Avatar: The Legend of Korra in a while. The last few weeks have been crazy in this fandom, and I found myself caught up in shipping wars, character hate, and endless statements of dissatisfaction with something or other. So I decided to just spend this day - because I'm sick yet again and have to stay at home - marathoning ( Read more... )

There's so much to like in Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus. It's an incredibly visual book, lush and atmospheric. The circus is written with loving detail, from the wondrous giant clock to the dream-like performers. I think I would've loved this book if it weren't for the awful "love story".


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Yes, this movie has been made 25 years ago AND IT SHOWS. The effects are dated (even more so in the sequel), the rubber suit monsters are nothing short of corny, and the story is somewhat simplistic.

But A Chinese Ghost Story has a rapping warrior monk who throws around fire like no one's business! It has an adorkable scholar/much-abused tax ( Read more... )

Dr. Jin: Slowly losing me. This drama has always been shoddily executed, but the charm of the first episodes has worn off as of the sixth. I like Jin Hyuk (before his penicillin moral crisis) and Chun-hong, but I couldn't care less about the others. I also couldn't care less about the overly dramatic medical cases and the people involved, the ( Read more... )

So I tried watching Queen In-hyun's Man. Everyone's just gushing over how awesome it is, how winning the characters are, how exciting the plot is. I wanted to see this for myself, and, well, I was quite disappointed.

It's Secret Garden all over again. I didn't hate that drama, but the universal gushing over it left me scratching my head. No, this ( Read more... )