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Game of Thrones: 8x04 The Last of the Starks
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BlockedParentSpoilers2019-05-06T02:28:10Z

I don't like Sansa - of course she would betray her brother's (ok, cousin's) trust and blab his secret to everyone - but now I don't like Daenerys either. Damn, would she sit down and wait for her army to heal and recuperate? She's gotten increasingly ruthless in the past couple of seasons. It would indeed be a decent strategy if Jon and Daenerys would marry and just rule together, but I don't think that's going to happen now. They killed off Rhaegal, so that's gotta foreshadow something - that there will only be one Targaryen left standing at the end of the series.

Also, poor Ghost. Leaving him to the North definitely signalled Jon's gradual departure from the Stark family and gradual acceptance of his Targaryen heritage. So sad to see him react to Jon like that.

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Game of Thrones: 8x05 The Bells

Well then. That Cleganebowl was anti-climatic. Sandor Clegane would never speak to Arya that kindly/tenderly and tell her to save herself. What the fuck.

Also, Jaimie Lannister didn't get to kill Cersei, so that was a huge letdown. That soft romantic music that started playing when they were down in the Red Keep's basement was so jarring. What the fuck.

What was Arya's point in this episode besides run around King's Landing and be scared? What the fuck.

I mean, so many what-the-fuck's in this episode, I don't even. I guess I should have expected all this when I saw in the opening credits that D&D were the writers for this episode. Even good directing couldn't save it from being a complete letdown. Christ.

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Riverdale: 2x02 Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks

OK, real talk. What is up with Cole Sprouse's acting this season? That scene between him and the mayor was awkward af. As was his line delivery of "How many damn years?" - ugh.

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Into the Badlands: 2x10 Wolf's Breath, Dragon Fire
The Summer I Turned Pretty: 2x08 Love Triangle
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BlockedParent2023-11-10T08:44:29Z— updated 2023-11-22T07:46:21Z

The first season is better than the second season by miles. And I think it's because there was a severe lack of adults (AKA a reasonable and responsible human being) in the second season that could keep things humble. Instead, the whole second season is just one hyper-melodramatic pool party with no real consequence to the crisis at the summer house this summer.

The announcement also revealed that season 3 was officially greenlit ahead of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and production will not begin until “after labor negotiations with those unions have been resolved.”

Per above, I hope this means the writers will actually take their time thinking through a more realistic and less melodramatic storyline for all the characters. I'd like to see Shayla (Minnie Mills) make a reappearance too; she was fantastic in season one.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty: 1x04 Summer Heat

Yessss, this is the love triangle I've been waiting for! Finally!

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Bridgerton: 1x08 After the Rain

Jonathan Bailey's Anthony Bridgerton gets better and better each episode. I can't wait for season two. He's utterly ferocious.

Didn't like the fact that they revealed Whistledon ahead of time either. Unless that was a throwaway to lure us audience members to speculate in a completely direction...

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Bridgerton: 1x04 An Affair of Honor

In terms of chemistry between Daphne and Simon, I feel like the actress gives a lot to it, but the actor gives too little. The episodes are getting better though, after the awkwardly paced first two episodes.

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Bridgerton: 1x03 Art of the Swoon

The writing and the directing are so much better in this episode. Even the acting is better.

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Bridgerton: 1x02 Shock and Delight

Some thoughts:

  • I find Simon's/Hastings' acting a bit flat. His eyes look a bit dead compared to the others. I'm still unconvinced of the chemistry between him and Daphne.
  • There are some editing and pacing issues still. I get that they want to make sure every character has their screentime and their character development, but it's gotta be done a bit more organically.
  • Simon's backstory turned so dark at the end there, holy cow. This is the only book of the series that I didn't read, so I didn't expect that.
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Bridgerton: 1x01 Diamond of the First Water

Don't feel the chemistry just yet; there's some pacing issues; and there's some backstory missing between some characters, but it's a good start. Hope to see more of Eloise! She's so charming.

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The Baby-Sitters Club: 1x10 Hello, Camp Moosehead! (2)
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BlockedParentSpoilers2020-10-22T18:27:13Z

The kiss between Mary Ann and Logan is adorable.

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The Baby-Sitters Club: 1x05 Dawn and the Impossible Three

The romance between Mary-Ann's dad and Dawn's mom is soooo cute, omg. But if the writers for this entire series don't stay on for the second season or the seasons after, I'm gonna throw my own damn tantrum.

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Tree in the River: 1x20 Episode 20

The ending doesn't seem believable to me. Zhi He doesn't deserve Da Shu, and the story between Fen Ni and Qin Hao feels way more fleshed out than the main couple.

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Wishing for Happiness: 1x03 Episode 3
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BlockedParentSpoilers2020-01-14T05:38:16Z

100% here for Tony Yang wearing a dress and trying to climb over a steel gate. Absolutely adorable.

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Tree in the River: 1x13 Episode 13

I hate it when Asian dramas insert excursions to see family in the countryside. These sort of episodes are always so tacky. I'm excited to see the House & Fenni subplot progress though!

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Tree in the River: 1x10 Episode 10

Sonia Sui is easily out-acting everyone on this show right now.

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Tree in the River: 1x08 Episode 8
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BlockedParentSpoilers2019-12-15T03:22:09Z

I feel like Zhihe's decision to announce a divorce was a bit impulsive. I mean, sure, we heard from her perspective a lot, but she also didn't do a great job at communicating either. Idk, at the beginning of this show, she was such a charming character, but she's become so dislikable in the past few episodes, it's hard to be on her side.

On the technical aspect, I really don't understand why the mainland Chinese broadcasters felt the need to completely replace Gillian Chung's vocals – including the breathing noises she does when they're leaving the government office. That's a bit overdone imho.

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Tree in the River: 1x07 Episode 7
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BlockedParentSpoilers2019-12-15T02:50:43Z

Zhihe's mother is a atypical manipulative mother, what the fuck. I can't believe she poked holes into their condoms, and the show presented it as a "comedic scene". If it wasn't for the fact that they had the divorce countdown graphic up the following scene, I would be way angrier about this and I would have instantly stopped watching. That sort of move is utterly despicable.

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Tree in the River: 1x05 Episode 5

Damn, Dashu must really suck in bed if Zhihe is taking sleeping pills after sex because she can't sleep afterwards.

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Tree in the River: 1x04 Episode 4

You can notice some of the actors trying hard not to break character in some scenes, but good lord, Ray Chang is just so goddamn good-looking, I don't mind looking past that minor detail. (But his suit pants are a bit short for him, eh.)

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Tree in the River: 1x01 Episode 1

The vocal acting replacement they have for Gillian Chung's character is going to drive me nuts throughout this drama series. Surely her Mandarin couldn't have been that bad that Sohu felt it needed to be replaced for mainland audiences...

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Triad Princess

Got my hopes when I saw on Netflix that they released a six-episode Taiwanese romantic comedy just four hours long because Asian dramas have a tendency to drag out their stories, but whomp whomp, the first season is just build-up for the second season. It's still a cute four-hour binge watch, and it's probably higher quality and more succinct than most Asian dramas of this genre, but man, some of the pacing and tonal switches during the show could still use some work.

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Triad Princess: 1x05 We Had a Deal

All the side plots are more interesting than the main plot with Angie and Yi-hang. I'm more interested in the story about Sophia and her ex-husband, as well as the development between Ding Ding and Ling Gui.

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Triad Princess: 1x04 Let Me Tell You a Secret
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BlockedParentSpoilers2019-12-08T22:35:49Z

Really was not expecting that LGBTQ+ plot twist! So cute.

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Triad Princess: 1x03 The Scumbag

I fast forwarded all the bonding scenes between Angie and Yi-hang. They could have been edited shorter and they would still have the same effect.

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Triad Princess: 1x02 Elephant Studio
Life Plan A and B: 1x01 Episode 1
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BlockedParentSpoilers2019-10-20T02:49:26Z

This episode is so slow, good god. It drags on and on about Rainie Yang's life in Taiwan, and how conflicted she is about her current situation. This episode is a whopping 90-minute long, and that's all it goes on about. It doesn't help either that her boyfriend - played by Kenny Yen - is legit the most naive and whiny boyfriend ever.

That entire scene where he tells the "prelude" of how he met her was so creepy. He took paparazzi-style photos of Rainie Yang eating in the convenience store in front of his office (with an actual DSLR camera!) for nearly a month before he had the courage to go up to her. Creepy as fuck. And he called his photo-taking as "romantic". How can anyone call that as romantic?! What the heck.

The editing for the fast-forward time cut is done poorly too. I didn't realize that the episode had flash-forwarded to Rainie Yang's imagination until her child suddenly appeared on screen. That episode construction was messy.

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