Skip Beat! Episode 10
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Apr 23, 2012

Be an angel and kill the devil!

Yeah it's the most outstanding episode so far. Gong xi get the chance to act in Shang's Mv playing an angel that will kill the devel played by Shang; at first she could fool Shang enough that he didn't recongnize her but then he set her a trap and find out. In this episode i was so amazed with Gong xi's acting skills; she did her parts perfectly, there's a lot of focus on Gong xi/Shang relationship; a lot of ups and downs and the result : the birth of a great actress that even left Shang speechless.

Highlight/Funny scenes :

- When Gong xi wore the angel outfit looking so pretty, the way Shang stared at her like someone falling in love and when she got right near him she kicked him :D

- When the angel Gong xi killed Shang the devil crying that was so dramatic and the look on Shang's face when she was killing him crying was priceless.

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IRIS Episode 4
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Apr 23, 2012

Back to the beginning

This episode brings us back to the beginning. I have a major like and dislike in this episode. I like the fact that Hyun Joon's glasses have lenses. Glasses without lenses is a pet peeve of mine. I can't stand the fact that the blood looks like pink kool-aid in several of the scenes. This episode ends on a major cliff hanger that will definitely bring you back for the next one.
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Skip Beat! Episode 9
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Apr 23, 2012

Taking care of Lian

As Lian's replacement manager; Gong xi try her best to be a good replacement and take care of him. She got the chance to enter an university and so she began preparing for her entrance exam. When Lian catched a cold she was there taking a good care of him since he didn't want to delay his schedule (what shows his extreme commitment to work); she spended 2 nights in his house, making him breakfast and trying to be a nice manager wich made Lian fall for her commitment. This episode had a lot of Gong xi/Lian scenes, getting toghether, fighting and being serious. Now Gong xi is going to be in Shang's MV shooting...

Highlight/Funny scenes :

- When Gong xi played the doctor role by analyzing Lian's cold symptoms.

- When Lian fell on Gong xi (kind of passed out bcz of his cold) and yet he still repeated his lines.

- When Lian called Gong Xi "Xiao Xi" she couldn't sleep at night while he didn't even remember it the following morning.

The comming is better :)

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Apr 23, 2012

Outstanding!

This show is REALLY becoming VERY-VERY-VERY good with every episode... (deep breaths).

Finally In-Ha-sshi... better later than never... has become stubborn and is fighting for his love... I love the older couple moments so much... when I watch their moments... it's like feeling a mild breeze blowing in my face and hair... (sorry for the strange comparison, but I really feel that way...)

SeoJun and HaNa are becoming a VERY-VERY interesting couple... though their feeling have not been challenged yet, and I'm waiting for the dark clouds to come... I hope for more cute moments with them, cause they really take my breath away sometimes... (4 kisses in one episode...kyaa~)

One more thing... JUST HOW CAN YOU STAND STILL LIKE A STONE WHEN JANG GEUN-SUK IS KISSING YOU???? (not that I don't know it's not her fault...) :P

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Apr 23, 2012

Hmmm...

First episode was ok, but I don't really like the OST, so I felt myself getting distracted at times. I also don't like that his father has made her his boss when she didn't really do anything to deserve that position...She didn't even come up with the idea. I don't care whose daughter she is...



Maybe I'll get more into it once the story develops a bit more. But this one definitely didn't grab me from the start.
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Now what?

So... kind of an empty episode for me...

M2 went to another company leaving Woo-Hyun and telling everyone that he's the one responsible...fantastic... the guy with maniac eyes still gives me the creeps...

The b***y ex, is still her b***y self... give me something heavy... I'll throw it into her empty head...

Yay~ for some lovey-dovey moments with Woo-Hyun and Seung-Yeun...

And oh noes... the b*** knows it! Now the threatening cliche begins... hope they handle it as good as they did the others...
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IRIS Episode 3
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Apr 23, 2012

More adventures

This episode provides more information about the characters. It shows some flashbacks to Hyun Joon's childhood. It also makes me curious because Hyun Joon's background information prior to the special forces isn't available to NSS. Hyun Joon's relationship with Seung Hee develops further when they take a vacation together. This is the episode with the famous candy kiss. Sa Woo has to start the mission in Hungary alone and there are some James Bond like gadgets used as he goes to retrieve a North Korean scientist. There is some great action from T.O.P.'s character. He is a killing machine. This episode has some pretty bloody scenes so be careful if you don't like gore.

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Skip Beat! Episode 8
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Apr 23, 2012

The first job as an actress!

Gong xi and Qin performed strongly at the commercial audition : they showed what great actresses they are specially Gong xi and they end up getting the commercial cast, they agreed to become best friends what made Gong xi fly out of joy.

Mr. the manager got sick; poor thing :( and Gong xi became Lian's replacement manager, knowing practically nothing about being a manager she constantly did wrong things but Lian is pretty patient for now.

Highlight/Funny scenes :

- When Gong xi and Qin played the fighting and reconciling scenes at the commercial audition.

- When the president, Maria and Lian came to watch Gong xi and Qin's commercial filming.

- When the security held Gong xi to throw her out, then they meet Lian on their way and the look on Gong xi's face being held and ashamed : funny :D

The drama is getting better and better and the comming is greater.

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Skip Beat! Episode 7
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Apr 23, 2012

See the cool side of Lian and then partner up with Qin

Dressed as a chicken Gong xi get the chance to talk to Lian and see his nice sweet side ; the side that she never knew as herself : he was so comfortable talking to the chicken without any worries or his jerk attitude. Then Gong xi applied to a commercial audition: her first job application as an actress, she meet Qin and her rival, we get to know a little about Qin's past and suffer until she end up being Gong xi's partner in the audition in a try to prove their skills.

Highlight/Funny scenes :

- When Gong xi dreamt about Qin, Shang and Lian trying to kill her the chicken.

- When Gong xi avoided Lian yet he catches her in front of the ladies wc and the manager came along so cute^^

- When Gong xi and Qin wore their pink outfit and represented themselves as Love me section members in the audition.

- When Qin slapped Gong xi in the audition : Ouch!

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Apr 23, 2012

Getting Better....

This episode was filled with a lot of drama. I really like Young Gul but I kinda felt like Young Gul was playing the villain in this episode. I wonder if Young Gul and Jae Hyuk will end up switching roles. I can't wait to watch the next episode.
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Mirai Nikki Episode 1
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Apr 23, 2012

Mixed feelings...

To get things straight: The first episode doesn?t deliver what it promises in its synopsis: an action packed chase for life and death in an eerie and mystic atmosphere.

Producing a contemporary drama that involves a fantasy element ? future prediction- requires a clever balance between reality and surrealism to leave any impression but Mirai Nikki appears ?too? normal but for an app which resembles Gengar.



One of my main issues is the tendency to sacrifice logic and consistency for a scene to be ?hip?. You, you episode let me scream and bang at my screen in disbelief!



a) That it?s best to approach your victim from behind to kill it easily and without resistance is written in every killer?s manual. And why would you drag your victim around for a couple of minutes just to cozily raise your arm when your victim?s companion returns? Man, kill her already!



b) Why doesn?t Yuno kill/beat/smash/crush the masked, either? She already proved to us that she is capable of, with a smirk on her face, hitting a man from behind ? why not hit him twice to end the chase already? Yeah, her baseball bat wouldn?t have had a chance against his metallic toothpick.



c) As much as I understand Arata?s father?s sentiments for rescuing his son a simple jump at the killer?s back would have done the job. No need to die.



The way Rui acts the abduction/entire future game and the masked man seem to be connected but the masked man surely isn?t the initiator of the game: Why bother inviting someone to play cat and mouse and kill him off already?

So what?s the masked man doing there? By coincidence and because of his phone? But who and why was Arata then lured to the planetarium? I trust you, Mirai Nikki, that you are going to solve this riddle for us.



Arata: With his smirks and Domyoji-perm. A brat I find it difficult to sympathize with even in sad moments (e.g. divorce). I also feel he overacts a little. I have yet to form an image about a guy who first covers under a blanket in fear and then goes to meet the guy who gave him his ?terrifying? future diary. I also found his little heroic act to be disturbing which I blame on the scriptwriter. First be a scarred rabbit, then have a total change of mind, suddenly know how to fight and all while pop music plays in the background.



Yuno: She has great potential to be a very annoying character. On the one hand she?s a puppy with a baby-face and bubbly personality; on the other hand she?s a grinning head-smasher and stalker. Theoretically the character traits could make the perfect lunatic but the way Gouriki portrays her character (or how the screenwriter wrote Yuno) makes her just so unauthentic and unreal. I also find the whys and hows of Yuno and Arata?s initial meeting rather strange. Apparently she?s been stalking him for a longer time why does she, with her exuberant personality, hold back until now just to jump onto him and even kiss him when he discovers the nature of his new phone?



On a side note: The dematerialization of the father didn?t match the general look of the drama very well but looked cool. The chase was filmed unsteadily, I suppose the cameraman was drunk or he thought it would emphasize the situation? ah no!



Result: I couldn?t get into the story nor connect with one of the characters. The plot has great potential and the actors aren?t too bad but work has to be done. To say the least I was mildly entertained, nevertheless I failed to feel the dangerous vibe of a phone application and what?s Gengar doing there?

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Apr 23, 2012

?:)!:(?!!!???

This episode proved the one thing I kept thinking: Gong Xi is crazy. Her personality and the things she does or imagines literally made me sit there saying, "What the..." She has to be my favorite character out of any drama I have ever seen already, and I've only seen 3 episodes so far. I honestly haven't laughed like I did watching ep 3 in the longest time. Gong Xi's personality makes me feel like a ninja, mostly when she gets all determined. I can totally see Gong Xi coming out in the next episode dressed as a ninja going crazy with nun chucks allover Shang. Amazing Episode :p
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Apr 23, 2012

Still Loving It...

This drama still hasn't disappointed me. I'm loving every minute.



I really love watching the continuation of In Ha and Yoon Hee's stories. I loved when In Ha showed up in front of Yoon Hee he suddenly hugged. You could tell that that he didn't want to ever let her go it was like he was trying to make up for all the years he lost. When they where talking and In Ha asked Yoon Hee to save him the second she said "I'm sorry" my heart broke.



I really loved when Joon was doing the photo shoot with Ha Na he couldn't stop staring at her. Then after the shoot when he was going to take a picture of her in her normal clothes the second she smiled he was amazed by her. And finally Joon Confessed to Ha Na.



I can't wait for the next episode to come out.

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Apr 23, 2012

That J

He was just too tricky, lol, what a great villan :D
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Apr 23, 2012

Wait What Are You Doing Here??!!

I find this episode really cute and really funny but sad at the same time. I like the older sister but I can tell she's going to be a character that will get on my nerves. So Jia Hao comes back home where Chu Man has moved in. I love her reaction to the poor lifestyle. What makes me confused is that she grew up in an orphanage and only became a model like 4-5 years ago. Has she forgotten what its like to be poor? I felt bad for that Allen kid whose mom was forcing to play the violin. I also felt bad for Jia Hao when she yelled at him. Parents like that shouldn't be allowed to have children. They have children so that they can show off to their friends and say oh look what my genes came up with, it's so much better than yours. Irritates me... When Jia Hao and Chu Man meet again is a really good scene. It shows that Jia Hao obviously still has feeling for Chu Man, and it tries to humanize Chu Man a bit. I love the fact that this drama shows that Chu Man has a heart, but its buried beneath her desire for wealth. Chu Man has yet another rich bachelor to catch, but this one has figured out her plan at least thats what it looks like. Dun Dun Dun Dunnnnnn ahah. Can't wait to see what happens next.

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