Hey everyone, so I would like to quickly talk about a drama which I have just finished(took me around 10 days to finally finish). So D-Day is a 2015 Korean drama which is about an earthquake which happens in Seoul. The drama mainly follows the life of a young risk-taking doctor who performs risky surgeries that other doctors wouldn't even dream to attempt (Dr Lee played by Kim Young-kwang) who is put into situations throughout the entire drama. The director of the hospital actually opposes of his risk takings during surgeries and tries to get him to leave the hospital and remove his medical license.
When I first saw the trailer of this drama, I thought that maybe this drama would be almost entirely about the earthquake. Maybe we follow the lives of some of the characters and see how they get through the earthquake, and the aftermath. I actually didn't realise until I actually started watching the drama that it was actually a medical drama, so the entire drama is heavily focused on doctors, patients etc, something which is a first for me.
It took about 2 episodes before I really got into this drama though, so if you are thinking about watching this drama then please wait for at least 3 episodes before you decide to stop watching this drama. After the 3rd episode, I was really hooked, I wanted to know if everyone would survive or not. In later episodes we actually watch the battle between the director and Dr Lee which I found pretty interesting as well. What was interesting was that this was the first disaster drama which I have ever seen before, and also the first one on earthquakes. It made me realise how important doctor decisions are in order to save patients, and if you take too long to decide, then the patient can die. But after watching this drama it made me appreciate them more, and hope that it didn't happen during our Christchurch earthquake.
Overall I really enjoyed this drama and would rate it a good 8/10. It's not exactly 100% entertaining at times, but if you are seriously into the disaster and or medial genre then this is the drama for you. Usually the best dramas I watch have a character which I really resent, and the director is one, which means that the drama is good haha. Well that is all for this review anyway!
Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Sunday, 15 November 2015
Sassy Go Go (K-Drama)
Hey everyone, so it's the holidays so I decided to start on watching some dramas. I found this drama because one of the characters in this drama is actually a member of a K-Pop group A-Pink called Eun-Ji. So I watched the trailer for this drama before it started, but I didn't think much of it really. I thought maybe it would be like another sort of Glee show with singing and dancing but I was wrong!
Ok so this is a drama which is based mostly around a high-school which is quite education focused. Students strive to be on top in their grades. With even one mark wrong in a test can mean that they get a whiplash or something. Ok this seems severe but is actually the norm ok :) So anyway, there's a group of students who are at the bottom of the ranking and just happen to be in a dance group as well. I'm just going to spill the beans here, but in the first episode things happen, and their group is disbanded because of the corrupt principal and school system (you figure this out as more episodes go on). This is due to the student's parents who are wealthy and have a lot of power so they do things such as bribe the principal and school to help their students in any way popular.
Now from only watching the first episode I was already hooked because there's some usual K-Drama stuff like back-stabbing and friendships falling apart, and getting caught up in those fake love affairs lol. But after watching a few episodes you realise that there's more than meets the eyes. I believe a lot of this drama is about friendship/ frenemies?? haha, and dealing with parent's expectations which I think a lot of students can relate to. There's also something which I thought was interesting which adds to this drama as a whole. "No adult can be trusted", that's at least a message from watching this movie anyway, and at least that is true for the families who are higher up with power. The people who are higher up may have everything from wealth, to brains may not have something which can make them happy, and that is friends, and free time.
And if you are interested, there is a love triangle, but that doesn't appear until some episodes in so watch out for that haha. There was something else I wanted to add but I have forgotten now. Although the drama was targeted as a cheerleading drama (at least that's what I thought at first), there so much stuff going on, and seriously this is one of the most emotional dramas I have ever seen. Seriously if you want to feel every emotion, this is the drama to look for. And as for the hooks, luckily the drama doesn't end funny in each episode, but is hooking enough for us to want to watch more.
Overall I will have to give this drama at least a 9.5/10. It is soooooo good. Mostly because the script is written so well, and the actors play their parts so well. If you are looking for something dramatic this is the show for you. I live watching school dramas, and I have seen quite a few, but this one tops them all in terms of plot-line. You wouldn't think some things happen but they really do. I'm up to the last episode now, I started 2 days ago so I can't wait to finish soon. Well sort of anyway, I'll be dreading it once I finish the drama, but yea, hope you enjoyed this post!
Ok so this is a drama which is based mostly around a high-school which is quite education focused. Students strive to be on top in their grades. With even one mark wrong in a test can mean that they get a whiplash or something. Ok this seems severe but is actually the norm ok :) So anyway, there's a group of students who are at the bottom of the ranking and just happen to be in a dance group as well. I'm just going to spill the beans here, but in the first episode things happen, and their group is disbanded because of the corrupt principal and school system (you figure this out as more episodes go on). This is due to the student's parents who are wealthy and have a lot of power so they do things such as bribe the principal and school to help their students in any way popular.
Now from only watching the first episode I was already hooked because there's some usual K-Drama stuff like back-stabbing and friendships falling apart, and getting caught up in those fake love affairs lol. But after watching a few episodes you realise that there's more than meets the eyes. I believe a lot of this drama is about friendship/ frenemies?? haha, and dealing with parent's expectations which I think a lot of students can relate to. There's also something which I thought was interesting which adds to this drama as a whole. "No adult can be trusted", that's at least a message from watching this movie anyway, and at least that is true for the families who are higher up with power. The people who are higher up may have everything from wealth, to brains may not have something which can make them happy, and that is friends, and free time.
And if you are interested, there is a love triangle, but that doesn't appear until some episodes in so watch out for that haha. There was something else I wanted to add but I have forgotten now. Although the drama was targeted as a cheerleading drama (at least that's what I thought at first), there so much stuff going on, and seriously this is one of the most emotional dramas I have ever seen. Seriously if you want to feel every emotion, this is the drama to look for. And as for the hooks, luckily the drama doesn't end funny in each episode, but is hooking enough for us to want to watch more.
Overall I will have to give this drama at least a 9.5/10. It is soooooo good. Mostly because the script is written so well, and the actors play their parts so well. If you are looking for something dramatic this is the show for you. I live watching school dramas, and I have seen quite a few, but this one tops them all in terms of plot-line. You wouldn't think some things happen but they really do. I'm up to the last episode now, I started 2 days ago so I can't wait to finish soon. Well sort of anyway, I'll be dreading it once I finish the drama, but yea, hope you enjoyed this post!
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Mind Game 心迷 (Singaporean Drama Review)
Hey everyone, I will be quickly reviewing the 2015 Singaporean drama Mind Game. This drama actually consists of Singaporean and Malaysian actors and actresses, including quite a diverse range of characters. This drama is a thrilling crime type suspenseful drama. I guess you can call it sort of like an asian criminal minds with more drama compared to only crime focused.
I actually quite enjoyed this drama as it brings many diverse storylines. Although this is the case, there are places where you sort of expect what will happen (I myself having watched many dramas before), so the script-writers followed the usual drama antics. Although this is the case, there isn't many boring parts of this drama as it flows through quite nicely. You usually have one crime which gets resolved within around 3-6 episodes , and in the middle you follow a select number of characters.
Within the drama there are things which linger around which are slowly revealed within each episode. One of the characters got separated with his sister when they were only a child, and quite a huge chunk is about him finding his sister. All I can say is expect the unexpected ok :)
As the show progresses, you sort of realise why the drama is called Mind Game. Sometimes the episodes play tricks on you. There are hypnotists and people who have premonitions. Sometimes characters hide their true nature, and someone who might be good just may be a baddy and vice versa. All I can say is that this drama definitely plays with your mind a bit.
All in all I quite enjoyed this drama and would give it an 8.5/10. If you enjoy dramas heavily related to crime then why not give this drama a try? Until next time, bye!
I actually quite enjoyed this drama as it brings many diverse storylines. Although this is the case, there are places where you sort of expect what will happen (I myself having watched many dramas before), so the script-writers followed the usual drama antics. Although this is the case, there isn't many boring parts of this drama as it flows through quite nicely. You usually have one crime which gets resolved within around 3-6 episodes , and in the middle you follow a select number of characters.
Within the drama there are things which linger around which are slowly revealed within each episode. One of the characters got separated with his sister when they were only a child, and quite a huge chunk is about him finding his sister. All I can say is expect the unexpected ok :)
As the show progresses, you sort of realise why the drama is called Mind Game. Sometimes the episodes play tricks on you. There are hypnotists and people who have premonitions. Sometimes characters hide their true nature, and someone who might be good just may be a baddy and vice versa. All I can say is that this drama definitely plays with your mind a bit.
All in all I quite enjoyed this drama and would give it an 8.5/10. If you enjoy dramas heavily related to crime then why not give this drama a try? Until next time, bye!
Monday, 20 July 2015
Persevere, Goo Hae Ra (2015 Korean Drama)
Hey everyone, I started watching Persevere on Friday, and decided to do a review on this drama today(I'm up to episode 5 at the moment).
I have to say that this drama really reminds me of Glee, even though I have not watched Glee before, there seems to be a musical aspect which takes my mind back to Glee. The story revolves around 6 people whose dreams are to become singers. Each of these 6 members meet at a TV show which selects people based on their vocal skills rather than looks and age. Within the first few episodes, a tragedy strikes and destroys the lives of many. This blurb is just a little insight of the story without revealing too much.
I myself quite like this drama, and have enjoyed watching it. My cousin mentioned that it's a musical drama, but the drama I feel has a good balance of both music and drama. You cannot compare this drama to any of your usual American dramas compared to Glee or HSM. There are quite a bit of emotional scenes and quite funny scenes in this drama, so it really takes you on an emotional journey. I think maybe a negative on this drama is the length as it's over 1hr long, but there's only 12 episodes so I guess it's a pretty reasonable length in run time due to this.
Have not much else to say about this drama. You have this sort of love triangle thing happening, something which dramas are good for so you can say that this drama doesn't remove the usual K-Drama aspect of this show. There is also one more thing I really like which some people may not about this drama, and that is that the singers sing covers of already sung songs(similar to Glee). Yea anyway, let's keep this short, I'd give this series 7.5/10. I think it's a good drama to watch, even if you don't like K-Pop, you can just skip the singing bits, but the drama is quite worth while to watch, especially if you don't expect something yea??
I have to say that this drama really reminds me of Glee, even though I have not watched Glee before, there seems to be a musical aspect which takes my mind back to Glee. The story revolves around 6 people whose dreams are to become singers. Each of these 6 members meet at a TV show which selects people based on their vocal skills rather than looks and age. Within the first few episodes, a tragedy strikes and destroys the lives of many. This blurb is just a little insight of the story without revealing too much.
I myself quite like this drama, and have enjoyed watching it. My cousin mentioned that it's a musical drama, but the drama I feel has a good balance of both music and drama. You cannot compare this drama to any of your usual American dramas compared to Glee or HSM. There are quite a bit of emotional scenes and quite funny scenes in this drama, so it really takes you on an emotional journey. I think maybe a negative on this drama is the length as it's over 1hr long, but there's only 12 episodes so I guess it's a pretty reasonable length in run time due to this.
Have not much else to say about this drama. You have this sort of love triangle thing happening, something which dramas are good for so you can say that this drama doesn't remove the usual K-Drama aspect of this show. There is also one more thing I really like which some people may not about this drama, and that is that the singers sing covers of already sung songs(similar to Glee). Yea anyway, let's keep this short, I'd give this series 7.5/10. I think it's a good drama to watch, even if you don't like K-Pop, you can just skip the singing bits, but the drama is quite worth while to watch, especially if you don't expect something yea??
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
You Can Be An Angel Too(Singaporean Drama)
*Please note that this will be a quick review*
So I started watching this drama on Friday, and I have been waiting to watch this drama for some time now. It basically revolves around the lives of nurses at a hospital in Singapore. What's different about this drama I think is that it focuses a lot on paying it forward. Although nurses help their patents as a job by doing certain tasks in their jobs, this drama shows that they go beyond their job occupation to help out their patents and help to fulfill their last wishes and the community as well(though this probably is a rare case in the real world)
Anyway, as this is a quick review, I will not go into too much detail as you can search it up yourself if you really want but what I like is that this drama does have quite a few cliff hanger story-lines which are built up and revealed throughout each episode. If you are expecting a lot of action, this this is the wrong type of drama for you as this is more of a drama set in present time focusing on people and relationships, and also on how nurses pay it forward. But yea, sorry about the quick review, I don't have much to say about this drama. I'd have to give this drama a 7/10 as it is not too bad at all. Well until next time, bye!
So I started watching this drama on Friday, and I have been waiting to watch this drama for some time now. It basically revolves around the lives of nurses at a hospital in Singapore. What's different about this drama I think is that it focuses a lot on paying it forward. Although nurses help their patents as a job by doing certain tasks in their jobs, this drama shows that they go beyond their job occupation to help out their patents and help to fulfill their last wishes and the community as well(though this probably is a rare case in the real world)
Anyway, as this is a quick review, I will not go into too much detail as you can search it up yourself if you really want but what I like is that this drama does have quite a few cliff hanger story-lines which are built up and revealed throughout each episode. If you are expecting a lot of action, this this is the wrong type of drama for you as this is more of a drama set in present time focusing on people and relationships, and also on how nurses pay it forward. But yea, sorry about the quick review, I don't have much to say about this drama. I'd have to give this drama a 7/10 as it is not too bad at all. Well until next time, bye!
Friday, 20 February 2015
Stalker (TV Show)
Stalker is a thrilling and suspenseful drama about victims being stalked. The main characters are Jack Larsen portrayed by Dylan McDermott and Beth Davis portrayed by Maggie Q, both who are members of the Threat Assessment Unit. What is different with this show to other shows I have seen is that it sets itself apart from the usual murder cases you see with shows such as NCIS and CSI as it deals with usually (alive) victims who are or have been attacked, and the main characters in a role you'd expect people to have guns with, without carrying guns on your normal basis. Also one of the main characters has a secret life of their own by doing something bad, something few shows touch on.
A good example of suspense and thrill would be episode 2. At the start you think a stalker might appear, and you get ready for that scare, but then you realise that there's nothing that scary at all, you just become scared of nothing.
Although this show got pretty bad reviews, I actually enjoy this show and was waiting to watch it for quite some time. Because Maggie Q stars in this show, I think it has influenced my review but I do enjoy watching this show.
I'll be back with another review on this show later on maybe, but for now I quite enjoy it, shorry for not doing such an in-depth review. I'll give it a 7.5/10. I think it'll give you a new perspective on TV dramas and also on how stalkers(may) work. But anyway, hope you enjoyed this review. See you all next time, bye!
A good example of suspense and thrill would be episode 2. At the start you think a stalker might appear, and you get ready for that scare, but then you realise that there's nothing that scary at all, you just become scared of nothing.
Although this show got pretty bad reviews, I actually enjoy this show and was waiting to watch it for quite some time. Because Maggie Q stars in this show, I think it has influenced my review but I do enjoy watching this show.
I'll be back with another review on this show later on maybe, but for now I quite enjoy it, shorry for not doing such an in-depth review. I'll give it a 7.5/10. I think it'll give you a new perspective on TV dramas and also on how stalkers(may) work. But anyway, hope you enjoyed this review. See you all next time, bye!
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Line Walker (Drama Review)
Hey everyone, today I managed to finish a TVB drama called "Line Walker", I was introduced to this drama from a Youtuber, and I have to say that it's really really good! It is set in Hong Kong and spans over 9 months (though in the end, 3 years has passed). This drama is about cops who go under cover and join gangs and gather intel. Two words to describe this drama, plot twist!! I have never seen such a plot twisting drama before, it is fully action packed, and leaves you hanging with each episode that goes by.
Ok so let me give you some info about this drama, but not enough to reveal too much! So at the beginning of this drama, a cop is pushed off a tall building, this cop arranged for 5 under cover cops to gather intel on certain gangs and people and before much was known he was killed, his last words to another cop was to find the 5 UC's (there was something else but I forgot sorry!). This is actually one thing throughout the entire drama which keeps you watching because you want to know who the 5 cops are. We do not know them all initially because all their info was wiped clean to prevent the information going to the wrong hands, though there are 3 of the 5 who were quickly revealed, as for the last 2, they arrive later, and that's where there comes a plot twist so get ready for a plot twist inside a plot twist!!!!
Another thing in this drama is that there are bad cops the UC's try and sniff out, and then again is some plot twists, especially at the end!! Get ready for that too because you'll be surprised. And with gangs and cops, you can expect there to be guns and fighting, so many that it seems only natural that people can easily avoid bullets!! Also with guns and violence comes death. Quite a lot of well known characters are killed in this drama, something which I have only seen in a handful of dramas, so whoever wrote this drama knew how to plan to use characters well! There was actually one scene which really touched me, something death scenes don't really do, but this one really did. It was actually really painful seeing it, and I'm sure if you watch it too you'd think the same way. I think because of the vulnerability of the characters, it's actually very sad. It's left a very big imprint inside my head. Best death scenes go to.......... Line Walker *clap clap*
And of course with dramas comes romance. I have to say, the way some of them kissed made it look like nothing I've ever seen on a western show(just saying haha). Of course you've got your love triangle, and the couple who do not want to date because they don't want the other to get hurt.
The drama also dealt with domestic abuse which I think they depicted well, though more to the dramatic extreme side as it ended with explosions. Though let me say this, I only see house gasses in Asian dramas, maybe because not as much of us use gas to cook??
Anyway, I think I've talked enough about this drama, I'd give it at least an 8.5/10. It was really good and is a definite must to see!! I've currently moved onto another drama called Joseon Gunman(though I've found that there are many different English names), though I feel like I haven't left the TVB world yet, so I might go and watch another TVB drama soon.
Ok so let me give you some info about this drama, but not enough to reveal too much! So at the beginning of this drama, a cop is pushed off a tall building, this cop arranged for 5 under cover cops to gather intel on certain gangs and people and before much was known he was killed, his last words to another cop was to find the 5 UC's (there was something else but I forgot sorry!). This is actually one thing throughout the entire drama which keeps you watching because you want to know who the 5 cops are. We do not know them all initially because all their info was wiped clean to prevent the information going to the wrong hands, though there are 3 of the 5 who were quickly revealed, as for the last 2, they arrive later, and that's where there comes a plot twist so get ready for a plot twist inside a plot twist!!!!
Another thing in this drama is that there are bad cops the UC's try and sniff out, and then again is some plot twists, especially at the end!! Get ready for that too because you'll be surprised. And with gangs and cops, you can expect there to be guns and fighting, so many that it seems only natural that people can easily avoid bullets!! Also with guns and violence comes death. Quite a lot of well known characters are killed in this drama, something which I have only seen in a handful of dramas, so whoever wrote this drama knew how to plan to use characters well! There was actually one scene which really touched me, something death scenes don't really do, but this one really did. It was actually really painful seeing it, and I'm sure if you watch it too you'd think the same way. I think because of the vulnerability of the characters, it's actually very sad. It's left a very big imprint inside my head. Best death scenes go to.......... Line Walker *clap clap*
And of course with dramas comes romance. I have to say, the way some of them kissed made it look like nothing I've ever seen on a western show(just saying haha). Of course you've got your love triangle, and the couple who do not want to date because they don't want the other to get hurt.
The drama also dealt with domestic abuse which I think they depicted well, though more to the dramatic extreme side as it ended with explosions. Though let me say this, I only see house gasses in Asian dramas, maybe because not as much of us use gas to cook??
Anyway, I think I've talked enough about this drama, I'd give it at least an 8.5/10. It was really good and is a definite must to see!! I've currently moved onto another drama called Joseon Gunman(though I've found that there are many different English names), though I feel like I haven't left the TVB world yet, so I might go and watch another TVB drama soon.
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