Author: thoughtsramble

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011 Remake Review

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I’m not sure how many people actually know about this, but yes Hana Kimi has a Japanese Remake! (Okay to be honest, I can’t really remember why I knew that there was a remake either:O)  It’s a relatively new drama with only five episodes out, and so far, four episodes subbed. Of course, having a remake isn’t an easy job, especially when there’s already a Japanese version merely four years ago, which was super famous and spurred Toma Ikuta and other leads to quite high grounds. So comparison is inevitable, and I will be doing that too! I’ve watched both the Japanese Hana Kimi and Taiwanese Hana Kimi. For the Taiwan version, I really like the OST and Jiro inside. As for the Japanese version, the overall was really good — nonsensical but funny. In this Remake of Hana Kimi, Maeda Atsuko takes the role of Ashiya, Nakamura Aoi for Sano and Miura Shohei as Nakatsu. I will have to admit that Horikita Maki makes a cuter Mizuki, and Toma Ikuta’s rendition of Nakatsu remains …

Updates~

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I’ve been spending the past ten minutes grinding my brain juices to come up with a new title, but neh, you can see that I didn’t succeed. One of my readers gave a good suggestion of ‘Talk’, and I was thinking of ‘Thoughts’ but both just don’t fit as well as you know…… good ole pure Updates. Hahaha:P We will see howXD  I always like to tweak certain things on my livejournal layout from time to time, because it gives me a new, fresh perspective on my livejournal…. and I always hope that they are improvements. For one, the note on the Sticky Note has been altered if you realise(: and I’ve also changed the name of ‘comments’ to ‘rambles’ which kind of suit nicely to my livejournal name^^ Yeahh(Y) As to what I’ve been doing lately… I’ve been coming up with City Hunter trivia and City Hunter Recaps, and updating more frequently than usual (almost as fast as my usual speed last year). This is because I will be quite absent from next, next …

Dilemma

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Gosh sometimes I wish that I think it through more carefully haha. I’m currently in this dilemma…. of thinking if I should go forth and make a decision. If I do, it comes off as hypocritical because after all, I’ve voiced out my opinions about why I dislike it….and to accept it now, wouldn’t it seem as if I have two sides? And I don’t like that, because one shouldn’t be hypocritical at all…. but while my opinions still remain the same, it doesn’t mean that I have to restrict myself just because of my opinions right? Besides, if I don’t ever try, I won’t ever know… Haha yes you can see that I’m stuck. Brilliant.  <3thoughtsramble

Lee Min Ho’s Interview about City Hunter

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Q: The style in City Hunter is totally different from Boys Over Flowers and Personal Preference. What is your emphasis on acting in City Hunter? A:I think that it should be the relationship between characters. As the plot develops, Lee Young Sung and Kim Young Joo’s relationship gradually changes. When Kim Young Joo’s father had an accident because of Lee Yoon Sung, it seems that it should be tense between the both of them after that. However, if one recalls the relationship between these two people, Lee Yoon Sung will naturally feel guilty, because after all, it is because of him that Kim Young Joo’s father met with the car accident. While acting this out, I don’t want to ignore the interactions between people.   Q:If the script has a clash with the understanding that you had of a character, how would you solve it? A: Firstly, I will think it through carefully. If I have a very clear idea or thought, I will mention it for us to discuss. Actually, this has something to …

Lee Min Ho expresses regrets at the incomplete love in City Hunter

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More trivia on Lee Min Ho and City Hunter:  Q: Heard that while filming City Hunter, you were hurt by the pieces of explosion. How’s the recovery?A:There were two sites of explosion on the set. Perhaps there was too much explosives, after the explosion, the glass shards hurt my leg. I’m better now, but actually I have a lot of injuries everywhere, I still feel that it’s tough (laughs) Q:In City Hunter, it ends with the foster father dying, and Lee Yoon Sung living on. Towards this ending, what’s your views? A:This ending suits Lee Yoon Sung’s character very well. Yoon Sung is someone who doesn’t know how to be selfish. It’s not realistic for him to live on happily when his foster father died. The best ending will be like what happened in the drama, he still stays around in the city, leaving people the grave impression of the view of his back. But after that, perhaps Lee Yoon Sung will get his happiness (laughs) like the original works, it’s good to live a …

Lee Min Ho willing to participate in City Hunter Season 2

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  Oh wow. I never thought I'd be doing this, but oh well, it's good to have variation in one's livejournal^^ I've been searching for more trivia regarding City Hunter, and I came across this interview which says that Lee Min Ho will be happy to take part in a Season 2. This interview also gives his interpretation of the ending:  " Adapted from the manga, City Hunter, the drama has garnered attention because of its focus on social issues. The only flaw is its ambiguous ending at the end of the drama regarding the romance, and this has been criticised by some members of the public, to the point of the theory of "Lee Min Ho's spirit".  Regarding this, Lee Min Ho expressed, "There are indeed many regrets in the drama's romance. After kissing Kim Nana, City Hunter's identity was found out by others. From then on, the relationship between the two has no progress; for Kim Nana to wait till the five people were punished is also regretful." "Even though I can understand the City …

Majo Saiban Review

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  Starring Ikuta Toma alongside with Kato Ai and Higa Manami (from Code Blue).  Yay, if I’m not wrong, this is the first dorama that I’ve watched from the start till the end since agessss… as usual, once I’m taken up with a drama, I will finish it in a matter of days and probably write a review on it. So here goes(: Toru (Ikuta Toma)  is a part time designer who gets chosen to be one of the seven juries. Even though the majo, translated as the witch, appeared to be guilty for sure, one by one, each jury starts choosing "non guilty". Turns out that there is a secret professional organisation which takes care of this kind of matters, such as finding the bane of each jury, so as to threaten them. Toru starts trying to find out the truth, and becomes friends with Izumi (Kato Ai) , another member of the jury. However, Kaori (Higa Manami), Toru’s girlfriend, suspects their relationship and things start changing.  One thing worth mentioning is that I …

Lee Min Ho in action

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Lol I’ve been wanting to do this post for quite a long time, because I’ve been watching so many behind the scenes and funny NGs that I wanna share with you guys here!  So in relation to the previous post, yep Lee Min Ho leaps around the cars, especially in the junkyard scene, HIMSELF:DDD So exciting to know that hahahaha.  credited to: http://www.askactor.com&nbsp; "   City Hunter’s” martial arts director Yang Kil Young stated, “While Lee Min Ho’s tall height is a disadvantage for stunts, his agility and reflexes help him create superb action scenes. Additionally, he puts in a lot of effort and does not spare himself. Working with him was a rewarding experience, and I enjoyed it.”  "  Aahhhhh allow me to fangirl for a while:D I mean I have nothing, absolutely nothing I think, against actors/actresses who use stuntmen/women because after all, actors are meant to act, in a sense, not fight but this is why it’s so amazing to see actors who are so professional in their jobs ( I don’t …

City Hunter

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OMGG okay I’m totally working on City Hunter Recaps:D But I’m also watching Behind the scenes and NGs of City Hunter (I LOVE WATCHING BEHIND THE SCENES, just sayingXD Who’s with me lol. ) and and and ah okay I know that Lee Min Ho didn’t use a stuntman for his actions, but still it’s so cool to watch the behind the scenes and see Lee Min Ho personally doing all the turns on the cars and props HIMSELF! I mean obviously, I know that his fist is not so strong in real life that he could smash a window/a mirror, and that even though the City Hunter could defeat so many opponents, in reality, they are not even fighting, but it’s just very cool to me to see Lee Min Ho running on cars and leaping from here to there in reality :DD  <3thoughtsramble

City Hunter Episode 15 Recap

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Haha I’m determined not to drag City Hunter’s recaps longer than is necessary…. but each recap brings me closer to the last 2 episodes which were major heartaches! (Lol if you’d follow me long enough, you’d have recalled how I put off writing Love Buffet Recaps for the last three episodes simply because I didn’t want to rewatch how the stupid Xiao Feng chose Da Ye over Ah Yi. Hrumph.) 

Updates:D

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Lol I really should come up with a special name for these kind of posts other than a plain old ‘Updates’ Haha!  Anyway, lately I’ve been watching Majo Saiban, a jap drama which I will probably do a review on in good time… recapping City Hunter’s episodes (Episode 14 is out, have a look!), trying to start on Hayate the Combat Butler but I’m rather unused to watching nonsensical elements hahah! Well it takes some time to get un-used to City Hunter/ Majo Saiban’s kind of plot, so I guess…. yep I will try to get back into the rom-coms again lol. Thinking of getting restarted on Heartstrings as well, especially since Yong Hwa looks really good there together with Park Shin Hye but I really hope things pick up soon, or I will just die at the end of episode 3 again. Any good dramas to recommend?XD <3thoughtsramble

Updates!

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Helloooo:D Well it seems that Livejournal is up again -crossing fingers hoping that I did.not.jinx.it-  Even though it’s up again, it’s unfortunate that I can’t post any recaps yet:P because of my busy schedule and everything, but they will come soon, I promise! City Hunter Recaps Episode 12 and 13 are out from here, do read it and tell me what you think of it(:  Busy schedule = often finding times to relax one’s brain. I’m currently watching Majo Saiban, a jap drama starring Ikuta Toma! It’s quite good and quite satisfactory in terms of the genre considering that I’m still in a post-City-Hunter phase. Haha! I will perhaps do review on it when I have some timeXD  Haha just visited dangermousie.lj a day ago. It has been such a long time since I caught up with her livejournal!! Reading it makes me feel like time passes super fast! Because she’s one of the first people I know on Lj here. Ah… time is short. No, I did not just sprout three words that made me …

A Teaser^^

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Hahaha since I’d be super busy this whole entire week, how about some screenshots for the sweet and memorable moments in the next recap? 😀 When Nana hugged Yoon Sung from the back and told him it’s all right. When Yoon Sung pulled Nana down towards him, and you and I got very fangirl-ish:D When Yoon Sung looked up and smiled, because it’s Nana and Nana saw the smile ❤ See you guys soon! <3thoughtsrambleP.S Oh man I really wish for City Hunter Season 2. The ending allows for it totally!!!!!!

(More than) A Year’s Anniversary

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OH WOW it only just occured to me to check when I started thoughtsramble, and I was amazed to find out that it was created on the 9th of June 2010… which it means that I’ve written on this platform for more than a year and two months. 0.0 Hahah would just like to thank all my readers out there for accompanying me for such a long time. I created this livejournal with a hopeful heart and then was quite disappointed with the lack of readers, not because I wanted internet popularity, but because I felt like I was talking to a wall. Then I started Playful Kiss recaps, realised that I actually do have more readers than I thought ( sorry, here’s an IT noob who had been checking the wrong lj stats for months initially) and I knew that my readership would go down again after Playful Kiss…but by then, I realise that readership is relative… comments matter more to me, and that’s why I’m always happy when someone leaves a comment. No matter how busy I …

City Hunter Episode 12 Recap

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HELLO YOU GUYS!! I’m so so sorry for how late these recaps are coming! Livejournal has been really hard to handle…. not that I blame the moderators or what you call them, but it’s getting irritating since for the past one week to two weeks that there are a lot of issues with it. D: Anyway, here’s another treat for you guys (and me :P)! from Weibo. Hee hee. Okay now the thing proper.    

Rarh!

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So sorry guys!! I know that I’ve been inactive for like 2 weeks, the longest ever, but other than my own committments, it’s really not my fault. I’ve been trying to come up with City Hunter Recaps but now, the great Livejournal has an internal server error so I can’t upload any screenshots. Really ask for your understanding! Have a good day! <3thoughtsramble

CITY HUNTER

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GOSH I just finished watching the last 2 episodes, and it’s so good!!!! Aaaaahhh I want to cry lol. Lol in fact I cried loads for the last 2 episodes. I wish there would be more romance, but the action was really good. Omggg wow this drama is really one of the better ones that I’ve seen! The last two episodes didn’t kill the drama for me, unlike Secret Garden where I don’t really like the last episode. Aaahhhh. Drama blues drama blues D: And how do you ask me to continue watching rom coms such as Heartstrings (no offense)? Maybe after a while yes, but right now haha it’s very weird to watch dramas with not much plot other than the romance side. Ah, I think City Hunter is successful because of its mix of genres. It focuses a lot on the plot which takes place around revenge, but nothing like an-ex-wife-seeking-revenge-on-cheating-husband. Nope, it’s something that is bigger and more exciting. Add in a heavy dose of romance along the side, and then it’s really good. Of course, …

UpdateX2

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Heyo!! I’m so sorry hahah the previous post was disjointed because while posting halfway, Livejournal died one. It seems like this problem is not there anymore (please hope I didn’t jinx this) and I really WISH THAT I WILL CAN get into Livejournal everytime I log in, thank youXD Really really busy these days because I have far too many committments and study work. I’m really so sorry! City Hunter’s last 2 episodes are out, anyone has watched them yet? <3thoughtsramble

Update!

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Hello my dear readers! Sorry for the lack of active posts from me for the past week — have been sick and busy with things!! (I currently sound like a man lolol) City Hunter is coming to a close this week, are you guys sad? I know I definitely am! This is one drama that’s going to stay in my top favourites list, provided that the last 2 episodes are really good. 😀 Also, I’ve started watching Heartstrings, the one with Jung Yong Hwa and Park Shin Hye. Okayy, it’s not bad……but it feels really strange watching Heartstrings, a typical rom com, while watching City Hunter which has so much more plot. 0.0 Hur hur but whoo my liking for Shin Woo has been carried over to a bias towards YongHwa so I’m still going to continue watching Heartstrings. Hopefully it interests me at the end of episode 3, or not, it will be an official buh-bye from me! Think

Updates

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Hello readers! Yes haha here’s some updates on me! I’m currently watching City Hunter, and doing recaps on it. Toda Erika’s drama is going to be watched slowly instead… I kinda tried watching K One which was pretty funny but it’s too nonsensical for me to watch hee hee every episode because honestly I was really watching for Aaron. Yes, talking about Aaron…my recaps aren’t coming as fast as I hope because for the past few days I’ve been focusing a lot of time and energy on this particular whirlwind. Wu Zun has left Fahrenheit! This has caused such dramatic reactions in fans, that now some fans are targetting Aaron… so well, I’m kinda focusing on that right now, so apologies! MIT recaps are something that I do when I feel like it, because I feel that I’m purely writing it to share with you guys(: Just asking, is there anyone out there who haven’t watched it? Well you should! My break is going to be over pretty soon, so I will be back with the hectic …