01. Seriously? The themesong for Kimutaku's CHANGE is... Madonna's "Miles Away"? I must go and ponder this one further.

02. Osen continues with the pretty and the cute. It's so, so pretty. I would watch this drama just to look at Aoi Yuu in her yukatas, but I enjoy the episodic plot, too. Though I wonder if I actually like Hiroki Uchi or if I just like him because he reminds me of Hu Ge *laughs* I have found my replacement drama for last season's Deer Man. Rejoice!

03. Hachi-One Diver: wts is this? Seriously, I went into this thinking it was a drama about scuba diving... or swimming... well, I suppose the maid outfit on the female lead should have told me things didn't quite add up. But as we know, I am naturally attracted towards things that have major suck potential. I will, however, be watching every single episode of Hachi-One Diver, because it is fucking HILARIOUS.

Holy crap. THAT WAS AWESOME.

Oh man oh man, I want the season finale NOW.

DISCUSS IN COMMENTS. SPOILERS AHOY.

This is a really bad movie. SO bad it warrants its own post + review. With a detailed plot summary so you can appreciate the badness.

You know how sometimes you'll be watching something, and it'll start off quite decently, seemingly well made, a fairly good plot, and poor but relatively effective performances from the actors, only to have it all go to hell exactly halfway through? This movie is one of those things. The first half is really quite decent: it's perfectly sweet and what you'd expect from a modern day retelling of a fairy tale. The movie looks dated, but as the story is set in the mid 50's to early 70's, the grainy feeling is actually a nice touch.

The basic plot: seven year old Yuichi, admitted to hospital for asthma, meets a comatose girl, Yumi, who has been asleep since she was pulled from the wreckage of a crashed plane as a newborn. After a nurse tells him she is "Sleeping Beauty", Yuichi attempts to wake her up with his kiss as though he were Prince Charming. He's unsuccessful, but continues his mission until the day Yumi's resident physician, Dr. Hikawa, catches him in the act and tells him his efforts are useless. Ten years later, after seeing Yumi on tv, Yuichi remembers his mission and returns to kiss his sleeping beauty once more... only this time she wakes up.

( Now for the really BAD plot points )

Wow. Also, this movie is made by the guy who made The Ring. Clearly he should not try to make romances.

+ 11/50 in 2008

01. Oh My God. I don't even know what to say about Tsubasa RC post volume 16. The angst level is through the roof and I am eating it all up like a sucker.

02. Fated To Love You (a currently airing taiwanese drama) is the most cracktastic thing I've watched in a long time.

03. Here is a transcript of me having a long discussion with meganbmoore's msn away message:

Cali says:
lol
Megan says:
NO ONE messes with the safety of Lt. Riza Hawkeye's man. Not even her man.
Cali says:
this show's hilarious
Megan says:
NO ONE messes with the safety of Lt. Riza Hawkeye's man. Not even her man.
Cali says:
okay...
Megan says:
NO ONE messes with the safety of Lt. Riza Hawkeye's man. Not even her man.
Cali says:
oic

I thought she was just saying random things to me... lolz.

cali says: i have a disturbing new hobby that entails reading bad yaoi manga summaries for the lulz
hermz says: uh oh
cali says: sadly it's never lulz
cali says: it's always scars
hermz says: this could be a gateway drug cali
cali says: you could be right. sometimes they're so bad i want to read the manga to see if it lives up to the hype
hermz says: this is very disturbing news

I'm going to make a list of the top 10 worst ones to post on my lj, and you guys can vote for the one you think is the best/worst. Because things that make me lol or scar me must be shared.