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Time-travel Period Drama Back to 1989 Takes Over SETTV Friday From Love Cuisine

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2015
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I’ve been ignoring soon to end SETTV drama Love Cuisine because it pains me so, the drama is absymally dull and the second drama in a row to waste my beloved Lego Lee. Thank god it’s ending soon, and up next is a drama that seems promising by virtue of having no big name cast members and a fresher idea. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Back to 1989, Ivy Shao, Marcus Chang, Mini Tsai

Filming Begins on Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossom with Crystal Liu and Yang Yang

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 27, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 26, 2015
Family smiling together with cherry blossom branch.

When a story is about fantasy realms with gods and reincarnation, it doesn’t hurt to cast as close as can be to the visual description in the novel. That’s the case with the upcoming highly anticipated by fans adaptation of the period fantasy novel Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossoms by writer Tang Qi Gong Zi. Starring reknowned … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Crystal Liu, Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles Peach Blossoms, Yang Yang

Romantic Making Up Teased in New Stills for Episode 9 of Marry Me or Not

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 25, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 25, 2015
Couple kissing at a restaurant table.

How can one picture drive me insane with want? I need to have a talk with someone over at the production of TW-drama Marry Me or Not and get the insider scoop on the secret sauce. Whatever magic they are wielding, it’s electric and addictive, with each new episode raising the bar ever higher. This is an amazing drama, whether … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Marry Me or Not

Marry Me or Not Gets Serious and a Little More Dramatic in Episode 8 with Danger and Forced Kissing Afoot

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 21, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 21, 2015
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Marry Me or Not continues to be marvelous, even at the pace of turning serious and even a little bit makjang. That’s not a bad thing, makjang gets associated with negative connotations but the original intent is merely to drop some dramatic associations to heighten the tension, but has since been hijacked to ever greater heights of absurd in K-dramas. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Harry Chang, Joanne Tseng, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

Vanness Wu Returns to Dramas in First Period Role in The Princess Weiyoung with Tang Yan and Luo Jin

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 20, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 18, 2015
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I’m not holding my breath that this casting triumvirate will work out, but the one outlier piques my interest the most because the other two are so been there done that. Filming has started on period C-drama The Princess Weiyoung (锦绣未央 Jin Xiu Wei Young) based on the C-novel The Bastard Daughter is Poisonous (庶女有毒). The novel is not for … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Luo Jin, Tang Yan, The Princess Weiyoung, Vanness Wu

Kisses and Bites Aplenty in Episode 7 of Marry Me or Not

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 15, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 14, 2015
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Wahhhh, things are getting intense fast in Marry Me or Not on all fronts. I wished the drama would reveal what really went down in college between Huan Huan and that asswipe Jiang Qian Yao, because right now I don’t have a good about him other than if he gets between Huan Huan and Justin then he’ll get a good … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Harry Chang, Joanne Tseng, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

New TW-drama Be With Me Explores Grown Up Boy Band Second Chances and Romantic Love Triangles

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 14, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 15, 2015
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ba I feel like lately TW-dramas have hit a nice top of the bell curve in watchability, with a steady stream of shows that range from nicely done to spectacularly awesome. I’m watching two in Taste of Love and Marry Me or Not, an will soon add a third in Be With Me (Chinese title Dance Dance Together). Starring Queen … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Be With Me, Jason Tsou, Queen Wei, River Huang

Angelababy and Jing Bo Ran Cast as Leads in C-movie Version of One Smile is Very Alluring

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 12, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 11, 2015
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China’s propensity to doubly milk a potential hit continues with news coming out of a recent awards show that a highly anticipated adaption will be going for the usual two-fer treatment. Popular C-novel One Smile is Very Alluring (Wei Wei Yi Xiao Hen Qing Cheng) just wrapped filming on the C-drama adaptation starring Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang, with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, TW & C dramas | Tagged Angelababy, Jing Bo Ran, One Smile is Very Alluring, Yang Yang, Zheng Shuang

Little Sister Pretense Interrupts a Hot Makeout Session in Episode 7 of Marry Me or Not

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 12, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 11, 2015
Couple sharing a kiss indoors.

How can Marry Me or Not continue to meld laughter and sizzle in such synchronicity I will never understand, not because it’s impossible but because it’s ever so rare nowadays in dramas. I love when storytelling convincingly showcases layers just like in real life, and in the upcoming episode 7 of Marry Me or Not, the pretend romance attempts to … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Harry Chang, Joanne Tseng, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

Marry Me or Not Ups the Stakes with a Perfect Date and Interrupted Makeout Session

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 7, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 6, 2015
Couple sitting in flower field with balloons.

God I love this drama so much, so *bleeping* much. The pace is slowing down in Marry Me or Not, but the narrative is deepening because of it as the characters try to figure out what they are really feeling about each other. Episode 6 was yet another phenomenal outing, funny and tense and romantic all wrapped into one. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Harry Chang, Joanne Tseng, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

The OTP Goes on a Pretend Date that Gets All Too Real in Episode 6 of Marry Me or Not

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 5, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 5, 2015
Couple kissing on a carousel at night.

The director of Marry Me or Not gets my unending thanks on a twofold level, one for filming this drama so beautifully it takes my breath away, and second for pushing his leads on the acting level to keep upping their performance and get out of their comfort zone. All of that shows up onscreen as perfection for the viewers, … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Harry Chang, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

Looking Forward to Adorable C-drama Love & Life & Lie with Chen Xiao and Zhou Dong Yu

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 4, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 4, 2015
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There are so many completed filming C-dramasthat aired his year in 2015. A bunch were front loaded into January and February around the lunar new year holiday vacation season but the one I’m looking forward to the most was tentatively scheduled to start the summer season off with a June airing, too bad that didn’t happen. The drama is called … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Xiao, Love & Life & Lie, Zhou Dong Yu

Episode 5 of Marry Me or Not Brings the OTP to Dream and Real Cohabitational Bliss

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 30, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 3, 2015
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I’m having a hard time succinctly verbalizing what I love so much about TW-drama Marry Me or Not. Even if it didn’t star my beloved Roy Qiu and Alice Ke reunion coupling, the narrative storytelling is top notch on its own. What Roy and Alice bring is incomparable sizzle and delicate nuance, so one moment I think the screen is … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Alice Ke, Marry Me or Not, Roy Qiu

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