Tag: Taiwanese Drama

[Upcoming TW-drama] The Way We Were with Ruby Lin, Leroy Young, Tiffany Hsu and Melvin Sia

News about the TVBS/CTS/Ruby Lin produced The Way We Were (16個夏天 / 16 Summers) had been floating around for a while and finally it started filming recently!!! Back in May last year during the TVBS launch of its drama division, The Way We Were was announced to be the third drama being made by TVBS (the…

April 2, 2014
PMAM Episodes 1 to 10 thoughts

Taiwan has always given me the impression that it’s a rather conservative country. I’m not from Taiwan so this impression is just formed by watching their TV shows and a few visits. However, despite the talks of tradition, Confucius teachings and whatnot, like other parts of Asia there’s also plenty of scantily claded females on the covers of…

March 19, 2014
Upcoming C/TW dramas which might pull me out of this slump

[Updated 3 April with airing dates for Lovestore at the corner (April 18) and Prince William (April 25).] I guess it is a bit of slump when I’m not uber motivated to follow on-air dramas! So are these upcoming dramas going to help? I guess none of them are on my MUST watch list…

March 12, 2014
A Good Wife (up to episode 11) – Does love conquer all?

Taiwanese drama A Good Wife (親愛的，我愛上別人了 / literal transation: Dear, I’ve fallen in love with someone else) had crept up on me quite unexpectedly. I followed the first four episodes live and then put it on hold to watch Dragon Gate / continue Just You. Big mistake that was since A Good Wife is miles…

January 24, 2014
The Pursuit of Happiness Episodes 2-13 (END) thoughts

Short version – Sonia Sui and Tony Yang looked good. The OST was great. It has that relaxing, understated feel. BUT – it feels real but when you peel back the layers, it’s also very unreal. The writing was inconsistent – it focused on one character (Ji An Lei / Sonia Sui) so well it…

January 7, 2014
[Upcoming TW drama] Sonia Sui & Christopher Lee in Notice from a Bachelorette!

OMGGGG!!! When I saw Sonia posted about it on Instagram I had to find information on it! Didn’t expect her to film another drama so quickly… (Sorry on the exclamation marks, it’s really exciting HAHAHA) The press conference for Notice from a Bachelorette (徵婚啟事 / Zheng Hun Qi Shi / Marriage Wanted) was held today…

December 24, 2013
Tian Xin and Xiu Jie Kai in upcoming drama Marry or Not

After watching a few episodes of A Good Wife, I haven’t had the chance to get back to it yet but it looks like my plans will be delayed again because a new drama starring Tian Xin and Xiu Jie Kai titled Marry or Not (結婚好嗎?) is starting on November 19! Airing at the 8pm…

November 10, 2013
2013 Golden Bell Awards Picspam! Congrats Zai Zai!

YEAAAHHH!! Vic Chou / Zai Zai finally wins Best Actor this year! *throws confetti* The winners of the major awards were: Best Drama: Falling (含苞欲墜的每一天) Best Actor – Drama: Vic Chou – Home Best Actress – Drama: Miao Ke Li – Falling Best Supporting Actor – Drama: Li Li Ren – Home Best Supporting…

October 26, 2013
The Pursuit of Happiness Episode 1 – ITWY comparisons and some thoughts

TTV is on a roll. Its Friday night drama “A Good Wife” has recently finished airing and the last episode was at its highest rating of 2.41, beating popular fluff “Just You” on SETTV. Hoping to continue this run “The Pursuit of Happiness” starring Sonia Sui and Tony Yang has just aired its first episode…

October 17, 2013
[Review] Love SOS (TW-2013)

Love SOS (愛情急整室) ended quite a few weeks ago and given how I feel about it, I wasn’t very motivated to write this review. But at least I will have something to show for after spending so many hours watching it? When it was announced originally I actually had a little hope for it, and…

October 8, 2013