Black & White (痞子英雄 / Pi Zi Ying Xiong -2009)

Starring:
The Law
Vic Zhou as Chen Zai Tian 陳在天 / Pi Zi 痞子
Mark Chao as Wu Ying Xiong 吳英雄
Janine Chang as Lan Xi Ying 藍西英
Zhao Shu Hai as South District Director 南區分局長
Tang Zhi Wei as Chen Jun Lin 陳俊麟
Qian De Men as Li Jian Guo / Lao Li 李建國 / 老李
Hong Chen Ying (洪晨穎) as Ai Lu / Xiao Lu 艾綠 / 小綠
Hank Wu (吳仲強) as Hao Ke 浩克
Chen You Fang as Ling Wen Qi 凌文琦
Jin Zhi Jie (金士傑) as Shi Yong Guang 石永光
Zhang Fu Jian as Fan Tian Cheng 范天誠
Sonia Sui as Lei Mu Sha 雷慕莎
Tao Chuan Zheng (陶傳正) as Defense secretary
Gao Ying Xuan (高英軒) as Senator's assistant
Huang Jian Wei as Wu Yang 吳洋
Fan Guang Yao (樊光耀) as Sergeant Huang
Zhou Kai Wen (周凱文) as Detective
Zhang Han (張翰) as Detective
Lin Jia You (林家佑) as Detective
Che Guan Cheng (車冠成) as Detective
Huang Lu Wen (黃綠文) as Forensic Specialist
Lai Zhen Ze (賴震澤) as Forensic Specialist
Lin Yi Qian (林伊蒨) as Police
Tang Qin (唐秦) as Police
Qiu Rong Sheng (丘瑢升) as Lieutenant
Xu Bo Qiang (許柏強) as Uniformed police
Lin Ju Xian (林均憲) as Uniformed police

Black and White Correlation Chart
SanLianHui
Ivy Chen as Chen Lin 陳琳
Paul Chun as Lao Tou 老頭
Na Wei Xun as Du Wen Yan 杜文雁
Tang Guo Zhong (唐國忠) as Che Jin 車進

Others in SanLianHui
Zhou Xiao An (周孝安) as A Tang 阿唐
Kageyama Yukihiko (蔭山征彥) as A De 阿得
Zhang Chao Min (張朝閔) as An Zai 安仔
Liu Kai Rong (劉開容) as An's brother
Bu Xue Liang as Logistics manager
Wu Xiang Zhen(吳翔震)
Huang Ding Jun (黃鼎鈞)
Cheng Bo Ren(陳柏仁)
Wu ming Lun (吳明倫)
Ansel
Shao Fu (少甫)
Zheng Wen Hong (鄭文宏)
Zou Zhong Xian (鄒仲賢)
Liu Yi Ru (劉翼儒)
Li Wei De (李威得)

Other Lawless
Kingone Wang as Gao Yi 高義
Xu Ai Xin as Cheng Yuan 程願
Jason Zou as Cheng Nuo 程諾
Huang Tai An as Hacker

Sarkozy
Jimmy Hung (洪天祥) as BOSS
Igor as CJ
Huang Wen Xuan as P
Benji as G
Eric as F
Yang Xiu Wen (楊琇雯) as K
Leandro as L
Ou Si Ka (奧斯卡) as O
Bobby as N
A Liang as M

The Civilians
Xiu Jie Kai as Ma Xiao Ming / Huang Shi Kai 馬小明 / 黃世楷
Yu Hong Yuan (喻虹淵) as He Xiao Mei 何小玫
Patina Lin as Ling Ke Le 凌可樂
Lu Yi Jing (陸奕靜) as An's mother
Zhao Zi Qiang (趙自強) as Attorney Hong
Bao Zheng Fang (鮑正芳) as Ying Xiong's mother
Renzo Liu as Jian Da De 簡大德
Xiao Call (小Call) as Tian Mi Mi 田蜜蜜
Li Lu (李律)
Luo Mei Ling (羅美玲)ring:

Pi Zi and Ying Xiong are two cops who are as different as day and night. One does nothing except for drinking coffee and living a luxurious lifestyle while waiting for information from dubious sources to crack his cases. Another believes law and justice are the pillars of society and is constantly on the street catching criminals… a little overzealously for his superior’s liking. When a case brought these two top crime solvers together, sparks flied and a little light peeked into this dark city where the nation's President is on friendly terms with the local triad and twins kill people while drinking milkshake.

Okay, everyone listen up. First this drama is still airing. Rumor has it that the ending will be open because the director has decided to make the ending into a blockbuster movie.

Having said that.

OMG! (I WILL BE WRITING IN CAPS FROM NOW ON BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY THIS LOUD ENOUGH)

THIS IS THE BEST DAMN DRAMA EVER!!!!!!

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? AN OPEN ENDING? A MOVIE? THAT MEANS THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TO SUFFER IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD WILL HAVE TO WAIT TWICE AS LONG BECAUSE OF PRODUCTION, RELEASE, DVD, AND THEN SUBBING. I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!

I'M TELLING THOSE OF YOU NOW WHO HAVE NO FAITH IN TAIWAN DRAMAS.....THIS IS THE ONE. HELL, EVEN IF IT WASN'T TAIWANESE. THIS ONE OUTRANKS ALL OF THE ASIAN COUNTRIES DRAMAS BY 10 TO THE 10TH POWER!

I REMEMBER BEING BORED AND CAME UPON THIS ONE. THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A DECENT TIME WASTER. FROM THAT MOMENT ON, MY SUNDAYS AREN'T SUNDAYS WITHOUT THIS SHOW. NEXT WEEK, IS THE LAST TWO EPISODES UNTIL THE MOVIE. AND FROM THIS SUNDAY ON, MY LIFE WILL HAVE NO MEANING.

THIS IS A COP DRAMA WITH A BIT OF COMEDY AND ROMANCE. BUT THE SHOW RELIES ON THE THRILL RIDE AND MYSTERY THAT THE MOST MAGNIFICENT WRITERS CAME UP WITH.

I'VE LOVED VIC ZHOU FROM THE TIME I SAW HIM IN MARS. THIS MAN HAS MADE IT WITH THIS DRAMA. AT THE START, HE IS MORE COMIC RELIEF BUT AS WE LEARN ABOUT HIS CHARACTER WE FEEL HIS PAIN AND SUFFER WITH HIM.

MARK CHAO IS A NEWCOMER. HIS NAME...."HERO". HE IS THE GOOD COP WHO RELIES ON JUSTICE AND BELIEVES THE GOOD WILL PREVAIL. HE IS THE PROTAGONIST TO VIC ZHOU'S ANTAGONIST.

THEY ARE A PERFECT PAIR. THEY ARE BLACK AND WHITE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE ENDING. WELL, BECAUSE THE ENDING HASN'T CAME. I COULDN'T WAIT TO TELL ALL OF YOU TO WATCH THIS DRAMA. WATCH IT AND FALL IN LOVE WITH IT LIKE I DID.

I'd better find things to do now because of this coming Sunday and after ward, I will be in severe Black and White withdrawal. *sigh*

And so y'alls know.....Mark Chao/Zhao is really, really, really new. So photos are rare at the moment. So in other words......I can't find good ones. So watch the damn drama! Get your fill of 20 high packed episodes fueled on octane on crack.

That Fool (그바보 -2009)

Starring:
Hwang Jung Min as Goo Dong Baek
Kim Ah Joong as Han Ji Soo
Joo Sang Wook as Kim Kang Mo (Ji Soo's secret love)
Extended Cast
Lee Chung Ah as Goo Min Ji (Dong Baek's younger sister)
Lee Soo Young as Jo Seung Eun (Min Ji's best friend)
Baek Sung Hyun as Han Sang Chul (Ji Soo's younger brother)
Jun Mi Sun as Cha Yun Kyung (Ji Soo's manager)
Kim Kwang Gyu as Team Manager Go
Yun Mi Joo as Park Kyung Ae
Yoon Joo Sang as Director Yoon
Hong Ji Young as Jo Myung Jin (Kyung Ae's co-worker)
Moon Jae Won (문재원) as Yoon Seop (Dong Baek's junior, post office employee)
Kang Hee Soo (강희수) as Tae Won (Dong Baek's junior, post office employee)
Jung Dong Hwan as Kim Jung Wook (Kang Mo's father)
Ryu Tae Ho (류태호) as Assistant Kim (Kim Jung Wook's secretary)
Lee Hae Young (이해영) as Reporter Baek
Jo Sang Gun (조상건) as President Choi (Kang Mo's father-in-law)
Park Ha Sun as Choi Soo Yeon

Goo Dong Baek is an honest and good-hearted postman. One day he encounters with Han Ji Soo, a top celebrity. However, an ordinary man gets no chance to show his feeling to this top actress who everyone loves. Six months period of time with her elapses like a midsummer night's dream. But he cannot just end up his love like a “dream”. Shouting out love! His love has just begun. --KBS World

Another drama that started off so well......then sort of fell apart.....but then really made no sense.....then the end (to me) was anticlimactic.

Really, the only reason I watched this show was the comedy/acting of Ji Soo's brother Sang Chul. OMG! First of all, he is terribly FINE! But his teamwork with Dong Baek was hilarious. Those two really worked well together through out the show. And the infatuation that Dong Baek's sister had for Sang Chul (well, I knew how she felt) was too cute. I was actually routing for those two even though in Korean culture in-laws are forbidden.

I read so many reviews for the downfall of Kang Mo (the boyfriend who made Ji Soo's life hell). Actually, I sort of felt sorry for him. I mean I really believed he loved Ji Soo but the manipulation from his father made his life a living hell. Yeah, he's a grown man and could have ignored or rebelled against his father but that is so easy to say. Anyway, his relationship with Ji Soo was terminated even though he desperately held on as long as he could. Sang Chul was no help and well, Dong Baek finally grew balls and made Kang Mo miserable as well. *sigh*

This was a great time waster but I probably won't watch it again. It was alright but really could have been written better or added just more depth or fire to the story. Seemed a bit dull with the exception of Sang Chul. *dreaming*

Baek Sung Hyun
Ya know what really sucks? I'm old enough to be his mother. *Ugh!* I graduated high school the year he was born. Life is REALLY not fair.

A Man's Story (남자이야기 / Namja-I-Yaki -2009)

AKA: The Slingshot

Starring:
Park Yong Ha as Kim Shin
Park Si Yeon as Seo Kyung Ah
Kim Kang Woo as Chae Do Woo
Han Yeo Woon as Chae Eun Soo
Lee Philip as Do Jae Myung
Park Ki Woong as Ahn Kyung Tae
Lee Moon Shik as Park Moon Ho
Extended Cast
Jang Se Jin as Beom Hwan
Kim Hyung Bum as Joong Ho
Baek Jae Jin as Yong Shik
Jun Jae Hyung as Jae Seop
Jang Hang Sun as President Chae
Kim Roe Ha as Director Oh
Park Sun Woo as Danny
Lee Seung Bok (이승복) as Lee Dae Pyo
Heo Wook (허욱) as Kei
Han Song Yi (한송이) as Yeon Hee
Kim Mi Kyung as Detective Kim
Choi Ji Na as Madame Jang
Lee Byung Joon as Do Man Hee (Do Jae Myung's father)
Bang Eun Hee as Myung Sun
Ahn Nae Sang as Kim Wook
Jun Sung Hwan as Mayor
Lee Tae Im

Kim Shin is a man who once had it all. A scam, engineered by Chae Do Woo (the head of a big conglemerate), ruined his family and his father's company went bankrupt because of him. He wants revenge against those who made his life a living hell. Seo Kyung Ah is his girlfriend who works diligently in order to help him repay his debts. Shin along with the help of some people that he's met approaches Chae Do Woo's sister, Eun Soo, in order to start his revenge.

Okay, okay. I started off really, really, truly falling in love with this show. Hello? Park Yong Ha, Park Ki Woong, and Lee Phillip. Total eye candy.....especially Lee Phillip. *swooning*

This show mainly relied on the story of one guys revenge. There was a love story involved but it wasn't worth my time and money. Really wanted Kim Shin to get back together with Kyung Ah but the writers decided to make her into a total ditz. Evidently she was brain smart but stupid smart as well. She knew her husband was the man who killed her exboyfriend's brother and that he was a psychopath but stayed with him. Why? I couldn't figure that out. Eun Soo was supposed to be the new love interest for Kim Shin but she was too "weak". Kim Shin is such a strong character and hers was too juvenile for him. She was a nice character and really thought it would have been sweet to hook her up with Kyung Tae. But like I said, this show relied heavily on revenge. From episode 1 to 16, this show rocked. Then all of a sudden.....the show fell apart instantly. The story lost momentum and started making not a lick of sense. I was so distraught at the end. No love story, no revenge, no nothing. Even Lee Phillip's good looks couldn't keep this story glued together. I'm telling ya.....this could have been one hell of a good show. It was "there". The story was "there". What in the hell happened to make a good show go bad?

Waste of time? Not a yes but a HELL YES!

Park Yong Ha


Lee Philip

This man makes my panties wet! He's too pretty to be human!

Missing in action..............

......well, not really. LOL! I've decided to post current, on-going, or recent programs, dramas, and/or movies. I not only blog about dramas, I read others as well. Why review dramas and movies that have been reviewed a thousand times....especially those that were made before 2007? I will blog about programs that are obsolete and that I have seen or luckily found. It's time consuming to write about things or interests that have been reviewed to the ground. Yes, I have my personal views on some dramas that might be of interest to someone else....but sometimes they are identical to others also. So..................

........anyway. What I'm watching and planning on reviewing:

City Hall~so far.....insanely hysterical and romantic
Romance Zero~sweet
Black and White~is still ongoing but will review it after this post. Why? You'll find out.
That Fool~started off good..........
Ghost Friends~another sweet Japanese drama
Tokyo Ghost Trip~eye candy galore
Prince of Tennis~so far, so good
Shining Inheritance~it's good but I think they have added toooooo many episodes, should only be an 18 or 20 episode drama....not 26.
Sons of Sol Pharmacy House~love this family drama so far.
Atashinchi no Danshi~didn't think I'd like it, but it's great

These are the only ones I could think off the top of my head.....so I might have forgotten a few. I watch soooooooo many a day that I do get befuzzled........sometimes.