Is anyone here a fan of Rurouni Kenshin? I saw the last part of the live-action trilogy. Covers the 2nd half of Shishio arc. Sad to say it did not move me at all. Its as if they were simply covering checkpoints in the story.

I know it is difficult to condense a material as vast as the Kenshin-verse into 3 movies, but the film failed miserably at showing Kenshin's inner struggle and his true conflict with Shishio. His meeting Hiko was turned into a Kdrama coincidence. Hiko's motivation to teach him the final technique was not addressed at all. Sano had precious little to do than to run around uselessly. The sword fights were beautifully choreographed, but after a while it became repetitive. There can be such a thing as too many sword fights.

The final fight was 4 vs 1 fight and Shishio came off looking as the cool one. Sano was unintentionally hilarious there. They did give us a final showdown between Shishio and Kenshin, but to those not familiar with the original story, it might appear as a confusing fight. For example, why did Shishio spontaneously combust? What was the significance of that extra step taken. At the end of it all Sano was looking the worst of them all.. coughing blood and what not while Kenshin stood strong. Yet while escaping from that place, Kenshin was the one being supported by Sano. In the grand scheme of things its a minor thing, but its indicative of the problems in the movie. Where to jump back to the original story if you have diverged from it before.

Saitoh was the only "cool-dude". Wish he had more screen time. But on the whole I am glad these films were made.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypzPw2DHes0
(Trust and Betrayal OST)

ah I forgot one thing. I usually never eat pasta or macaroni or ramyun but lately there has been so much work, no time to shop and I have no appetite too....so I thought well what the heck I will buy instant ramyun and eat that but they all have dried peices of some sort of meat in them, I saw stuff I have seen colleagues eating andthey have it inside the ramuyn, the ones in our shops. no vegetarian version. not even simply with cheese. that made me angry. I mean I understand if it is the little package of flavour but why do you put it inbetween the ramyun why? do I just have to pick out the pieces of dried meat or what, with my fingers? not even seafood ramuyn.

ah I dont care really. it was just one of those evenings and it could have come handy.

Anyone watching Heart to Heart? I went in expecting to hate it and am loving it more and more with each episode. I love it when a show makes you laugh unexpectedly, I spent the last two episodes giggling like an idiot. Awesome.

I guess expectations are everything, since I was totally prepared to love Spy, as it's a genre I generally adore... But something is missing with that show. The acting is spot on, so I think the PD is to blame. I had to force myself to get through episode 3 and when I realized I wasn't even looking forward to the 4th one, I quit ten minutes in. Why is that?? Anyone else having the same issue?

Also watching Healer, which I don't need to talk about since everyone else has that covered. Yes, I love it too :-)

Kill me Heal me started off REALLY iffy for me, but now that they've settled into a campy action/comedy/romance, I am totally in. There have been a ton of hilarious moments and I am enjoying the ride.

I found a new Korean cop show today - it's called "H.I.T." (me: What? Why is that an acronym? What? Turns out there's English on their team sign: Homicide Investigation Unit.)

I guess it's from a few years ago, based on the phones - features a woman Detective Inspector running a serial killer investigation team & bumping heads with a jerkface (of course) rookie Prosecutor. Really enjoying it, so far. :)