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Love Sick The Series Season 2: Episodes 3 & 4 Recap
Summaries (Spoilers, Obviously) and Comments
Note: I group summaries by story line, not in presentation order. If you want to know how the scenes actually played out in their official sequence, why not follow this link to Kuda’s site and watch for yourself?
Love Sick The Series Season 2: Episodes 1 & 2 Recap
Summaries (Spoilers, obviously) and comments
Note: I group summaries by story line, not in presentation order. If you want to know how the scenes actually played out in their official sequence, why not follow this link to Kuda’s site and watch for yourself?
The Look of Popularity: Actors by Sex, 5 East Asian Countries
Results for Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Philippines, China. Males after the jump.
Lovesick the Color Palette Episode 2: Blue Fights Back
Still kind of pink, but I think they fired the guy who placed hot pink in every shot in episode 1 and replaced him with someone who wanted pastel pink or baby blue (preferably both) in every shot. But overall, it’s easier on the eyes.
At least the kids no longer appear to be breathing pink or blue air. Maybe it rained between Saturday and Sunday.
The Secret Origins: Love Sick Season 2 Color Palette
Kid Kulafu (Philippines: 2015): Lest we forget why they fight
As bio-pics go, Paul Soriano’s Kid Kulafu succeeds by laying off the hagiography to focus on aspects of Manny Pacquiao’s childhood that are shared by aspiring boxers everywhere.
Oh the Lovesick S2 Gossip: what’s going on here?
Guesses from upper left to right:
1) Earn has had enough sexual yearning out of Pete and is finally doing something about it (probability 15%)
2) The online super-couple “PopShay” isn’t an act for poor Shay (probability 100%) Chances of it actually working out for him? (5%)
3) Whoever that is will regret being recorded in that cat t-shirt 20 years from now (probability 50%) (seriously who is that? The new Om with Mick? Or is that Per. I always get him messed up with Ngoi and Knott)
4) Per Film is not certain which way he swings (probability 10% 100%) (Edited for accuracy)
5) Golf is has decided that the third wheel doesn’t need to be the spare tire (probability 100%)
Futureless Things (Korea: 2014): one never knows what’s in store next
Kyung-mook Kim’s off-beat third feature focuses on the everyday and sometimes surreal interactions in a convenience store. Futureless Things is more a series of comedy sketches than a unified narrative, but since everyone eventually needs a Coke, the setting is a good one to explore the many layers of contemporary society and the dreamers who find themselves stuck behind counters for a moment.
Short Reviews: They only take a few minutes of your time
Flying kites in Rio, breaking hearts in Korea, patching things up in Chinatown, and learning to pray all over the world. An eclectic mix for sure kicks off a (hopefully) periodic series of short reviews for those pressed for time.











