This Siti Never Sleeps At Night

Up all night so you know what to watch, read, and hear


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TV Series Review: Once Upon A Time Season 2

It’s been a while since I actually write something here. Oh you know, most shows have their season finales already, Game of Thrones is on a one-week hiatus, and all that jazz. But Teen Wolf is coming back so yay!

However, I’ve been doing my own catching up on some shows that I love to watch because I’ve been spending too much energy on Glee, Game of Thrones and Spartacus. And the first show that I caught up on is Season 2 of Once Upon A Time.

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So, you know, the show started with the whole magic coming back into Storybrooke and our beloved fairy tale characters knowing that they are actually fairy tale characters. When Season 1 ended, I asked myself how they are going to work it all out. 

In general, I guess it was okay with the introduction of new characters like Mulan, Aurora, Prince Philip and Captain Hook. I think they should cast Li Shang or have Mulan be an independent, I-need-no-man heroine instead of crushing on Prince Philip who is obviously in love with Aurora.

The acting was a little awkward here and there and the story could get really slow, which could make the audience frustrated. And the whole Tamara and the other guy irritates me a little. They reminded me of Westboro Baptist Church. 

I think the novelty of the whole twist in the fairy tale stories has gone, which might have caused the drop in the viewership for the show. With the season ending in the “evil” characters like Regina and Rumpelstiltskin along with the “good guys” going into Neverland and the twist of Henry being the boy wanted by The Shadow, I don’t know what else they could do to keep the viewers watching. The finale was a little substandard. I wasn’t going: “Oh boy, I can’t wait for the next season now!” I was more like: “Please don’t make Peter Pan the bad guy because my childhood!”

But if you’re a fan, you should know by now that the show has been renewed for the third season. So, will I actually review the episodes each week when the season starts? We’ll see how I can juggle.


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TV Episode Review: Game of Thrones – Second Sons

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Late review is late but I just finished watching the latest episode of Game of Thrones. I don’t know where to start because my brain is stuck on the last scene. The White Walker always scares the heebiejeebies out of me. I’m guessing I’m going to have nightmares from it.

Other than that, the episode is as exciting and progressing further and further, which is great. The wedding of Sansa and Tyrion is awkward. I’m not looking forward to Cersei and Loras’s wedding and he’s visibly upset over it, understandably. I’m not really sure about the whole Gendry and Mellisandre scene because I fast-forwarded past it. I don’t read the books but I heard that that wasn’t in the book at all. Weird take for the TV writers’ part, if that is so. The burning of the leeches that sucked on Gendry’s blood was confusing. I have no idea what’s that supposed to do. Daenerys is still my powerful queen. Now that she has the Second Sons for her cause, she’s going to be harder and harder to beat but that’s not always a good thing, right? With the White Walkers still around. I’m pretty sure seeing the White Walker at the end of this episode means something.

I think the fourth episode is still one of their best at the moment but this episode would be second because for me, how it ends makes a world of a difference. The ending either makes you bite your fingernails eagerly waiting for the next episode or it will just leave you feeling indifferent. This episode is the first one for me. I’m not so sure leaving that dragonglass dagger in that snow is the best of idea because I’m pretty darn sure there are more White Walkers around. Eeks!


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Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

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I just came back from watching Star Trek Into Darkness starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the quite delectable Benedict Cumberbatch among many others.

To sum up the movie without spoiling anything, Kirk and Spock saves the day and each other.

See? I’m not spoiling anything. Sort of.

Anyway, I’m just here as a normal movie-goer and I do admit I am more of a Star Wars fan than Star Trek. I’m not familiar with the world of Star Trek but J.J. Abrams made it simpler for non-fans to understand what’s going on and to quickly grasp its world without taking away the enjoyment of the movie. It is action-packed, which is what you would expect from watching the trailer alone but it does have its funny moments too that kept the whole theatre cackling away. They do have a saying to look on the brighter side of life even if, in the case of Star Trek, your life is in literal danger. It is also quite interesting to see Benedict acting as the token bad guy in this movie and he looked handsome doing so. But what I love about it is the backstory behind what Benedict’s character, Khan, did. It humanizes the character and you felt for him. One more thing: I realize why some fangirls are madly in love with Kirk and Spock. The bromance level in this movie is so high it might explode the entire universe. The on-screen chemistry between Chris and Zachary are off the roof. I swear if I have absolutely zero clue what Star Trek is about, I would have thought Kirk and Spock are lovers.

It is really worth my money to watch it. You do not have to watch the previous movie to enjoy this one. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.


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Love It Or Hate It: First Clip of New Whose Line Is It Anyway

Many hours ago, CW released the first clip from the new Whose Line Is It Anyway.

In the clip above, we see a new host for the new Whose Line Is It Anyway, Aisha Tyler. Not familiar with her? Me neither. At least, not from her name but her face is familiar to me. I might have seen her in CSI. But I’m not entirely sure.

Anyway, it’s really good to see the whole gang minus Drew Carey. As seen in the clip, they are still as hilarious as ever. But it seemed a little off with Aisha there. I guess I am so used to seeing Drew behind the table. However, since this is still very new, she might have yet to gel with the rest of the crew who have worked years together. So, I shall give her more time and watch more episodes before I make any comments.

Love it or hate it? I’ve waited so long for the new Whose Line Is It Anyway and so, yes, I love it!


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Love It Or Hate It: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Teaser Trailer

I mentioned in my previous post that ABC has picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and lo and behold, the teaser trailer of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D!

First of all…

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It looks super exciting with many action scenes packed into a 30-second trailer, including a little funny moment from “Son of Coul”. I hope it does well since it’s helmed by Joss Whedon. He has a lot of Marvel superheroes to use so it’s going to be exciting to see who’s going to appear in this TV series. What I’m quite concerned (but not a priority for me) is if Avengers is the beginning and this is a follow-up to it, how will they answer for Agent Coulson still living in this series? Of course, maybe he’s not dead after all and his “death” was used to push Avengers to capture Loki. Whatever it was, hopefully Joss will not gloss it over.

Love it or hate it? Absolutely love it and can’t wait for it!


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TV Episode Review: Glee – All Or Nothing

Yes, you see it right. It’s a review and not a recap because I am so annoyed that I could not even re-watch it without fast-forwarding certain parts of the episode so that I do not inevitably destroy my laptop due to my frustration over what I just watched.

This is the worst finale I have ever watched on Glee or any other shows ever in my entire existence of watching TV shows. I was bored the entire time watching the whole episode. I understand that Heather Morris has left Glee because she’s focusing on her pregnancy (Her baby bump was very obvious in the episode) and as such, they wanted to wrap up her storyline. But I do not get the catfish storyline. Who did not guess it was Unique all along? Who? It was one of the most unsuspenseful plotline, if not the most unsuspenseful plotline.

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Music From Glee Episode Review: All Or Nothing

This is it, guys! This is the last music review for Glee episode from me. Well, last for this season. Yes, we have almost reached to the end of the season and the finale is called “All Or Nothing”. It’s a Regionals’ episode. Yes, the seniors have yet to graduate and yes, they will only graduate next year aka next season. It doesn’t make sense? It’s okay. It’s Glee.

So, here are the music for the finale:

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TV Episode Recap: Game of Thrones – The Climb

I would first like to admit that when I saw the title of the episode, I laughed and began to sing “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus. Everybody now… “It’s the climbbbbbbbbbbbbbb”.

So, without further ado, I shall just go straight into my recap train and ride away into the snowy plains and up The Wall. God, that’s so lame.

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Love It Or Hate It: Girl Most Likely Movie Trailer

Yesterday, I told you that a certain Mr. Darren Criss is starring in a movie with Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening.

Well, today, I’m going to talk about said movie called Girl Most Likely. It was previously known as Imogene.

It looks nice to watch and I’m expecting it to be funny. But it also gives me the Bridesmaids  vibe. The storyline looks similar – Kristen Wiig’s character having some crisis in her life and will make it through in the end with the help of family, friends and a new man. In this movie, the new man will be played by none other than Darren Criss. I don’t know what to make of it really. I’m not super excited over the movie in general. Like I said, the storyline is similar to Bridesmaids and we’ve watched Bridesmaids so we basically know how the story is going to go. The trailer literally tells you how the story is going to go anyway. I’m only excited because this is Darren’s first big screen acting and I’m really proud of his achievements. So, I’m going to be completely honest here and admit that I’m going to watch this movie when it comes out only to see Darren in his skivvies.

Love it or hate it? Siti loves Darren half-naked so does that equal to loving it? Well, partly, I guess.

The movie will be released on July 19th, 2013.


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TV Episode Recap: Glee – Wonder-ful

Ain’t this late? Yes, it is! Because I spent quite a while applying for a job. The perks of being a 20-something in this world. I say “world” because all 20-somethings in this world are probably feeling the same way as me and not just 20-somethings in Singapore. Except if your name is Chris Colfer and Darren Criss, of course. Those two can make me feel bad about myself sometimes. Let’s see how Chris and Darren ruined my life: Darren is 26 years old and he went from being a YouTube star singing Disney songs in his room with his guitar and playing Harry Potter in a parody to being an actor in Glee, which you may hate but it’s a popular show anyway, and now acting in a feature film with Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening and was in a Broadway show called “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”. Chris Colfer, meanwhile, auditioned for the role of Artie on Glee but instead got a new role written just for him and then he just decided to make me feel more incompetent by being named one of Time‘s most influential person in 2011, won the Golden Globes and nominated in several others like Emmy and SAG, is New York Times‘ No. 1 bestselling author of The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell and Struck By Lightning, which he also produced and wrote as a film, and he’s only turning 23 years old this year! To top it all off, these two just decided to ruin myself more by being hot individually and together as a couple (on a TV show). Do you feel bad about yourself now?

But I’m going way off-track here.

I’m supposed to recap the latest episode of Glee titled “Wonder-ful”. Like I said before, it’s going to be filled with many a Stevie Wonder songs and Kurt, Mercedes and Mike are back in McKinley High. And because Kurt is back in McKinley High, I’m going to start off my recap with New York side of the story. I always save the best for last *wink wink*

Come aboard my recap train. Choo-choo!

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