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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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TV Review: The Final 1 – Season Premiere

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To the uninitiated, The Final 1 is a local reality singing competition created by Ken Lim, Singapore’s very own Simon Cowell, as we like to call him due to his harsh criticism on the Singapore Idol contestants in the years past. In this competition, some lucky individuals (a whole lot of them) will be groomed, styled and trained to be a star. They would have to impress the three judges – Kit Chan, our homegrown talent who is best known for her role in The Forbidden City, Taufik Batisah, the first Singapore Idol winner, and Ken Lim himself. The winner will walk away with $100,000 worth of prize which includes $50,000 cash and $50,000 recording contract.

Earlier, I watched the first episode of the show and I must say that it has a great crop of talent. They all can sing and sing well. Basically, there were 1000 entries and out of those entries, the three judges picked 60 people. These contestants sang in front of the judges on stage and hoped they would go through to the Top 40.

Although the contestants are really talented, as a TV viewer, I would want to see the whole package. I am so used to American Idol, The Voice and Singapore Idol itself where there is a host and this host will be the one doing the voiceover and also act as a supporter for the contestants. There is no host here. Yet. And it makes it bland. Whoever who did the voiceover sounded amateurish. I don’t “feel” what she’s saying. It just takes away the whole enjoyment of the show. It is good that it is all about the contestants and not the judges or the host but if there is no entertainment to speak of, it makes a TV show bland because it is a TV show in the first place. A host like Gurmit Singh would be nice. He is a pro in hosting and funny to boot. Or Najip Ali, etc. it would make the show more lively.

For now, I am sort of “meh” about this local talent show. Let’s see what happens next week then.