TVB : 學警狙擊

Been a rather long time since I find time to watch a TVB Show since early this year when I watch 古靈精探, 法證先鋒II and 與敵同行, I actually only seen bit and pieces of 溏心風暴之家好月圓. Only the Exciting part I have seen....the serial is rather long...Will probably find time to watch it over again..since it really exciting..I got a little time after coming back from Hanoi, wonder is it the food and the hygenic problem, I was down with Flu for 2 days...and got the rest of the week off as a precaution....(H1N1....or HNFM??)

The Serial Star one of my favorite Actors, including Ron Ng, In this serial, though it a continue of the previous story, his girl-friend from the previous serial was not in the story...he got another gal..江若琳, Elanne Kong, probably a New Actress from TVB

Samuel Chan, who lose his love in the last serial is pair up with another girl..who behave just like him.....(Weird)梁嘉琪, Never seen her before.....though...but her performance is rather irritating...She follow the rules too much...

They bring back Michael Miu, use to act as the father and training officer to the both characters above, in the sequel, he will be the villain.

Dominic Lam, reprise his role from the last season as Captain of Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB), but this time round, he seem more reasonable...compare to the previous season.

They also brought back Kathy Chow, who has been out of action for several years, she does look a bit old now....having been out of the industry for so long....She acted naturally as the wife of the gangster..

Story

Season 3, is rather different in storyline compare the the previous 2 season which focus more on the 2 lead actors and how they become policeman....this 3rd season focus more on gangster and how the police is on the losing end fighting these mafia...

Elanne Kong is the daughter of Michael Miu, aka gangster 's daughter, fall in love with Ron Ng, who in the serial is the undercover cop.

This is the serial, most famous actor, they call him "laughing" and he did a fantastic job acting as an undercover cop as well...when u watch this show, u can't tell for sure he is the good guy until the end....

However, Mr Chan did not know this, and he shot him dead.....although he kinda did Ron a favor...

These 2 best friend's friendship was tested in the serial as well..as samuel does not under why Ron want to leave the force and become a gangster...but I must say...Ron did a better job here than samuel...partly due to the role as a gangster suit him alot....he certainly improve on his acting compare to the past 2 serial...

Ron want to put michael behind bars...but to do it...he will have to go undercover....and the ordeal is quite hard to bear....

Michael weakest link is his daughter, which Ron, kinda use to get him behind bars.

Michael and his partner, Chong really plan thing well ahead, u should have seen how they got ride of the previous gang leader, TVB is expert at this kind of gangster serial.

Summary

The show is 30 episode, it's not too draggy..most of the actor and actress perform really well especially Michael Miu and Laughing. Ron and Samuel did an ok job with Ron improving on his acting skills. It's a little disappointing that the ending was not perfect. Ron is still without love and he seem to have not develop much on his career after being a undercover, so the question is ...it is worth becoming an undercover? The Ending suggest that there is still chance another sequel is shot later....I give it a 6.5/10. Worth seeing if u like police and gangster show. the plot is smartly done...typical of TVB standard....Out of the 5 shows that I have seen this year, this one rank 3rd. It's about the same fare of 古靈精探 but definitely better than 法證先鋒II which I felt have too much new characters and the story is bit of SOP.

1. 溏心風暴之家好月圓

2. 與敵同行

3. 學警狙擊

4.古靈精探

5. 法證先鋒II

TVB : 古靈精探

The 3rd show of the year, that I seen from TVB.

About a detective with super-powers....he can "read" dead people message by touching stuff that they left behind....

D.I.E, aka Death Investigation Extension, form when the management of the police department decided to put all those "lousy" people into this department.

Story
Consisted of several plot together. They are all "Cold Cases", cases that were never closed

1. Missing man found dead at an "ulu" part of HK. Apparently the man have "old people Eat dumb" sickness
2. 3 Rich guy involved in the suicide of sonja's friend back when they are studying. Now each of them start dying...
3. The Case where a Bad Husband is murder by his mistress and the mistress in turn come and live with his wife...and even help them.
   
4. A Case which involved Sonja's previous Boyfriend, He is suspected to be involved in a murder....his new girlfriend is killed and he is the main suspect.

Storyline
Refreshing, though TVB is very good at their Investigation type/Police drama serial, this one was different, and added in a supernatural elements to the serial. They Re-invented the serial, making it actually interesting to follow than being bored with lot of scientific Jargon sometimes

Actors/Actress Performance

郭晉安, Roger Kwok, who acted as "Ah Wang" was known his comedic skills. Here he does not disappoint. He have this super-natural power of picking up message from dead people. His Chemistry with 郭羡妮 is really natural. His screen chemistry with the "ghost" character is also funny and witty.

馬國明 as head of the CID, he is known to be the one, women want to be with, but he let temptation acts in and fall in love with a reporter, His Relationship with 郭羡妮 suffered. Though I can't say this is a positive role to act, but just feel his screen-time and impression wasn't as strong as 郭羡妮 and 郭晉安, even the ghost Character fare slightly better with lesser screen-time to boot.

曾華倩, say to be her first come-back role after leaving TVB year ago. She does seem to have age abit, but acting as 郭晉安's elder sister suit her alot. Back in the older days, She wasn't known for her comedic skill (Never seen her act in one), but she is super-good here as well, acting along 郭晉安 does make her look younger though...

郭羡妮, I believe this is the serial that we can see mark improvement in her acting skills. Last time she use to give me the impression that she is like a "vase"especially in 學警出更. But here, she give character to the role she is in...and I can't bear to watch any of the scene without her around. Her screen time make the show interesting.

郭政鴻, consider him as a supporting actor, and he provide the occasional digression to the usual investigation theme. Love interest to 曾華倩 and a funny affair as well which involved a Cat.


梁家仁, 郭晉安's Dad in the show. His chemistry with 郭晉安 could have been further develop. Let's hope that can happen in part 2, Yes , they are filming a Sequel. Wonder how though with the ending of Part 1.


Don really know who she is, but she have the potential here...though her screen time is really short...she make full use of her time. I think she make a good impression.

Ending
The ending is quite unexpected, was expecting something happy, but turn out that 郭晉安 was killed by a car. I heard that there is an alternative ending, But didn't find it on the disc though


Worth seeing?
Definitely. I will say this beat out 法證先鋒II hand down. Much light-hearted and easy to follow. Lesser subplot so u can remember the story better..

Though I still prefer,與敵同行

TVB : 法證先鋒II

Just finsh watching this....the Sequel to the 2007 hit serial on TVB's network. This time round they added 鄭嘉穎 and 佘詩曼. PRobably hot from their win in the Annual TVB awards also.

Let summarise my opinion of the serial.

Will start off what I find disappointing about the show..

Disappointment

• They Kill off Linda Chung characters....She only have screen time for the first 4 episodes. How Lame...
• 蒙嘉慧 screen time was reduce due to her injuries. She even went away for studies ...
  
• 佘詩曼 have way too much screen-time in the show
  
• 佘詩曼 and 鄭嘉穎 together with 林文龍, their love relationship is not being concluded properly...look like she like 林文龍 more but some-how 鄭嘉穎 got the girl kind of feeling...

Plot

Largely forgetable plots...though...but still generally good storyline...where it keep the audience at their seat guessing who is the murder.

The Last Case on the Actress starting dying on set..leading to the finale of the explosion scene which got 鄭嘉穎 into a coma....was best remember...mainly due to it is a longer plot and case.

Another one was the one that got Linda killed and 蒙嘉慧's hand injured was also quite good....

They is quite a number of small cases here and there...

• 佘詩曼's brother got into trouble with food poison @ his Resturant.
  
• 歐陽震華's former girl-friend hubby who become temperamental and eventually fall to his death..
  
• Death @ the paintball court.
• There is also one that involved a famous actress who design her way out of crime...
• a set of bone found,.....a murder that took place some 10 year ago...involving 鄭嘉穎 and 林文龍
• Person carry drugs was killed...
• Son & Dad knock down a lady listening to H/P and dad cover-up for son.
• Killing at a residential area involving the security guard.

Can't remember all the forensic plots in the serial.

Actor/Actress Performance

Best Actor for the show goes to....歐陽震華....He can basically act anybody and still appear natural. Here as a boyfriend for 蒙嘉慧' or the boss of the Forensic science Dept.

Honourable mentioned

Florence Kwok and Raymond Cho. They provide the funny moment for the show. One is a demanding and high-class individual and the other a happy go lucky and sloppy kinda guy...seeing them getting together is really funny

Best Actress for the show ....I will say..佘詩曼, I choose her over 蒙嘉慧 due to the latter shorter screen time and "ah 佘" role really allow her to show her acting skills.

鄭嘉穎 and 林文龍..was ok for their role...The former join the team, but I find it funny as he give me the impression he already know everything and need not much coaching....but he does fit in quite properly

Lastly, would I recommend the show. YES ...only if u have follow Part 1, else you will be a bit lost at first. There are more cases here and it 30 Episode long, but the acting bring up the show.... and is best enjoy in Original Cantonese dialogue.

Overall, 7 out of 10

Check out this site, which details every singel episode...though there is some spolier here.

http://k-tvb.net/category/forensic-heroes-ii/

TVB's 與敵同行 - Not too bad

Well....I just finish the show....total of 22 eps. Got to say...the beginning till the ending is exciting...make me want to watch on to finish it to find out what happen next...though I felt the ending is bit disappointing...."open-ended"

郭晉安 and 鄭嘉穎 really did well for their roles....make me really wonder how good these actor really are....that our local counterpart have yet to play as well...

But I Must say...the script is way better than what Mediacorp have to offer....enable those actors to show off their talent...

蒙嘉慧 really improve her acting alot...Last time when I see her act...I felt really uncomfortable with her expression...though she look really hot..though...:-)

Recommend anyone interested in TVB to see it.....watch the trailer to get a preview...

TVB Top 10 in 2008...and I have not seen any of them

Usually in a year...I will try to rent some TVB( HK's Television Broadcast TV Station) Drama serial...but I did none in 2008. Too busy working working....no time really for watching a 20eps or 40eps show like last time...plus now I even rent movies....

With the CNY coming up and no plans of any outings in place (Sadly) ...thought It would be a good time to catch up on some dramas.

Recently TVB just Release their 2008 Top 10 Drama Serial. This would be good renting reference...though...still need to know who are the actors and actress acting inside...

Here are the Drama Serial I would be seeing in the coming months....

Last One Standing...與敵同行 - 22 Eps..though this is not in the Top 10....think is in Top 12th.

Watching this one now, starring 郭晉安 and 鄭嘉穎 pairing them with 蒙嘉慧.
Thought this one should be nice..always into those plotting and good bad guy fight..
But this one...郭晉安 is the Bad guy though..and 鄭嘉穎 is the poor fellow who always got all the bad stuff(aka good guy).....

This kind of serial is hard to find in our current Mediacorp's released.....can't really remember any..now....

最美麗的第七天

Probably be watching this first...decising between 溏心風暴之家好月圓 and this one...as some of the show here have similar actors and actress in just different role (good and bad). The story is basically a romance story. Got to see how HK Station handle romance which is hard to find in our Mediacorp's Drama. Hopefully I can catch this in around Feb period....(going to cost me around $21)

The Rest of the show that I am Considering are...

This show did really well in HK coming in 2nd. Think is about solving mystery....with a little comedy element added by 郭晉安 who is really good at Comedy roles.


A Sequel to the original about Forensic Science.....something in the line of CSI.....really like the first serial...so u bet I will definitely rent this out as well. Furthermore they added in 佘詩曼 and 鄭嘉穎..plus my favorite actress 蒙嘉慧 is inside as well


Was deciding when I should rent this...it 40eps long and will cost me about $45 to $50 and I may need more time to finish the show....but it the top show of the year in HK...and how can I miss this...I hope it will not drag too much....which is typical of such long show....Let see how this top Show in HK compare to our Singapore's 小娘惹.

Was actually thinking of finishing this show first in Feb....since this is a month I consider to be still quite free...(the most busy period of my job is over till my next product coming in in Mar)...

Think hard....but thinking of getting 溏心風暴之家好月圓 is most likely