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A quick review of what I’m watching right now. 

SPACE SWEEPERS From: Korea Airing On: Netflix Description: After losing his daughter a former Not-A-Stormtrooper-Please-Don’t-Sue-Us-Disney winds up collecting space trash with a misfit crew of angry, damaged people (and a robot)... and then a kid who is being hunted by an angry white man shows up and teaches them the meaning Ohana. 

My Thoughts: Wait... that wasn’t the plot? There was something about white male privilege and corporations destroying the planet and unions = good? I vaguely remember that. 

The storyline is very basic and simple because they were aiming for a large, international audience and I respect that. It has pretty colors, the underdog wins, and lots of things explode. 

I liked it. 

THE LONG BALLAD From: China Airing On: Viki  Description: Princess of a murdered family dresses as a man and commits treason against her evil uncle to get revenge (not to be confused with RIVER WHERE THE MOON RISES where the princess of a murdered family becomes an assassin and plots revenge). Also... young hot dude with braids and good soccer skills. This is plot relevant. 

My Thoughts: Love it! 

I’m a fan of Dilraba and have been planning to watch it. I binged all the episodes that were out and I will binge again. I would have cast someone slightly older for Dilraba’s love interest, but it’s fine. No one asked me (If someone at Tencent Video wants to involve me in the hiring process I would do that for cheap. Please call me). 

There’s fight scenes, palace intrigue, buildings burning down, and a ball game that involves flying braids and significant glances around masks. I haven’t read the manhua so I have no opinions going into this, if you’ve read the manhua I’ve gathered from the comments that you need to brace for adaptation. 

Overall... I don’t know if I’ll get any of my ships to sail but I will enjoy this while it airs. 

RIVER WHERE THE MOON RISES From: Korea Airing On: Viki Description: Princess of murdered family finds a new life as an assassin and plots to take revenge (not to be confused with THE LONG BALLAD where the princess of a murdered family finds a new life as a general and plot to take revenge). 

My Thoughts: I love Kim So Hyun and the opening was great. Then there was a whole scandal and I put the drama down and now I need to go back. It looks promising (and stressful... and I’m avoiding stressful just right now). 

I expect this will be great. 

GO GO SQUID 2: Dt. Appledog’s Time  From: China Airing On: Viki Description: The romance between DT (Wu Bai played by Hu Yi Tian) and Appledog (Li Yi Tong) is explored. 

My Thoughts: Proof that Hu Yi Tian was not hired to just show up and smile longingly at Appledog during GO GO SQUID... it’s fine. I didn’t find Go Go Squid as engaging as some of the other computer-competition themed dramas and I was confused when GGS2 jumped back in time. 

I thought I wanted low stakes, and this is low stakes, but it turns out I really just wanted to see Wu Bai kiss someone and IT IS TAKING FOREVER!!! I already watched one show of him being madly in love with this woman. Can we just skip to the cute domestic fluff and passionate kisses? Or, you know, some what boring kisses since there are censors? 

I will eventually finish this. 

VINCENZO From: Korea Airing On: Netflix Description: Adopted by an Italian family Vincenzo is a mafia lawyer and fixer whose Korean heritage means he doesn’t get the respect he deserves. After his adopted father dies he heads back to Korea to take back a fortune of hidden gold... and runs into trouble.

My Thoughts: <insert screaming here> I have fewer thoughts and more just... screaming. Lots of screaming. My gosh, I need this to finish so I can make sure the ending is okay, because this show is making me TENSE. 

The cast is fantastic. The pacing is great. The writing is good. The fights scene might win awards but I. AM. SO. STRESSED.  Just let this poor man have his gold and his beautiful work-wife and stop trying to kill him! AHHH!!! AHHHH!!!

I will finish this once I know there isn’t a tragic ending. 

HELLO ME From: Korea Airing On: Netflix Description: A slice of life with a twist... after a run in with an actor and a kid with bad allergies Ha-Ni finds herself in jail and about to be fired. After a traffic accident similar to the one that killed her father twenty years ago he 17yo-self appears in the hospital with her and she’s stuck trying to navigate life as she lives up to her old expectations.

My Thoughts: I picked this up because I wanted something low stakes and this is suiting my need for low stakes. I find myself fast-forwarding through it a lot but there are genuinely funny moments that made me laugh out loud and a good story. Ha-Ni is the former popular girl whose life fell apart when one poor choice at 17 left her blaming herself for her father’s death (her mother and sister blame her too). She lost her confidence, friends, and drive and this is about picking up the pieces. 

Everyone in the show has regrets about past choices. That’s the theme. There’s a light romance, a corporate takeover, and supernatural silliness but really the question is: What would your child-self think of your life now and what would you do if you could change your past? 

There’s two episodes left to air and I’m hoping for a happy ending. We’ll see. 

I missed you.

Vi el episodio así raw sin subtítulos porque todos ya sabemos lo obsesionada que estoy con GG x MY y también quedé antojadísima de la escena en el adelanto del episodio 15 en la que él evita que ella asesine a la princesa. Las vibras de “esposo sobreprotector” no me decepcionaron😉.

Adicional, #powercouple, solo miren cómo intimidan gente juntos 🥰, al parecer la Mo Yong malvada está de regreso, la extrañé 🤧