Black & White, ep. 07-13

[oyceter]

I am completely not caught up on LJ or DW so have probably missed a ton.

My dad actually watched one episode of this without me, so I guess he is somewhat interested!

However, when I told him it was set in Kaohsiung, he said, "How come no one speaks Taiwanese then?"

It's also very odd (to say the least) watching a show set in southern Taiwan with news of the typhoon.

Spoilers have no respect for other people's angst

The plot thickens! And we finally find out who's behind Chen Zai Tian's new face!

I am partially annoyed at the villains being connected with North Korea, but I keep thinking they have Korean villains because it's fashionable to have Korean in dramas, thanks to the huge popularity of kdramas here. Also, I know next to no Korean and even I can tell their accents suck.

I rolled my eyes so hard at Chen Zai Tian the stalker, and I am particularly irked that the show rewards his creepy stalkery behavior by having the girl go out with him. I also totally called her being woman-in-refrigerator-ed about three seconds from the building blowing up, along with the San Lian Hui killing the police informer.

DAD: You've seen this before!
ME: Uh, no. Action movie logic!

I have to say, I am not very fond of Chen Zai Tian at all! I would have laughed and laughed at his moping around after his not-girlfriend was killed, from his randomly stealing beer from people to his completely laughable statement that she was the only thing that was real. And I am totally with Ying Xiong being mad at him for never even bothering to find out where the money was coming from! Especially when one trace put the fax number to San Lian Hui!

Chen Zai Tian understandably wasn't questioning stuff too much, but given that he's a police officer, not some random guy on the street anymore, he has more responsibility.

I also like that Ying Xiong keeps doing his job while Chen Zai Tian is letting his angst o'erhang him like a hat. As such, I am very sad that Chen Lin is his Designated Love Interest, since she is too cool for him.

She unfortunately has not gotten to beat anyone up again, and she's now being threatened due to her dad. And there have been a few too many caring speeches about the rather useless Chen Zai Tian for my taste. But at least she managed to get out of the elevator by herself instead of being rescued! And I like that her solution to everything is to bring more alcohol.

Also, they have now brought in the Taiwan Department of Defense! I am so confused re: the plot. It doesn't help that I watch at night when I am jetlagged. Still, my current theory is that Xiao Ma and the woman reporting at the DoD are both working with the black-outfitted gun people. Maybe.

I also can't quite tell if Xi Ying is the mole in the police department or not! She did have a secret meeting with some guy, but did he just thank her for the information about the gun, or did she actually give him the gun?

Comments

[shewhohashope]

Oyce! Hello, Oyce! I made a random Black & White reference in my last entry and then realised no one would get it but you, and it made me sad.

I think everything about how people treat Chen Zai Tian can be explained by Vic Zhou's face. I hope he's grateful to that plastic surgeon.

[oyceter]

Hi! OMG! I must go look!

Have you watched more yet? I am so sad the possessed-looking Kingone has not shown up again!

I think my favorite moment of the show so far was when Xi Ying stared at Chen Zai Tian and said, "Wow. Your face... it's so symmetrical and beautiful!" BWAHAHAHA! Good someone noticed!

[shewhohashope]

I have to say, the whole 'homeless man given plastic surgery by mysterious benefactor' thing makes so much more sense than just being born like that. HOW ARE YOU SO MAN PRETTY, VIC?

[Also, I'm emailing you that thing we talked about that time!]

[willow]

It's a good thing I checked your tags. Cause I was all 'But no one was speaking any Asian languages in the original.' Then i realized you aren't watching Ice Cube's Documentary Experiment - or a sequel to it.

[oyceter]

I can see how that would be extremely confusing!

... also the documentary looks interesting, thanks for the link!

[ginny_t]

I bounced out of this one in the episode that starts with the northern director's daughter being killed; the OMGcorruption! development didn't sit well with me. Also, the triangle around Chen Lin was making me twitchy, but you make it sound like that's resolved. Should I go back and check it out?

[oyceter]

The triangle's mostly resolved, and it never gets too triangle-y, but I'm kind of judging by the standards of other dramas. I.e. there are no jealous fights, no horrible misunderstandings or etc.

And the OMG Corruption kind of just... keeps going. I am a little amazed at how much there is right now!

Also, the plot frequently makes no sense. But I keep watching b/c I like Mark Chao's character, it is shiny, and I want to find out what happens. Also, I laugh cruelly at Zai Zai's angst.

[ginny_t]

tee hee. Those are good reasons to keep watching, especially the cruel laughter. ^_~