News of 烈哥 passing away on his way to the hospital after having a heart attack in the dressing room on the set of OP came on $1 blog at 7:32pm. The shocking news has yet to set in ... until ... 幕後一員 confirmed it. It took me half an hour sitting in front of my laptop to write those couple of sentences.. to say my final words to an actor who has given his whole life to the entertainment industry; who has given viewers like myself hours of enjoyment.
Selfishly, I ask myself... how do I go on watching OP? What emotions will run through me when I see him on screen? Then... how is 一員 taking this? And ... 毛姐.. the cast, the crew.. they were much closer to him than a mere fan like myself ... the grief and shock must be so much harder for them and 烈哥's wife and children. I can now try to face the small screen tomorrow and enjoy and embrace his talent and his life. Thank you 陳鴻烈先生, I will remeber you always!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Extraordinary Surprise 2009 - Part II
So, for the very first time in my life, I went into TVB website and found that毛姐had a blog. Since I was already there, I went around to the discussion forum for Off Pedder and there, I found that there were many fans discussing the show. There were also two fractions of fans split with a passion that bordered on hostile on the romantic direction of 賞賞. There were also a host of music videos and stories written by talented fans that truly surprised me. I started to follow the posting and found that it was really interesting that these were very intelligent and sophisticated fans. I wasn’t exactly a 100%賞昇fan at that point but I know that I definitely wasn’t a 汝賞fan. I enjoyed the “看後感” and all the different perspectives of each episode. But what I found really fascinating was the camaraderie of the 賞昇 fans. Other than a few of the renegades, these fans pretty much kept their comments on how much they enjoy the show and how much they want賞昇to be together and the attacks on 汝大 was minimal. Their distinction between the characters and the actors was very clear. I finally succumb to the desire to put my little two cents in show of support in 支持社長同賞賞既入and that was in August 1st. (Has it only been a little more than 3 months? It seems so long ago.) From there I found that there was a blog name 賞昇blog and a behind the scenes cast member was leaving messages, and of course being an addict at this point, I went over to have a look. Not only the show was fabulous, but all these interesting fans made this show into something more personal. Their appreciation and devotion to the show was very contagious. I still remember laughing so hard at Salanghea’s (known later as 餃餃) spoof version of episode 211 and of my very the first “conversation” between AC Circuit, CherTheCat and myself (known later as 電電, 貓貓 respectively) regarding a hope for a kissing scene between the two leads.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Extraordinary Surprise 2009 - Part I
Extraordinary surprises in life have a way of changing one lifestyle in so many ways.
After number of months in 2008 of watching 同事三分親, which I had enjoyed the romantic relationships of the three couples in the show. All the actors have somehow ingrained themselves into my sub-consciousness. I was extremely disappointed that Esther did not return for even the final episode. Therefore, when the new sitcom, 畢打自己人 hit the airwaves late in 08, my initial reaction was: Okay, this should be interesting... the lead is 毛舜筠 to play the role of 殷賞… a great actress with a wonderful sense of comedy. I loved the first episode, but couldn’t quite assimilate with the rest of the cast especially the character, 包國仁acted by 除榮 and how 江欣燕’s character was not even similar to Diana of BSS. Then 閆汝大played by歐錦棠 appeared with his long hair (which was awful!) and his character was the ex husband of殷賞, who left her without a word over 10 years ago and now has come back into “her” life. I admit it, I hated his character because of the way he treated his father, the way he had treated 賞賞, the way he was always so righteous, as if he knew it all. Yes, I’m shallow and I willingly admit it. This character just wasn’t … attractive at all, not physically or mentally. From that moment on, I only watched it sparingly and only if 毛姐 had the storyline. I kept asking a coworker whether, 黎耀祥’s character had come onto the show yet because I truly do enjoy his acting. Months had passed since the first broadcast and it seems all the characters had been introduced except for Ben (previously Vincent, whom I adored), and the show settled down and started to have a more… story or should I say a continuity to it. I remember watching #68, 不能看的秘密, and had such a great time watching because it was really funny and thought to myself; Wow! These two have fantastic chemistry even though it was the last couple of minutes at the end of the show! So a little bit more chasing on my part, then #100, 情真假儀, added more wood to the fire, almost half the show was just these two leads. Finally, #148, 再遇舊情人, made me into an avid fan. I started to watch it every night then a very surprising thing started to happen as the story progressed, I was enthralled by the performances of Wayne and毛姐. Therefore, I asked a coworker whether she can give me all the previous episodes starting from the beginning because previously I did not download the shows. I started to replay the shows every night after work. After getting reacquainted with the series from the beginning, I began to really admire毛姐, her character was adorable and her acting was superb. I haven’t enjoyed a Hong Kong show as much as this one in a very long time and even had to watch certain episodes repeatedly.
After number of months in 2008 of watching 同事三分親, which I had enjoyed the romantic relationships of the three couples in the show. All the actors have somehow ingrained themselves into my sub-consciousness. I was extremely disappointed that Esther did not return for even the final episode. Therefore, when the new sitcom, 畢打自己人 hit the airwaves late in 08, my initial reaction was: Okay, this should be interesting... the lead is 毛舜筠 to play the role of 殷賞… a great actress with a wonderful sense of comedy. I loved the first episode, but couldn’t quite assimilate with the rest of the cast especially the character, 包國仁acted by 除榮 and how 江欣燕’s character was not even similar to Diana of BSS. Then 閆汝大played by歐錦棠 appeared with his long hair (which was awful!) and his character was the ex husband of殷賞, who left her without a word over 10 years ago and now has come back into “her” life. I admit it, I hated his character because of the way he treated his father, the way he had treated 賞賞, the way he was always so righteous, as if he knew it all. Yes, I’m shallow and I willingly admit it. This character just wasn’t … attractive at all, not physically or mentally. From that moment on, I only watched it sparingly and only if 毛姐 had the storyline. I kept asking a coworker whether, 黎耀祥’s character had come onto the show yet because I truly do enjoy his acting. Months had passed since the first broadcast and it seems all the characters had been introduced except for Ben (previously Vincent, whom I adored), and the show settled down and started to have a more… story or should I say a continuity to it. I remember watching #68, 不能看的秘密, and had such a great time watching because it was really funny and thought to myself; Wow! These two have fantastic chemistry even though it was the last couple of minutes at the end of the show! So a little bit more chasing on my part, then #100, 情真假儀, added more wood to the fire, almost half the show was just these two leads. Finally, #148, 再遇舊情人, made me into an avid fan. I started to watch it every night then a very surprising thing started to happen as the story progressed, I was enthralled by the performances of Wayne and毛姐. Therefore, I asked a coworker whether she can give me all the previous episodes starting from the beginning because previously I did not download the shows. I started to replay the shows every night after work. After getting reacquainted with the series from the beginning, I began to really admire毛姐, her character was adorable and her acting was superb. I haven’t enjoyed a Hong Kong show as much as this one in a very long time and even had to watch certain episodes repeatedly.
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