ladyterukiI don't know if you're perceiving how motivating it has been to get comments on the Dotcom again.
I know I have 💜
My task today on the Dotcom was to catch up with all the comments I've been receiving... *checks notes* ...DAILY ?! Wow, that hadn't happened in years. Thank you so much everyone. I've now replied to each of the recent comments.
And by the way, I haven't mentioned it in a while, but on top of the regular RSS feed, ladyteruki.com also has a RSS feed for the comments !
https://mastodon.social/@ladyteruki/110769594900151539
And by the way, I haven't mentioned it in a while, but on top of the regular RSS feed, ladyteruki.com also has a RSS feed for the comments !
https://mastodon.social/@ladyteruki/110769594900151539
Between things going on outside, and things going on inside, I haven't been able to finish my next review(s), and admittedly starting two at the same time might have been part of the problem.
Since I most likely won't have anything new for you to read before the weekend starts, I'll leave you this : an article from last year, that has been a lot on my mind in the past few weeks... but especially the past few days.
http://www.ladyteruki.com/2022/02/25/all-packed-up-and-nowhere-to-go/
All packed up and nowhere to go - ladyteruki
Ainsi donc nous y revoilà. Quelque chose dans l’actualité qui fait peur, au point que notre écran lui-même se fige sur la litanie de mauvaises nouvelles plutôt que sur… Sur quoi, au juste ? Que vaudrait-il mieux regarder quand l’anxiété est à son paroxysme ? Ces dernières années, je me la suis souvent posée, cette [&hellip
(I'm considering bringing up "reruns" of old articles a bit more often, something I actually used to do on Xwitter up until a few years ago... let me know how you feel about this)
🇲🇽 In June, SVOD platform VIX launched a series that in many ways feels like a homage : #SendaProhibida, a story as old as Mexican telenovelas. Literally.
🇨🇦 If you didn't care about politics and ended up running in an election, what would happen ? It's quite the uncomfortable experience for Alix, a manicurist and single mother who overnight gets thrown into party politics in French Canadian series #LaCandidate.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Show-business-for-ugly-people-V7V2Q5U29
🇫🇮🇸🇪 #KodnamnAnnika, the first Scandinavian original ordered by SkyShowtime, is a modern spy drama with sprinkles of identity-based thriller. It's a disorienting experience, but not at all an unpleasant one.
🇨🇳 The synopsis of Chinese series #FangShengRenJian (or #BionicLife) is full of terrifying implications. Behind the investigation launched in the first episode, aren't the stakes simply inhuman ?
Aaaaaand I'm up to date with the comments !
Thanks to everyone who is still posting comments regularly, it really warms my cold dead heart to see that for some people it's an actual will to participate longterm. It's very comforting :) Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
🇫🇷 French thriller #Dargentetdesang will not let you forget how white collar crimes, as fun as they might look, are still crimes. Maybe the worst of crimes. Never forget what was stolen from you, in so many ways.
🇮🇪 From a macabre dramedy, Irish series #Obituary evolves, in the course of only 6 episodes, into a drama with many layers and depth. Whoever said journalism is dying... had no idea how much it could kill !
🇬🇧 They left Jamaica hoping to build a new life for their generation and the next. They were not prepared for what they'd find in the UK. #ThreeLittleBirds starts like a wholesome British period drama, until you remember that there was no wholesome period in History for Black women in the UK.
🇿🇲 Everyone mourns in their own way, and every culture mourns in its own way. And sometimes the two are a little bit incompatible, as the Senkulo clan is about to find out in the Zambian soap #Chokolo.
🇵🇱 It's hard enough to be a teenager, but imagine being a teenager who grows up in a minority culture that has been persecuted. How do you rebel against that ? Do you even rebel ? Such is the conflict at the core of Polish series #Infamia.
Quick note : I post all my articles under the hashtag #ladytelephagy, so if you are interested only in my TV-related articles but not my more personal stuff, or reaction to political stuff, or cat-posting, or whatever... You can follow JUST the hashtag ! \o/
Ahhhh, the Fediverse is a great place :)
(and regardless of what/who you follow, I'm not mad at boosts !)
I'm now up to date with the comments ! Thanks to every person who hasn't stopped commenting over the course of the month, I really appreciate it.
Make sure to give me more homework, by posting MORE comments for me to reply to !
🌍 How to watch television "ethically" ? A question as old as time, or at least as old as TV. But, as international television has never been as easy to access, consume, and enjoy collectively, a question worth exploring seriously.
Not a review, for once. But hopefully I said a couple of things that'll give you some food for thought :)
At the risk of tooting my own horn there... I'm never gonna come up with a title as good for a review, as I did for #EbolaQianXian XD
http://www.ladyteruki.com/2022/01/09/we-come-in-piece-of-shit/
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #Cdrama #ladytelephagy #reruns
We come in piece of shit - ladyteruki
Il faut quand même admirer le culot de la télévision chinoise, qui en pleine pandémie de COVID-19 (pour la deuxième année consécutive !) qui a un peu démarré sur ses propres terres, trouve l’audace de lancer une série dans laquelle ses équipes médicales sauvent l’Afrique du virus ebola ! C’est quel genre de toupet, ça [&hellip
🇸🇪 No. Absolutely not. That bad thing didn't happen. In Swedish series #Tore, the eponymous protagonist has decided that a negative event didn't occur, and does everything he can to ignore it. Which only leads to more bad things...
Reminded tonight of my review of the first episode of #GoOn, starring Matthew Perry. A show about death, mourning, and healing, in a review about acting, nuances, and sincerity.
http://www.ladyteruki.com/2012/08/10/leave-breathless/
#RIP #MatthewPerry #Review #Television #TV #TVShows #ladytelephagy #reruns
Leave me breathless - ladyteruki
En cette rentrée, whisperintherain et moi-même avons convenu d’un petit défi à deux : nous regarderons absolument chaque pilote de cette saison, et nous rédigerons, chacun de notre côté, un post pour absolument chacun de ces pilotes. Avec la diffusion de Go On cette semaine, le coup d’envoi officiel de ce challenge est donné, et [&hellip
🇮🇹 Who doesn't like a good success story ? Especially in a beautiful costume drama set on the Mediterranean coast ! Well you're in luck, this is more or less what Italian series #IleonidiSicilia delivers.
We're nearing the end of the month and have reached 80% of the financial goal this month for me to pay my bills (this is a gentle reminder that my Ko-fi helps a disabled person survive). We're pretty close !
If you can't or don't want to contribute financially, I'd love at least to get a little boost when I publish an article. It'd really help :)
If you can't or don't want to contribute financially, I'd love at least to get a little boost when I publish an article. It'd really help :)
🇰🇷 If you were about to check out the new South Korean series #MuindouiDiva (or #CastawayDiva), my review today is a kind warning. Behind the appearances of a fun, colorful & sweet musical story, there are harsh things to see.
❔ The past month has brought you tons of discoveries already, but allow me to bring you 5 more, as the tradition for the Take Five articles goes. What are the mystery reviews about ? Come on, you know I'm not gonna tell you before you get a chance to see for yourself...!
🇳🇿 How do you live with yourself after making an accusation you thought you were sure of, but might have been wrong about ? Five years later, Penny hasn't recovered from it. In fact, things are getting more and more complicated in New Zealand series #AftertheParty.
https://ko-fi.com/post/I-would-love-nothing-more-than-to-be-wrong-O5O4QPWWK
🇷🇸 The murder of a prominent politician, a month before an election, makes all of Belgrade nervous. Quickly, the victim's bodyguard is depicted as the culprit, and brought to trial. Serbian political thriller and legal drama #Decazla hopes to discuss the dangerous mechanisms at work during the legal proceedings.
🇧🇪 Belgian series #Callboys is exactly what it says on the tin : a story about male escorts who co-manage their company with the help of their assistant. The perfect dramedy to start the weekend with !
🇸🇪 It's all about violence in today's review, as I discuss the first episode of Swedish series #Ondskan, the latest adaptation of an autobiographical nightmare. Be warned : if you think you can't stomach the review, you certainly can't handle the show.
🇹🇷 Explore the golden age of Turkish cinema... in a TV show ! Today I'm reviewing the first episode of #Yeşilçam, a drama set in the 60s following a producer trying to make the movie of his dreams.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Dont-make-a-move-till-I-say-action-G2G2QUJJQ
As always I'm very thankful if you boost this ! 🙂
🇸🇰 Viktor Hudák used to be a very important man : for 10 years, he was the Prime minister of Slovakia ! Nowadays, he's hardly the most important person in his own living room. Political comedy #Víťaz shows no mercy for this man, and he doesn't even realize it !
🇵🇪 When your country becomes more unlivable by the day, when you're losing everything, when life just keeps getting sadder... you need hope more than ever. Even if it's absurd. Especially if it's absurd.
Today I review Peruvian mini-series #Eldíademisuerte.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Le-jour-de-chance-est-arrive-X8X0QYQ97
🇧🇷 They're young, beautiful, in great shape, and they're about to go on the best vacation ever ! Except of course, Brazilian series #ÚltimasFérias will not let that happen, and will turn this soapy series into a typical summer thriller.
🇪🇬 In Egyptian series #FeKoulOsbouaYoumGomaa (or #EveryWeekHasAFriday), a woman plays dead and starts her life over. But the deal she has made with the rich woman who helped her might lead her to uncover unsettling things...
As always, I appreciate boosts ! I love talking about shows that people don't necessarily know exist, and help viewers be curious instead of just taking whatever is accessible to them... but that also means that people rarely end up by accident on my articles.
Also, Ko-fi contributions are how my disabled self is able to pay her bills. So boosts are definitely appreciated !
Also, Ko-fi contributions are how my disabled self is able to pay her bills. So boosts are definitely appreciated !
🇦🇷 Even at the local level, professional sports are often a matter of corruption and various less-than-clean maneuvers. Argentine series #Barrabrava explores the violent and dark sides of soccer, and if you know me, you can guess where this is going...
🇿🇦 The family in #GrootboomandSons owns a funeral parlor, passed down from generation to generation. Sounds familiar ? Oh, how I wish I could tell you this South African drama is as good as the one you're thinking of.
🇯🇵 If you played Pokemon Red in the 90s, you're exactly the audience Japanese dramedy #PocketniBoukenwoTsumekonde is designed for. Each episode has its main character using her nostalgia in her current adult life. Gotta watch 'em all !
https://ko-fi.com/post/Gotta-watch-em-all-I3I3R5KL7
#Review #Television #TV #TVShows #Jdrama #Pokemon #ladytelephagy
🇸🇦 An engagement should be an occasion to celebrate, but in Razan's family, things are always a little bit more complicated than that. Things take a funny but thoughtful start in Saudi comedy #JaibaEid (#CrashingEid).
🇬🇧 Cats have nine lives, and so far David Marking/Joe Petrus has had two. But in British heist series #Culprits, it's hard to tell which is the one with the most excitement and danger !
🇩🇪 In 1954, West Germany is more than happy to move forward, and leave its recent past behind. But do the Nazis know that they belong to the past ? German series #Bonn isn't so sure.
https://ko-fi.com/post/None-so-blind-as-those-who-will-not-see-O5O6R9712
As always I'm thankful for any kind of support : boosts (that one's easy), so that more people get to see what I do ; comments, so that I get some feedback on these reviews of shows from all over the world ; and, if you can/want to, financial, as Ko-fi is the one thing that helps me pay the bills as a disabled person.
Everything matters !
Everything matters !
🇨🇱 Many spy dramas would have you believe that spies only ever work to dismantle dangerous systems... Not here. Chilean period drama #MaryyMike is a sobering reminder that spies can also work FOR dangerous governments.
🇨🇦 There are few shows about vets on TV, and one of the reasons might be that this could entail some difficult scenes, like the one that opens the 1st episode of French Canadian comedy #Tempsdechien, and almost made me quit watching.
🇯🇵 It is a mistake to think that you can only achieve greatness, or nothing. To find what else you can be when you can't be great is a complicated equation, that Japanese culinary drama #FermatnoRyouri attempts to solve.
🇬🇧 Usually it's pretty simple to talk about a pilot : I either liked it, or didn't like it. But of course nothing is ever that reliably simple, and here I am with a more divided opinion of British comedy #SuchBraveGirls.
🇸🇪 Nothing's been the same since Stella's rape four years ago, and yet, noone in the family seems willing to acknowledge it. But that's not even where the story of Swedish thriller #Enheltvanligfamilj starts.
🇹🇷🇵🇰 Sometimes talking about international television means discussing sensitive topics, like Turkish-Pakistani period drama #KudüsFatihiSelahaddinEyyubi. This Saladin biopic set in the 12th century revolves around the fight for Jerusalem.
Don't make me regret this.
🇵🇭 It is no secret that I have a fondness for Filipino TV... and for food dramas. So you can imagine how delighted I am to report that the first Filipino Netflix original, #ReplacingChefChico, is an absolute gem ! And for me to say this about a show that includes a romance should really tell you something.
Is this my longest review this year [so far] ? It could very well be, actually.
But hey, it's also one of my favorite shows this year, so.
But hey, it's also one of my favorite shows this year, so.
You better f*cking watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZvKFMs95s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZvKFMs95s
The Cast of Replacing Chef Chico Replace Chef Chico | Netflix Philippines
🇫🇷 It's ok to be moved by a TV show. To just let the characters be, and tell us who they are and how they deal with the worst possible things. It makes for great television. That's what French drama #Toutvabien does, and I'm thankful for it.
❔ November has been quite a busy month on the Dotcom, but that has never stopped me from writing a new Take Five, with 5 mystery shows reviewed real quick while I have the chance. What shows are these ? Only one way to find out...
🇸🇪 It's the first day of December, time for the televised Advent calendars to make their return on Scandinavian television. In today's very long article, I offer to you a review of Swedish Julkalendar #Mirakel... and much more !
🇨🇦 #RobynHood is a poor attempt at presenting a modern take on Robin Hood's myth. But behind all the reasons to mock the show (and there's more than a few), the Canadian series brings some good news.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Y-a-t-il-une-ame-qui-priera-pour-moi-loin-de-New-N-E1E0RRBKF
🇨🇿 Today instead of one review, I'm giving you two ! These two Czech shows appeared at the same time where I could find them, despite being produced years apart. What do #Bohéma and #Herec have in common ? The way they look at History, for starters.
🇦🇺 A musical reality TV show has brought together 5 young women, who are now reaching national stardom. But Australian series #PaperDolls is not a beautiful story about dreams becoming true.
🇿🇦 Tonight I come to you to apologize : I messed up. This review has been in the works for a while. I should have told you a long time ago about the first season of this South African series. Long live #TheRepublic !
Mila_no_toot@ladyteruki J'ai un peu de lecture en retard, mais je compte bien tout lire ♥ (c'est le calendrier de l'avent la semaine prochaine, côté dramas, donc j'essaie de boucler, j'ai les yeux explosés)
@Mila_no_toot : oh sweetie, don't worry about me. I know what it's like to focus your energy on putting out your own work :)
(...I was coming to Mastodon to post about today's article, now I feel bad XD )
(...I was coming to Mastodon to post about today's article, now I feel bad XD )
@ladyteruki Don't feel bad ! I just wanted to tell you so you don't wonder. I should be entirely done with the calendar prep tomorrow^^