Non-stop

I didn't have high hopes for this movie and I was right about it. It just didn't really make much sense. If you're also a logical thinker you wouldn't be so surprise that I found this movie unrealistic. So what about my other half who's capable of shutting down the logic. It was fun and the plot was okay but not fair.

The mystery in this movie is a killer on a plane. So I am constantly looking for one person. That one connection. But in the end it's not one person but a team. So try and figure it out. First thing I did is scrap every bad looking person or those who we stereotype as a bad guy.

My seat neighbor for instance was saying that the nypd cop is the killer, throughout the whole movie. He just couldn't because he doesn't has the brain for it and it would be to easy. The film in one sentence:
Non-stop is a okay movie for it has everything a teenage boy wants in a normal hero.

Why Korean series is easier to find than Cantonese

The explanation is easy: MONEY.

Lets go back in time before the internet. For a lot of teenagers it must be hard to think about a time without internet. When there wasn't internet there was no easy way for people to watch Asian series. Well there is and that's how the big money was made.

The most watched Cantonese series are from a television broadcast called TVB. They let people all over the world watch their series with a subscription. At the beginning they rented out VHS with their production and that's big money. Afterwards they switched to cable subscription which was also a success but there was something called internet that made its way and cut down the profitable for them.

Around 2002 when a lot of us had access to the web, we searched for our own pleasure and watched things we couldn't. TVB isn't really happy about that, cause less subscription means less money for them.

What about Korea, truth to be told Korean television broadcast has found a different way to make money. They search for sponsors and show their latest product on screen. They also mark away logo's who don't invest in their series. In the ending they show a row logo from companies that invested in the drama every time. Just right before the preview from the next episode and that's something that  America or HongKong could learn from.

Sponsors want the drama to be watched cause their products are used in the series. Korean broadcast company doesn't really mind about their intellectual property cause they make that up by finding sponsors. How that's reflected, you could watch the latest episode of any running Korean series online right after it is broadcast.

With HongKong series it's way more difficult cause they are still trying to make money oversees by selling subscriptions. So they value their intellectual property which they have all the rights to it. Except its way to expansive to apply for their subscription in this digital era.

In short that's why Cantonese series are difficult to find and Korean series not.

Hamatora The Animation

The funniest and greatest anime of this winter. An anime with a great story, although a bit predictable. The special power each one of them have is amazing. I wish that I could have one minimum too.

What I also love is the coffee grinder that the master use. Cause at home I have one too. Grinding beans using a manual grinder is so relaxing if you have the time. But the anime is really worth watching. It doesn't get bored.

There are times that the story is great but it needs a lot of episodes to walk through the story and sometimes when the pace isn't fast enough I lose interest. What I'll do then is writing the series down which were great and watch them when the season ended like Prince of Tennis.

If I didn't watched it when they were almost ending the series, I wouldn't have follow through. PoT has a lot of filler episode and the same goes for Bleach. I just couldn't wait every week for an episode of fighting. Even the ending of the anime Bleach is still unknown to me. I just lost interest cause it was making me so confused.

So back to Hamataro, it's getting interesting at episode 7 and I am curious to see what the next episode will bring. Before that I have to wait a whole week. There are several groups that translate this anime but I am a huge HorribleSubs supporter so the torrents are from this group.

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This month's favorite songs

Every Friday it's become known which is the most downloaded song. Because I am never been a trend follower I only take a glance at it. What I find more special is the music we choose to listen at. There must be a reason why those tracks are the most played in your mp3/phone.

Perhaps you didn't know I like different genres. The mood I am in influence my music choice. So here are the top 3 song I played the most.

Jia-Jia - Tian Kong
After School Red - In the night sky
Shakira ft. Rihanna - Can't remember to forget you

Starting of with Shakira's song. It has been brought to my attention when my sister told me that the MV was really trashy while the song is okay. I totally agree with her. Great song, shit MV.

In the night sky is an old song that I've played multiple times just to have fun and run. An excellent choice of music when doing a workout. It's even catchier than Can't remember to forget you.

Jia-Jia's song is an insert song in a Taiwanese drama and I just love it. Great voice and the emotion goes through my body making me cry.

It doesn't matter that I don't understand all languages but the music and emotion in voices are capable to let me know the feeling of said song.