tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post7251469841901919457..comments2024-02-15T06:33:28.234-08:00Comments on LL's Musings 小賢角落: Interview: This is ‘So Gay’: Koo Ming Wah’s difficult 18 year career journeyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-1755914484396246982012-09-22T23:54:53.553-07:002012-09-22T23:54:53.553-07:00@sport3888: Hmmm...I actually read (can't rem...@sport3888: Hmmm...I actually read (can't remember if it was in TVB Magazine or elsewhere) that the Him and Mandy storyline was meant to copy the Korean drama way of storytelling...not sure how true that is since I don't watch Korean dramas...but I do agree that even if that was their intention, TVB always manages to screw it up.llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-31557905348235120972012-09-22T23:52:00.533-07:002012-09-22T23:52:00.533-07:00@sport3888: Yup..that's the typical TVB formu...@sport3888: Yup..that's the typical TVB formula. It's because their goal (even after all these years) is to cater to 'housewives' and they feel that's what most housewives want to see. In fact, I was just reading a particular issue of TVB Weekly Magazine today where they did an interview with one of TVB's top brass Au Wai Lam -- he even said himself that TVB's series are catered towards the 'general public' and what they want to see and that's why most of their series follow the same formula. Unfortunately, they assume that the 'general public' = 'housewives' (which to some extent was true back in the old days) -- only problem is that they don't seem to understand that the audience mix has changed...with the dawn of technology and the internet, the 'general public' audience for their series is no longer just the 'housewives', but yet they still continue to cater mostly to that group.llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-27999600589929096602012-09-22T23:44:25.958-07:002012-09-22T23:44:25.958-07:00@sport3888: Haha...I was waiting for someone to s...@sport3888: Haha...I was waiting for someone to say something about the songs! Well, guess who sings those English songs used in the series? Yup, the singers from The Voice! Brian Tse sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and King Lam (the guy that was in The Hippocratic Crush) and Stephanie Ho sing the duet (I think it's called "Separate Lives"). As for why TVB had their own people re-sing the songs instead of using the originals -- easy...cuz TVB is cheap like you said, but the other (main) reason is because they want to promote their own singers...llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-1180274296604010972012-09-22T18:50:18.144-07:002012-09-22T18:50:18.144-07:00also I heard the Him and Mandy storyline seemed to...also I heard the Him and Mandy storyline seemed to have copied Taiwan drama. If so I'm not surprised. Except take it for TVB to make a worst version of the things they copy.sport3888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-83196387493247221002012-09-22T18:48:02.777-07:002012-09-22T18:48:02.777-07:00Seriously this would've been alot better if TV...Seriously this would've been alot better if TVB just made it an idol series with Him, Mandy, and Koo Ming Wah. The family feud and other supporting characters are so boring. <br /><br />This is an extremely good example of what Rick Wong described as stir-fry mixture that TVB keeps serving their audience! Why can't they be more professional like other countries such as US and Japan? When it's a love story then just focus on that, if it's medical drama, police drama, etc just focus on that rather than all these dinner scenes and what not that does do anything for the storyline.sport3888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-30526427431022504352012-09-22T18:44:09.851-07:002012-09-22T18:44:09.851-07:00Yes they play the effeminate character naturally a...Yes they play the effeminate character naturally and didn't come off as forced or weird. He's so funny and his character is so kind. When Him makes Mandy angry the way So Gay would nicely console/say sorry to her was really cute. Yea I find myself forward most of the scenes except these three. Also I just can't stand the continuous song playing in the background. At one point I was wondering whether I was watching a music movie instead! OMG and is TVB really that cheap? I don't know who they got to resing those English songs but the accent and singing is just horrible! It's actually more annoying than enhancing the storyline! Why didn't they just use the original songs, it would've been alot better. sport3888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-3407320987890455382012-09-21T11:02:04.199-07:002012-09-21T11:02:04.199-07:00@sport3888: Yea, I also didn't know that Koo M...@sport3888: Yea, I also didn't know that Koo Ming Wah and Sunny were classmates and also such close friends. In one of the other interviews, there was actually a picture of them hanging out during a month long trip that they took together....Sunny didn't look too different, but Koo Ming Wah looked so thin! LOL!<br /><br />I didn't know very much about Koo Ming Wah either until after I read the interviews (even though I already knew that he was a great actor even since the 90s). He's definitely a good man -- great father, great husband, great son! I have the utmost respect and admiration for him now after finding out about his difficult life and how much he had to endure -- makes me all the happier that he is finally able to taste success now!<br /><br />And yes, most people are watching DID because of Koo Ming Wah's So Gay and also because of Him and Mandy....though for me personally, I'm already sick of the Him / Mandy relationship in the series (way too draggy and torturous....hate those types of relationships!). I basically continued watching because of So Gay and also because I like the King Sir / Mimi Chu storyline....I've been pretty much forwarding through the rest of the series (especially all the Chin Kar Lok / Eliza Sam scenes -- eeekkkk!).<br /><br />That's so true -- up to this point, the image I've always had of Koo Ming Wah is that 'rugged, scruffy-looking' guy who is good at playing villains because he actually looks like one (haha!). Never did I imagine that he would be able to play such an effeminate character so well -- not only that, he did it in a way that comes off very natural and likable (meaning that it doesn't look fake or awkward). No wonder so many people like the character and praise his acting!llwy12https://www.blogger.com/profile/02401832364832078932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765116522593136045.post-8038450993193605542012-09-20T23:35:28.698-07:002012-09-20T23:35:28.698-07:00Wow I never knew Koo Ming Wah and Sunny were from ...Wow I never knew Koo Ming Wah and Sunny were from the same year of HK Academy of Performing Arts! Their schools years sounded like alot of fun. Both of them are such great fathers. It's really surprising how his role got so popular! I wasn't even watching this series but when I read the news of "So Gay" I quickly started watching. Most people said they watched it for So Gay, Mandy, and Him Lam's characters.<br /><br />In a way maybe working more in voice actor allow Koo Ming Wah to find another side of him for acting. I just started watching but it's so refreshing to see him in such a feminine role for once rather than the usual rugged roles.sport3888noreply@blogger.com