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Sunlight in a gloomy hall: Imagery in I’m Not a Robot
In celebration of it its five year anniversary, I finally collate all my I’m Not a Robot ravings into one post on the show’s amazing visual imagery
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Infectious Violence: All of Us Are Dead Review
A slick little drama that uses zombism as a metaphor for the epidemic of school violence, All of Us Are Dead has now been confirmed for a second season on Netflix.
Between Chaos and Inertia: The Physics of Call It Love
Why is Call it Love so pink? I ask a question that may or may not have a concrete answer
Aspects of technology in Unlock the Boss
Messy, confused, fun, and a serious contender for Worst Ending in the end of year poll, this year’s Unlock the Boss was also an interesting discussion of how technological advancements have rapidly changed the way we interact with the world.
Not like other girls: the skin-deep feminism of Love to Hate You
The blog post on Love to Hate You’s skin-deep feminism that nobody wanted to write. I did it anyway. Have at it!
Nostalgia Watch: Circle Two Worlds Connected
I conclude my deep dive into Korean science fiction with a love letter to Circle: Two Worlds – for a long time the only Korean science fiction out there
Intermission: Drama’s Best Scenes
We talk a lot about the best dramas but sometimes what stands out about a show is one particular scene. One small segment that is so perfect it sticks in your mind even if the drama itself falls away. These scenes may be intensely funny or intensely profound or not even intense at all but…
Korean Sci-fi: Grid
I attempt to dissect the deeply ambiguous science fiction procedural, Grid, from the pen of one of Korea’s best writers.
Grid and the multiverse theory of time travel
Think of your reality as a tree. Now think of your reality as a block. Now think of your reality as a straight line. Now throw all that out because here comes Grid to truly blow your mind.
I Am Things: Crash Course in Romance
A quick look at the currently-airing Crash Course in Romance and its characters who have left things behind on the road of life.
2022 in Kdrama: Dramaland nostalgia tour
The pandemic may not be on our TV screens but it is in our desire for nostalgia. And nothing demonstrates that more than this drama year 2022
2022 in Kdrama: The Poll Results
The people have spoken! And what they’ve said is, “I’m not sure”. I give you the wrap on the drama year that was 2022. And it’s the Year You Couldn’t Decide.
2022 in Kdrama: The End of Year Poll
2022 is somehow nearly over and it’s time to vote in our annual end of year poll.
Korean Sci-fi: L.U.C.A. The Beginning
I attempt to wrest order from chaos in my review of L.U.C.A.: The Beginning
The thematic confusion of Love is for Suckers
The currently-airing Love is for Suckers has left me more and more uncomfortable as it unfolds. I tease out the problems I have with the show by examining its thematic confusion.
Sunlight in a gloomy hall: Imagery in I’m Not a Robot
On its five year anniversary, I finally collate all my I’m Not a Robot ravings into one post on the show’s amazing visual imagery.
Drama Drinking 2: The Art of Kdrama Mixology
Your Kdrama Mixologist is once again in the house! Ready to serve up some beverages for your viewing pleasure
Korean sci-fi: The Silent Sea review
A sparse and filmic piece of science fiction, The Silent Sea is beautiful and atmospheric but also at various points generic and even derivative. I take a deep dive into Korea’s most mainstream piece of science fiction television.
Is Glitch’s ending a glitch?
Was Glitch’s ending glitchy? Or was it more nuanced than I had originally thought?
Korean scifi: Alice review
Shaking up my planned timetable for the science fiction reviews to start with one of the worst dramas ever made. Alice.
Breaking the Fourth Wall
What is a fourth wall break and how it is used? I discussed the technique and compile a list of some of my favourites.
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