tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23352905963382295542024-03-14T15:57:50.679+01:00AsadalBecause fangirling is a serious business.Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1688125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-68607948431435204292023-11-28T20:06:00.002+01:002023-11-28T20:06:21.092+01:00Ilha Formosa Taiwan Where Mountains Meet the Sea (2008)Some stills from this short (40-min) documentary, with no spoken language, only music.OK, I lied, it's image-heavy. Some stills have subs with explanation what is shown. I kept some, because so little is known about this small country.See, China, what did I do here? Here we goEthlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-68189462024911045192023-11-01T19:10:00.002+01:002023-11-01T19:14:19.883+01:00Volcanoes - The Fires of Creation (2018) This was a short documentary, with annoying narration. That's why I am weary of docus that are shown on some festivals etc. because they are so personal. And I don't care about it. Give me numbers, data, facts. I grew up with nature documentaries where sir Attenborough was giving the info on how long the flamingos' legs are. I want to learn something and it's not how the narrator felt, or Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-51110010464664819892023-08-14T20:46:00.006+02:002023-08-14T20:46:28.620+02:00Ghost of the Mountains (2017) Few screenshots from the documentary on irbis, the snow leopard, this time from the national park deep in China plateau. You can also help a bit here: https://snowleopard.org/On some stills it's really hard to spot a cat, hence the nickname. Cameo from Pallas catEthlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-50326054326964078952023-03-18T22:05:00.004+01:002023-03-18T22:05:52.407+01:00Saturday Poetry Corner 68: The Conqueror WormEdgar Allan Poe is back (back back back)! The Conqueror WormLo! 'tis a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years!
An angel throng, bewinged, bedight
In veils, and drowned in tears,
Sit in a theatre, to see
A play of hopes and fears,
While the orchestra breathes fitfully
The music of the spheres.
Mimes, in the form of God on Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-43713180920025954322023-02-11T18:11:00.004+01:002023-02-11T18:11:39.797+01:00Saturday Poetry Corner 67: Les Malades Today, a poem by Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916), a Belgian poet. I have to admit, I adore the metrum of French verses and the English translation, although good, pales with it. Les Malades Blafards et seuls, ils sont, les sceptiques malades,Aigus de tous leurs maux. Ils regardent le soirSe faire dans leur chambre et grandir les facades.Une église près d’eux lève son clocher Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-29313634807529200002023-01-01T15:01:00.001+01:002023-01-01T15:01:19.003+01:00Documentaries of 2022In case anyone wants to watch some interesting documentaries, here's the list of the ones I've watched in the past year. Some are standalone films, and some are multi-episode series. And one is comprised of 7 seasons.In total, there are 69 titles on the list. Sometimes I took screenshots of the titles, but mostly I was just too lazy to do that.1. Apocalypse Stalin 3/3 (2015)2. Inside the Forest: Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-59061343027449317522022-11-19T21:11:00.003+01:002022-11-19T21:11:40.334+01:00Saturday Poetry Corner 66: Annabel Lee I can't believe I haven't posted this yet, but it's never too late for some good E.A. Poe.Annabel LeeIt was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-24932696145298723052022-11-12T15:31:00.001+01:002022-11-12T15:31:13.175+01:00Saturday Poetry Corner 65: No! Today, after a long long break - poem nr 65 by Thomas Hood. No!Thomas Hood No sun—no moon! No morn—no noon—No dawn— No sky—no earthly view— No distance looking blue—No road—no street—no "Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-76423587722961694082022-08-05T13:09:00.003+02:002022-08-05T14:48:19.198+02:00[Movies Review] DPRK Movies, Or How Great Is Our General! The first 10 movies I will be presenting here, were completely random, maybe except for "The Flower Girl". I just watched what generator actually shown. That's why those are movies mainly from the 80s and 90s. With the next 10, I will try to be more selective (maybe Bulgasari, who knows), however I don't promise I will watch "The Sea of Blood" once again.OK, let's parachute into the arms ofEthlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-9452142642802917082022-03-26T21:00:00.003+01:002022-03-26T21:00:25.824+01:00Saturday Poetry Corner 64: AubadeToday a poem nr 64 - by Philip Larkin.
Aubade
Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-61336213913148889292021-10-14T19:36:00.005+02:002022-03-26T20:51:39.595+01:00[Short Review] The Witch's Diner A short review of a short drama (8 episodes, some even 40+ minutes only) from Tving. This is most certainly a Song Jihyo's drama as her character is the gravitational center and creator of the plot that flows not too dramatically, not too snoozy. And drama shows that most of the things we want, we get not by magic but through tests and tribulations.First thing first because I might forget about Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-55726298613882188962021-10-02T18:08:00.003+02:002021-10-02T18:08:26.658+02:00 Saturday Poetry Corner 63: Birches Today, a poem by a very known poet, who also graced this blog with his poems - Robert Frost. BIRCHES
When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.
But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay
Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-2421769865454543472021-09-01T16:00:00.004+02:002021-09-01T16:00:53.283+02:00[First Impression] Police UniversityI realized not so long ago that more and more of my so-called "reviews" are rather musings, throwing theories here and there, based rather on personal feelings than any notebook of cinematography/screenwriting/whatever craft. If I like it, then I like it and may be the only person liking it.I am probably the only person liking this drama then. It felt familiar from the start, and I'm not Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-36201727966726862762021-07-20T22:30:00.001+02:002021-07-20T22:30:35.885+02:00CloudsI thought since I post some clouds on Twitter, and even more I don't post, maybe writing something and posting pictures of clouds would be a good interval in out nightmarish reality. One thing needs to be explained first - I am a TERRIBLE photographer. I just click on the button and that's it. But clouds are fascinating things. Everchanging, ever in motion, with no past and no Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-46679248146172950172021-07-05T18:26:00.000+02:002021-07-05T18:26:04.963+02:00[First Impression] On The Verge of InsanityI understand this might not be everyone's cup of tea, because it tells the story of workers trying to survive during mass layoffs and uncertainty because of their job. As side stories, this drama adds other social issues that we usually don't like to think about. It starts slowly like any drama telling a story about the mundane life of usual workers and not glamorous CEOs. One Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-48598918394602634512021-07-03T18:03:00.001+02:002021-07-03T18:03:10.603+02:00Saturday Poetry Corner 62: The Rising of the Storm Since we've been having a season of storms, a poem that in its rhythm builds the anticipation, the winds rising and yet some steadiness in how the storm comes. But the effects of this one are different. Of course, symbolic reading of the poem might give quite a different results than just a regular storm. The poem is by Paul Laurence Dunbar who already made the appearance on thisEthlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-34586156590330014602021-06-19T22:08:00.003+02:002021-06-19T22:08:22.591+02:00Saturday Poetry Corner 61: EurydiceIn today's Poetry Corner, a poet who often signed her works as H.D. gave voice to Eurydice, the silent and passive recipient of action, never a performer.
Eurydice
Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-71250053908641678122021-06-17T19:55:00.002+02:002021-06-17T19:57:00.945+02:00[First Impression] Bossam - Steal The FateSince there is an unwritten rule that I need to have a sageuk among the pile of dramas I'm watching, this half of the year it's Bossam's turn to entertain. Although 'entertain' might be the wrong word for any historical that isn't explicit comedy (like Detective K).I'm only at episode 4 so I can't say much about the course of the drama because the characters have just established themselves in Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-46590933012694178672021-06-13T16:49:00.000+02:002021-06-13T16:49:04.300+02:00[A Very Serious Not-A-Review] Dark Hole Oh ye of little faith who dropped this drama somewhere along the way! How could you NOT appreciate this intricately symbolic, and allegoric, and allergic show? My mind is completely numb blown away just by the sheer amount of issues this drama touched upon. With the subtlety of a water buffalo. So, let's not waste another minute, just like the writers didn't waste theirs forEthlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-39310874409014220222021-06-12T21:43:00.004+02:002021-06-12T21:43:25.566+02:00Saturday Poetry Corner 60: The Dawn Of Darkness Today, a poem from George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). The Dawn Of DarknessCOME earth’s little children pit-pat from their burrows on the hill;Hangs within the gloom its weary head the shining daffodil.In the valley underneath us through the fragrance flit alongOver fields and over hedgerows little quivering drops of song.All adown the pale blue mantle of the mountains far Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-76364724995442005842021-06-05T18:05:00.000+02:002021-06-05T18:05:27.766+02:00Saturday Poetry Corner 59: Double Ballade on the Nothingness of Things Today, a poem that reminds us that nothing is set in stone and the world is ephemeral. Double Ballade on the Nothingness of Things by William Ernest Henley The big teetotum twirls,And epochs wax and waneAs chance subsides or swirls;But of the loss and gainThe sum is always plain.Read on the mighty pall,The weed of funeralThat covers praise and blame,The -isms and the Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-77941953016396176532021-05-27T18:48:00.004+02:002021-05-27T18:48:59.610+02:00[Not A Drama Review] Hello? Me! ... Oh DamnThis, as the title suggests, will not be a review, but rather some loose ruminations on the drama I thought would be my background for doing things, but it turned out to be a really delightful journey.It was branded as romantic comedy, but somehow both of those aspects were barely there, especially romance. It was so subtle that it felt like a gossamer floating through air on the backdrop of the Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-42593804912382468902021-05-22T18:52:00.000+02:002021-05-22T18:52:02.715+02:00Saturday Poetry Corner 58: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d Today, a bit unsettling poem by Walt Whitman. It is a long one, so probably not for everyone. 1 When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. Ever-returning spring, trinity sure to me you bring, Lilac blooming perennial and drooping star in the west, And thought of Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-45607799212823629352021-05-01T22:38:00.001+02:002021-05-01T22:38:05.237+02:00Saturday Poetry Corner 57: Let the Past DieIf I am being honest, I am not sure whether I'm back to blogging and posting. However, today is one poem, after a long break, this one is from William Ellery Leonard. Let The Past Dieby William Ellery Leonard
Friends tell me (friends in life and books well read):
" Let your Past die with all its grief and riot. "
Let the Past die! — The past is never dead!
Not at high noon! Not in the Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335290596338229554.post-67636254281164020532021-03-27T20:09:00.002+01:002021-03-27T20:10:12.725+01:00KBS Drama Special 2020: One Night This last episode was about the simple fact that money can't swim.This one was both fun and sad. The whole action takes place during one night (hence the title). One night that changed the lives of so many people, not only main characters.We meet our two main characters when they are standing in front of the big challenge. Dongshik is a young man studying to get into the police academy. He Ethlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095896306818501659noreply@blogger.com