Yun Kouga's "Loveless 3" (manga), #82

Synopsis: After a grueling battle against the powerful Zeros, Soubi is badly injured, and in spite of his training, the pain almost too much to bear. He goes to see Ritsuka, but Soubi's erratic behavior and unpredictable emotions take over, and he abruptly storms away before Ritsuka can care for him. Ritsuka is left tormented and confused...but the mystery behind the death of his older brother is about to take an unbelievable turn. Ritsuka finally decodes the message left by Sleepless and goes to meet one of the members of Septimal Moon!

Review: Poor. Yun Kouga really revels in violence and blood. When it's not Soubi bleeding, being hurt or tortured, it's Ritsuka being smacked around by his mother. The main characters' actions and emotions make no sense to me, I just can't connect with them. As the synopsis says: erratic. And the female characters are still naive and dumb (the teacher starts crying in class because her students are mean to her and Yuiko is talking about herself in third person? *rolls eyes*).

Also, Yun Kouga is obsessed with video games - this theme appeared already in Gestalt and here again. Over and over again. It's boring. I don't care about levels and points and fighting techniques of RPG characters.

To sum it up, even though this manga is a real hit and people seem to love it, I think I will pass on it from now on. There are much more entertaining manga out there.

USA rocks! I mean the network! ;)

USA Network announced new projects under development at pres tour Wednesday... My favorite candidates that I hope get picked up?

CRASH DUMMIES: A veteran Hollywood stuntman, his reluctant son and a team of offbeat movie magic specialists. John Schneider stars.

GOOD COP, BAD COP: Sibling rivalry is taken to new heights when an estranged brother and sister are paired up as cops in their small hometown.

BUSY BODIES: A soccer mom teams up with a gay stay-at-home dad to solve mysteries in the suburbs.

STEPHEN J. CANNELL/SCOTT KAUFER PROJECT: An ex-con car mechanic goes undercover.

GOURMET DETECTIVE: A food detective travels the world and stumbles across mysteries of the palate... and murder.

Awesome! I hope that at least one of these shows gets a pick-up! \o/

Emergency!

The old TV show, I mean - Emergency! I was thinking of buying it on DVD. I used to watch it on RTL2 and I loved it. Johnny was my man, so cute and such a woobie. So, me and DVDs. But if I understand it right, the discs are double-sided? Sides A and B on one disc? No "up" and "down" side? Does anyone on my flist own this show on DVD?

Leverage 1x08+1x09

1x08, The Bank-Shot Job: Sophie looked great in this one, with the black-rimmed glasses and her hair pulled up. Gorgeous. And Christian Kane kicked butt in a really awesome way. Also, I loved the audio commentary, when they talked about how Aldis improvised with the "cops" and how they all kept cracking up! Great episode!

1x09, The Stork Job: Not one of my favorite eps, but Parker and Hardison were perfect together. I really like them as a couple. And Sophie, when she found out that there was no film in the camera when she "died"! The funniest thing, though? The audio commentary! Christian Kane really did have bruised face, that huge scrape was his and his alone, no masks - after a drinking binge, he slipped on a sidewalk in his cowboy shoes and fell on his face. The producer cracked up when he saw Chris. If you look closely, you'll see that in a good portion of the ep, the right side of Chris' face is blocked. So funny!

You know, my favorite pairing in this show would probably be the Hardison/Parker/Eliot threesome. They are just so perfect together! Need to find a fic or two with those "kids" \o/

*g*

At the moment, I'm reading Peter David's "Star Trek: New Frontier" omnibus and this quote made me giggle out loud:

"The Prime Directive, Admiral, last time I checked, did not first appear on the wall of the Starfleet Headquarters in flaming letters accompanied by a sepulchral voice intoning 'Thou Shalt Not Butt In,'" Riker said flatly.

*g* I really like Peter David's style!