TVB City on Google Earth

Located at 77 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Hong Kong

TVB City from afar



The main entrance

 

Bus to TVB City



TVB 2013 Sales Presentation

Sniper Attack 2013 《神槍狙擊2013》

 

Looks a bit too exaggerated with the flying bullets and stuff. I'm also tired of hearing the phrase "The best of the best", but I would love to watch a series with the SDU again.


The Love Firm 《傳愛事務所》

Ehh? I thought this series was supposed to be serious. Wayne was just great, the way he talked was hilarious. Some girls were doing the horse dance on the boat lol...


A Great Way to Care II 《仁心解碼2》

Looks good. A Great Way to Care was good, so hopefully the second one will be good too. I'm happy to see Yoyo Mung again, but I will miss Kate's Monkey. Tavia's role looks interesting too.


Inbound Troubles 《老表，你好嘢》

Looks funny enough. I want to see how Wong Cho Lam does as scriptwriter. Hopefully I won't be disappointed. I love their accents here!!


Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon 《寒山潛龍》

O_o What the heck did I just watch?! From costume to hair to acting... blehhh!! They have two major problems here that MUST be fixed if they are to make this series: 1) Raymond's hair and costume and 2) CHANGE ALL THOSE ACTRESSES!! I mean it!!


A Change of Heart 《好心作怪》

Hmm... This looks good!! I find it random though how Niki just rushed into the operation room with a gun like that. Bosco looks badass!!


Unrequited Love in Two Cities 《單戀雙城》

Looks more like a Taiwanese drama to me. The only one I know and recognize in there is Aimee Chan, and since my reaction to Aimee is just 'mehh', I guess I'll pass.


Food for the Slaves 《食為奴》

I love how this clip focuses on Ron instead of Raymond. I'm totally against Raymond in Qing Emperor costume so hopefully they will change the cast (then Ray will have no series next year eh?!)


The Hippocratic Crush II 《On Call 36小時II》

Hopefully the sequel can live up to the first one. And just who will this mysterious female lead be??


Big Wheel 《巨輪》

I'm actually looking forward to this the most. I love stories about brotherhood like this. Reminds me of those old series, like At the Threshold of an Era. Plus, Kristal is really pretty here.


Love Reverses Three Lifetimes of Fate 《情逆三世緣》

A bit disappointed in this clip. It looks too... trivial. Anyways, I'm still looking forward to this series. Bobby and Esther FTW!!


Rosy Business III 《巾幗梟雄之諜血長天》

I'm totally against the idea of using the same title Rosy Business for this one. Change it to something else seriously!! BUT I'm not against the production of this series, including the cast. I'm just an audience, if it's a good series, of course I want it to be filmed, with the cast as the producer sees fit. On a side note, Myolie's daomadan look is just plain scary!!

Highs and Lows: Ending thoughts

I skipped so much of this that I don't think I'll write a review for it, but I managed to catch the finale so here's a few thoughts I have...

BOOM BANG BOOM... *scream*...*sob*... BOOM BANG... *scream*...*scream**... BANG BOOM... *sob**scream*... *sob* [insert ending song here]... BOOM BANG... *scream*... *scream*... BANG BOOM... *scream*...*sob*... BOOM BANG BOOM... *scream*...*sob*... [insert ending song here]

I can go on but that's my overall impression on the finale in case you're wondering. There's not much difference comparing to other police drama (ie. Tiger Cubs) but the idea of Pat escaping the explosion here is more believable than how Chin Sir escaped the explosion back in TC, so I guess producer Lam Chi Wah kinda learned his lesson.

Let's begin with MC Jin. His character was pretty much useless from beginning to end. And his death was just plain stupid. Seriously, what a stupid way to die!! I didn't feel much for him.

Another scene that I didn't feel much for - Pat and Sandy visited one another when they were hospitalized. It just feels so... wrong, and OOC too, not to mention how cheesy it was..... ack!!

Happy Sir got furious and was raging when Sandy was shot and hospitalized. But whatever the situation is, he seriously needs anger management. Look at how calm Gordon is comparing to him...

And Michael Miu was just gorgeous as Gordon. Love that smirk right there...

The famous gun-pointing scene. Again, Happy needs anger management. He's the only raging one there out of the three. Ok, I understand why he's like that, but still, he needs to control himself more.

I bet Raymond and Ella had fun filming this scene!! It looks fun already -- shooting water bottles~~

And I had fun watching this scene too thanks to Poon Sir's priceless expressions!!

The ending for each character is... well, I won't complain because I think it's a fitting ending for everyone (maybe except for Poon Sir). It makes sense considering how the story was developed and where it was heading. Don't even think about complaining how Pat couldn't survive at the end because that would just be beyond TVB magic, even Happy Sir and Sandy agreed with me on this one (trust me, they were expecting her to be dead... and wish granted!!)

Well, I meant... it was Pat's fault for recklessly running out like that. Sure she survived the explosion but the next minute she just technically threw away her life just to tell Poon Sir "Hey dude, this is your baby. I don't want to kill him myself because I just can't, but since I hate you so much, why not just let you kill him for me? And since you're killing your own son, I got my revenge so haha" But in the end, the baby survived so I guess it's still Poon Sir who got the last laugh. Very satisfying eh?

But in the end, Pat got to die in Happy's arm so I guess that's like a consolation for what she's been through?! Anyways, it could have been much better if they killed her in a more... um... logical way?!

Gordon's death was touching indeed. After so many things he did, I guess death was the most fitting ending for him. All his speeches to Happy in this last episode were quite touching, and his funeral scene was really sad too, like when Helen put the ring on for him...

My favorite moment? Hmm... I don't know, but it's probably when Hong Sir (Patrick Dunn) spotted the criminal on Poon Sir's boat with his binocular and did nothing about it, then later just watched him exploded right in front of his eyes. HELL YEAH.... That's the boss of the police for ya!!
(~~sorry... no cap for this scene~~)

Thank God Happy Sir and Sandy didn't end up together!! It just wouldn't make sense if Happy suddenly fell in love with Sandy after like... 29.5 episodes he'd been in love with Pat!! And that bubble scene is just way beyond lame!!

The special appearance of the Tiger Cubs cast was... well, not exactly how I wanted it to be. I would like it much better if they appeared as the SDU and helped out in an operation or something, but then I guess they can't steal the lime light away from the main cast so this is the path they had to take: quitting their position as the cooler-looking SDU members and transfered here to get bossed around by Sandy... ai-yah!! I seriously don't like seeing my favorite sniper doing this... noooooooo......

Last scene: Happy Sir with Pat's and Poon Sir's son (lol... how much does that annoys you?! :P)

Performance wise, I think Raymond OTT in a lot of scenes from beginning to end. I'm disappointed Raymond!! You used to act good. What happened to you?? Michael Miu was great though. The way he showed his conflicted mind was good. If the Best Actor award must be given to someone from HAL, I think Michael would deserve it more than Raymond. (But too bad Michael is not even nominated =.=) Kate was great too, though not perfect. I'm impressed with her crying scenes. She improved so much in showing her character's emotions. However, sometimes she still had a blank look on her face, like she didn't know how to emote in those certain scenes. But overall, it was a good performance from Kate. Ella was ok, not that good but not that bad either. I've always been neutral towards Ella, that's why I don't understand all those hypes and hopes for her before the series aired, then later just to get disappointed when her character turned out annoying. Ben Wong was great as the outright nasty Poon Sir. It's a shame that he didn't get nominated for Best Supporting. Elaine Ng was bad. This is my first time watching her and I think she was inadequate.

Lastly, if you think HAL is boring and not worth watching, consider this:

BOOM BANG BOOM... *scream*...*sob*... BOOM BANG... *scream*...*scream**... BANG BOOM... *sob**scream*... *sob* [insert ending song here]... BOOM BANG... *scream*... *scream*... BANG BOOM... *scream*...*sob*... BOOM BANG BOOM... *scream*...*sob*... [insert ending song here]

It certainly will keep you entertained, at least for the last episode!!

2012 My Astro on Demand Favorites Awards Results

Credit to Enter-E

My Favorite Actor in a Leading Role: Kenneth Ma (The Hippocratic Crush)
- Happy for Kenneth. His hard work finally gains some recognition. Even though I don't think his acting can top some of the other candidates, but hey, this is a 'Favorite' award, so why not?!

My Favorite Actress in a Leading Role: Tavia Yeung (The Hippocratic Crush)
- Also happy for Tavia. Her acting was consistent, though not that outstanding (I'm so mean :P), BUT I love her character.

My Favorite Actor in a Supporting Role: Him Law (The Hippocratic Crush)
- I do NOT agree with this even though I love his character Onion in THC. Yes his character is likeable but it's not that hard to act out. There are more deserving candidates.

My Favorite Actress in a Supporting Role: Nancy Wu (Gloves Come Off)
- Nancy's role in GCO was technically nothing, little screen time, no relevance to the story, BUT her acting was great. Since I always hope for Nancy to get an award, I'm happy with this. Go Nancy!!

My Favorite Onscreen Couple: Kenneth Ma and Tavia Yeung (The Hippocratic Crush)
- This couple is well loved and I love them too so why not.

My Favorite Most Improved Actor: Oscar Leung (L'Escargot)
- Yes!! No one is more deserving than Oscar for this award. Congratz Oscar!!

My Favorite Most Improved Actress: Mandy Wong (L'Escargot)
- Another well-deserved win. Congratz Mandy!!

My Favorite Drama Series: The Hippocratic Crush
- Expected THC to win so no surprise here. THC is a good drama too so why not.

My Favorite Drama Theme Song: Highs and Lows 《幼稚完》 by Raymond Lam
- Yes, it's my favorite theme song too so I'm glad that it won.

My Favorite Most Popular Artiste: Koo Ming Wah (Divas in Distress)
- This award is tailor-made for So Kei so no surprise here also. Happy that Koo Ming Wah can gain some recognition.

My Favorite Classic Role (5-year Anniversary): Michael Tse as Laughing Gor (E.U.)
- Ehh? I think Chai Gau is more classic. Laughing is overrated, plus I'm tired with his resurrections.

Top 15 My Favorite Characters
- Ron Ng (L'Escargot)
- Kenneth Ma (The Hippocratic Crush)
- Tavia Yeung (The Hippocratic Crush)
- Him Law (The Hippocratic Crush)
- Roger Kwok (Queens of Diamonds and Hearts)
- Michael Tse (Sergeant Tabloid)
- Kevin Cheng (Gloves Come Off)
- Moses Chan (Master of Play)
- Ruco Chan (No Good Either Way)
- Bosco Wong (Witness Insecurity)
- Linda Chung (Witness Insecurity)
- Myolie Wu (Ghetto Justice II)
- Raymond Lam (Highs and Lows)
- Kate Tsui (Highs and Lows)
- Wayne Lai (The Confidant)

2012 My Astro on Demand Favorites Awards Nomination

Voting is open to Malaysian fans only (which sucks!!), so Malaysian fans, go online and vote here.

My Favorite Actor in a Leading Role

For now, I have no preference. I think Raymond Lam will grab this, if not then it's probably Kenneth.

My Favorite Actress in a Leading Role

Kate or Tavia?! Or maybe they'll surprise us with Myolie and Linda!! My pick is Charmaine though. Biased or not, she truly impressed me in WHB.

My Favorite Actor in a Supporting Role

So hard to choose!! Maybe Ram Chiang? I love him!!

My Favorite Actress in a Supporting Role

Elena Kong!! (I have yet to watch her in SSSS though :P) If not then give it to Florence Kwok.

My Favorite Onscreen Couple

For now it's KenTa. I have yet to watch more of Raymond and Kate in HAL.

My Favorite Most Improved Actor

OSCAR MUST WIN!! Nice to see Otto Chan and Glen Lee get nominated.

My Favorite Most Improved Actress

Pretty sure Mandy will grab this.

My Favorite Drama Series

The Hippocratic Crush will probably win, or will it be SSSS?! Though I will always secretly root for When Heaven Burns muahahaha...

My Favorite Drama Theme Song

Can't decide between The Hippocratic Crush 《連續劇》, The Last Steep Ascent 《一生一心》 and Highs and Lows 《幼稚完》... They all sound so good!!

My Favorite Most Popular Artiste

This one is obviously tailor-made for So Kei so he has to get this!!

My Favorite Classic Role (5-year Anniversary)

Lau Sam Ho is classic?! O_o Since when?? Got sick of Laughing, Law Ba ruined himself in GJ2, so between Chai Kau and Cheng Kau Mui, I choose the latter.

Top 15 My Favorite Characters

Let's just make sure that no one is going home empty-handed!!

**Credit to weibo and Astro on Demand