A Time Called You is a solid remake that honours the beloved original

A Time Called You is a Korean remake of the 2019 Taiwanese series, Someday or One Day. With a story this unique, making it as fresh and original the second time can be a challenge. The elements of suspense and surprise are gone, along with the initial magic of discovery. Any remake is already at a disadvantage right from the start; making comparisons somehow feels a bit unfair. Read my full review here.

Asian Dramas, Entertainment Industry, K-Dramas, Friendship, Netflix, Review, Romance, Science FictionS HoSeptember 10, 2023Someday or One Day, A Time Called You, Ahn Hyo Seop, Jeon Yeo BeenComment

CCTV/Tencent's Three-Body: Ep. 1 – “Physics has never existed, and will never exist”

Two television series productions of the award-winning science fiction trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Liú Cíxīn (刘慈欣) (more popularly known as The Three-Body Problem, the name of the first novel in the series) are being released this year: a 30-episode adaptation produced by China Central Television (CCTV) and Tencent Video, and a Netflix version helmed by the same showrunners behind Game of Thrones. Here, I introduce the Chinese production, Three-Body, and recap the first episode.