I almost gave up on the cases in FH2. With Linda gone, the series really died down. The romance between Bobby and Yoyo was very boring to watch. They are very supportive of each other. Kevin has a crush on Charmaine, and Charmaine seems to have feelings for him as well. It’s not really a love triangle between Frankie-Charmaine-Kevin because Frankie still isn’t over Linda. Personally, this idle thing between Kevin and Charmaine is getting very boring. The relationship just doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

Okay, about the cases now. I think my favorite case so far is the one about Stephen Wong. It seems to be the most complex and it’s more difficult to solve a case in which the victim died 15 years ago than one who just died last night. But that was not what fascinated me to continue to post about Forensics. I think TVB made a good choice to use some of their more popular stars for the cases. It just makes them more interesting.

Sharon (Shirley Yeung) is a very popular singer and model and she has many fans. Unfortunately, unknown to her fans, she has a angelic appearance and a devilish heart. She even goes as far as to use a eight-year-old who has developed cancer as an advertisement for herself. Therefore, when she was attacked by the eight-year-old girl’s mother, she refuses to tell the police who assaulted her. Due to the fact that she was afraid the reporters would find out her devilish personality, she lied to the police. Fortunately, for Charmaine, she can solve any case. Sharon was right from the beginning. Now that her image is spoiled in the entertainment circle, no one would sign her as an artist. During her years of popularity, she has hired someone to write the songs for her and it was not written by her. At the end of episode 19, Sharon speeds in a car and crashes!

I am anticipating the remaining episodes of FHII. Sharon Chan, Sharon Luk, Selena Li, and Leanne Li hasn’t appeared yet.

I am currently watching this highly-anticipated series. I did not want to watch the series when TVB first started airing it because I knew it would be addicting. All series which involves cases and mysteries are that way and I’ll rather finish it off rather quickly, in a few days. I’m not a crazy fan of Forensic Heroes, like some of you are, but the series is definately more interesting than many other serials today. For some reason, the cases in FHII did not meet my expectations. It failed to bring the suspense I was hoping for. I learn a new thing or two once in a while, but thats all.

On the other hand, what brings the suspense in the story is the romance. I was never a fan of Frankie and Linda, probably because of the age gap. Nor did I find their story in in FH convincing or touching in any way. But when I start watching their characters in FHII, I just take my eyes off the wonderful couple! They are so cute together! All the things they did for each other was very cute and touching. They are certainly the focus on the story as of right now while Bobby and Yoyo are boring, but can be funny/pitiful sometimes. Bobby should learn more lessons from Frankie on how to please his girlfriend. Haha…anyway, I can’t wait to see the next episode, because Linda’s character is going to die just before the wedding! Ah!

Charmaine and Kevin’s character are actually nice to watch, surprisingly. Kevin’s acting, or rather his character, is handsome and hot. Charmaine never smiles and I think she should loosen up sometimes, but she is a real pro! Somehow, I just think Yoyo and Bobby’s characters lost the spotlight this time, or were they ever the spotlight? I just want to comment that I do not like Yoyo’s new hairstyle. It makes her look old or just somewhat weird. I don’t know, but with Charmaine here, Yoyo seems a little lost (downgraded), not the actress, the character I mean.

Nancy Wu has finally appeared and she is the fourth wife of Paul. She use to be a singer and is pregnant with Paul’s child. For now, her character does not seem developed, but I’m actually looking forward to watching her character. I hope she has more scenes.

Rebecca is still causing trouble around the household. She dislikes Christine who is extremely jealous of Winnie. She also hates Ng Wai Kwok for dumping her eight years ago even though she still doesn’t know that he was only tricked by Paul into marrying Winnie.

Charmaine is Nancy Sit’s daughter. She represents the type of woman who must stay home and sew everyday, ready to marry someone rich one day. She yearns to see more of the outside world.

Jack has returned from her studies and has caused much misunderstandings between him and Shirley. Shirley deems that Jack brings her unfortune and that every time she sees him, something bad happens to her. Jack, on the other hand, is a kind-hearted and helpful individual who does not understand the complexity of how the family functions. The bickering between Jack is quite witty.

English Title: Forensic Heroes II
Chinese Title: 法證先鋒II
Cantonese Title: Faat Jing Sin Fung II
Vietnamese Title: N/A
Casts: Bobby Au-Yeung, Charmaine Sheh, Frankie Lam, Yoyo Mung, etc.
Length: 30 episodes (Cantonese) // 22 tapes (Vietnamese)
Release Date: May 2008 (Canto) // June 2008 (Viet)
Genre: Modern Drama/Forensic/Investigation/Crime/Mystery/Suspense

Synopsis:

Every contact leaves a trace
Every clue serves as a silent witness against crime

Bomb disposal expert Yeung Yat Sing (Kevin Cheng Ka Wing) returns from England to visit relatives and he comes across a grenade case by accident. With his tactful and level-headed approach, Sing is highly appraised by Senior Chemist Ko Yin Pok (Bobby Au-Yeung Chun Wah) and is being invited to join the Forensic Division. In a little while, Sing becomes the division’s rising star. By work, Sing gets back in touch with his long-lost best friend Koo Chak Sam (Frankie Lam Man Lung). Sam serves as a forensic writer and he is going to get married soon.

Accidentally, Sum’s fiancée Lam Ding Ding (Linda Chung Ka Yan) is killed in an explosion and Pok’s police girlfriend Leung Siu Yau (Yoyo Mung Ka Wai) also loses the ability of holding a gun in the incident. Yau’s duties are passed to Ma Kwok Ying (Charmaine Sheh Sze Man) from the Narcotics Bureau. Both Sam and Sing find Ying extremely charming with her smart and unfathomable characteristics in case handling.

Integrating laboratory techniques, logical reasoning, and forensic knowledge, the trio strive to fight against crimes tremendously. As they get to know each other more and more, the entangled triangle of love also starts to hinder their working relationships…

Comments. I love mystery series because of the suspense it offers! Forensic Heroes was a wonderful series and I hope its sequel will bring equally good ratings. However, personally, I feel that no other TVB mystery-based series has surpassed, in terms of cases, Detective Investigation Files I-III. There is a fourth one to it, but because of the change of the cast, I did not watch it. If you are a fan of Forensic Heroes, and I believe many of your are, you should definately try DIF which was produced from 1995-1997, starring Michael Tao, Joey Leung, Kenix Kwok, Louisa So and many more. According to the news I have heard when the series was still filming, Selena and Leanne will also serve as guest stars in the production. So is Kevin, Frankie, and Charmaine going to be involved in a love triangle? I heard that Yoyo will go abroad to continue her studies or something, what will happen to Bobby? Or am I wrong? I have a feeling that Yoyo is better as the Madam than Charmaine simply because Yoyo lives with those roles. All she portrays ever in TVB is Madam, Madam, or more Madams. She is therefore expert at those roles. I believe Yoyo also has a stronger and more convincing voice than the weak and girly Charmaine. Seriously, no offense to Charmaine fans, but I hope Charmaine has her own stance at attacking the role as Madam!

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Ng Wai Kwok is Paul’s younger brother and have left the family eight years ago. In the past, Ng Wai Kwok and Christine Ng were dating while Paul took her in as his third wife knowing that he stole his brother’s lover. Ng Wai Kwok, from that point on, married Winnie Yeung and left the family. Only recently did he return to celebrate his father’s 70th birthday. Unfortunately, one day before his birthday, Rebecca’s son (sorry, I do not know the actor’s name) caused him to have a nervous breakdown and died. Everyone in the family looked towards Rebecca and her son while she blamed it on Ng Wai Kwok and his affair with Christine.

Comments. The series sounds interesting. Hmm… Jack and Nancy haven’t appeared yet and I hope to see them soon. I’m not a fan of Christine, Nancy, Ng Wai Kwok, Paul, and Winnie even though they are all good actors and actresses. On the other hand, I am overhyped about Shirley, Jack, and Nancy’s performances. I hope TVB promote Nancy more. Look at her roles. It’s just like a guest star in all series. Although the series seems very common, like all other pre-modern series, TVB haven’t done a series like this for a long time. Every series contains some comedy while this seems more like a tragedy. Let’s see WOIL II is a comedy. D.I.E. has many funny scenes as well. Gentle Crackdown is another comedy. Master of Tai Chi is not a comedy, but I haven’t seen that one yet.

The Cast: Paul Chun, Nancy Sit, Christine Ng, Ng Wai Kwok, Rebecca Chan, Shirley Yeung, Jack Wu, Nancy Wu

The Sypnosis:

A Rich Family is Ruled by Lust
A Hymn is Mourned Over by Feuds

Prestige Silver Chamber”, the largest jewel company in Foshan, Guangdong Province China, is facing serious financial difficulties. In order to obtain a loan from SHUM’s family, SHEUNG HANG (Chui Pui), owner of the Chamber, together with his primary wife, CHOI SIU-DIP (Sit Ka Yin), plot to arrange marriage between SHEUNG WAN (Ng Wai Kwok), HANG’s younger brother, and SHUM WING-TUNG (Young Yuen Yee), daughter of SHUM’s family. Fueled by hatred, CHING SAU-HANG (Ng Wing Mei), WAN’s lover, marries HANG and ironically becomes WAN’s sister-in-law. WAN falls out with HANG, and opts to live abroad and disconnects from his family. After leaving home for years, WAN does not return home until the occasion to celebrate his father’s birthday. Tension between the two brothers comes to a head when HANG is reluctant to pay ransom to save the youngest son of WAN. WAN is determined to disconnect completely from his family ever since.

Since WAN’s return, SAU-HANG suffers from her husband’s neglect and gets framed for causing the fourth concubine FEI FEI’s (Wu Ting Yan) miscarriage. Hatred leads her to commit act that revenge. She seeks to subvert SHEUNG’s family by luring KWAN. Intentionally, she unveils TSAU GUK(Yeung Sze Ki), the maid in the family, is HANG’s illegitimate daughter. The dark age of a once-prominent family begins.

Comments. Yay! Jack is finally in another series. This guy is such a great actor, but he isn’t highly promoted. Since I’m also a fan of Shirley, I’m quite excited for the series. Although I’m not as thrilled about the other cast members, I think I will watch this one.

Cast: Kent Cheng, Lee Heung Kam, Bernice Liu, Sunny Chan, Sonija Kwok, Leila Tong, Wayne Lai, Rebecca Chan, Lam Yi Kei, Raymond Cho, Claire Yiu, Matthew Ko, Lawrence Ng, Mimi Chu, Lai Kai Fong, Stephen Wong Ka Lok, Eric Li Tin Cheung, Stephen Huynh, Queenie Chu, Tracy Ip, Kwong Chor Fa

Comments. I am actually very excited about this film due to the fact that it takes place during the Tang Dynasty. However, whether it’s about the political intrigue during Empress Wu’s reign or a series involved in mystery cases is still unknown as far as I know. Personally, although I prefer to see something with politics since TVB haven’t produced something like that in ages, it is more likely that it’s about mystery cases. Simply because TVB tends to produce many of these serials these days. Honestly, TVB’s ancient mystery cases aren’t really interesting (I prefer modern more). The Gentle Crackdown is a good example with predictable cases. In the past, I think Witness to a Persecution is quite good, but I want to see something for a change. Furthermore, the series stars many historical figures such as the famous Empress Wu and her loyal subject, Shuangguan Wan’er. Of course, there is also one of Empress Wu’s official Di Ren Jia.

The cast does not look very strong, but there seems to be many people in this series and the costumes and hairstyles are fresh and original, they are elaborate and exaggerated. I do not like the flowers on the concubines/empresses dresses. It makes the attires look horrible, not royal to me. I wonder what happen to the silky royal attires TVB use to make in the 80′s.

Will there be a Princess Taiping since she is quite an important character under Empress Wu’s reign?

The Sypnosis

Falling into a trance-like state
helps him crack case in mystery

The “Death Investigation Extension (D.I.E.)” in the police force was established to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors. As everybody knows, members of the Extension are to investigate unsolved cold cases. YUE CHI-LONG (Kwok Chun On), who has cracked a large number of difficult cases by extrasensory means, is assigned to the D.I.E. believing that he will get promoted soon. Later LONG finds out that his supervisor still has a long way to go before he reaches retirement age. Hoping to leave the Extension as soon as possible, he gets to solve a lot of intriguing cases. New appointee YING CHING-CHING (Kwok Sonija) is a good-looking girl but she means to act tough and sassy in front of others. She takes an uncompromising stand over every case she deals with, which leads her into constant quarrels with LONG. The relationship between the pair is deteriorating day after day.

LONG’s elder sister, YUE CHI-CHING (Tsang Wah Sin), has been living with him. While investigating an old case, LONG gets to find his long-lost father YUE TAI-HOI (Leung Ka Yan). Through close collaboration with LONG, CHING-CHING has gradually developed affection for him. As she is still torn between LONG and her two-timing boyfriend SHING KA-TSUN (Ma Kwok Ming), LONG has started to try to avoid her without rhyme or reason. Feeling so confused about what is happening, CHING-CHING decides to do some probing and is shocked to discover that LONG has been dogged by a female ghost called SIU SIN (Yuen Kitty).

Comments. I have been looking forward to this drama since like forever simply because Margie is one of the actresses. Haven’t seen her in a while. Unfortunately, according to the sypnosis, her character doesn’t sound as singficant as I thought it was going to be. At first I thought Margie and Roger will play a couple, but it sounds like they will only be brothers and sisters. Anyway, does Margie even look older than Roger since she will play his ELDER sister? I mean in real life Roger is one year older than Margie if I have my dates correctly. Anyway, so does that mean Kenneth and Margie will play a couple instead or will she be single? I cannot really imagine them playing a couple despite the rumors because Margie will obviously look older than Kenneth. I just hope that her character will have more to do with the story and not just another typical character in the plot.

Sonija’s character here is quite similar to the tough Madam she played in On the First Beat. I didn’t really like her character and her acting is still kind of weak. I don’t like it when she yells. As for Roger and Kenneth, I am looking forward to their performances. I hope Kenneth will have an interesting character because he was really good in Survivor’s Law II.

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]]> http://tvbtoday.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/die/feed/ 0 tvbtoday http://tvbtoday.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/chilam-wants-to-film-for-tvb-in-2008/ http://tvbtoday.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/chilam-wants-to-film-for-tvb-in-2008/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:09:00 +0000 tvbtoday http://tvbtoday.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/chilam-wants-to-film-for-tvb-in-2008/ ]]> Chilam Cheung, Bernice Liu, and Amanda S. attended a Gucci product promotional event. Gucci will be launching a limited collection of digital watches, bicycles, mahjong bag, and leather panda in commemoration of the upcoming Olympic 2008 games in Beijing this summer.

Last year, Chilam focused his career on the mainland market. Since he is feeling restless and afraid that the audiences will forget about him, Chilam decided that he will split his time between filming television series and movies in 2008.

Chilam mentioned that he was especially interested in filming for TVB again. “I desire to speak Cantonese on screen again! I wish to service television audiences!” Will Chilam act on screen with wife, Anita Yuen Wing Yee? “No thanks. If a married couple were to film together, there is usually disagreement in most instances.” (Didn’t Sean Lau Ching Wan and Amy Kwok get along fine while filming together?) “Sean can do it, but I can’t! Perhaps I don’t have confidence in myself!”

Will Chilam, Anita, and their son, Morton, film an ad together? “No, that’s not a good idea!” (Will Chilam and Anita be having another baby soon?) “No, work comes first! Also, I am not a baby-producing machine!”

Earlier, Chilam, Anita, and Morton attended Esther Kwan Wing Hor’s daughter’s birthday celebration. Allegedly, Anita carried Morton around and stole the limelight from Flora Chan Wai San’s daughter. Thus the angry Flora left the party early with her daughter. Chilam explained that all the babies present were adorable. He felt that the tabloids fabricated unnecessary rumors.

Bernice Liu was also present at the Gucci show. She woke up at 5 AM in the morning to film an outdoor scene and did not feel cold by noon time. (Will Bernice be attending the Olympics 2008 games in Beijing?) “TVB intends to send several artists to watch the Olympics and share their experiences afterwards. Hopefully, I can go and enjoy the Latin Dance competition then.”