thefourthvine: Two people fucking, rearview: sex is the universal fandom. (Default)
Keep Hoping Machine Running ([personal profile] thefourthvine) wrote2011-03-13 08:53 pm

I am up for auction! Okay, my work is.

I am up for auction at [livejournal.com profile] help_japan. This is one of those "Who knows if anyone will want this, but, hey, someone might!" type auctions, because what I am offering is: a review.

Yes! If you were looking for a bewildered review by someone who probably knows absolutely nothing about your fandom and may not be able to identify any of the characters by the end, never mind at the beginning, I am here for you. I will review any English-language (English subtitles also acceptable), Netflixable (if it will be Netflixable eventually, and you're willing to wait, that's fine) movie or TV episode you choose. I am not expecting kindness, either. I will totally watch Spock's Brain for charity.

Things to note: Whatever you pick for me can't have child death or animal harm in it. (It is okay if they're endangered, as long as it is clear they're fine in the end. And if it's just a tiny thing in an otherwise safe movie or episode - horses die in battle or whatever - I will deal.) Also, I can totally promise to write a review about whatever you want me to watch, but I can't promise to like it. I might! But I might not. And in any case I will almost certainly be poking fun at whatever it is. (See the TOS review below - I really do love TOS. But that doesn't mean I'm always nice to it.) Just something to keep in mind.

Some of my previous reviews, so you can decide if this is something you might wish to spend your charity donation currency unit of choice on: Anchors Aweigh, Star Trek TOS: Journey to Babel, and, as a total blast from the past, The Fast and the Furious.

If this sounds like your cup of tea, YAY! Bid at my thread.

ETA: K-drama partisans may wish to read the DW comments!
anenko: (FULL HOUSE: omg shirtless!)

[personal profile] anenko 2011-03-14 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Coffee Prince really spoiled me when it came to kdramas.

I really love how they handled the crossdressing, and Han Kyul's struggles to accept his 'homosexuality.' And how much do I love that there were emotional consequences? A *lot.*

Maybe TFV could review the episode with the Best Love Confession Ever.
pineapplechild: HELLO!, says the giant squid, wait why are you running away (Default)

[personal profile] pineapplechild 2011-03-14 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
YES, EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES! I am in fact a huge fan of this idea and willing to throw some money in the pot, should it be plausible.
paxpinnae: Inara Serra,being more awesome than you. (Default)

[personal profile] paxpinnae 2011-03-14 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
How much? Because we've already got a pledged total of $75, and it's starting to look like this could happen.
anenko: (CELEB: luna of f(x))

[personal profile] anenko 2011-03-14 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
How much is everyone else offering?
jamethiel: An Australian Raven, with spirals. A painting that I owen by <user name="moonvoice"> (Raven)

[personal profile] jamethiel 2011-03-14 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Mostly $25, except for me, because if they're paying me extra money to be on call then I'm going to spend it on something awesome. (I'm paying $40)
paxpinnae: Inara Serra,being more awesome than you. (Default)

[personal profile] paxpinnae 2011-03-14 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Three people (including me) have offered USD$25, with one offer of USD$40. Also, I think we have enough people at this party that it's time we got a room; I've put up a post on my journal where we can thrash out donations and pick a drama/episode (Coffee Prince seems to be the lead runner).
anenko: (COFFEE PRINCE: outside the margins)

[personal profile] anenko 2011-03-14 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
$25 is doable for me!

If TFV wants more context, Dramabeans has an episode-by-episode summary of Coffee Prince.

[livejournal.com profile] darkeyedwolf has a general pimp post for the series, too.
Edited (fixing html) 2011-03-14 23:00 (UTC)
pineapplechild: HELLO!, says the giant squid, wait why are you running away (Default)

[personal profile] pineapplechild 2011-03-15 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Say $15? This is a bad month for more then that. What's the current high bid? (I'm on my phone and only get email)
jamethiel: An Australian Raven, with spirals. A painting that I owen by <user name="moonvoice"> (Raven)

[personal profile] jamethiel 2011-03-15 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
*buts in*

Current high bid is $60. We've got more than that.

*/buts in*
anenko: (COFFEE PRINCE: transformation)

[personal profile] anenko 2011-03-14 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
So few crossdressing stories bother with the emotional aftermath. And in most of the dramas I've seen, the main guy almost immediately figures out that the pretty new boy in his life is actually a girl. The guys who do have to struggle with their sexual identity (Nakatsu in Hana Kimi, Jeremy in You're Beautiful) are there as comic relief.

Sungkyunkwan Scandal is supposed to be really good, too.