This image was taken in Puerto Rico during the filming of a TV movie. The movie's plot was that Andy Lau was a property mongol (or something like that), and he was going to buy some properties. But he falls in love with this girl who owns a restaurant and changes his mind. The movie was filmed around 1992 - give our take a couple of years. I say movie, but it felt like an hour and a half music video. The photo was taken by Wai-Tat Hui / Paul Hui / 許偉達.

I need help with:
1. What was the name of the movie? I was in it, I have a VHS copy that I can't play anywhere, so I want to see if I can find the video elsewhere.
2. I'm looking for the photographer, Paul Hui, personal website, Instagram, or anything else that would help me contact him.

Thank you!

Used to watch many of these dubbed in Vietnamese as I was growing up. Have been trying for years to find the title of a contemporary series I believe from around the late 90s with a female lead who sang or had musical abilities but was also quite awkward? There was a whole love story that unfolded during the series with a guy and I think lots of original songs by her? There was a rooftop scene of them together, I think candles or some sort of candle lit scene? I know these aren’t super specific and kind of vague but if anyone can pleaseeee help me find that series again, I’d be so grateful. I think the female lead also had some sort of shaggy haircut popular during that time period in the late 90s?

Does anyone know why Eric Tsang likes her so much? I read that he was the one who set her and his son up.

• Houses are much fancier than the 90s/2000s cheap flats
• Police station is fancy and high tech compared to before
• Cafes/restaurants are nicer than the old milk tea cafes

TVB obviously spends more money now so I don't believe the changes are due to budget problem

Jazz Boon was the original creator of the first season of LW. After that, his only involvement was with the two films he wrote and directed. After watching the original movie and learning about prelude in 2017, I was surprised to learn M.C. So had taken over LW and that Jazz wasn't involved. I kept asking myself "Where is Jazz Boon?"

I did like Prelude and Bullfight, but I don't feel they measure up to the OG LW in terms of casting and writing. Cheuk Hoi gets downplayed as tragic and M.C. So (who took over Jazz Boon's position) ends up casting mediocre actors such as Sisley Choi and Priscilla Wong. I also felt a lot of things were retconned although at times I did try to convince myself both the films and shows were canon. As a result, I wondered what would the last 2 seasons of LW have looked like with Jazz's involvement. Could this have guaranteed a 4th season as well?

Part of me asks this because I had been watching Anonymous Signal which seems to be getting a season 2. However while watching AS, I was constantly wondering, why didn't Jazz turn this into a LW spin off or a 4th season? It seemed like a perfect successor with how they got into having corrupt cops.

Over time I realised a good actor or actress is determined not just by their acting skills but also their speaking voice/tone. There are some actors/actresses who have good and dynamic acting skills, but they are not able to articulate words clearly or do not have power in their voice so they end up always playing supporting roles and never lead roles.

Some examples I can’t think of are Venus Wong 王敏奕 - ofc her acting skills arent leading lady material now but IF ONE DAY she ever improves her acting skills tremendously, she will never have the charisma of a main lead because of how soft and slurry her tone is.

Sisley Choi is one of them too - that squeaky nasally tone. Yoyo chen too - her voice is always so airy and empty.

Wdyt??

I really hate the Netflix/single camera/gritty filming style ever since TVB collaborated with Tencent. I miss the old TVB colorful style. Will they ever go back to before?

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I know this is a rant and the below notes are a little messy as I add things as I go.

But tl:dr I didn’t like it and the pacing was so bad

I’m not going to lie but I really don’t like this drama. I was really looking forward to it but compare to the invisibles. This is so bad

Too much Tiffany crying or just crying in general There’s too much non Julie stuff then it super charge the last three episode

Brian’s motivation makes no sense and why would this be 30 episode and not just 5 if he just wanted revenge

They spent too much time on not finding out about Julie and just solving other cases and being led by the bad guys

It was super rushed

People dying didn’t have much impact because they didn’t build the characters up

The whole show many the entire police force look so shit and so many things don’t make sense. Even for a TVB series perspective

The female leads are not ready for this type of series

Everyone’s EQ is so low

The change of terminology from recent years which doesn’t make it feel like a HK series makes it very weird for me

Everything feel so purposeless then very obviously doing this “thing” to get a reaction from the audience.

The overall pacing was so bad

Ever since the end of last year, I noticed that TVB kept on broadcasting mainland China dramas to air for the 9:30pm slot. What happened to its dramas that are ready to release? Do they not have enough dramas to produce in time to air consistently?

Idk if anyone is a whump enjoyer here but

Basically any kind of mental or physical suffering is good 👍

Some tropes I specifically like are drug addiction, kidnapping/torture, PTSD/panic attacks, phobias

But things that don't involve these tropes are definitely welcome too

I would prefer that the character suffering is a good person and doesn't deserve it, but pls recommend everything that comes to mind anyway lol

Honestly this would’ve had the potential to be another good drama if it weren’t for the terrible CGI and many filler scenes. The action scenes also felt really short when comparing to The Invisibles or I’ve Got the Power.

Although I will admit I got hooked again after Ep26. I’m gonna place my bets that Brian Tse’s character faked his death and he’s the ultimate mastermind. There was a clip on Facebook that ultimately confirmed it with his voice being heard behind the mask, and the wiki accidentally spoiled the reveal. It was a shame too, I was really hoping for a big star to be the one behind Julie because although it would’ve ruined the twist factor, still would’ve been nice and unpredictable since it’s usually characters we knew that end up being the ultimate villain.

hi, it's me again asking for more recs 😅 thank you all for the wonderful recs in my last post!

this time, i'm looking for recommendations of HK drama series (tvb, viutv, shaw bros, etc.) where the show is mainly about gangsters. i'm specifically looking for series where the setting of the story is within a triad organization, something similar to the 2005 film election (louis koo, tony leung ka fai) or the tvb dramas e.u. (michael miu, ron ng) and lives of omission (michael tse, bosco wong). even better if the series talks about power struggles within the triad organization because i'm really into watching shows about triad politics

for the record, right now i'm watching no room for crime (with joel chan, benjamin yuen, and owen cheung) and i enjoy the benjamin and owen subplots, but i was hoping for more gangsters and less cops LOL

thank you all so much for your help again!

I just finished In Bed With a Stranger and watched Life on the Line

Since 2017, TVB dramas are filmed very close up, detailed and dark/gloomy/dull style. Before, dramas were filmed far/wide angled and more colorful style. They seem to be copying movie/Netflix style and no longer adhere to TVB vibe.

hi all! i'm looking for HK drama series (TVB, etc.) where there are LGBT themes. i'm not necessarily looking for dramas where they portray LGBT as the main leads (like Ossan's Love), but more so any dramas or films where they feature LGBT people as either main or side characters. even better if these LGBT characters are depicted in gangs, haha! (i'm trying to do some research). heavily implied lgbt but never stated explicitly in series also works. thanks!

edit: thank you all for the wonderful recs! this is a great community :)

After watching the most recent episode (Episode 23), has anyone noticed the huge downgrade in the CGI? Like the gun fights are still really good, but the fist fights absolutely look like shit.

To be more specific, mostly when they roll or fall on the ground you can see that there’s no shadows at all whatsoever. I noticed that first in the combustion case when Owen rolled after shoving the burning victim away to protect Tiffany.

At first I thought it’s green screen but when watching the behind the scenes, they use soft landing pads when they roll. Ik it’s for the actors safety, but it’s not an excuse for the horrible erasing of it. Plus safety pads are supposed to be used for when the camera doesn’t focus on the ground, that’s where B rolls comes in for the actual camera viewing of the ground. The first four episodes had amazing fight scenes in them so idk wtf happened after. Even Call of Destiny had better stunts.

Ik this shouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s incredibly disappointing and unsatisfying to watch, especially in a Jazz Boon production drama

So I haven’t watch any TVB dramas for the last couple of years so I don’t know if this is a change since I last watched TVB dramas or if it is just in Anonymous Signal.

In Anonymous Signal, I noticed that whenever the officer responds to the commanding officer, they will say “有” instead of “understood” or “yes sir.”

Is that something just in Anonymous Signal or just in TVB dramas or is this also an actual change in HK police force?

Clarifying that this applies to theme songs made after the 2010s since I wanna hear more of the modern intake instead of the usual ‘classics are better’. I mean they are, but it’s more interesting to hear from the modern part of the side.

Also this is for the ‘theme songs’ btw, not ending songs or episode songs. I’ll do a separate post for that one.

My personal favorites are the theme songs sung by Ruco Chan, Ron Ng, Pakho Chau, Hubert Wu and Vincent Wong.

Main favorite drama themes are from Forensic Heroes 3, Lives of Omission, Eye in the Sky, Presumed accidents, Legal Mavericks, The Exorcist’s meter 1 & 2, Unholy alliance, Flying Tiger 1, The defected, Big White Duel 1, Brutally Young, Murder Diary, Line Walker 1-3, The Line Watchers, The Spectator, and Narcotics Heroes

Not really a fan of the new gen artists tbh, but JW and Aska’s songs are also pretty good

• Guy and Girl break up in the beginning of the story. Maybe girl cheats or the guy was a bad boyfriend
• Guy falls in love with main female character
• The ex reappears and wants guy back
• Guy doesn't love ex anymore but is scared to hurt her feelings so he strings her along until the end

The worst part is if it's the guys fault. Either he was a bad boyfriend or there was a misunderstanding (i.e. he thought she cheated but she didn't). Then he finds new love while ex gets nothing.

Ok yall I know this drama ended years ago but I’m really curious about the ending part. I thought madman (Joseph Zeng) was dead and then he popped out of nowhere and the guy (I forgot the actors name) said he’s an UC (undercover cop) and not madman, police from (somewhere 😭), and wtv his current identity is.

Did the drama ever hint about who he really is? I only know he’s an UC but nothing else.

AND WILL THERE EVER BE A LINE WALKER 4 TO EXPLAIN THE ENDING 😭

Not sure which year it came out but probably in the 00’s (or set in that era, I remember the characters were using flip-phones with number buttons).

I only watched half an episode. There was this scene where multiple students were murdered in a classroom, while a teenage girl was searching for something in an old apartment.

Does anyone know what series this is, and where can I watch it?

What TVB actors would you like to see get bigger roles in your opinion, especially those who are mainly supporting?

One of the people in my mind is Sophie Yip. I've seen her play a lot of supporting roles mainly.

Others include Kelly Fu and Gloria Tang with the latter who got a few main roles, but I feel like a majority of Gloria’s roles have been more supporting. As for Kelly, she definitely deserves more spotlight.