I have to admit, I am quite a follower of Hong Kong's cantonese series, but to limited genre. I think it's mainly because I place great emphasis on the main casts. If the main casts are not to my liking, I won't bother watching regardless how good the story line is. And I am so slow in catching up with the entire series! Time is not really a friend to me, and even if the series is really great, I will usually only have like that thirty minutes to an hour before bedtime to watch bit by bit. And that's not good, at times I over-watched on certain nights and became miss-yawn-the-whole-day at work the next day LOL
Last year a great buzz was made on the series Heart of Greed. For any housewife who watches canton series, it was like a sin if you have not watched it. The series swept most of the major awards at the TVB Annual Awards 2007, including Best Series, Best Male (Moses Chan, I like!) and Best Female (Lei See Khei). I was a fan too, great list of casts, extreme family turmoil, loads of bitching and back-stabbing LOL
After its great success, now they're back with the 2nd instalment, called Moonlight Resonance. So highly demanded it was, retailers were selling the series by batches of episodes, not even waiting for the filming to be completed! Astro cleverly showed 5-episode preview, luring helpess housewives into subscribing.
I must say, this time round (from watching the sneak-peek episodes), there's more bitching, slapping, hair pulling, auntie whacking enemies with a broom and much more in Moonlight Resonance, definitely intriging LOL. But I must admit, with the great chemistry both Lei See Khei and Suzanna Kwan had in Heart of Greed, with See Khei as the 'goddess' woman of hope and purity, and Suzanna as the ill-hearted bitter mega-bitch, I was really hoping they would switch roles this time round. Unfortunately they did not. Anyway, not only housewives but the younger generation including myself are hooked to it. I've yet to really start watching Moonlight Resonance but many around me have already got on board, all asking me 'Watcha waiting for?! Hello?!". Another friend even proposed "Hey, let's take three days leave and we'll 'chase' it together!". Yes, the fever is on again, and yes, auntily (auntie + ly) I will be going on board very soon thee hee hee....
