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Missing: 3 Korean Films About Women Experiencing Trauma
There are three (3) Korean movies all titled “Missing”, released in 2009, 2016 and 2017. They are categorized as crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense, and are streaming on Tubi TV (watch free). Each movie is a cautionary tale, warning women about how easy it is for them to end up in dangerous and deadly situations. Women should take heed that almost any place they go can appear safe, but can instantly become a hell hole or even a death trap. Whether or not they are traveling alone, women need to practice personal safety rules. Rules as in they should be done consistently. The extra steps they take could save their lives. Basic Street Safety for Women : 11 Steps (with Pictures) – Instructables ♦ (1) Missing (2009) (aka “Sil jong”) This Korean drama is an award-winning film that was inspired by the true story of a Korean serial killer. A 70-year old fisherman killed four (4) women in Bosung, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The events in the movie are
Ermac returns to Mortal Kombat 11
Ermac is the latest addition to Kombat Pack 1, the DLC coming to Mortal Kombat 11. Ermac has always been portrayed as a villain in various Mortal Kombat timelines. However, in Mortal Kombat 11, Ermac undergoes a surprising face turn. He now inhabits the body of King Jerrod, the husband of Sindel and father of Mileena and Kitana. His body has become a vessel for millions of souls, each vying for control. Created by Quan Chi’s dark magic, Ermac in the original timeline is a collection of souls of deceased warriors. In the New Timeline, King Jerrod’s soul dominates as it is his body. When Kombat Pack was first revealed, there was a huge outcry due to his lack of the iconic mask. However, he received a redesign, and the mask is now back. Additionally, he appears thinner this time around, in contrast to his previous, more muscular incarnations. Ermac official Gameplay Trailer One funny revelation on his trailer is the mention that one of Ermac’s souls is a
Crunchyroll Announces Three New Movies At CinemaCon
This week during CinemaCon Crunchyroll formally announced they have acquired three new movies for US distribution: HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle, Blue Lock The Movie: Episode Nagi, and Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom. Two thirds of these happen to be sports movies. HAIKYU!! is a volleyball anime that’s been around for ten years; Crunchyroll is teaming up with Sony Pictures to release the film in select US theaters May 31. Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High’s volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the “Little Giant.” But, Hinata soon finds that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles turn into a surprising weapon, but can they beat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated “Dumpster Battle,” the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams? As for Blue Lock The Movie: Episode Nagi, it’s about soccer and this is its first feature film after wrapping up a full season on television. The movie is a side story to
Su Ji and U Ri: Physician, Heal Thyself!
“Su Ji and U Ri” is a 2024 Korean drama series, with 100+ episodes, and categorized as a Family or Soap Opera, Medical Drama, Romance, and Comedy (Rom-Com). The alternate title is “A Profitable Cage”. The series is airing on South Korea’s local TV channel and episodes are being uploaded to Viki after the broadcast. No surprise this series is taking the time slot that was previously occupied by “Unpredictable Family”, another KBS family drama. Both series are a soap opera-type Korean drama with over 100 episodes, and each episode lasts for about half an hour. K-Drama Review: Unpredictable Family: Do You Know Who Your Relatives Are? | PopGeeks ♦ Why Are Doctors Terrible Patients? In “Su Ji and U Ri”, begins with a psychiatrist trying to convince a patient not to commit suicide. The psychiatrist is Doctor Jin Su Ji. She was successful in getting the patient to change her mind. Someone recorded the entire incident and circulated the video via the Internet. Consequently, Doctor Jin Su Ji became
Square Thinks They Can Get The FF7 Trilogy Done By 2027
As I’ve been progressing through FF7 Rebirth these past few weeks, one thing has become clear: a ton of work went into it. The game contains way more content than I’ll probably ever see or complete. It took four years to get this to us, so does that mean we can expect the third and final part of the FF7 trilogy in another four? Series director Tetsuya Nomura thinks it can actually be done in three. This bit of information comes from the new behind-the-scenes book Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Ultimania. The book isn’t out yet but Twitter user aitaikimochi has obtained an advance copy. Nomura said that, at the time of the interview, the story outline for Part 3 had been locked down and they were about to start recording voices. He revealed the development time for FF7 Rebirth was actually three years, not four, but that extra year was spent creating DLC content (which we guess will be revealed soon). So he figures the third and final chapter
Nintendo Switch Online Surprise Drops Three SNES Obscurities
With no announcement, Nintendo silently updated the SNES department of Nintendo Switch Online this afternoon with three games, two of which have never been released in the US before. The biggest surprise of the three is Wrecking Crew 98, which if you can’t tell by the year cited in its name, came out at a time when the SNES was just about dead everywhere except Japan. You could still technically buy the “reduced fat” model (and a Frogger game came out that year), but overall Nintendo didn’t feel the market was really there anymore. It’s a remake of the NES game where Mario was tasked with breaking down walls on multiple floors in multiple screens while avoiding hazards. This portion of Mario’s career was made a canon part of the Super Mario Bros Movie (Mario’s “boss” is from that game). Super R-Type is the second game, a brilliant space shooter from early in the SNES’ lifecycle. It’s not an easy game (and if you can master it, you’ll see it’s
Forecasting Love and Weather: Two Losers and Two Winners
“Forecasting Love and Weather” is a Korean drama series, released in 2022, has 16 episodes, and is categorized as a Romance and Comedy, (Rom-Com). It’s streaming on Netflix and dubbed in English. Viewers who enjoyed watching Park Min-Young (“Marry My Husband” 2024) and Song Kang (“My Demon” 2023) will likely be happy to see them as a couple in this K-drama. No surprise it was on Collider’s list of “Best K-Dramas Featuring Workplace Romances”. ♦ Two Losers and Two Winners In “Forecasting Love and Weather”, Jin Ha-Kyung is already successful in her professional life. She is the Director of Team A at the Korea Meteorological Administration, headquarters office. Now if she has a successful marriage, her life will be perfect. She and her fiancé, Han Ki-Jun, are making wedding plans but his future mother-in-law, Jin Ha-Kyung’s mother, already has complaints that make her suspicious of him. What is the future mother-in-law’s complaint? Her complaint is that … HE NEVER COMPLAINS!! For that reason, she is extremely suspicious. She says when
Does Anyone Want More Heroes?
Yikes, Heroes creator Tim Kring is back and he’s once again trying to restart the once-popular series that burned bright and flamed out just as quickly in the 2000s. Deadline reports that he’s now currently shopping a proposed revival (the second, for those keeping score) to prospective buyers. When the show premiered on NBC in 2006 it started as a more grounded take on X-Men, about ordinary people around the world discovering they have latent superpowers, seemingly awakened by an eclipse. The eclipse was referenced in the logo, repeated throughout the series and, like a lot of things about it, never fully explained. Kring was likely waiting for the recent real-life eclipse to make this announcement. The proposed revival is called “Heroes Eclipsed.” Heroes started out pretty great, with a fascinating cast of characters including a cheerleader with super-healing powers that make her immortal, a quirky Japanese man who can blink his way through time and space, and a supervillain that grows more powerful the longer it takes for the
Missing You: He Killed Them, He Killed Them Not!
“Missing You” is a Korean drama movie, released in 2016, categorized as Crime, Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense. ♦ He Killed Them, He Killed Them Not! In “Missing You”, a young girl named Nam Hee Joo, who is 7 years old, slowly backs out of a courtroom. She is in shock. A man named Kim Ki Bum was tried as a serial killer of several victims. But he was only convicted for one murder; the murder of his cheating girlfriend. For that crime, the police and prosecution were able to present sufficient evidence to get a conviction. However, because there was insufficient evidence to connect him to the other murders, he was only given a sentence of 15 years. Yes, the families of the murdered victims were visibly upset at such a light sentence. Only 15 years? For all of those brutal murders? One of the victims was a homicide detective, Nam Hee Joo’s father. He was a single parent and the night he died he was happy to get off
Kingdom Hearts Goes Emo In New Cover Album
The suggestion of an “emo” take on the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack started as a complete joke. Game music label GameGrooves posted the “announcement” on April Fools Day three years ago, but…there’s an apparent demand for such a thing, and they felt like really making it, so….here it is. If you don’t like it, you only have yourself to blame. The full title is XIII Cheers for Sweet Revenge: Kingdom Hearts Goes Emo (long and convoluted, like a KH title should be). Everything is rendered in the angsty style of a My Chemical Romance album, including “Dearly Beloved” from Kingdom Hearts II, “Hikari” and “Simple and Clean” from the original Kingdom Hearts, “Face my Fears” from the most recent third game, and many others. “What started as an April Fool’s Day joke three years ago has culminated in one of my favorite GameGrooves albums to date,” says GameGrooves producer Allen Brasch. “Given the genre, we decided to open the album to both Disney songs as well as Kingdom Hearts tracks. The
This Week’s Potential Buyer Of Paramount: Sony
Competition is good, and necessary for a healthy society. If the consumer has fewer options, there is less innovation, higher prices and a lower quality product. Monopolies or oligopolies have never worked out well. So all that being said, don’t shoot the messenger — this news is out of my control. The owners of Paramount really want to sell it. They’re in a bind that is definitely their own fault yet they’d never admit it; the level of Paramount’s debt is surprisingly WORSE than WB’s. They’d love it if someone could take that debt off their hands, and have been looking for buyers for about a year now. WB Discovery was reported as being interested at one point, but seems to have backed off. Thank goodness; reducing the number of movie studios yet again would be terrible. No, wait…this new potential buyer, Sony ALSO owns a studio already, darrrrrrn! Sony is a bit of a curveball, because up to now they’ve kept out of the whole “spend trillions of dollars
What Time Is It? Adventure Time: The Roleplaying Game
Adventure Time takes so much inspiration from D&D that you might wonder why it took THIS long for someone to literally put the two things together. Who knows, but it’s finally happened. Cryptozoic has launched a Kickstarter campaign for an official Adventure Time Roleplaying Game that is 5E compatible. How one plays this game is basically identical to how one plays regular D&D…there’s no gameplay reinvention here, nor would there really need to be. At the same time, it’s not just an Adventure Time skin for a D&D module. There’s the core rulebook, Prismo’s Guide To Adventures In Ooo, that establishes the setting and character roles. There are Twist Cards that will introduce random new plot elements to deal with. There are twenty species with twelve subclasses, adventure prompt tables and more. Higher tiers will receive the Adventure Book as a bonus, that contains one major quest to venture into….and some Jake-shaped dice. While Adventure Time: The Roleplaying Game is fine for players of all skill levels, this product actually
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