30 December 2021

《琅琊榜之风起长林》电视剧 - 观后感

今年由于疫情的缘故,比往年更时常呆在家里,又对韩剧觉得比较厌烦,就开始找多一些中文剧来看。

2015年播出的 《琅琊榜》已看了几遍我自己都算不清楚(连我的女儿都看了不少过五遍)。我便开始找第二部 《琅琊榜之风起长林》。第二部《琅琊榜之风起长林》(我是指电视剧的故事)虽没有第一部来得精彩,但是还是有一定的颜值。

   



我本人比较喜欢的几个地方: 

1. 仍有不少的武打场面
以《琅琊榜》为名的剧情怎么能少得了琅琊高手呢?武打场面还是蛮不错,尤其是萧平旌,荀飞盏的戏份。只是看完了还是有些地方觉得好奇:

一,荀飞盏既然是前朝禁军大统领蒙挚关门弟子,为何武功看似比较花俏,总是持剑,不像蒙挚那种 “少林俗家弟子,身负大力金刚功” 的 强硬大纲的风格呢?撇开他以禁军统领的身份持剑对敌吧。他在城外搭救平旌时对抗段桐舟,或者再后来在琅琊山上与平旌一教高下,每次都是用剑。 记忆里只有一场(在金陵)当街与萧平旌打架时,才单单以赤拳对打。

二,萧平旌在琅琊山上学艺,武功是跟谁学的?(电视剧中并没有交代,等我读完原著再看有没有解答)

三,蔺晨(第二部里的琅琊阁老阁主)继承琅琊阁后,为何会决定改动琅琊榜的入榜资格,凡介入朝局或领有朝职者将除名?(电视剧里没有明确地交代,且等我看完原著后来又没有提。)


2. 多了一些儿女情长的戏份
第一部《琅琊榜》电视剧虽然把穆霓凰和林殊年少时的婚约与爱慕感情改编的与原著小说不一样, 可是还是从头到尾只注重林殊为赤焰军翻案的大义主题。主角(梅长苏)和其他角色(萧景琰,萧景睿,谢弼)都没多少感情戏(剧里并没有带进谢弼与天泉山庄的亲事)。

第二部反而把每一位高手、主角都加了恋爱对象;萧平旌与林奚的 “父母之命”却也 “自然恋爱”, 萧平章与蒙浅雪的 “青梅竹马,世世代代都要做夫妻“。连大反派萧元启也似乎对荀安如动了真感情,莫要说荀飞盏对蒙浅雪的单恋。

平旌与林奚的感情戏随从头到尾都有,可是又不像一些无聊的电视剧,随着 ‘男见女-喜欢对方-相爱求婚-结婚生子’ 的步伐。 林奚虽然看似是个弱女子,可是还懂一些武功,可以独当一面担任济风堂少堂主,而且志在四方,自小立志学习神农氏尝遍百草、编写药谱。并向平旌表示:“我的心会等着你,但我的脚步不会为你停留。”

相反的,因为不同环境与原故,武艺高强的蒙浅雪却因从小收养于长林王妃身边,年少时由皇帝赐婚,成为长林府的世子妃。我总觉得林溪在认识世子妃和平旌后,一定不肯透露自己的身份,因为她不想被困在王府的“牢笼“ 里。


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简单说了喜欢的部分,现在提一下我本人不喜欢的部分

(无聊的)宫廷斗争
因为第二部宫廷里的反派真的描的太笨了。真不敢相信景琰会为他的儿子(萧歆)选这么迷信又没脑的荀氏皇后(这点应该是因为改编成电视剧的问题,有些细节没有办法完整的交代)小说里第九章有解释荀氏一族的来历,并交代武靖帝(萧景琰)对荀白水之父的恩信, 所以当时才会立荀白水之妹为东宫的太子妃。

墨淄侯
我应该说什么呢。。。鼎鼎大名的琅玡榜第一高手出手时,绝大部分就只是CG跳来跳去。。

好了,暂时就写到这。。。最近忙着工作 (年底到了,会计方面的好多事情还没做)没有这样多时间慢慢地阅读原著。等到农历新年到了才有比较多时间赶上阅读进度(我只读到第23章)

01 October 2021

Hotel Del Luna (Youtube playlist from TvN)

One of the dramas that I can't help but re-watch. 아직도 델루나 앓이 중이라면 [#다시보는호텔델루나]

03 July 2021

"Iceland in Three Meals" Youtube playlist

One of my favourite Korean variety ensemble cast, ever since I started watching them in Two Days One Night.

01 June 2021

《长歌行》漫画

 我看完了电视剧才开始看原著的漫画。我便拜托姐姐在淘宝帮我买全套漫画书籍,也在网上搜索动漫的视频。


29 May 2021

Air fryer pork ribs

We had this takeaway pork ribs from Pura Brasa last week to celebrate our wedding anniversary at home ( thanks to Phase 2 HA restrictions!!) 

I wanted to try to prepare a homemade version as Y loves her meats (her latest addition to her nickname list is "Miss meaty"). I didn't want to have to burn a big hole in my pocket to feed her carnivorous cravings. 

So I got this lovely slab of pork ribs from the wet market at Chinatown. This hit the weighing scale at close to 900+ grams (approx 2 pounds?), and costs $23/kg. 

The uncle at the stall suggested that I precook the meat before putting it into the oven to roast/BBQ, to avoid drying out the meat. So here it is, in my WMF stainless steel pot on a trivet,ready to be steamed.

I chose steaming rather than boil or parboil, so that the juices and flavour do not leech out into the boiling liquid. Besides, it's already so hot in the kitchen! In total, I steamed it for about 15 mins. It was fully cooked when I poked the meat with a chopstick, as the juices ran clear. 

I then rubbed on some store bought BBQ seasoning sauce and popped it into the air fryer for about 5-7 mins at 170 deg Celsius. I just eye-balled and flipped it over (for more even browning, aesthetics, really, since it was already fully cooked) and cranked up to 200 deg Celsius for a final burst for another 4mins. The BBQ smell was so enchanting and the fats sizzling and popping when I opened the airfryer. 


Here's a pic of the final product. 
Verdict: it looks better than it tastes. 
I think I overcooked it and the exterior bits of meat were super dry and tasted like jerky. Personally, I had the small loose piece of rib, which I cut off from the main slab so that it could fit into the airfryer. It was exposed to the convection heat in the airfryer and tasted dry and tasteless. I later had another rib from the middle section and it was much juicier and softer. 

By not marinating in advance, I set the stage for bland meat. The seasoning was only on the exposed parts of the meat. I can only shudder to imagine the quantity of seasoning used by restaurants to get that smoky, sweet, salty taste we get when dining out. I can only console myself that my version is healthier! 

This is a dish that I will definitely try again, not least because Y asked for more (her exact words were "mummy, can you cook this more often") , but also cos I have a bottle of BBQ seasoning dry rub to use up before SG's humidity ruins it.