Spot Reviews 08/02/24
Aug 02 2024
The Bloody Hundredth (2024) [/] Companion documentary to Masters of the Air. Post-war interviews (not sure anything really recent but into the 2000's I think) with the real people portrayed in the series. War-time footage and narration by Tom Hanks. It's 100 minutes long so it's easy to follow the story and plots that went into the series. It's a nice contrast to the series, which did use a lot of the elements in the documentary.
Promise in the Summer (2023) [-] Chinese romantic drama. After finding out she's the only person Han Qilu (Ma Haodong) can touch safely, An Chuxia (Liu Nian) is hired to be his constant close companion to cure him. But being the new girl in high school who is suddenly close to handsome Qilu brings jealousy from rivals... This is 24 episodes each about 6 to 10 minutes long. Each episode is like a regular Chinese tv show episode but cut down to its essentials so that over the course of the series you get the same sort of subplots and twists as in regular length series. Still, it does kind of make everything superficial, including the characters and main romance plot. I'd say this is not a good format for romantic dramas and though this series was pleasant to watch I wouldn't recommend it.
US Air Force Doctrine Document 2-3 - Irregular Warfare (Aug 2007) [-] This is an old version but I couldn't find the current version on the Air Force docs site. Although 100+ pages it's more of a beta doc of how the Air Force can contribute to Irregular Warfare (insurgency and counter-insurgency being the two primary IW). I guess it's mostly common sense which is why I was unimpressed with this document.
Harborview Restaurant and Bar, San Francisco [+] We've had ex-WCBS dim sum here two or three times. You need to reserve and want to get there early like 1100 on the weekend. You order the dim sum and they bring it out to you. This week we had 10 dishes including porridge for five and it was $140 with tip. So not cheap but it's really good food. Atmosphere is nice -- we sat on the patio and it was a cool day. Plenty of parking.
Kirkland Everything Seasoning Breaded Cod [/] Small cod fillets breaded. You bake for 25 minutes and it comes out ok. I guess about as good as others I've tried -- tough to get breaded fish right.
Promise in the Summer (2023) [-] Chinese romantic drama. After finding out she's the only person Han Qilu (Ma Haodong) can touch safely, An Chuxia (Liu Nian) is hired to be his constant close companion to cure him. But being the new girl in high school who is suddenly close to handsome Qilu brings jealousy from rivals... This is 24 episodes each about 6 to 10 minutes long. Each episode is like a regular Chinese tv show episode but cut down to its essentials so that over the course of the series you get the same sort of subplots and twists as in regular length series. Still, it does kind of make everything superficial, including the characters and main romance plot. I'd say this is not a good format for romantic dramas and though this series was pleasant to watch I wouldn't recommend it.
US Air Force Doctrine Document 2-3 - Irregular Warfare (Aug 2007) [-] This is an old version but I couldn't find the current version on the Air Force docs site. Although 100+ pages it's more of a beta doc of how the Air Force can contribute to Irregular Warfare (insurgency and counter-insurgency being the two primary IW). I guess it's mostly common sense which is why I was unimpressed with this document.
Harborview Restaurant and Bar, San Francisco [+] We've had ex-WCBS dim sum here two or three times. You need to reserve and want to get there early like 1100 on the weekend. You order the dim sum and they bring it out to you. This week we had 10 dishes including porridge for five and it was $140 with tip. So not cheap but it's really good food. Atmosphere is nice -- we sat on the patio and it was a cool day. Plenty of parking.
Kirkland Everything Seasoning Breaded Cod [/] Small cod fillets breaded. You bake for 25 minutes and it comes out ok. I guess about as good as others I've tried -- tough to get breaded fish right.