As Extra Punishment

I discovered while retrieving the link to Love O2O the series that there is also a Love O2O the movie, and wondered if that was what all the fuss was about. Since it was only a little over an hour and a half I decided to give it a try (the male lead being played by Jing Boran also factored in.)

The movie was made in 2016 like the television series, but from the serious editing done to the story I expect it came after, not before. All of the things I disliked from the series version are gone, including the hugely annoying roommate and the multiple love triangles. The conflicts are simplified and winnowed down to reasonable amount, too. Jing Boran plays a slightly less intense lead role, but also brings plenty of his own charm. The female lead, played by an actor with the rather improbable stage name of Angelababy, is an enormous visual improvement over her counterpart from the series. I thought both actors brought a lot more realism to their roles.

Special effects dominate both productions, but those for the movie were especially beautiful. By the time the movie ended I wanted a sequel, which is a complete 360 from how I felt about the series. So I will recommend this version of Love O2O, which is available on Netflix.

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After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Best Thrifts of the Year, Part Two

Today I'm looking back at my best thrifts of the year to date in fabric. #4 is this collection of quilt kits, as it's the one that was the biggest surprise and also made me very happy, as I'd missed out on a similar lot that ended up going for a lot more at auction. #3 is this box of scrap fabric which I bought for $3.99 last month. I didn't post about it on the blog, as I just got around to sorting and measuring it. All together it's 54.35 yards, which works out to seven cents a yard. #2 is the lot with which I won my thrifting challenge bet. It was in brand new condition and will be making some local quilters very happy at this year's guild show. #1 is of course the enormous 103+ yards lot I bought for $15.00, which is still the largest and best thrifted fabric haul I've made to date.

Fasten Your Seatbelt

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds is an epic, dazzling film that hurls you into the Korean version of the afterlife while showcasing some of the most impressive special effects I've ever seen in any movie. The story begins with the death of firefighter Kim Ja-Hong (Cha Tae-hyun) who jumps out of a burning building with a child in his arms. The kid lives, but he dies at the scene. Two strangers inform him that he has passed away right on schedule, and toss him into a vortex that takes him to the world of the afterlife, where he meets his three guardians: Gang-rim (Ha Jung-woo), Haewonmak (Ju Ji-hoon) and Lee Deok-choon (Kim Hyang-gi). At the gates of the afterlife Ja-Hong learns that he is considered a paragon (an exemplary person who lived a noble and self-sacrificing life) and is eligible to be reincarnated -- but there's a catch. First he has 49 days to make it through seven hells in which he will be judged on his sins. His three guardians will help and defend...

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