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A new trailer officially announcing Gone with the Wind's April 27 release (CCTV-8, Youku), this time highlighting the crime and mystery aspects. It's set to have 28 episodes that one can only hope they maximize with minimal onscreen gendered abuse/violence scenes... I also hope that the leads can be as shady as they look in the trailers. Be straight, do crimes!!!




Edit:
Alternate links now that it's blocked on Youtube: Dailymotion / Twitter

Recently reuploaded

Reuploads of old works for friends + backup purposes—some of my videos on Vimeo that have music from mainland China are getting contentID'd (and thus blocked when I don't replace/mute the music), it's weird. The ones with music from Hong Kong/Taiwan artists (Teresa Teng, Mayday, G.E.M.) seem safe so far but one can't get too complacent.

These are all old works from 2020 and early 2021, when I was still new to vidding and subtitling . Actually all subtitled videos (minus the ISMM trailer, which required some heavier editing work) on this post were done on my phone and with some regret because I've begun to detest typing on my phone (to the point that I have installed my mobile messaging apps on my computer so I can reply to messages there)... At the same time I hate opening up DaVinci Resolve on desktop so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

fanvid: Qihun (Hikaru no Go) - 你怎麼說 What Do You Have to Say?
(Yue Zhi x Yu Liang, Yu Liang x Shi Guang)

View on AO3

subbed: I Ship My Rival X Me manhua PV


subbed: I Ship My Rival X Me - 2020 Halloween Special (manhua vol. 3 PV)

Watch on Youtube

Recently subbed

as a sort of celebratory gift for Valentine's Day and CNY because I've otherwise gone inactive... And """penance""" for my random ~off-brand~ reuploads lol.




Carpool karaoke with Zhang Xincheng, Guo Yunqi, and Wang Youshuo (short)


(with a note/erratum for 2:54 that what ZXC calls "beer Americano" is actually sparkling Americano. Like he says it's beer, but the video briefly flashes some text on the screen that says it's sparkling Americano lol.)

Trailers for both The Corridor Pavilion (12-episode Murder in Kairotei adaptation) and The Heart of Genius (adaptation of a book about mathematics and a girl who travels through parallel universes to fix her life) are out; Zhang Xincheng's new song 自言自語/Talking to Myself is now on Spotify and iTunes! \o/

The Heart of Genius trailer:
Cast: Lei Jiayin, Zhang Zifeng, Zhang Xincheng, Wang Shengdi (MY FAVORITE CHILD)


English subbed here (I can't embed the video because it's on Twitter).


The Corridor Pavilion (Murder in Kairotei) trailer (CN + EN):
Cast: Deng Jiajia, Zhang Xincheng

Since The Corridor Pavilion came out yesterday, my Twitter feed has been nothing but clips, gifs, and screencaps of ZXC taking off his shirt and making out with women. XD I actually didn't expect the show to be so sexy lol and I'm not even sure what his role is (it doesn't seem to match any of the characters in the original story?) but 2 YEARS WE WAITED FOR FUCKBOY!ZXC.


Also subbed a 20-second The Corridor Pavilion behind-the-scenes clip, more of a typesetting exercise. I used Lumafusion (iOS). I'm sure there are apps that let you do ~text effects~ more easily. I guess I'll have to explore so more and see if they fit my very specific needs and process. XD

(My GIFs are not up to my usual standard anymore. Oh well...)

I was a bit curious about both the original novels for The Heart of Genius and Kairotei, but 1) I DO NOT want to read about math, 2) there doesn't seem to be an English translation for Kairotei, only Chinese? Hmm. Maybe I should just watch a Japanese movie adaptation, or wait for the Chinese movie adaptation (starring Liu Mintao and Ren Suxi) that's set to come out this year. It seems like a revenge story + locked room mystery combo, I'm just not sure which medium would work best for my brain.