Linda's 2012 Tvb Series - Review by Han

Now that 2012 is over, let's review Linda's TVB series for 2012.  This year Linda was part of 5 different series.  Here are my thoughts on the roles and the dramas.  **warning: contains spoilers

L'Escargot - Kwan Ka Lok
At the start of the drama I really liked Linda's character.  She cared a lot for her family and this will mean she will do anything in order to protect her them.  However, due to her naive and innocent nature she easily made the wrong decisions, which led to a whole mess in the storyline.

I felt that the character was too inconsistent in terms of development, though I can't help but pity Ka Lok.  She is so pure and naive and this was how Michael took advantage of her. Then again I was so frustrated when she didn't have the courage to tell Michael to 'get lost' or tell Ron the reason why she cheated.  I'm sure he would have understood.  It kind of showed in the scene where he spent a day to rethink and finds out that he truly loved her and decided to go find her, but Michael beat him to it arghh.  After Linda's character cheated with Michael Tse the character development just went downhill.  Why can she not make up her mind on who she likes?  Why did she run away from Michael saying that she hates him and then comes running back to him, it just doesn't make any sense?

She had a loving partner played by Ron Ng.  Ron was simply the sweetest guy that every girl would dream of having.  I really hoped that when the truth was revealed, she would be able to gain Ron's trust again and they can be together in the end.  But life is not always like fairy tales with happy endings.  At least she was able to finally wake up and slap Michael (finally).

On another note I liked the scenes when she's with her family.  She and Michael Miu makes a convincing sibling relationship.  It was sweet to see how much she cared for her siblings, Oscar and Him Law, which was why she thought borrowing money from Michael will help them pay off Oscar's debt.

Overall not my favourite series however I did enjoy Linda pairing up with Ron Ng.  They were such a cute couple, I really hope to see them collaborate again.

Daddy Good Deeds - Ko You Chu
This is Linda's fifth time collaborating with Steven Ma and I really love this pairing.  I never get bored of Linda and Steven since they have such great chemistry together.  This was one of the series that I really enjoyed Linda's character, especially since it was also a comedy (Her facial expressions were really cute!).  I really like family-comedy dramas because they are entertaining to watch.

Linda portrayed a cop who was quite clumsy but had a kind heart.  I felt sorry for her character when she found out that Chris had cheated on her.  She was standing there, watching her dad yell at Chris and crying silently.  It was sweet of Steven to lend her his shoulder.  The scene where she sings Rayamond Lam's song 'Ngoi bat kau' with so much emotion, it really proves no matter how strong you are love can tear you apart (perhaps not the best way to describe it, but well you all know what I mean).  I really did feel her heart break and especially since the song was about 'letting go'.  I really enjoyed the scenes with Steven, they were just too cute.  I loved the badminton scene when she took Steven's racquets and used it to catch the thief, that was hilarious!

Not only did I enjoy Linda and Steven's character, I also liked Edwin's role as Ah Yap.  He was too adorable and made me laugh so much (his haircut was very unique).  I really liked the relationship between the three friends, it was really nice to see them care for one another.  So sweet!

I'm glad there was a happy ending for the two and they even have a kid.  It was similar to A Watchdog's Tale, where they also started off as a bickering couple and ended up together and with a kid.

Again great performance by Linda.  She really did make me laugh and the overall storyline was enjoyable.  My family loved it!

House of Harmony and Vengeance - Bin Yuk Yin
One of my least favourite Linda series of the year so not much I can recall for a review.  I felt Linda's acting was too unnatural portraying an evil character.  Though I guess she performed well, since I felt sorry for Myolie's character most of the time because Linda was so nasty to her.  I also couldn't watch the pairing between Linda and Bobby and Evergreen Mak.  It was too weird.

On a side note I really liked the costumes in the drama, except the hairstyles.  This was the only hair style I liked on Linda through the whole series:

Witness Insecurity: Hailey Kiu 
This was my favourite Linda series of the year, I will write my thoughts in another post since I have a lot to say.

Lastly, Missing You
I have yet to see this series, but I have been catching snippets of it.  Can't wait to watch it fully.  Linda's character reminds me of her character from Heart of Greed.  Also this is Jason's first time staring in a leading role so cant wait to see it, even though I've heard reviews saying that his acting is not that great.  However they do look cute together.

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[News] 'Flower King' Bobby Au-Yeung: Jessica Hsuan is the meanest co-star!

Bobby Au Yeung has been acting for 30 years and been in numerous series. He has entertained an unlimited number of audience over the years and is the audiences' "Happy Fruit". Although his body figure is 'growing' every day, but the FaDans he co-stars with are getting young and younger. Lately, his youngest co-star is Linda Chung, who is 23 years his junior, that honestly makes people jealous.

BOBBY: I've been in a countless number of series and have paired up with many different FaDans, and they're even getting younger and younger too. Indeed, people envy me, but what's interesting is I never had a rumor. Perhaps everyone knows I had a girlfriend all along, then after I got married, I had a wife. Also I have a good record, so the female artists that collaborate with me can always relax.

When speaking of my youngest co-star, you can say she's Linda Chung in the latest series House of Harmony and Vengeance. Although our age gap is huge, there is no generation gap between us at all. Perhaps she matured early, whereas I matured late. Linda is a very gentle, but playful little girl and because of this we had a pleasant collaboration. Just like the bed scene we had, it was about her moaning while taking off her clothes after being drugged. Before the shoot, she asked me how she should approach the scene. Linda has never been drunk before, so she didn't know how to do the moaning. I taught her to scream the word "two" in Mandarin, but unexpectedly she sounded pretty good screaming that "two" and we completed the scene in one take.

Aside from Linda, I don't know why the female artists I work with, are all mean women. Perhaps I'm too naughty, and if not mean enough, I can't be tamed!

Source: Oriental Daily
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[News] Myolie Wu "Fei Tin" again, gains 10lbs and gets her first ever 'patpat'

Yesterday Myolie Wu, Linda Chung, Bobby Au Yeung and JJ Jia attended TVB series House of Harmony and Vengeance promotion event. Bobby was hilarious as he had on the ancient Chinese bra ('to dou') while playing the games. Regarding the ratings, Myolie laughed: "I heard the ratings were 29 points, considered above average!" Bobby sighed and expressed the leads are jointly treating the cast and crew a meal on the finale night, but Linda is busy shooting another series and may not be able to make it.

Bobby appeared at the event dressed casually and teased that he's pretending to be Ron Ng and then dragged Myolie into the water, by calling her Viann Zhang. Bobby teased Myolie, that she has to rely on materials to be able to have a figure like Viann's. When speaking of the heavy storyline in new series Master of Play, Bobby directly admitted that House is a no brainer and the happy feeling is like celebrating new years. Bobby said: "Disgust, action, handsome or Chok series are not for me. The silly and funny roles are more suitable for me because there's only me in TVB that hasn't left, but there are also Fuk Luk Sau (Louis Yuen, Wong Cho Lam, Johnson Lee) and Evergreen Mak. I have an old contract with TVB and still owe them about two series. We haven't discuss the contract renewal terms yet, but if I don't renew my contract, I will no longer have a hobby. If I go to Mainland and then back to HK, I'm worried I may be unemployed, so most likely I'll be renewing my contract. After all, I have been with the company for 30 years, and will eventually need to settle at one network."

Lately Myolie has been working in Mainland and each day she eats all three of her meals. She revealed she gained 10 pounds and is busy trying to lose the weight now. She said: "My lower body is the disastrous area, I have never had a pat pat (butt) in my 30 year lifetime. (What about your upper body?) Not sure, didn't measure." Does boyfriend Bosco Wong have anything to say about her weight gain? Myolie expressed he's busy shooting in Shanghai, and she hasn't seen him for several months. She feels her career should be the priority, it's fine if they don't see each other often.

Linda clarifies sister isn't sick

It was reported Linda is a 'stingy girl' and is actively saving up to help pay for her seriously ill elder sister's medical bills. Linda clarified: "Absolutely a misunderstanding! The reporter misunderstood my meaning when they interviewed me. My sister is very healthy. The report has caused unhappiness in my entire family. Friends and relatives were very worried, so I must explain and clarify this rumor. (Are you a stingy girl?) I spend when I should spend, just considered a normal girl. I don't have a domestic worker at home, so I go grocery shopping and cook myself, that is normal. Should I be going out to eat every day? So, in no way am I deliberately saving up to buy groceries."

JJ Jia feels unhappy scolded by Netizens

In the series, JJ Jia plays a villain, and is getting scolded by Netizens daily. She admits her EQ is low and is thin-skinned, so she's been feeling unhappy. JJ helplessly said: "I hope the ending will air soon, so I don't get yelled at anymore. Although this is the case, I won't resist to play villains in the future. In my next series, I'm a villain again. Because I want to try everything, I feel like I'm contradicting myself, so the only thing I can do is to have self-control."

Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao
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[Pics] House of Harmony and Vengeance Promo Event 06/03/12

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Banner of House of Harmony and Vengeance.

I apologize for not updating so regularly.  Recently, everything have just been quite hectic with graduation and exams approaching.  I hope everybody have been able to enjoy House of Harmony and Vengeance though!  Haha..I probably won't have time to start it until the end of June or something Q.Q

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[Clip] House of Harmony and Vengeance Promo Event 05/23/12

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[News] Linda Chung gets 'groaning skills' advice from Bobby Au Yeung

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At the TVB series House of Harmony and Vengeance promotional event yesterday, the ratings for last week were announced. Last week, the average was 30 points and peaked at 34 points. In episode 15, there was a bed scene with Linda Chung and Bobby Au-Yeung after being drugged. When the drugs kicked in, Linda started groaning: "So hot!" Then she said to Bobby while giving him a hug: "I want it!". Netizens turned this part of the scene into a spoof, a 10 second clip called "Brainwashed Linda Chung Groaning". Some Netizens said the clip insulted Linda! Yesterday at the promotion, everyone made Linda into a joke. Bobby claimed he taught Linda how to do the groaning. Linda laughed and said she learned a lot from him and praised how good of a teacher Bobby was. She said: "Thanks to Bobby's teachings, that time there were some areas I didn't know how to portray. I would have never thought there would be such a big reaction when it broadcasts. In fact, that day when we were filming, we were laughing so hard our stomachs were hurting. As for me, I have little experience in this area, Bobby is full of experiences, so I went to ask him for advice." She said she's not upset with Netizens' behavior, but she won't recommend audience focusing too much on this aspect.

As for exposing her 'career line' in the series, Linda frankly expressed in usual days she shows "a little", and she does not mind healthy sex appeal. When asked how her boyfriend sees it? Linda said: "Huh? If I had a boyfriend, he can have an opinion and if it's not too over, I should be happy."

It was reported Bobby's wife went to HK Sanatorium & Hospital to seek assistance from an infertility doctor? Bobby said: "I don't know whether or not she went to that hospital, but sometimes when I have the cold or flu, I would go too. Actually, I don't want children. If we wanted children, we would have had one earlier on, and won't have to wait until now. We have consensus already, it's better for us to play with other people's children." When speaking of a magazine reporting that Michael Tse had an affair behind his wife's back? Bobby laughed and said he doesn't have enough guts to do that: "Mrs. Tse is beautiful and powerful, I believe Michael won't make unnecessary sacrifices."

Source: Mingpao, The Sun
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[News] Myolie Wu claims she has 'material' on chest area

Myolie Wu, Linda Chung, Bobby Au Yeung and the rest of the cast of TVB new series House of Harmony and Vengeance took part in the promotional event yesterday. Myolie was asked why isn't her costume as revealing as the one seen on the poster? Myolie joked and said her costume isn't as sexy as the others: "You know I am someone who has 'material' [on the chest]! But I was too ashamed to ask the crew to make me a low-cut costume." When taking group photos, Myolie suddenly did a split and instantly stole the limelight from Linda. During the interview, Myolie half-joked: "Back then during the dance rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing, I learned to do the splits from then. While shooting this series, my assistant helped me with the muscle warm-ups every day to practice. In the series, we were pretending to have outstanding dancing skills in hope to deceive viewers. Perhaps my Tang Dynasty costume isn't as sexy as Linda's, but I am still a person with 'material'. I really wanted to dress like the palace maids in Curse of the Golden Flower, but after all the 'push' is useless, so I could only leave Linda responsible [in that area]." As for good friend Kevin Cheng said to have had a 'dark face' (bad attitude) while filming? Myoile supported him: "He has dark skin, but he is serious towards his work. Back then when I was on Strictly Come Dancing with him, he did not smile at all for 3 whole months, so I think there might be some misunderstanding."

Linda Chung smiled and said she wants to be as sexy as the "Golden Armor (黃金甲)", but she fears Bobby Au Yeung might have a nose bleed. When asked if she or Myolie has more 'material'? Linda said: "Same size! Myolie and I are very similar!"

Bobby claimed his role is just like a flower vase because the attention is focused on their female artists' dancing and singing. He even exposed that there were a large group of male artists in the studios next door, often coming to take a 'peek' while they were shooting the dancing scenes, including Raymond Lam. Regarding Myolie's comment that the actresses all had sexy costumes? Bobby disagreed: "They all taped their costumes tightly, even if they bend down, there won't be any exposure. Also, there is the television scale factor, it won't be too over. In the series Linda and the other girls are very hard working, learning and shooting at the same time. As for the ratings, I'm not feeling too pressured."

Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao
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[Pics] House of Harmony and Vengeance Promotion event 04/18/12

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