I have recently completed yet another TVB drama called ‘The Witness’. It is the 11th TVB drama I have watched this year and since there is more than a month to go before 2020 ends, there are still time for me to watch one or two more this year. ‘The Witness’ is a 20-episode drama that revolves on a sergeant getting into a close friendship with a witness he is protecting, and in the meantime falling in love with his younger sister. He then learns that there is a link connecting them to the death of his father years ago.
The series starred Him Law, Kelly Cheung, Willie Wai, Pinky Cheung, Tsui Wing, Lau Kong, etc. This is mostly a light-hearted drama. There is quite a lot of funny scenes in the beginning especially coming from Willie’s character but it all dies down quickly as soon the series reached the middle. It gets boring all the way before the very last episode. Him Law and Kelly Cheung couldn’t lead the series well (still don’t find them fit to take on first lead roles). Willie Wai saved the drama a bit but I felt that it was Tsui Wing that impresses more especially near the end of the series. Out of 10 points, I rate ‘The Witness’ a total of 6.0.
TVB had just celebrated its 53rd anniversary last week in a usual evening gala show that saw attendance of over 100 artistes led by the two usual ‘big sisters’; Liza Wang and Carol Cheng. The only interesting part of the show is the singing segment by Miriam Yeung (the only popular celebrity of the night). Even the comedic parts of the show felt lame and not hilarious. I’m looking forward more to the upcoming TVB Anniversary Awards for the year. I think the nomination list will be out very soon.
Looks like the hot contenders for best actor this year would be Raymond Lam (Line Walker 3), Kenneth Ma (The Exorcist’s 2nd Meter), Vincent Wong (Legal Mavericks 2020), Shaun Tam (Brutally Young), and Wayne Lai (Death by Zero). Competition for best actress is very weak this year. So far I can only think of these five; Mandy Wong (Brutally Young), Sisley Choi (Legal Mavericks 2020), Ali Lee (Death By Zero), Selena Li (Forensic Heroes 4) and Samantha Ko (Go!Go!Go! Operation C9). My top 5 series so far would be Legal Mavericks 2020, Line Walker 3:Bull Fight, Brutally Young, The Exorcist’s 2nd Meter and Flying Tiger 2.
That’s it for my post today. One more week and we will be welcoming the last month of the year and I will be turning 29 in 10 more days. It’s all about Covid-19 in 2020. I’m glad that there is no community cases here in Singapore for 14 consecutive days already, but at the same time, I’m worried over the increasing number of cases back in Malaysia (reaching new record high of over 2000 cases today!). If this continues, how can I return to KL for the Chinese New Year celebration in the coming February?!
(Images in this post are from various online sources)