No Perfect Ending

No Perfect Ending

By Bebe and JanetTV & Film
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No Perfect Ending episodes

  • Recent watches: Emma, Tenet, Wandavision, why we stopped watching Vincenzo

    In this episode, Bebe and Janet go through a few recent movies and TV series that they've picked up. We talk about what we love about HBO Max's Emma, why the acting in Tenet felt off, logic fails in Nolan and Marvel movies, and Wandavision. We also discuss why Song Jong Ki alone wasn't enough to redeem Vincenzo with all of its comedic and execution fails. 


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    1 hr 2 min
  • Clubhouse, To All the Boys I've Loved, Mr. Queen's disappointing finale, reactions to Chris Harrison's interview with Rachel Lindsay

    We have a packed and varied agenda this week! We start by covering our initial impressions of the buzzy Clubhouse audio listening app, including what we think works well vs what doesn't. We then review the full To All The Boys trilogy, including the evolution of the actors and maturity in the final installment Always and Forever. Janet finished Mr. Queen and felt pretty supreme disappointment that this is what she spent 20 hours waiting for. And finally we give our unfiltered, honest thoughts on the Chris Harrison interview that sparked an outcry in Bachelor Nation, as well as the larger and harder to solve issues it shone light upon in our corporate society.  

    This is also the first episode we're releasing under our new podcast name, No Perfect Ending. We hope you like the title as much as we do; endings are the most critical part of any fictional story for us (see our episode on Best/Worst endings), and it felt fitting for our discussions. Enjoy the discussion this episode, and as always please feel free to share your thoughts/reactions via our contact info below. 


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    1 hr 3 min
  • Netflix show reviews: Night Stalker, Bling Empire, True Beauty, Mr. Queen midway review

    In this episode Bebe and Janet discuss their reactions to recent Netflix hits including Night Stalker and Bling Empire. They discuss the unfortunate turn True Beauty took in episode 10, and how the gender-bending rom-com Mr. Queen is a surprisingly satisfying watch.  

    Shows discussed:  

    1. Night Stalker 
    2. True Beauty 
    3. Bling Empire 
    4. Mr. Queen 


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      52 min
    5. What we've enjoyed watching: True Beauty (halfway review), Titanic sinking videos & learnings, Dream Home Makeover season 2

      In this episode, Bebe and Janet give an update on our favorite Kdrama of the moment, True Beauty, touching on why we like it so much better at the halfway point versus when it started. We share our favorite scenes from this drama and why we love Cha Eun Woo so much. We also touch on other things we've been watching, including Dream Home Makeover season 2 and everything Janet has learned from 50+ hours of binging Titanic history and sinking videos (it gets a little morbid, but we think some of the learnings are fascinating). 

      Topics discussed:

      1. True Beauty (review through Episode 8)
      2. Our updated thoughts on True Beauty's heroine and second leads
      3. Dream Home Makeover Season 2
      4. Titanic real time CGI sinking video (on YouTube)
      5. Captain Lightoller testimonial of the Titanic (on YouTube)


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        48 min
      6. Best Kdrama rom-coms, the best/worst cliches in rom-coms, True Beauty initial review

        Bebe and Janet started watching True Beauty a few weeks ago, and in this episode give our initial thoughts through the first 4 episodes. We also discuss some of our favorite Korean drama romantic comedies, the parallels between Jane Austen romances and Kdramas, and some cheesy / annoying tropes we wish would forever be abolished. 

        Topics:

        1. True Beauty
        2. Cha Eun Woo
        3. My ID is Gangnam Beauty (comparing the female lead in this vs. True Beauty)
        4. Jealousy Incarnate (Don't Dare to Dream)
        5. Love Alarm
        6. The Jane Austen similarities / Darcy archetype in Kdramas
        7. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim 
        8. Park Min Young - too pretty to relate to?
        9. Yoo Inna and why we both love her
        10. Queen In Hyun's Man 
        11. Shin Se Kyung (not our favorite)
        12. The 4 men to 1 woman ratio common in Kdrama romances 
        13. You're Beautiful


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          46 min
        14. Best of 2020 Roundup: Korean dramas, podcasts, TV shows, books and more

          Admittedly 2020 hasn't been our favorite year in terms of entertainment selection (we found most offerings to be passable but not spectacular). That said, Bebe and Janet talk through what we fully enjoyed, what we partly enjoyed, and what we actually didn't enjoy very much. Send us a note if you want to share your recommendations as well!

          Items discussed:

          1. Snacks Daily
          2. Dear Shandy
          3. The Jungle Prince
          4. The House of Earth and Blood
          5. Overdrive app
          6. Flower of Evil
          7. Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny
          8. Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung
          9. It's Okay to Not be Okay 
          10. AliExpress 
          11. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (and Park Min Young's style)
          12. Her Private Life 
          13. The Great
          14. Little Fires Everywhere
          15. Everything I Never Told You
          16. The Flight Attendant
          17. The Crown (why only Season 3 on is worth the time)

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            54 min
          18. Coping with COVID stress & working from home: self care tips, the overuse of Zoom calls, feeling pressured to do more

            In today's episode we wanted to touch on some of the ways we've been managing around the stresses that have come with COVID, from the constant pressure to achieve more and work more in a WFH environment to the excessive number of Zoom and other video calls that have tried (unsuccessfully) to fill the void of physical interactions in work and personal settings. We talk about the problems with meeting culture generally in companies, and also Bebe shares some of the podcasts she's discovered and loved listening to in this time. 

            We hope you enjoy the episode! 

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            44 min
          19. Our favorite streaming services, tired of influencers, Mulan vs Crazy Rich Asians

            Thinking about subscribing to one of the many new streaming services? We're going through and sharing our honest experiences and opinions on all the major platforms. We'll be discussing our thoughts on each one's hit shows along the way, and also giving some real talk on why influencer marketing need to be regulated, what we thought of Mulan and its controversial non-diverse production team, and how we warmed up to Crazy Rich Asians despite its cringe factor.  

            Platforms & shows discussed: 

            1. Netflix 
            2. Amazon Prime Video 
            3. Hulu 
            4. Feeling advertising fatigue 
            5. What we think of influencers / the problems with influencer marketing 
            6. YouTube 
            7. Disney Plus  
            8. The issues finding good kids content 
            9. HBO Max 
            10. Mulan  
            11. Crazy Rich Asians 
            12. Us 
            13. Apple TV+  
            14. The Morning Show 
            15. Greyhound 
            16. On the Rocks 
            17. Viki Rakuten 
            18. Tencent Video 
            19. Our thoughts on dubbing in Chinese dramas Meteor Garden (2018) and our issues with the bad castings for the female lead through time 
            20. Boys Over Flowers
            21. Peacock (we can't figure out how to use) 

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              57 min
            22. Good vs awful romantic leads in Start-Up & other shows, second lead syndrome, actresses we dislike

              We know the Korean drama Start-Up has sparked one of the most fervent debates ever on which leading man deserves the leading lady, with a seeming majority online supporting Han Ji Pyeong over Nam Do San. Janet is one of these supporters, so in this episode she and Bebe will assess why the second-lead #HJP ship gained so much momentum in Start-Up and what scenarios commonly result in Second Lead Syndrome across dramas broadly (aka when we wind up pining for the second lead over the main lead). We'll talk about previous dramas where we've suffered this, as well as instances where this has happened with female leading actresses. We also delve into what makes for a compelling actor and which Korean actresses we find overrated / inherently bad at their craft.     

              See below for the list of shows and actors/actresses mentioned (note some spoilers):   

              1. Start-Up (Nam Joo Hyuk, Kim Seon Ho)   
              2. Boys Over Flowers / Meteor Garden   
              3. She Was Pretty (Choi Si Won)   
              4. Go Back Spouses / Go Back Couple (Son Ho Jun, Jang Ki Yong)    
              5. Answer Me 1988 (Park Bo Gum)   Dream High (Kim Soo Hyun, Taecyeon)     
              6. Song Hye Kyo / Song Joong Ki   
              7. My First First Love (Ji Soo and the bad English dubbing)  
              8. Angry Mom (Kim Hee Sun who never ages, Ji Soo again)   
              9. Page Turner (Ji Soo yet again, Shin Jae Ha)   Diary of a Night Watchman (Seo Ye Ji)   
              10. Cheese in the Trap (Lee Sung Kyung, Kim Go Eun)   
              11. Cunning Single Lady (Seo Kang Joon)   
              12. Was It Love (Song Ji Hyo and her overacting)   
              13. The Gentlemen (Matthew McConaughey)   
              14. Christian Bale (his unnatural dedication to his craft)   
              15. Bae Suzy (how she's improved after 10 mediocre acting years)   
              16. Park Shin Hye (her typecasting as the mopey sad girl)   

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                51 min

              About No Perfect Ending

              From the publisher's feed

              Bebe and Janet live on opposite coasts and have a shared interest in Korean dramas, big-city living, building corporate careers as Asian women in the workforce, and plenty more. Tune in to hear us chat about our drama obsessions, our career advice, living on the coasts and much more! For inquiries or requests for future topics, please send us a note at [email protected]