@karina it's no big deal if we call the Govt by any sort of name here to show our disgust. We aren't so patriotic and have our own views but can become united during events. However in China, even a struggling peasant will chant 'I Love China' and the peasant is still a struggling peasant and he won't know why he loves China....

@jimmyszeto the apology is for getting caught and possibly jeopardizing the band's earning potential. I agree that those two were an open secret and she probably even flirted with all of them. Which man doesn't like attention from a young woman when she jokes and laughs with them? Especially one who's wife is an exercise fanatic, skin and bones, and busy workng away preparing for a concert and he doesnt get any womanly attention.

@jimmyszeto so there were 6 million against the protest?

@jimmyszeto I think you are thinking too black and white. Western countries like US, Canada and Britain does the same does that mean they are brainwashed? China just go to overboard with it.

@megamiaow A lot of national pride is taught and brainwashed into them anyway. They know deep within themselves that they are not genuinely proud...

Considering Jacqueline was going to all their meal gatherings, I’m not sure what the apology is about when the affair was already an open secret amongst his group of friends.

@anoninhk If we include the people sitting at home supporting in front of their TV sets then there might be a million....

@hazel That's always been the Natalie way. Always zero enthusiasm, zero charisma,zero onscreen presence. She doesn't even have a captivating appearance nor voice. I feel Crystal is probably the most naturally gifted actress to come from Miss HK, in years. Even Tracy Chu took quite few series to improve. Crystal is already fitting in nicely....

@jimmyszeto Natalie recites her lines like she's doing a table read; zero emotion and forced. She pauses in between lines and ruins the flow. I must say I disliked Ali when she started out; thought she was terrible in Law dis-Order. However, despite having only seen the first 5 episodes of the Big White Duel, I can tell that she has improved dramatically. I also quite like Crystal Fung and Kelly Cheung.

Many girls who are brought up in HK and China are taught that finding a rich guy is the key to a secure life. In the West, we take it more day by day without as many motives...

@jimmyszeto okay, point taken. it's not about what they did, but WHO they did it to lol. basically, their main issue is with the fact that JW did the deed to someone famous and loved, so that makes her unforgivable and unbankable in the eyes of the hypocrites.

@m0m0 Being a celeb they will be more motivated to get in shape. Look at how motivated Andy Lau has been to stay in shape over the decades. I don’t think people understand what big and muscular is. Being extremely thin like most of the above are, it would take less than a month in gym and stay on a high protein diet to display give us a fake smokescreen in pictures that they are strong. Gaining in weight to get bigger while building muscles is called building muscles.

@funnlim I’m liking it so far but the director or story is trying to make the characters seem more complicated when in fact they are very simple and each character’s motivations are quite obvious. It tries too hard to use music to add conflicts in the characters in the ‘When Heavens Burn’ mode when it is nowhere near that well written. Kenneth and Natalie’s relationship isn’t at all ambiguous. It’s just a previous marriage where Natalie wanted Kenneth to protect his job but he was more bothered about his patients health and feelings. That’s it! Apart from maybe Natalie, everyone is at their usual decent level of acting with no stand out but this group have always been quite solid. I think we need more changes the personalities in the main characters for the acting to be tested. At the moment this is just heading into a very steadily acted drama which would be a waste of the beautiful scenery of the hospital and the political theme....

@jimmyszeto I thought Ali was comatose in her performance. She was so cold, so indifferent

@coralie It does not work like that. Fans and sponsors won’t blacklist series involving Hugo Wong but almost certainly do not want to be associated Jacqueline. It does not matter who committed the worse act. It’s all about the financial potential...

@jimmyszeto I just watched TVB entertainment news’ recap of the Huading Awards and guess what — no mention of Catherine whatsoever. Practically all other winners were mentioned, including those from Mainland whom no one in HK knows, yet Catherine, who is from HK and won a major award, wasn’t mentioned even in passing. There’s biased, petty TVB for you!

@jimmyszeto Yea…the twist was from Usual Suspects but they also copied from HK movies too, as there were scenes reminiscent of Chow Yun Fat’s iconic classic A Better Tomorrow (ironically, those comparisons were part of Project Gutenburg’s promo efforts too, whereas they tried to downplay the similarities to Usual Suspects – I guess it’s ok to to be blatant about copying from other HK movies, lol). I agree that the best thing about the movie was Catherine Chau’s performance – as much as I love Chow Yun Fat (as an actor and as a person), I watched that movie mostly for Catherine.

@llwy12 Amazingly Catherine is catching up on her buddy Charmaine....

@hazel Need to see more of the series before giving my opinion on Natalie but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was just the same usual boring acting from her. She has never excelled at TVB and it’s a miracle that her acting career has lasted this long. Ali easily outperforming her in first couple of episodes I’ve seen so far..

@anon It’s sounds embarrassing but the likes of Hugo Wong and Joel Chan are irreplaceable at TVB right now. They are in need of strong support or experienced to step up with leads. No male talent coming through apart from Matthew Ho and Owen Cheung...