So last night I watched the first two episodes (well, the movie debut or whatever it's called and the 2nd episode) of Bloody Monday, a live-action J-drama based on a manga of the same name.

It's about a genius, high-school-aged hacker who gets dragged into a shady plot to kill everyone in Tokyo via a creepy virus (real, not computer) that makes you spew blood out of various orifices and then die within a few hours. It is full of lolarious hand-waving of facts and cheesy dramatic poses, and despite this (or maybe even partially because of it?) it's highly entertaining. Also surprisingly creepy considering the general unbelievability, but your mileage may vary there - I have a high disease-squick factor, and it didn't help that I was nauseated at the time. I don't need it to make sense to wig me out, all I need are images of horrible sores and people spewing blood everywhere.

It is, however, full of DRAMATIC SHAKY CAMERA WORK. And when I say "full of," I mean almost the entire damn show shakes around on your screen. It's rather irritating.

Something tells me hackers who look like this are pretty rare, but hey, I'm not complaining:



Although I would kind of like to feed him a sandwich. My god, kid. EAT SOMETHING.

Randomly: Am I the only one who thinks this guy looks disconcertingly like George W. Bush? Maybe it's the ears? I don't know, but it freaks me out! Every time I see him, I see GWB!