Showing posts with label Squinched Recap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Squinched Recap. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Squinched Recap - B.A.P - 1004 (Angel) MV

This is a Squinched Recap of BAP's "1004 (Angel)" MV.  Previously, I delved deeply into the heartbreaking symbolism of this video, but it was too depressing and now I need a break.  Time to get squinchee! 

If you didn't get to watch the video yet, here it is:



I'm just gonna forget that I saw some of that dancing.  Perhaps they are showing the twisted pain of love by dancing like demented spiders.  I just want to avert my eyes.

This video is overloaded with the symbols of heartbreak and tragedy.  We get it.  You're upset. Always sad, always frustrated and heartbroken, wanting what you can never have. 




The Melon ad must have been place by a man...just sayin...

Speaking of wanting what you can't have, did you ever notice how gigantic this girl is?  I'm thinking logistics here.  Dude, if you fit into a dollhouse and she's not in there with you cuz she doesn't fit cuz she's 100 times bigger than you...well, I'm looking on as a concerned friend here when I tell you - It. Will. Never. Work.  She's waaaay too big for you, dude.  I suppose you wouldn't mind riding in her pocket all day, as long as it's close to her boob.  Typical.




Does anyone notice the sheer number of antiques in this video?  And are you telling me that this handsome young guy needs a projector because his memories are so old they can't be converted to an electronic file?  Is he really like over 50 years old? 
He desperately needs an iPad





Please take a moment to consider this scenario:


             40 years ago                                             Now




Then there's Yongguk digging vigorously next to a Super T-Rex ribcage in a barren wasteland.  Does this mean that he's an archeologist?  Um, make that an archeology enthusiast, cuz his raggedy digging technique would give real archeologists a heart attack.  Follow your dreams, I always say.


Aggravating archeologists since 2014






Oh piggy bank!
After digging about four holes, he lays back and shows us the closure on the bottom of the church figurine.  Wait, he was looking for his old piggy bank?  I thought he was searching for love!  My advice is next time you want to bury treasure, mark the spot with an X so you don't have to do so much digging.  Poor planning on your part, my friend.








Let's have fun!   Just kidding...

The special day at the amusement park...how romantic...except for the part where you electrocuted her on the merry-go-round. That wasn't very nice.  (Oooo, now the hole digging takes on a sinister turn!)   In any case, you should sue the amusement park for having faulty equipment.  Or maybe you can't sue because you snuck in after hours like little vandals and used the equipment without reading the owner's manual. 

Running back for Round 2 vs  Merry-go-round






you can't hide in ME!



I don't know about you, but when you look in the mirror and see someone else's image, my first thought would be that it's an interrogation room.  No wonder Youngjae is so frantic!  The girl keeps pissing him off, so maybe if he punches the mirror, that will help.  Ew, blood!








Violence against mirrors is real





Or, maybe he's just tired of seeing what the mirror is reflecting.  Hmmm.  Mirror reflects him alone, he doesn't want to see himself alone anymore, so bye-bye mirror.  Let this be a warning to mirrors everywhere - you've got to fudge the truth a little.















At the end, we see the poster child for gun control laws.  Dude, you shouldn't make important decisions when you are upset - it's like shopping for groceries when you're hungry.

Tricksie mirror

I just thought about the literal meaning of this image...he's standing in front of the mirror pointing a gun at it, but the mirror shows him pointing it at himself...either he took some hallucinogens that morning or that mirror is messing with his head!

So put the gun down and don't pay attention to that reflection nodding and telling you to pull the trigger.  Can't you see that your reflection is EVIL? Something bad is gonna happen if you pull the trigger.   Or scenario two: the mirror is getting nervous cuz he's pointing a gun at it and it threw up this image in an attempt at self-preservation.    Chose wisely my son. 





In closing, I think it would really help them out if they would just accept reality - they can never be happy because they are sad men in a video.  No more senseless digging, or frantic searching in mirror mazes.  You can never have it.  There.  Accept it and go have a beer.

Just because...


Sunday, December 21, 2014

Squinched Recap - Beast 12시 30분 (12:30) MV

This is a Squinched Recap of Beast's "12시 30분 (12:30)" MV.  That means I'm tired of being serious for the moment, and just want to follow my heart here.  This is the illustrated version of  the irreverent things I was thinking while writing the first entry on this MV. 



Maybe I should just start with the central conflict of this MV:




Fractious Filly
Doojoon Oo-la-la!




Doojoon vs Love Interest









I felt sorry for him at first.  She's a wild and fractious filly who doesn't want to be captured.  This little fireball has obviously been taking self-defense, effectively escaping his embraces with the Fractious Filly Flying Fist Technique, or by throwing her shoes at him.

Here are a couple of examples of the violence she whipped out on him.    


Fractious Filly Fist Technique
Shoe? Any Weapon Will Do














Taking off her shoes and throwing them...I mentioned this before, but I can't understand the thought process of throwing away your shoes in a nappy alley like this.  Who knows what that puddle really is caused by... Ew.  Maybe she called a cab.
 

Brat
Somebody give her a Midol!

Oh, I get it.  This was required by the plot to show how hotheaded she is.  Suuurrre, make the girl into a bad guy.  You just don't know what's going on.  Maybe he called her a bad name or said her feet stink, so she threw her shoes at him to give him a good whiff.  (I think she could stand to practice more aegyo.)

I felt that he could have handled this smarter - he could have calmed her with some chocolate, since everyone knows that women love chocolate.  I guess some guys would rather suffer.  Minus a point for Doojoon for not coming prepared.




I'm curious, what is the final count of Filly vs. Doojoon?   I'm thinking 
Fractious Filly 16,000    :    Doojoon 0






Anyway, the rest of these are my random thoughts.



Idol Alley




Somebody please tell me where this alley is.  Apparently, this is where the handsome lonely idols hang out.  Why didn't I know about this before?









This MV really beats into your head that these guys are lonely, and that the album name is Time.  Talk about advertising propaganda. 


Lonely Hyunseung
Lonely Yoseob



Lonely Junhyung

Lonely Dongwoon

Lonely Gikwang





Lonely Doojoon






Lonely Watch



Even the timepiece is alone and feeling discarded.  If I see one more reference to "Time" or loneliness, I might just scream.  Although, I have to admit, it looks comfortable, snuggled there on the carpet.







Lonely Drummer



Our drummer is alone, too, but it looks like he's happy about it.  Shirtless, like a single guy, casually flaunting his tattoos and shades.  (I mean, everyone else is wearing coats or sweaters...you rebel!)

I didn't think about his symbolic meaning last time, LOL.  It looks like he's on an elevator and it could leave at any time.  This might just symbolize the alleged bachelorhood of all the Beast members.






The Convenient Piano


Junhyung found the only piano for miles in this forgotten alley and very conveniently brought a friend who can also play the piano.  Hmmm...this coincidence is just too much!


He prepared well for this photo op, with this nightclub-esque setting.  Singing their troubles away.  Tra-la-la.
 

This is what friends are for:  following you down a dark alley; and being ready for ANYTHING.

What is that on his shoes?  -->








So, I guess the moral of this video is that women are uncontrollable monsters who like to hurt and maim men, which is kind of a twisted version of the "men are pigs" theme we women always complain about.  Guys, you'll just have to put up with the fact that YOU CAN'T BEAT US.  

Dude, women always win




(Still resisting the truth)



Fly Away!



If you are still here, I'm glad you made it.  Thanks for stopping by for the Squinched Recap.  Next, I'll be looking at a video from B.A.P.