Speech of Silence

So I finished the series within 24 hours of the broadcast of the final episode in Hong Kong. I guess this was a first for me. I began watching it when the first 10 were released and watched 5 on the weekend, then one episode a weeknight, then 5 on the weekend, then one each night as they were released until yesterday.

The series was okay...I would give it a 3.75/5...It is not as good as The Seventh Day by the chemistry and love story and it is not as good as A Journey Called Life or Life Art in terms of virtues. Really it was the topic that was of interest to me. The series is about sound effects and dubbing...so there sound effects were cool and they often featured other TVB series in it...I remember War of In-Laws 1 and another could be Split Second. I didn't watch enough of Split Second to know whether or not the featured Thailand scene in the first episode was from Split Second. Deafness was another theme of this series and I like to compare it to the Price of Greed where Shirley was mute. I have to give my kudos to Shirley for portraying her entire role with sign language. In Speech of Silence, Kate was only hard of hearing and was able to read lips so there wasn't too much sign language required. By storyline, I like Speech of Silence better, the scheming and plotting nature of the Price of Greed was a little too much and not my liking. S.O.S. has a nice and easy story, kind of like the Seventh Day...but because Kate/Kenneth is a fairly new pairing, it could have been better...Kate's acting has improved, but I still don't like her voice...Ken's acting has been good all along, but this was one of his better roles. Kate's sister in the movie (Elaine) has moved over to my list of likes...I hated her acting in Revolving Doors of Vengeance and Safe Guards...she was SOOOOOOO FAKE! After the Seventh Day and S.O.S., her acting has improved and her roles too, so she is off my hated list. SOS would have made a good Kevin & Niki series...I think they should have used a disability such as hearing loss in place of Niki's terminal illness...Everything else could be the same...it is just that Niki loses her hearing in the end instead....