My vote is for "Lie to Me."

it does sound similar to Lie to Me
but the combo of YEH and KJH makes the other one somehow more appealing to me :|

Nothing quite says romance and true love like an extensive background check!! :)

looks good drama i like micky not her by the way wat"s CHAEBOL means can some one tell me plzzzzzzzz,,,,,thank you

i just can't get over how much plastic surgery she's done. i can't look at the same face by the same name... BUT my vote is "Lie to Me" too, the actors seem more promising and i love kang ji hwan!

Do we really have to do the 3rd party verification? And how do you explain the waiting period to each other without dampening the romance of mystery?
There is a movie called Amazon Women on the moon that features a credit/reference check pre-date. It's more frightening than funny though.

can we have a male lead who's NOT a chaebol?

OMG IT'S YOOCHUN. OMG IT'S YOOCHUN. OMG IT'S YOOCHUN. OMG IT'S YOOOCHUN.

*I die*

What's up with Micky's Eddy Munster haircut?

I'll probably be watching both Lie to Me and Baby-Faced Beauty (and Best Love and Romance Town...) ... but this one seems infinitely more boring for some reason. Probably because I'm not the biggest fan of either lead. I loved Lee Dae Hee in My Girl, but I haven't really seen anything that entertaining from her since, so... and I've only seen one episode of Sungkungkwan Scandal and Mickey Yoochun kind of bored me to be honest... <_<

im gonna need a schedule to watch all these dramas lol :D excited though, beginning of a good summer!!!

If a rumors between Lee Da Hae and Kang Ji Wan turns out to be true, I can't imagine what's going to happen to both Girlfriday and Javabean, knowing how much they 'LOVE' LEE DA HAE and their LOVEEEEEEEEE for Kang Ji Wan.

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/695933-agency-denies-lee-da-hae-kang-ji-hwan-dating/

he he, must be fun readin their comments.

It's a little disheartening to see the response towards Ripley so far. People seem to quick to judge it right away. Okay, so maybe the premise of the plot is something we've seen a lot of times and maybe the actress hasn't done as well as people hope for and the actor is green (although I'd say he was red -- as in red hot! lol, sorry). But I still thing people should look towards it with an open mind instead of dismissing it right away as lesser fare than Lie to Me or Baby Faced Beauty. We're all entitled to our opinions and preferences but I think that if we start letting our cynicism affect our openess towards dramas then the whole experience may be tarnished.

Lol, sorry for the rant. I'm just sayin' let's always keep our hopes for each drama that airs and not judge too quickly beforehand...

my vote's for Lie to Me -- even though the summaries for that and this are basically the same. the stills released for Lie to Me were infinitely more exciting.

I'm voting for Lie to me :) but I might watch both....

while Lie to me will be cracktastick somehow I bet they won't develop the plot as much as melo will do - their bet is their leads chemistry and hijinks

Lee Da Hae as swindler? in a serious matter? Chuno level serious with a very swindled Lee Sun Jun? I want to see this before Lie to me.
My bet is that in Ripley the focus will be swindling +way of doing it and angst while in Lie to me the focus will be the marriage between the main leads (MSOAN? hope not) and the fun derived from it :D

I don't find Micky attractive( even more with horrific haircut) but he is worth watching (not too good not too bad but I like his bubbling style of acting) while Kang Ji Hwan looks for millions but I can't watch him acting ( I try Coffee House but stop at ep 10) I cringe as much as in HGD - he ain't for me no matter how good he looks ( for me he looks even better than my fav No Min WOo - but he has another type of appeal - I watch NMW even raw if his role is worthy - Mrs Town, RRR - but Midas? /roll eyes)

My bets are on lie to me 100%...love kang ji hwan

I will just flip a coin. I'm working and taking classes WAhhh!!! T_T

so wait they are the leads here...so Kim Seung Woo wont be lead??......hmmmm....idk about you guys but I'm already rooting for the second leads...lol.......i mean if it's between Yoochun and Kim Seung Woo and Lee Da Hae and Kang Hye Joong, I already know where my heart lies
ok all kidding aside...this seems like a complex and heavy story and hopefull we wil get some awesome characterization with everyone getting equal weight
idk if i'll be watching it yet...but I'm willing to keep an eye open and see how reviews fair

girlfriday: maybe you should just name this Battle of the viewer hearts or Battle of KDramas

My bet is on baby faced beauty~ It's so cute <3

I dunno...

I keep getting My Girl flashbacks lol :D

You know what? Whatever. Forget sleeping and studying for all those finals coming up. I'm gonna force my mom to call in sick for me and then lock myself up in my room to watch kdrama all day long. Yup. THat's a plan. >:D

CONGRATS on finding pics of Yoochun and not his evil twin xD

CONGRATS on finding pics of Yoochun and not his evil twin xD!!!

Lie to ME!!!

The last time there was an onslaught of high-potential, media garnering dramas was when Prosecutor Princess, Personal Taste, and Cinderella's Sister all came out at proximately the same time. (I believe Oh! My Lady was also airing at the same time.) I was disappointed by all three. (ESPECIALLY Cinderella's Sister. The premise had soooooo much potential!!! That drama was a waste of Moon Geunyoung and Seo Woo's talent.) So....I know better this time around not to get my hopes TOO high. Though I do find Daniel Choi endearing in Baby Faced Beauty, and I adore Jang Nara. Also, the Lie to Me preview practically sizzled with frisson and romantic tension. And I desperately want Ripley to be successful because I really want JYJ to be able to overcome all of the obstacles and unfair restrictions they're up against. And let's not talk about how excited I am for Best Love >_<!!

Lee Dahae has never been in an unsuccessful drama. So that gives me some hope that this drama will be successful. But I'm kind of nervous about Micky's acting. And Kim Seungwoo and Kang Hyejung are good actors, but they aren't exactly the most buzz-worthy actors of the moment. I really can't see Kim Seungwoo with Lee Dahae either. But then again, this was supposedly a huge national scandal, so many people may be interested by this drama's unique premise. On the other hand, I'm wary of how catastrophic Lee Dahae's lies will turn out to be. Everyone watching this drama will think at one point, "why doesn't she just tell the truth and come clean??? That would halt this train wreck!!" I have a feeling this drama is going to have some rather ridiculous plot lines.....This drama will just pile on the drama, which will probably be good for ratings unless it's just really badly done....I don't know...I'm not a huge fan of depressing dramas.....

So is this vaguely based on the life on Shin Jeong-ah? LDH's character is just influenced around the life of a woman who committed fraud but the drama isn't going to be Shin Jeong-ah's life story right?
The story sounds like a melodrama. A girl falls in love with a guy she can't be with, a whole buncha lies, the heartache, etc.

man im the only one not interested in lie to me.....
i cant wait for ripley though

GF,

What about Jungle June?

i can imagine them together now
gosh yoochun looks amazing +_+

Yoochun was offered BOTH Ripley and LIE TO ME by PD's
and had to choose between YEH and LDH
I dont think any newbie would give up the chance to act alongside Yoon Eun Hye unless the the other drama was also really good

i love YEH and KJH but i also love yoochun and yes I ACTUALLY LIKE LeeDahae *gasp* and i will be watching BOTH DRAMAS.

LIE TO ME :D

Although I'm tempted to watch this drama because of Yoochun :D

I'll decide after I see the first 3 episodes :D

I WANT to watch Ripley because of Micky, but...the fact that Lee Da Hae's character is based off of Shin Jeong Ah and the Ripley reference really makes me uneasy. It feels like this is gonna have a lottttttt of slow, draggy, melodramatic, depressing moments. That, and Lee Da Hae is in it. She did okay in My Girl, and that's it, really (okay, she had other successful projects as well, but...). Her credibility as an actress after dropping those other projects kinda...went downhill?

Baby-Faced Beauty (the name still sounds odd to me) is kinda appealing in the fresh, breezy way. That, and Daniel Choi. Otherwise, I have some feeling it'll kind of end up like...say....Oh! My Lady? =/ Light and breezy...but boring and gets dragging around the middle. And the description of the second female lead reminds me of the second female lead in My Princess. Annoying, fake, and irritating. Like I wish she would just shut up and disappear from the drama or something. Or didn't exist. D;

Lie to Me looks cute, but I'm dreading the slow, draggy, melodramatic part that shall (inevitably) hit around the middle of the series. It's Yoon Eun Hye, and I expect a lot of crying and angst between her and the male lead due to their lies...and I'm expecting to be confused about why things end up being such a big deal.

Yeah...I think I'll go with Best Love. If anything, the Hong Sisters have been pretty consistent in giving enjoyable romantic comedies. Even better is that I probably won't care for the second leads this time around either. Yep. I'm all for the main couple now....although the main guy COULD lose the 'stache... Just sayin'...

Story with evil protagonist must have rational background for its lead. Only with that we can feel sympathy toward him/her. We can fully understand why he becomes evil.
I can recall some good dramas with evil protagonist and they all have great background story for their leads, like revenge (the devil), childhood memories (matsuyama kenichi's zeni geba), or sudden great power (death note).
But if LDH's reason to lie is just because "she tells an eensy weensy lie by mistake, which begets another lie, and another, and another, eventually snowballing into a massive avalanche of fraud that she can’t undo". I can't say that i'm interested. I'm sure I'll spent my time continuously shouting "Why don't You just tell them the truth??!!!" if I decide to watch this.

*p.s: sorry my bad english

Well,I love LDH in MyGirl was lovable. I actually liked her back then. I dunno 'bout now,coz I haven't watch Robbers n Chuno. I hope Ripley give her a chance to be a better actress n yes, am gonna watch this show, coz I want 2 give it a try. Who knows if I'm get hooked by this drama?? Tho most of d reason I watch it 4 YooChun oppa. But hey, who knows LDH could bring this drama to a different level??

And I'm rooting 4 Lie To Me , Baby Face Beauty, Romance Town and You've Fallen 4 Me. Wew.

Bets all on Lie To Me!

i love micky but I don't see the chemistry b/w him and lee da hae. My bet's on lie to me!! I'm excited to see their sizzling chemistry

I think I like Lee Da Hae lol I have seen her in My Girl n Sweet 18.. She is a good actress.

I haven't seen Mickey's other drama SKKS but I think the story can be interesting if done right.. AND I really want to see him on screenthis time to show support for JYJ :) I feel a little sad that it's going against all the other May craziness and the hyped dramas.

But what I want to know is... which one will be chosen for recaps? Baby Faced Beauty aired Monday and last night and I've been wondering if it will show up here. Too many dramas and not enough time means only one or two will be the "chosen ones" lol.

I'm not impressed yet by Baby Faced Beauty. The supporting characters are blah :( And so far Jang Na Ra is doing nothing for me. Daniel Choi is the only bright spot. Here's hoping for better on episode 3!

SIIIIIGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!! There's the smile I've missed :)

My heart skipped a bit because of these stills. Forget about everything else.... I'm in fangirl mode right now!

OMG OMG OMG OMG

Hi Chunie, noona missed you ♥♥♥♥

In terms os ratings I think Ripley has a huge advantage and I think it's going to win...

1. because it's the only non romantic comedy series airing on Mon-Tuesday so every person who is not into romcom will definitely watch Ripley.

2. Yoochun is in this so all his fans will tune in to this and those who are into kpop. Yoochun and LDH will cater to the younger audience, while Kang Hye jeong and Kim Seung Woo are very popular with the ajummas. Perfect ratings magnet.

3. Koreans are suckers for true stories and Shin Jeong-Ah who the story is based of wrote a novel and became a bestseller, so the interest in this is very highcause those who bought her book, will definitely check this drama out.

Baby faced Beauty is doing really bad in ratings which leaves it a race between Lie To Me & Ripley. Although Yoon Eun Hye is a ratings magnet, Kang Ji Hwan is not judging from all of his projects, so I dont think Yoon Eun Hye's ratings power will be enough to win the ratings game. And most older generations are more conservative , most of them aren't really into romcoms. Ajummas are the boss and they have the remote control.

In terms os ratings I think Ripley has a huge advantage and I think it's going to win...

1. because it's the only non romantic comedy series airing on Mon-Tuesday so every person who is not into romcom will definitely watch Ripley.

2. Yoochun is in this so all his fans will tune in to this and those who are into kpop. Yoochun and LDH will cater to the younger audience, while Kang Hye jeong and Kim Seung Woo are very popular with the ajummas. Perfect ratings combination.

3. Koreans are suckers for true stories and Shin Jeong-Ah who the story is based of wrote a novel and became a bestseller, so the interest in this is very highcause those who bought her book, will definitely check this drama out.

Baby faced Beauty is doing really bad in ratings which leaves it a race between Lie To Me & Ripley. Although Yoon Eun Hye is a ratings magnet, Kang Ji Hwan is not judging from all of his projects, so I dont think Yoon Eun Hye's ratings power will be enough to win the ratings game. And most older generations are more conservative , most of them aren't really into romcoms. Ajummas have the remote control.

My vote is on Lie to Me!!! Actually both Lie to Me and Baby Face Beauty have an advantage which is they start airing first, compared to Ripley which only be aired about a month later...so....most probably Lie To Me should be the no.1 drama in that timeslot unless they mess up towards the middle, which i hope doesn't happen coz i'm so looking forward to it!!!

Heheheh ^ ^

Haha....

Ripley = Lie to Me without the fun
I'm Into You (or whatever its title is now) = Dream High without the fun

Looking forward to seeing them all though :) (Hooray for no sleep!)

Okay, so we will have a month before Ripley's comes out. That should give me ample time to decide whether to ditch the other 2.