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Full House 2 confirms Noh Min-woo, Hwang Jung-eum

And here I thought this casting rumor was all full of hot air. But as it turns out, Full House 2 is back in the works, and has confirmed its leads after dancing around the topic for ages. They’ll be played by two up-and-comers, Noh Min-woo (Midas, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho) and Hwang Jung-eum (Can You Hear My Heart?, High Kick Through the Roof).

If you’re like me, you probably thought rumors of a Full House sequel would pop up every year from now to eternity without a drama ever actually materializing. After all, sequel rumors have been floating around practically since the original rom-com miniseries hit 40%+ ratings back in 2004 and made two superstars (Rain, Song Hye-gyo) even superer. And I recall last hearing news about a sequel three years ago, with nothing coming of it.

Even when the Noh-Hwang rumors started circulating recently, I wrote them off because they were followed by the usual flurry of denials from the actors. But with casting announced as official today, I guess this sucker may really happen after all.

In case you’re unfamiliar with the original series (who are you and where have you been for seven years?): Full House was one of the earlier examples of several plot devices that have since been used and abused by practically every single rom-com afterward. We had the movie-star hero, the gorgeous heroine who was called “ordinary” looking (pfft), the co-habitation setup, the landlord/maid scenario, the contract marriage, and the bickering-as-foreplay. There’s the hyung-as-Daddy-Long-Legs, too, and a first love who won’t go away. Rain played the movie star jerkwad (also former med school student and son of rich family, of course) who buys Song Hye-gyo’s house…which she’s swindled out of by her “friends,” who need the money and are somehow able to convey the deed. Left homeless, the heroine becomes maid to the new owner, then agrees to contract-marry him, and lots of fluffy cuteness (with the requisite head-scratching separation angst) ensues.

Since it’s unlikely that the so-called sequel will actually be a continuation of the original story, which already got its happy ending, it remains to be seen whether Full House 2 will just take the concept and refashion it into a new version of the same story. Or, you know, you could just slap the Full House 2 title onto any contract-cohabitation drama in the past seven years, since those have basically used all the same tricks.

Via My Daily, TV Report

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Since both are from Mnet, I'm hoping Mnet/CCM doesn't throw T-ara members into this drama along with HJE and NMW. But I'm glad the drama is finally doing something. Full House was my first Kdrama so I've been waiting for a sequel for years now.

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Actually... I kinda just want to see EunJung playing the second female lead.

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I would be happier if EunJung played the lead female character.

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so agree w/ u..
love Eunjung<3

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Idk. Out of all the idol companies, I have the most trust in Mnet/Ccm when it comes to producing decent actors. They pretty much marketed them as singers AND actors from the start, and some of them have been acting for longer then they've been singing.

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Totally agree !
T-ara have like 2 or 3 convenable actresses , EunJung & Jiyeon for me are the top Idol-actor in kpop tbqh lol
EunJung would have been a better choice for me as the lead female than HJE(I don't know ....but this girl , just makes me cringe >.<)

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No Min Woo? That's all you had to say. I'm in.

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MEEE TOO...

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Lol, true facts! I down for whateva.

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i know right!! i am not familiar with the actress but i ADORE no min woo!! and he finally gets the girl!!! YAY!! Thank you drama god(s) for answering mine and every fan of NMW!! XD SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!! AAAAAHH!!

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you should watch CYHMH!! she was quite good in it....infact, you should watch the show for the ensemble cast vs. for the lead actors!! :D

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yes!! thank you!!!!
finally i found someone who appreciated Hwang Jung-eum's acting in Can you hear my heart. i don't know why some people are hating on her!!! they should go watch cyhmh and realize how great she is.
after reading that she was going to be in full house with no min woo i literally squealed like a total fan girl!! they are both good actors with a lot of potential!!

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me too! and I'm also waiting for his new drama after Midas ended..

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Me too a thousand times!!!

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Every drama known has used a cheesy plot-device at least once. I can't say I hate it - I will still squee over a fake kiss, a drunken scene, the angry-kiss-to-end-an-argument... Ugh, I hate that I do but... because of that, I will HAVE to watch this. x___X

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I've only been watching Kdramas for just over a year now. You're Beautiful was the first one I watched, Coffee Prince was second, and Full House was third. All the yelling and put-downs reeeeaaaaallly got on my nerves. The ending was a let down, especially after seeing the kissing scenes in CP. Yet somehow, someway, I came away liking the drama. Go figure. Or maybe it was just Rain's affect on my hormones.

So....guess I'm up for Full House 2! And it has absolutely nothing to do with No Min Woo. Nope, not a bit.

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**goes off to stalk pictures of NMW**

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you should better watch Rock Rock Rock or Pasta or My girlfriend is a gumiho!
better stalk him on twitter! he isn't a spammer like JGS(he is a cutie), but NMW posts relevant selcas at least once a week(fastest way to know the man himself)

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seriously thinking about getting a twitter account now.

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what is his twitter account?

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omg! JGS tweets like every 5 seconds, seriously! It kinda gets annoying after a while and half of my feed is him. Maybe i would be less annoyed if I understood what he put, but seriously that boy needs to calm down with the tweeting. He's cute though so i'll make an exception.

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Yeah, he is annoying...it's funny how Park Shin Hye unfollowed him because of that. He pleaded her to follow him back again....So funny.

:) Off topic comment, but you mentioned yab and that stirs up my GeunShin obsession XD

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Off topic:
Somehow I am also considering of unfollowing JGS because he flood my Twitter page resulting to lag. haha.. but I like how he is answering to the tweets although he have not answered mine. LOL. God! he is really a social networking addict.

Re: No Min Woo - he tweets once in a while. post selcas once in a while also. for me he is just so adorable yet sometimes I find his feature to femme but I like how he acts and how he played those musical intruments. so I'm super IN for FH 2.. hehe

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It was probably sexy Rain and the fact that it was one of your first dramas. It was one of my first dramas as well and I didn't think it was great, but I somehow still loved it and rewatch it from time to time.

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Same here! I think it was the third kdrama I watched, when everything was still bright and new, and I loved it. The only thing that got on my nerves a bit was the repetition in the last eps, which seemed like a step backwards, relationship-wise... but other than that, I was game for pretty much everything, and loved it to bits. I knew it was not good in many ways, but I didn't care at all.

I'd be far more critical now - so in a way I'm glad I watched it back in the first flush of my infatuation with kdrama, when I could still appreciate it for the sweet fluffy no-substance fun it is. :-)

And YES, I am up for Full House 2 - especially with the pretty gumiho hunter! Maybe they'll switch the roles and he'll be the down-on-his-luck, but cute and cheerful loser who has to move in with the arrogant female chaebol.

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I didn't love it, but Rain can come wash my windows anytime he wants. So can Min Woo. :0)

Maybe they'll do it better this time.

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HAHAHAHAHAHA <3 your commonet shel

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Same here, watched just after Coffee Prince so FH was so juvenile compared to it.
The yelling was irritating, the acting dismal and the end was meh!
Never underestimate the power of hormones (Song Hye-gyo in my case).

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After watching CP, every other drama in Kdramaland after that was hard to enjoy. It kinda raised the bar high for me.

*LAWD IT HAD SUCH A BEAUTIFUL OST*

But Full House was really special despite one of the worst kiss scenes in the history of mankind.

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didn't really agree regarding d standard of CP.... i didn't really impressed by CP... woman mistaken as boy/man... hahaha... may be the ugly duckling... but a beauty like EunJung....????... nonsense... & plus.... EunJung acting kinda stereotype... lot of bold kisses...and daring scene... that what make her different... i think...

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I hope it turns out to be good, I loved Full House. It was my 2nd KDrama.

Cant wait.

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THREE BEARS DANCE!!!!

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LOL : ) Memories....

OMG 7 years. Damn i feel old.

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Me too,,,,

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Loved her and the gramma in FH.

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LOL I am seriously sitting here singing that now, and everyone around me thinks I've lost my mind. ;)

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The above comment was meant for Belleza below. I just got too excited while I was singing and dancing.

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THREE BEARS DANCE!!!!

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You had me at bears.

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Full House was my 25th kdrama. Why took me so long? Because spoilers are all around the Internet and I was sure it will be damn cheesy... However the execution was intriguing enough to make me want to see another episode of the cuteness... I just FF-ed the secondary girl... yup it wasn't for me! In fact it was the only flaw of FH

On the other hand I have the same feeling when I see Ham Eun-Jung(T-ara, CCM too) on my screen even though she is one of the few idols who can really act... I just hope they won't distribute her as second lead - it will be awkward to see the WGM wife of No Min Woo's ex-bandmate Lee JangWoo, being NMW's "first love"...ohh well!!!!

Hwang Jung Eum is a cutie pie and she has strong acting chops, while No Min Woo even though can act his guts, without proper directing from the PD he won't make an appealing character even though he looks so smashing sexy and cute and handsome and yummy ...ohh stop!!!In the same way were Rain's acting and looks when he was cast in Full House

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LOL... Full House is my 26th completed drama! I waited until it showed up on DramaFever. Rain's acting was 50/50. He was an awesome facial actor but sometimes he resorted to yelling.

I'll check it out though.

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you had me at Noh Min Woo <3

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If we read the comments it looks like an AAA meeting: I drink kdrama!
My first Kdrama, sigh, bla bla bla
My second Kdrama, sigh, bla bla bla
My 25th Kdrama, sigh, bla bla bla

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LOL someone should seriously start a KDAA (Korean Drama Addicts Anonymous) club. Like it doesn't affect some of our lives like alcohol does to alcoholics, pssh yea right, you know who you are.

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I can quit anytime....really...anytime....oh, I gotta go...the new episode of Protect the Boss is up.

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Where can I sign up? Oh wait...more episodes of WBDS on dramafever...squee *mad dash*

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Ima join this club too! LOL

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I'm pretty sure I recall Dramabeans doing a sorta KDAA post about the troubles readers faced from being an addict.
Found it:
http://www.dramabeans.com/2010/07/your-addiction-stories-giveaway-winner-announced/

^^^ If you haven't seen the post, go check it out.
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Glad to see Noh Min Woo with a lead role. I like Ham Eun Jung so I wouldn't mind seeing her. I haven't seen too much of Hwang Jun Eum, so I don't have any comments on her really. Also, is it just me, because for some reason I keep mixing up NMW with McCreepy from City Hunter.

I actually never got past the first couple of minutes of Full House, distracted with it being so old, and the video quality so bad, but maybe I will attempt it again. Same issue with Coffee Prince. Why can't I get into the rom-com classics?

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@MeeisLee: Thanks for that! Gave me about an hour of laughs and the warm fuzzy feeling of a second family.... how well u guys know me and how much more of an addict some people are compared to me.

Ahh!!! Love you guys and THANK YOU Javabeans. Deff need to do something like that again soon!

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Oops... I just fell under that category. I just started watching dramas this spring and keep a list of what I've seen and what I want to see. I know so sad but really addicted.

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Waaah!!! I re-read the article that jb wrote 3 years ago and the first comment on that article was mine...

I can't help but smile. I have been a follower of dramabeans for a long time and I just don't comment that often but still happy that there is proof that I do stalk this site! hehehe

Anyways back to the article... I guess I'll watch this just for Noh Min Woo but the drama better be good 'coz no matter how hot he is, I'd ditch the drama if it sucks!

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I am not sure how I feel about this yet.... I saw the first Full house and thought, "Meh". But I do like Noh Min Woo and would really like to see him conquer something. We will put this drama in the maybe category

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I saw Full House such a long time ago. It was like the starter of all rom-coms for me. I liked it, but I never felt like re-watching it.
Full House 2? I just hope they won't copy/paste the story, but I guess wouldn't notice that much, since I don't remeber everything very well. Long time ago, like I said.

Buuut, NMW is adorable & that is why I am watching this.
And maybe because I am curious about how this will turn out.

Gonna keep on checking for any updates ^^

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I was excited about this 3 years ago when they were first talking about it and mentioned something about a pan-asian cast...now idk anymore after watching about a million and one dramas with about the same setup...let's not forget the mess that was LTM from earlier this year (another fake marriage setup drama) so will ths be directed by Pyo Min Soo again?
sigh, but i do like these two leads.....

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i agree.... it's as if we can predict what's the plot & the ending.... really hope this will be different... anyway.... i'm a fan of NMW.... and i'm looking forward to watch HJE drama to get to know her ..:)

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The original Full House was a giant bleh for me. Partly because the writing fell off the deep end in the last few episodes but also because, I've never liked Rain or Song Hye-gyo as actors.

Not that No Min-woo or Hwang Jung-eum are spectacular actors in a technical sense, because they're not. But the former proved that he's got chops in Rockx3 and the latter has a lot of personal charm and an endearing sweetness.

I'd be tuning in either way though. I'm a glutton for romcom punishment.

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Seriously? I wasn't impressed with NMW in MGIAG (because hello! LSG!!!) but liked him better in Rock, Rock, Rock. But Full House 2? Hmm....

Anyway, now I've become nostalgic and want to watch the original & listen to the OST. I've become a fan of Rain (and his singing & dancing) & SHG after watching them in it. I think FH is the only super fluffy rom-com I could stand to watch over and over. My friends love SHG's clothes, but I loved the different silver earrings that she wore in the drama.

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"In case you’re unfamiliar with the original series (who are you and where have you been for seven years?)"

Um....um...

does this mean my KDA card is revoked?

#dontrevokemyKDAcardprettypliz!

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Go watch it on Drama Fever right now, and we'll pretend this little incident never happened. ;)

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I think No Min Woo's casting will work really well.. I'm curious to see him as a hot headed guy since he played the calm guy in Gumiho (the only series I saw him in).

I'm also fine with Hwang as long as she leaves behind the mushroom hair that made it difficult for me to watch the drama. Now all is led is their chemistry...

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I'm just happy to see that Noh Min-woo made it out of "Midas" alive - boy dropped some serious poundage off of his already spare frame for that sad, terminal character.

Let's face it. Just seeing the title "Full House 2" has my synapses firing away in anticipation!

Noh Min-WOOT!!
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hahaha... he did look quite fragile in midas.. and what a waste of talent for him in that drama.. he did not get much air-time and i think he is better than that...

I love NMW and i am happy that he will be the main lead on FH2 and get the girl.. i am sure he can rock a rom-com ... looking forward to it...

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Seriously -- "friends" is exactly what those bastard freeloading thieving lying leeches were.

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What really got me mad was that she forgave them cuz the female friend was pregnant.

I would have shaved their heads and thrown them out.

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LOL

What got me was the fact that the girl "friend" was supposed to be pregnant and yet never showed one ounce of weight gain for the ensuing months of the story! Unless, that was a lie, too? No. She really was, right?

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yeh, she was supposedly pregnant. I thought she was lying the whole time as well, but then the baby showed up in the epilogue, so...

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“In case you’re unfamiliar with the original series (who are you and where have you been for seven years?)”

Hahaha. Thats me! I always hear about it but I never considered watching it. But I will watch this mainly because NMW is in it. I loved him since Pasta. So cute.

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Aww. Full House was my first! Makes me so sad to see my boo Rain signing off to the military for the next two years. :(

But Im in for a 2nd installment!!!

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I... I don't know where I've been. Although I just got onto Korean dramas in the last year or two, having been mainly a j-drama girl, but... Rain in a rom com? Sign me up.

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"Full House was one of the earlier examples of several plot devices that have since been used and abused by practically every single rom-com afterward. We had the movie-star hero, the gorgeous heroine who was called “ordinary” looking (pfft), the co-habitation setup, the landlord/maid scenario, the contract marriage, and the bickering-as-foreplay. There’s the hyung-as-Daddy-Long-Legs, too, and a first love who won’t go away. Rain played the movie star jerkwad (also former med school student and son of rich family, of course) who buys Song Hye-gyo’s house…which she’s swindled out of by her “friends,” who need the money and are somehow able to convey the deed. Left homeless, the heroine becomes maid to the new owner, then agrees to contract-marry him, and lots of fluffy cuteness (with the requisite head-scratching separation angst) ensues."

LOL, javabeans, the "ordinary" looking heroine had me spfft too...and oh the contract, the bickering the daddy long legs, these are the resident plots for rom-com kdrama nowadays...

So it has been 7 years..damn, and i thought rain and hye gyo never look a year older..Still remember the way they clean the glass windows.... :)

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I remember watching Full House in my early drama-watching days. I had streamed the videos from a website and the only way to watch it unpixelated was to leave the video at about 2 inches in height. I guess it's like watching a video on an old-fashioned dumbphone.

I had watched the entire thing without subtitles and got the gist of things from people's posts of summaries and translated of certain snippets.

It was really good at first, but towards the end, I had some trouble following why exactly they couldn't/wouldn't get together. The drama may not be the best, but it has one of the most memorable OSTs ever. It's like right up there with Winter Sonata in having a really recognizable OST.

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and maybe Full House 2 will actually be based more on the original manhwa?

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that is my big hope. I read the manga after seeing the first drama....and liked the original story more! A lot more, actually.

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There have been rumors circulating about this for a long long time. Hopefully it is true this time.

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I didn't like Full House, so I'm probably not going to watch this. Maybe read recaps.

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YES!! :)

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Looks good. I hope it has a interesting storyline.

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Must confess. Ate up Full House like crack. Had caught it for a bit on a short trip to Korea. Hunted it down back in the US. The only other drama I did that for is Rebirth. (Yeah, very different but so what. Meloves both!)

I love the little bear dance.

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Ah..Full House. My very first k-drama...the one that started the madness. I remember finishing it in 3 days straight and failing all of my finals T_T (in my junior year of high school- the most important year!!)

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Love Hwang Jung Eum since High Kick Through the Roof. She was the main attraction for me thorough that 126 eps sitcom. She helped made other characters shone, like Choi Daniel-Gi Kwang-Yoon Si Yoon.

What I like from her also is the drama choices she made after High Kick. Instead of go the route of trendy-drama romcom which usually more popular overseas, she went into unusual ones like "Giant" (epic-historical) and "Can You Hear My Heart" (family melodrama) where she acted and learned from big-fish senior actors/actresses.

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Happy that they are the leads
But I really hope hwang Jung eum grows out her hair for this drama that mushroom hairstyle really bothered me if it wasn't for her chemistry with Kim jae won I would've dropped that cause it bothered me that much XP

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I totally don't see how these two are going to have chemistry with each other.

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She seems so much older than him, and not in a good way.

Maybe if they let her have stylish hair for a change, that'll make her younger looking.

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NoMinWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

woohoo ;)

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full house was THE original best korean rom com.

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I don't understand why they have to do a sequel when the casts are different and most likely the storyline is not going to follow on from "full house".

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i totally agree!!! if the story does not follow the original full house not to mention the changing of character then there's no point in making a sequel. they could've just make a new drama out of the characters that were chosen. it would've been better that way. *sighs~

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Noh Min Woo? Oh yes!!! *happy dance*

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Oh memories~ Shall I also jump on the Train of Nostalgia. Full House was my 2nd kdrama and man did I fall in love. Lol. Looking back, there may have been plot holes and whatever but meh. I knew absolutely nothing about Korea let alone Rain and its only afterwards I realized he was an int'l star. =O

Ironically, my mum just started FH this week. XD

Noh Min Woo....I'll follow you wherever you go. Sign me up for FH2~!!

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Noh Min Woo? YESSSSS!!!!!!

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CONFIRM : WILL DEFINITELY WATCH THIS!

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for No Min Woo...... yay!!!!! Of course.. I'm in!!!

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Full HOuse is like the first K-drama I watched which made me fall in love with k-drama >___<
I agree with the first person who commented cuz I really dont want to see T-ara members or any other artis under CCM

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FINAAAAALLY!!!!! =D Wooooot Woooot!!

(dances so excitedly) Bambambam!!

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I'm happy for making full house 2,,,exciting,,, although I miss rain n SHG pairing,,,,, good luck for NMW n HEJ.....
so wait n see,,,,,

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Let's hope NMW gets to look healthy in this drama. :D

I didn't like the actually-starving-to-look-like-a-dying-cancer-patient thing in Midas.

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im so excited to watch.. hope it will be good :)

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Please no remakes.

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OMG THIS IS VERY SCARY.
Just the other day I was thinking about some articles (i think last year) on FullHouse2. and now, this news comes in.

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