Dr. Frost makes the jump from animation to live action
by javabeans
Well, well, doesn’t Song Chang-eui quite rock the platinum blond look. His upcoming OCN drama Dr. Frost has released a teaser, which gives us a brief (fleeting, really) glimpse of him playing the lead character in the webtoon adaptation about a genius psychologist and professor, the titular Dr. Frost.
The drama is procedural that mixes psychological analysis with criminal investigation, with Song’s lead character helping out in solving various cases. The character has trouble empathizing with others because of a brain injury that enhanced his reasoning skills but handicapped him on the feelings front, which sounds like a rough trade-off to me. (We want our drama heroes cold in a meltable way, not closed off to the possibility through science!)
In any case, our hero possesses powers of psychoanalysis so keen that he can read a criminal’s feelings in under a second (though, presumably, he couldn’t quite feel those feelings himself). For instance, it’s understood that there are seven universal facial expressions, and the hero is able to catch even the quickest flicker of any of them as they display on a criminal’s face.
The teaser is pretty short and does little to tell us anything about the show itself, but it’s a nifty way to incorporate the drama’s webtoon origins. We start out seeing the animated frame, then pull out to reveal that it’s our drama’s hero watching them on a screen. Dr. Frost watching Dr. Frost… Let’s just hope they don’t get caught in some kind of time-space loop; someone’s got a drama to shoot!
Dr. Frost will follow OCN’s currently airing crime thriller Reset, premiering in mid-November.
Via Osen
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1 DeNile
October 9, 2014 at 8:09 AM
OH MY GOSH! THE HAIR! He rocks it...
But where it the scar? Where? AND PAVLOV? Will we be seeing Pavlov?
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2 museofmanymasks
October 9, 2014 at 8:16 AM
Neat. Hope to see more teasers.
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museofmanymasks
October 9, 2014 at 8:28 AM
I can't find the english version of the manhwa. Did Naver take it down?
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yuja
October 9, 2014 at 12:40 PM
Yup. There was a scanlation group, but they were asked to take it down by Naver. But the official English version is supposed to be released on LINE Webtoon sometime by the end of this year.
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Because of Reasons
October 9, 2014 at 1:35 PM
I did a search for "Dr. Frost manhwa" and found several sites with (unofficial) English versions.
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museofmanymasks
October 9, 2014 at 5:58 PM
I did too but the ones I found were not completed to my understanding. There were urgent comments for updates but I just looked at the end of the last chapter so maybe they were asking for updates for a book two or something. Anyway I'm reading it now. THIS IS SO FUN!! As a bibliophile I felt I was breaking a sort of personal moral code by reading a "picture book" (idk I've always had this weird thing with comics/manga/manhwa, though it didn't bother me for other people so not to sound snobbish but I just didn't like it). Anyway all these adaptions have made me curious and now that I'm reading one I like I mos def will want to try more.
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UntilWhenever
October 15, 2014 at 7:53 PM
I totally felt the same way before, but some really amazing mangas and manhwas have totally changed the way I see comics. Maybe Dr. Frost will do the same for you.
3 The Real CZ
October 9, 2014 at 8:49 AM
I read the first 40 or so chapters last year and really enjoyed it. I'm wondering on how it would do as a drama, though. I'm assuming this will be an episodic drama series.
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4 owl 🦉 🫰
October 9, 2014 at 8:51 AM
Dr. Frost is on fire. Just enough of a teaser to interest me~
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5 Cocoboo
October 9, 2014 at 8:53 AM
Oh wow, Song Chang Eui is looking good with that hairstyle.
This is gonna be another drama that I'll need to check out.
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6 ThoseWhoKnowMe...
October 9, 2014 at 9:11 AM
White hair & guyliner... SOLD! I'm shallow like that. :P
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7 Mrs. Jang guem suk
October 9, 2014 at 9:14 AM
Omg he so hot .... Hehehehehehe I'm watching this definitely
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8 Because of Reasons
October 9, 2014 at 9:19 AM
I was so intrigued by this description that I looked for the manhwa, and I've just been reading chapter after chapter. It's definitely piqued my interest in this drama. And it helps that Song Chang Eui totally looks the part.
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9 Fun-Lugha
October 9, 2014 at 10:03 AM
Loved him in that drama from ages ago that he played a traumatized guy that had panick attacks in crowded places then got married to a vietnamese woman......he's cute too ;)
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Yasmin
October 9, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Yay another Golden Bride fan! I recently finished all 64 episodes and loved it! I watched it for Kim Hee Chul but came out being a fan of Song Chang Eui who I wasnt impressed with with his recent drama pickings.
But Dr Frost looks awesome! He is definitely rocking the hair and I hope he rocks the drama as well. Can't wait!
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Lixie
October 9, 2014 at 10:56 AM
The guy looks good but how does someone reads feelings if he is incapable of feeling? Psychos, who in theory are like that, are not able to understand or analyze much human emotion. This seems like Hannibal meets Lie to Me only for girls.
Well since I'm one I'll check it as long as there are subs! :)
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Because of Reasons
October 9, 2014 at 12:07 PM
From what I've read of the manhwa, his principle is that he doesn't empathise or make an emotional connection, but he has done a lot of research on non-verbal and behavioural cues and he uses those to analyse people in a very scientific kind of way.
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kimchikay
October 9, 2014 at 3:51 PM
Golden Bride! One of my all time favs!
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10 Lixie
October 9, 2014 at 10:57 AM
The guy looks good but how does someone reads feelings if he is incapable of feeling? Psychos, who in theory are like that, are not able to understand or analyze much human emotion. This seems like Hannibal meets Lie to Me only for girls.
Well since I’m one I’ll check it as long as there are subs!
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11 Abbie
October 9, 2014 at 12:17 PM
Love the hair! Looks interesting. Can't wait!
BTW, is there a love interest in this for him?
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12 onemorelight
October 9, 2014 at 1:17 PM
I'm excited! I wonder if they're going to use the cases in the manhwa or make new ones? They HAVE to include Pavlov!
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13 Min
October 9, 2014 at 3:32 PM
My love!!! I've been wanting to see Song Chan Eui be a lead more often since I first saw him in the long ago Golden Bride.
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14 mina
October 9, 2014 at 4:46 PM
I love Song Chang-eui!! probably coz he played one of my favourite kdrama characters in Life is Beautiful. I hope he gets more projects! Its quite shocking seeing him with a blond hair but he carries it so well. Looking forward to this drama.
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Haru
October 10, 2014 at 3:42 AM
YES another Life is Beautiful fan :)
Love love love love love that drama! It's one of my top 5 dramas xD
He looks so damn hot with white hair ~ can't wait to see him in another lead role :D He really needs to get more :(
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Haru
October 10, 2014 at 3:56 AM
Platinum hair*
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15 Adele
October 9, 2014 at 7:40 PM
OCN always have intriguing shows, but most of them I am too afraid to watch !
Maybe this one would be ok for a scary cat like i am ?
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16 Regia
October 9, 2014 at 9:17 PM
So it's basically Korean version of Lie to Me?
I don't bother read manhwa unless it's comedy, but maybe i'll try to track down this one
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17 SmeeBean
October 9, 2014 at 9:37 PM
Hey! Isn't that similar to the english drama Lie To Me? It also had a genius doctor who could read the minute facial expressions. I loved that show! So I'll definitely be checking out this one!
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meh
October 9, 2014 at 10:46 PM
Love Lie to Me. Too bad they cancelled it.
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18 meh
October 9, 2014 at 10:45 PM
He was a cutie back then. But he is not a hottie w/ that sexy white hair!
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19 Juliang
October 10, 2014 at 12:22 AM
Dr. Frost? Remind me of J-Dorama Mr. Brain, they both suffer brain injury that causing their superiority and using that for criminal investigation.
Oh yes, a bit lie to me too.
I love both, and Song Chang Eui def pulled of that platinum hair!
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20 gogummaa
October 10, 2014 at 2:47 AM
i really love Dr Frost! too bad english trans arent continued. I wanna see Pavlov too! But i think this will have a different feel from the webtoon. Song Chang Eui has this feeling of seriousness and baek nam bong in the series has this feeling of emptiness sometimes. hahaha
anyways, looking forward to this!!!
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21 Viki
October 10, 2014 at 10:20 PM
Wait, where was the webtoon from? Korea? But the premise sounds interesting, def on my watch list!
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UntilWhenever
October 15, 2014 at 7:59 PM
Yep, it's from Korea. It's written by Lee Jongbum who's also appearing on The Genius 3.
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22 bimby
October 14, 2014 at 7:12 AM
Dr. Forst vs Misaeng
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bimby
October 14, 2014 at 7:12 AM
Dr. Frost
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23 UntilWhenever
October 15, 2014 at 7:57 PM
I was wondering whether or not he would dye his hair white. And he did. Yay! The iconic white hair of Dr. Frost.
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24 Yan Lan
January 9, 2015 at 10:25 AM
I first saw the manhwa last year and from then on, I was hooked to this series.
Basically what makes Dr Frost an intriguing character is because he has no superpowers but just a very keen sense of observation that allows him to see through the psychology of people. Even though he has no emotions, the very little actions of people give away their states of mind and that's actually really scientific!
And the various characters of this manhwa share a very interesting dynamic too =)
Happy that there's a drama adaptation for this wonderful series :D
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