Beanie level: Wrongly accused fugitive

Fencing at Grand Palais in Paris. What a venue!

Na Hui-do and Ko Yurim would have loved to play at that Olympics

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There better be some discussions about mental health support, coz it’s disheartening to see those news frequently. And maybe to open the support up to the public as well.
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    I’m so glad they are doing this. Something needs to change.

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    I’m glad this is happening —is FINALLY happening— and hope something tangible and practical will come out of it. Lots of time, it’s just all talk and no real action—if there was real action, idol slave contracts would have been done with and gone 15+ years ago—and even when the talk happens, it’s a little too late. Talks only arise when the masses think that it happened to someone big/irreplaceable by THEIR standards, but in reality, ALL lives matter—even the lives we’ve lost before LSK, i.e. Park Yong Ha, Lee Eun Joo, Jonghyun— and something should have been done and should have been put into place in practicality way, way, way sooner

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    I’ve been waiting for Bong Joon-ho to do something. It’s tragic and avoidable whenever this happens, but Lee Seun-kyun was higher profile than most, and therefore more likely to cause actual change. I’m glad BJH is finally going to throw his weight behind this issue.

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    This is such a good news! I’m so relieved this is being brought up soon. Cannot express enough how tragic the incident was, and to think that it could have been prevented. Tbh, this is a great and brave first step. I was losing hope in K ent and to a certain extent the country as a whole to let this happen (I know, not fair, but I am only a human and I loved him as an actor) and I was thinking hard whether or not to continue to support it as a viewer who has a lot of choices.

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      Not sure if this is related with the delay of his movie with Warner Bros. or not, but in any case, there should be some K public awareness of the consequences of the last year incident on the global scale.

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For cleansing.

Goodness. That voice.

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As much as I want to be saddened, I\’m also pissed that this continues to happen to Korean entertainers. I am angry at him.  Is it wrong to be angry at the way he (and other Korean artists) do this?  

I can normally avoid things that can trigger me on a regular basis, but with Korean contents all over my apps, news like this are avoidable.  Specially after the holidays.  What do you do in situations like this?

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    *unavoidable

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    I’m also mad at their industry. As it becoming more prevalent they are not helping their members.

    Maybe it’s time I gradually stop consuming their contents, coz I don’t want to have to see news like this every now and then.

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    “I am angry at him. Is it wrong to be angry at the way he (and other Korean artists) do this?”

    Yes. Try for compassion. This is the opposite of helpful.

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    I’m both devastated and incredibly angry but not at him. This one was totally unavoidable for me even though all my social media has been taken over by people missing a certain boy group.

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    It isn’t “a korean artist” thing. He was a human being. This happens to people all the time. You see it all over the news because he was a celebrity, but that’s it. He deserves respect like everyone else, no need to be angry at him.

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    It is hard to have this kind of information catch you out of no where and our emotional responses can be a mix of reactions to this news and triggers to other often unrelated upsetting things. I hope you have people around you to talk to about your upset and that you have effective ways to manage when you are triggered.

    It must be hard for families who have experienced this situation to see the difference in responses when someone is famous while their family had to deal with the situation as part of the anonymous mass who face hurt and pain and can feel isolated in their grief.

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    because help is unavailable? Because there is no proper support? im angry too. but angry at the system and mentality

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Hmmmm. This is something. We do have so many streaming platforms. Hard to keep up. Expensive too.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/korea-streaming-tving-wavve-merger-talks-netflix-1235812409/

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Wait what! The actor who portrayed class president in Moving is the same actor in the second pic. Where were the beautiful eyes and smile in that series?

Love the double breasted blueish jacket.
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    Kim Do-hoon has always been hot even with ugly hair in Today’s Webtoon.

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      But you buried the lede!!! Look who he’s standing NEXT to?!!!? Bong-seok!!! Lee Jeong-ha!!!

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        Both actors are looking handsome in that second pic!

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        Hehe! How could I forget. That’s Bong Seok we are talking about. 😊😊

        Correct! Both cleaned up really well.

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Gosh dang it! Where is Lee Hyun Woo? I need more of him in A Good Day. I want to see his smile more.

Is he even the second lead here?

Ep5

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The drama title holder.
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Lee Hyun Woo is such a delight in his new drama. He brings a smile to my face when he\’s on screen. Glad to see him there.

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    He was so cute in To The Beautiful You. I liked him in Moorim School and he was featured in a cute music clip with AKMU.

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    He is so smiley! I like it!

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      He is. His character seems lovable as well, compare to Cha Eun who’s character. So, it was awesome to see him smile a lot in Ep1.

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Ji Chang Wook. Ep4. 👏👏👏👏👏 So good.

We know you have it in you. We trust you.

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Watched 3 eps of The Worst of Evil last night. I\’m still thinking about it. I\’m surprised how satisfying they were. I like the seriousness of it. Its not watered down. Both the investigators and gangs are smart enough. Heck, even the wife was quick witted to come up with a story in front of the bad guy, when she just find out what her husband did. I would have been processing that and be speechless. All sides know what they are doing so far, so it helps in drawing me into their world, back in 90s Seoul. Good job so far.

What\’s funny is that I find the violence here appropriate. It doesn’t feel out of place. At the moment, I don\’t feel like the crew is showing off their ability to do fight sequences after fight sequences. And there\’s a lot of them. I say that because i finished Moving last week, I had a hard time with the violence there. It was so over the top sometimes. It didn\’t make sense.

So, good job Ji Chang Wook, Wi Ha Joon, and Im Se-mi. Same to you writer and PD.

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I\’m split on Moving.

Production is a plus. They obviously spent money in cast and design. But writing and editing are not tight. It doesn\’t need 20 episodes. Flashbacks not in the right moment.

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    There are too many characters, and they wanted us to emphatize in every one of them. It just doesn’t feel organic to me.

    Some good moments in the series.
    1. the happy ending. Can’t go wrong there. After all that fighting, I wanted smiles and love.
    2. Fighting and visual sfx scenes are cool.
    3. The cast. Jo In Sung just need to float in the air, and it would scream EPIC. Han Hyo Joo also bad ass. I only know her from 2D1N guesting, but she is excellent here. And everyone in the series did good, well maybe except Cha TaeHyun. Can’t believe his character still drives a bus. ☺️

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      Yeah if was the HR of that bus company he would have been fired lol! Who destroys two buses and gets to keep his job?

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      The only thing I could think of while watching Cha Tae Hyun scenes was “please don’t destroy another bus”.

      I think his real superpower is the ability to not get fired. Or maybe the ability to look exactly the same in every timeline (never getting old, or more like never getting young)?

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        I like Cha Tae-hyun … Moving is making it hard to empathize with Bungaeman’s character.

        Only thing I can commend him for is giving another character – Jung Joon Hwa – a really cool thing to do with his hand / wrist in NK.

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          Oh, don’t get me wrong. I love CTH.

          But I couldn’t connect with his character in a deep level like I did with the others. I couldn’t take him seriously.

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            I love Cha Tae-hyun too … after all he not only acted in but also directed The Big Hit. He know he has what it takes. Therefore, it was little disheartening to see everyone get a good story arc – including the NK solider – but Bungaeman’s character was the only one which was meh.
            If we get a prequel or sequel I would hope for a more satisfying character arc for him.

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    I think I was just lazily watching till ep 9, it got better to me when Huisoo’s father’s past was shown, ep 13 -17 were good, but 18-20 were kind of boring

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Where isnthe subtitle for Ep 12 of Moving?

What in the world?

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Congratulations Yoon Bak! 🎊

Share some wedding pics please. 🙏🙏🙏

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Oooh Baeksang, that\’s an excellent pick for Deasang TV. You normally don\’t pick a younger person to win one.

Congratulations Park Eun-bin!! Well deserved!

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Hmmm. I\’m enjoying another rewatch, rather than watching new dramas. Last month as Misaeng. This time, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds. The leads are just too darn good. Directing top notch. Great OST too.

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    I’m a fan of rewatches because it means Spending time with quality dramas you love.

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    Moonlight is probably the most enjoyable sageuk I’ve ever seen.

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Baeksang loves Lee Byung Hun. They nominated him again. Every year, hes there. Was he good in that Our Blues drama? Have not seen it.

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    His personal life aside, Lee Byung Hun is a great actor and portrays the nuisances required in all his roles. His performance in Our Blues is worth the nomination. Long before our seeing Kim Young Kwang’s “Back” in Call It Love, Lee successfully portrayed a very sad and lonely back without our seeing his face back in 2001’s Beautiful Days. That scene of his standing by the road side as the camera zoomed in to focus on his back is one of the most memorable scenes in my mind.

    For this year’s Baeksang, I wish all the wins for Decision To Leave – it’s a piece of art in recent memories. Lee Sung-min should win the best drama actor by a big margin, I think.

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      He seems so stiff to me in reel and real life. Very serious. Though, i know he’s a good actor. He has proven it

      I just feel that Baeksang could have nominated another person, since he’s always there every year. Who? I don’t know.

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        He is versatile if you check out his comedy especially those in earlier years. Korean movies have come a long way but still a relatively small pool and hence, his being nominated frequently. The same can be said of Song Kang-Ho. Both are great in almost everything they do. It’d be more interesting to see who would emerge in the next two generations to replace them.

        Nonetheless, the award this year should go to Park Hae-il with two nominations for Decision To Leave and Hanson: Rising Dragon. I have watched both. The two roles can’t be more different and one being a period drama. He is excellent in both – I hope he will win, fully deserving.

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    He was! The drama is worth watching!

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    He really is, and the drama is also good, I can only recommend it.

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    I think all the actors did a great job in that show.

    I don’t recommend the drama tho.

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      Each segment is good on its own but somehow the whole thing doesn’t gell well. I usually like omnibuses but Our Blues doesn’t work for me.

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Oh my God! When is the zombie going to show up? That\’s what I\’m here for. It\’s almost an hour already and they nowhere to be found.

#DutyAfterSchool

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Wow! Show, you didn\’t let me get to know them, and you want me to sympathize with them already? A scene with them talking to their parents won\’t help with that. What is this shows by Studio Dragon?

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Also stop talking. Stoppp!! So many dialogues in the first hour. Calm down. Take it all in.

#DutyAfterSchool

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    Oh, it’s better when muted. Smh!

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    A drama that starts with so many people talking all at once and at rapid pace is a sign that the drama is no good at all. It means they have not setup the characters well. I’m not a writer, but that’s how I feel with kdramas.

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