Part 5 is here!
As in past years, we here at Dramabeans owe huge thanks to guest bloggers — thank you, kaedejun and Dahee Fanel! — for participating in the review series, as...
Wow, another year of dramas, come and gone. Where does the sanity go? I decided that for this year's review, I would learn to be impartial and precise, and...
Time for another Year In Review series! How did a year pass by so quickly? I guess when you're busy watching dramas, time flies.
This is my fifth year (eek)...
And now we conclude this drunken experiment.
The casualty count? Two and a half bottles of wine, two shots of soju, one glass of scotch, half a beer.
The results?...
Last episode! I wasn't sure whether Miss Ripley would wrap up in a surge of melodrama or in unearned happy endings, but it delivers a dose of peace and resolution,...
Miri reaches the end of her rope, as everyone comes to collect what's owed. The men in her life continue to think that they can save her, and don't stop...
Or rather, her lack of one.
And not for no reason, either, since Kang Hye-jung's role as Miri's (Lee Da-hae) friend/rival/foil in Miss Ripley has failed to materialize,...
The shit, it meets the fan, and for more than one person. I do appreciate the speed with which this drama blows the lid off of all its secrets, letting...
It's the villains' episode to shine, and Hirayama and Lee Hwa rock it. I really wish Hirayama had been in more of the drama from the start, instead of cooling...
Oh thank goodness. MBC has decided to forget the potential 4-episode extension for Miss Ripley, meaning it'll end with its originally planned 16 episodes.
The reason given for the decision was...
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2011 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Part 5 is here! As in past years, we here at Dramabeans owe huge thanks to guest bloggers — thank you, kaedejun and Dahee Fanel! — for participating in the review series, as...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Athena: Goddess of War, Best Love, City Hunter, Editors' Picks, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, Lie To Me, Me Too Flower, Miss Ripley, Paradise Ranch, Scent of a Woman, The Princess's Man, Thousand Day Promise, Warrior Baek Dong-soo, year in review, year in review 2011
The DramaMeter: highly scientific and foolproof [Year in Review, Part 4]
by girlfriday
Wow, another year of dramas, come and gone. Where does the sanity go? I decided that for this year's review, I would learn to be impartial and precise, and...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Best Love, Can't Lose, City Hunter, Dream High, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, High Kick: Counterattack of the Short Legs, I Need Romance, Lie To Me, Man of Honor, Miss Ripley, My Princess, Myung-wol the Spy, Scent of a Woman, Thousand Day Promise, Vampire Prosecutor, Warrior Baek Dong-soo, year in review, year in review 2011, You've Fallen For Me
Measuring 2011 on the Sticky Scale [Year in Review, Part 1]
by javabeans
Time for another Year In Review series! How did a year pass by so quickly? I guess when you're busy watching dramas, time flies. This is my fifth year (eek)...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 49 Days, Baby-Faced Beauty, Best Love, Can't Lose, City Hunter, Dream High, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, High Kick: Counterattack of the Short Legs, Lie To Me, Manny, Me Too Flower, Miss Ripley, My Princess, Myung-wol the Spy, Poseidon, Scent of a Woman, The Princess's Man, Thousand Day Promise, Tree With Deep Roots, Vampire Prosecutor, year in review, year in review 2011
Dramabeans Podcast #7, Part 3
by javabeans
And now we conclude this drunken experiment. The casualty count? Two and a half bottles of wine, two shots of soju, one glass of scotch, half a beer. The results?...
Tags: City Hunter, featured, Miss Ripley, Myung-wol the Spy, You've Fallen For Me
Miss Ripley: Episode 16 (Final)
by javabeans
Last episode! I wasn't sure whether Miss Ripley would wrap up in a surge of melodrama or in unearned happy endings, but it delivers a dose of peace and resolution,...
Tags: featured, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Da-hae, Micky Yoochun, Miss Ripley
Miss Ripley: Episode 15
by girlfriday
Miri reaches the end of her rope, as everyone comes to collect what's owed. The men in her life continue to think that they can save her, and don't stop...
Tags: featured, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Da-hae, Micky Yoochun, Miss Ripley
Kang Hye-jung dismayed over Ripley role
by javabeans
Or rather, her lack of one. And not for no reason, either, since Kang Hye-jung's role as Miri's (Lee Da-hae) friend/rival/foil in Miss Ripley has failed to materialize,...
Tags: Kang Hye-jung, Miss Ripley
Miss Ripley: Episode 14
by javabeans
The shit, it meets the fan, and for more than one person. I do appreciate the speed with which this drama blows the lid off of all its secrets, letting...
Tags: featured, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Da-hae, Micky Yoochun, Miss Ripley
Miss Ripley: Episode 13
by girlfriday
It's the villains' episode to shine, and Hirayama and Lee Hwa rock it. I really wish Hirayama had been in more of the drama from the start, instead of cooling...
Tags: featured, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Da-hae, Micky Yoochun, Miss Ripley
Extension nixed for Miss Ripley
by javabeans
Oh thank goodness. MBC has decided to forget the potential 4-episode extension for Miss Ripley, meaning it'll end with its originally planned 16 episodes. The reason given for the decision was...
Tags: Miss Ripley