It doesn't matter how long you've been in dramaland. Pretty soon, with even just a few dramas under your belt, you'll begin to think about drama crimes. Not the hit...
Location and setting are used in powerful ways to help tell stories. Korean dramas in particular often capitalize on foreign settings or location changes to give depth and context. But...
By Lily
What's the one thing dramas and trains have in common? They can both run off the rails halfway through to their destination. Many dramas start off strong, but...
We said we'd be back soon and continue our massive catching-up session, and for once we kept our promise! This podcast takes us back to last fall dramas, and we...
And now comes reviews from the newest members of our minion army, our Hoobae Minions, who've all pitched in to help make this year our best yet. It's been amazing...
It's funny how December has now become synonymous with our Year-End Extravaganza, and has all but replaced Christmas in my list of inescapable winter events for a good five years...
Every December, I'm hit with a simultaneous feeling of anticipation and dread at dusting off our Year in Review series and taking a look back at the year as a...
I didn't think I was watching that many dramas, but when you line them all up like that, the list has a tendency to feel overwhelming. The problem is, even...
Another weekend, another check-in. How's your week of drama-watching been? Just when I feel like I've cleared my plate and can breathe again, a new wave comes rolling in, and...
Many have called The K2 a career-defining project for its star, Ji Chang-wook, but the 29-year-old would beg to differ. Indeed, he ran his body ragged for the role of...
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Drama crimes
by missvictrix
It doesn't matter how long you've been in dramaland. Pretty soon, with even just a few dramas under your belt, you'll begin to think about drama crimes. Not the hit...
Tags: editorial, Flower Boy Next Door, Forest, Gu Family Book, I'll Find You on a Beautiful Day, Oh My Venus, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2, The K2, The Secret Life of My Secretary, W–Two Worlds
The emotion of the ocean
by missvictrix
Location and setting are used in powerful ways to help tell stories. Korean dramas in particular often capitalize on foreign settings or location changes to give depth and context. But...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, editorial, Flower Boy Next Door, Lie To Me, Nice Guy, The K2, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
[Alternate Endings] The badass noona romance that The K2 could’ve been
by Guest Beanie
By Lily What's the one thing dramas and trains have in common? They can both run off the rails halfway through to their destination. Many dramas start off strong, but...
Tags: The K2, Theme of the Month
Dramabeans Podcast #36
by javabeans
We said we'd be back soon and continue our massive catching-up session, and for once we kept our promise! This podcast takes us back to last fall dramas, and we...
Tags: 1% of Anything, Drinking Solo, Fantastic, featured, featured2, On the Way to the Airport, Shopping King Louis, The K2, The Man Living in Our House
2016 Year in Review, Part 6: Hoobae minions’ first rodeo
by DB Staff
And now comes reviews from the newest members of our minion army, our Hoobae Minions, who've all pitched in to help make this year our best yet. It's been amazing...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Age of Youth, Beautiful Mind, Come Back, Ajusshi, Dear My Friends, Descended From the Sun, featured, Jealousy Incarnate, Marriage Contract, Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-ki, Oh Hae-young Again, Signal, The K2, This Week My Wife Will Have an Affair, W–Two Worlds, year in review, year in review 2016
2016 Year in Review, Part 4: Embracing the modern age
by HeadsNo2
It's funny how December has now become synonymous with our Year-End Extravaganza, and has all but replaced Christmas in my list of inescapable winter events for a good five years...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Age of Youth, Beautiful Mind, Cinderella and the Four Knights, featured, Jackpot, Mirror of the Witch, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, Oh My Geum-bi, On the Way to the Airport, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Signal, The K2, This Week My Wife Will Have an Affair, Wanted, Woman With a Suitcase, W–Two Worlds, year in review, year in review 2016
2016 Year in Review, Part 2: The doctor is in
by javabeans
Every December, I'm hit with a simultaneous feeling of anticipation and dread at dusting off our Year in Review series and taking a look back at the year as a...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Age of Youth, Beautiful Gong Shim, Cheese in the Trap, Cinderella and the Four Knights, Come Back, Ajusshi, Dear My Friends, Descended From the Sun, Doctors, Drinking Solo, Entourage, Fantastic, featured, Goodbye Mr. Black, Legend of the Blue Sea, Lucky Romance, Mirror of the Witch, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, Neighborhood Hero, Oh Hae-young Again, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Shopping King Louis, Signal, The K2, This Week My Wife Will Have an Affair, Uncontrollably Fond, Wanted, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, W–Two Worlds, year in review, year in review 2016
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
I didn't think I was watching that many dramas, but when you line them all up like that, the list has a tendency to feel overwhelming. The problem is, even...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Entertainer, Entourage, Legend of the Blue Sea, Night Light, Oh My Geum-bi, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Shopping King Louis, The K2, The Man Living in Our House, This Week My Wife Will Have an Affair, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, What We're Watching
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
Another weekend, another check-in. How's your week of drama-watching been? Just when I feel like I've cleared my plate and can breathe again, a new wave comes rolling in, and...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Entourage, Legend of the Blue Sea, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, The K2, The Man Living in Our House, This Week My Wife Will Have an Affair, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, What We're Watching
There’s more to come from Ji Chang-wook
by awcoconuts
Many have called The K2 a career-defining project for its star, Ji Chang-wook, but the 29-year-old would beg to differ. Indeed, he ran his body ragged for the role of...
Tags: interviews, Ji Chang-wook, The K2