you're hilarious, javabeans. really, you are. you always make me smile.

ROFLMAO thank you!

hahaha !
now that i loook at the pictures........ lol.

but i must say,
now. the drama made me lose interest and chulsoo, sorry to those who like him, is getting really annoying.
now, i HONESTLY, hope that mari will end up with one of the woojin's. or even ha-young-whats-his-face.
as long as its not chulsoo -_-x

How is it that such a very promising drama with one of my all time fav actors YJT get stuck in this typical, contrived plotline mess. Gahh!

Although i have to say that the viewers/netziens are very observant LOL thanks Javabeans for posting this!

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I have a feeling YJT's wondering the same thing! I was going to watch this for him but I better not. It's going to make me depressed. I wish KSW from the sad sad story would come and ride off with the leading lady. Wouldn't that be great?

If I ever watch Winter Sonata again, I'll have to keep track. Curious.

You always seem to know how to make my day. My two favorite things during the day: Dramabeans and Ellen DeGeneres Show!

interesting observation, yet so true!

Nine out of ten? Did they count each crying scene and actually calculate the percentage?

@ Winnie....it's just a way of speech...

but i have never notice that before....interesting....it must takes many years of practice to cry on cue...or do they actually teach this in acting class?

I think most people find it difficult to be able to cry on cue. While others see the "crying" as boring or annoying, I see it as talent. If you don't believe me, give yourself 5 minutes and see if you can shed tears rolling down your cheeks.

hahaha. this trivia's so funny! XD man, those guys observing skills are superb! :D

I have to say, it's because of your great recaps that made me curious enough to start watching this one. So I appreciate them greatly especially when I think it's going too slow but want to know what happened. I'm only on episode 4 and I think it's going too slow. A lot of it is like you said, interesting story, but predictable plot advancements, too much going back and forth between the lead couple, etc. At first I thought it was like Notting Hill too, although knowing it's a kdrama it'd have to be more complicated and dragged than that, with the evil mom and sugar daddy manager. I'm still interested in seeing the ending, if I ever see up to that point, but I don't think I'm missing out on much if I just read your fun recaps.

The Philip Choi aka BYJ look-alike.... I agree with people's objection to this character. I see the parody here, but are they actually serious about attracting Japanese viewers or Winter Sonata fans with this stunt or is this just for fun?

Javabeans - This phenonmenon exhibited in Choi Ji Woo's case has already been noticed before by netizens and various segments on entertainment shows where the majority of the crying scenes done by actors/actresses start from the left eye instead of the right eye. They supposedly say that if you start tearing from your left eye that you're acting, and when you start tearing from your right eye then you're really crying (not acting).

Just to add, I think Moon Geun Young is also really deserved of the Queen of Tears title. Just watching her cry on cue and having a hard time recuperating in the NGs is very heart wrenching, especially the ones from her last drama Painter of the Wind.

im not a fan of her, but i think its really impressive that she gets ready for a crying scene so quickly compared to other actors

"In Cha’s case, whenever she cries, she lets trickle two streams of tears from each eye, for a total of four rivulets."

When articulated and put into words, these sound like a stalker's notes, hahaha. Netizens and viewers are an observational bunch.

Learning how to cry well is an artform in and of itself. If you don't want to have a runny nose or sniff every few seconds you have to control your breathing and swallow accordingly.

You can also control when you release tears versus just letting your eyes water. By adjusting the tilt of your head you can control where the tears fall as well. Crying is serious bidness! Acting business that is. :-)

You should also blow your nose between scenes if possible. Otherwise, you can get an upset tummy from the mucus buildup.

I hate crying dramas. Now I'm not gonna watch this.

Yay glad I didn't start on it or else I'll hate it. At least for now it remains as something I'm not interested in. :D

your blog entry is way too interesting than watching the real act itself. your words put me to imagine how soon the director says cut and the next second CJW's tear roll up again for next take!

amazing. but yeah, crying is not easy on screen. u really have to be able to control those tears while still able to deliver lines, never mind if u redub them again.

far more hilarious that Javabeans recaps and observations are the comments here...what a bunch of...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA