I've noticed that Chae Rim always look sooo young!!!!

i want to see how chae rim's new drama does..i really liked her in Dal Ja's Spring..

really, we ARE STILL in the makjang stage. I think last year we kind of strayed a little bit away from that, but I guess with East of Eden and kkotnam, we've swayed back. Still remember the good old days with Kim Sam Soon and My Girl and Full house, where makjang dramas were not as popular...

Chae Rim is gorgeous.

ARGH!! It makes me soo frustrated that awesome dramas like the Return of Iljimae don't get better ratings. Of course, I'm a Boys over Flowers addict, but the beauty and down-to-earth-ness of ROI is keeping me sane. It's too bad that the masses don't appreciate, or even realize, that there's great stuff out there that's wayy better than the makjang stuff....

Queen of Houswives probably won't make a dent on Boys Over Flowers, but I predict it'll do better than Chae Rim's drama. Kim Nam Joo is an ahjumma magnet.

"Kim Nam Joo is an ahjumma magnet."

HAHAHAHAHAH.

"Good Job, Good Job probably ought to have drawn a bigger premiere than its disappointing 7.4% rating on Saturday. "

Yeah, this one just needs some time. My Precious You is wrapping up in a few weeks. I think Good Job Good Job could do Woman of Matchless Beauty ratings.

"How could it compete with the dramatic excesses of Cain and Abel and I Hate You, But Let’s Try Again? "

Return of Iliimae was losing its audience before Cain and Abel started airing though. Given its arty direction, it was probably meant all along to be a mania show.

"Still remember the good old days with Kim Sam Soon and My Girl and Full house, where makjang dramas were not as popular…"

Makjang dramas were popular in 2004 and 2005 too. They've always been a staple of Korean TV, especially SBS. In fact, with how the economy has gone, we may be starting to see a decline in makjang dramas. East of Eden was a hit, but MBC still lost money. Cain and Abel will probably finish #2 in its time slot, but SBS will probably still take a loss given its protracted budget and production run. If Princess Ju Myung Go doesn't do at least decent number, it will be a huge loss for SBS.

Yes, Chae Rim still looks young!

But I really want to watch Queen of Housewives >___________<

teehee, belleza, I'm always surprised how you know so much! I'm always learning something ^^

AH the power of the curly curly perm! May all bend to its will *evil laughter*

I actually would be interested in seeing Queen of Housewives. As much as I love BBF and BBF-style dramas, its nice to have a variety.

This next part has more to do with a comment you made on your last BBF recap: "Although, I admit to having a few moments of wondering whether PD Jeon just recently saw Goong and is trying to recapture the ambiance of that score. No, they’re not the same songs, but a couple of them sound familiar"

Actually one of them IS the same song - not the same as a Goong song mind you, but the same as a Goong S song. Here, I found the scene in Goong S where the familiar song plays and uploaded it onto youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGsoR30UCuc&feature=channel

I think I remember you saying a long time ago that the song is a reprise of "Ice Pond" from the original Goong, but listening to both songs, I don't think they're that similar beyond having the signature classical Second Moon style.

Man, all I want is to have a clean version of this song :'( I hope it's released on the second OST.

well, the cast members from Dal Ja's Spring putting out shows (Chae Rim, Lee Hye Young) could only ever be good for the world LOL i looooved that show so much and all of them were so talented :)

ah and awesome twitter status! "the only things harder to read than bad writing is pretentious writing" CLASSIC. pointing this out= WIN!

i like the sentence ' Ah, Boys Before Flowers, her grasp is far and wide — even spilling over into competitor-drama territory! ' .
it is really funny and i strongly agree.

i love Chae Rim!! She's always so cute in dramas~

Curious about 'Good Job Good Job' due to Eom Ki-joon (he was very good in The World They Live in). However he needs a haircut if that first pic is anything to go by....LOL

Yay! Lee Hye-Young would return to the small screen. I miss her as Wee Seon-Ja in Dal-Ja's Spring...and yes, Dal-Ja's back as well. :)

@ #3 zaizai00,
exactly... i also miss dramas with simple plot and simple storylines were so well-done and well received by the audience as well... makjang dramas are not bad, i guess, IF done well... but then again, it's not my cup of tea...

when can we watch Good Job,Good Job in mysoju???
we really miss Chae Rim after Powerful Opponents.....
she`s so cute in her new hairsyle!

Queen of Housewives looks like it might be ok but both dramas seem to be lacking something special that would set them apart from their competition. Honestly I can't wait for the extremely overrated Boys Before Flowers to end. It has taken over every aspect of my Kdrama world and I haven't watched a single episode. The "F4" CF's are all over TV, the cast are always being talked about (and/or parodied) on my favorite variety shows, and the blogs are overrun with the most insignificant and trite news pertaining to the show and its cast (news about someone getting hurt or dying isn't insignificant but someone getting a haircut or smoking a cigarette is). Sorry for the rant but I seem to be apart of the minority that hates BBF so I'm speaking on behalf of the few others that feel the same. One show I have been enjoying is Family Honor. It's predictable (what Kdrama isn't nowadays) but the story is still good and the acting is better than a lot of other shows. You should check it out if you haven't already. I'd love to hear what you have to say about Family Honor, even if it's negative.

욕하면서 보는 드라마 HAHAHA
i think chaerim looks better and maybe even more comfortable in ajooma fashion!

i agree BBF is really over-rated .. enough already with Lee Min HO and who cares if JP and JD got together .. they probably will kill each other anyway ... let them have each other .. who cares ...........

Good Job Good Job only showed the 2 first episodes...let's see a couple more it should be heating... just like DIESEl...

So how would you rate Good Job based on its first epi? Do you think its interesting enough?

And yes, Chae Rim looks really young. I've seen her other pics where she's smiling. Gorgeous!

I'm with you Jae-min. I can't stand BOF and the craze over it either!!! And this is coming from someone who liked Hana Yori Dango. BOF isn't even decent enough to be a guilty pleasure. All the overacting and underacting makes it so unbearable to watch.

@Biscuit,

I personally don't think the problem is the dominance of makjangs. Rather, it's the continuing struggle of romantic comedies and dramedies to generate decent conventional ratings. And that's been going on a few years now, outside of Coffee Prince and Boys Before Flowers. Rom-coms are not only a core staple, but an important vehicle for establishing younger actors. There's been some success doing fusion shows to grab that same audience, but it's an expensive way to do it. I don't know if a "Chae Rim" could be born today in this climate.

The success of Boys Before Flowers is still shocking to me. I was predicting 10-15s with this one, but BBF may be more popular in Korea than Hana Yori Dango was in Japan. It'll be interesting when BBF goes over to Japan, whether it can crack the <21 audience there. (Which pretty much no Hallyu show has successfully done.)

@ Belleza

What do you mean by a "Chae Rim"? Chae Rim herself, starring in warm-hearted dramas and getting good ratings or this generation's Chae Rim (the next CR)?