JB, this post has made my entire day! Thank you so much. If it wasn't for your amazing blog, I would have never encountered Tamra through your early recaps and the great word-of-mouth from the Islanders.

This is a wonderful drama, so full of heart and amazing performances from its young and up-and-coming cast. I have my wad of cash ready to plunk down and buy this baby! 21 episodes, it's more than I expected, this made me even happier than watching YB episode 11 today. ;-)

This is the BEST news! My credit card is primed and ready...Merry Christmas to me! :-D

This is wonderful news! I loved Tamra although I never finished it after it got cut, I did not want to 'destroy' the original story. Soon I will finally be able to watch it!
This really made my day. :)

Yay! This is such great news for fans like me who cut themselves off after episode ten rather that watch the over-condensed episodes. This is what we've been waiting for!

Hmm...they displeased the fans by cutting the series short and now they're going to make them pay to watch it? I guess that's good marketing strategy.

I see I'm not far behind my sisters in saying - HURRAH!!! This made my day! :D

What a pleasant surprise that it's going to have 21 episodes rather than 20.
That's very unusual, indeed, but I'm not complaining at all....I'm thrilled! Deeper exploration of the character and plot development...and more PARK KYU -> YES, PLEASE! Teehee, I feel like a kid who's just walked into a candy store the size of Costco. :P

hello to my fellow Islanders~!!! *waves* Thanks JB for the news - can't wait to buy this.. Merry Christmas indeedy!!!

YAY ! I'm so excited for this ! I'm definitely going to buy this when it comes out...

Hurrah! This makes me very happy indeed. I hope the YA Entertainment version will have the same 21 episodes ^^

Oooooh, everyone from Team Park Kyu is here (well, except for my simplesim-moni, any anyone else I missed?) - it's either like our TPK radars went off all at once (I wish), or else we live at DB (guilty as charged).

We need to do a marathon of the 21-ep DVD set as a team, no?

I have never bought a Korean Drama DVD, so please do not blame me for my question, please:)

Do those DVD's have english subs ?
Or will Tamna have english subs ?

@Madita

That depends from where you get the dvds. Several official boxsets, particularly those released for the US market, DO have English subs and the quality is pretty good. Just be careful cos there are some dodgy websites that might sell pirated dvds with awful subs.

I suggest you check http://www.yesasia.com http://www.dvdasian.com or, say, Amazon.com for legit dvds (if you buy at yesasia, they usually have several boxsets of the same drama, released for different markets. Carefully read the info about each set for many versions might not have Eng subs. It's all written there though). You can find MBC's official dvds for the US market at http://www.mbcdvd.com. Oh and http://hanbooks.com/ sells dvds as well, but I've only bought books from them

Another thing you might want to check carefully. The dvds region.

Wow, did not realize how tall he is until now. She's like half his size. OMO

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

@14,

I read some of the articles on the DVD production, I searched through some of the likely online stores looking for whether the Director's Cut will have english subs, but I wasn't able to find whether it will or not.

However, there are a few things to note:

1. It is very likely that English subs will be included.

2. It is very unlikely that you will be able to find the Director's Cut DVD set with a north american region code (Region 1). So, if you do go out and get this, make sure you have a DVD that is region-free or at least plays Region 3 (for Korea) DVDs.

This is very good news!! I only watched the first few episodes of Tamra and meant to continue when there were more subs available, then the whole slaughter happened and I decided to wait for the DVDs. Sounds like they had a lot of good material since it amounted to more than the original 20 episodes! Can't wait!

I have to say 2009 has been a much better year for kdrama than 2008. There are a few real gems from this year; Return of Iljimae, Story of a Man, You're Beautiful and City Hall (which I am watching right now). I am also enjoying Iris (but have to admit it's entirely because of LBH ^_^).

The 21 episode dvd this article talks about is the director's cut version (R-3, no English subtitle) for people who've prepaid for the DVD. I'm not sure if the same director's cut dvd will go out in the market for purchase at the same time this dvd comes out, but I'm sure it will be available in the market eventually.

As for the US version DVD with English subtitle, someone from Soompi thread emailed YA Entertainment and received an email back from them stating that they have contracted with Group Eight to produce Tamra dvd and they were discussing the details at the time. According to the email, the US version DVD will be released sometime in March and it didn't state how many episodes the dvd would have. I suggest contacting them for further details.

Even if i have to watch without subs! I am happy!

This is good news...

I watched this drama without much expectation and was surprised in a good way. GREAT acting and superb cinematography.

Hope I'd be able to watch the complete 21 episodes.

This is great news! Yeah! Hopefully the DVD gets imported to my country. :D