City Hunter posters and stills
by javabeans
Posters are out for City Hunter, and they look pretty decent…if only they told me what the drama’s about. I’m still trying to figure it all out.
Is it a Gone With the Wind-y love story set amidst the backdrop of chaos, as the poster above suggests? Or is it a friendly workplace drama that takes place under bridges and has the occasional high-speed chase with a hero who is entirely too fond of pink-toned pants?
Then again, it could be about a vigilante hero out to nab some kind of powerful villain like a Batman with a decidedly flower-boy streak, as in Poster 3. Or maybe it’s really a fantasy story about a hero who dies and floats in limbo…in water…above a city at nighttime…guided by an angel in the sky?
Beats me.
But maybe the stills will help us. We start off with a mother — everybody’s got one of those, right? And a man scrambling on a beach, who may or may not be a father. Let’s say he is, because in a K-drama, chances are, daddy issues are a motivating force.
So then our hero grows up and spends some years working in some action-packed, fighting-filled capacity in Thailand. He’s rough, he’s sweaty, he’s either an assassin or a spy or a construction worker with Issues.
Then there’s our heroine, who works for the Blue House and apparently kicks some ass.
The hero’s ass, specifically. Wait, but what about all those hardcore badass years he spent as an undercover dude? Apparently those years he spent getting his doctorate at MIT and working in communications at the Blue House softened him up. Or maybe he’s just faking to the the girl to manhandle him. Heck, I’d rather he be a sneaky perv than a wuss.
Ms. Heroine is assigned to bodyguard the president’s daughter, who looks like a spoiled brat. From the way Bodyguard #2 is giving her the sideways stinkeye, I’m gonna guess Heroine’s job isn’t entirely smooth sailing. But at least working at the Blue House should pay well to compensate for the brat factor, right?
Alas, it would appear not. Former judo star and current government employee notwithstanding, Plucky Heroine also has a side job hawking promo materials, or some such thing.
But wait! Badass Hero is back! But…you’re a government employee now! Surely the president won’t tolerate his employees working side jobs as vigilante crime-fighters. I smell conflict of interest!
City Hunter premieres on May 25. Maybe then I’ll finally know what it’s about!
Via Star News
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1 Jen
May 16, 2011 at 1:07 PM
OMG!! Lee min ho and Park min-young look AMAZING!
Can't wait to watch City Hunter <3
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reyna
May 16, 2011 at 1:40 PM
JB...you should watch the trailer...then it'll totally confuse you more...i did O_o
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k.c
May 17, 2011 at 5:11 AM
new trailer came out during press conference... kinda understand the story a lil' bit now~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9zn0RKKwpo
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supah
May 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Thanks for sharing the new trailer but.... Nooooooooooooooooo.... Park Sang-min, whyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!?!
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Pansy
May 17, 2011 at 12:35 PM
yup. confused so so so confused but i still cant wait to watch this.
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2 sequestial
May 16, 2011 at 1:09 PM
It does seem like they're trying to incorporate everything and anything possible into the plot... and posters...
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cont'd
May 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM
Just trying to appeal to every type of audience, gotta cover their bases!
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Ani
May 16, 2011 at 5:23 PM
Or maybe the drama is going to be of the schizophrenic variety.
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Lyth
May 17, 2011 at 1:39 AM
lol - it does seem like it's veering off into that direction...or is it the other direction?
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3 Ginny
May 16, 2011 at 1:10 PM
LMAO! This post is too funny!
Somehow you made me want to watch this...just to understand what it's really about..
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Memmy
May 16, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Agree on the too funny post. I was laughing my a** off as I was reading it. So good.
Thanks JB. You just made my day.
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lucertola
May 17, 2011 at 5:25 AM
I'm not sure I can laugh, seeing all these attempts to make CH believable, even though nothing remains from the original story setting.
Where is Falcon!? was he to bad looking for Kdrama land?? did they make him do PS, so he could fight his enemies with his model-like-look instead of war tactics?
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4 ujsid
May 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM
my first love LMH <3 <3 <3
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5 lovenyc52
May 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM
haha hilarious. the 4 promo posters are totally different.. why does the 4th one remind me of YB? i watched a trailer for this though and i want to watch it solely for the 2 leads. <3 them :)
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6 r
May 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM
I kept seeing the Benny Hill theme reading this article.
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angryparsnip
May 16, 2011 at 6:13 PM
Oh My Goodness... Benny Hill now that you said that, it is so true.
also...
Still miffed that they used the name but not the story of City Hunter... just make up any name and then change it five times. Plus they also stole the dog from Cowboy Bebop too. Although that is a really cute pup.
cheers, parsnip
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7 aiqcn
May 16, 2011 at 1:19 PM
HAHA! You are too funny.
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8 tegami
May 16, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Lee Min-ho looks like he's playing with toy guns lol.
Sorry, but I'm not convinced he can play the bad-ass hero archetype. Now Park Min-young on the other hand is pretty awesome as the tough bodygaurd character ^^
Excited to watch this drama! City Hunter, FIGHTING!!!
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9 okitokki
May 16, 2011 at 1:21 PM
What the hell is going on? D:
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Biscuit
May 16, 2011 at 8:21 PM
MTE.
But on the other side LMH is no stranger to craziness, and BOF did not equal logic. Strangely, it got mega popular :/
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jessie
May 17, 2011 at 1:17 AM
LOL. I was thinking the same way too. It's getting weirder and weirder. Even LMH's charm can not pull me in. xD
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10 YBisTOP
May 16, 2011 at 1:23 PM
City hunter Official trailer.
Watch here!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTR6OahnaU4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Team lee min ho! Aja Aja fighting.
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MAVY
May 16, 2011 at 3:24 PM
So after watching the trailer I now sure there is actions, a little brat who like to party, government employees making out and some drug dealing.... i have yet to know about the underwater city or people happily strolling under a bridge...
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Cyoon
May 16, 2011 at 5:38 PM
What was that? If the drama is confused about itself before it starts broadcasting, it means Lee Min Ho's going to be wasted.
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11 aX
May 16, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Some of those posters look real good! =)
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kaigou
May 16, 2011 at 3:15 PM
Now if only they were all for the same drama, wouldn't that be a hoot! ...oh, wait...
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12 holly
May 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM
LOL at this... wonder whether it's a tactic to get people to watch it - if no one knows what it is about, you get curious and watch???
No other explanation as to randomness that is in posters...
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13 badmamajama
May 16, 2011 at 1:29 PM
lol i vote randomest ( is that even a word ) drama of the year . i saw the trailer and all i could think was right , WTF ! i sit a romantic comedy , a thriller , a fusion between the two ?? what the hell is it ??
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Daniela
May 16, 2011 at 5:23 PM
my thoughts exactly. the first part of the trailer is all fun and light and the next part (in the same trailer! one rigth after the another!) is all melo/action.
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Selli
May 17, 2011 at 12:08 AM
Yeah ^^ Wouldn't it be awesome if they went with the Batman-theme, though?! =D And PMY could be Oracle ^^ Well, first Batwoman XD
Javabeans, I love your post!!! ^^
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14 leeley
May 16, 2011 at 1:32 PM
LMH looks freakishly tall and skinny. I prefer his body in BOF- on the muscular side. Park min young is beautiful as always..
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15 Aya
May 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM
hahahaha, omg awesome posters, genius trolling award for whoever did this (my bet's on hipsters from tumblr), can't stop the tears, thx jb for the awesome titles XD
imo they should've never played around with the original story/script, but I'll be shallow and flip through for Kim Sang-joong, that lovely purple car and the dog
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jojo
May 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM
...and I'd like a pair of those lavender pants for my boyfriend.
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16 salina
May 16, 2011 at 1:35 PM
LMAO. those explanations of the posters were priceless!
Lee Min Ho, love ya, buddy...but sooo not tuning in to watch this. i've got a full plate as is, and what i've seen in previews just doesn't spark any interest.
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17 Lahlita
May 16, 2011 at 1:37 PM
OK, this is nitpicky, but I have had it up to here with the pale-skin fixation that leads to hatchet vampire makeup jobs -- and a clear line of demarcation between the face and the neck.
I mean, what is this?
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm96/javabeans122/drama/2011/city/cityhunter_74.jpg
And this???
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm96/javabeans122/drama/2011/city/cityhunter_83.jpg
Seriously, what is this? I shouldn't ridicule this when it's probably another culture's beauty ideal, but in my biased opinion, this is weird. I've seen it time and time again in K-dramas, I've watched Korean variety hosts fawn over and praise people for nothing other than their fair skin, and many of my Korean-American friends -- especially the women -- have incredibly complicated relationships with their skin (yes, I know the preference for fair skin seems to be a global commonality, but this is a Korean drama and Korean culture website).
It's a very delicate subject, one which I try to approach with patience and respect, and yet all it took was Park Min-young's awful makeup job to push me over the edge. Oy. Then again, maybe she's actually playing a vampire, which would add even more fun to this melo-thriller-rom-com-detective drama. Pfft.
In other news, Lee Min-ho's hair in the third photo is absolutely fantastic. The boy is hot! If JB and Girlfriday are recapping City Hunter, I'll wait for their opinion on the first three or four episodes before I decide whether or not to watch it. There seems to be much ambivalence in the fandom, and I'm a bit overloaded right now, so I'll wait to see what everyone else thinks. However, Lee Min-ho? Definitely hot.
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ar_arguably romantic
May 16, 2011 at 2:53 PM
I wonder if it's the makeup making her face paler or if she has been whitening the skin on her face with whitening products that are so popular in Asia, in which case the makeup people really need to add makeup to her neck.
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18 crazedlu
May 16, 2011 at 1:37 PM
dude, i still feel like they failed with the casting of park minyoung, but i guess i'll decide when i tune in to give it a try.
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19 RunLolaRun
May 16, 2011 at 1:38 PM
LOL. These posters are just as random as the trailers. I'll probably just check it out for LMH. That boy is foooooine!!!
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Ani
May 16, 2011 at 5:28 PM
Has the trailer been officially released or was that a kind-of teaser release? Normally I would think jb and fri would jump on the chance to critique something that everybody seems to be saying is just as random as the posters and the stills for the drama.
P.S. Love your name. ... Well, more the fact that I recognize it as the name of a film that I had to dissect and compare to a Bible passage for a Bible and Film Class. XD
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20 parsifal
May 16, 2011 at 1:40 PM
i liked the fourth poster best, the first one is over photosopped,
LOL it is impossible to tell the tone of the drama and what it is about
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21 soiia
May 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Funny javabeans :P I feel like you're kinda "meh" over City Hunter and I guess it is comprehensible since you seem to be disappointed about their adaptation of the real story. But hey, let's hope it'll at least turn out decent! I don't know why the posters remind me just a little bit of Swallow the Sun, but with that drama, well, I still don't know what the story is about despite watching the first 10 episodes "diligently".
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22 LimaBrains
May 16, 2011 at 1:46 PM
haha this post was hilarious!
As much as I love LMH, I'm still not convinced he can carry this tough guy role. I hope he can pull it off though
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23 whatis
May 16, 2011 at 1:47 PM
AHAHAHAHAH oh my god... I love the fantasy plot.... 'cause yea... those drama posters are completely non-coherent in describing the drama out for us... hahahahahaa
The stills make them even more random! Can't wait to find out what it's finally about... Please write us at least ONE summary of the premise!!!
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24 absothe
May 16, 2011 at 1:52 PM
This drama has a very severe case of schizophrenia, I'm afraid that the whole drama is going to be like this.
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25 Ashley
May 16, 2011 at 1:53 PM
The trailers are no help in figuring out what the drama is really about either. Such a mess.
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26 Jess
May 16, 2011 at 1:53 PM
Uhm, err?
I vaguely recall some pi / crime-fighting plot from the anime but I don't get any of those vibes here, at all. I will still probably watch it for Lee Min Ho (who was the best thing in BoF for me) but I hope it will not disappoint me as much as Marry Me, Mary (promising cast etc and then.. unnnngh). I do hope JB and / or GF will recap this though. :)
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27 snoopyvkd
May 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM
All this really look crazy. So disppointed TT
I mean what's with the gang going for a walk with the dog? Ghostbusters? ScoobyDoo?
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danna
May 16, 2011 at 2:48 PM
that was the one that made the least sense to me..the first and fourth ones made me gag from all the cheez
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saraha
May 17, 2011 at 8:01 AM
Yes! I was reading the allkpop article, and all the comments I've read were praising the posters... I was like, "what?!" I just found them, well the 1st and last, incredibly cheesy!
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28 hpn88
May 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM
this drama is bipolar and my love LMH is the only thing that is going to make me start this drama
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29 grace, the one from Jersey, USA
May 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM
You forgot to add that our hero's name keeps
on changing, too. It started out as Kang Jin,
(I think) but who knows now. What was it
that you called "Boys Over Flowers?" A
magnificent mess? So it looks as if we have
to throw logic out the window......AGAIN? :(
Oh yeah, I have a question for the experts.
How do you ALSO become an ex-CIA agent?
Like.....are you even an American citizen?
Or did the CIA membership come packaged
with your lunch while you were attending MIT?
None of the above storyline works unless the
LMH character of a computer whiz/security guard/
elephant trainer (?) is a little bit older than 23.
Unless between now and May 25 they're gonna'
make-up LMH to be a lot more ELDERLY than
he looks in the released posters.
Actually, I'm pretty happy with this "pistache."
I won't need to wait for the English sub-titles
to come out, since the script putting all these
mis-matched jigsaw pieces together won't make
any sense in Korean either, so I can pretend
that this is a silent movie. I hope that for all
future projects, before LMH accepts anything,
he will read a COMPLETED SCRIPT FIRST.
Still hoping for the best for City Hunter ~
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30 faan
May 16, 2011 at 2:24 PM
Who's playing the president's daughter? She looks totally hot in this pic: http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm96/javabeans122/drama/2011/city/cityhunter_68.jpg
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danna
May 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM
goo hara
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jakebot
May 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM
she was equally annoying and funny on invincible youth. KARA is huge in Japan, but they are pretty much broken up now, unless there are some major contract revisions...she's kinda bratty anyway, so she will probably do well in this role. that said, this show looks like a hot mess
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Ani
May 16, 2011 at 5:37 PM
Huh? KARA didn't break up. They resolved those issues. . Since when did Hara become bratty? I know she does cutesy, as is common in the KPOP idol world, but bratty? You must be mistaking her with some other bratty girl(s) that snobs her subaes in public. I wonder if you're talking about Park Gyuri, who fronts a goddess image in front of the camera, but is known for her humble, quiet and respectful attitude behind camera (as is acknowledged by popular celebs like Kang Hodong). Also, they are popular in Japan, but they are also considered one of the top girl idol groups in Korea alongside SNSD, Wonder Girls, and whoever's popular these days... f(x)?
Sources: allkpop (which isn't always trustworthy, but they get it right often enough), SGB, Kang Hodong via Strong Heart, and other Korean Singers of the Older Years,
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Ani
May 16, 2011 at 5:40 PM
I remember now. Isn't KARA's Nicole the bratty one? Bratty is not even right, so we can say more of "Very hyper and playful" variety.
k..
May 16, 2011 at 6:07 PM
Its ironic that Kara became the "top" idol group.
Goo Hara cant sing. Simple as that. She's down right TERRIBLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvH7n--jJpQ
The rest of her group aint much better TBH. but then again Japan doesnt expect their girl groups to be Tohoshinki.
If the anti lipsynching legislation goes through Hara would be a goner.
I'll see how her acting goes
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 6:27 PM
@k.. It's funny that many idols that are "top" idols are considered "top" idols when they suck at singing too. SuJu, several members of SNSD, some members of After School (although, aside Lizzy that was on Running Man, and UEE that was on You're Beautiful, I don't really know this group), live group songs of T-ara are pretty bad too (although, some members are good singers in solos), some members of 2PM, etc. So saying it's just Hara of KARA is kind of like you turning a blind eye towards other groups that sucks as bad. I've been told often enough that Korean Idol groups aren't always meant to be singers first. The ones that I know have vocal chops (even if I like only about 3 songs from them) is 2AM and Chansung's collab with Lee Hyun (who also has vocal chops himself).
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 6:28 PM
I meant Changmin not Chansung. Oops, getting idol names mixed up. There's so many of them it's hard to differentiate these days.
k..
May 16, 2011 at 6:34 PM
Yeah but Goo hara/sohee/Qri are known as the worst of the worst.
I didnt mention any of the other idols you know
i simply mentioned tohoshinki, who back when they were 5 could PAWN every other idol in KOREA AND JAPAN including 2AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxBoZbX155A
Idols pass them as off as singers, with no talent.
I think its time for change. if an "idol has a pretty face" she should go into modeling.
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 6:49 PM
Whoa, if we're talking Japanese idols, I'd have to say KinKi Kids, name derived from the Kinki region in Japan and not for their Kinky ways, have pretty awesome vocals. Arashi is also one of the idols known for sounding just as good live despite Matsumoto Jun's nasally voice (as long as he harmonizes with the rest, Ohno and Nino are sure to make up for it). I wouldn't say all idols are bad, but I do wish that Music Companies in Korea would stop debuting so many idol groups that, like you said, lack musical talent.... And they need to making songs that focus on "love" and "I can't live without her/him" or "I miss her/him" or..... Well, you see where I'm going. So I don't know about DBSK/TVXQ pwning J-POP idols musically, but I would say DBSK (when they were 5) would be among the idols around Asia who can sing.
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 6:51 PM
I need to start rereading my comments properly. I meant to say "they need to STOP making" love related songs.
k..
May 16, 2011 at 6:56 PM
I'm sorry i love arashi too, but did you even watch the video?
that was nothing short of AMAZING, by ANY standard.
and YES they can PAWN anything J.E has put out. i dont know about the "KinKi kids"
k..
May 16, 2011 at 6:59 PM
i agree with you on the debut thing.
Seems like evry second person with training and maybe a lil PS can be an idol.
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 7:33 PM
I did watch the the video, and all I could think was that the KinKi Kids were just as good back in the day - although it is pretty easy to harmonize with just two. It's hard to find any of their videos online because JE went all out to block any of their vids, but I definitely liked their Yakusoku. As for Arashi, their slower songs like Ashita no Kioku , Beautiful Days and Aozora Pedal definitely showcase vocals similar to DBSK/TVXQ's Love in the Ice. As for other JPOP idols, Utada Hikaru definitely hits high on "vocals/talent > looks" list, but she's a solo artist and hates being labeled an idol, and rightly so if we look at the reputation KPOP idols are getting about being musically challenged. It's kind of hard to compare KPOP and JPOP vocally because JPOP singing techniques are different from KPOP (singing through the nose, higher pitched at times, a couple of Enka influenced stuff..... Like I would say Kanjani8 is awesome, but their vocals skew towards Enka and Nasal-pitch and fun sound would be very different from the "norm" when it comes to straightforward singing), so I'm kindof stomped for other examples, especially since when it comes to Japanese music my preference goes a bit beyond just idols. But yup, if you ever find a good quality live of KinKi Kids, I hope you'd at least see what I meant about the Domotos being vocally gifted (especially Tusyoshi).
Other than that, I hope we can agree to disagree on who's best vocally when it comes to JPOP (not that I think DBSK/TVXQ is bad, I think they're definitely up there with some of the veterans in the Japanese idol industry), and just agree that KPOP idols these days need to up their game.
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 7:47 PM
Sorry, one more thing. I just remembered that Tegomass (a NEWS subgroup) is an idol number touted as having natural singing voices, and I believe it since their live performance for their songs (or other songs they sing from other groups) are pretty powerful for such tiny bodies.
jakebot
May 16, 2011 at 9:30 PM
i never said i didn't like Hara, i just said she came off as kinda bratty, but funny and cute. i don't like KARA's music at all, but i am a fan of the girls, except for Gyuri who is neither as pretty or intelligent as she seems to think she is. big fan of Nicole though. maybe it's my american sensibilities, but i love her attitude and spunk (esp on Happy Together)...URAKARA was crap. i stomached about 20 min of the first episode. sorry if i'm a couple weeks behind, on account of my not speaking Korean, so I have to wait on the translated Entertainment Weekly's to keep up on things. a word of advice-relax...in the grand scheme of things, this whole conversation means nothing (unless she is literally your sister or best friend). pop stars come and go, so just enjoy the ride and don't get so bent out of shape!
Ani
May 16, 2011 at 10:40 PM
@jakebot: Truthfully, I'm not a big fan of KARA's music too, just their variety show participations - although props to you for stomaching URAKARA, I didn't even want to watch it after reading the synopsis of it on mysoju. I loved Nicole's random ways on SGB, but I always think Park Gyuri's Goddess act is the most amusing/refreshing out of any of the idols on variety shows, her and that Plastic Idol (that's what he's called, for being open about all his plastic surgeries) from ZE:A (how do you even pronounce that? One of these days I'll wiki it and find out). A word of advice to you - don't assume everyone's getting "bent out of shape". The fun thing about Dramabeans is you get people who know things that others don't and than they bring it together and start talking about it. That, and the fact that I'm one of those people who doesn't really like or hate any of the idol groups, so it's fun to point out to people that dislike a certain group how the same thing they hate about that group can easily be found in any other idol group they might like. And I'm not fond of those fan wars where fans try to put their own idol on a pedestal while knocking down others, so I make it a point to point out their own idol's faults. Yeesh. They're amusing and annoying at the same time. So sorry if I came off as being a bit too much...... or if I came off being a troll (cause damnit, I think I'm slowly becoming one. Darn). As for my convo with k..., I couldn't help myself since he/she started talking about JPOP, which is a whole different style from KPOP, so it's fun to point out the differences. I'll stop now I swear. X/
k..
May 16, 2011 at 11:48 PM
^^ um tohoshinki is Jpop
From the very beginnng they have always seperated the kpop image from TOHO. Its only in their korean promotions they do KPOP songs. They werent even part of the hallyu wave. Those boys worked from the bottom up.
Also if you view, the VOCAL ABILITIES objectively you'd know what i'm talking about.
I'm sorry i love Arashi and i'm a huge Pi fangirl so i know NEWS/Tegomass and they are NOT on tohoshinkis level. They just dont have the vocal chops.
jakebot
May 17, 2011 at 12:31 AM
fair enough, Ani! i know what you are saying. to be honest, i am much better at japanese, and generally enjoy/understand (sans subs) that style of drama much more than kdrama. that said, jpop is horrible. i want to like it, but every week i check out the oricon charts i get sad...the ridiculous ballads and horrible "rock" songs...too bad POLYSICS isn't putting out new stuff. that plastic kid is pretty funny. of the kpop idols, i find myself enjoying the girls from t-ara better than most for the quick wit on the variety shows (particularly Soyeon and Hyomin, but Eun Jung is fun, too. so are Suzy and Min from Miss A)
Ara
May 17, 2011 at 4:11 AM
what I got from this kara hoopla.
GOO HA RA IS BRATTY, TALENTLESS AND AN OVERRATED IDOL. calling her a singer is an insult to great singers who actually have potential.
TBH, kara is just... eugh. Only Nicole is worth looking at from a non fan's point of view.
AND I agree with everyone here THSK/TVXQ are great singers WHO actually have talent and enough charms to boast the name hallyu "SINGERS"
bring o'le kpop back.
that is all.
31 KDrama Fan
May 16, 2011 at 2:30 PM
I think the fact that this drama is a bit of a question mark is sure to work in its favor.
The way JB has written it up has got me interested but not so much I'll get burnt if it ends up crashing.
But I'm thinking in the end it will be more roller-coaster than bumper cars.
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32 jhp887
May 16, 2011 at 2:32 PM
lol i go to MIT
does this mean lee minho is coming here ?! lolol
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clichique
May 16, 2011 at 7:34 PM
LOL I wish. I go to MIT too. LOL.
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33 YT629
May 16, 2011 at 2:35 PM
I too have been confused by this series. In terms of genre, plot, tone? I also agree with javabeans that this kdrama is sort of skewing young for a drama about presidential bodyguards and MIT graduates. Lee Minho is only 23, and Park Min young is only 25. I like both actors so I hope they can pull it off. But when I heard Park Min young was cast as a bodyguard I groaned because she's so petite and delicately built. It makes it hard to believe she's a presidential bodyguard who can fight off men bigger and taller than she is. At least when someone like Jennifer Garner played a CIA spy on Alias, it was believable because she's tall and athletically built. Oh well. I'll still check out the series though since it's a nice change in pace from Best Love (which has been awesome so far).
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34 Chocobo
May 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Let's see, bad photoshop, bad photoshop, boring poster, pink pants, bad photoshop, blah blah blah.... HOLD THE PRESSES, A WELSH CORGI!!!!!!!!
Okay, that has convinced me. I'm watching.
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Bluefyre
May 16, 2011 at 6:33 PM
LOL. Hahaha! You crack me up ^^
Seriously...it's lighter and all and some eye candy too, but the Ripley posters where much more interesting.
What gives, SBS?
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Chocobo
May 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Haha, which is sad, because the Ripley posters were pretty blasé too....
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JNC
May 16, 2011 at 9:18 PM
yeh!!!!! loved the corgi!!!! but I don't think we'll see much of it :(((
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35 danna
May 16, 2011 at 2:47 PM
I hope they dont use those posters to promote...they are terribly cheezy...the only one that even looks okay is the second one...yup I totally agree that nothing thus far released about this drama makes any sense and with each subsequent promotional material my hopes sink lower and lower...why why LMH?? why?!...and you too Park Min Young?!
*prays earnestly that despite all the cheeziness the drama itself will be appreciaable
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36 ar_arguably romantic
May 16, 2011 at 2:51 PM
LOL! Awesome post!
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37 blueangel
May 16, 2011 at 3:11 PM
I'm with JB with so many in consistancies what is this drama about? Only the airing of the drama can tell us that. :P
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38 jubilantia
May 16, 2011 at 3:12 PM
pfft... BWAAHAHAHAHHAHAAThis was aMAzing.
The marketing is pretty spastic for this one, isn't it? At first I thought it would be a goofy spy drama, and then it warped and morphed and... well, since Lee Min Ho is there, I will give it a shot, but I'm prepared for it to be a clusterfuck.
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39 RXP
May 16, 2011 at 3:16 PM
ROFLMAO
Javabeans i love your sense of humor =D
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40 Cathy B
May 16, 2011 at 3:30 PM
LMBO JB!
Well-done write up of a confusing scenario!!
Thanks for the good belly laugh!
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41 Linda165
May 16, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Still watching it :)
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Linda165
May 16, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Like I'll be watching this for the plot... YEAH RIGHT!!
I'm not ashamed to say I'll be watching for the delicious eye candy (LMH AND the cutie pie from City Hall).
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42 YoSoyHaru!!!!!!!!!!
May 16, 2011 at 3:34 PM
lol the last poster looks out of place, yet im still looking fowards to this drama
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43 Alvina
May 16, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Lol. City Hunter is like 5 different dramas all trying to fit into one happy family. Maybe it's futile still having the hope it'll be good lol
I'd like to see how this crazy turns out.
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44 mskololia
May 16, 2011 at 3:47 PM
This is so sad. This looks like a hot mess.
I will wait to read the reviews/recaps before jumping in.
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45 Qd
May 16, 2011 at 3:47 PM
JB! Your article made me laugh so much! I completely agree that the stills really dont help us in figuring out what this drama is all about. Love this article! Im still tearing from all the laughter and I thought only Best Love can do that to me!
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46 Kei
May 16, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Just three things.
One. Lee Min Ho looks so good :D
Two. Plot? I don't get it at all
Three. I loved your post :D
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47 Carinne
May 16, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Is that PMY in the top main photo w/ LMH? I can barely recognize there. PS is too way advanced for lazy eyes.
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48 zib
May 16, 2011 at 4:45 PM
"Or maybe it’s really a fantasy story about a hero who dies and floats in limbo…in water…above a city at nighttime…guided by an angel in the sky?" <- This made lol so hard =)) LMFAO
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49 anna
May 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM
Some of the stills look like Powerful Opponents and I did not like that drama so much.
I wish they make a kdrama based on National Treasure (American movie), somehow the poster reminds me of it. lol It would probably be a better plot than whatever this is.
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50 nileey
May 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Geez, those posters looks quite lame, and the stills don't really give much clue, do they?
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