Dramabeans Podcast #11
by javabeans
Here we are, back by popular demand: another podcast!
Podcast #11
Running time: 49:23
In which we:
- Catch up on which new shows have premiered in the new year;
- talk about Salaryman and Jung Ryeo-won’s improvement in it (3:25);
- Moon That Embraces the Sun, ratings, why it’s overrated, why it’s popular (7:00);
- Dream High 2, why it’s no Dream High 1, why it doesn’t work (16:50);
- why Shut Up: Flower Boy Band is so awesome (24:58);
- cable shows, Operation Proposal (32:16);
- 1 Night 2 Days, aka 1N2D, aka “1bak” (34:41);
- and musings on what we’d like to see in the future (46:15).
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Songs Used in Podcast (In order of use)
Brazilian Taco – “Brazilian Taco”
The Moon That Embraces the Sun OST – “시간을 거슬러” by Lyn
The Moon That Embraces the Sun OST – “달빛의 노래” (Moonlight Song)
Dream High 2 – “B급인생” (B List Life)
Shut Up: Flower Boy Band OST – “Wake Up”
Yoonhan – “Cappuccino”
Jang Kiha and the Faces – “TV를 봤네” (Saw it on TV)
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1 frosty_spice
March 15, 2012 at 5:23 AM
Waaaaaaaaaaaaa...
I miss the Dream High Girls... and my Song Sam Dong... *sigh*
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starfighter
March 16, 2012 at 10:24 AM
I miss Baek Hee... Eunjung could have saved this drama for me >< or at least made it bearable. Sigh.
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2 kdramafan
March 15, 2012 at 5:24 AM
Yeh! A new podcast! Love the pic!
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3 ck1Oz
March 15, 2012 at 5:48 AM
Yippee doodah not expecting this. Thank you so much. Looking forward to hearing about Moon embracing the sun.
I am wondering why I am not digging it.
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Ruthie
March 15, 2012 at 1:14 PM
me too...stopped after ep 1..cant bring myself to cont watching it. im pretty chilled out right now and not watching any drama atm. but i guest next week is gonna be busy with all the new dramas coming out!
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4 Octopus
March 15, 2012 at 6:09 AM
Just rewatched Dream High today AND BAM... comes the picture (:
Loving Suzy and all the cast of Dream High!
HWAITING!
(p.s thanks for the poddie!)
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5 Mystisith
March 15, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Nice! Kamsa hamnida!
And i already love the table of contents: Have the feeling i will hear exactly what i'm thinking on my own. :)
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6 blokkoms
March 15, 2012 at 6:19 AM
Thanks so much - love these podcasts!
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7 Cabbage
March 15, 2012 at 6:35 AM
Awww, the Dream High girls!
Reminds me of Dream High 2.
Happy thoughts gone.
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Elaine
March 15, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Hahahaha, totally.
Dream High 2 is so bad, I don't even know where to start.
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8 charlie
March 15, 2012 at 6:42 AM
I cannot believe it's the 11th podcast already. 11 isn't really a special number but I guess since it has two 1's, I remember when the first one came out lol
Looking forward to listening to this one and many more!
Thanks javabeans and girlfriday!! :)
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9 Dorotka
March 15, 2012 at 6:48 AM
Thank you!!!!!!!!
I really like listening to you... I even recently re-listened the old ones (for the 4th time?)... but perhaps shouldn't do it before sleep, I then get those funny dreams... ^^
Anyway, thanks again! (...off to listening...)
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Ris
March 16, 2012 at 7:44 AM
Hi! I also have a playlist of old podcasts which I listen to at night... I don't mean to say the podcasts are boring, because I do enjoy them, but listening to replays help me sleep at night. And you're right--they give me funny dreams, too! :)
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10 nurii
March 15, 2012 at 7:16 AM
Yay!! New podcast! I'd like to hear about operation proposal. Unfortunately I didn't watched Salaryman.
I'm curious what else you're saying about Shut up. Durududu
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11 MsScorpion
March 15, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Wooooow, I was just thinking when the last podcast was and wondering if there'll be another one soon.
Thank you for reading our minds :)
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12 Sienna
March 15, 2012 at 7:31 AM
Trivia:
Kwak Jung Wook (Maro) is in the same company as L (Hyun-soo), and Jisun (ex-Loveholics, who happen to compose the songs in SU!FBB).
It's like a reunion.
/crawls back into hole
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13 Liam_H
March 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM
Sorry to hear that you guys can't comment too much on Salaryman since you're behind. But would enjoy to hear your thoughts on it whenever you do get a chance to finish it.
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14 cherkell
March 15, 2012 at 8:01 AM
Woo hoo... the gals are back!!! Perfect timing, since I've gotta drive to The City today and needed something awesome to listen to!! Thanks tons!!
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15 kbap
March 15, 2012 at 8:02 AM
Thanks! :) I'll enjoy it after work :D
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16 sara
March 15, 2012 at 8:25 AM
First time listening to your podcast and I really enjoyed it.
And the song by Yoonhan is really nice.
Thank you for doing this.
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17 olsen
March 15, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Podcast! Yay!
Thanx <3
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18 Lovebug
March 15, 2012 at 8:50 AM
At times like this I curse my inability to watch dramas as they air. I really really really want to listen but don't want to be spoiled. The only thing I am current on is HOTS and it has been excruciating waiting for the next episodes (not to mention subs) to air. Maybe I should really stop feeling the need to marathon all my dramas and succumb to the call of simulcasts.... oteke!
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Saima
March 15, 2012 at 4:25 PM
HOTS?
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nomu nomu nomu
March 15, 2012 at 4:35 PM
HOTS aka HOTsm aka History of the Salaryman
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Linda165
March 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Why wait for subs? The No Salary Team @ viki had it subbed in less than 24 hours.
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19 theedie
March 15, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Ooh another podcast, awesome to hear your thoughts again.
I don't recall if you've ever talked about this before, but something fun that you could discuss next time are dramas that you wish had a do-over. Like, the premise was just so amazingly awesome and the potential was there, but the execution was just horribly beyond repair (whether it be because of the acting, directing, music, or any mix of things). I think number 1 for me would be Goong. Other ones that would have been nice would be Boys Over Flowers, Cinderella's Sister, and Moon.
Anyways thanks again, can't wait til the next podcast :)
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alua
March 15, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Love that suggestion about talking about "do-over dramas". Darn, there are so many of those.
I think the problem with Goong though is that the manhwa that it is based on is a mess too. I have never actually watched the drama, because the manhwa put me off! I read a LOT of the manhwa which just goes on and on and gets more annoying and eventually unbearable.... uhhh.
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Theedie
March 15, 2012 at 12:53 PM
I totally agree about the manhwa too. In an ideal world I'd have a Do-over of both the manhwa AND the drama. I love the basic idea of this story, but both were just so disappointing. I've come up with my own ideas on how I would have handle the drama, but alas I don't think my dreams will come true.
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jules
March 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Ah, good idea!
Goong... personally, I'd change: the ending (because seriously, after all that angst and "I don't know how I'll survive without you by my side!", she sees him again and is all, "Oh, hey. What's up?" Argh. I actually assumed that when she was racing home on her bicycle it was because she had a phone date with Shin. But apparently they hadn't been in contact since she'd left? I... don't understand.); Shin's characterisation (he was such a dog-in-the-manger and he clung to Hyo-rin for far too long and treated poor Chae-gyung so badly...).
Yeah, apparently I have issues with this drama. *g*
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Theedie
March 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I'd change everything. Directors, actors, story, music, setting, costumes, the whole shebang. The only thing that it really had going for it was cinematography and YEH's charm. That's why it's my number one do over because there's so much that could have been done to make it better imo.
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alua
March 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM
Wow, it was that bad?
Glad I spared myself that!
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Cynthia
March 15, 2012 at 5:26 PM
No, actually it was good - right up until the last 15 minutes -kinda like WBDS. You go along in your happy cloud, enjoying what you're watching, mooning over the OTP (or in WBDS's case, the Bromance Couple) and then it's a great, big WTF for an ending. But that alone doesn't take much away from the enjoyment of those other watched hours. Goong still remains as one of my early favorites.
:)
Theedie
March 16, 2012 at 1:13 AM
It's not the worst k-drama ever, it definitely had its moments. But overall I was just really disappointed because I know it could have been so much better. I think I'm more critical than others when it comes to this drama because I love the idea so much that the disappointment is harder for me. You should really watch it and judge for yourself.
Rossi
March 15, 2012 at 2:37 PM
ooh I want to play this game too! I would choose "Mary Stays out All Night" b/c all of the three leads are awesome actors and the plot potential of marriage hijink is so rich and cracktastic. Yet, the drama fail so horrendously in so many ways.
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mihinikki
March 15, 2012 at 6:49 PM
I LOVED Goong and still do. Maybe because it was only my 3rd kdrama ever, but I love it warts and all. I was re-watching an episode the other day and still getting all teary-eyed over the ridiculous angst! I'm hopeless. But, I'd redo My Princess.
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20 alua
March 15, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I have never listened to any of your podcasts (in fact I never really listen to any podcasts) but I just have to download this one and listen to your 5 cents on SUFBB!
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21 Cynthia
March 15, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Thanks for the Podcast, ladies!
It's nice to know that playing 'gross-out' games at PJ parties will never go out of style. I'm way older than you two, and we did the same stuff back in the Dark Ages!
Looking forward to the next Podcast. Hope you'll take up time-travel, why every K drama ends up with 15 different titles and the reasons behind the revolving door of main-lead casting. It would also be interesting to hear your take on the current strike and the domino effect it takes on all K-drama.
:)
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22 Tee
March 15, 2012 at 9:34 AM
wow my first time listening to a podcast and it was great!! I look foward to listening to more in the future :) now I have to go back and catch up on the ones I missed ;)
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23 Mama J
March 15, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Thank you for the podcast! Having been one of the 'just watch a couple more episodes, it gets better' people - I can say that listening to your thoughts on the drama has clarified my own.
Things I was confused by and just thought it was me, I now realize are faults of the drama. JB being so different and me not understanding why, for example. The 'bad but not really' dancing and singing.
Still, I will watch to the bitter (and recently slightly bloody) end, humming the B Song and wondering how JB could adore Rian, then Hae Sung, then Rian again, with nary a breath between them. As long as my Jin Woonie gets some happiness and I can look at that cute little chicken beak nose...I'm good. I'm thinking his song will be for his mom, of course.
...and I'd like to know how NaNa resolves her two suitors situation. Maybe she ditches them and runs off with Ailee.
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Mystisith
March 15, 2012 at 9:58 AM
About DH2:
The rookies are supposed to be bad, but they aren't. The Idols are supposed to be great but are average imo. Conclusion: Everyone has the same good but not exceptional level in acting/dancing/singing, and i don't even understand why they bother with marks, grades and ranking in that school. I will watch till the end for the few cute sequences here and there (and the male lead--WARNING-WARNING, A STAR IS BORN!!), but the artistic part of that drama is a fail all the way for me. The sudden change in characterization just made me laugh: If they had kept the "everyone is evil" ways of the start, i would have dropped it. That said, changing the psychology of the characters (and the love interests) so suddenly and for no clear reason keeps me from taking this show seriously. The recent Truck of Doom was supposed to bring angst, but seriously... I think we don't have a pilot in that plane, or it's a monkey.
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Mama J
March 15, 2012 at 1:22 PM
hahahah 'truck of doom'
When I saw that coming I actually said out loud to the computer "You have got to be sh***ing me.' I mean, why bother. Sam Dong can still sing, so of course JB will still dance.
As far as grades and marking go, they gave up any pretence of it being a school long ago. It's a captive stable of auditioners for the super idol group. I don't even CARE about that, or who gets it.
I want to see my cute little Chicken Beak, and I want to know what happens with Nana and her boys, and I'd kind of like Emo Girl to get some traction with her dad. And go on a date with that cute boy.
I don't particularly care about JB, that other girl who's not an Idol, Ailee, or the teachers. And after watching the ridiculous attempt at stunned/shocked/dazed/WHATEVER in the hospital and after....I no longer care a bit about Hae Sung. She phoned in the SJS of performances.
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Ariel
March 16, 2012 at 12:46 AM
I stopped watching at ep13 with the "truck of doom" and now debating whether I would like to waste 3 hours of my life until the end. I figured that I'll just wait for the last 3 episodes then fast forward it to the end because I might get more Jinwoo goodness. I'm insanely in love with his version of Starlight is Falling and You Walking Towards Me. I no longer care about the characters I'm just trolling for downloadable songs.
JB and GF were spot on, the cast did get a lobotomy en masse because it's 50% discount.
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ar_arguably romantic
March 17, 2012 at 10:26 AM
That's my relationship with Dream High 2 too, I'm just going in there to listen to the songs ("B list life" is addictive) and to look at Jin-woon/Yoo-jin.
Linda165
March 15, 2012 at 7:50 PM
And why is Ailee in one episode and MIA in the next? Really, that intrigues me and keeps me watching :)
Oh... and to keep an eye on my new boy toy: Siwoo.
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amysticlady
March 16, 2012 at 3:36 AM
I really have no idea where DH2 is heading..I had ditched the lead pairs after the 4th episode itself....Nana and siwoo are the only pair am currently interested in....they do have some cute moments here and there...but their screen time together is so limited:(
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24 Kandy
March 15, 2012 at 9:50 AM
thank you :)
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25 Jas
March 15, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Ahhh you mentioned Veronica Mars!! That is my favorite American show ever!!! And I really like Flower Boy Band too :)
Thank you for another podcast--I have an eye infection so I can't watch dramas so this was perfect haha :)
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