Shoes galore in I Do, I Do
by javabeans
I’m getting the vague feeling… that this drama might, just might, have a little something to do with shoes. Maybe. Call it a hunch.
I Do, I Do looks cute, but I’m just not feeling its promotional material—stills, posters, trailers—at least not yet. I like the premise, I expect Kim Sun-ah and Lee Jang-woo to have crackling chemistry, and there’s a good chance it’ll be a pleasant, fun watch. I think they’ve taken a left turn with the promo is all.
Like the poster above. As if it’s not enough to cut down the hero by making him an unemployed loafer, at the very bottom of the career ladder compared to her top-rung status. Then you literally shrink him down to Ken doll size, stick him in a shoe, and make him her personal Thumbelino? That doesn’t make him merely a beta male to her alpha girl; that’s downright zeta.
The second poster bears a tagline reading, “Love coolly, live straight.” I have no idea what that means. And the third is basically an Antique Bakery copycat.
The shoe motif is also rampant on the show’s official website, where each character is described as though they are a shoe. Yeah, it doesn’t quite work. It’s an analogy gone awry, such as Kim Sun-ah’s lead character, Hwang Ji-an, being listed as “Size: Female, late 30s” and “Price: Director, shoe company.” (Her counterpart, Lee Jang-woo, has specs of: “Size: Male, mid- to late 20s” and “Price: Dealer in knockoff shoes, unemployed. Rookie designer in shoe company.”) Uh, do you really want to introduce your heroine by listing her going price? Methinks they didn’t really think those implications out.
All that aside, I do think the show has promise, and hopefully it’ll live up to its potential as its always-in-control careerwoman leading lady makes a teeny, tiny slip (in bed) and finds herself staring down a totally unexpected twist when her hottie new employee gets her pregnant.
I Do, I Do replaces The King 2 Hearts and premieres on Wednesday, May 30.
Via Osen
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1 Min
May 23, 2012 at 5:16 AM
not feeling the posters...
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Lalala
May 24, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Why is everyone so negative here? I find the posters good.. I guess you are just too picky.
Also, these are just posters. Again, posters. Whatever happens, i'm going to watch this. May the posters be bad or not.
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2 Mystisith
May 23, 2012 at 5:21 AM
I definitely don't share the taste and the sensibility of the team in charge of the promotion...
LJW has gone frome beta-male to zeta-male!? That's hard to swallow. I will have to use the suspension of disbelief card for that one. :)
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3 MsB
May 23, 2012 at 5:22 AM
Not sure if I feel the drama yet.
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waterfight
May 23, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Same here! I thought the plot description was good and I really like the leads too but the posters....eh, I'm not sure what to think. I get that she's a career lady and the head of a shoe company but all this shoe galore is making my head hurt!
They should have had a poster of her with a belly and him dress as a dead beat or something similar. Because from the posters I'm not feeling the story about being pregnant at all. It just looks like a poster for a drama about people in a shoe business.
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4 yuoi
May 23, 2012 at 5:36 AM
2nd trailer http://youtu.be/ngkmmxi7Ctk
Poster Shooting http://youtu.be/rNan13SwImQ
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5 MsScorpion
May 23, 2012 at 5:47 AM
I decided to ignore all promotion and teasers for this drama. Because each time they release something it just gets worse.
But I have faith in KSA and LJW to deliver.
Still I'm sad at the fact that K2H will end T_T
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sulyn
May 23, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Yes, I agree. KSA and LJW will deliver, especially KSA. She is the best. Looking forward to 16 weeks of fun and laughter with them.
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sulyn
May 23, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Oops, sorry. Should be 8 weeks.
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zsa
May 23, 2012 at 5:28 PM
me too, I'm a bit tired of all this negativity...but as a KSA fan, I will prevail. Just don't make them 'dumb' that's all...it's clear that she took a looong time to accept the role, this could've been her reason...
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6 trotwood
May 23, 2012 at 6:04 AM
I love KSA. I really love her. I don't even mind the cutesy voice she does that seems to bother a bunch of people in dramabeans world. I even loved her in When It's at Night, which seems like a show that only I have watched and enjoyed. I even love all the shoes.
But somehow, I cannot get excited about this show, and it has nothing to do with the stills or the teasers. I know some of it has to do with the idea that she is this successful business woman who gets pregnant and feels drawn to the father even though (as studly hot as he is) does not seem to be able to take care of himself. She is a busy woman. Why would she need two children? From the stills, she looks successful enough to be able to hire a nanny and an au pair and a housekeeper. Why can't she be allowed to wait for a grown up . . .perhaps Ji Jin Hee?!?!
And this is what is replacing K2H?? Let the mourning begin.
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skelly
May 23, 2012 at 9:18 AM
ITA. As much as I love Kim Sun Ah, and as much as I love romantic comedy, I just can't seem to get over the squick factor of how young this guy looks, how much less he brings to the table in terms of experience, drive, and power...he's like a cute little puppy she's playing with. Kim Sun Ah, no matter what part she is playing, is one strong woman - I feel like she could snap him like a twig, if she wanted to. I don't respect him - and I'm not sure how they are going to make him worthy of respect - and if I don't I don't see how she can. I think she better just hire that nanny and wait for someone like Cha Seung Won to come along.
Or maybe this is some sort of modern cautionary tale instructing older females in how to make do with what they can get. If so, that's just depressing.
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Tru2u
May 23, 2012 at 5:02 PM
i understand how you feel about the male lead, but the situation could have been much worst if they had cast Jung Yong Hwa as her leading man....
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clockworkorange
May 23, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Totally agree. Especially the waiting for Cha Seung Won part. Who else could match Kim Sun Ah really?
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mjfan
May 23, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I have watched When It’s at Night , so you are not alone , and I have faith in KSA but they keep casting younger and younger lead males every new drama !!!!!!!!! but I will watch just for KSA ,hoping not to be disappointed >>
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Saima
May 23, 2012 at 10:59 AM
"Why would she need two children?"
hahaaaaa
My thoughts exactly!!
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malta
May 23, 2012 at 7:15 PM
I watched When It's at Night and enjoyed it. You're not alone!
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malta
May 23, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Can't we just wait for the story? Maybe she wants to be with the father because...he's the father. Not because she can't get any other man up to her level.
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7 Soyb
May 23, 2012 at 6:22 AM
Not feeling anything at all, not the posters, not the story... I like KSA, but not feeling the lead male actor. But I've been wrong so many times so if you write a great recap of the first episode, chances are I'll get sucked in.
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8 sjokare
May 23, 2012 at 6:37 AM
thanks jb,
No vibes for the posters, it is like cut and paste posters - no passion in their promotions and photoshoot !!!.
Too many dramas going on so no creative thinking anymore !!.
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Yeez
May 23, 2012 at 7:14 AM
agreed!
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9 Yeez
May 23, 2012 at 7:14 AM
True, I am sooo not feeling the posters. I see that it is supposed to be feeling kind of fun-comedic-quirky buttah, Im just not feeling it .
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10 jastinel
May 23, 2012 at 7:52 AM
KSA made 3 posters for this drama and non of her ideas was taken seriously by the promo team. I wish they just let her do their job...hihihi!
Anyway, it`s just a poster and I`am more interested with the drama. one week more to go and It`s I do, I do time!
I like the second teaser.
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Tru2u
May 23, 2012 at 8:01 AM
i LOVED her posters, they were HOTT!!! i wonder why they never pick at least one of her posters tho...
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11 mellisa
May 23, 2012 at 7:52 AM
I am not a fan of LJW, but I can't help but feel bad for him in the first poster - the shoe is bigger than him!
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12 Tru2u
May 23, 2012 at 7:55 AM
hahaahaha evry1 don't like the poster, but it's fine with me. anything with KSA i'm down with it. i have yet to be disappointed with any of her work I have watched, and she is very careful to the role she decide to take..
I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK!!!!
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zsa
May 23, 2012 at 5:32 PM
ohhh you're absolutely right!! I'm sure she has faith in the drama that's why she chose it as she was going through other scripts before deciding...I wonder about her next movie...she did say she wants to do one drama and one movie this year....curious!!
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Tru2u
May 23, 2012 at 5:47 PM
KSA---Movie?
I'm THERE!!!
i would love if her leading man was Won Bin, Gong Yoo, or Cha Seung Won.
and yes she is very careful with her projects, it took her two years to decide on a drama after City Hall and of course that drama was a Hit..
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zsa
May 24, 2012 at 3:10 AM
it's not confirmed, just her plan. She said she was not going to go 'beyond herself' or 'try to do too much', so one drama and one movie, maybe for 2012...she said. Now that the drama is here, i'm just hoping she'll stick to the plan...hehe...greedy much:-))
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malta
May 23, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Ditto.
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13 NV
May 23, 2012 at 8:13 AM
so this may be a bit irrelevant....but i think i'm opting out of this one and settling for bridal mask instead!
press conference pics/videos are up, and a new 5 min teaser!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.435965053089712.107489.171137272905826&type=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r3aT687f_NQ
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14 Stephanie
May 23, 2012 at 8:14 AM
zeta? You mean Omega haha but that sounds kinda mighty ain't it?
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15 Aisu
May 23, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Yes too much shoes, the actors should be paid a lot because of it ^^ endorsement??. Anyway don't care about it that much, the important thing is, this is KSA's drama, wouldn't miss it, she's all beauty in this drama, I love it. since the story seems great potential and the actors superb, won't bother other aspect.
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Tru2u
May 23, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Ditto!!! its KSA's drama ^^
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16 niKai
May 23, 2012 at 8:30 AM
I'm not fond of knocked-up storyline coz I think that's just plain careless and stupid of the characters to be in that situation. Hopefully there's a better message they are trying to deliver at the end of this all and not plain, straight up sexy for fun kind of thing coz they think getting knocked up = fun to watch. Oh, well. Will just have to wait and see.
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17 Eeefu
May 23, 2012 at 8:44 AM
love her nail colors :)
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18 kattie
May 23, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Kim sun ah look ahjuma !
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Aden01
May 24, 2012 at 10:08 PM
yes, she is. what do you expect from a girl whose already 35 ?? make that 36 in Korean years, to be look alike an idol girl group?
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Tru2u
May 25, 2012 at 6:35 AM
but, lets admit it. she is one SEXY ahjuma. I PRAY I look like her when I'm 35 or 36 ^^
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19 Noelle
May 23, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I love KSA and I really hope this drama turns out to be a good one. I just hope it's only the promos that are missing the mark and not the drama itself. God knows I love shoes but I get it. Tone it down and focus on the characters. I want to know more about them other than "rich, sexy, and powerful" or whatever they said.
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20 kaceinpoint
May 23, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I think I'm just going to ignore the promo stuff and impatiently wait for KSA's return to romcom. Yep.
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21 iZzie :)
May 23, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Fuchsia. Is all I can think of.
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22 Cynthia
May 23, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Awww, c'mon. With all those kick-ass shoes being flaunted, I just can't be cynical about this show. I just watched the IDID trailer placed at the end of K2H ep19, and it looks downright smart, cute and funny - my kind of show.
It's time for a successful, light-hearted rom/com without fusion time-travel, fashion kings, weepy 30-year romances or fictional royal families being tossed into the mix. I just want to sit back and enjoy while not burning up an excessive number of brain cells angsting about plot developments. Pretty shoes, pretty people and lots of laughs. What?! Sometimes I need to be shallow!
:)
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topper
May 23, 2012 at 4:42 PM
I like your contrarian view here, makes much sense actually.
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zsa
May 23, 2012 at 5:34 PM
I like youuuuuuuuuuuuuu....thanks a lot!!
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malta
May 23, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Yeah! I agree! I want a fun summer rom-com with somebody who knows how to deliver - KSA and some eye-candy Lee Jang woo (who I absolutely adore so much so that I watched We Got Married and yes, even Man of Honor).
Also since when do we ever complain about shoes? Pretty, pretty shoes on pretty people in a kdrama?! Does. Not. Compute. I LOVE the shoes. The more fabulous, the better.
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Cynthia
May 23, 2012 at 7:30 PM
LOL - provided the boys aren't wearing them!
:)
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23 SuziQ
May 23, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Not buying the posters, but I love KSA, so I'll watch it and hope it is a fun, quirky comedy.I don't want to watch her in another sad drama like Scent of a Woman which made me depressed.
Hope she will show some fantastic clothes with the cute shoes too since she is suppose to be rich, sexy, and powerful career lady who messes up.
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24 jomo143
May 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Tiny slip?
That is definitely NOT what she said.
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25 Daniella
May 23, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Kim Sun Ah is working that hair (:
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26 anna
May 23, 2012 at 2:28 PM
I don't think this will be good so my expectations are low, very low for this drama. I had the same feeling about City Hunter though. :D
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27 kyary
May 23, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Nothing about this drama interests me and I thought the teasers would at least convince me a teensy tiny bit to watch but it just made things worse -.- Definitely will not be watching this. Sorry, Lee Jang Woo :(
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28 TamTam
May 23, 2012 at 7:01 PM
IDK, if this is suppose to be progressive for Korea then I'm kind of disappointed. It's just that the Knocked Up concept has been done so much in Western dramas and movies and it's gotten stale.
LJW is cute but his character is a turn off. Maybe I'm judging too early. Meh.
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29 Ginger
May 23, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Regardless of what everyone else says I'm looking forward to this drama. I think it'll be sassy and fun. I love KSA and LJW. Don't knock it till you watch it.
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30 Noi
May 23, 2012 at 7:36 PM
why does posters matters i never based what i watched off a blasted poster seems silly. posters don't tell stories to me they just look pretty i make my mind up based on the plot,cast. give a drama 2 epis then i bounce if i don't like it
i can't wait to watch this been jumping around from drama to drama nothing really sticking
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31 malta
May 23, 2012 at 7:39 PM
I'm excited about I Do, I Do. I love Kim Sun Ah so anything she does is golden with me. Also Lee Jang Woo seems to be getting no love, but I'll take him. :D hahaha! So many complaints about his character when his kind of immaturity seems pretty common in kdramaland. Add a dash or jerk-face ass-hatery to that immaturity and his character would be the quintessential kdrama lead male...what's so different this time?
Give Lee Jang Woo a chance in his first lead drama role! He's so awesome and we really don't know much about his character yet. I'm cheering him on. I hope this drama goes well for him so he can have other leading roles in the future.
Also, I'm not at all bothered by their age difference. They looked cute in the couple photos like the one with the motorcycle and my bet is that their chemistry will be on fire.
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Ginger
May 23, 2012 at 8:28 PM
I'm with you! Mostly everyone else is so ne-ga-tive! Sheesh! Let the fun begin!!
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zsa
May 24, 2012 at 4:38 AM
exactly...i'm so in your boat...I love her and I'll support LJW who is brave enough to work alongside a star as a rookie...
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32 ar_arguably romantic
May 23, 2012 at 8:16 PM
I love Kim Sun-ah, but I'm not feeling this drama too much either. The promotions make it feel like a light workplace rom-com MOVIE. It's like they're depending on the pregnancy as the hook- the shock factor.
The story also reminds me of that short-lived sitcom -Accidentally on Purpose- starring the actress from Dharma and Greg.
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33 Melanie
May 23, 2012 at 8:39 PM
I dont get what you guys are complaining about?? I know these posters aren't the best but trust me I've seen worse.and if you were a true KSA fan you would try it out. Please don't judge a drama before you even watch it... And LJW character doesn't bother me at all. Is that weird?? I actually thought he was pretty cute... Anyways can't wait for this drama ,, I've been waiting since I heard about it like two months ago !!
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34 Ondubu
May 23, 2012 at 9:33 PM
Not feeling the posters either (seriously confused about that tagline), but I'm still optimistic. I'll give anything a shot if it has KSA in it.
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35 koreampuff
May 24, 2012 at 12:15 AM
lols "downright zeta" omg I love your punchlines jb haha you're always so witty - you need to write me a book. hahahahaha
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36 jastinel
May 24, 2012 at 1:51 AM
"I do, I do" press con photos , clip are out. So excited to see the first episode. I hope those people who are having a second thought of watching his drama, will give it a try.
When it comes to KSA, you never know what U can expect. One thing I`m sure is that I will love her character in this drama.
KSA...fighting!
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37 Leigh
May 24, 2012 at 3:31 PM
LJW surprised me in Man of Honor...I feel he has promise as a great actor as he stole the show in that particular drama...they do make his look young in this drama, but hey, he is supposed to be young...and to compare him to CSW who is probably one of S. Korea's best actors, isn't really fair. CSW in Bodyguard was not the same as the one we know now, so...give the dear boy a chance. I will always love KSA...even in When It's Night...I love LDG...he had to act even though his heart was aching from losing his brother in real life...and LJW in the teaser under the sheet was really cute...so she gets preggers...she must not have been dating recently and it had had to have been a confusing night for her to make a slip like that. Don't judge too harshly drama lovers, for heaven's sake, this drama hasn't started yet. Touch choice, between LJW and PGY...
The recaps have been fabulous, always bringing a smile to my face---keep up the good work. You rock!
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jastinel
May 25, 2012 at 6:19 AM
Have u seen the long preview of this drama, watch it and u will get more interested to tune in? Lets see what this drama can do to our lives after the five episode, of sure many of us will be hook on this. I love KSA and she always give me the impression that her drama is one of the best.
I hope the script writer wont do a mess on the story.
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pnut
June 10, 2012 at 9:06 PM
i couldn't agree more!! i think everyone forgets that actors who we love all had their starting days. nobody started off awesome, not one! they all made their mistakes and had to search for their footing and identity as actors and with roles that showcased their skills. hahaha CSW in Bodyguard is DEFINITELY not the guy we know now, you're absolutely right! i saw Bodyguard shortly before watching City Hall and didn't want to watch it when i saw his name on it. i watched it for KSA and was VERY PLEASANTLY surprised when i saw CSW in action as a more matured actor. he was fantastic, totally reeled me in.
i'd give anything with KSA a watch, if only because she has been good at picking her projects and doing a fantastic job on each of them. even her earlier work =D
TBH I'm already hooked on I do, I do...the trailer and the promos don't represent the actual show well AT ALL. there's plenty of good story to chew on and LJW definitely holds his own! the chemistry is sizzling. <3
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38 Gillian wong
May 25, 2012 at 5:41 AM
"I’m getting the vague feeling… that this drama might, just might, have a little something to do with shoes. Maybe. Call it a hunch." <---- LOL..have u done any research about this drama..this drama totally has something to do with shoes! huh
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39 anitrak
May 25, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I love love love this drama already from watching the long trailer.
Who cares about the promo posters!
Like they say, "Never judge a book by its cover" or in this case Don't judge a drama by it's posters...
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40 Mimo
May 25, 2012 at 3:35 PM
*sigh*
I just love this woman ... all her recent dramas from scent of woman to city hall just brought tears to my eyes!
I can't wait for this drama to start!!!!!!
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