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I guess I'm mostly an OT newbie? I started commenting with the Arang/Nice Guy recaps, but I'm not really into any of the shows being capped right now so the OT is a good excuse to come hang out on DB anyway.
Hey pogo! It's always fun, hanging out, unless your tshirt is too short - lol.
I actually rewatched the ending of Arang recently as I haven't gotten caught up in any of the current sageuks. I watched one episode of The Great Seer, and one of Jeon Woo-chi, but neither caught my eye like King of Dramas. Just as well, as the end of the year is hectic!
yeah, I know what you mean- none of the current sageuk crop is a patch on the stuff we had earlier in the year.
I tried The Moon That Embraces The Sun and LOVED its child cast, but I felt Han Ga-in fell a little flat as the adult version of her character. Really liked Kim Min-seo, though - that lady has charisma, can someone just make her a proper lead already!
Each had a similar theme, and Big probably had more going for it, at least at the beginning. But ILITR hit the perfect note for the ending, though, and that made all the difference in my mind.
Hi Pogo, I'm a newbie and started commenting with Arang too. The only show being capped right now that I've gotten into is King of Dramas, so I'm watching older stuff. I miss Arang.
@Ivoire. It's sunny here but i'm freezing. Hot soup and tea at will! Is KOD the only show you're watching these days? You're sure invested in this drama.^^
Awww Mysti, I hope you will feel warmer soon. Maybe you should consider moving to CA :-). Yeah, TKoDs is the only drama I am currently watching, and as I think you could tell from my comments on the recaps (is that what tipped you off on my love for this drama so far?), and maybe in last OT, yes, I am definitely invested in this drama. Good observation there :-)
**SPOILERS**
I have two questions about TKoDs I would like to get out of the way. They are not really deep questions, yet I would appreciate some answers. Thanks!
I am trying to understand how dramas are made as I go along and as I am watching this drama, so in episode 8:
1–the TV station gives a time slot (and days to be aired) to a drama and they also give money to the drama production team to cover the costs necessary to shoot (or make) the drama? (is that it)? Does that mean the money given by Wannatabe was just to lure and secure the actors and cover the preliminary costs (I know it wasn’t a lot). I just didn’t know that TV stations gave money as well to the production companies.
I remember that Anthony also talked about the investors' money (Wannatabe's) having to be paid back in full (to CP Lee). So is that also why the TV stations help the production companies with some of the costs?
2–And the set that was built, it is a set at the SBC station or site, right? (Or on one of their locations)?
**END OF SPOILERS**
I hope everyone is doing well today. It has been raining here all night, and it is still raining. It is not very cold however, so that is nice. I had a fairly quiet week, just the usual (ok, so maybe not so quiet). That and the fact that a third family has contacted me to care for their infant son since the mom will be going back to work soon. I love babies, so we will see...
Drama wise, I am still currently enjoying TKoDs, and I hope it will stay good till the end (I really hope so). I guess we will find out soon enough, four more weeks to go.
Don't know the answer to no. 1, but I figure you're right about no. 2. At least that's what I assumed. At least having the back door right behind them gave me that impression. :)
Hello Ladysarahii, thank you for responding.
So we are thinking along the same lines. I know that TV stations have sets, and so for the "in studio" filming, I guess that will be done on the SBC site. I just wanted to double check, since I saw the (younger) producers there putting the finishing touches on something that was being built. And yes, I do know that producers (especially the assistants) work on everything and that they wear many hats.
So I guess you just have to wait for about 4 weeks, right? And Christmas break will be here. And don't forget that you will have the time to watch dramas :-)
I will read you update later :-)...
Hi everyone! Happy OT, happy Friday and weekend :). I should be sleeping cos have a flight to catch early morning to Myanmar . Will be missing the k-land action till next Sunday but am sure RL will make up for it :)
I know am not gonna be able to resist reading though. Ok ok good night
Hi Enz, and good night!!! Sleep tight :-)!!!
Have a safe trip to Myanmar and come back safely as well. Are you going for business or pleasure? I didn't respond to your last comment in the last OT (I meant to) but I liked our banter, it was fun. We should do it again, some time. I hope you will have a pleasant time (if not great time) during your trip.
It's half past 3 am and taxi is here at 4.15. Am all ready and having a cup of coffee. Just CANNOT Resist having a last look at OT. And now that I know there is a love fest below, I NEED to check that out and join it before I leave. Nobody else can 'chup' Eric coz I did it already.
Ivoire, am going on holidays til 9 th. and shukmeister, terima kasih but have to correct you a little bit. It's selamat berjalan.. Very close though :)
Am a little stressed coz Myanmar is the first place I've been that has no ATM machine and does not accept credit cards so one is forced to carry cash for the WHOLE trip. Eeks. Really hate that. Everything that can be booked has been booked online including internal flights. And I have to just pray that it's all in order when I get there. I travel alone quite a bit but this time am with a friend. We've travelled together before AND still remain friends despite temper tantrums (mine), annoyances (mine) and general moodiness(mine). :p. I'm so bad. But am so consistently so that friends are able to ignore it!! Shame on me.
Sumimasen! Yunno, since I am half way around the world, maybe you could consider that the letter P refused to flip over as it travelled? And then the trip near the earth's magnetic pole allowed a few extra letters to latch on? Darn pesky alphabet! lol
Bring us back some tales of Myanmar. Don't bring back a python. ;-)
for you shuk, i will not just consider it, I will fully accept it and make it the new safe journey goodbye greeting from now on. have a great time with your formal do. wish I could weigh in on the shoes and outfit thing.
Hey, Enz, just like in kdramaland where everyone has envelopes stuffed with cash, or like in KoD, where a huge (and I means huge) suitcase filled with bills is plopped on the table for the director - haha.
haha, JoAnne! wroooong! Hello!
And hello everybody! Hope you are really well and happy.
My little one is ill, and I am also not entirely well (will I get the same cough as her? Hope not!)
Anyway, just saying hello, wishing you a nice weekend.
I will watch some KoD tonight and am preparing a blog entry on Park Shi-hoo's hairstyles in various dramas.
And I am still heartbroken about NOT seeing Lee Jun-ki when he was in Switzerland.
JoAnne, it takes a strong person to admit they are wrong! haha. Did you see episode 8 of IMY? I need to revisit it tonight, cuz the sandman took over last night. Also, I cannot tweet and watch or it takes toooo long.
Actually, the show I like best is CWGM. At least it's the one I look forward to the most!
I was first! It was like wet cement. I saw it and I had to try. There were no commenters! How could I not? And yet, I knew someone would be there at that moment too and I would not be first...but I was wrong about that!
However, I was not prepared to talk at that time, so I'm a bit conflicted about the propriety of having jumped in there like that.
No, what am I saying? I was first, I WAS FIRST.
Someone give me a medal, right?
I Miss You - Haven't seen Ep 8 yet but Ep 7 thrilled me deeply for what I see as hints to come of a kuh-RAZY Zoey and the two men who love her and try to deal with that, except maybe they get sucked onto the crazy train too and anyway it's all going to spiral down into madness and misery and I'm HOLDING MY BREATH from excitement. I continue to think Yoochun is more than holding his own with these more experienced actors, and am LOVING many of the secondary roles - pony-tail partner; everyone's favorite ahjumma as the cleaning woman; MOM (otherwise known as Jung Woo's girlfriend - I LOVE their relationship.); even the gangsterish daughter. Please continue to be kinda weird and therefore wonderful, drama.
Full House 2 - I cannot find a thing not to like about this show. I'm not happy poor Bunny is going blind, but I don't hate how they're doing it. Yes, I know there's some stuff that doesn't quite make sense but its minor stuff. I don't really give a sh**. I love these people and I love this show. No Min Woooooooooooooooo you are so cuuuuuute when you try to be a man. And poor little Road Manager got suckered too - all this time he thought he would be a singer? Kinda love that the show fooled us - the house we thought would be full isn't the house that ends up being full at all, is it? Grandpa! I love you!
CWGM? - I am completely infatuated with Sung Joon and Young Jae don't get me wrong. But this show is PISSING ME OFF. I HATE HATE HATE these mothers. And now he's mad at HER mom? Today's ep better go a long way to convincing me yesterday's had me fooled because I may have to stop. Yes. Stop watching. Stop watching Sung Joon. Stop watching Motorcycle Lovers. Stop watching the inevitable reunion between Ki Joong and Dong Bi and that little BITCH of a fiancee getting her comeuppance. Because those mothers are giving me heartburn and I hate them with the burning passion of a thousand fiery suns. ...maybe I could just skip the mom scenes. (breathing into a bag)
Great Seer - how is it that people think this is boring? This is so not boring. You can all kiss my butt.
Summer's Desire - let's HEAR it for Big Nosed Ho and the Serial Killer Starer. Two more eps to go. I kinda like Barbie Hsu catatonic, but the movie within a movie is creeping me out a little bit.
Time Between Dog and Wolf - I got to see like...10 minutes of that this week. Once I finish my side journey into Summer's Desire. I promise. (pats list of in-progress dramas.)
I get Korean food tonight! Last night I took Tori to the train station in Providence so she could spend overnight in Boston. My reward for being that kind of self-less mother (HEY. It's an hour away, it's driving at NIGHT, and I have to do it again TODAY) was that I was going to Moon Sun and eat something yummy and maybe talk drama with the daughter there. And yet that did not happen, because my card got on the train with the fruit of my womb. Who I hated for a moment. But then I regrouped and realized the silver lining: now I won't have to eat ALONE because when I pick her up tonight, she has to come with me. Ha. Forced conversation with Mom, that's your punishment!
I made soon dubu with kimchi and beef the other day. Also asparagus pancakes. Not entirely pleased with the results. Have to try again.
oh and I'm up to - hmmm - ep 4 of King of Dramas. Maybe? No Siwon yet. I think he's the next episode. Anthony just figured out Watanabe is a gangster who does gangster stuff. I can tell already this show is going to be awesome, even without the raving from our drama sunbaes up there (gestures vaguely toward the header because yes, in my head JB and GF are kind of sitting above us, on clouds, a little like heaven, sending down missives. Maybe it's more like Mount Olympus. No, this is drama. They're up there at the top of Namsan Tower, sending down little thought jolts to us keening masses.
Speaking of keening masses - MAMA looks like it rocked. Have to try and search out more videos. Yay uri babies for winning artist of the year!
JoAnne, check in with me when you've finished episode 8 of IMY. I'm not sure if it's me or what, but this show seems to be going every which direction to Crazyville. And I'm interested to hear your opinion of Harry's "party" look!
I give up and accept the fashion in drama just as I have learned to accept the bad hair and the sleeping in street clothes and the constant diarrhea - that being said I suppose he wanted to appear continental and mature but it doesnt suit - as for crazytown well - I have a bunch of words about that but have to save for afternoon
I am totally with you on Full House Take Two. I have taken to stalking the internet for anyone talking about it. My only beef is that I have to wait two more weeks to find out how it is going to end!
I am really hoping that the conflict between Kang-Hwi and Tae-Ik ends quickly. I want so badly for them to team up (Kang-Hwi as best friend and Tae-Ik as boyfriend) and fight LJ to the death, maybe dropping that girl off a tall cliff in the process.
Tae-Ik is killing me with all the little ways he shows Man-Ok that he likes her. The poor guy, he's so transparent and doesn't much care :)
I really really like how once he realizes he likes her, he just - shows it. There's no back and forth and no hesitation. He likes her, she likes him - even if she hasn't admitted it sober - and so he's just going to move forward as her boyfriend.
From when they faked the engagement, there's only been her in Tae-Ik's eyes. Even at his blustery best, he still gave in to her every time, whether or not she knew it. It has to be love, to look past that hair mop!
I really love the more mellow Tae-Ik, out from under LJ's pressure. Now he can come into his own and kick some serious buttage!
I worry for the next episode, given how this week's ended.
** SPOILER **
Man Ok going back under LJ's clutches gives me the heeby-jeebys, and I hope she uses the time to collect the evidence needed to bury him for good as well as help out poor Kang-hwi. Tae-Ik, don't lose faith!
@Joanne: I am totally with you on both Full House 2 and the Great Seer. I am going to get around to watching I Miss You (for Chunie, of course) but think I may wait until the drama finishes... just in case.
That might be wise. This has the potential to crash and burn - which in an odd way would be ok with me too as long as it did it in a really big way. Commit to the crazy, Drama Writer. That's all I ask.
What I couldn't take would be another deeply emotional show which then when to visit the WTF Fairy for the last couple episodes.
I think my twitter should be updated from Noona Waaaaaaaaaaants to Commit to the Crazy. What do you think? How's Trini?
@Joanne: That is also why I did not watch Nice Guy right away. Plan to marathon Nice Guy as soon as I have free time now that I know that the ending is totally not sucky (a sucky ending would be if one of the OTP dies or worse yet, they don't end up together).
LOL re twitter.
Trinidad is fine. I have settled into my rhythm now. Adoption is on track (waiting on Adoption Board to give go ahead but the social worker is going to recommend me for the adoption). Hate the traveling though as I have to go to Chicago once a month for a week (leaving on Sunday for my December home office visit). My youngest daughter (4-year old) has finally gotten accustomed to Mummy leaving for "Cago" so she doesn't cry as much. She also adapted well to full day school (she gets up at 5:30 a.m. to leave house by 7:00 and reach school for 8:00 ... and generally reaches home at 6:00 p.m. as all her cousins are involved in competitive swimming so they have swimming practice 5 days of the week). My two new "kids" have also gotten use to having a new "mother" who does not allow them to stay up all night playing games on playstation and computer. It was a struggle at first because they did not want to do their homework and wanted to stay up late, watch tv and play games all hours of the day (before school and after school). The discipline has proven to be good for them as their grades have gone up. My 72-year uncle is with us now and he is no longer talking about dying soon. My mom is not doing so well (she is a long-term diabetic and we recently discovered that she is probably going to need dialysis within the next 6 months), so I sent her back up to Florida by my aunt to get back into the US Healthcare system. Still hoping that I can make it back to the States with the kids by June of next year but that is a long shot.
I agree with you with THE GREAT SEER! I actually enjoy watching it. It's not boring as what other people says. Maybe they have just watched the first episode only. I was kinda confused when I watched the first episode, but as I continue to watch, the story gets better and better as it progresses. The first episode is essential for you to understand the whole drama as well as the connections and conflicts between the characters.
Nope, Saturday, although I'm sad that not one of my asian grocery stores has face masks [pout]. Should have bought out the store in NJ. lol
I'm getting my 25-year plaque from my rescue squad, so I want to make sure I look all awesome and stuff. So I'm reducing the arm jewelry but wearing some sassy earrings to compensate!
Now it's just shoe decision time: pumps, open-toed platforms, or my black patent-leather strappy ones with the zipper up the heel!
OH, I forgot to mention the highlight of my drama week. I marathoned Que Sera, Sera again. I LOVE that drama! Where are my fellow QSS lovers on here? Raise your hands! (I told you last week we could do a weekly ode to it!)
I don't think he went? IF he did, I must have missed it. Saw the first half of red carpet, went to sleep, woke up and saw the last half of the show. Caught up with pics and awards on Twitter and Bigbangupdates.com. hehe
I was with my friend from Taiwan last night (she's your age) and was filling her in on the whole concert experience. She just had a baby and is so jealous! Maybe I'll see if she wants to tag along next time (hopefully there will be a next time!)
Owwww, I'm sorry about your hair bb! But it'll grow back in no time, and besides the pulled-back look is cute too (I hope - my hair is long so I have to wear it pulled back at work anyway).
And if it's long enough to use a few cute clips and headscarves with during the growing-out phase, you could try that.
I don't know what length your hair is at, but I've seen pics of Rihanna wearing her hair in headscarves quite a bit when she had it short and it was REALLY cute. Her hair was a pixie cut, but I think the scarf look can work for longer hair too.
It's probably best to get something in a fabric that folds easily and won't cause static, and a scarf+a few pins to hold it in place could work.
I have been through a million bad haircuts in my life and luckily they always grow out! It looks a lot worse to you than others, I'm sure.
Speaking of YEH, I wish they would cut her hair on I Miss You. It looks soooooo long and almost straggly. I'm hoping they do the mid series haircut like they do so often in these dramas.
Agreed! I prefer her earlier haircuts too. One thing I love though, is her bright pink lipsticks in I Miss You, even though red is the color this season. Makes me want to get a pink shade too. It's amazing how YEH can carry off almost anything...
I love YEH but am not sure about this role. I fell asleep while trying to watch episode 8. It seems a little confusing to me (but could just be the sleep induced haze) and her character seemed a little flat last night. I hope it picks up. I almost prefer her in the disaster that was Lie to Me! (at least we had awesome kissing scenes!)
Yeah, the drama feels off. Maybe it's the really conventional lines and the music, but it feels like I'm watching something from 10 years ago but with a modern visual sheen to it. It feels strangely archaic.
I like the lipstick, but they need to be careful about the shade - pink lipstick can sometimes clash with red hair.
And yeah, I feel like YEH needs a trim too. Or less straggly ponytails, the way her hair looks when it's tied back as a grownup is not very appealing either - which is a shame when the child version of her had such gorgeous, glossy hair.
I haven't seen this actress in anything else except a youtube video of a variety show ( I was searching for more Eric Mun). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHINpJAKcLs
She's totally hitting on my man, and she does have boring hair. lol.
ok. I did start watching that a while ago, I don't know what happened cause it was cute, but I got distracted. Maybe it was when I noticed LMH and started watching all of his dramas. Ok, I will get back on that. :D
Ow Kika! That's one nasty thing to happen to your hair. It feels like it took ages to for my hair to finally reach the length it had before I had the insane idea to cut it shorter and the hairdresser messed up. Stupid hairdressers! Luckily it's now longer than it's ever been, and I'm not planning to ever cut it short again! I hope you hair grows fast and you find some nice way to deal with it in the meantime! Maybe you can curl it a bit, so the short parts won't be too noticeable?
The long parts are too long to make it look like it's one with the short parts even with curling I think. But I agree that long hair's always the best! It's nearly impossible to go wrong with it. And I actually think that short hair makes one look older even though conventional opinion is otherwise.
After watching FHT2, I'm not convince what people think is beautiful hair. I haven't had mine more than blunt cut in decades, and my mother has despaired of ever seeing her youngest in bangs again (the last time was...oh...maybe 1986?). Hee hee hee
Thanks! I usually just bull ahead with any and all crazy hair, because even if it causes small children to cry, no one is going to tell me it's awful to my face. [grin]
How's your day? I'm only watching King of Dramas and it's sooo good! My only complaint is that the plot is kind of repetitive. I mean, when will the drama start to shoot? Will it ever get to shoot? Can we get the conflict on the drama's shooting and storyline not the same old villain machinations?
I'm still enjoying the show because of the characters. They're just so endearing.
Oh yes... I'm so tired of the repetitive back and forth between Director Oh/Empire & Anthony/World Productions. The machinations does reveal much of the characters we love, but we all know too that World Productions will prevail.
And... I'm almost ashamed to say this, but I want more the the cute between Go-eun and Anthony!
I'm enjoying King of Dramas as well, but it totally exhausts me. I'd like one episode where we just have fun & enjoy the characters & the art of producing dramas. Because frankly, if this is how it REALLY is, why would anyone want to be in the business. I'd rather go to the gynecologist ;-)
Hahaha! I actually used the term "manic" to describe it. I, too, would like more personal interaction between the leads and less of the constant back and forth with Anthony and Empire. Plus I'd like to see how they handle the actually filming of the drama.
I've just had a crap week at work but I'm so glad it's the weekend already (well, I have to work a half day tomorrow but that's better than a full day).
What's everyone up to? This bean is currently stuck on a You're Beautiful rewatch, and I don't want it to end because that show is SO. MUCH. SQUEEEEEEEEEE. Also debating catching up with this week's I Miss You (I'm in the mood for fluff/happy right now and downers are not welcome, good as that show is - even Nice Guy was more of a thrill ride than the devastation this threatens).
I've also started on Shut Up Flower Boy Band, which is AWESOME - probably coming in second place to Arang as my favourite drama of the year, and I love the music (Robert Smith/Crystal Castles cover? I like this already).
Oh yes, the Robert Smith/Crystal Castles cover surprised me when I heard it. Their music choices are spot on and even their originals (sung by Sung Joon in future episodes) are simply delightful. Ahh and the eye candies!!! My sister is absolutely head over heels for lee hyun jae!
You know a show has good eye candy when you aren't lamenting the loss of LEE MIN KI after two episodes, lol
I love all the boys, and your sister has great taste. And speaking of Sung Joon, idk if it's his hair in SUFBB, but he kind of reminds me of Oguri Shun here!
That's what I thought too! Sung Joon = Oguri Shun Lee Min-ki = Narimiya Hiroki. well, just by the vibe they gave off. Just so happens that Oguri and Narimiya are quite the close friends.
How I wish I can study anything related to music but my family's too conservative to let me pick that path. I just really love music and it's the only real passion I have in my life.
yeah, it's almost cinematic in feel somehow - not at all like a normal drama.
Arang is probably my fave kdrama of all time now, I was nervous hearing that LJK (reason #1 why I watched it)would be doing another sageuk but his chemistry with Shin Mina (reason #2) is so amazing, my fingers are crossed that they'll reunite in another kdrama some day. And it's a fantastic cast *sigh*
lol I did, and I like Gaksital but I don't LOVE it the way I do Arang. And QIHM is adorable (and it prob. has my favourite kdrama kiss of 2012, the tiptoe one), but Arang is still safely my fave!
aghh! Pogo, you must be my lost sister. I LOVE Arang and I just finished Shut up Flower Boys and I was awesome!! You MUST watch Que Sera Sera if you haven't already.
Shut Up Flower Boy Band is such a good drama! And the music is amazing, I got the songs stuck in my head weeks after I finished it, sometimes blurting out randomly 'wake uuuup'!
This is one of the few OSTs I have purchased. Every song on the CD is awesome, and it cycles over & over as I am never in a hurry to eject. SUFBB is one of the years best dramas, at least it is in my top 3 (along with QIHM and TK2H).
Hello everyone! Happy friday I cant believe that I'm awake at this hour just to write here (6am)
Am I the only one who is currently feeling sad that the is no more I miss you recaps :( please bring them back
Hey vivi, if you want someone to discuss IMY with, dangermousie is doing recaps/reaction posts at her livejournal.
I'd love to have recaps here too, especially since the events of episode 3 haven't been handled in an exploitative or disrespectful manner as far as I've seen (upto episode 6), and they do a good job of showing us the impact it's had on Soo Yeon and Jung Woo's lives......BUT it's still a minefield to include in a drama, and I don't blame JB or GF for not wanting to take that risk, no matter how good the show is or how haunted Yoon Eun Hye looks as the older Soo Yeon.
Yo everyone jus dropping by to say hello n Happy Friday to everyone but dat happiness does not extend to me have finals coming up in im currently beating books no time to become invested in a drama
sigh the life of a student is sad and depressing
need my milo fix
Hi Nappy! I totally know the feeling of having to study but actually really wanting to watch dramas! I hope you finals go great, Fighting! And a Happy Friday, even though you have to study!
Pogo! Don't worry your are not by yourself I have been reading the recaps from beans for Years but until today I made up my mind to actually write something lol I sound so lame but I had always wanted to write here when I would read the posts :'(
Hey vivi! I started reading here during, I think, the Boys Before Flowers recaps? lol. But I only started hanging out here like a compulsive when the Arang/Nice Guy combination happened.
And I don't know why I didn't do it earlier - there are SO MANY SHOWS that I would have loved to comment on while they were being recapped, and going back to past comments just kills me.
1 finally watched arang and the magistrate n it was such a cute little story. I loved how everything made sense even the reincarnation stuff. Not gonna say more don't wanna spoil it for those who have not watched it! All d characters, hell even the side characters were all lovely and I loved that the villain wasn't just a villain for villain's sake....if anyone understands that. There was a reason behind her madness. That being said, I think the storyline dragged out too much... There was no need in my point of view for it to be a 20 episode drama....16/18 would have been just fine. I also wished the romance showed a little more, I feel like they could have included it more....but the ending scene was just the CUTEST!! Those child actors were toooo cute, especially the girl! That being said....
2 I can see how Nice Guy took over in ratings. I finally watched nice guy and oh boy!! I had to marathon thru that shit!! I couldn't watch one episode at a time and I don't know people did that! That show was epic....except the last two episodes. I swear why is it that once a drama is nearing my epic list, they fuck up in some way or another...the last two episodes had me in WTF-land!!!! Nothing made sense its like all the progress made didn't mean anything anymore...especially the last episode. I don't even know till now, if he had amnesia or propasgnosia, of he remembers who she is.....ahh it's so frustrating. N what happened with the company?? n i can't believe how short the murder sentence is in Korea. With my cons out of the way, SJK and MCW are amazing actors. How she managed to pull off a total amnesiac after being a total bitch the previous episodes was amazing!!! SJK is an amazing actor n I HAVE LAIN CLAIM TO HIM! He was able to play Maru in such a way that I can't imagine any other actor in his role! The storyline was a little predictable but it didn't stop it from being amazing! The villain bitch....ahhhhhhhhh I wanted to jump into the drama n strangle her to her death...haha. She just pissed me off in soooooooo many ways! Choco and Kwang Soo's character...at first I thought they were useless but they served their purpose n were a little cuter I finally understand what Jb and GF meant when they said they wanted her to die....the story would have been more epic if she did!
Okies well m rambling....haha. Next on my list is answer me 1997... But exam finals are coming up in three weeks n there's a whole lot of shit to read so maybe over Christmas break...we shall see...haha.
How is everyone else doing???
Hi OMG-
Glad you jumped on the Nice Guy train, but you should have been warned about the ending!!!! There are quite a few people ranting about it, including our own Kakashi: http://dr-myri-blog.blogspot.com/2012/11/farewell-to-nice-guy.html
And I did guest post on alternate endings there as well. We could spend days, weeks, months talking about it!
BTW, how are you classes coming? Getting ready to wind down for Christmas break?
i mean the last two episode....he offered to take her back and live in a "loveless life" with her....i was like WTF is happening here...did i miss something! i feel like the writers had no idea what to do anymore...so they were just like fuck it...we'll go almost BIG-style on them!!! UGH!!!
Things are sunny in Virginia.
I had a cold last week, where I just took NyQuil and stayed under the comforter for two days, but I'm out of it and raring to go!
I also have a formal affair to go to this weekend, and, on an impulse, I pulled out last year's gown and it fits better this year! Woot! I have this year's couture (ha ha, not really a fashion horse) narrowed down to two: elegant or flirty. Decisions decisions!
LOL - it would be easier to dance in, and I could wear my WTF shoes. Problem is, I'd like to do the elegant think just to make people say HOLY SH## SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!
LOL - it would be easier to dance in, and I could wear my WTF shoes. Problem is, I'd like to do the elegant think just to make people say HOLY SH## SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!
hi everyone....
Anyone here watching I miss you/Missing you? I'm on the inevitably sinking ship that is Soo Yeon/Hyung Joon. I just can't get with Soo Yeon/Jung Woo ship. The writer did a very terrible job with jung woo character and making me sooo not root for him, ugh this is making me frustrated :P
I haven't decided whether to catch up to this week's eps (not in the mood) but dangermousie is doing IMY caps/reaction posts on her livejournal and is quite welcoming to shippers of all stripes :)
And if he wasn't so messed up/have this really strange power imbalance in his relationship with Soo Yeon, I'd be rooting for them too.
hi thanks, what the website for that? I might check it.
you should check the latest episode that was seal the deal for me to get into the SY/HY ship.
SY relationship with HJ might kind of unhealthy, they're in the bubble that is the world that only consist of them two, but so far I didn't see the power imbalance, HJ always ask SY whatever she wants, he never force her way to her, even tho he's worry at the end of the day he lets her decide what best for her. While with JW...don't let me started...
It's at dangermousie(dot)livejournal(dot)com. And as for SY and HJ....the bubble is precisely what's unhealthy imo, her staying in it means she never really got the chance to heal, and HJ's weird little 'she's my fiance' game and tendencies towards jealousy ever since he was a child freak me out a little.
But the reason HJ doesn't force her to him is because he knows that SY will still come to him and be with him. It's because SY thinks no one was looking for her or cared for her during her trauma as a child, so she grew up not making any new relations and latching onto HJ and only him all these years. And the reason she thought this was because HJ did not want SY to leave him (which is understandable for a small kid that was abused most of his life) and told her that she was abandoned and no one was looking for her, which wasn't true. So I do see an imbalance in that relationship.
But on the other hand, she should also not go to JW. They weren't even "lovers" 14 years ago, they still have that big issue between them (him running away), they're at a place where SY is bitter towards him and JW is going crazy processing having her back in his life.
Right now, the SY should not be with any of the guys and actually do some healing from her trauma.
"Right now, the SY should not be with any of the guys" - AGREED.
I just wish she would try to take care of herself, you know, like going to a shrink or something like that - ignoring the trauma is way worse - fully-clothed-bath-crying scene says it all.
And even though JW/SY is the OTP I just wish she (or the writer) would put some thought into how important is a 14 year companionship. Come on, SY and HJ they have been their own everything for these past years, you cannot toss this aside for a 15-year-old crush.
As people know, I'm following IMY from afar. Very far... The writer of this show is problematic from the very beginning for me. And YEH tweeting that they are already at the "all-nighters shooting stage" when Show is not half-way is worrying.
yes...the writer is so confuse, from the premise is supposed to be SY/JW the separated first love, finding their love again, etc, but from the latest episode I don't know how I can root for the supposed to be hero of this drama when he act bordering stalker/asshole-ish while the "villain" treated the girl with with so much understanding and respect.
I really don't get Jung Woo character, like seriously writer, ...how am I supposed to root for him.
I think people are interpreting the scenes in the recent episode REALLY differently from each other. Some people are looking at JW's actions towards SY as forceful and insensitive since he knows she's a rape victim (as well as the general view about wrist-grabbing in Korean dramas), other people are interpreting his actions as playing the game that SY had been playing against him the previous episode, her pushing and pulling of him to taunt him when she had the upperhand, then he got the upperhand because he started playing along and it unnerved her. We'll just have to see how this plays out once they stop these "games" and confront the actual issue of 14 years ago.
the moment when jw decided to act semi-a**hole-ish to sy is when he review the video footage of sy freaking out in the car after the kdrama most serendipitous car accident with her rapist. at that time he might be 80/90 percent sure that zoe is soo yeon. and after watching her freaking out like that the first thing he do is to get up all in her personal space, wrist grabbing, asking her to be his secret love etc, that was the problem for me. like what sy feel it doesn't matter, all that matter is he find her, the lee soo yeon that he been looking for.
But you do realize when he "accepted" her proposal to be friends and was asking her to be his secret love, etc., he was throwing back what SY was saying/doing to him before when he wasn't having any of it? And it's not like SY suddenly dropped the whole facade and whimpered in fear after - she kept doing it again when they went to the restaurant. What they are "both" doing is not good.
I'm so on board that sinking ship, too. Yoochun is doing fine as Jung Woo, but the character just isn't being presented in a very compelling way. We see that the people around him like him a lot, but the grownup version of the character hasn't really given us any reason to join in on the lovefest. Being nice to ajummas will win some points with me (being an ajumma and all), but his character needs some sparkle.
One the other hand, Hung Joon is so sparkly he practically blinds me every time he's on screen. The thoughtless intimacy he shares with Soo Yeon is incredibly appealing— when they were sitting on the couch in episode 7 with her feet in his lap, I was practically hyperventilating. We know how she feels about her scar, but it just wasn't an issue, because she's so sure he loves her unconditionally that her self-preceived "flaws" become charms. I love those two together, and can literally not even think of a way for the show to get me to switch teams.
I guess ultimately the closeness between Soo Yeon and Hyung Joon is going to be played off as too much like a sibling bond, but come on. This is Korean drama! I just watched a pair of *actual* siblings kissing in I'm Sorry, I Love You, and it was awesome ;)
I am on the last episode of White Christmas and am super pumped to see how the final showdown will end. It's so suspenseful and the tables keep turning that I'm sure it will keep me guessing the outcome to the last second. Other than White Christmas I've been keeping myself busy with exams. Cannot wait to binge on dramas over the holidays =DDD
Happy Friday! This will be my second attempt at popping onto to OT. I love my new smartphone, but those darn little buttons! LOL
I"m up to Ep 4 of KofD and trying desperately to find a friendly neighborhood mad scientist to squeeze more hours into the day. It's a crazy ride!
All the way caught up with our boys of Full House, and now I'm afraid the angsty side is going to catch up with our Crazy Coiffured Couple. It's definitely one I can't help but watch with my Cheerios every morning.
Just screencapping episode 14 of 18v29. Yay, just 2 1/2 more episodes, and my first ever recap will be complete! After which I drink an entire bottle of makgeolli I brought back from the Big Bang concert, and work on completing the rest of my writing projects.
And how about the MNET Awards last night? Awesome performances all, with a big ole shiny-eyed fangirl stair for the 5 cuties of BIG BANG, winning Artist of the Year, Male Group of the Year, and, my personal favorite, Guardian Angel World Wide Award!
Shukie, you still amaze me with the amount of stuff you do in a week! BTW, don't forget I owe you money! If you don't tell me how much soon, I'll have it all spent on Christmas presents!
"A special category called the Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer Award was made for the performer who excels and has garnered the attention of a worldwide audience through their music and stage presence. And with this category, Big Bang has received recognition with such a great fan base and even a tour that’s been attended by almost half a million people worldwide."
hi everyone.....just finished Answer me 1997....one of the best dramas ever!!
I'm watching King of dramas right now.....and planning to start Queen In Hyun's man..
Hi cg! You definitely should watch Queen In Hyun's man! It's really good and has one of the best OTP's and no love triangle! Well, only a little bit, but no serious danger. So that's a pro (unless you're really into love triangles..). And the two leads were very cute together and I can go on and on about all the great things, but you should really see it for yourself! Definitely recommended!
That's another really good one! It's even better knowing the leads are a couple in real life! I'm starting to like the cable dramas much more than the other ones.
Is there anybody watching The Romantic & Idol here?
This show is so addicting I almost regret I started it!
If you haven't heard about It, It's a kind of matchmaking reality show. 4 girl-idols and 4 boy-idols are given a chance to spent some days (4 days and 3 nights?) together in jeju-do without their managers and stylists. There are some dating sessions during that time and the pairings of every dating session are decided by "preference shuffle".
At first I was skeptical about it because idol matchmaking TV show is not a new idea, and usually it's either scripted or boring (or both of them). But after I knew that Its production teams is the same team behind 1n2d and reply 1997, I decided to give it a chance.
Although It is actually a reality show, It's felt like a romantic drama. It has twists, cliffhanger on every episode's ending, distinguishable characterization, beautiful scenery, and suspense. But no, It doesn't have bitchy-first-love noona or I-love-you-but-I-will-make-you-suffer-first-until-you-love-me oppa.
Hi kaka! That sounds really interesting! Do you watch it with subs and where if I may ask? Who are the idols involved? If the 1n2d team is involved it almost can't go wrong, haha
Kshownow subbed it. TVN aired episode 3 last week and it will only have 8 episodes.
The Idols are mostly rookies: Jun-K (2PM), JB (JJ project), Hyungshik (ZE:A), Mir (MBLAQ), Nam Jihyun (4minutes), Seung-ah (Rainbow), Jei ( Fiestar), Hyejeong (AoA).
Actually, I haven't known most of them before watching this show. But It make the show more interesting.
Ah thanks! I will check it out (sometime in some other space-time continuum where there is a person with my name who looks like me but who has one thing that I don't have: that thing called free time). I don't know any of them, but that was pretty much the same (except for Joo Won), with 1N2D and I love that to pieces now, so that should be no problem!
hmmmm, i know this is off the topic (sorry kaka!), but speaking of the 1d2n team, does anyone have updates about the new variety show The Human Condition by Na PD that was slated to air in November?
Oeh, I would like to want to know that too! That sounded like it would be hilarious. Anyone any updates? And btw kika, wasn't the whole point of the OT to be off-topic, so who cares if you start another topic in someone elses post ; )
There is a chance it will be aired in kbs world, hope somebody will rip it for you.
I still don't have a plan to watch it. I know the casts are mostly from gag concert and I don't like gag concert :P
I hope everyone had a better week than I did. Caught some nasty stomach virus and been lying in bed all week. I was wishing the past few weeks I had more time for more dramas, but that was not what I meant! Be careful for what you wish for, I guess. And now I finally have time, I feel to noxious to even watch a drama, sigh...
So, how's everyone liking Jeon Woo-chi? I was really looking forward to it and will definitely watch it when I have time (and am not sick)! I'm curious what the verdicts are.
To what dramas are you looking forward too? I'm have really high hopes for the spy drama with Joo Won in it (though I have a bit of feeling it might turn out not so great) and the new one of the Flower Boy series. Please be good!
I'm not watching Jeon Woo-chi, but I'm really looking forward to Alice in Cheondamdong, even thought the 20 minute preview makes it seem rather conventional a drama...
I just can't resis Moon Geun-young and Park Shi-hoo together!
I'm looking forward to the spy drama with Joo-won based on the premise. But the female lead... I've never felt partial towards her, even in Protect the Boss.
Thanks! Yeah, I agree with you that Alice looks (and sounds) like it's going to be a very conventional drama. I don't think I've seen Park Shi-hoo in anything (I know, I know!), but I thought Moon Geun-young did a pretty good job in Mary Stayed Out All Night (even if the rest of that drama was completely wacko), so I might consider watching it. The whole the-point-is-to-get-married is not really appealing to me, but maybe it'll turn out great!
I feel ambivalent about Choi Young Hee in the spy drama, one moment I'm cursing the directors for casting her and the next I'm thinking she'll actually do a pretty good job. We'll see, but please don't let the drama suck dramagods!
Lots of ginger! Ginger tea or raw ginger but plenty of it and honey! I don't know whether to laugh or commiserate. Genies and their subterfuges! Why can't they just give us want we want instead of having fun in being pedantic! Hehe, I mean 'aw, feel better.' : )
I seem to be in a bit of a drama dip. I have put everything on hold for now apart from King Of Dramas because everything lately has been leaving me lukewarm. I mean they aren't terrible just not diverting enough I guess. I'm not really looking forward to anything except Flower Boy next door and Yoon Shi Yoon & Kim Ji Hoon with Park Shin Hye! Yay!
Sabah! : )
Thanks, I'll try it out! Yeah, stupid genie! Now, where's that lamp of yours, I'll put you right back in it!
Hmm, a drama dip is not so nice! Luckily you still have KOD. Do you like it, really like it or totally love it? I still want to start watching it, because it sounds hilarious!
I'm also really looking forward to the next Flower Boy, because the last two were so great. The second I liked even better than the first, so that gives me good hopes for the third! And with that cast it can't almost go wrong.
Seriously, I hope you are feeling much better. The only thing to do is to rest.
Did you manage to finish NG? If so how did you find it? As of KOD, I am liking it but I am worried where they might take it, especially considering their low-ish numbers. I fear that they might just take the conventional route. So far it has been interesting. For me the best parts of it are wonderful like the lead characterizations and there is some crackling dialogues which I haven't seen in a long time but I do tend to find long periods in between that are dry. I don't mean to be confusing but I can't really say whether I love it yet because my love is very much conditional on where it ends up.
This year has been a series of disappointments in the 'ending' of films/dramas for me. I just finished 'The Killing' and again I loved the drama the whole way through, all the ups and downs but then that end! Argh! I think the last thing that had an ending I could really be inspired by was SUFFB. How about you, does an ending make or break a drama for you? Or can you remain content regardless?
In contrast, its award season, and though I don't really care for the outcomes or 'ending' of those, I love the beginning or namely the red carpet. Blue dragon pictures/videos are out so I am off to look at some pretty dresses and dashing suits!
I'm already feeling much better, thank you! Though I still cannot eat every food, fruit is going well so I've been eating lots of that. And biscuits, haha. My mother and brother caught it too, so now we're all hanging on the couch doing towel imitations. I watched the whole first season of the Gilmore Girls with my mother, cause I needed something cute and funny. Though not really how I imagined it, it's nice to spend some time with my mother just watching telly and laughing. So I haven't really watched Nice Guy, but seeing as I'm feeling better now I might pick it up again!
I don't really think you're confusing about KOD, I hope it won't take the conventional route, but will go somewhere different so that it can gain your love.
Sorry to hear about the ending of the Killing. What is it with endings that they're often such a disappointment? I agree on the SUFBB ending, in that it was one of a kind this year. As you said somewhere in an earlier OT, it's more about the journey towards the end, than the real end itself. So if and ending is very bad, but the rest of the series was very good, I can get over it (as in the case of Queen In Huyn's man or in some extent White Christmas), but it can put a damper on things. Because an ending is the point where you say goodbye to the characters about whom you've started caring and you lived with them through all their troubles, you want an ending that is satisfying. It also needs to inspire you or give you just that extra bit of emotion. And then it's a sad thing when that just doesn't happen and you're left wondering (in a bad way) and don't really get that feeling of disclosure.
And the only thing I really care about with the awards are the outfits, haha! There's my materialistic side again! Though I really like it when an actor or actress receives an award I think he or she deserves.
I'm glad to hear that. Ah! I love a 'family cold.' It is as if time stops within a household and you regress back to your childhood lazy days of lying around the house, in an effortless lethargy. I liked Gilmore Girls up until...well I won't spoil it for you.
I really do want to love KoD but I think experience is making me cautious. Of course, I agree it is very much about the journey there BUT as long as that journey was meaningful. I was talking more about stories which are played out as tales, just stories nothing more, nothing less than maybe an OTP getting together. Then I do wish for something profound in the finale, something to raise it above the bar. I got that with SUFFB. WC was more about the journey there because it asked interesting questions along the way so that the end wasn't so much a culmination but just one way of answering them and left it up to you whether you would take that end or create something for yourself. I think the vagueness actually added something there.
KoD is kind of in the middle of them both (yep more confusion) there is the setting which is interesting, because it is asking questions and making points about drama productions BUT it is all just things I kind of knew or expected. If I compare it to HOSM, I would say that HOSM had me from the beginning and right until the end and wowed me all the way through. It was original and probed and prodded and had an end that left me more than satisfied, I was grinning like a Cheshire cat! I just don't know where they are going to take KoD and if it just meanders through, even in an interesting way, though I might say I enjoyed it I might not say that I loved it, like I did SUFFB or HOSM.
Yeah, but luckily my dad's still healthy so he can get us drinks and stuff, haha.
I already watched all the Gilmore Girls seasons twice with my mother, so don't worry there's nothing left to spoil! The relationship between the mom and the daughter resembles mine and my mother's very much. Except we eat much healthier! Where did you stop liking it?
And I agree with you that if the whole point of a serie is to just get the OTP together, an ending that's satisfying, surprising and upraising is very nice.
My brain's all fuzzy, so while I rack my brain I can't come up with where the abbreviation HOSM stands for!
I find it interesting that you mention you find KOD in the middle of deeper, question raising dramas and just conventional dramas. It's not a combo you might expect. But it's a shame that if they are veering towards the more deeper type, they do it in a conventional way. Hopefully that'll change...
Haha, nice question. With the Blue Dragon Film Awards I really liked Go Ara's dress. The colour is beautiful and the feathery pattern makes it exceptional, but still classy. And I thought Kim Sae-ron was so cute in her little white fluffy dress! And Suzy's little black dress is something I might wear too (maybe just a liiitle less short). I was baffled by what Ha Na-kyung wore though, eeks! Which outfit did you like? Or not at all?
Oh no, the curse of 'the heathly one,' who gets ill but a week too late to join in with the 'festivities.' Hehe.
Don't misunderstand me, I did enjoy Gilmore Girls regardless of my little annoyances. I liked the writing and thought the mother and daughter relationship was wonderfully explained and explored. I actually connected more with the relationship Lorelai had with her mother. I think it is wonderful that you share such a bond with your mother. I think my alarm bells began ringing with the introduction of Logan, a character I could never get behind nor understand Rory's attraction to. Of course, I was a big Dean fan so that might have been prejudiced from the start, honestly I don't think so. The rest I enjoyed, especially the dialogues.
Sorry, History of a Salaryman. Have you seen it? In regards KoD, it is something I kind of wished I liked more when I watch the best of it, little scenes of insightful and crackling dialogues as well as the leading pairs' acting just haunting and detailed. However I can not deny that sometimes, though I am not bored, I wish they would just get to the point that I almost sense is coming (which wasn't there in the beginning but is now.) The last few episodes general trend also has me worried and I just don't know where they are going with it AND it all depends on whether they have something to say or just something to tell. I am ever hopeful though.
Go Ara's dress was classy but I think you really needed confidence to pull it off, and she really has the charisma to give the all outfit style. I really liked what Han Hye Jin wore. However I think the person who stole the show for me was Kim Hye Soo. You can't really tell from the pictures on the DB post, but though her outfit was simple, her natural beauty and elegance just wowed me over. Let me see if I can find some better pictures... http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/hiEeNnAsopZ/33rd+Blue+Dragon+Film+Awards/3zqMxE1cgJT
I find that you need to watch the video to get a better idea of the dresses, or you know, be there in person. : ) Try this one, you can see Suzy's and KHS's. http://youtu.be/N2a3-3h5PSI
Here's KHS's from last year. Sorry, I just love her style (Song Ji Hyo is my favourite in that regard.) Anyone whose style you love? http://youtu.be/ziQW0h2315w
Haha, yeah poor dad. If he gets sick he'll probably get it in the midst of a work week when everyone is away!
I love Girlmore Girls so much, it never fails to make me laugh. All the antics of that little town and their weird festivities are so funny and the dialogues so witty! Ah Dean, I want a Dean of my own, haha. I really like the actor too (he plays in my favourite American series Supernatural as Sam while his brother's name in that series is Dean, confusing!), so I was already a little biased when Logan tuned in.
History of the Salaryman, of course! It's been on my to-watch list for ages (like so many dramas), it looked so hilarious! I think I'll watch for KOD to end, to see how it goes and if it's worth my time, hehe.
Yes, Kim Hye Soo looked so beautiful! The dress was simple, but in a very elegant way. And she does have such charisma, which is so much better to see in the videos, thanks for those! I always think the male outfits kinda look the same (with some wacky exceptions). Lee Min Ho's outfit you linked was indeed very nice! That coat I really like, the style is perfect. I haven't really been following awards ceremonies long enough to have a favourite in style, but after doing some research I have to say that Kim Hye-soo always looks so elegant and comfortable. And Kim Sae-ron always wears such cute dresses, if I was still that age (and a moviestar) I might have worn the exact same things! Though sometimes it's a bit over the top. And Suzy always looks very fresh and cheery! But what I'm wondering about is: how do all these women walk on those super high-heeled shoes? I mean I like heels, and I wear them occasionaly, but I fall over like a log if I wear heals that high!
Oh no, poor dad. He gets the worst of both ends...How are you feeling today?
Team Dean! I think the dialogues kept me tuned into Gilmore Girls, it had so much thought and detailing that was impressive. I really enjoy things like that, especially 1950's movies. I really tried to watch Supernatural, I mean again I found the wit and humour wonderful but the thing is, I'm a coward at heart. I just don't watch horror, I can't or otherwise I don't sleep. The thing that got me in Supernatural is that they are both so tall! I knew Jared was tall from GG, but Jensen is really tall too. Yeah, I have a thing for tall guys. Anyway, their chemistry was really amazing in that show. I have seen some good buddy duos but this one was excellent. Too bad I just can't watch...*cries*
I think at this stage I would recommend HOSM rather than KoD, if you had to pick between the two.
Snap! About the heels. I mean there are long heels and then there are Korean actress heels. Seriously! Did you see Suzy's heels, they didn't have any heels. Check out 0:10 to 0:20 in the 1st video & 2:14. I'm a DM girl, I'm on my 5th pair since high school and I haven't bought any other shoes. I had to borrow some 'elegant' flats for my cousin's wedding AND guess what, I fell over...Hehe, I'm just used to wearing big, heavy boots now, though, I would admit sometimes I want to strap on a pair of heels but I just don't think I can afford the insurance. Hehe. Do you have many heels in your collection?
I fell much better, though with a bit of weakish knees at times. But I'm up and doing stuff again, so that's a good sign.
Haha, yeah Supernatural can get scary (and gory) at times. I don't like horror movies whose purpose is only to splatter blood and gore out the audience. But with Supernatural I can take the scary aspect, I think it enhances the difficulty of their 'jobs' and makes it more real. And they're both tall indeed! I like tall guys too, Jared is insanely tall. I think it's funny that he plays the younger brother but is a head taller than Jensen (who's not tiny either). Their chemistry is the thing I like most about the show, the bromance! But if you're scared easily, this show is definitely not for you!
Suzy's heels were insane! I cannot imagine how she walks on it! Haha, without the weight of your DM to keep you down, you fall over. I find DM style shoes always so cool looking on other people, but when I try them on myself I look kinda weird. So I prefer a little heel on my shoe. I mostly have boots (in the winter) with heels and some summer sandals with heels, but they're not pencil thin and never longer than my thumb! My motoric skills are not the best (you don't want to see me doing any sport), so why some women can and will wear those skyscraper heels is a mystery to me!
By the way you mentioned in an earlier OT that you're very interested in other cultures. Now I was wanting to ask you since you're also taking care of your parents, if you've travelled a lot to other countries?
I'm glad you're up and about but don't overdo it because you will 'feel' it later. Baby steps.
That's the thing, I thought Jensen was short, because he looked so much shorter then Jared but then I realized that Jared is just so tall! Yeah, I managed to get into season two by watching it in daylight and hugging a pillow but my heart just couldn't take all those 'jumpy' moments.
Suzy's heels! Truly impressed by her calf muscles and the ability to be on tip toes for such a long duration. I would love to be able to wear 'kitten' heels like you. Very cute and classy. I remember last winter me and my sister were slowly walking in the snow, in our boots moving at the pace of a tortoise and this girl in 4 inch heels zooms right past us. We actually stopped and stared, then felt pretty useless.
Nope, never been anywhere. We once went to Barcelona for two weeks. I was so amazed at the difference in the pace of life. They actually have a siesta in the middle of the day, when everything stops and then starts again until late into the night. It made me miss all those things that I have yet to seek and find. However I am always hopeful for tomorrow. Would you ever wish to visit South Korea or have you already been?
True, I always think I can do everything but then get super tired when I'm only halfway done. I was actually watching Nice Guy episode 14 as a break from studying when I almost fell asleep, hopefully I can now finish it.
Haha, yeah Jensen looks short next to Jared, but he really isn't. Jared just smurfs everyone. Did you know he just had a baby with a co-actress from Supernatural? In one episode they had to play a married couple (in some kind of alternate reality) and that was actually a pun on them being a real couple. The show does that kind of things all the time, so funny.
Your anecdote made me laugh out loud, I can totally imagine the scene. How do they do that? Do they have extra (invisible) muscled legs or something? Or is is just some gen I'm missing? Guess I'll never find out, hehe.
I went to Barcelona once too, while I study in a busy city it was nowhere comparable to that business. I like the siesta part, napping in the daytime and then going out at night. I'm a evening person, and while I don't really like partying my energy boost comes mostly in the evening, so it fits my rhythm. I've visited some European places and cities when on holiday with my family. I'm a bit of a coward, so travelling really far sounds kind of scary to me, but I really really want to go to South Korea once in my life. Maybe I meet someone who wants to go there too (with me preferably), so that I don't have to go alone! I'd really like to experience it with my own eyes and not just through my laptop screen. And I'd love to hear the language for real! Holland is really small, so it doesn't really take a long time to see the highlights. Did you ever go travelling/sightseeing in your own country?
I did not know that! I do enjoy in jokes, something which I am sure that I miss in Kdramas. Fortunately DB recaps do mention some of them.
I think there is a mental quotient too, as well as the muscles because you need real steel nerves to even try standing up in some of those heels.
Barcelona is wonderful, I agree. I too would like to travel to South Korea but a few things worry me. Would I be the ugly foreigner? Since I'm vegetarian would I find away places to eat? Would my basic understanding of culture cause unintentional offence? Of course, I know that a lot of these worries are just fears from ignorance. I don't know Korea, which is why I am going there to begin with. However just from watching K entertainment shows, I do think I might not be allowed in the country due to my lack of beauty and style. Hehe. Seriously though, I don't judge Korea like that, I mean I wonder what conclusions people would make of England based just on our TV. Probably not good! A lot of crime, I guess.
We used to sight see more often as children but in my adulthood not so much. Have you been to England? If not, would you like to someday? Hope you are well on the road to recovery!
True! I often have the feeling I'm missing something, be it a joke, some reference or just an expression. But as you said, luckily there's Dramabeans!
I totally agree with your concerns about travelling to Korea, especially the unintentional offence part. Judging from dramas there are so many mannerisms and I certainly don't want to come off as rude! And I'm not vegetarian, but I don't like most meat and in Korea they eat (again based on dramas) much meat, and fish too! I'd probably live on just rice, hehe.
I've been in London once, with my dad when I graduated high school. It was fantastic! Saw all the highlights, and we also went to see the musical We Will Rock You. And I loved the British accent, hehe. I've been trying for ages now to go to England in the summer vacation. This year I almost succeeded, but then we found this beautiful holidaycottage in Wales. But we go with our car and make a stop in Oxford. I heard that are many beautiful university buildings there, so I can't wait to see it!
And tomorrow I'll go back to the city where I study and start classes again, I'm feeling much better. But it's going to be difficult to adjust to the normal live again, after all that couch hanging and watching Gilmore Girls with my mom, ha.
Agreed! I think the recaps for FBRS were the ones I was most grateful for since there were so many puns and detailing in the dialogues that I would have missed.
Oh right yeah, I'm not a vegetarian. Sorry, I mean 'I'm relatively more vegetarian than my family and people in Kdramas...*ahem* What I mean is 'I eat fish.' I just forget that I'm not a vegetarian because I eat fish, eggs etc. There's actually a word for what I am. I mean apart from idiot. Hehe, sorry.
My mouth is always watering after watching Kdramas and I once asked about being vegetarian and tee-total in Korea and this is response I got on a forum, "Yes vegetarians exist. I don't know what a tea-totaler is so I can't answer that. The most difficult thing is the fact that many dishes, even if all vegetables, touch meat in some way during preparation. And many dishes have broth, which is usually made from beef. But I knew vegetarians when I was there and I think it's more enjoyable being a vegetarian there considering how many ways they have of cooking up vegetables! Also if you are offered food, be ready to eat a LOT!"
Wales is beautiful. They have their own accent too. Endearing in its own way. England does have good things about it. It's just like accents you become inured to them so that they lose their sparkle but then when someone new to it comes along and points out all those things that you have lost sight of and kind of brings back the shine.
I wish you well for your 're-acclimatization.' Hehe, I hope it won't be too painful.
Haha, I always call myself a part-vegetarian, because I usually don't eat meat (or fish), not really out of an ideology but because I don't like the taste and texture of it. But explain all that when you're in a restaurant, so then I'll just say I'm a vegetarian. In my country it's totally not clear what a vegetarian doesn't and does eat, some eat fish, some don't, some don't eat anything that's from an animal, so you weren't really being confusing for me, hehe. Have you been a vegetarian for a long time?
The food in Kdramas always looks so appealing (but in some cases I wonder how they can eat things like live squid, brr), and especially while watching 1N2D I've taken the habit to eat my dinner while watching it! Yeah, I heard it's polite too to eat a lot, if not finish all. But I'm a always full really fast, so that may be a problem!
Welsh is totally not understandable for me! It sounds like gibberish, but in a beautiful way. So I'm looking forward to hear how it sounds like in the real. The pictures looked so beautiful, the hills and cliffs, I can't wait!
Haha, thanks! : ) I just had 4 hours of lectures, pretty tired now! Maybe I'll take an quick nap....
Excellent, you get me! I thought I might have debased myself, I mean more that usual. I too just say vegetarian to avoid confusion and lengthy lectures at both ends. I actually really enjoy meat but then I met someone who worked in the 'meat industry' and after hearing horror stories I decided to become a 'vegetarian' just as a protest against the manner the industries treat live animals. So it's not so much about being against eating meat but rather modern day industry practices. I visited a friend who rears his own chickens and lamb on a small farm and I was able to eat meat there, so that was nice.
It's funny because I started watching Kvariety shows after beginning my diet because I just couldn't watch Kdramas whilst trying to stop eating/snacking. TV is rife with food/people eating food and variety shows relatively show less of it AND its always associated with punishment rather than pleasure. hehe This holiday season is killing me though, everywhere I go I smell candied apples and cinnamon.
It's so easy to fall into being lazy! Not that you were being lazy, just inactive due to being ill, but still your body and mind just mesh so readily with that slow pace that even if you just go up one gear, it implodes upon itself!
After reading JB's recap, I think I might give School a go. How about you?
I think it's nice that you protest in your own way against the modern day industry practices. The horror stories I sometimes hear, make me want to stop eating meat altogether. Knowing that what you're eating had a nice life, makes it much better. But if I were to keep chickens and lambs myself I could not bring myself to kill them I think, so I'd probably not bond with my food!
Haha associating food with punishment is a very good way to handle your diet! When I was sick and feeling nauseous everything on tv and in my books all of a sudden was about food! But I couldn't stand even the sight of food, even the Gilmore Girls series wasn't save! They eat so much!
It's so much more easier getting accustomed to doing nothing than to working hard. Sigh, and I have to catch up on all the work I didn't do because I was sick! Time, I want extra time! But I should be careful with those sarcastic genies around...
School sounds really good! And I read on various other blogs that the first episode was well received, so it's definitely high on my to-watch list (with a million other things, but at least it's high on the list). Let me know what you think after you gave it a try! Did you already vote on the annual drama voting on this site? I always enjoy doing that, even though I'm far from having watched everything.
"Knowing that what you’re eating had a nice life, makes it much better....But if I were to keep chickens and lambs myself I could not bring myself to kill them I think, so I’d probably not bond with my food!" Aw, agreed!
"They eat so much!" You know, I really didn't realize it until I started my diet and then I just didn't know where to look. It's like watching something with your parents, suddenly you are hyper aware of all the 'touching' that's going on. Hehe
Seriously, genies are just itching to pull the trigger, you don't want to make their day!
Yeah, I voted like a good citizen! Hehe, seriously it's so hard. So far, I think my favourite drama of 2012 was SUFBB. That's the only category that I am happy about picking one, the others there are just so many I want vote for! How about you, was it easy choices?
I hope to watch School this Friday BUT have you seen the trailer for Flower Boy Next Door? My problem is that the 5th of January is kind of like a D-day of disaster waiting to explode all over my life and yet I have to go through it to get to the 7th and all this goodness! I don’t know what to wish for anymore...Genie on standby!
Haha, so true what you say about watching with your parents, also when you watch with someone whom you're not entirely comfortable with. I once went with a boy to the movies and we were not really comfortable around each other and then there was a pretty explicit 'touchy' scene and the awkwardness level went through the roof!
I found it really hard to vote too! I was extremely torn between picking Gaksital and SUFBB for the best drama. Both had me emotionally invested to the point of obsessiveness. Though SUFBB was objectively better and the beginning of Gaksital was rather slow, I still picked Gaksital, hehe. The rest of the categories were difficult too! Only the bromance one was easy, SUFBB no doubt! And the descriptions were so funny!
Yeah, the trailer looked wonderful! What's happening on January the 5th? Something possibly bad? At least you have something to look forward to! And beware of genies!
Hehe. I don't if there is anyone I would actually ever feel 'comfortable' with in regards such scenes. I mean at home I just FF them anyway but at the cinema, you are kind of stuck. AND it's so loud and big. Very awkward I imagine. It's been ages since I went to the cinema. Truly, I think it has been five years or more! What's the last thing you watched?
Something like this there aren't any right or wrong answers. I mean a drama isn't bad or good but rather a person finds it bad or good depending upon their temperaments. If anything it just informs you of the inclinations of DB's readers. Also it makes our minds hurt as we agonize over questions. If only I worked this hard for other stuff. It's funny because I would place Gaksital above SUFBB in terms of objective merit because it was epic in nature. Both had beautiful endings though and featured intense relationships between friends. I placed SUFBB as my favourite because it spoke to me on a personal level, whereas I have been off the grid lately in terms of community/global activities. I'm trying to fix me before I look towards the outside world.
Which leads me to 5th January when I have to visit the bank manager and explain to him why I still don't have a job...
Anyway, I have started watching school. I really like it. KoD is going in a good direction and I am loving the development of characters. I was relieved but those 'extension' plans have me concerned again. Have you been able to finish NG or start another drama?
I know! I always FF those scenes too or pay less attention. But in the cinema you can't hide from them, haha. It's been a while since I went too, but not longer than 5 years! I think I last saw some weird action movie I wished I didn't go to a few months back. I'm really excited for the Hobbit movie, though. Did you watch the Lord of the Rings movies? They are one of my favourites, so I hope the Hobbit will be as good!
That's funny. I though SUFBB was objectively better because the beginning of Gaksital was rather slow and some parts (involving the politicians/leaders) could get draggy and the romance part in SUFBB spoke more to me. But when Gaksital got me it really got me. Another example of emotions not being objective, hehe.
Oh, that doesn't sound nice at all! Luckily, if you'll survive that, there's Flower Neighbour to cheer you up! But seriously, I really hope you get through that meeting alright.
I'm at episode 15 now of Nice Guy. Slowly but steady I'll get to the end. But I'm losing a bit of interest in the drama. I can't connect with any of the characters at all. Their actions are mysteries to me, I don't get why they say or do most things. And what they're really thinking is also not clear to me. Is Maru in love with Eun Gi or is he still 'using' her? I also never really saw how Maru is 'using' Eun Gi to get revenge, a thing he's been accused throughout the series. I'm getting a bit tired of everyone making it each other so hard, so I guess it's a good thing it's coming to an end now. And I always get so depressed after watching an episode! It's all misery and gloom.
My to-watch list just keeps on growing, but so do my assignments and that pile of work I still have to catch on. And when I'm done with everything I want to do for the day, I'm so tired I just go to bed straight-away! So I haven't really been watching any other dramas than Nice Guy. But I'm glad that you like School and that KOD is going in a good direction. That extension has me worried too, it never really turns out good for the quality of the drama. Hopefull they'll blast it off! What do you like most about School as of now?
Wanda, just wanted to wish you a speedy recovery before I go. Hope to see you all well and good and watching dramas again when I get back from hols !!!
Seriously been trying to watch other dramas to close the 1-week gap. But I can't take my eyes off KING OF DRAMAS I end up watching the episodes and memorizing each details.
After Enz's(you there, woman?) recommendation, I started watching QSS and finished it in 2 nights and let me tell you it's become one of my favourite drama! At the beginning of the drama I was apprehensive towards Eun-soo because she gave off that typical innocent and annoying vibe but gradually I started to like her a lot because her character isn't just one dimensional. And then there's Tae-joo, I seriously didn't like the way he treated women rough and midway what he did to Eun-soo. Unacceptable! However, as he did redeem himself, I'll let him slide just a little.
I became an Eric fan after that. He is a really handsome one but who knew he is the originator of 4D idol. I started watching Shinhwa Broadcast because of him and realized I like Shinhwa as a whole now. They're all as zany and funny as Eric and I love their relationship with each other. Ahh... Fan-service at its best.
Also, started watching TKoD(finally!) and loving it.
Lately been sleeping like a log though. Dunno what's wrong with me. Missing classes because of it. I actually just woke up from 9-hour nap. :/
Ah, yes, I knew I was talking about it with someone last week! I'm now officially obsessed with QSS - it's moved up to my favorite drama ever (and that's saying something since
a) I'm not gaga over Eric - he was great in the role but not my ideal type
b)The clothes were so horrific! OMG, how could Eric even wear those outfits! Let alone Eun Soo.
c) Eun-Soo's hair, which started out cute, got progressively worse, distractingly so
So, even though the show had some controversial parts (aka forced kissing, etc.) I thought it was very smartly and maturely written. And I really felt it was one of the BEST endings, no matter how you wanted to view it, of any drama I've seen.
Although controversial, I think that's what sets it apart from so many other dramas out there. It has a genuine sense of realism and there's believable chemistry between Eric and Jung Yoo-mi. I really applaud Yoo-mi for being able to carry Eun-soo with such weight. Give it to any other actress and they'd probably make me hate the character.
I couldn't agree more with you on the ending. No complaints whatsoever. I remember Tae-joo telling Hye-rin that marriage was not the end and that they're wasting their lives if they did get married; and I think that the writers wanted to emphasize on this point with an open-ended ending like that.
It does have a retro feel and I think mainly it's cause the music. The W&Wales song sounds very 70s. I love it.
The clothes, yeah. The jacket with the sleeves folded up...tsk tsk. But even tho, Eric was dreamy I can't stand it.
I watched SUFBB this week and it was nomu nomu good. It's up there in my favorites. I might have loved it more if I didn't just finish QSS. QSS was still on my mind so SUFBB became like my rebound show.
QSS is my catch-up kdrama for the week, too, based on recs. I'm halfway through it. Can't put my finger on it, but it has an older feel to it (made in 2007?)compared to current kdramas, but good acting. Aryast, you're sleeping like a log, I'm shut up in my room with kdrama mania, not sleeping at all and not very good company these days!
Yea it does have an older feel to it doesn't it? And the fashion.... *facepalms* Overall, still a great drama!
I've been shut up in my room too! It's classes -> room -> park(jog) -> room -> classes. I've even neglected any form of social networking LOL I slept from 12am-6am yesterday and then had that 9 hour nap from 1pm-10pm. It's currently 6.45am and I've been awake since 10pm last night. Something's wrong with my body clock.
Yay for all the QSS love!!! I totally agree that it looks so retro almost like in the 70's from the fashion. Tae joo's outfits were soo distracting as we're eun soo's hair. Agree agree agree with KL.
I keep comparing it fashion wise to coffee prince cos both were made in 2007 but who'd believe it looking at not just the clothes but also all the places they were in.the decor looked dated too
KL, I LOVED the ending.. Yes and either way too. KTJ is the most 'real' male character so far in k drama. Just a regular kind of guy, who really conceivably exists in the real world unlike all these chaebol characters so commonly found in k dramas. No I wouldn't have him as a boyfriend either but boy, I do lust after him. He is just too hot.
Uhmm... That's odd. I clearly did reply to this comment earlier but I don't see it. Anyway, just in case it doesn't appear, I will give you the sites to watch the english subs for Shinhwa Broadcast again.
- d r a m a c r a z y . n e t
- k s h o w n o w . n e t (for more recent episodes)
alternatively:
- o r a n g e b o x 8 8 . b l o g s p o t . c o m
- s h i a r e a g y . t u m b l r . c o m
Thanks aryast!! I know about the shinhwa broadcast coz of eric tagged tumblr but didn't know where to find them. Maybe should have googling huh? But thanks so much. I wonder what his real life persona is like but the whole group seem to have a lot of love for each other.
Eric or shinhwa was on win win once, before I was into Eric. I caught a little of it and was touched by how they support each other. Fr the life of me I can't find that anywhere online!! Let me know if you find it ya
Once you see their interaction on Shinhwa Broadcast, you'll immediately know why they've lasted 14-15 years together compared to other idol groups who's average lifespan is 6 years.
I found the Win Win episode you're looking for
h t t p : / / s h i n w a f o re v e r s f . t u m b l r . c o m / p o s t / 2 3 4 0 5 9 2 7 1 7 5 / e n g s u b - 1 2 0 3 1 3 - 1 2 0 3 2 0 - s h i n h w a - o n - w i n - w i n
Apparently they've stopped publicizing the latest stubbed videos because of the wave of complaints they've been receiving about how slow their progress is, how they can't prioritize etc etc everyday.
I don't get these people who complain about the quality and progress of subbing. They should be grateful that someone is willing to translate these shows when they don't have the obligation to and just enjoy the shows themselves. Ugh.. Annoyed level 99!
King of Dramas because:
-Great story line, suspense, mix of comedy and serious. They make fun of Dramaland in so many ways... It's fun and you learn things in the process.
-Great cast: Really, everyone is great including the cameos.
-Beautiful music.
-There is money on the screen.
The costumes, the sets, the filming on locations, car stunts... You can see they have a comfortable budget. I hope the quality standard will be kept until the end. *SBS, I know you can do it!*
I personally really love King of Dramas. There are compelling characters, amusing situations, and all the main actors are really, really good. The male lead isn't entirely your normal male lead, either.
To "Wondering" haha indeed you won't be wasting time with KING OF DRAMAS.
I tried watching MISSING YOU/I MISS YOU seriously coz I'm a fan of both leads there, I didn't know what's in that series that made me JUST A LITTLE BIT disappointed in them and the prod. It's a little bit dragging and the theme is, well, overstated. Thinking of not going on now with that one... as of the moment.(still hoping here!!)
@ladysarahii
I looooooove Kim Myung-min! Ahh such charisma bursting forth the screen. Anyhoo, yeah I've been watching KING OF DRAMAS... I'm terribly surprised by the actors – even Jung Ryeo-won, Siwon, Jung Man-shik and Oh Ji-eun! Wow, so good!!!
Ah, yes! Kim Myung-min... his name escaped me this morning, and I was on my way to work. I swear, he could read the phone book and I'd probably tune in.
That's three for King of Dramas! Kim Myung Min is electric. Wonderful acting by all. Also as others stated, the plot is intriguing and I haven't felt the urge to ff at all. It opens up interesting debates about drama productions and the business of entertainment. Though I am not sure where they might take this, especially in light of the low-ish ratings, I would say up until now it has been a good watch.
In Dramaland this week:
Five Fingers and Ohlala Couple ended ****Spoilers****.
Got to love the all redemption stuff at the last minute which erases 1000 years of bad deeds. Sorry guys, it's a bit short and not politically correct in my book. For 5F, I did see it coming but since the script was already crazy it didn't bother me. For OC it was a bad surprise... Yes I'm still a bit naive and I want the good guys to win. *sigh* ANYWAY,
I'm still having a ball with Can We get Married? My bikers are just so cute and adorable and honest: You can throw at me all the dragon MILs of the world, it won't affect me. That's a well balanced show, with emotions of all kind.
I'm waiting for School 2013 and Rude Miss Young Ae (Season 11). Alice in C: Praying for it to be good but not much hope.
OMG finally people who watch can we get married. i wonder why the show isn't popular. this is a really cute show!!!! a light, fluff, and cute romcom~ the fck with chaebol and all those past conflicts or revenges, kke. jung so min is really pretty! >w<
Wow, you always amaze me at how many dramas you get in a week. I'm only watching KoD (losing a little interest), CWGM, and IMY (couldn't watch episodes 1, 3, + 4, but went from there.) I keep meaning to check out Priceless though, so thanks for reminding me.
Forbrydelsen is one of my favourite shows ever, and I say this as someone who normally HATES procedurals. Sarah Lund and her sweater have my fangirling for life.
Do you guysspeak/read Chinese? There's a series called Cuo Dan Yuan Yang currently airing that I really liked. No kung fu but a very realistic romance and good writing.
anyone here watched MAMA? my friends were squealing over the likes of SuJu and i was just going crazy over the actors. like Jung WooSung (SO FINE) and JoongKi!! Other big names like Song Seung Heon, Han GaIn, Han ChaeYoung and Choi JiWoo were there also!
last year when MAMA was at Singapore i was at the red carpet and couldnt understand why all these actors were at a MUSIC awards haha.
Out of the currently airing shows, I'm only watching King of Dramas. It's definitely a lovely show but with not so lovely ratings that frighten me. C'mon Korea, please watch it so I can enjoy it completely too. :P
Because none other shows are interesting me, I'm going back to look at some older dramas I haven't watched. I started watching Que Sera Sera but I'm not feeling its mood so I quit that somewhere along the way. I took up Thank You (which has Jang Hyuk in it) and that one is really getting to me. I love what I see so far.
I hear Oohlala Spouses ended with the cheater and his ex-wife getting back together. I'm glad I dropped that drama long ago too. Don't see how it had better ratings than King of Dramas, hmph.
I agree, I'm following most of the dramas airing and none of them excite me.
I remember this past summer, when I'd rush home from work to catch an ep of Gaksitaal, Big, A gentlemans dignity. Even TTBY was exciting
but noooooo all that excitment is gone. we're stuck in era of melodramas...even the projected rom-coms got too angsty for me...
Oohlala being one of them. I almost wished I dropped the drama with the nonsensical ending we got this week. But I overlooked it because the actors were awesome!
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1 Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 6:14 AM
I bet this isnt first
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 6:15 AM
How does it feel to be wrong? Hello everyone!!!!
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Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 6:18 AM
Hello JoAnne and Ivoire! Happy OT to everyone and a big welcome to the newbies who will come chatting with us. ^^
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:30 AM
I guess I'm mostly an OT newbie? I started commenting with the Arang/Nice Guy recaps, but I'm not really into any of the shows being capped right now so the OT is a good excuse to come hang out on DB anyway.
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 7:01 AM
Hey pogo! It's always fun, hanging out, unless your tshirt is too short - lol.
I actually rewatched the ending of Arang recently as I haven't gotten caught up in any of the current sageuks. I watched one episode of The Great Seer, and one of Jeon Woo-chi, but neither caught my eye like King of Dramas. Just as well, as the end of the year is hectic!
pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 7:14 AM
yeah, I know what you mean- none of the current sageuk crop is a patch on the stuff we had earlier in the year.
I tried The Moon That Embraces The Sun and LOVED its child cast, but I felt Han Ga-in fell a little flat as the adult version of her character. Really liked Kim Min-seo, though - that lady has charisma, can someone just make her a proper lead already!
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I agree! It's time to give her a role she can really shine in!
sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 9:44 AM
the arang ending is too cute...i have watched it at least 10 times....haha
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 11:09 AM
OMG -
It's like Big vs I Love It Tae-ri.
Each had a similar theme, and Big probably had more going for it, at least at the beginning. But ILITR hit the perfect note for the ending, though, and that made all the difference in my mind.
pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Hi Pogo, I'm a newbie and started commenting with Arang too. The only show being capped right now that I've gotten into is King of Dramas, so I'm watching older stuff. I miss Arang.
Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 6:37 AM
Bonjour Mysti!!!!! Happy OT to you as well. How are you doing this fine day? (I hope fine for you) :-).
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Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM
@Ivoire. It's sunny here but i'm freezing. Hot soup and tea at will! Is KOD the only show you're watching these days? You're sure invested in this drama.^^
Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 6:54 AM
Awww Mysti, I hope you will feel warmer soon. Maybe you should consider moving to CA :-). Yeah, TKoDs is the only drama I am currently watching, and as I think you could tell from my comments on the recaps (is that what tipped you off on my love for this drama so far?), and maybe in last OT, yes, I am definitely invested in this drama. Good observation there :-)
korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:59 AM
Bonjour Ivoire and Mysti! It's fun to see all the fellow Beanies on here on Friday mornings. Hope you both have great weekends.
Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 7:04 AM
Bonjour KL, and a wonderful weekend to you as well!
Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Hello again everyone,
**SPOILERS**
I have two questions about TKoDs I would like to get out of the way. They are not really deep questions, yet I would appreciate some answers. Thanks!
I am trying to understand how dramas are made as I go along and as I am watching this drama, so in episode 8:
1–the TV station gives a time slot (and days to be aired) to a drama and they also give money to the drama production team to cover the costs necessary to shoot (or make) the drama? (is that it)? Does that mean the money given by Wannatabe was just to lure and secure the actors and cover the preliminary costs (I know it wasn’t a lot). I just didn’t know that TV stations gave money as well to the production companies.
I remember that Anthony also talked about the investors' money (Wannatabe's) having to be paid back in full (to CP Lee). So is that also why the TV stations help the production companies with some of the costs?
2–And the set that was built, it is a set at the SBC station or site, right? (Or on one of their locations)?
**END OF SPOILERS**
I hope everyone is doing well today. It has been raining here all night, and it is still raining. It is not very cold however, so that is nice. I had a fairly quiet week, just the usual (ok, so maybe not so quiet). That and the fact that a third family has contacted me to care for their infant son since the mom will be going back to work soon. I love babies, so we will see...
Drama wise, I am still currently enjoying TKoDs, and I hope it will stay good till the end (I really hope so). I guess we will find out soon enough, four more weeks to go.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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ladysarahii
November 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Don't know the answer to no. 1, but I figure you're right about no. 2. At least that's what I assumed. At least having the back door right behind them gave me that impression. :)
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 7:14 AM
Hello Ladysarahii, thank you for responding.
So we are thinking along the same lines. I know that TV stations have sets, and so for the "in studio" filming, I guess that will be done on the SBC site. I just wanted to double check, since I saw the (younger) producers there putting the finishing touches on something that was being built. And yes, I do know that producers (especially the assistants) work on everything and that they wear many hats.
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Good to hear from you, OMG!!! Thanks for stopping by :-). I am good. I updated the Dbeaners on my life in the last OT. What about you? How are you?
sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 9:02 AM
m gud...a little update below... but cant wait till Christmas break...when i can sleep for as much and as long as i want to!! HAHA
sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Hi Ivoire...how u doing...haven't heard from u in a while......hope all is okay!!!
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 9:56 AM
So I guess you just have to wait for about 4 weeks, right? And Christmas break will be here. And don't forget that you will have the time to watch dramas :-)
I will read you update later :-)...
oftheshore
November 30, 2012 at 12:19 PM
Hi JoAnne and Ivoire - and everyone else! Long time no see!
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Hello OTS, I hope you are doing well!
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Enz
November 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM
Hi everyone! Happy OT, happy Friday and weekend :). I should be sleeping cos have a flight to catch early morning to Myanmar . Will be missing the k-land action till next Sunday but am sure RL will make up for it :)
I know am not gonna be able to resist reading though. Ok ok good night
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Hi Enz, and good night!!! Sleep tight :-)!!!
Have a safe trip to Myanmar and come back safely as well. Are you going for business or pleasure? I didn't respond to your last comment in the last OT (I meant to) but I liked our banter, it was fun. We should do it again, some time. I hope you will have a pleasant time (if not great time) during your trip.
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 7:04 AM
Perjalanan selamat, Enz! Happy and safe travels.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:05 AM
Yes, it's hard to give in to RL sometimes, but I hope you enjoy yours! Safe travels
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:42 AM
Enz, have a good sleep but don't forget to come back and join me on the QSS lovefest down under Aryast's comments!
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pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 1:20 PM
I'm heading down to join in the Love...
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Enz
November 30, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!!
It's half past 3 am and taxi is here at 4.15. Am all ready and having a cup of coffee. Just CANNOT Resist having a last look at OT. And now that I know there is a love fest below, I NEED to check that out and join it before I leave. Nobody else can 'chup' Eric coz I did it already.
Ivoire, am going on holidays til 9 th. and shukmeister, terima kasih but have to correct you a little bit. It's selamat berjalan.. Very close though :)
Am a little stressed coz Myanmar is the first place I've been that has no ATM machine and does not accept credit cards so one is forced to carry cash for the WHOLE trip. Eeks. Really hate that. Everything that can be booked has been booked online including internal flights. And I have to just pray that it's all in order when I get there. I travel alone quite a bit but this time am with a friend. We've travelled together before AND still remain friends despite temper tantrums (mine), annoyances (mine) and general moodiness(mine). :p. I'm so bad. But am so consistently so that friends are able to ignore it!! Shame on me.
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Enz -
Sumimasen! Yunno, since I am half way around the world, maybe you could consider that the letter P refused to flip over as it travelled? And then the trip near the earth's magnetic pole allowed a few extra letters to latch on? Darn pesky alphabet! lol
Bring us back some tales of Myanmar. Don't bring back a python. ;-)
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enz
November 30, 2012 at 2:08 PM
for you shuk, i will not just consider it, I will fully accept it and make it the new safe journey goodbye greeting from now on. have a great time with your formal do. wish I could weigh in on the shoes and outfit thing.
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM
For you, Enz, I added a post. 8-)
pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Hi Enz, wow I had to google Myanmar. How cool! Is this business or pleasure? Enjoy! Can't wait to hear about your trip. :)Lala!
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Enz
December 1, 2012 at 3:54 AM
It's a holidaaa..ay pillowhead! Yes will share whenever the wifi is available :)
owl
December 1, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Hey, Enz, just like in kdramaland where everyone has envelopes stuffed with cash, or like in KoD, where a huge (and I means huge) suitcase filled with bills is plopped on the table for the director - haha.
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kakashi
November 30, 2012 at 11:10 AM
haha, JoAnne! wroooong! Hello!
And hello everybody! Hope you are really well and happy.
My little one is ill, and I am also not entirely well (will I get the same cough as her? Hope not!)
Anyway, just saying hello, wishing you a nice weekend.
I will watch some KoD tonight and am preparing a blog entry on Park Shi-hoo's hairstyles in various dramas.
And I am still heartbroken about NOT seeing Lee Jun-ki when he was in Switzerland.
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2 Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 6:14 AM
I WAS WRONG
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cv
November 30, 2012 at 6:22 AM
LOL
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:04 AM
JoAnne, it takes a strong person to admit they are wrong! haha. Did you see episode 8 of IMY? I need to revisit it tonight, cuz the sandman took over last night. Also, I cannot tweet and watch or it takes toooo long.
Actually, the show I like best is CWGM. At least it's the one I look forward to the most!
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Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Korazy and all My Wondrous Beans!
I was first! It was like wet cement. I saw it and I had to try. There were no commenters! How could I not? And yet, I knew someone would be there at that moment too and I would not be first...but I was wrong about that!
However, I was not prepared to talk at that time, so I'm a bit conflicted about the propriety of having jumped in there like that.
No, what am I saying? I was first, I WAS FIRST.
Someone give me a medal, right?
I Miss You - Haven't seen Ep 8 yet but Ep 7 thrilled me deeply for what I see as hints to come of a kuh-RAZY Zoey and the two men who love her and try to deal with that, except maybe they get sucked onto the crazy train too and anyway it's all going to spiral down into madness and misery and I'm HOLDING MY BREATH from excitement. I continue to think Yoochun is more than holding his own with these more experienced actors, and am LOVING many of the secondary roles - pony-tail partner; everyone's favorite ahjumma as the cleaning woman; MOM (otherwise known as Jung Woo's girlfriend - I LOVE their relationship.); even the gangsterish daughter. Please continue to be kinda weird and therefore wonderful, drama.
Full House 2 - I cannot find a thing not to like about this show. I'm not happy poor Bunny is going blind, but I don't hate how they're doing it. Yes, I know there's some stuff that doesn't quite make sense but its minor stuff. I don't really give a sh**. I love these people and I love this show. No Min Woooooooooooooooo you are so cuuuuuute when you try to be a man. And poor little Road Manager got suckered too - all this time he thought he would be a singer? Kinda love that the show fooled us - the house we thought would be full isn't the house that ends up being full at all, is it? Grandpa! I love you!
CWGM? - I am completely infatuated with Sung Joon and Young Jae don't get me wrong. But this show is PISSING ME OFF. I HATE HATE HATE these mothers. And now he's mad at HER mom? Today's ep better go a long way to convincing me yesterday's had me fooled because I may have to stop. Yes. Stop watching. Stop watching Sung Joon. Stop watching Motorcycle Lovers. Stop watching the inevitable reunion between Ki Joong and Dong Bi and that little BITCH of a fiancee getting her comeuppance. Because those mothers are giving me heartburn and I hate them with the burning passion of a thousand fiery suns. ...maybe I could just skip the mom scenes. (breathing into a bag)
Great Seer - how is it that people think this is boring? This is so not boring. You can all kiss my butt.
Summer's Desire - let's HEAR it for Big Nosed Ho and the Serial Killer Starer. Two more eps to go. I kinda like Barbie Hsu catatonic, but the movie within a movie is creeping me out a little bit.
Time Between Dog and Wolf - I got to see like...10 minutes of that this week. Once I finish my side journey into Summer's Desire. I promise. (pats list of in-progress dramas.)
I get Korean food tonight! Last night I took Tori to the train station in Providence so she could spend overnight in Boston. My reward for being that kind of self-less mother (HEY. It's an hour away, it's driving at NIGHT, and I have to do it again TODAY) was that I was going to Moon Sun and eat something yummy and maybe talk drama with the daughter there. And yet that did not happen, because my card got on the train with the fruit of my womb. Who I hated for a moment. But then I regrouped and realized the silver lining: now I won't have to eat ALONE because when I pick her up tonight, she has to come with me. Ha. Forced conversation with Mom, that's your punishment!
I made soon dubu with kimchi and beef the other day. Also asparagus pancakes. Not entirely pleased with the results. Have to try again.
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Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 8:53 AM
oh and I'm up to - hmmm - ep 4 of King of Dramas. Maybe? No Siwon yet. I think he's the next episode. Anthony just figured out Watanabe is a gangster who does gangster stuff. I can tell already this show is going to be awesome, even without the raving from our drama sunbaes up there (gestures vaguely toward the header because yes, in my head JB and GF are kind of sitting above us, on clouds, a little like heaven, sending down missives. Maybe it's more like Mount Olympus. No, this is drama. They're up there at the top of Namsan Tower, sending down little thought jolts to us keening masses.
Speaking of keening masses - MAMA looks like it rocked. Have to try and search out more videos. Yay uri babies for winning artist of the year!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 9:33 PM
JoAnne, check in with me when you've finished episode 8 of IMY. I'm not sure if it's me or what, but this show seems to be going every which direction to Crazyville. And I'm interested to hear your opinion of Harry's "party" look!
Mama J
December 1, 2012 at 7:50 AM
I give up and accept the fashion in drama just as I have learned to accept the bad hair and the sleeping in street clothes and the constant diarrhea - that being said I suppose he wanted to appear continental and mature but it doesnt suit - as for crazytown well - I have a bunch of words about that but have to save for afternoon
librarianerin
November 30, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I am totally with you on Full House Take Two. I have taken to stalking the internet for anyone talking about it. My only beef is that I have to wait two more weeks to find out how it is going to end!
I am really hoping that the conflict between Kang-Hwi and Tae-Ik ends quickly. I want so badly for them to team up (Kang-Hwi as best friend and Tae-Ik as boyfriend) and fight LJ to the death, maybe dropping that girl off a tall cliff in the process.
Tae-Ik is killing me with all the little ways he shows Man-Ok that he likes her. The poor guy, he's so transparent and doesn't much care :)
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Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I really really like how once he realizes he likes her, he just - shows it. There's no back and forth and no hesitation. He likes her, she likes him - even if she hasn't admitted it sober - and so he's just going to move forward as her boyfriend.
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 11:17 AM
From when they faked the engagement, there's only been her in Tae-Ik's eyes. Even at his blustery best, he still gave in to her every time, whether or not she knew it. It has to be love, to look past that hair mop!
I really love the more mellow Tae-Ik, out from under LJ's pressure. Now he can come into his own and kick some serious buttage!
I worry for the next episode, given how this week's ended.
** SPOILER **
Man Ok going back under LJ's clutches gives me the heeby-jeebys, and I hope she uses the time to collect the evidence needed to bury him for good as well as help out poor Kang-hwi. Tae-Ik, don't lose faith!
hillarytnt
November 30, 2012 at 10:26 AM
@Joanne: I am totally with you on both Full House 2 and the Great Seer. I am going to get around to watching I Miss You (for Chunie, of course) but think I may wait until the drama finishes... just in case.
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Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 10:40 AM
That might be wise. This has the potential to crash and burn - which in an odd way would be ok with me too as long as it did it in a really big way. Commit to the crazy, Drama Writer. That's all I ask.
What I couldn't take would be another deeply emotional show which then when to visit the WTF Fairy for the last couple episodes.
I think my twitter should be updated from Noona Waaaaaaaaaaants to Commit to the Crazy. What do you think? How's Trini?
hillarytnt
November 30, 2012 at 11:51 AM
@Joanne: That is also why I did not watch Nice Guy right away. Plan to marathon Nice Guy as soon as I have free time now that I know that the ending is totally not sucky (a sucky ending would be if one of the OTP dies or worse yet, they don't end up together).
LOL re twitter.
Trinidad is fine. I have settled into my rhythm now. Adoption is on track (waiting on Adoption Board to give go ahead but the social worker is going to recommend me for the adoption). Hate the traveling though as I have to go to Chicago once a month for a week (leaving on Sunday for my December home office visit). My youngest daughter (4-year old) has finally gotten accustomed to Mummy leaving for "Cago" so she doesn't cry as much. She also adapted well to full day school (she gets up at 5:30 a.m. to leave house by 7:00 and reach school for 8:00 ... and generally reaches home at 6:00 p.m. as all her cousins are involved in competitive swimming so they have swimming practice 5 days of the week). My two new "kids" have also gotten use to having a new "mother" who does not allow them to stay up all night playing games on playstation and computer. It was a struggle at first because they did not want to do their homework and wanted to stay up late, watch tv and play games all hours of the day (before school and after school). The discipline has proven to be good for them as their grades have gone up. My 72-year uncle is with us now and he is no longer talking about dying soon. My mom is not doing so well (she is a long-term diabetic and we recently discovered that she is probably going to need dialysis within the next 6 months), so I sent her back up to Florida by my aunt to get back into the US Healthcare system. Still hoping that I can make it back to the States with the kids by June of next year but that is a long shot.
ShinRaeMi07
November 30, 2012 at 5:58 PM
I agree with you with THE GREAT SEER! I actually enjoy watching it. It's not boring as what other people says. Maybe they have just watched the first episode only. I was kinda confused when I watched the first episode, but as I continue to watch, the story gets better and better as it progresses. The first episode is essential for you to understand the whole drama as well as the connections and conflicts between the characters.
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3 korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:17 AM
Good Morning Beanies! Happy OT!
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cv
November 30, 2012 at 6:24 AM
Morning! ^^
MAMA awards done, i'm taking another nap. LOL
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:34 AM
How were they? Did our boys win anything? I guess I can catch reruns on Mnet, right?
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Good morning Korazy! There were plenty of BB tulips in the audience lol. They won several awards! Woot!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Wish we were there! Is your banquet tonight?
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Nope, Saturday, although I'm sad that not one of my asian grocery stores has face masks [pout]. Should have bought out the store in NJ. lol
I'm getting my 25-year plaque from my rescue squad, so I want to make sure I look all awesome and stuff. So I'm reducing the arm jewelry but wearing some sassy earrings to compensate!
Now it's just shoe decision time: pumps, open-toed platforms, or my black patent-leather strappy ones with the zipper up the heel!
Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 6:47 AM
Good morning to you and Happy OT as well!!!!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:11 AM
OH, I forgot to mention the highlight of my drama week. I marathoned Que Sera, Sera again. I LOVE that drama! Where are my fellow QSS lovers on here? Raise your hands! (I told you last week we could do a weekly ode to it!)
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okiejune
November 30, 2012 at 10:20 AM
me! me! me! *waving hands vigorously*
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jomo143
November 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Me, too!
Love it love it love Eric.*
*but not as much as Enz.
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enz
November 30, 2012 at 12:38 PM
raising raising!! from a taxi heading to airport at half past 4 am!!!
thanks jomo :) hehe
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pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 2:22 PM
hola! hands in the air... :D
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sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 8:14 AM
ugh i cant watch the video of their performance on YouTube.......some company is calling copyright infringement!!! UGH!!!!!!
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4 cv
November 30, 2012 at 6:18 AM
Happy OT/Friday/weekend all! ^_^
I'm soooooooo happy BigBang won Artist of the year! Yay!
That's all.
:P
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM
OK, just saw that! Yeah for them!
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cv
November 30, 2012 at 6:49 AM
They won three awards: Best male group, Guardian angel world wide award and Artist of the YEar! YEah! Go BigBang! :)
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:54 AM
Awwwww - so happy! I can't wait to watch the show now.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Hey, was crazy Jang Geun Suk on it?
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cv
November 30, 2012 at 7:01 AM
I don't think he went? IF he did, I must have missed it. Saw the first half of red carpet, went to sleep, woke up and saw the last half of the show. Caught up with pics and awards on Twitter and Bigbangupdates.com. hehe
korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:09 AM
I was with my friend from Taiwan last night (she's your age) and was filling her in on the whole concert experience. She just had a baby and is so jealous! Maybe I'll see if she wants to tag along next time (hopefully there will be a next time!)
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Korazy -
Just waiting on JYJ!!
pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Weee! I saw a clip of them on stage in a gun pointing triangle stand off. Was that part of the show, or was it from a previous year?
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5 kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:18 AM
Hello everyone! Happy Friday!
Not so happy for me ‘cos I tried to cut my hair, Yoon Eun-hye style last week, and the hairdresser messed it up!!
This was the hairstyle I wanted: http://www.dramamuse.com/2012/11/drama-versus-reality-becoming-yoon-eun.html
But now, it looks like the dog ate my hair… What should I do?! :’(
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Cabbage
November 30, 2012 at 6:27 AM
er...hat?
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM
I can't wear a hat to work!
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:28 AM
Owwww, I'm sorry about your hair bb! But it'll grow back in no time, and besides the pulled-back look is cute too (I hope - my hair is long so I have to wear it pulled back at work anyway).
And if it's long enough to use a few cute clips and headscarves with during the growing-out phase, you could try that.
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:31 AM
Wow, headscarves is something I've never learnt to use. Any tips?
I've been pulling back my hair, but maybe it's the shape of my forehead, but I look somewhere between a nun and a secretary.... :(
Everyone's been telling me to cut it real short, but noooooooooo. I love my hair!
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:42 AM
I don't know what length your hair is at, but I've seen pics of Rihanna wearing her hair in headscarves quite a bit when she had it short and it was REALLY cute. Her hair was a pixie cut, but I think the scarf look can work for longer hair too.
It's probably best to get something in a fabric that folds easily and won't cause static, and a scarf+a few pins to hold it in place could work.
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:53 AM
I think I'll try that out. Now I just need to get the right scarf and perfect the knot! Thanks pogo! You're a dear!
pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 7:01 AM
I'm sure there are youtube tutorials that will be more helpful with how to wear it, good luck with your scarving bb!
pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 7:03 AM
and here's a pic of what it COULD look like: http://stylenoted.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/12-spring-2012-hair-trends.jpeg
kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:07 AM
the stylenoted pic looks really great! i'm definitely it out! i'm shopping for a scarf tomorrow first thing.
really grateful to you pogo! many thanks!!
kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:08 AM
*trying it out
Lizzy4e
November 30, 2012 at 6:45 AM
Oh Sweetie!! Eat lots of jello, it helps hair and nails grow long and strong. you already fired the stylist, good! what an idiot he was.
You wanted "bangs or fringe" cut to frame your face.
You might go get a consultation from a REALLY expensive stylist as to your options. Look for a salon with great rep or will the rich ladies go.
You might consider a perm as the curls will distract from the cut itself.
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:59 AM
I think a REALLY expensive stylist just may do the job. But argh! There's no way to go but shorter.
Thank you so much for your suggestions Lizzy4e! I'll make sure to eat lots of jello from tomorrow onwards!
sweetcloud
November 30, 2012 at 8:15 AM
In the same vein as the headscarf idea, you could try headbands!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:39 AM
I have been through a million bad haircuts in my life and luckily they always grow out! It looks a lot worse to you than others, I'm sure.
Speaking of YEH, I wish they would cut her hair on I Miss You. It looks soooooo long and almost straggly. I'm hoping they do the mid series haircut like they do so often in these dramas.
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:57 AM
Agreed! I prefer her earlier haircuts too. One thing I love though, is her bright pink lipsticks in I Miss You, even though red is the color this season. Makes me want to get a pink shade too. It's amazing how YEH can carry off almost anything...
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:02 AM
I love YEH but am not sure about this role. I fell asleep while trying to watch episode 8. It seems a little confusing to me (but could just be the sleep induced haze) and her character seemed a little flat last night. I hope it picks up. I almost prefer her in the disaster that was Lie to Me! (at least we had awesome kissing scenes!)
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:11 AM
Yeah, the drama feels off. Maybe it's the really conventional lines and the music, but it feels like I'm watching something from 10 years ago but with a modern visual sheen to it. It feels strangely archaic.
pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 7:18 AM
I like the lipstick, but they need to be careful about the shade - pink lipstick can sometimes clash with red hair.
And yeah, I feel like YEH needs a trim too. Or less straggly ponytails, the way her hair looks when it's tied back as a grownup is not very appealing either - which is a shame when the child version of her had such gorgeous, glossy hair.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 9:37 PM
I just watched episode 8 and I really think the make up artist needs to lighten up on the lipstick. And I mean on Harry!
pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 2:57 PM
I haven't seen this actress in anything else except a youtube video of a variety show ( I was searching for more Eric Mun). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHINpJAKcLs
She's totally hitting on my man, and she does have boring hair. lol.
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 3:31 PM
You should check out the drama coffee prince! She was greats in there. Not so for hairstyle though.
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pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 3:39 PM
oh? was she the girl/boy?
korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Pillowhead, you need to watch Coffee Prince just because. Because it is a CLASSIC. Because of Gong Yoo. Because of the kisses. Just because!
pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 5:48 PM
ok. I did start watching that a while ago, I don't know what happened cause it was cute, but I got distracted. Maybe it was when I noticed LMH and started watching all of his dramas. Ok, I will get back on that. :D
FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 6:57 AM
Ow Kika! That's one nasty thing to happen to your hair. It feels like it took ages to for my hair to finally reach the length it had before I had the insane idea to cut it shorter and the hairdresser messed up. Stupid hairdressers! Luckily it's now longer than it's ever been, and I'm not planning to ever cut it short again! I hope you hair grows fast and you find some nice way to deal with it in the meantime! Maybe you can curl it a bit, so the short parts won't be too noticeable?
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:15 AM
The long parts are too long to make it look like it's one with the short parts even with curling I think. But I agree that long hair's always the best! It's nearly impossible to go wrong with it. And I actually think that short hair makes one look older even though conventional opinion is otherwise.
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 7:08 AM
Put a colored streak in it, long earrings to focus on the neck, and proudly dare anyone to say anything bad about it!
Act like you deliberately wanted the dog to chew your hair. Confidence is everything!
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:17 AM
"Act like you deliberately wanted the dog to chew your hair. Confidence is everything!"
I tried, and it doesn't work ;(((
Apparently dog-ate hair doesn't appeal to anyone's sense of beauty.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM
Maybe you should go back and demand a recut! Unless you are afraid to have her ever touch your hair again!
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:30 AM
Yes I considered that! And he actually offered a recut, but no, he's coming nowhere within 1 feet of my hair. *shudders*
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:17 AM
After watching FHT2, I'm not convince what people think is beautiful hair. I haven't had mine more than blunt cut in decades, and my mother has despaired of ever seeing her youngest in bangs again (the last time was...oh...maybe 1986?). Hee hee hee
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Enz
November 30, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Great idea shukmeister ! Haah
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Thanks! I usually just bull ahead with any and all crazy hair, because even if it causes small children to cry, no one is going to tell me it's awful to my face. [grin]
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6 piaaa
November 30, 2012 at 6:23 AM
Happy OT beaners, kdrama addicts/enthusiasts!!!
How's your day? I'm only watching King of Dramas and it's sooo good! My only complaint is that the plot is kind of repetitive. I mean, when will the drama start to shoot? Will it ever get to shoot? Can we get the conflict on the drama's shooting and storyline not the same old villain machinations?
I'm still enjoying the show because of the characters. They're just so endearing.
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Oh yes... I'm so tired of the repetitive back and forth between Director Oh/Empire & Anthony/World Productions. The machinations does reveal much of the characters we love, but we all know too that World Productions will prevail.
And... I'm almost ashamed to say this, but I want more the the cute between Go-eun and Anthony!
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Pinkeu
November 30, 2012 at 7:10 AM
AHH ME TOOOOO
Cute (at the same time INTENSE CHEMISTRY) scenes between Anthony & Go-eun!!
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DeeDee315
November 30, 2012 at 6:30 AM
I'm enjoying King of Dramas as well, but it totally exhausts me. I'd like one episode where we just have fun & enjoy the characters & the art of producing dramas. Because frankly, if this is how it REALLY is, why would anyone want to be in the business. I'd rather go to the gynecologist ;-)
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Hahaha! I actually used the term "manic" to describe it. I, too, would like more personal interaction between the leads and less of the constant back and forth with Anthony and Empire. Plus I'd like to see how they handle the actually filming of the drama.
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piaaa
November 30, 2012 at 7:23 AM
Hahahahaha. Yes. That's the same feeling that I had. But I still can't wait for episode 9, hoping it would be much better.
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pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 3:04 PM
that so true.Would be nice to have a relaxed episode. I haven't watched the last one yet cause I'm gathering strengh. haha
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7 pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:24 AM
I've just had a crap week at work but I'm so glad it's the weekend already (well, I have to work a half day tomorrow but that's better than a full day).
What's everyone up to? This bean is currently stuck on a You're Beautiful rewatch, and I don't want it to end because that show is SO. MUCH. SQUEEEEEEEEEE. Also debating catching up with this week's I Miss You (I'm in the mood for fluff/happy right now and downers are not welcome, good as that show is - even Nice Guy was more of a thrill ride than the devastation this threatens).
I've also started on Shut Up Flower Boy Band, which is AWESOME - probably coming in second place to Arang as my favourite drama of the year, and I love the music (Robert Smith/Crystal Castles cover? I like this already).
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Oh yes, the Robert Smith/Crystal Castles cover surprised me when I heard it. Their music choices are spot on and even their originals (sung by Sung Joon in future episodes) are simply delightful. Ahh and the eye candies!!! My sister is absolutely head over heels for lee hyun jae!
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:55 AM
You know a show has good eye candy when you aren't lamenting the loss of LEE MIN KI after two episodes, lol
I love all the boys, and your sister has great taste. And speaking of Sung Joon, idk if it's his hair in SUFBB, but he kind of reminds me of Oguri Shun here!
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 7:25 AM
That's what I thought too! Sung Joon = Oguri Shun Lee Min-ki = Narimiya Hiroki. well, just by the vibe they gave off. Just so happens that Oguri and Narimiya are quite the close friends.
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Enz
November 30, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Aryast, you sure have an incredible knowledge for music. You're not studying it are you?
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 2:34 PM
@Enz
How I wish I can study anything related to music but my family's too conservative to let me pick that path. I just really love music and it's the only real passion I have in my life.
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mud
November 30, 2012 at 6:51 AM
Shut Up is great, isn't it? I love all the music they have. I haven't finished Arang yet, but come Christmas holiday I'm going to get on that.
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:59 AM
yeah, it's almost cinematic in feel somehow - not at all like a normal drama.
Arang is probably my fave kdrama of all time now, I was nervous hearing that LJK (reason #1 why I watched it)would be doing another sageuk but his chemistry with Shin Mina (reason #2) is so amazing, my fingers are crossed that they'll reunite in another kdrama some day. And it's a fantastic cast *sigh*
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piaaa
November 30, 2012 at 8:03 AM
I hope they will, but in the land of Kdramas, it's rare. Maybe in movies they would.
Ahhh, they're my favorite couple of the year along with Lee Seung-gi and Ha Ji-won.
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 8:17 AM
yeah, she's done a drama+ a movie with Joo Ji Hoon, so maybe she can do a movie with LJK now?
I don't care if it's just a movie or they pull a Jang Hyunk-Lee Da Hae, I just want to see them together onscreen again!
sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 9:47 AM
pogo u needs to watch Gaskital and/or Queen In-Hyun's man......then we shall see if arang remains ur fave of the year...haha
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 9:56 AM
lol I did, and I like Gaksital but I don't LOVE it the way I do Arang. And QIHM is adorable (and it prob. has my favourite kdrama kiss of 2012, the tiptoe one), but Arang is still safely my fave!
pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 3:12 PM
aghh! Pogo, you must be my lost sister. I LOVE Arang and I just finished Shut up Flower Boys and I was awesome!! You MUST watch Que Sera Sera if you haven't already.
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pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 3:15 PM
"it", not I...
FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 6:59 AM
Shut Up Flower Boy Band is such a good drama! And the music is amazing, I got the songs stuck in my head weeks after I finished it, sometimes blurting out randomly 'wake uuuup'!
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RockPaperScissors
November 30, 2012 at 3:53 PM
This is one of the few OSTs I have purchased. Every song on the CD is awesome, and it cycles over & over as I am never in a hurry to eject. SUFBB is one of the years best dramas, at least it is in my top 3 (along with QIHM and TK2H).
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8 vivi-chan :)
November 30, 2012 at 6:30 AM
Hello everyone! Happy friday I cant believe that I'm awake at this hour just to write here (6am)
Am I the only one who is currently feeling sad that the is no more I miss you recaps :( please bring them back
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Hey vivi, if you want someone to discuss IMY with, dangermousie is doing recaps/reaction posts at her livejournal.
I'd love to have recaps here too, especially since the events of episode 3 haven't been handled in an exploitative or disrespectful manner as far as I've seen (upto episode 6), and they do a good job of showing us the impact it's had on Soo Yeon and Jung Woo's lives......BUT it's still a minefield to include in a drama, and I don't blame JB or GF for not wanting to take that risk, no matter how good the show is or how haunted Yoon Eun Hye looks as the older Soo Yeon.
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hillarytnt
November 30, 2012 at 10:37 AM
@vivi: Koala's Playground is also doing recaps of I Miss You ... she loves that show and usually has the recaps up within a few hours of its airtime.
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9 akeela
November 30, 2012 at 6:36 AM
Yo everyone jus dropping by to say hello n Happy Friday to everyone but dat happiness does not extend to me have finals coming up in im currently beating books no time to become invested in a drama
sigh the life of a student is sad and depressing
need my milo fix
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Hi Nappy! I totally know the feeling of having to study but actually really wanting to watch dramas! I hope you finals go great, Fighting! And a Happy Friday, even though you have to study!
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:04 AM
awww, which year are you in?
i still remember studying all the way through christmas last year for my finals. it really sucked but now i'm outta school!!!
hang in there!
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akeela
November 30, 2012 at 4:37 PM
im in my final year of university thank god
but where im from our exams end jus before christmas so no studing through d holidays
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Noemi
November 30, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I can totally feel your pain! Hope you make it through ok :)
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akeela
November 30, 2012 at 4:35 PM
i hope so too it sure sucks though
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10 vivi-chan :)
November 30, 2012 at 6:37 AM
Pogo! Don't worry your are not by yourself I have been reading the recaps from beans for Years but until today I made up my mind to actually write something lol I sound so lame but I had always wanted to write here when I would read the posts :'(
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:47 AM
Hey vivi! I started reading here during, I think, the Boys Before Flowers recaps? lol. But I only started hanging out here like a compulsive when the Arang/Nice Guy combination happened.
And I don't know why I didn't do it earlier - there are SO MANY SHOWS that I would have loved to comment on while they were being recapped, and going back to past comments just kills me.
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11 sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 6:42 AM
Happy OT everyone. So much to say....
1 finally watched arang and the magistrate n it was such a cute little story. I loved how everything made sense even the reincarnation stuff. Not gonna say more don't wanna spoil it for those who have not watched it! All d characters, hell even the side characters were all lovely and I loved that the villain wasn't just a villain for villain's sake....if anyone understands that. There was a reason behind her madness. That being said, I think the storyline dragged out too much... There was no need in my point of view for it to be a 20 episode drama....16/18 would have been just fine. I also wished the romance showed a little more, I feel like they could have included it more....but the ending scene was just the CUTEST!! Those child actors were toooo cute, especially the girl! That being said....
2 I can see how Nice Guy took over in ratings. I finally watched nice guy and oh boy!! I had to marathon thru that shit!! I couldn't watch one episode at a time and I don't know people did that! That show was epic....except the last two episodes. I swear why is it that once a drama is nearing my epic list, they fuck up in some way or another...the last two episodes had me in WTF-land!!!! Nothing made sense its like all the progress made didn't mean anything anymore...especially the last episode. I don't even know till now, if he had amnesia or propasgnosia, of he remembers who she is.....ahh it's so frustrating. N what happened with the company?? n i can't believe how short the murder sentence is in Korea. With my cons out of the way, SJK and MCW are amazing actors. How she managed to pull off a total amnesiac after being a total bitch the previous episodes was amazing!!! SJK is an amazing actor n I HAVE LAIN CLAIM TO HIM! He was able to play Maru in such a way that I can't imagine any other actor in his role! The storyline was a little predictable but it didn't stop it from being amazing! The villain bitch....ahhhhhhhhh I wanted to jump into the drama n strangle her to her death...haha. She just pissed me off in soooooooo many ways! Choco and Kwang Soo's character...at first I thought they were useless but they served their purpose n were a little cuter I finally understand what Jb and GF meant when they said they wanted her to die....the story would have been more epic if she did!
Okies well m rambling....haha. Next on my list is answer me 1997... But exam finals are coming up in three weeks n there's a whole lot of shit to read so maybe over Christmas break...we shall see...haha.
How is everyone else doing???
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cv
November 30, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Happy OT OMG! Good to see you and good luck with school! Fighting!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Hi OMG-
Glad you jumped on the Nice Guy train, but you should have been warned about the ending!!!! There are quite a few people ranting about it, including our own Kakashi:
http://dr-myri-blog.blogspot.com/2012/11/farewell-to-nice-guy.html
And I did guest post on alternate endings there as well. We could spend days, weeks, months talking about it!
BTW, how are you classes coming? Getting ready to wind down for Christmas break?
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sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 8:08 AM
ugh d ending just about ruined that drama for me... i was like i stayed up till 7am for this bullshit! NO!
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sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 8:09 AM
i mean the last two episode....he offered to take her back and live in a "loveless life" with her....i was like WTF is happening here...did i miss something! i feel like the writers had no idea what to do anymore...so they were just like fuck it...we'll go almost BIG-style on them!!! UGH!!!
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 7:15 AM
Hi OMG! Good luck with your finals.
Things are sunny in Virginia.
I had a cold last week, where I just took NyQuil and stayed under the comforter for two days, but I'm out of it and raring to go!
I also have a formal affair to go to this weekend, and, on an impulse, I pulled out last year's gown and it fits better this year! Woot! I have this year's couture (ha ha, not really a fashion horse) narrowed down to two: elegant or flirty. Decisions decisions!
Glad to see everything is well with you!
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sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 8:10 AM
hi shuk!! hope u used those two days to watch some KDRAMAS cuz i certainly would have!
Go with flirty....elegant is nice and all but Flirty gets u places!!!!!
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:20 AM
LOL - it would be easier to dance in, and I could wear my WTF shoes. Problem is, I'd like to do the elegant think just to make people say HOLY SH## SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Okay, weird. It duplicated. Sorry, Oh DB Ladies!
shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:20 AM
LOL - it would be easier to dance in, and I could wear my WTF shoes. Problem is, I'd like to do the elegant think just to make people say HOLY SH## SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 9:21 AM
I do have the reputation of being more fun than fashionable. [grin]
12 im_inadaze
November 30, 2012 at 6:44 AM
hi everyone....
Anyone here watching I miss you/Missing you? I'm on the inevitably sinking ship that is Soo Yeon/Hyung Joon. I just can't get with Soo Yeon/Jung Woo ship. The writer did a very terrible job with jung woo character and making me sooo not root for him, ugh this is making me frustrated :P
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 6:50 AM
I haven't decided whether to catch up to this week's eps (not in the mood) but dangermousie is doing IMY caps/reaction posts on her livejournal and is quite welcoming to shippers of all stripes :)
And if he wasn't so messed up/have this really strange power imbalance in his relationship with Soo Yeon, I'd be rooting for them too.
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im_inadaze
November 30, 2012 at 7:04 AM
hi thanks, what the website for that? I might check it.
you should check the latest episode that was seal the deal for me to get into the SY/HY ship.
SY relationship with HJ might kind of unhealthy, they're in the bubble that is the world that only consist of them two, but so far I didn't see the power imbalance, HJ always ask SY whatever she wants, he never force her way to her, even tho he's worry at the end of the day he lets her decide what best for her. While with JW...don't let me started...
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 7:23 AM
It's at dangermousie(dot)livejournal(dot)com. And as for SY and HJ....the bubble is precisely what's unhealthy imo, her staying in it means she never really got the chance to heal, and HJ's weird little 'she's my fiance' game and tendencies towards jealousy ever since he was a child freak me out a little.
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la dee dah
November 30, 2012 at 7:34 AM
But the reason HJ doesn't force her to him is because he knows that SY will still come to him and be with him. It's because SY thinks no one was looking for her or cared for her during her trauma as a child, so she grew up not making any new relations and latching onto HJ and only him all these years. And the reason she thought this was because HJ did not want SY to leave him (which is understandable for a small kid that was abused most of his life) and told her that she was abandoned and no one was looking for her, which wasn't true. So I do see an imbalance in that relationship.
But on the other hand, she should also not go to JW. They weren't even "lovers" 14 years ago, they still have that big issue between them (him running away), they're at a place where SY is bitter towards him and JW is going crazy processing having her back in his life.
Right now, the SY should not be with any of the guys and actually do some healing from her trauma.
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shelhass
November 30, 2012 at 8:26 AM
"Right now, the SY should not be with any of the guys" - AGREED.
I just wish she would try to take care of herself, you know, like going to a shrink or something like that - ignoring the trauma is way worse - fully-clothed-bath-crying scene says it all.
And even though JW/SY is the OTP I just wish she (or the writer) would put some thought into how important is a 14 year companionship. Come on, SY and HJ they have been their own everything for these past years, you cannot toss this aside for a 15-year-old crush.
Sorry, I'm just so Yoo Seung Ho biased! ^^
Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 6:52 AM
As people know, I'm following IMY from afar. Very far... The writer of this show is problematic from the very beginning for me. And YEH tweeting that they are already at the "all-nighters shooting stage" when Show is not half-way is worrying.
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im_inadaze
November 30, 2012 at 7:15 AM
yes...the writer is so confuse, from the premise is supposed to be SY/JW the separated first love, finding their love again, etc, but from the latest episode I don't know how I can root for the supposed to be hero of this drama when he act bordering stalker/asshole-ish while the "villain" treated the girl with with so much understanding and respect.
I really don't get Jung Woo character, like seriously writer, ...how am I supposed to root for him.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:26 AM
I agree, confusing is a good word. And I don't feel the characters are consistent, either.
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la dee dah
November 30, 2012 at 7:14 AM
I think people are interpreting the scenes in the recent episode REALLY differently from each other. Some people are looking at JW's actions towards SY as forceful and insensitive since he knows she's a rape victim (as well as the general view about wrist-grabbing in Korean dramas), other people are interpreting his actions as playing the game that SY had been playing against him the previous episode, her pushing and pulling of him to taunt him when she had the upperhand, then he got the upperhand because he started playing along and it unnerved her. We'll just have to see how this plays out once they stop these "games" and confront the actual issue of 14 years ago.
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im_inadaze
November 30, 2012 at 7:32 AM
the moment when jw decided to act semi-a**hole-ish to sy is when he review the video footage of sy freaking out in the car after the kdrama most serendipitous car accident with her rapist. at that time he might be 80/90 percent sure that zoe is soo yeon. and after watching her freaking out like that the first thing he do is to get up all in her personal space, wrist grabbing, asking her to be his secret love etc, that was the problem for me. like what sy feel it doesn't matter, all that matter is he find her, the lee soo yeon that he been looking for.
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la dee dah
November 30, 2012 at 7:40 AM
But you do realize when he "accepted" her proposal to be friends and was asking her to be his secret love, etc., he was throwing back what SY was saying/doing to him before when he wasn't having any of it? And it's not like SY suddenly dropped the whole facade and whimpered in fear after - she kept doing it again when they went to the restaurant. What they are "both" doing is not good.
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Llamaesque
November 30, 2012 at 10:33 AM
I'm so on board that sinking ship, too. Yoochun is doing fine as Jung Woo, but the character just isn't being presented in a very compelling way. We see that the people around him like him a lot, but the grownup version of the character hasn't really given us any reason to join in on the lovefest. Being nice to ajummas will win some points with me (being an ajumma and all), but his character needs some sparkle.
One the other hand, Hung Joon is so sparkly he practically blinds me every time he's on screen. The thoughtless intimacy he shares with Soo Yeon is incredibly appealing— when they were sitting on the couch in episode 7 with her feet in his lap, I was practically hyperventilating. We know how she feels about her scar, but it just wasn't an issue, because she's so sure he loves her unconditionally that her self-preceived "flaws" become charms. I love those two together, and can literally not even think of a way for the show to get me to switch teams.
I guess ultimately the closeness between Soo Yeon and Hyung Joon is going to be played off as too much like a sibling bond, but come on. This is Korean drama! I just watched a pair of *actual* siblings kissing in I'm Sorry, I Love You, and it was awesome ;)
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13 mud
November 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Happy Friday all!
I am on the last episode of White Christmas and am super pumped to see how the final showdown will end. It's so suspenseful and the tables keep turning that I'm sure it will keep me guessing the outcome to the last second. Other than White Christmas I've been keeping myself busy with exams. Cannot wait to binge on dramas over the holidays =DDD
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 11:29 AM
I think you'll finish the series content, if not happy. Of course, it never really was a happy story anyway, neh?
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14 shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 6:58 AM
Happy Friday! This will be my second attempt at popping onto to OT. I love my new smartphone, but those darn little buttons! LOL
I"m up to Ep 4 of KofD and trying desperately to find a friendly neighborhood mad scientist to squeeze more hours into the day. It's a crazy ride!
All the way caught up with our boys of Full House, and now I'm afraid the angsty side is going to catch up with our Crazy Coiffured Couple. It's definitely one I can't help but watch with my Cheerios every morning.
Just screencapping episode 14 of 18v29. Yay, just 2 1/2 more episodes, and my first ever recap will be complete! After which I drink an entire bottle of makgeolli I brought back from the Big Bang concert, and work on completing the rest of my writing projects.
And how about the MNET Awards last night? Awesome performances all, with a big ole shiny-eyed fangirl stair for the 5 cuties of BIG BANG, winning Artist of the Year, Male Group of the Year, and, my personal favorite, Guardian Angel World Wide Award!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:23 AM
Shukie, you still amaze me with the amount of stuff you do in a week! BTW, don't forget I owe you money! If you don't tell me how much soon, I'll have it all spent on Christmas presents!
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Korazy Lady -
LOL - Alright, I dm'd you the deets on Twitter. Plus you can vote on the dresses / shoes!
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sweetcloud
November 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Wait, what is this Guardian Angel World Wide Award, I haven't watched MAMAs yet but the title intrigues me :D
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 3:43 PM
"A special category called the Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer Award was made for the performer who excels and has garnered the attention of a worldwide audience through their music and stage presence. And with this category, Big Bang has received recognition with such a great fan base and even a tour that’s been attended by almost half a million people worldwide."
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15 cg
November 30, 2012 at 7:01 AM
hi everyone.....just finished Answer me 1997....one of the best dramas ever!!
I'm watching King of dramas right now.....and planning to start Queen In Hyun's man..
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:11 AM
Hi cg! You definitely should watch Queen In Hyun's man! It's really good and has one of the best OTP's and no love triangle! Well, only a little bit, but no serious danger. So that's a pro (unless you're really into love triangles..). And the two leads were very cute together and I can go on and on about all the great things, but you should really see it for yourself! Definitely recommended!
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:16 AM
That's another really good one! It's even better knowing the leads are a couple in real life! I'm starting to like the cable dramas much more than the other ones.
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sartorius
November 30, 2012 at 8:12 AM
cable....especially TVN is stepping up their game...i find myself looking forward to those dramas than the big 3...
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cg
November 30, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Thanks everyone :)
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CaroleMcDonnell
November 30, 2012 at 2:45 PM
yes, yes, yes!!! QIHM!!!!!!
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16 kaka
November 30, 2012 at 7:02 AM
Happy Friday, all!!
Is there anybody watching The Romantic & Idol here?
This show is so addicting I almost regret I started it!
If you haven't heard about It, It's a kind of matchmaking reality show. 4 girl-idols and 4 boy-idols are given a chance to spent some days (4 days and 3 nights?) together in jeju-do without their managers and stylists. There are some dating sessions during that time and the pairings of every dating session are decided by "preference shuffle".
At first I was skeptical about it because idol matchmaking TV show is not a new idea, and usually it's either scripted or boring (or both of them). But after I knew that Its production teams is the same team behind 1n2d and reply 1997, I decided to give it a chance.
Although It is actually a reality show, It's felt like a romantic drama. It has twists, cliffhanger on every episode's ending, distinguishable characterization, beautiful scenery, and suspense. But no, It doesn't have bitchy-first-love noona or I-love-you-but-I-will-make-you-suffer-first-until-you-love-me oppa.
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Hi kaka! That sounds really interesting! Do you watch it with subs and where if I may ask? Who are the idols involved? If the 1n2d team is involved it almost can't go wrong, haha
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kaka
November 30, 2012 at 7:21 AM
Hi, Wanda!
Kshownow subbed it. TVN aired episode 3 last week and it will only have 8 episodes.
The Idols are mostly rookies: Jun-K (2PM), JB (JJ project), Hyungshik (ZE:A), Mir (MBLAQ), Nam Jihyun (4minutes), Seung-ah (Rainbow), Jei ( Fiestar), Hyejeong (AoA).
Actually, I haven't known most of them before watching this show. But It make the show more interesting.
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:35 AM
Ah thanks! I will check it out (sometime in some other space-time continuum where there is a person with my name who looks like me but who has one thing that I don't have: that thing called free time). I don't know any of them, but that was pretty much the same (except for Joo Won), with 1N2D and I love that to pieces now, so that should be no problem!
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Mama J
November 30, 2012 at 9:06 AM
ooh I like Mir and Jun-K and JB so I will check this out
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kaka
November 30, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Yup! I think It's worth to try. Things get more interesting in episode 3.
kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:24 AM
hmmmm, i know this is off the topic (sorry kaka!), but speaking of the 1d2n team, does anyone have updates about the new variety show The Human Condition by Na PD that was slated to air in November?
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:29 AM
Oeh, I would like to want to know that too! That sounded like it would be hilarious. Anyone any updates? And btw kika, wasn't the whole point of the OT to be off-topic, so who cares if you start another topic in someone elses post ; )
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kaka
November 30, 2012 at 7:41 AM
Hi, kika! I saw its thread on soompi. Here it is: http://forums.soompi.com/discussion/2008154/variety-the-human-condition
The pilot was aired last week.
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Thanks kaka! I hope somebody will sub this soon, I can't wait to watch it! Are you going to watch it too?
Btw, your names are confusing; ) Kika, kaka, sounds so similar, haha.
kaka
November 30, 2012 at 2:28 PM
There is a chance it will be aired in kbs world, hope somebody will rip it for you.
I still don't have a plan to watch it. I know the casts are mostly from gag concert and I don't like gag concert :P
CaroleMcDonnell
November 30, 2012 at 10:51 AM
yeah, i started watching Idol & Romantic as well. Trying not to get too sucked in.
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kaka
November 30, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Good luck! It's too late for me to try. I already sucked in.
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17 FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:07 AM
Hi dramabeanies!
I hope everyone had a better week than I did. Caught some nasty stomach virus and been lying in bed all week. I was wishing the past few weeks I had more time for more dramas, but that was not what I meant! Be careful for what you wish for, I guess. And now I finally have time, I feel to noxious to even watch a drama, sigh...
So, how's everyone liking Jeon Woo-chi? I was really looking forward to it and will definitely watch it when I have time (and am not sick)! I'm curious what the verdicts are.
To what dramas are you looking forward too? I'm have really high hopes for the spy drama with Joo Won in it (though I have a bit of feeling it might turn out not so great) and the new one of the Flower Boy series. Please be good!
Have a good Friday and weekend everyone!
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Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 7:21 AM
Jeon Woo-chi: I will follow the advice of the DB recappers and will wait for ep 3 to appear subbed somewhere before giving it a try.
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:36 AM
Haha, thanks! I'll wait for the subs to come out for ep 3 then. It's weird why a show wouldn't start with their best material..
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kaka
November 30, 2012 at 7:29 AM
I'm sorry to hear that.
Get well soon!
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:37 AM
Thanks! Been eating lots of fruit, I'm sure that'll help, haha
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kika
November 30, 2012 at 7:29 AM
Take care! Glad you're feeling better!
I'm not watching Jeon Woo-chi, but I'm really looking forward to Alice in Cheondamdong, even thought the 20 minute preview makes it seem rather conventional a drama...
I just can't resis Moon Geun-young and Park Shi-hoo together!
I'm looking forward to the spy drama with Joo-won based on the premise. But the female lead... I've never felt partial towards her, even in Protect the Boss.
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 7:42 AM
Thanks! Yeah, I agree with you that Alice looks (and sounds) like it's going to be a very conventional drama. I don't think I've seen Park Shi-hoo in anything (I know, I know!), but I thought Moon Geun-young did a pretty good job in Mary Stayed Out All Night (even if the rest of that drama was completely wacko), so I might consider watching it. The whole the-point-is-to-get-married is not really appealing to me, but maybe it'll turn out great!
I feel ambivalent about Choi Young Hee in the spy drama, one moment I'm cursing the directors for casting her and the next I'm thinking she'll actually do a pretty good job. We'll see, but please don't let the drama suck dramagods!
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sebsob
November 30, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Hey Wanda! : )
Lots of ginger! Ginger tea or raw ginger but plenty of it and honey! I don't know whether to laugh or commiserate. Genies and their subterfuges! Why can't they just give us want we want instead of having fun in being pedantic! Hehe, I mean 'aw, feel better.' : )
I seem to be in a bit of a drama dip. I have put everything on hold for now apart from King Of Dramas because everything lately has been leaving me lukewarm. I mean they aren't terrible just not diverting enough I guess. I'm not really looking forward to anything except Flower Boy next door and Yoon Shi Yoon & Kim Ji Hoon with Park Shin Hye! Yay!
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Sabah! : )
Thanks, I'll try it out! Yeah, stupid genie! Now, where's that lamp of yours, I'll put you right back in it!
Hmm, a drama dip is not so nice! Luckily you still have KOD. Do you like it, really like it or totally love it? I still want to start watching it, because it sounds hilarious!
I'm also really looking forward to the next Flower Boy, because the last two were so great. The second I liked even better than the first, so that gives me good hopes for the third! And with that cast it can't almost go wrong.
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sebsob
November 30, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Seriously, I hope you are feeling much better. The only thing to do is to rest.
Did you manage to finish NG? If so how did you find it? As of KOD, I am liking it but I am worried where they might take it, especially considering their low-ish numbers. I fear that they might just take the conventional route. So far it has been interesting. For me the best parts of it are wonderful like the lead characterizations and there is some crackling dialogues which I haven't seen in a long time but I do tend to find long periods in between that are dry. I don't mean to be confusing but I can't really say whether I love it yet because my love is very much conditional on where it ends up.
This year has been a series of disappointments in the 'ending' of films/dramas for me. I just finished 'The Killing' and again I loved the drama the whole way through, all the ups and downs but then that end! Argh! I think the last thing that had an ending I could really be inspired by was SUFFB. How about you, does an ending make or break a drama for you? Or can you remain content regardless?
In contrast, its award season, and though I don't really care for the outcomes or 'ending' of those, I love the beginning or namely the red carpet. Blue dragon pictures/videos are out so I am off to look at some pretty dresses and dashing suits!
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FishcalledWanda
December 1, 2012 at 2:47 AM
I'm already feeling much better, thank you! Though I still cannot eat every food, fruit is going well so I've been eating lots of that. And biscuits, haha. My mother and brother caught it too, so now we're all hanging on the couch doing towel imitations. I watched the whole first season of the Gilmore Girls with my mother, cause I needed something cute and funny. Though not really how I imagined it, it's nice to spend some time with my mother just watching telly and laughing. So I haven't really watched Nice Guy, but seeing as I'm feeling better now I might pick it up again!
I don't really think you're confusing about KOD, I hope it won't take the conventional route, but will go somewhere different so that it can gain your love.
Sorry to hear about the ending of the Killing. What is it with endings that they're often such a disappointment? I agree on the SUFBB ending, in that it was one of a kind this year. As you said somewhere in an earlier OT, it's more about the journey towards the end, than the real end itself. So if and ending is very bad, but the rest of the series was very good, I can get over it (as in the case of Queen In Huyn's man or in some extent White Christmas), but it can put a damper on things. Because an ending is the point where you say goodbye to the characters about whom you've started caring and you lived with them through all their troubles, you want an ending that is satisfying. It also needs to inspire you or give you just that extra bit of emotion. And then it's a sad thing when that just doesn't happen and you're left wondering (in a bad way) and don't really get that feeling of disclosure.
And the only thing I really care about with the awards are the outfits, haha! There's my materialistic side again! Though I really like it when an actor or actress receives an award I think he or she deserves.
sebsob
December 1, 2012 at 5:49 AM
I'm glad to hear that. Ah! I love a 'family cold.' It is as if time stops within a household and you regress back to your childhood lazy days of lying around the house, in an effortless lethargy. I liked Gilmore Girls up until...well I won't spoil it for you.
I really do want to love KoD but I think experience is making me cautious. Of course, I agree it is very much about the journey there BUT as long as that journey was meaningful. I was talking more about stories which are played out as tales, just stories nothing more, nothing less than maybe an OTP getting together. Then I do wish for something profound in the finale, something to raise it above the bar. I got that with SUFFB. WC was more about the journey there because it asked interesting questions along the way so that the end wasn't so much a culmination but just one way of answering them and left it up to you whether you would take that end or create something for yourself. I think the vagueness actually added something there.
KoD is kind of in the middle of them both (yep more confusion) there is the setting which is interesting, because it is asking questions and making points about drama productions BUT it is all just things I kind of knew or expected. If I compare it to HOSM, I would say that HOSM had me from the beginning and right until the end and wowed me all the way through. It was original and probed and prodded and had an end that left me more than satisfied, I was grinning like a Cheshire cat! I just don't know where they are going to take KoD and if it just meanders through, even in an interesting way, though I might say I enjoyed it I might not say that I loved it, like I did SUFFB or HOSM.
So whose outfit did you like?
FishcalledWanda
December 1, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Yeah, but luckily my dad's still healthy so he can get us drinks and stuff, haha.
I already watched all the Gilmore Girls seasons twice with my mother, so don't worry there's nothing left to spoil! The relationship between the mom and the daughter resembles mine and my mother's very much. Except we eat much healthier! Where did you stop liking it?
And I agree with you that if the whole point of a serie is to just get the OTP together, an ending that's satisfying, surprising and upraising is very nice.
My brain's all fuzzy, so while I rack my brain I can't come up with where the abbreviation HOSM stands for!
I find it interesting that you mention you find KOD in the middle of deeper, question raising dramas and just conventional dramas. It's not a combo you might expect. But it's a shame that if they are veering towards the more deeper type, they do it in a conventional way. Hopefully that'll change...
Haha, nice question. With the Blue Dragon Film Awards I really liked Go Ara's dress. The colour is beautiful and the feathery pattern makes it exceptional, but still classy. And I thought Kim Sae-ron was so cute in her little white fluffy dress! And Suzy's little black dress is something I might wear too (maybe just a liiitle less short). I was baffled by what Ha Na-kyung wore though, eeks! Which outfit did you like? Or not at all?
sebsob
December 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Oh no, the curse of 'the heathly one,' who gets ill but a week too late to join in with the 'festivities.' Hehe.
Don't misunderstand me, I did enjoy Gilmore Girls regardless of my little annoyances. I liked the writing and thought the mother and daughter relationship was wonderfully explained and explored. I actually connected more with the relationship Lorelai had with her mother. I think it is wonderful that you share such a bond with your mother. I think my alarm bells began ringing with the introduction of Logan, a character I could never get behind nor understand Rory's attraction to. Of course, I was a big Dean fan so that might have been prejudiced from the start, honestly I don't think so. The rest I enjoyed, especially the dialogues.
Sorry, History of a Salaryman. Have you seen it? In regards KoD, it is something I kind of wished I liked more when I watch the best of it, little scenes of insightful and crackling dialogues as well as the leading pairs' acting just haunting and detailed. However I can not deny that sometimes, though I am not bored, I wish they would just get to the point that I almost sense is coming (which wasn't there in the beginning but is now.) The last few episodes general trend also has me worried and I just don't know where they are going with it AND it all depends on whether they have something to say or just something to tell. I am ever hopeful though.
Go Ara's dress was classy but I think you really needed confidence to pull it off, and she really has the charisma to give the all outfit style. I really liked what Han Hye Jin wore. However I think the person who stole the show for me was Kim Hye Soo. You can't really tell from the pictures on the DB post, but though her outfit was simple, her natural beauty and elegance just wowed me over. Let me see if I can find some better pictures...
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/hiEeNnAsopZ/33rd+Blue+Dragon+Film+Awards/3zqMxE1cgJT
I find that you need to watch the video to get a better idea of the dresses, or you know, be there in person. : ) Try this one, you can see Suzy's and KHS's.
http://youtu.be/N2a3-3h5PSI
Did you like any of the male outfits? I don't think I have ever been overly impressed by any of them with the exception of what Lee Min Ho wore a couple of years back. http://minsuncouples.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/photo-111125-lee-min-ho-blue-dragon.html
Here's KHS's from last year. Sorry, I just love her style (Song Ji Hyo is my favourite in that regard.) Anyone whose style you love? http://youtu.be/ziQW0h2315w
FishcalledWanda
December 2, 2012 at 2:36 AM
Haha, yeah poor dad. If he gets sick he'll probably get it in the midst of a work week when everyone is away!
I love Girlmore Girls so much, it never fails to make me laugh. All the antics of that little town and their weird festivities are so funny and the dialogues so witty! Ah Dean, I want a Dean of my own, haha. I really like the actor too (he plays in my favourite American series Supernatural as Sam while his brother's name in that series is Dean, confusing!), so I was already a little biased when Logan tuned in.
History of the Salaryman, of course! It's been on my to-watch list for ages (like so many dramas), it looked so hilarious! I think I'll watch for KOD to end, to see how it goes and if it's worth my time, hehe.
Yes, Kim Hye Soo looked so beautiful! The dress was simple, but in a very elegant way. And she does have such charisma, which is so much better to see in the videos, thanks for those! I always think the male outfits kinda look the same (with some wacky exceptions). Lee Min Ho's outfit you linked was indeed very nice! That coat I really like, the style is perfect. I haven't really been following awards ceremonies long enough to have a favourite in style, but after doing some research I have to say that Kim Hye-soo always looks so elegant and comfortable. And Kim Sae-ron always wears such cute dresses, if I was still that age (and a moviestar) I might have worn the exact same things! Though sometimes it's a bit over the top. And Suzy always looks very fresh and cheery! But what I'm wondering about is: how do all these women walk on those super high-heeled shoes? I mean I like heels, and I wear them occasionaly, but I fall over like a log if I wear heals that high!
sebsob
December 2, 2012 at 4:58 AM
Oh no, poor dad. He gets the worst of both ends...How are you feeling today?
Team Dean! I think the dialogues kept me tuned into Gilmore Girls, it had so much thought and detailing that was impressive. I really enjoy things like that, especially 1950's movies. I really tried to watch Supernatural, I mean again I found the wit and humour wonderful but the thing is, I'm a coward at heart. I just don't watch horror, I can't or otherwise I don't sleep. The thing that got me in Supernatural is that they are both so tall! I knew Jared was tall from GG, but Jensen is really tall too. Yeah, I have a thing for tall guys. Anyway, their chemistry was really amazing in that show. I have seen some good buddy duos but this one was excellent. Too bad I just can't watch...*cries*
I think at this stage I would recommend HOSM rather than KoD, if you had to pick between the two.
Snap! About the heels. I mean there are long heels and then there are Korean actress heels. Seriously! Did you see Suzy's heels, they didn't have any heels. Check out 0:10 to 0:20 in the 1st video & 2:14. I'm a DM girl, I'm on my 5th pair since high school and I haven't bought any other shoes. I had to borrow some 'elegant' flats for my cousin's wedding AND guess what, I fell over...Hehe, I'm just used to wearing big, heavy boots now, though, I would admit sometimes I want to strap on a pair of heels but I just don't think I can afford the insurance. Hehe. Do you have many heels in your collection?
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FishcalledWanda
December 2, 2012 at 5:56 AM
I fell much better, though with a bit of weakish knees at times. But I'm up and doing stuff again, so that's a good sign.
Haha, yeah Supernatural can get scary (and gory) at times. I don't like horror movies whose purpose is only to splatter blood and gore out the audience. But with Supernatural I can take the scary aspect, I think it enhances the difficulty of their 'jobs' and makes it more real. And they're both tall indeed! I like tall guys too, Jared is insanely tall. I think it's funny that he plays the younger brother but is a head taller than Jensen (who's not tiny either). Their chemistry is the thing I like most about the show, the bromance! But if you're scared easily, this show is definitely not for you!
Suzy's heels were insane! I cannot imagine how she walks on it! Haha, without the weight of your DM to keep you down, you fall over. I find DM style shoes always so cool looking on other people, but when I try them on myself I look kinda weird. So I prefer a little heel on my shoe. I mostly have boots (in the winter) with heels and some summer sandals with heels, but they're not pencil thin and never longer than my thumb! My motoric skills are not the best (you don't want to see me doing any sport), so why some women can and will wear those skyscraper heels is a mystery to me!
By the way you mentioned in an earlier OT that you're very interested in other cultures. Now I was wanting to ask you since you're also taking care of your parents, if you've travelled a lot to other countries?
sebsob
December 2, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I'm glad you're up and about but don't overdo it because you will 'feel' it later. Baby steps.
That's the thing, I thought Jensen was short, because he looked so much shorter then Jared but then I realized that Jared is just so tall! Yeah, I managed to get into season two by watching it in daylight and hugging a pillow but my heart just couldn't take all those 'jumpy' moments.
Suzy's heels! Truly impressed by her calf muscles and the ability to be on tip toes for such a long duration. I would love to be able to wear 'kitten' heels like you. Very cute and classy. I remember last winter me and my sister were slowly walking in the snow, in our boots moving at the pace of a tortoise and this girl in 4 inch heels zooms right past us. We actually stopped and stared, then felt pretty useless.
Nope, never been anywhere. We once went to Barcelona for two weeks. I was so amazed at the difference in the pace of life. They actually have a siesta in the middle of the day, when everything stops and then starts again until late into the night. It made me miss all those things that I have yet to seek and find. However I am always hopeful for tomorrow. Would you ever wish to visit South Korea or have you already been?
FishcalledWanda
December 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM
True, I always think I can do everything but then get super tired when I'm only halfway done. I was actually watching Nice Guy episode 14 as a break from studying when I almost fell asleep, hopefully I can now finish it.
Haha, yeah Jensen looks short next to Jared, but he really isn't. Jared just smurfs everyone. Did you know he just had a baby with a co-actress from Supernatural? In one episode they had to play a married couple (in some kind of alternate reality) and that was actually a pun on them being a real couple. The show does that kind of things all the time, so funny.
Your anecdote made me laugh out loud, I can totally imagine the scene. How do they do that? Do they have extra (invisible) muscled legs or something? Or is is just some gen I'm missing? Guess I'll never find out, hehe.
I went to Barcelona once too, while I study in a busy city it was nowhere comparable to that business. I like the siesta part, napping in the daytime and then going out at night. I'm a evening person, and while I don't really like partying my energy boost comes mostly in the evening, so it fits my rhythm. I've visited some European places and cities when on holiday with my family. I'm a bit of a coward, so travelling really far sounds kind of scary to me, but I really really want to go to South Korea once in my life. Maybe I meet someone who wants to go there too (with me preferably), so that I don't have to go alone! I'd really like to experience it with my own eyes and not just through my laptop screen. And I'd love to hear the language for real! Holland is really small, so it doesn't really take a long time to see the highlights. Did you ever go travelling/sightseeing in your own country?
sebsob
December 3, 2012 at 4:30 AM
I did not know that! I do enjoy in jokes, something which I am sure that I miss in Kdramas. Fortunately DB recaps do mention some of them.
I think there is a mental quotient too, as well as the muscles because you need real steel nerves to even try standing up in some of those heels.
Barcelona is wonderful, I agree. I too would like to travel to South Korea but a few things worry me. Would I be the ugly foreigner? Since I'm vegetarian would I find away places to eat? Would my basic understanding of culture cause unintentional offence? Of course, I know that a lot of these worries are just fears from ignorance. I don't know Korea, which is why I am going there to begin with. However just from watching K entertainment shows, I do think I might not be allowed in the country due to my lack of beauty and style. Hehe. Seriously though, I don't judge Korea like that, I mean I wonder what conclusions people would make of England based just on our TV. Probably not good! A lot of crime, I guess.
We used to sight see more often as children but in my adulthood not so much. Have you been to England? If not, would you like to someday? Hope you are well on the road to recovery!
FishcalledWanda
December 3, 2012 at 6:22 AM
True! I often have the feeling I'm missing something, be it a joke, some reference or just an expression. But as you said, luckily there's Dramabeans!
I totally agree with your concerns about travelling to Korea, especially the unintentional offence part. Judging from dramas there are so many mannerisms and I certainly don't want to come off as rude! And I'm not vegetarian, but I don't like most meat and in Korea they eat (again based on dramas) much meat, and fish too! I'd probably live on just rice, hehe.
I've been in London once, with my dad when I graduated high school. It was fantastic! Saw all the highlights, and we also went to see the musical We Will Rock You. And I loved the British accent, hehe. I've been trying for ages now to go to England in the summer vacation. This year I almost succeeded, but then we found this beautiful holidaycottage in Wales. But we go with our car and make a stop in Oxford. I heard that are many beautiful university buildings there, so I can't wait to see it!
And tomorrow I'll go back to the city where I study and start classes again, I'm feeling much better. But it's going to be difficult to adjust to the normal live again, after all that couch hanging and watching Gilmore Girls with my mom, ha.
sebsob
December 3, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Agreed! I think the recaps for FBRS were the ones I was most grateful for since there were so many puns and detailing in the dialogues that I would have missed.
Oh right yeah, I'm not a vegetarian. Sorry, I mean 'I'm relatively more vegetarian than my family and people in Kdramas...*ahem* What I mean is 'I eat fish.' I just forget that I'm not a vegetarian because I eat fish, eggs etc. There's actually a word for what I am. I mean apart from idiot. Hehe, sorry.
My mouth is always watering after watching Kdramas and I once asked about being vegetarian and tee-total in Korea and this is response I got on a forum, "Yes vegetarians exist. I don't know what a tea-totaler is so I can't answer that. The most difficult thing is the fact that many dishes, even if all vegetables, touch meat in some way during preparation. And many dishes have broth, which is usually made from beef. But I knew vegetarians when I was there and I think it's more enjoyable being a vegetarian there considering how many ways they have of cooking up vegetables! Also if you are offered food, be ready to eat a LOT!"
Wales is beautiful. They have their own accent too. Endearing in its own way. England does have good things about it. It's just like accents you become inured to them so that they lose their sparkle but then when someone new to it comes along and points out all those things that you have lost sight of and kind of brings back the shine.
I wish you well for your 're-acclimatization.' Hehe, I hope it won't be too painful.
FishcalledWanda
December 4, 2012 at 4:56 AM
Haha, I always call myself a part-vegetarian, because I usually don't eat meat (or fish), not really out of an ideology but because I don't like the taste and texture of it. But explain all that when you're in a restaurant, so then I'll just say I'm a vegetarian. In my country it's totally not clear what a vegetarian doesn't and does eat, some eat fish, some don't, some don't eat anything that's from an animal, so you weren't really being confusing for me, hehe. Have you been a vegetarian for a long time?
The food in Kdramas always looks so appealing (but in some cases I wonder how they can eat things like live squid, brr), and especially while watching 1N2D I've taken the habit to eat my dinner while watching it! Yeah, I heard it's polite too to eat a lot, if not finish all. But I'm a always full really fast, so that may be a problem!
Welsh is totally not understandable for me! It sounds like gibberish, but in a beautiful way. So I'm looking forward to hear how it sounds like in the real. The pictures looked so beautiful, the hills and cliffs, I can't wait!
Haha, thanks! : ) I just had 4 hours of lectures, pretty tired now! Maybe I'll take an quick nap....
sebsob
December 4, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Excellent, you get me! I thought I might have debased myself, I mean more that usual. I too just say vegetarian to avoid confusion and lengthy lectures at both ends. I actually really enjoy meat but then I met someone who worked in the 'meat industry' and after hearing horror stories I decided to become a 'vegetarian' just as a protest against the manner the industries treat live animals. So it's not so much about being against eating meat but rather modern day industry practices. I visited a friend who rears his own chickens and lamb on a small farm and I was able to eat meat there, so that was nice.
It's funny because I started watching Kvariety shows after beginning my diet because I just couldn't watch Kdramas whilst trying to stop eating/snacking. TV is rife with food/people eating food and variety shows relatively show less of it AND its always associated with punishment rather than pleasure. hehe This holiday season is killing me though, everywhere I go I smell candied apples and cinnamon.
It's so easy to fall into being lazy! Not that you were being lazy, just inactive due to being ill, but still your body and mind just mesh so readily with that slow pace that even if you just go up one gear, it implodes upon itself!
After reading JB's recap, I think I might give School a go. How about you?
FishcalledWanda
December 4, 2012 at 1:12 PM
I think it's nice that you protest in your own way against the modern day industry practices. The horror stories I sometimes hear, make me want to stop eating meat altogether. Knowing that what you're eating had a nice life, makes it much better. But if I were to keep chickens and lambs myself I could not bring myself to kill them I think, so I'd probably not bond with my food!
Haha associating food with punishment is a very good way to handle your diet! When I was sick and feeling nauseous everything on tv and in my books all of a sudden was about food! But I couldn't stand even the sight of food, even the Gilmore Girls series wasn't save! They eat so much!
It's so much more easier getting accustomed to doing nothing than to working hard. Sigh, and I have to catch up on all the work I didn't do because I was sick! Time, I want extra time! But I should be careful with those sarcastic genies around...
School sounds really good! And I read on various other blogs that the first episode was well received, so it's definitely high on my to-watch list (with a million other things, but at least it's high on the list). Let me know what you think after you gave it a try! Did you already vote on the annual drama voting on this site? I always enjoy doing that, even though I'm far from having watched everything.
sebsob
December 5, 2012 at 5:45 AM
"Knowing that what you’re eating had a nice life, makes it much better....But if I were to keep chickens and lambs myself I could not bring myself to kill them I think, so I’d probably not bond with my food!" Aw, agreed!
"They eat so much!" You know, I really didn't realize it until I started my diet and then I just didn't know where to look. It's like watching something with your parents, suddenly you are hyper aware of all the 'touching' that's going on. Hehe
Seriously, genies are just itching to pull the trigger, you don't want to make their day!
Yeah, I voted like a good citizen! Hehe, seriously it's so hard. So far, I think my favourite drama of 2012 was SUFBB. That's the only category that I am happy about picking one, the others there are just so many I want vote for! How about you, was it easy choices?
I hope to watch School this Friday BUT have you seen the trailer for Flower Boy Next Door? My problem is that the 5th of January is kind of like a D-day of disaster waiting to explode all over my life and yet I have to go through it to get to the 7th and all this goodness! I don’t know what to wish for anymore...Genie on standby!
FishcalledWanda
December 5, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Haha, so true what you say about watching with your parents, also when you watch with someone whom you're not entirely comfortable with. I once went with a boy to the movies and we were not really comfortable around each other and then there was a pretty explicit 'touchy' scene and the awkwardness level went through the roof!
I found it really hard to vote too! I was extremely torn between picking Gaksital and SUFBB for the best drama. Both had me emotionally invested to the point of obsessiveness. Though SUFBB was objectively better and the beginning of Gaksital was rather slow, I still picked Gaksital, hehe. The rest of the categories were difficult too! Only the bromance one was easy, SUFBB no doubt! And the descriptions were so funny!
Yeah, the trailer looked wonderful! What's happening on January the 5th? Something possibly bad? At least you have something to look forward to! And beware of genies!
sebsob
December 6, 2012 at 4:31 AM
Hehe. I don't if there is anyone I would actually ever feel 'comfortable' with in regards such scenes. I mean at home I just FF them anyway but at the cinema, you are kind of stuck. AND it's so loud and big. Very awkward I imagine. It's been ages since I went to the cinema. Truly, I think it has been five years or more! What's the last thing you watched?
Something like this there aren't any right or wrong answers. I mean a drama isn't bad or good but rather a person finds it bad or good depending upon their temperaments. If anything it just informs you of the inclinations of DB's readers. Also it makes our minds hurt as we agonize over questions. If only I worked this hard for other stuff. It's funny because I would place Gaksital above SUFBB in terms of objective merit because it was epic in nature. Both had beautiful endings though and featured intense relationships between friends. I placed SUFBB as my favourite because it spoke to me on a personal level, whereas I have been off the grid lately in terms of community/global activities. I'm trying to fix me before I look towards the outside world.
Which leads me to 5th January when I have to visit the bank manager and explain to him why I still don't have a job...
Anyway, I have started watching school. I really like it. KoD is going in a good direction and I am loving the development of characters. I was relieved but those 'extension' plans have me concerned again. Have you been able to finish NG or start another drama?
FishcalledWanda
December 6, 2012 at 5:42 AM
I know! I always FF those scenes too or pay less attention. But in the cinema you can't hide from them, haha. It's been a while since I went too, but not longer than 5 years! I think I last saw some weird action movie I wished I didn't go to a few months back. I'm really excited for the Hobbit movie, though. Did you watch the Lord of the Rings movies? They are one of my favourites, so I hope the Hobbit will be as good!
That's funny. I though SUFBB was objectively better because the beginning of Gaksital was rather slow and some parts (involving the politicians/leaders) could get draggy and the romance part in SUFBB spoke more to me. But when Gaksital got me it really got me. Another example of emotions not being objective, hehe.
Oh, that doesn't sound nice at all! Luckily, if you'll survive that, there's Flower Neighbour to cheer you up! But seriously, I really hope you get through that meeting alright.
I'm at episode 15 now of Nice Guy. Slowly but steady I'll get to the end. But I'm losing a bit of interest in the drama. I can't connect with any of the characters at all. Their actions are mysteries to me, I don't get why they say or do most things. And what they're really thinking is also not clear to me. Is Maru in love with Eun Gi or is he still 'using' her? I also never really saw how Maru is 'using' Eun Gi to get revenge, a thing he's been accused throughout the series. I'm getting a bit tired of everyone making it each other so hard, so I guess it's a good thing it's coming to an end now. And I always get so depressed after watching an episode! It's all misery and gloom.
My to-watch list just keeps on growing, but so do my assignments and that pile of work I still have to catch on. And when I'm done with everything I want to do for the day, I'm so tired I just go to bed straight-away! So I haven't really been watching any other dramas than Nice Guy. But I'm glad that you like School and that KOD is going in a good direction. That extension has me worried too, it never really turns out good for the quality of the drama. Hopefull they'll blast it off! What do you like most about School as of now?
Enz
November 30, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Wanda, just wanted to wish you a speedy recovery before I go. Hope to see you all well and good and watching dramas again when I get back from hols !!!
Take good care!!
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FishcalledWanda
November 30, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Hi Enz! Thank you very much! I wish you a good trip and journey, have a great time!
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18 Pinkeu
November 30, 2012 at 7:07 AM
Seriously been trying to watch other dramas to close the 1-week gap. But I can't take my eyes off KING OF DRAMAS I end up watching the episodes and memorizing each details.
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19 Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 7:08 AM
After Enz's(you there, woman?) recommendation, I started watching QSS and finished it in 2 nights and let me tell you it's become one of my favourite drama! At the beginning of the drama I was apprehensive towards Eun-soo because she gave off that typical innocent and annoying vibe but gradually I started to like her a lot because her character isn't just one dimensional. And then there's Tae-joo, I seriously didn't like the way he treated women rough and midway what he did to Eun-soo. Unacceptable! However, as he did redeem himself, I'll let him slide just a little.
I became an Eric fan after that. He is a really handsome one but who knew he is the originator of 4D idol. I started watching Shinhwa Broadcast because of him and realized I like Shinhwa as a whole now. They're all as zany and funny as Eric and I love their relationship with each other. Ahh... Fan-service at its best.
Also, started watching TKoD(finally!) and loving it.
Lately been sleeping like a log though. Dunno what's wrong with me. Missing classes because of it. I actually just woke up from 9-hour nap. :/
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 7:10 AM
Oooh and Happy Friday everyonee!!!
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shukmeister
November 30, 2012 at 7:17 AM
Korazy Lady likes QSS too, so you are not alone.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Ah, yes, I knew I was talking about it with someone last week! I'm now officially obsessed with QSS - it's moved up to my favorite drama ever (and that's saying something since
a) I'm not gaga over Eric - he was great in the role but not my ideal type
b)The clothes were so horrific! OMG, how could Eric even wear those outfits! Let alone Eun Soo.
c) Eun-Soo's hair, which started out cute, got progressively worse, distractingly so
So, even though the show had some controversial parts (aka forced kissing, etc.) I thought it was very smartly and maturely written. And I really felt it was one of the BEST endings, no matter how you wanted to view it, of any drama I've seen.
OK, finished now! haha
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Ugh yes the fashion and the hair! Eun-soo yaa~
Although controversial, I think that's what sets it apart from so many other dramas out there. It has a genuine sense of realism and there's believable chemistry between Eric and Jung Yoo-mi. I really applaud Yoo-mi for being able to carry Eun-soo with such weight. Give it to any other actress and they'd probably make me hate the character.
I couldn't agree more with you on the ending. No complaints whatsoever. I remember Tae-joo telling Hye-rin that marriage was not the end and that they're wasting their lives if they did get married; and I think that the writers wanted to emphasize on this point with an open-ended ending like that.
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pillowhead
November 30, 2012 at 3:37 PM
It does have a retro feel and I think mainly it's cause the music. The W&Wales song sounds very 70s. I love it.
The clothes, yeah. The jacket with the sleeves folded up...tsk tsk. But even tho, Eric was dreamy I can't stand it.
I watched SUFBB this week and it was nomu nomu good. It's up there in my favorites. I might have loved it more if I didn't just finish QSS. QSS was still on my mind so SUFBB became like my rebound show.
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owl
November 30, 2012 at 8:16 AM
QSS is my catch-up kdrama for the week, too, based on recs. I'm halfway through it. Can't put my finger on it, but it has an older feel to it (made in 2007?)compared to current kdramas, but good acting. Aryast, you're sleeping like a log, I'm shut up in my room with kdrama mania, not sleeping at all and not very good company these days!
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Yea it does have an older feel to it doesn't it? And the fashion.... *facepalms* Overall, still a great drama!
I've been shut up in my room too! It's classes -> room -> park(jog) -> room -> classes. I've even neglected any form of social networking LOL I slept from 12am-6am yesterday and then had that 9 hour nap from 1pm-10pm. It's currently 6.45am and I've been awake since 10pm last night. Something's wrong with my body clock.
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Enz
November 30, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Yay for all the QSS love!!! I totally agree that it looks so retro almost like in the 70's from the fashion. Tae joo's outfits were soo distracting as we're eun soo's hair. Agree agree agree with KL.
I keep comparing it fashion wise to coffee prince cos both were made in 2007 but who'd believe it looking at not just the clothes but also all the places they were in.the decor looked dated too
KL, I LOVED the ending.. Yes and either way too. KTJ is the most 'real' male character so far in k drama. Just a regular kind of guy, who really conceivably exists in the real world unlike all these chaebol characters so commonly found in k dramas. No I wouldn't have him as a boyfriend either but boy, I do lust after him. He is just too hot.
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Enz
November 30, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Aryast, where do I watch shinhwa broadcast cos I really want to too. Help! And thanks. Really gotta go now
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Aryast
November 30, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Uhmm... That's odd. I clearly did reply to this comment earlier but I don't see it. Anyway, just in case it doesn't appear, I will give you the sites to watch the english subs for Shinhwa Broadcast again.
- d r a m a c r a z y . n e t
- k s h o w n o w . n e t (for more recent episodes)
alternatively:
- o r a n g e b o x 8 8 . b l o g s p o t . c o m
- s h i a r e a g y . t u m b l r . c o m
Hope this comment comes out this time.
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Enz
December 1, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Thanks aryast!! I know about the shinhwa broadcast coz of eric tagged tumblr but didn't know where to find them. Maybe should have googling huh? But thanks so much. I wonder what his real life persona is like but the whole group seem to have a lot of love for each other.
Eric or shinhwa was on win win once, before I was into Eric. I caught a little of it and was touched by how they support each other. Fr the life of me I can't find that anywhere online!! Let me know if you find it ya
Thanks
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Aryast
December 1, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Once you see their interaction on Shinhwa Broadcast, you'll immediately know why they've lasted 14-15 years together compared to other idol groups who's average lifespan is 6 years.
I found the Win Win episode you're looking for
h t t p : / / s h i n w a f o re v e r s f . t u m b l r . c o m / p o s t / 2 3 4 0 5 9 2 7 1 7 5 / e n g s u b - 1 2 0 3 1 3 - 1 2 0 3 2 0 - s h i n h w a - o n - w i n - w i n
Apparently they've stopped publicizing the latest stubbed videos because of the wave of complaints they've been receiving about how slow their progress is, how they can't prioritize etc etc everyday.
I don't get these people who complain about the quality and progress of subbing. They should be grateful that someone is willing to translate these shows when they don't have the obligation to and just enjoy the shows themselves. Ugh.. Annoyed level 99!
20 piaaa
November 30, 2012 at 7:13 AM
Yeah!!! I want more cute between them and bicker between Hyun-min and Min-ah!
Cute Anthony is priceless.
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piaaa
November 30, 2012 at 7:18 AM
Oops. lol this should be a reply to Kika. Sorry.
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21 whitewire
November 30, 2012 at 7:13 AM
Kind of wondering:
What to watch — CAN'T BE TWO/THREE because it confuses me. ONLY ONE.
One comment = one choice
WHAT TO WATCH:
• King of Dramas
• Missing You
• Jeon Woo-chi
And why.
JUST ONE DRAMA for one comment. I will start one drama this weekend. I thought you may help me guys. Thank youuuu!
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Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM
King of Dramas because:
-Great story line, suspense, mix of comedy and serious. They make fun of Dramaland in so many ways... It's fun and you learn things in the process.
-Great cast: Really, everyone is great including the cameos.
-Beautiful music.
-There is money on the screen.
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Ivoire
November 30, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Mysti, what do you mean by "there is money on the screen?"
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Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM
The costumes, the sets, the filming on locations, car stunts... You can see they have a comfortable budget. I hope the quality standard will be kept until the end. *SBS, I know you can do it!*
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ladysarahii
November 30, 2012 at 7:44 AM
I personally really love King of Dramas. There are compelling characters, amusing situations, and all the main actors are really, really good. The male lead isn't entirely your normal male lead, either.
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PayPhone
November 30, 2012 at 2:33 PM
To "Wondering" haha indeed you won't be wasting time with KING OF DRAMAS.
I tried watching MISSING YOU/I MISS YOU seriously coz I'm a fan of both leads there, I didn't know what's in that series that made me JUST A LITTLE BIT disappointed in them and the prod. It's a little bit dragging and the theme is, well, overstated. Thinking of not going on now with that one... as of the moment.(still hoping here!!)
@ladysarahii
I looooooove Kim Myung-min! Ahh such charisma bursting forth the screen. Anyhoo, yeah I've been watching KING OF DRAMAS... I'm terribly surprised by the actors – even Jung Ryeo-won, Siwon, Jung Man-shik and Oh Ji-eun! Wow, so good!!!
For now, it's really KING OF DRAMAS. Hands down!
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ladysarahii
November 30, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Ah, yes! Kim Myung-min... his name escaped me this morning, and I was on my way to work. I swear, he could read the phone book and I'd probably tune in.
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sebsob
November 30, 2012 at 10:08 AM
That's three for King of Dramas! Kim Myung Min is electric. Wonderful acting by all. Also as others stated, the plot is intriguing and I haven't felt the urge to ff at all. It opens up interesting debates about drama productions and the business of entertainment. Though I am not sure where they might take this, especially in light of the low-ish ratings, I would say up until now it has been a good watch.
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22 Mystisith
November 30, 2012 at 7:16 AM
In Dramaland this week:
Five Fingers and Ohlala Couple ended ****Spoilers****.
Got to love the all redemption stuff at the last minute which erases 1000 years of bad deeds. Sorry guys, it's a bit short and not politically correct in my book. For 5F, I did see it coming but since the script was already crazy it didn't bother me. For OC it was a bad surprise... Yes I'm still a bit naive and I want the good guys to win. *sigh* ANYWAY,
I'm still having a ball with Can We get Married? My bikers are just so cute and adorable and honest: You can throw at me all the dragon MILs of the world, it won't affect me. That's a well balanced show, with emotions of all kind.
I'm waiting for School 2013 and Rude Miss Young Ae (Season 11). Alice in C: Praying for it to be good but not much hope.
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nomu nomu nomu
November 30, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Thanks for the heads-up about Oohlala C, from that JGS post. It saved me over a dozen episodes to watch. :-)
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noi
December 2, 2012 at 1:10 PM
OMG finally people who watch can we get married. i wonder why the show isn't popular. this is a really cute show!!!! a light, fluff, and cute romcom~ the fck with chaebol and all those past conflicts or revenges, kke. jung so min is really pretty! >w<
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23 john
November 30, 2012 at 7:19 AM
It's Friday!
Watching Forbrydelsen season 1. Gripping, awesome !
also, KOD, CWGM, Great Seer, May Queen, Priceless and Zhen Huan.
I've almost finished Zhen Huan. I need another C drama to watch. Any recommendations?
My wife if currently watching HOTS. It's fun to see those characters again.
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korazylady
November 30, 2012 at 7:39 AM
Morning, John
Wow, you always amaze me at how many dramas you get in a week. I'm only watching KoD (losing a little interest), CWGM, and IMY (couldn't watch episodes 1, 3, + 4, but went from there.) I keep meaning to check out Priceless though, so thanks for reminding me.
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john
November 30, 2012 at 7:58 AM
Korazy Lady~
Priceless is fun.
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pogo 🍉
November 30, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Forbrydelsen is one of my favourite shows ever, and I say this as someone who normally HATES procedurals. Sarah Lund and her sweater have my fangirling for life.
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john
November 30, 2012 at 8:49 AM
pogo~
Yes, Sarah Lund rocks.
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Annie
November 30, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Have you tried Strange Hero Yi Zhi Mei yet? I think it's one of the best dramas to have come out in the past few years regardless of region.
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john
November 30, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Annie~
Actually, I have seen most of that series and have enjoyed it. I have about 3-4 more eps left.
The wife didn't care for it. Once we finish Zhen Huan, that's going to difficult to replace.
She likes love/intrigue more than kung fu fights.
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Annie
November 30, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Do you guysspeak/read Chinese? There's a series called Cuo Dan Yuan Yang currently airing that I really liked. No kung fu but a very realistic romance and good writing.
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john
November 30, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Annie~
Alas, no.
I wish, as there so many dramas that I'd love to watch.
john
December 2, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Annie~
I'm going to suggest The Mischievous Princess / My Bratty Princess to my wife. Have you seen this? I see it has Jang Nara in it.
In the meantime , I'm going to watch Princess Returning Pearl, ( (Huan Zhu Ge Ge). Not sure the wife is up to watching this version.
We've watched New My Fair Princess. Xiao Yan Zi is one of my favorite characters.
24 karecity
November 30, 2012 at 7:25 AM
anyone here watched MAMA? my friends were squealing over the likes of SuJu and i was just going crazy over the actors. like Jung WooSung (SO FINE) and JoongKi!! Other big names like Song Seung Heon, Han GaIn, Han ChaeYoung and Choi JiWoo were there also!
last year when MAMA was at Singapore i was at the red carpet and couldnt understand why all these actors were at a MUSIC awards haha.
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25 DayDreamer
November 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM
Happy Friday to all.
Out of the currently airing shows, I'm only watching King of Dramas. It's definitely a lovely show but with not so lovely ratings that frighten me. C'mon Korea, please watch it so I can enjoy it completely too. :P
Because none other shows are interesting me, I'm going back to look at some older dramas I haven't watched. I started watching Que Sera Sera but I'm not feeling its mood so I quit that somewhere along the way. I took up Thank You (which has Jang Hyuk in it) and that one is really getting to me. I love what I see so far.
I hear Oohlala Spouses ended with the cheater and his ex-wife getting back together. I'm glad I dropped that drama long ago too. Don't see how it had better ratings than King of Dramas, hmph.
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Addylovesbwood
November 30, 2012 at 11:37 AM
I agree, I'm following most of the dramas airing and none of them excite me.
I remember this past summer, when I'd rush home from work to catch an ep of Gaksitaal, Big, A gentlemans dignity. Even TTBY was exciting
but noooooo all that excitment is gone. we're stuck in era of melodramas...even the projected rom-coms got too angsty for me...
Oohlala being one of them. I almost wished I dropped the drama with the nonsensical ending we got this week. But I overlooked it because the actors were awesome!
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lalala
November 30, 2012 at 2:27 PM
King of Dramas :-)
This may be a little bit of an understatement, but it's the first time I fell actually in-love with a drama. Seriously, God knows.
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