Gu Family Book’s half-gumiho rises
by girlfriday
girlfriday: So, the posters are finally out for Gu Family Book…
javabeans: A poster is just a poster, right? It doesn’t mean anything or set a negative tone or portend doom or anything?
girlfriday: *awkward pause* *dodges question* Look, a squirrel!
javabeans: Because I dunno about you, but suddenly I’m a lot more nervous about things to come in this drama. Because if a poster is not merely a random piece of artwork, now I have to prepare myself mentally for glowing omniscient cat eyes of doom, flesh-eating diseases, and martial arts sequences punctuated by swooshy sound effects. I’m just not ready for that.
girlfriday: You’re forgetting the all-important storyline where apparently being a gumiho gives you really bad hair.
javabeans: From some angles (okay, just the one) Seung-gi looks pretty good. From all other angles, he looks like Chia Seung-gi. Except that I’m afraid to water him after midnight when he turns into Chia Gremlin.
girlfriday: He’s not… really going to look like this in the drama, right?
javabeans: …Do you want the happy answer, or the true one?
girlfriday: The happy one, naturally.
javabeans: Then no, the promos and stills and previews are all wrong. He will be simultaneously hot and adorable in the drama, which has zero chance of sucking. Even if Great Gatsby is watching. Waiting. Being totally inconspicuous like a good lurking hellbeast.
girlfriday: Yeah thanks for that. This is why I hate it when posters get released so late in the game. You get all excited based on a few stills of puppy in a ponytail, and then Wham! They hit you with the overzealous gumiho photoshop. I don’t know when he’s going to find time to fall in love and learn martial arts if he’s going to be so busy drinking blood, eating brains, and finding a cure for his necrosis.
javabeans: Well, if we’re going to have a zombie doppelganger loose on our hands, it seems fitting that he’d be hungry for human organs. Though admittedly, “Liverrrrr” doesn’t have the same ring as “Braiiiins.”
girlfriday: Who knows, maybe he’ll only want Cooooooow.
javabeans: Maybe he’ll buck the trend and be a vegetarian zombie half-gumiho Chia-Hero.
girlfriday: That would explain why he looks half-dead.
javabeans: Fingers crossed that the show’s half-decent.
girlfriday: Or someone eats our brains.
javabeans: I don’t like these odds.
Via iMBC
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1 Lynnnnn
April 4, 2013 at 10:07 AM
I liked the filming stills but the posters seem to be painting a very ominous tone :( I thought it was gonna be happy and comedic and Lee Seung Gi-ish and all but now... :<
Very curious as to why Suzy is looking like a Damsel in Distress in the second poster though. Shouldn't she be looking tough and all cos y'know, Daddy knows martial arts? I'm getting weird vibes from the posters.
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2 Jesse
April 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM
The first poster is great!
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3 Big Unni
April 4, 2013 at 10:10 AM
JB and GF you guys are hilarious! I too hope that this show doesn't come out all pretty at first and then latter in the game try to eat our brains! *puts on garlic necklace* Wait what detracts a half-gumiho? And what detracts bad plotlines and half-baked characters? *googles* Don't worry Dramabeans I will protect you! hehe/lol :)
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4 zee
April 4, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Ah..Ok.. those eye things in the background are kinda creepy..I really have hopes for this drama but these posters just ruined one of them..
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5 pogo 🍉
April 4, 2013 at 10:17 AM
I SEE SUNG JOON IN BLACK WARRIOR COSTUME UNF
I liked the teaser for this, for once Lee Yeon-hee didn't annoy me with her blandness.....but then Jang Ok Jung has also gone and put out a trailer in which its leads actually seem to have chemistry, there's a chance there'll be a ratings fight now (if it isn't too late to convince people to watch your show after all the previous promo material was so shoddy, that is)
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6 Mama J
April 4, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Ok yes but - DID YOU SEE SUNG JOON in that poster? Up there? The one with Sung Joon in the background leaning up against something. He's on the not left side what is that word the right THE RIGHT side. Oh, please, Sung Joon in sageuk with mane of glory forever and ever please please.
Plus. Seung Gi and Suzy look adorable together. But in a cute twinsy kind of way. It's ok though.
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7 Starstruck.
April 4, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Regardless of the posters, I have faith in puppy. He always chooses the right projects. Besides, I think the only problem with gumiho seunggi is that it was overly air brushed...I mean..they can't possibly airbrush a video right...? Or can they use CG for it? I kinda have a feeling that Suzy's character is gonna be real bad ass in the beginning but then slowly turn into a damsel in distress (and loses her spunk..). This is based on what I see in the 2nd poster. But still, I have very high hopes for this drama. Gu family secret fighting!
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8 akikisetsu
April 4, 2013 at 10:19 AM
I guess Lee Yeon Hee is not really too keen on this drama. She had issues during the script reading, didn't attend the press con and didn't participate/not included on the promo posters, while Choi jin Hyuk's there.
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9 anna
April 4, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Finally! Sung-joon. Eyes shifted to him in the poster instead.
An about zombie/chia gumiho, it's not THAT bad. Maybe it'll look cooler in action. I wish they just go full on white, but maybe that's too Inuyasha. So they stuck with highlights because he's only, you know, half. We get it.
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10 sunshower
April 4, 2013 at 10:25 AM
O.M.G. really? what is with the evil eyes in the posters??
The promo stuff hasn't really taken on this evil hue. Is this suppose to prepare us? Really? I felt like I have been taken on a ride *hrmph*
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11 marid
April 4, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Sorry.. My shallow side only sees hot body guard.. Seriously as much as love puppy.. I might LUFF Sung-joon even more... How much bad drama can I put up with?? Well with G7CS it was 8 episodes... Sigh please don't be bad.. Please don't be extremely bad..
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12 Tazzo
April 4, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Oh! I am getting Inuyasha vibes from this! Very very excited about this drama! :D
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13 stront
April 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Wow the red Seungi looks *ugly*.
Hope the drama is good.
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14 MsScorpion
April 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Well, the preview is out, and I can't wait. It's tone looks really good, and there is great chemistry between LSG and Suzy.
Check it out here with Eng. sub.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=akzJvnxZyNk
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15 HKO
April 4, 2013 at 10:53 AM
i just cant wait , even if he was a blood sucking zombie I LOVE EVERY INCH IN HIM !! MY OPPA
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16 bjharm
April 4, 2013 at 10:53 AM
well Suzy can do not wrong for quite a while in Korea, she just keeps on getting bigger and bigger., let hope this drama is not the work that put a stop to that.
I frankly do not know why Suzy so popular but as she cute I really do not care...hey maybe I just answered my own question!
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17 bellaluna
April 4, 2013 at 11:05 AM
aww, I hate that they made Gumiho-Kang Chi looks so old with that gray hair, & dark face, how about totally white hair then? It'll be better. BTW, I hope the drama won't be so much in cliche' with all the Chinese martial dramas before. Even it seems like the drama will be bright & funny in the beginning but dark & tragic later. Haizz, I trust LSG acting but i think it will be too much for Suzy, don't think she can act in tragic scenes yet.
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18 lemondoodle
April 4, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Meh, I wouldn't worry too much about the evil look stuff going on... judging by the trailer handsome daddy was adorable and fluffy and nicer than most of the humans in the drama. Hey, I might have figured out the moral of the story.... I doubt there will be much brain eating.
Though I dig the posters for the most part.
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19 snow_white
April 4, 2013 at 11:12 AM
hahahaha....the conversation is so funny and that makes the first and second poster funny as well :D :D
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20 Cynthia
April 4, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Awww, don't get too upset with this round of posters.
We all can remember those crazy-ass City Hunter poster illustrations....
:)
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21 HeadsNo2
April 4, 2013 at 11:21 AM
*squints* Sung Joon, what are you doing way back there? Shouldn't you be in poster foregrounds by now?
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22 Mystisith
April 4, 2013 at 11:22 AM
I like the Gumiho's version of LSG: It's a bit vampirish, beasty and sexy at the same time. (I love good vampire stories).
When the game is to get the girl or eat the girl, the romance doesn't taste the same. ;)
Wasn't planning to watch this but maybe I will give it a try.
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23 Alex
April 4, 2013 at 11:29 AM
I think it has more to do with the baser instinct of being a half gumiho, He might not be in full control of gumiho part in the beginning since he only knows about it when he grows up and will be forced to deal with it. I agree with above comment that this drama that this drama show that a non-human can be more of a human than regular people.
And I hope suzy will be kick ass throughout regardless of second poster , that poster might only be showing her emotional vulnerability regarding kang chi and his struggle.
I'll try not to judge without seeing it first or depending on few posters , if I did that then there are probably half the dramas i might have not seen.
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24 lapetitelapine
April 4, 2013 at 11:33 AM
I could only focus on Sung joon in that poster, omg!!! those eyes, that mane of glory! win! I'm quite excited of this drama, i hope Suzy's character kicks ass and LSG looks so young with the hair lol
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25 HaibaraChristie
April 4, 2013 at 11:55 AM
Am I the only one psyched for the first four episodes with the Gumiho Parents? Shockingly, Lee Yeon Hee is quite good in the 5 min trailer. Drama Gods, what just happened here? I never thought I would WANT to see Lee Yeon Hee on my screen!?!
I also think this will be a bit like K2H in tone; serious and action dominated, but with lots of comedic moments.
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26 Lisah
April 4, 2013 at 12:14 PM
There is so much wrong with those posters, ESPECIALLY the burning eyes one where Suzy and Seung Ki are grinning. What is THAT about? And the trailer . . .the backstory looked interesting, then Seung Ki's battle skills looked goofy but not like intentionally funny goofy (because if that's what they were going for, it would need like wacky music and and more hamming it up). I have officially gone from "this could be really cute" to "oh I . . .can't . . . even". Fingers crossed that this show has something that can't be abbreviated into a 5 minute promo (and that whoever did these posters was fired for completely missing the mark).
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27 Hamster428
April 4, 2013 at 12:18 PM
Seriously, all I can see is also Sung Joon tucked away at the back there. Secret heroes FTW.
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28 Caia
April 4, 2013 at 12:24 PM
The fourth poster made me grin: Suzy and LSG smiling mischievously and in contrast the rest sporting a dangerious/serious face. "It's a comedy." "No, it's a serious sageuk". "And what's the gumiho doing here then?" "Can't a gumiho be serious? Plus, we've all the sword fighting going on..." "No, it's still..." "No, you..." BLITZ, picture's taken. ;)
Coming now... the fiery fox eyes of temptation. Grrr.
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29 redfox
April 4, 2013 at 12:33 PM
well all I can say, there can never be enough screen time for foxes.
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30 ida
April 4, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Meh.
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31 all4movies
April 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
First time I've ever seen a guy out "pony tail" a girl. LSG's actually looks fancier than Suzy's. What's next, women's lingerie?
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32 Elise
April 4, 2013 at 1:05 PM
Maybe I don't know much about theatre and what not but posters have never really bothered me, seriously what's the biggie?! I watch the drama and make up my mind...simple!
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33 Ace
April 4, 2013 at 1:31 PM
I don't care about the posters. What I'm wary of: the preview trailers. From experience, the more meh the trailer, the better the drama (City Hunter). The more exciting and promising the trailer is...let's just say, I'd rather watch the trailers over and over. ;)
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34 topper
April 4, 2013 at 1:42 PM
Why would he want to become a human if there is no negative side of being a gumiho? The evil eye fits the premise perfectly.
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35 chaosgirl
April 4, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Hmm, considering the only reason I was going to be watching this was for that kid leaning against a tree there who has shown up in ONE POSTER of all the promo material, I am rethinking things a bit.
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36 N
April 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Wow, how did they manage to mess up these posters? In the first one, it looks like Seunggi grew a potbelly. What!?? Why is this cute puppy (who lost 3 kg recently) showing a potbelly?? lol
And the second poster, he looks so old....what are they doing to puppy??!
That being said, I'm still waiting to check it out. If it's too cynical, then we'll see...hwaiting!
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37 Tulipsaki
April 4, 2013 at 1:56 PM
" don’t know when he’s going to find time to fall in love and learn martial arts if he’s going to be so busy drinking blood, eating brains, and finding a cure for his necrosis."
ROFLMAO.
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38 Rachael
April 4, 2013 at 1:59 PM
Looks like it's going Naked Kitchen comedy style. Rats.
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39 Quiet Thought
April 4, 2013 at 1:59 PM
That trailer had all the energy and originality of a high school class project. Suzy still has only two expressions: "big smile" and "blank." But I've got faith in LSG's taste in scripts and I hope this show rocks.
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40 Noelle
April 4, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Someone needs to know how to get his hair right. I think it's his head shape or something. Or maybe he has real thick hair like my mom and it's just hard to cut without it looking like a disaster zone.
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41 Lotus_Blossom
April 4, 2013 at 2:50 PM
Action sequence cringe-worthy. Suzy dead fish eyes creep me out. Looks like a cheesy wuxia. Still hoping.
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42 orochi
April 4, 2013 at 2:54 PM
I was hoping he'll look cooler and meanier in gumiho form :(, with his hair down and torn clothes to plus. Geez, why do they have to put the gray hair on him??? That looks so freakin old ! Hix, I was pretty content about the normal outfit and then BAM, they dissappointed me like this! I hope it will look better in the drama, SG isnt so photogenic after all.
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43 DayDreamer
April 4, 2013 at 3:24 PM
I'm probably in the minority when I say that I'm not troubled by the posters. They look fine to me and I do like the supernatural evil look on Seung-gi. I'll be watching this drama because it gives some vibes of Arang and the Magistrate which I loved.
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44 Troppie
April 4, 2013 at 3:47 PM
I find the 5min preview to be quite enjoyable. To those questioning the action scenes, those guys seem like a fodder bunch trying to catch a goofy seung gi causing trouble. Hence the lightheartedness in those scenes. My biggest issue is Suzy's acting..she seems to have that same blank expression throughout the preview. I'm hoping she pulls do and at least do a decent job. I was afraid Seung gi might begin overacting again but the beautiful last scene proved that he hasn't lost his acting chops yet.
Now the posters...I don't know...too much airbrushing and looks extremely fake and dark. I loved all their poses in last poster but the editing D:
Can't wait to see both Jang ok Jung and Gu family book and the showdown b/w the nation's mother's friend's son and the nation's mother's friend's daughter.
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45 jomo143
April 4, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Well, if he turns into a vegetarian zombie half-gumiho Chia-Hero, wouldn't he eat his own hair each time it regrows?
OK. I accept, but then we would have a balding vegetarian zombie half-gumiho Chia-Hero.
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46 reglest
April 4, 2013 at 4:15 PM
I'd gotta honest.
The action scene, is aBIT MEH. No matter how much I love Seung Gi, but it's not that decent. Well, I understand since he did the most by his own, and I know he enrolled to action school for this drama. I'm waiting for his improvement, and I believe he will:)
The poster is YUCK, no more no less.
And from 5 minutes trailer.. I can see veryclearly who put more effort. Hopefully the other side able to balance the act well as the time goes by
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47 Peridot
April 4, 2013 at 4:30 PM
I am actually hoping that the drama has a more serious tone (they can go some many places with the subject matter!), but if there is a compromise then I hope that the comedic and serious moments blend organically. And I wouldn't worry about zombie gumihos Girlfriday and Javabeans. Perhaps all the photoshop is trying to emphasize the darker and more complex side of his gumiho nature. When it comes to how supernatural creatures are depicted, I am usually disappointed (I am thinking, for example, about the half-goblin/half human figure in My Girlfriend is a Gumiho--who resembles a model and not some hybrid creation--as well as Miho herself). I feel that in their completely human state, there should be something in the physical appearances of these beings that hints at their otherworldliness (perhaps something about their eyes or some other detail). They can resemble some state in transition. And when they transform, they should really look different. One supernatural depiction I really liked was from the film, The Company of Wolves (1985). There was something feral beneath the seemingly calm exterior of the hunter (who appears in the last portion of the film). Then there is an in-between state right before his final transformation (for a film made in the mid '80s, he looks amazing!). Anyway, I'm rambling...and waiting excitedly for Monday!
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48 Trina
April 4, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Hmm interesting. I like the posters better than the preview. And Sung Joon totally HOT in black and mane of glory. I hope it will be dark and tragic. If they do either dark/tragic or light/funny. They should all the way not half way and change it halfway.
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49 Wood
April 4, 2013 at 5:08 PM
We know Kang Chi is reckless in the beginning, but he is good at heart, he is probably the village robin hood. He just finds himself bigger and faster than the baddies. No one taught him kungfu.
If you want a slick kungfu drama, please watch Damo instead.
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50 Roxy
April 4, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Did they really have to have the same hair? -.-
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