The con gets going for KBS’s Big Man
by javabeans
Time to check back in with Big Man, the KBS melo-thriller drama about a cadre of chaebols out to steal Kang Ji-hwan’s (Incarnation of Money) heart—and by that I mean literally cheat the heart right out of his chest cavity.
Apparently our resident chaebol Daniel Choi (School 2013) needs a new one (and again we’re talking literal blood-pumpers, not the emotional command center we refer to metaphorically as hearts), and thus begins the elaborate scheme that involves telling Kang Ji-hwan he’s a long-lost chaebol. (Seriously, with all the heart puns available to us, couldn’t they have just named this drama Heartless and be done with the Big Man stuff, which sounds so silly?)
In any case, the premise explains the poster above, which features the two sides to our hero’s character—the rumpled everyman he is at the outset, and the polished heir he becomes. Personally I think the second poster below is more visually appealing (or maybe I just like to feel like Kang Ji-hwan is staring into my soul), though the one above tells more of a story.
The teaser video below starts out light-hearted enough, but as soon as Daniel Choi starts having heart troubles, it takes on a thriller-like vibe. Kang Ji-hwan falls victim to a car crash, and when he wakes up his world has changed. Lee Da-hee (Secret) plays Daniel Choi’s first love, who eventually realized he didn’t love her enough for their relationship to become anything more. Now she works at the chaebol group and is privy to the knowledge that our hero was falsely entered into the family register for the sole purpose of enabling Daniel Choi’s heart transplant. Meanwhile, Jung So-min (Could We Get Married) plays the younger sister to the chaebol, who finds it ludicrous to imagine that the formerly roughneck hero is now her eldest oppa.
Big Man premieres on April 28 and airs on Mondays and Tuesdays. I know I’ll be watching at least the first week (thanks and damn you, Kang Ji-hwan), but I do hope the show proves to be more intriguing than my preconception of it. Please?
Via Herald Biz
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1 mary
April 17, 2014 at 4:24 AM
I must confess I checked out the trailer just to see if they'd show us more of that (rumored) cameo of Song Jae Rim being chased by Kang Ji Hwan on the street. :DDD
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2 kanz
April 17, 2014 at 4:26 AM
Jung So Min looks really pretty in white/ivory dress.
While I don't hate the four leads, I don't really like them either. I also uninterested with the plot. It's really cliched and maybe has been done before.
I know sometimes drama can surprise you and all lies in the execution but what you can hope from this type of drama. We all know how everything will be played out.
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3 PeepsLeAwesomePotato
April 17, 2014 at 5:19 AM
Aren't they rich? Can't they get a mechanical heart a la Roboleg in Sly and Single Again? Granted, a mechanical heart is kind of cumbersome to use and maintain but it not like a heart transplant will mean that one is able to become an athlete anyway... and at least Roboleg's cousin doesn't require anyone dead to save lives...
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4 jae
April 17, 2014 at 5:30 AM
all of them are beautiful.. ^^
i hope the drama will good.
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5 kooriyuki
April 17, 2014 at 6:01 AM
Hold it, does this mean Daniel Choi's character is gonna be in coma for an extended period in the drama?
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6 Meow
April 17, 2014 at 6:03 AM
I don't like Daniel Choi's haircut all that much. >.>
Jung So-min looks gorgeous! I love the hair! :D
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7 coby
April 17, 2014 at 6:41 AM
why I am seeing a lot of red hairs lately? Song Ji-hyo and now Jung So-min. Can't wait for this show! Its time for my Kang Ji-hwan drama dose.
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8 AAAA
April 17, 2014 at 6:56 AM
The more cynical part of me thinks the production team just took apart the script of Incarnation of Money and pasted it back together, blindfolded. There's just too much copying going on. I've seen Kang Ji Hwan in too many car accidents and head-bandages. The screenwriter is completely out of original ideas at this point, which is very sad if you have one of Korea's most talented actors at your disposal. Such a fine actor, capable of so much (recently watched 90 Days, Time to Love- ignore the synopsis please, just watch it. you won't regret it. one of Kang Ji Hwan's finest performances. one of the best and most beautiful melodramas I've ever seen, in any language)
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9 damai
April 17, 2014 at 7:17 AM
Jung So min looks damn cute on the lastest pic with that sunglasses!!
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10 DayDreamer
April 17, 2014 at 7:22 AM
Meh, this will be a pass from me. Like AAAA mentioned, it's too reminiscent of Incarnation of Money just visually.
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11 Ek Ladhki Thi
April 17, 2014 at 10:15 AM
*Wails* Now I have to choose between this drama and A New Leaf, There's No way I'm letting go of You're All Surrounded, just to keep to my two dramas at a time quota. Darn you expensive data bundles. I was going to pass on this because of the premise, but Min-min looks so pretty with that red hair and Daniel Choi. Ottoke?!
I want to watch A New Leaf so badly because of Ajhussis and Jin Yi-han. Now I have to choose. :'( TT_TT
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12 kyl
April 17, 2014 at 10:19 AM
I'm just wondering if they want Kang Ji-hwan's character's heart, why not just kidnap him, put him into irreversible anaesthesia, and extract his heart? I'm sure rich chaebols are capable of doing illegal stuff like this especially in a drama, don't wanna think about what might happen in real life though *shudders*. Why the elaborate scheme of making him the chaebol heir, when they want his heart and in the process, he's gonna die anyway (if the plan to steal his heart succeeds)?
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13 Chandler
April 17, 2014 at 11:13 AM
Aw I actually really like all these actors, but this is just so not my thing.
The sad thing about the name is that if Big Man were the name of a comedy, I'd be totally fine with it. But it's laughable as a title of a revenge/thriller. Heartless would have been a great name (not that it would make me watch it though).
Kang Ji-Hwan! Daniel Choi! Why?! I miss you so much. And I'm afraid I'll be missing you for much longer.
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14 deen
April 17, 2014 at 11:30 AM
Jung So Min reminds me of Jung Ryeo Won from Salaryman with the red hair and that red dress, she also wore that dress in the first ep.
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15 windsun33
April 17, 2014 at 11:31 AM
I might check it out, but from what I have read and seen, it will have trouble passing the makjang + cliché smell test for me.
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16 yooo
April 17, 2014 at 1:12 PM
2 actors i dislike in one show >.< no offense to anyone who likes them but i cant stand these 2 guys.
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17 Quiet Thought
April 17, 2014 at 4:45 PM
The actress's expression in all their shots suggestion that they agree with us that the concept is ludicrous.
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18 Z
April 17, 2014 at 4:58 PM
I smell a birth secret. $10 says he really is their brother. I won't be watching to find out if I'm right but someone let me know down the road if this happens.
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19 Z
April 17, 2014 at 5:00 PM
Also, isn't this like the twisted, gendered reversed version of My Girl? Except he's not in on it.
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20 imot
April 19, 2014 at 9:51 PM
Ohh I'm just sad daniel choi will be the bad guy in this one.. have always like him since babyfaced beauty. Well, hope he will not die in the end cause I'm pretty sure he'll not get kang ji hwan's heart. I'm still pissed off when Daniel Choi all but dissapeared and replaced by So Ji Sub in the whole fiasco plastic surgery drama Ghost...
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