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Pinocchio’s fluffy fantasy posters

Are they lying on clouds? Cotton candy? I don’t know why they’d be swimming in either fluffy substance to begin with, but the effect is rather pretty. Posters are out for SBS’s upcoming Wednesday-Thursday series Pinocchio, the new part-fantasy, part-reality drama from the team behind I Hear Your Voice. That show was similarly sprinkled with a dose of the supernatural, in what was otherwise a rom-com about public defenders. This time, we’ve got a crew of rookie reporters and a heroine who hiccups every time she tells a lie.

It turns out that our leads Lee Jong-seok and Park Shin-hye will share a rather complicated family relationship in the drama — her grandpa Byun Hee-bong (Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit) adopts Lee Jong-seok as a child when his parents die, but for some bizarre reason, he adopts him as his firstborn, when he already has a son who’s older (Shin Jung-geun, Scent of a Woman). So despite the fact that Lee Jong-seok and Park Shin-hye are the same age, he’s her uncle and she’s his niece. And Lee Jong-seok is Shin Jung-geun’s hyung, which is totally nutty.

I like unconventional family dynamics like the kind in weekend dramas (Wonderful Season comes to mind for most complicated recent family tree), and based on the preview they look like an adorable bickering pair. It IS going to make their romance complicated, that’s for certain. But since there’s no pretense about them being related by blood, we will hopefully bypass the more conventional melo angst and just focus on the heartwarming factor. Dad and Gramps are going to be nice, right?

And yay, Voice alum Kim Hae-sook (Marriage Not Dating) is also making an appearance, and will be playing Kim Young-kwang’s controlling chaebol CEO mother. Lee Yubi plays the last member of the rookie reporter foursome, as a sasaeng fan who turns those skills into a new career as a journalist. Now I find myself looking forward to the small-town high school years more than anything else, so I hope we spend a while on everyone’s backstory.

Pinocchio premieres next Wednesday, November 12.

Via Osen, Xports News

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I am liking the pairing plus the poster looks cute.
Sign me up for this drama ?

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Can't wait!!!! I like this pairing :)
I really want it to air soon

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Can't wait!!!

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Today is the press conference day, Cant waittttt

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i like the poster, fluffy backdrop and all. I like the color coordination of their clothes, and especially enjoy how his socks match her heels.

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I think they both matured too well and no longer suit playing their teenage selves from here on out. I feel the trailer and above stills are so misplaced. They need to just move onto strictly mature roles.

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I can't take him seriously in that wig. (Sorry. I just can't. He's going to have to act the heck out of it for me not to be watching thinking, "that's an actor in a bad wig.)

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My thoughts exactly.

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Another bad hair role for LJS? Why? Not a perm this time but even worse with that horrible wig. Ugh. Can't they take advantage of the pretty?

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Park Shin Hye is really lucky to get to act with all the hot leading man out there...Lee Min Ho...Lee Jong Suk...Kim Woo Bin...Jang Geun Suk...Yoo Yeon Seok...

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No they are lucky to get act with her.... Why is it always the girls that are lucky? Oh because most of us are women and we wish to be in her place? That's kinda sad isn't it?

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Nop, because she never has been a good actress. Isnt about gender.

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Wut.

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I'm not sure the male leads she has played opposite are all that great in the acting department either although they have pretty uniformly been nice to look at.

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In my opinion Lee Jong Seok, Yoo Yeon Seok, And Kim Woo Bin are better actors than her, Lee Min Ho is on equal footing with PSH in terms of acting, and all three above are involved in both movies and dramas so I think that also gives them an edge over her, PSH has only been on I think one movie and her role wasn't that big, PSH is a decent actress though but I don't think she's better than Yoon Seok, Woo Bin or Jong Seok.

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seriously? lol don't make me laugh she is a much better actress than more than half of the actors she acted with.

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Overrated by Korea, yes. But not a good actress? Please. She is a better actor than Lee Min Ho, and somehow I never see that guy being criticised for not-great acting.

People here will defend to the death some absolutely godawful actresses/idol actresses using all kinds of trumped-up nonsense like "she's young" and "it's notvfeminist to criticise a woman if she's shit at acting!" ....but when it's an actress who's ok but did not kiss your oppa right, it's ok to tear her apart? I don't like her acting much and would have preferred Lee Yu Bi as a lead but even I can admit PSH was good in some roles like FBND and her movies so I give Pinocchio a chance.

also I feel kinder towards her after seeing just how bad LJS' last leading lady was. At least PSH in the drama stills of Pinocchio does not look like an advertisement for Botox....unlike the previous one.

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PSH is a better actor than Lee Min Ho? Lol.

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@guest11 sorry to break it, he is good looking and charismatic but as an actor he isn't all that. If he was, Kim Woo Bin would not have stolen his thunder as effectively everytime they had a scene together.

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yah whatever, like everybody would care about your opinion. Kim woo bin? you compare him with LMH? what a joke! Let see if this KWB can survive in the next three years with the same boring bad boy image.hmm.. I'm not sure though. but who knows,.. I'll come back again to congratulate you if it's really happen. for now? I cant take you seriously.

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Ahem. No thank you. But to say this, I personally think Lee Min Ho is a better actor than her. For one thing, I'm not a big fan of Lee Min Ho, but I think he is a better actor! Trying watching City Hunter! He costars with Park Min Young and honestly, he was amazing in that drama!!! Also, have you seen her kiss scenes?! They all look like an owl getting kissed but a dog.

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@Soaphie, it's useless to tell PSH fans the truth, look at this @pigsnout, blindly defend her even dare to put down LMH that already contribute in her popularity through heirs. Her fans are typical, always brag about natural beauty queen without surgery.. Hmm.. really? is that their standard of great actress? I'm a LMH fan, I don't hate her before but since this person offended LMH to this point. I wont respect this actress anymore. No talent, standard looking?I would say no for this actress.

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FINALLY, someone said that LMH is a bad actor, I thought I was crazy for thinking this way about him(seriously, why is nobody criticising him for his acting?)
P.S I'm definitely not fan of PSH, not like I hate her but still...

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Aren't we too edgy and sensitive ? Why so tense...
Saying she is lucky to had the chance to work with good looking men doesn't make her less handsome or less capable... That's a woman's perspective.
I am sure the guys are thinking lucky Lee Jeong Suk, got to work with her... So what ?
Focusing on or appreciating opposite gender doesn't mean smearing one's own... No one's trying to solve any world issue here. It's the entertainment section of the internet FYI

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Where is the "like" button when I need it???

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but it does get annoying when people keep doing that even the bloggers

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If I only see the poster I would have thought the drama is about 2 young lovers, not reporters. The poster with 4 leads looks like family picture. LOL

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All I want from this weird family connection is In Ha calling Dal Po "uncle" and her dad calling him "hyung" for most of the series. That is gonna be so friggin hilarious to me. I need it so much.

Otherwise, I'm def looking forward to the show. I like the principle cast a lot. The supporting names are also great. I like writer too. I quite enjoyed all three of the dramas I've seen of hers and the one movie too.

I think I'm just glad they're not a vitriolic hatred couple. I don't mind some bickering but I like my otps to at least like each other before falling in love. So tired of the hate-love romance trope.

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oh my ...that does sound funny even when I imagine it! LOL

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"but for some bizarre reason, he adopts him as his firstborn, when he already has a son who’s older"

The grandpa believes Dalpo is his deceased first son who drowned. The grandpa saved Dalpo from drowning so I guess the grandpa believes he's the reappearance/resurrection of the dead son (something leads me to suspect he has alzheimer's or something mentally since his son drowned so long ago). So Dalpo ends up adopted as the oldest and has an "younger" brother who is old enough to be his dad.

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wait, what is up w lee yubi's face in the 2nd shot? lol looks like a bad case of photoshop or sthg.. anyways, i shall watch this for her and kim young kwang <3 cant wait!!

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When will shin hye ever get out of a school uniform....do a sageuk or anything else...jeballlll....she needs to abandon all things cute, fluffy and wide-eyed to be recognised for her talents...the only thing i see different was flower boy next door...athough literally she was the girl next door...

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These comments are getting old. The high school stuff in the beginning is character building, the rest of the story will be them in their 20s. Do you want them to cast different actors/actresses to play their 18 year old selves? And then have them magically look completely different once they turn 20?

"do a sageuk or anything else"
There is literally a post below this one where she's in a sageuk.

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She was in You're Beautiful as a nun, Heartstrings as a college student & then Flower boy next door as women in her early to mid twenties...

Movie wise Cyrano Agency as a cool women in her 20s, Miracle in cell 7 as a lawyer & literally a new sageuk where she plays the queen...

How is she stuck playing high school roles?

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interesting.........she played all those different roles but in conclusion all feel like the same character, weak and poor
crying fluffy eyes.......

i want to praise her like Koreans do but she seems like to be incapable of breaking through her image

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or maybe she didn't want to? have you thought of that? But doesn't mean all her characters are the same when you only watch some of her popular works

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But Heirs is her only high shool drama in the last 5 years!!! People need to snap out of it and give this girl a break

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Exactly ... i had enough of her in school uniforms. I had enough of LJS in school uniforms too lol. Maybe i'll just skip the whole charcter building episodes and just watch when they are working as reporters.

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it's weird because Heirs in her only high school drama in the last 5 years when LJS have wore uniform in almost all his dramas but no one really complains about him

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Dramabean users also gives Jongsuk shit all the time. I don't know why they bother with this drama since they hate the two leads so much, just avoid the drama then.

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......since when did DB commenters hate on LJS? His last drama was hated but it was fully deserved because it was so bad. He personally never got major hate before or after, please check your facts.

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@pigsnout lol um, go read all the previous posts about Pinocchio casting? And in every post bet-cha they'll bring up his nose/looks as if that's more important than his acting.

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If you think a few jokes about his nose and the purposely ugly wig count as "hate" then I am very sorry, the Internet may not be the right place for you.

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@pigsnout Who said it was just about his nose? Like I said, go read the casting posts, most people were against him being cast.

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...and I suggest going back to School 2013, IHYV or even pre-Dr Stranger posts, people loved him there. Punocchio has seen more negative comments about PSH than him, even if Dr Stranger turned a few people off him.

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@pigsnout What's the use of going back to those when we're talking about his current project? The tides turn, it's not a new concept. I never said he received more hate than PSH, all I said is that he received hate TOO.

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You clearly want to believe that he receives a lot of hate on here so please don't let the facts stop you. But it is a rough life if you cannot even stomach any jokes at the expense of your bias, dramabeans comenters will make them and all anyone can do is hope that the drama is good enough to turn it around.

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@pigsnout "But it is a rough life if you cannot even stomach any jokes at the expense of your bias"

Aren't you doing the same for PSH in this post? If you were so carefree and it didn't bother you then you wouldn't be replying to people with long paragraphs in this post either. Let's not be hypocritical here. And in one of your previous comments, you even acknowledged that Jongsuk got negative comments, but all of a sudden you're changing your "facts" again. Okay.

Anyway, this conversation has gone on long enough.

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Lol your original comment was "dramabeans users give Jong Suk shit all the time".

I said he got SOME negative comments, so you translate that as "all the time" and choose.to ignore my pointing out that he was largely very well loved by db before and after because "all the time" apparently means only "a small handful of comments since his most recent project a few months ago".

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@pigsnout

I was referring to Pinocchio because this is about Pinocchio, Jongsuk gets put down all the time in Pinocchio posts - I don't care that they 'loved' him before because people are fickle as hell. I'm sure Shinhye was once loved too. And I wouldn't be surprised if their opinions change again after this drama - Pinocchio what I was talking about. Jesus, I thought this was simple, just stay on topic.

Btw I can take a lot of criticism about Jongsuk, but I can't stand it when people "joke" about looks. It's not a bias thing, it's a common decency thing. Man or woman, I would never use their looks to put them down. If you don't like his acting then just criticize his acting, that stuff I can take.

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She did all of ONE high school drama. And the "please do a sageuk" comment is ironic because her newest movie.......is a sageuk.

I disliked her in Heirs but come on, people.

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Heirs all over again for Park Shin Hye hahah

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How would you know since it's not even out yet? When has writer Park Hyeryun ever written docile leading ladies?

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this is nothing like Heirs.... Oh you don't read

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Wait what's the "fantasy" part about this?

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The entire drama is built on the premise that 1/43 people suffer from the "Pinocchio" syndrome.

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Still doesn't sound like fantasy.

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The dictionary defines "fantasy" as: the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things.

So technically and literally speaking, there is a "fantasy" element to it.

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ok this plot is really ridiculous I mean I'm usually all for it but...I just don't know about Park Shin Hye...I might not bother with this one.

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I'm so excited for this drama. One thing that IHYV's writer has shown is her ability to take a somewhat boring/been-there-done-that storyline and change it to something heartwarming. I have no doubt this production team will deliver again! Hopefully LJS and PSH's acting will also deliver.

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Is it me or does PSH always play the same kind of school girl role. her acting is always the same. Boring.

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She has played one high school role in the past 5 years. the first few episodes are character building, IE: THE CHARACTERS HAVE A PAST HOLY COW WHO KNEW THAT COULD HAPPEN. Y'all are tiring.

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I adore Lee Yubi but geez, girl looks like a ghost in the group poster D:

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Lee Yubi is so freaking PALE

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All I noticed were the sneakers...I WANT HER SNEAKERS.

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I am not putting my hand up to comment of acting skill or lack of the two leads, as I like to keep my hand attached to my body thank you very much but really most will not be watching for good acting anyway and if you get any it is a plus.
ow so hard not to say something on acting or improvement of the same or lack of it...but I do like my hand too much to feed it to fan boys and or fan girls....:-)

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I like the duo poster a lot & i like what i saw from the press con.
Otoh, I feel like the IQ of the commenters is dropping by the minute. Between the haters who are a broken record, those who can't read or who just don't bother checking their facts (databases & Google exist folks) & those who focus on The Hair when what we have here is a show written by one of the best writers in SK with plenty of interesting things to talk about... I will watch the drama but starting for now I'm skipping the useless comments.
Have a nice day!

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It makes me sad to see db behaving like netizenbuzz or omona. Do people here have goldfish memories too?

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I must confess that I had (a goldfish memory)!!
After Heirs I read some comments about her never changing hairstyle... And I was agreeing, when I remembered that she had a different hair in ever drama I saw her (You're beautiful, Heartstrings, Flower boys next door, Heirs)
I think it's Heirs curse fault! LOL

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We need Kim Woobin as a cameo. Seriously. The four of them know him, are friends with him. We need Kim Woobin for a few seconds in this drama. Absolutely.

Don't you think?

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Yessssssssss this needs to happen

he is also under Sidus HQ, which is Lee Yu Bi's agency as well as the producers of the drama.It could happen!

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I would love it so so much. I can pray dramas'God or Anthony!

When Lee Jongsuk was starring Doctor Stranger with Park Hae Jin, they talked about Lee Boyoung (both of them had a drama with her) possible cameo and... it did not happen. Sadly. So yeah, maybe petition is a need...!?

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