Happy Friday, beanies!! Hope you'll are having a awesome weekend.
I'm enjoying Thirty but seventeen when the world seems so serious and full Of upside down this drama is so funny, innocent, naive, Refreshing drama to lighten up my head. This makes me smile and exercise some muscles in my face because of those teen ages wholesomeness.
I'm enjoying My ID is Gangnam beauty too. I am proud of Mi Rae, I love how she stood her ground with the bully. I also love how her best friend rolled up on the bully like she was ready to handle business. There's no end to Soo-ah's nastiness. Eveytime she starts lying I want to make her stop. My eye muscles are tired from frequent eye rolling.

Hi Everyone! ...... I hope you are all doing well today!

This week:

Thirty But Seventeen - I'm still in the beginning episodes and everyone is getting used to each other. If Seo-ri's situation happened to anyone in real life, I can only imagine how disorienting and surreal the whole situation would be.

Mr. Sunshine - Wan-ik .... someone, anyone, please rid the world of this person ..... hurry! And that preview ---- oh no!

Your Honor - So I'm suddenly unsure about this one. I've never said this before about Yoon Si-yoon, but I'm not really liking the overacting on his part.

Let Me Introduce Her - So I decided to check this out with the intention of only watching the first episode. I was really curious how they would explain why a person who underwent facial reconstruction surgery ended up with amnesia. Three episodes later, I still don't know why because it was never explained. In the meantime, gangsters are looking high and low for the person who now has a new face and amnesia, the patient now lives with her plastic surgeon, he's getting interested and oh yeah, she may be married. Yeah, it's a weekend drama. *laughing*

That's all for now. ...... Take care everyone and have a great Friday!

Hellooo!! How is everyone? School's finally slowing down with assessments so I have room for some more dramas 😁. I've been really enjoying My ID is Gangnam Beauty. Even though all the cringe scenes from every romantic are in this drama, I can't help but really ship our main characters! I am also watching My House Helper and Mr. Sunshine. Does anyone have any dramas that they are really loving at the moment that they mind sharing. There are just too many to choose from!

30but17 is the only thing i am obsessed about and can blabber about these days.
rest everything is going good... i am relaxing at home and watching my backlog dramas. finished 7 so far.now Oh Jak Doo and Good Witch only pending.

Happy weekend everyone

Really enjoying Life at the moment. I hate it when there are more than one good shows in a timeslot. I had to sacrifice Let's eat 3 this week for Life.

Well these two are the only shows that genuinely have my interest. I'll keep checking Mr. Sunshine for the cinematography maybe. The show isn't bad but I'm not impatient neither curious.
Won jin ah is slowly becoming my favorite 20sth actress. I want this writer to write a romance next because she writes subtle romances amazingly and probably cast Jang ki yong and Won jin ah.

Thinking of trying a few movies over the next few weekends.

I have Spellbound ready and thinking of adding Hot Young Bloods, to. Jenny, Antique, and The Beauty Inside.
Also, Sunset in my Hometown.

So... I'm finally out of the silent readers and back commenting here again. Ever since Because This is My First Life ended, I was in a kdrama slump. I guess I was too disappointed in the ending (after what was a wonderful drama) and just dropped kdramas altogether :D
Which gave me time to really work on myself, on my physical and mental health. And, surprisingly, once I started feeling better I picked up kdramas again! After a couple of duds (e.g. About Time & The Undateables and, to an extent, Secretary Kim) I'm now really happy I started watching 30 but 17. Man, this little bundle of giddiness is just what I need! Also, in a turn of events I did not expect, I'm also kinda watching Man to Man, per my husband's request. I have no idea what to expect from it, but so far I like the romantic scenes between both male leads.

My annoyance with VIKI continues unabated and I have extended my (pointless and ineffectual) one-woman protest boycotting them by not watching them.

It started with a one-day boycott when they removed my happy drama Thirty But Seventeen overnight. After showing 12 episodes, they lost the license in the middle of the season. It must have happened quickly because they left the banner up ...

I was so annoyed by that banner, telling you that, viewer, you want to watch Thirty but Seventeen - yes, I know that viki: I want to but you WON'T LET ME. I really wanted them to take that banner down.

Well, I got what I wanted, they replaced that banner. Only they replaced it with Lovely Horribly. Now I'm no longer slightly peeved with VIKI, no, I'm full-scale pissed off. (If you're interested in why I hate having this shoved in my face every time I open VIKI, have a look at the comment section here http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/08/premiere-watch-lovely-horribly/)

That meant that I decided to extend my one-day boycott to a full week. The result is that I have been mainly watching stuff on Netflix.

The upside of this was that I watched an interesting jdrama called Switched which was a lot better than I expected. It's short and it's got both an interesting premise and an interesting message. Basically, the popular pretty girl gets her body stolen when the class outcasts figures out how to switch lives. Only changing the way you look doesn't necessarily change the way you are...

Life On Mars - Second OT Review - Comparison of the BV (BBC Version (2006-2007)) with the KV (Kdrama Version (2018))

Hi again @bugsbunny @linda-palapala @thequiet1 @newstory and everyone,
I only managed to watch a few more episodes this week, and have more to go before the finale. I still find that what I felt before holds true. Both the BV and the KV are worth the watch. I will say however that the BV is harder to watch. It could be because it was produced in 2006-2007 and was depicting the true state of 1973, but the lack of respect for people generally and for their rights was glaring and lasted longer in the series. Also troubling was the lack of knowledge or care for victims in terms of help for post traumatic stress.

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On the whole I found the KV much 'sweeter' in tone and mood, warmer and more uplifting and more hopeful from earlier on in the series. In the BV, I felt that Sam gained a yard, but then lost a mile in the gaining of the understanding and respect of his workmates. It was frustrating. The tone, I felt, up to the point I watched, was more cynical.

I liked that in the KV, Tae Joo had (more) opportunities to demonstrate his abilities, that he had conversations with his younger self and had more occasions to meet with his parents. Of course I've yet to watch until the end to see whether Sam has other chances to change his own 'fate'.

OT week 79! After finally figuring out what has been wrong with me (ragweed allergies), I’m finally feeling like myself again in the latter week. I had initially thought it was because I had so much fun last weekend and was recovering from that. So we were going to watch Baumdog Revenge Club during my minivacay last weekend, but couldn’t get it to cast onto the TV in the house we were staying, and apparently no one wanted to watch it on my laptop. I may have been slightly inebriated to be of any use figuring it all out. I did help cook dinner though. I should cook drunk more often. It was delicious! But electronic devices while intoxicated are not my thing. Actually, electronic devices while totally alert are not by thing either.

Which is why I’m always so happy when I can watch kdramas on my TV without having to do anything to get it there. Turn on TV, click on Netflix, done. Turn on TV, click on VIKI, done. Turn on TV, click on DF, done. Which is why I’m commiserating with @cloggie about VIKI losing the rights to 30 but 17. Because now, I have to find it elsewhere and cast it onto my television. Which is an extra 5 steps for me, and it doesn’t work nearly as seamlessly. I’m still loving this show though. Too much cute, great acting, lovely characters. I kind of think we don’t need a villain in this one. The show is too good to have one.

Then there’s Let’s Eat 3. I still really like this too! I’m seeing that the story is not really revolving around Dae Young anymore, but his “love interest” which it’s always been that way, but for some reason, I like it better this time around. Jin-woo’s relationship with her mother is so sweet. I loved this week when they were watching Secretary Kim (I’m pretty sure the proposal episode) but mom was trying to find a show that she remembered from like 20 years ago, and the actors had actually gotten married in real life and she was teasing Jin-woo to not mix up fantasy with reality. She never met a kdrama shipper, did she?

I’ve finally completed Prison Playbook! Yay! I really like this soundtrack right now. It’s the other thing playing besides for the Beanie Island Party playlist on Spotify! I will have super fond memories of this show. I don’t think it’s the best show I’ve seen this year, LIVE is still holds that place. The LIVE soundtrack is daebek too! Oh! I should merge these two!

Mr. Sunshine also has a great soundtrack, very sad though. I can’t get any work done when I listen to it. It’s one you just need to wallow in. I like all the artists on it. Like, they all have music in my phone right now. The show is still beautiful, but I confess, I fell asleep while watching both episodes this past week. I could have also been because I was struggling with being sick earlier this week.

That’s it for now.

While watching “Let’s Eat 3:”

Me: That’s bacon they’re eating.

Daughter: I know, mom, I can see that.

Me:...

I already planned to drop Meteor Garden, but today I found out that Xiao you and Ximen is finally official! OMG, I'm so happy more than I expected. I've been waiting for their coupling for 16 YEARS!
Finished Secret Healer and I feel a little a bit upset with the ending. I just feel it's too unfair for Jun and Yeon-hee 😔

Happy Weekend Beanies!

I thought I had my priorities sorted every day, and I did…after I started the day with coffee and a Thirty but seventeen episode first. :P It is the first K-drama that feels like the episode lasts only 5 minutes. No matter how interesting, I always end up pausing multiple times in an episode because I can no longer focus. If you can keep me invested for an hour before I have finished my morning coffee, then you are doing a great job.

Just one more episode and I will be able to live watch and comment on recaps with the other beanies until the end. Real life usually forces me to marathon finished K-dramas, so I am glad that I might be able to experience this too. I hear many interesting opinions about watching live versus binge watching, and I would love to experience both at least once. Unfortunately that means a few days without Seo Ri and her housemates, because we only get one episode next week. 
There are of course other K-dramas I could start and catch up on. I am very cross with certain beanies for hyping up My ID is Gangnam Beauty and a Witch’s Love last week, because now I have this crazy ambition to catch up on those as well! :O I finally understand the struggle many beanies go through every week ;)

Good morning my fellow Beanies! Hope everyone had a wonderful week!

I am Human Too Finished this up over the weekend and loved it. I am so happy it ended the way it did. I was worried they would deny us because he is an android while she is human. Seo Kang-Joon did an excellent job playing the 2 different characters. You could tell who was the android and who was the human just by how he acted (unless they were trying to be the other person). Nam Shin III was so sweet and adorable and I'm so happy he got his happy ending. I am pretty sure I am now a robosexual because of him.

My ID is Gangnam Beauty I've only watched 1 episode so far but it seems like it will be good. I was worried about the whole premise around the plastic surgery but so far it seems like they are handling it deftly. She has lived her whole life being bullied and abused because she was so ugly that she couldn't take it anymore. But now that she is beautiful she has a whole new set of issues to deal with all while still being the same person she was. When she did her dance and everyone was cheering for her, she was so happy she was crying that people actually liked her that it broke my heart.

The Flame's Daughter Finished this last week and really enjoyed it. I thought all the actors did a wonderful job and like most Chinese dramas, it was beautiful. I just wish there was a bit more romance and actual physical contact between our main lovers. The small moments they had with each other were sweet but I wanted more! And even though I am happy with the endings resolution it seemed a bit too neat and convenient. I guess when your show involves magic you can do whatever you want to get the results you desire.

Happy OT!

Is shin kicking a uniquely Korean thing? I find it both amusing and horrifying that in kdramas, superiors do it all the time, no matter what dignified position they hold.

I also find the physical abuse and violence towards fellow colleagues seem common place. At least it does in dramas. I am sure there's plenty of backstabbing in the offices anywhere but physical violence, really?

Hi Everyone and Happy OT!
Following up on what I was saying last week ... I'm definitely continuing with Firefly and loving it. I've watched the episode with the funniest torture scene ever. I think I giggled throughout, as the torture-ee's repartee continued unabated, while punctuated by their yells of pain. The only thing I found a bit out of whack was the lack of Asians, since that story world had a US-China Alliance. The so-called spoken Chinese had me in stitches ... that is, if I could even understand any of it!!! 😆

The irreverent humour, the weirdest sense of honour of Capt Mal (who could just as well kill as save a person), and the well-paced, coherent action with a roundedness to each character is a winner through and through. Can't they just continue where they left off but treat it as a new series, set a decade later, but with the same cast? 😂

Happy Friday Beanies. I am having to stay back in school for 1 hour each day for practices so Reply 1997 is on pause (its too addictive, it will mess up my schedule very badly. I still haven't read the recap of the last 2 episodes). Started from episode 7 of 30 but 17 and enjoying it immensely. Chan, along with his chicks is just too adorable. Yang Se Jong is a delight to watch.
Still struggling with 11th grade maths.
Yesterday our former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away so there was no school today. His cremation was today and my family saw the entire coverage even though it was around 3 hours long. That is how respected the man was, not just within his own party but even among the opposition. There was a certain silence in the air today which could only be associated with his death. India has truly lost one of her greatest sons

Happy weekend, Beanies 🌷

Your House Helper- Things happen but feels like the plot slows down a bit. I'm surprised with the latest episode's ending, totally didn't see that coming because there's no hint at all from previous episodes. But it's nice tho, more plot development.😊

30 but 17- Not much to say, still cute, full of heart. 😍

Witch's Love- Getting pretty interesting, but I wonder what's the meaning of that blue jar dropped and broke? Maybe I ff too much that I missed the point? Or not? Witch ahjumma and halmoni with their cute sleep caps, adorable!😂 There's a debate that SML is the destined one but because I got this deep trauma watching Hongbin in Moorim School and Wenesday, so nope. 🙈

Heavy Sweetness, Ash-like Frost- Ugh, that Empress is so annoying and evil😒

Picking up Caught in The Heartbeat, so far 1st episode got pretty weird unnecessary fluff (I mean really show? FL will get memory flashback/ clue about the crime every time she kisses the ML?). I was expecting it to be more serious ala CSI since it's a crime drama. But I'll keep watching since the case makes me curious.

After a sad Dong Mae, I needed a happy Yoo Yeon Suk. So I re-watched Mood of the Day and I just love this movie. Yoo Yeon Seok and Moon Chae Won are great !