Oh I love this new experiment, Friday Flashback! I'd like to suggest these K-dramas as future topics of discussion: Sam Soon (oh, that would be so interesting to re-interpret in modern time, ahem), What's Up Fox (it went farther into sex topic than any other TV show at that time, and even more so in modern time) and Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy (oh that is my personal meltdown I still somehow keep coming back too, lol.)

As for Full House, I watched it in one sit-down, and it was one of those show I watched during the "getaway" K-drama phase, where tropes and non-sensical eternal roundabouts did not yet irritate me that much. Still I remember, besides the other characters, the main leads left me "wanting to flip tables and throw things at the television" numerous times. Their hot-cold relationship was dizzying at best, annoying at worst, but I truly appreciated the zest (and facial expressions) of Song Hye-kyo, and youthful vivacity of Rain, as they bickered and engaged in never-ending move-in-move-out. It's one of those K-dramas I re-watch on skip-the-annoying-parts mode but I still do.

I clearly remember my colleagues following this drama in 2004-2005, and not being a Kdrama fan then (started in 2015, late bloomer) I didn't get the hype. They talked about it over lunch and I thought the plotline was lame. Haha! I might just get curious enough to hit Play on this.

As a relatively new Kdrama fan (cough, addict, cough), I’m here to say yes please to this new series!

I watched this in 2017 and could only feel that it hadn't aged well. Wasn't particularly memorable either. I do remember being extremely pissed off at the 'friends' and the fact that they suffered no real consequences for their actions. The only other memory I have is SHK dressed like a 12 year old singing a nursery rhyme - probably the Three Bears one?

I started my Kdrama's journey with Que Sera Sera, just because I found it with French subtitles, that was pretty weird but Eric Mun and Yumi were great together. So, after that, I thought I should try the famous ones like Coffee Prince, Goong, Full House (but not the very old ones because it was to find), I realized they kinda had the same pattern and Que Sera Sera was pretty different.

I'm happy that I didn't start with Full House because I'm not sure I would have continue to watch KDramas.

At the end, I got the feeling that the FL spent the whole drama cleaning the house for him and hearing the 3 Bears song. I don't think the tropes were an issue but the fact I never could believe in their couple. Everytime they needed a happy flashback, we got the honeymoon but they didn't really know each other at this moment...

I watched the Thai version and it was way better. I liked they kept the fact it was a Korean drama at the origin by making the characters visiting Korea.

While Full House has not aged well, there are two things about it that I cherish, one of which makes me a bit sad. That one is how wonderful Song Hye-kyo was as a comic actress, as compared to subsequently. Oh my goodness, what happened? She was delightful.

The other precious thing is Rain's beautiful baby face. His petty petulant man-baby character aside, this was my first encounter with him, and I was captivated, discovering his on-stage performances and most of all his amazing skills as a dancer. Now he has gone through several stages of reinventing himself, I still have his back. He's an all-rounder and a true Korean beauty.

This was my very first K-drama!!! Oh the feels… I went back to watch it again this year and despite being shocked / entertained by the early 2000s fashion, I got hooked again. Those OSTs… the tropes… the bickering… the nostalgia…

Think i've watched Full House in 2008 or 2009 when i started discovering kdramas and while almost everyone adored and raved about it back then i confess i was among the very very tiny minority that didn't like it....I remember i hated the heroine for her stupidity and her friends for what they did and that they never truly got to pay for their crime and that it was loud and even,don't shoot me bad acting...
I've also watched the Thai version and must say that i actually liked that one,not perfect but liked it a lot better...

This one is definitely a classic.
This one has drawn millions of people into Kdrama, myself included.
This one holds a very special place in my heart because it was one of my best friends during my 3months bedrest of my difficult pregnancy. My son is now a highschooler, smartyass, sings well, and, people say, looks a lot like Rain. Shall I smile proudly or bang my head onto the wall?
It has all the absurdities you can get in one drama. Stupid (or evil?) friends, annoying 2nd FL, abusive ML, forgiving FL, bizzare outfits and everything in between. They just bicker, clean the house, eat, repeat. All throughout the drama.
But they do it so well! 😂😂
And the chemistry is brilliant, I guess that’s why I’m sold.
I got a chance of revisiting through Netflix and the first feeling was a disappointment toward SHK. She was funny, expressive. How could she ended up like in NWABU is still beyond me.

*whispers*Ilovecontractmarriages/relationships.
I am surprised how strong your dislike of the trope is. I love when two people are put together for some kind of convenience and then learn to love each other unexpectedly anyway. I never thought of it as a ruse to calm the masses since it was hardly shown to be that in most of the shows I've seen, but I guess it could be a writer's ploy.
I doubt Full House has aged well, but I don't see the trope itself being outdated or just a proponent of "old-fashioned ideals". We have fairly modern kdramas that have tackled the idea with thoughtfulness such as Marriage Contract, Because This Life is Our First, and My Husband Oh Jak Doo. Marriage Contract didn't even have cohabitation. Because This Life is Our First contract does comes about because of cohabitation being "scandalous" and My Husband Oh Jak Doo's contract because being single is "scandalous" (and a serial killer). But, both had more commentary on what being together in any capacity (roommates, friends, lovers) really meant than actually reinforcing certain societal pressures. I just find that the reason behind the contract can be more than what you called it out to be at least in many cases.

I really like this idea for a new series!

I watched Full House when I was just really getting into kdrama watching all the time (so maybe 2015ish), and it was dated then, but I also still enjoyed it? The clothing was -astonishing- and the set up was so hypnotisingly weird (how could they sell her house without her knowing? What?). I liked Song Hye-gyo in this role and didn’t even realise she was the same actress as in Descendants of the Sun wherein her character was so aggressively stupid it makes me angry to think about it 😅 (honestly possibly the most enraged a FL has ever made me; I complained about her even to my job-kdrama watching friends).

I think “your mileage may vary” is a good summation for this drama now; if you don’t like tropey, you will not like it.

I watched Full House in 2019 and it definitely didn't age well. Don't get me wrong I absolutely loved it for about 8 episodes before it started to go downhill. Song Hyekyo and Rain had amazing chemistry but it went to waste in the last half of the show with constant arguing and Rain calling SHK a rice cooker, and SHK just cleaning the house every episode while screaming at him. A lot of misunderstandings that made me want to drive my head into a wall. I think a lot of classic dramas suffer from this, another drama that comes to mind is My Girl (with Lee Dongwook and Lee Dahae) which I also loved at the start until the angst hit.

But I absolutely loved Coffee Prince from start to finish which I also watched in 2019. That drama definitely aged well. But nevertheless, there's a magic to classic dramas that I really love so I've been looking to watch more so if anyone has more recs I'm all ears!

What a wonderful idea for a series. Encore, encore, encore!

May I suggest some classics of makjang? Like …
East of Eden - I mean it’s only 56 episodes…

Or something that doesn’t have a traditional happy ending?
I’m Sorry I Love You
Something Happened in Bali…

I love shk but to this day this (and later dots) remains as the only shk drama that I actually liked.

Suggestions from me for future Friday trip down the memory lanes are:

From the 2000s

1. Lovely Sam soon
2. Coffee prince
3. Goong

From the 2010s

4. Secret garden (can’t believe it’s been 13 years!! Where did the years go?!!)
5. The king two hearts (can’t believe it’s now been 10 years since Earnest bot came to our screens!!)

I thoroughly enjoyed this trip down memory lane. I remember this show fondly because Rain and SHK were both endearing in their roles despite the character's annoying habits. I remember loving the show the first time I watched it. I will not watch the entire thing again but maybe scenes I love between the leads. I really like how their enmity toward the other turned to affection. I do remember the side characters being unlikeable especially Ji Eun's so-called best friends and Hye Won. But I guess this is one of the earlier enemies to lovers and cohabitation hijinks dramas I enjoyed.
I enjoyed this new site feature and hopefully I will discover old dramas I havent watch through this. Or relive another older dramas so I can remember it fondly.

This was one of my early dramas! and i was helplessly drawn to it. But even then i found myself wondering why they were cleaning and doing cores endlessly. It was all "cook me food", "clean the house" and i was wondering why a busy top actor has so much to think about housework! but i loved it then and i have a fondness for it even now.

I still wonder what ever happened to the handsome actor playing the second ML? He was a real cutie. He was in dramas in that mid-to-late 2000s time and then disappeared.

I am truly loved this new Dramabeans feature and I wanted to be this as a regular feature now! Because so many oldest Kdramas that will discovering some retro gems from the past.

For my suggestions for upcoming old Kdramas that Dramabeans Friday Flashback should be listed including some rarest, oldest Kdramas that never listed yet or missing from the Dramabeans archive:
1. Sandglass (1995): https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Sandglass.php
2. Papa (1995): https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_PaPa.php
3. Star in My Heart (1997): https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Star_in_my_Heart.php
4. Models (1997): https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Models.php
5. Heo Jun (1999): https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Heo_Jun.php
6. Coffee Prince
7. Winter Sonata
8. Endless Love

Oh, and p.s., I love this Flashback Friday idea. So fun to visit older shows that are the foundation of today’s dramas and also to talk about how they were breaking open kdrama in their day.

Oooh nice segment! 2004 brings back lots of memories, good and bad. It is also when I entered the world of kdrama with Stairway to Heaven. Kwon Sang Woo was my first bias. Then there was no turning back since then! haha. I was so crazy about kdrama that I used to visit the DVD shop compulsively looking for new titles. And even joined a fan club and saw KSW in person!

Looking forward to more Friday Flashbacks. Let the good ol' times roll!

And this is why the contract marriage and forced cohabitation is the greatest trope of all!! The friends stealing the house was a stretch too far, I don't really understand how they pulled it off. If anyone has seen the amazing remake Full House Thai with Aom and Mike, the story was changed so the FL's family sold the house whilst she was away on a writing trip or holiday to SK!
I watched Full House (original) fairly recently and I think it's aged pretty well. The set up is simple and I think what was great about the characters is that because of the living situation, they had to show their sides of their personality that would be hidden for most of the drama.
it's interesting how the camera angles/ make up styling had changed, I miss the awkward angles and the more natural, clumsy production style.

KBS World YT channel has posted all the episodes subbed: https://youtu.be/ahZe60kisOc

I love this song from the soundtrack, such a cute fanmade MV: https://youtu.be/QnVUbvqqMFE