There was a time when it felt like all the Oppas (they are all Oppas ok!) went to Army and I was lamenting the lack of new leading men. And I thought – I won’t have anything to watch anymore!! Well I shoulda known better. Also, it seems like as I grow older, my criteria for watching a drama has evolved and there is no longer one defining factor.
Then : I used to think – the story has to be good and makes sense
Now : I watch if it is entertaining no matter how loony it gets!! (The Last Empress LOL!)
Then : Story is good – will watch even if I do not know or really like Oppa
Now : Story is good – don’t like him – will never watch!!
Then : Story is ridiculous BUT Oppa is cute – I have no time for this!
Now : Oh my gosh – who cares – I just need to watch whatever Oppa is in – even if it is watching him watching paint dry, story be damned! Even if Oppa gets shortchanged by the ending and/or story goes way south! (I blame – Gong Yoo, Park Seo Joon, SIG, Seung Gi, Lee Min Ki, Hyun Bin, Jung Kyung Ho, Kim Soo Hyun, Jo Seung Woo, Jo Jung Suk, Park Bo Gum, Park Sung Woong, Sung Dong Il, Jin Goo, Lee Jong Suk, Kim Jae Wook, Kim Haneul, Ji Chang Wook, Yeo Jin Goo, DO, Hyungsik, Siwan, Jang Ki Yong, Seo Ji Hoon, Jang Dong Yoon – OK – I’ll stop now – cos the list is getting long! That’s just off the top of my head.)
Notice I’m skewering younger and younger! LOL!! That’s cos they are getting younger and younger!!
OK! wait! I digress! This post is to say – thank God there is a crop of up and coming new ‘Oppas’ who will likely dominate the screen in years to come and I can continue my journey into the world of fantasy that is the Kdrama. Happy watching fellow Beanies!!
Oh My, My, My!!! The anxiety of thinking I missed a few names!! Why didn’t I put Ma Dong Seok, Woo Do Hwan, Yang Se Jong …………………….. this will never end – so – never mind! They are all there somewhere, swirling in the recesses of my mind! 😂
Thanks for the laugh. I kind of experienced what you’ve gone through except that I have no oppas in that long list of yours. Up to now, I thought it’s just me. I don’t stan anyone easily otherwise how to explain that in my almost ten years of kdrama watching, I have a few I like and only a couple which I followed for a while with more interest? So I was blissfully unaffected when the oppas went army and back.
But I’ve been noticing more and more new faces and younger too. I love it when I discover and enjoy a good performance from a relative unknown who isn’t that popular yet and don’t have millions of deluded fangirls defending them.
Ooohh looks like we’re opposite. Then: i will watch whatever oppa is in, Now: sorry oppa, i don’t have time/energy to watch something i dont like. But sometimes the love for Oppa wins and i hurdle through whatever story that’s muddling it’s way to the end – case in point, Bogum’s Boyfriend.
OK that’s a new category – Story I don’t like – hmmmm let me see – so far I am tolerant of story that is ridiculous. But Story I don’t like – I may probably be like you – stop watching – and worst case scenario – fast forward to all Oppa’s scenes and skip the rest!! 😜
Madkdr
October 9, 2019 at 6:35 PM
There was a time when it felt like all the Oppas (they are all Oppas ok!) went to Army and I was lamenting the lack of new leading men. And I thought – I won’t have anything to watch anymore!! Well I shoulda known better. Also, it seems like as I grow older, my criteria for watching a drama has evolved and there is no longer one defining factor.
Then : I used to think – the story has to be good and makes sense
Now : I watch if it is entertaining no matter how loony it gets!! (The Last Empress LOL!)
Then : Story is good – will watch even if I do not know or really like Oppa
Now : Story is good – don’t like him – will never watch!!
Then : Story is ridiculous BUT Oppa is cute – I have no time for this!
Now : Oh my gosh – who cares – I just need to watch whatever Oppa is in – even if it is watching him watching paint dry, story be damned! Even if Oppa gets shortchanged by the ending and/or story goes way south! (I blame – Gong Yoo, Park Seo Joon, SIG, Seung Gi, Lee Min Ki, Hyun Bin, Jung Kyung Ho, Kim Soo Hyun, Jo Seung Woo, Jo Jung Suk, Park Bo Gum, Park Sung Woong, Sung Dong Il, Jin Goo, Lee Jong Suk, Kim Jae Wook, Kim Haneul, Ji Chang Wook, Yeo Jin Goo, DO, Hyungsik, Siwan, Jang Ki Yong, Seo Ji Hoon, Jang Dong Yoon – OK – I’ll stop now – cos the list is getting long! That’s just off the top of my head.)
Notice I’m skewering younger and younger! LOL!! That’s cos they are getting younger and younger!!
OK! wait! I digress! This post is to say – thank God there is a crop of up and coming new ‘Oppas’ who will likely dominate the screen in years to come and I can continue my journey into the world of fantasy that is the Kdrama. Happy watching fellow Beanies!!
Madkdr
October 9, 2019 at 6:37 PM
Oh My, My, My!!! The anxiety of thinking I missed a few names!! Why didn’t I put Ma Dong Seok, Woo Do Hwan, Yang Se Jong …………………….. this will never end – so – never mind! They are all there somewhere, swirling in the recesses of my mind! 😂
outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
October 9, 2019 at 6:48 PM
Thanks for the laugh. I kind of experienced what you’ve gone through except that I have no oppas in that long list of yours. Up to now, I thought it’s just me. I don’t stan anyone easily otherwise how to explain that in my almost ten years of kdrama watching, I have a few I like and only a couple which I followed for a while with more interest? So I was blissfully unaffected when the oppas went army and back.
But I’ve been noticing more and more new faces and younger too. I love it when I discover and enjoy a good performance from a relative unknown who isn’t that popular yet and don’t have millions of deluded fangirls defending them.
Madkdr
October 9, 2019 at 9:59 PM
Me too – the ‘discover and enjoy a good performance form a relative unknown……’ part.
parkchuna 🍉
October 9, 2019 at 9:08 PM
Ooohh looks like we’re opposite. Then: i will watch whatever oppa is in, Now: sorry oppa, i don’t have time/energy to watch something i dont like. But sometimes the love for Oppa wins and i hurdle through whatever story that’s muddling it’s way to the end – case in point, Bogum’s Boyfriend.
Madkdr
October 9, 2019 at 9:58 PM
OK that’s a new category – Story I don’t like – hmmmm let me see – so far I am tolerant of story that is ridiculous. But Story I don’t like – I may probably be like you – stop watching – and worst case scenario – fast forward to all Oppa’s scenes and skip the rest!! 😜
parkchuna 🍉
October 10, 2019 at 5:04 AM
Haha thank god for FF..if only it works in real life!
Madkdr
October 9, 2019 at 10:01 PM
😱 I’m horrified! I just read through my list and I cannot believe I typed Kim instead of Kang Haneul!!
The shame!😖