thanks for the old drama recs, i just watched soulmate and it was great. the ost's on heavy rotation now. btw, it's not completely subbed, but the first episode of taereung national village with lee min ki was pretty promising. it didn't feel like a typical kdrama either.

Hi, Javabeans:

Your comment (#12) was very informative. Since you have first hand information, may I ask you a question? It bothers me quite a bit, but I didn't know how ( or dare to) ask a native Korean .

Is Lying a common practice in the real daily life? It seems to me all the dramas that I've seen, honesty causes more trouble than dishonesty. Everybody lies constantly. Can you give us some insight on this topic? Thanks.

I'm looking forward to in the near future that we watch a drama whose scriptwriter/ director is ”javabeans”

P.S. Do you know Gina Kim ? The director of the movie ”Never Forever”? She is also very talented.

It's good to know that you are in U.S. I just wish the DVD-english Sub could carry part of your good english. This is the first time I'm following up a drama this close (Air City). Thank you for your comments, inputs and translations up to now on "Air City drama". My husband and my kids think I'm nuts but I could do this because it's summer-No school for kids... I hope you will not give up on Air City yet!

Wonderful and worthwhile post javabeans (as always)! It was definitely an interesting read ^_^. I noticed that the family theme does run strong in most of the kdramas I've watched, espeically when it comes to children's obedience. At times, I find it really frustrating. Sometimes it can be touching; at other times, I just want to reach over and slap whoever's obeying their overbearing parents just because they're "elders," especially when the elders' demands are obviously selfish or in the wrong. Being an american, I wasn't used to it, and I didn't GET it. If you put in an overbearing kdrama parent in an american show, you'd get instant rebellion and move toward independence from the kids. So I often grew frustrated when I didn't see the same thing happen in kdramas; the characters' obedience made them appear weak. But I've slowly grown to understand a part of this is cultural, and its made it more tolerable. Also, its not always frustrating; there are a whole lot of dramas where I've felt the theme of family and family-bonds was admirable and inspiring. (Bad Family, Thank You, and, to a certain extent, Dal Ja's Spring comes to mind...)

hehe julie, sorry, didn't mean to be hard on the ajummas. it's just a reaction when your Little Engine That Could gets demolished by the competition to blame the rival. especially when this show is so different, and "ajumma dramas" are mostly very familiar productions, even when they're well-done and entertaining.

i go to the library to watch the hana yori dango series!and i request the books!

Hi ummm i totally agree i totally think rui hanazawa is so cute i wish tsukushi could have ended up with him!:(

Gosh javabeans, you always gave such great summaries. I'm enjoying the Flowers very much. So thank you, thank you!! I just talked to an ajumma friend who just finished watching My Man's Woman and she absolutely loved the series. Since I'm an ajumma also I'm pretty sure I want to see the series. LOL....You are too precious, girl!! Love you, javabeans. So young and talented (that's you!). The best to you.

your sarcasm amused me. lol.

Thanks for the great explanation! I'd figured with the melodramatic qualities of these dramas, some of it had to be for show. But that doesn't make it any less frustrating to watch!