Beanie level: Chaebol’s poor doppelganger

Question: I’m thinking of downgrading my Viki Pass Plus plan to the Pass Standard plan. What dramas would I still have access to? There’s a section on Viki Pass Standard with about 50 shows listed. Is that all I would have access to? Hoping that’s not the case, because most of those aren’t dramas I’m really interested in.

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    Many of the Big 3 (KBS/SBS/MBC) dramas and variety shows might not be available under Standard Plan.

    I know Extraordinary You and the currently airing 2D1N are currently locked under Standard.

    For sure, tvN and jtbx dramas are unlocked under Standard, so are the movies.

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    Anything that’s on/will be on Kocowa is what is blocked for standard. There’s more dramas you have access to than listed. Idk what that’s about. Their search function needs to be better.

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      That’s a little more reassuring. I can always give it a try and switch back if I need to.

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Thought some of you might enjoy this. Randomly found this ASMR library scene for Extraordinary You. I find these nice for studying, reading, etc.

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Tale of Nok-du will be on Viki!

\”Kim So Hyun’s next role will be in the upcoming drama “Tale of Nok-Du,” which premieres September 30 and will be available on Viki with English subtitles.” (Soompi article)

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Though some of you might enjoy this one. Sorry if it’s been posted already.

Quite beautiful editing and love the choice of song. It’s definitely more sad, so be warned.

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    hank you for sharing this beautiful compilation!!! What more can I say but just feeling completely engrossed and affected by this most epic love story. 😭😭😭😭

    Watching this video I am struck again by how wonderful Xiao Zhan and Wang YiBo are interpreting these two characters.

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    Wow! This fan-made video was very well done! 👏

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Just leveled up to Eunuch in drag! Kind of unexpected actually since I don\’t post much other than on the weekly recap and the beanie wall…

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Apparently Conan O’Brien did a scene with Jang Nara for a drama called “One More Happy Ending”. You can find the clip that aired in the drama on YouTube. Thought I’d share after seeing someone post some clips of his show.

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    Most random cameo ever 😂

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      Yes, it definitely was.

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      Conan did a episode of Conan Without Borders and this was part of the episode. He also had Steven Yuen make a appearance and it was hilarious.

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        I know. He did it while I was live watching this drama. That’s why it’s so random. 😂

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        I was watching the Greenland videos yesterday. The weather report was killing me.🤣🤣🤣

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    I watched One More Happy Ending but forgot this happened. Thanks for the reminder! 😂

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    I’m a Conan fan (saw him live) and happened to be watching this drama at the time, so when he showed up I was #shook lol. He looked so soft!

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Looks like VAGABOND will be on Netflix!

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I can’t remember who posted about Regulus by ONEWE on here but they performed it on M COUNTDOWN and the main singer did the high note (at 3:19 if anyone wants to just skip to the end). It was impressive, and I’m glad we got to hear it since it was kind of in the background in the released song.

And I was just, once again, reminded just how insanely good RBW’s vocalists are. Usually high notes are ignored in music shows (or the ones that I’ve seen have been) but nope, not here.

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    Wow. That’s impressive!

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    @hades and @greenfields have both posted about them.

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      I’m so happy these guys are getting more love. They’ve been around for longer than you might think, but haven’t really gotten the attention they deserve. I hope they have an N.Flying moment (reverse charting) or better yet, get a break out new song!

      @raonah 이 밴드가 잘 하고 싶어. 저는 더 사람이 이밴드를 말하고 싶어. 화이팅!!!

      I can’t form the complex sentences I want yet! I can barely form these simple sentences. 😭

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        How long have they been around for? Their debut only released a few months ago I think.

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          4 years, there about.

          ONEWE was originally known as MAS 0094 and debuted under Modern Music in August 2015. The band moved to RBW in June 2017 under the name MAS. The members officially re-debuted with the name ONEWE under RBW Entertainment in May 13, 2019.

          (Kprofiles.com)

          Their older music is pretty good too. There isn’t much though, sadly.

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            Oh wow. That is quite a while.

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            Ah, I remember reading something about this. Their music still hasn’t completely drawn me in, but I’m definitely going to keep up with their future endeavors.

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          I was wondering the same thing.

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        You’re doing great! Were you trying to say ‘The band wants to do well’ in the first part? Or did you mean ‘I want the band to do well’?

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          The latter. I want the band to do well.

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            I think that ‘do well’ in English would translate better to ‘be popular’ in Korean in this case. It seems like 잘 하다 relates more to their efforts than to people’s reactions to them.
            I think you could say something like this:
            앞으로 이 밴드가 인기 더 많으면 좋겠다.

            Which would literally translate to ‘It would be nice if the band is more popular in the future.’ but the (으)면 좋겠다 ending is also used to mean ‘I hope that…’

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          Thx btw!

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        YUS. I love them. ^^

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    Thank you for sharing this. Cya’s songwriting, Younghoon’s voice and this band coming together to play music has become one of my favorite things of late.

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      Glad you enjoyed it! I’m still getting used to their sound, but vocals are on-point. I’ll check out their lyrics, too.

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I\’m thinking of making this week premiere week, in which I watch a bunch of premieres of dramas. I really haven\’t been interested in continuing any of the 80+ dramas I\’ve started… somehow. And it’s fun to discuss currently airing dramas (though not all are below). Which ones do you recommend me start? I’m having trouble making up my mind. Here are the dramas I’ve been looking forward to watching:

– Boy for Rent
– Clean With Passion for Now
– Doctor John
– Go Go Squid
– Hotel del Luna
– The Last Empress
– Le Coup de Foudre
– One Spring Night
– Put Your Head on My Shoulder
– Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung
– Watcher
– Your House Helper

If there’s anything else I should really check out, please mention it!

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Looks like Goblin is finally being being added to Viki! I was just thinking yesterday how I wished a legal site would get it.

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    FINALLY!!! I’ve only been waiting since DF went down.

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So according to this streaming guide site I recently found (called Reelgood), the film BURNING (with Yoo Ah In) is coming to Netflix on the 28th!

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    Awesome!! Great news. Been wanting to watch it so badly.

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    Yay! Let’s hope it’s in my region as well!

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      It should be on there now.

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        haha, ok, that was from april. I was too excited to check for your posting date(insert embarassed emoji :)) Sadly, it isn’t. Sometimes movies/dramas come later because they want to dub it (pretty noona was like that), let’s hope that’s the case.

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          Aw, sorry about that. I actually haven’t even watched it myself. I wanted to track down the short story it was based on before I gave it a go.

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Beautiful World and Welcome to Waikiki S2 have been added to Viki’s coming soon section. And it looks like season 1 will be available before it premieres!

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Yay, He is Psychometric is going to be on Viki!

New tvN Dramas To Get Excited About This Spring (Soompi article)

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MAMAMOO Announces Comeback In March (Soompi article)

I\’m so excited, but also 😭 since it\’s the last album in their “Four Seasons Four Colors” project.

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Saw this article about Sky Castle on Soompi.

”“SKY Castle” will also soon be available with English subtitles on Viki.”

😄

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For the BTS lovers out there. I laughed so much.

P.S. I’m sorry for all my non-K-drama related posts lately. 😢

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New K-pop group: ONEUS. Literally love everything about the song and the vocals and the choreo. 🥰The rap-line sounds amazing (and rap usually isn’t my thing). Why must Spotify take forever to upload new releases!?

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    This song is really good!

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    Thanks for sharing! This is such a fantastic debut song. The vocals, rap, and choreo are really good. The group, with this concept, somewhat reminds me of SHINee (Lucifer era) and 2PM.

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      I’m totally digging this song, so I’ll definitely check those two groups out. I vaguely remember Lucifer, but I wasn’t much into K-pop then.

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        I’m a 2nd gen K-pop gal so those are the groups that I grew up with. 😅 2PM is one boy group that for me is unique as not a lot then were doing the manly and subdued sexy concept as well as they do.

        SHINee is one group that I consider very inventive when it comes to songs and concepts. Their choreo is probably one of the most difficult in K-pop. Aside from Lucifer, you may also want to check out Everybody and Sherlock. (Though my personal favorite would be View.)

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          I remember getting into SHINee a bit when Fantastic Baby (Big Bang) came out and really liked Lucifer and Sherlock. I didn’t realize I’d actually gotten that much into K-pop then, haha. SHINee’s newest album is really great too, though quite a different sound.

          Are there any other groups I should check out?

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            @rusnicam and @hades recently did a 2018 year-end K-pop list on their fan walls that you may want to check out. There were also a lot of very good suggestions from other beanies. As for me, the groups that I listen to currently are iKON, Red Velvet, EXO, BLACKPINK, and IZ*ONE. I mainly got into K-pop though because of SNSD/Girls Generation, 2NE1, and SuJu.

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            @doublefault I’ll be sure to check them out!

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            Please do, there are a lot of good posts on there!

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    I like the play on words with balkhiri and valkyrie! It’s not a bad song at all really. Nice beat and I like the guitar.

    On the other hand, I’m getting a little annoyed with all the autotune though. Then there’s that whole unnecessary matrix thing. It could be that they’re forced to play that game because that’s what sells. Don’t get me wrong, they did do badly really. It’s just that I want something new from a debut.

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      they didn’t do badly really* 😂

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        I personally really liked it because it seems different rom the couple other debuts I’ve seen since I’ve started to really follow K-pop. Most seem to be cute/fluffy concepts and this is more the kind of music I listen to. I don’t seem to notice much of autotune in songs (unless I’m watching a live performance) so it’s not a big deal for me. But of course if every song had it then it would quickly get irritating.

        Then, I’m also really biased. They’re under RBW Entertainment which also manages Mamamoo and Vromance which are two of my favorite groups. So I’m expecting these guys to have a good handle on their vocals. And they seem to from the few performances I’ve seen!

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          RBW is Mamamoo’s label?! Cool! I had no clue about the label tbh. I thought they were new. 😅

          Regarding the difference in style for a debut, I think they remind me of Stray Kids in that way. They had a harder image at the beginning and got much much softer a few months after that. It wouldn’t surprise me–but actually it kinda will–if a group like ATEEZ does the same thing.

          Then you have groups like NCT which somehow strike a nice balance had hard and soft.

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            The group is new, but I think some of the members have done different shows (like Produce 101, MIXNINE, etc.). Not familiar with those, but there is a bit of a fanbase already.

            I really like all of those groups you mentioned (and was obsessed with Stray Kids debut). Not as familiar with ATEEZ, but it looks like they’re having a comeback in a few days so we’ll see.

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Just noticed Thirty But Seventeen is back on Viki!

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Really great trailer for Kingdom! Warning though, graphic images of zombies.

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    Oh yes. This is gonna be gnarly af. But I can’t wait.

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    Ugh, I hate zombie, but it’s Bae Doo-na. I’m in a real dilemma here.

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      I’ll wait for Bae Doo Na in a non zombie world.

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        As much as I love Gong yoo, I can’t get myself watching Train to Busan.
        If I watch Kingdom, then it’s confirmed, I love Bae Doo-na more than Gong-yoo 😄

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      Exactly. I can still somewhat endured 2 hours watching zombie movies for Gong Yoo and Hyun Bin, but this is multi season drama, which means hours of these scary things popping out on my screen. To watch… or not to watch…

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        Multi season?? Okay, that’s it. I follow @ndlessjoie lead and wait to meet Doo-na in non zombie world.

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          Don’t let me talk you out of it.

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            Don’t worry, I’m just really not in to zombie 😄
            But who knows, I never thought I would watch horror, but I really enjoyed The Guest more than I expected.

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K-Drama’s Completed in 2018

This ended up being pretty much my first year watching K-dramas. I had watched parts of shows like Coffee Prince, Boys Over Flowers, and City Hunter years ago but never finished them. This year, I finished a total of 23 dramas (including specials). I had a total of 9 beans for 2018 dramas.

* = dramas I would rewatch
dramas that came out in 2018
my most-liked dramas released in 2018

*A Poem a Day 🐊
Because This is My First Life
Come and Hug Me
Dramaworld
*Goblin
*Healer
I Am Not a Robot
*My ID is Gangnam Beauty 🔬🔬
*Kill Me, Heal Me
Last Minute Romance
*Misty 🗞🗞🗞
My Love from Another Star
*My Mister 🎧🎧🎧
My Only Love Song
Page Turner
Part-Time Idol
Splash Splash Love
Thumping Spike
*W
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?
Where Stars Land
*While You Were Sleeping
You Drive Me Crazy!

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