So, Meteor Garden ended its run a couple weeks ago and I've got flower boys on the brain. More specifically, the many, many flower boys who have populated the Hana...
javabeans: Second leaaaaaaads! Where would we be without them?
girlfriday: Happier, probably.
javabeans: But also maybe more bored? Because c’mon, a well-placed second lead (and his unrequited love for...
The King Loves
The cast of The King Loves held their first script read, and co-stars Hong Jong-hyun, Yoon-ah, and Im Shi-wan posed cutely for the camera. Each cast member...
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girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
girlfriday: We promised more Dramabeans Top 10s and now we’re back! Year-end shenanigans kept us busy for a while there, but it’s a brand new year and there...
"They're remaking another drama?" *Boo, hiss, wails.* I'm pretty sure that's a familiar script for most of us who've been following dramaland for a while, and one that's cropped up...
In case you missed our first attempt at Mystery Drama Theater 3000, we're bringing the concept back, only this time we've picked a less obscure show.
For our first outing we...
girlfriday: So there’s this strange phenomenon in dramaland, whereby everything good comes in groups of four. Why is this? Who determined that four should be the magic number?
javabeans:...
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While Eun-jo never called Ki-hoon "oppa," she certainly used her share of banmal with him
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To all the Flower Boys I’ve loved before
by javabeans
So, Meteor Garden ended its run a couple weeks ago and I've got flower boys on the brain. More specifically, the many, many flower boys who have populated the Hana...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers
Top 10 most virulent cases of Second Lead Syndrome
by DB Staff
javabeans: Second leaaaaaaads! Where would we be without them? girlfriday: Happier, probably. javabeans: But also maybe more bored? Because c’mon, a well-placed second lead (and his unrequited love for...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Autumn Fairy Tale, Boys Before Flowers, Chuno, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Heirs, lists, My Girl, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Who Are You–School 2015, You're Beautiful
News bites: January 7, 2017
by awcoconuts
The King Loves The cast of The King Loves held their first script read, and co-stars Hong Jong-hyun, Yoon-ah, and Im Shi-wan posed cutely for the camera. Each cast member...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Guys, Boys Before Flowers, Han Sun-hwa, Hong Jong-hyun, Im Shi-wan, Kim Hee-chan, Kim Tae-ri, Moon Sori, musicals, news bites, Ryu Joon-yeol, The King Loves, Yoon-ah
Top 10 gateway dramas to hook your friends on
by DB Staff
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016! girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Boys Before Flowers, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Descended From the Sun, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, I Hear Your Voice, lists, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Nice Guy, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Dramabeans Top 10: Korean dramas about enemies-to-lovers romances
by javabeans
girlfriday: We promised more Dramabeans Top 10s and now we’re back! Year-end shenanigans kept us busy for a while there, but it’s a brand new year and there...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, All About My Romance, Athena: Goddess of War, Boys Before Flowers, Dramabeans Top 10, Emergency Couple, Fantasy Couple, featured, Gaksital, Golden Cross, Green Rose, Level 7 Civil Servant, lists, Princess's Man, Prosecutor Princess, Secret, Sword and Flower, The King 2 Hearts
Our love-hate relationship with drama remakes and adaptations
by javabeans
"They're remaking another drama?" *Boo, hiss, wails.* I'm pretty sure that's a familiar script for most of us who've been following dramaland for a while, and one that's cropped up...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, adaptations, Boys Before Flowers, Cantabile Tomorrow, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Fated To Love You, Gaksital, Hana Yori Dango, Liar Game, Misaeng, Nodame Cantabile, Pretty Man, remakes, Strike Love, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Surplus Princess, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, Three Musketeers
Mystery Drama Theater 3000: Boys Before Flowers
by javabeans
In case you missed our first attempt at Mystery Drama Theater 3000, we're bringing the concept back, only this time we've picked a less obscure show. For our first outing we...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, featured, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Hyun-joong, Lee Min-ho, Mystery Drama Theater 3000
Thing vs. Thing: Foursomes 4eva
by javabeans
girlfriday: So there’s this strange phenomenon in dramaland, whereby everything good comes in groups of four. Why is this? Who determined that four should be the magic number? javabeans:...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Gentleman's Dignity, Boys Before Flowers, conversation post, featured, Rooftop Prince, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Thing vs. Thing, You're Beautiful
Goodbye beast men, hello candy men?
by girlfriday
Are choco abs a thing of the past? Probably not, but there does seem to be a new wave of heroes making a comeback, and sweeping the 'Beast Men' under...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Kim Hyun-joong, Micky Yoochun, Playful Kiss, Song Joong-ki, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Glossary: Banmal
by girlfriday
While Eun-jo never called Ki-hoon "oppa," she certainly used her share of banmal with him One of the things I find endlessly fascinating about the Korean language is the magnitude...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee Prince, Pasta