"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...
(I'm very pleased to introduce guest review #2, which comes to you courtesy of thunderbolt. Tune back in tomorrow for more! ---javabeans)
Have you watched The Good, The Bad, The Weird?...
With the year coming to an end, that means it's time to take stock of the past twelve months (well, eleven really) in kdramas. The broadcast stations will be holding...
Queen Seon-deok
Yep, we as drama-lovers tend to have a love-hate (mostly hate, I think) relationship with drama extensions and, even worse, unexpected cuts. Even a good drama can be...
Heading to the Ground; Dream
2009 was supposed to be the year of the sports drama revival, and it has had its share of sports-themed series, with at least another still...
MBC's weekend sports drama Strike Love unfortunately got cut off early due to flagging ratings -- its initial 20-episode run was cut to 16, even though the production had by that...
Aw, this is too bad. MBC's baseball drama Strike Love has been underperforming in its weekend time slot, and is now reducing its episode order. Rather than the planned 20, the...
Moon Chae-won, Bae Soo-bin, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Seung-gi
SBS's Saturday-Sunday drama Brilliant Legacy [찬란한 유산, aka Shining Inheritance] is pulling in the highest ratings among the weekend dramas, with yesterday's episode recording...
I haven't written (yet?) about the latest episodes of MBC's baseball drama Strike Love [2009 외인구단], but I'm still watching, and I'm still enjoying it. This couple -- Yoon Tae-young and Kim...
(I know, I used the same picture in the previous post about this drama, but this version of the poster looks cleaner and cooler.)
I watched MBC's new weekend baseball...
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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
The good, the bad, the middling [Year in Review, Part 2]
by thunderbolt
(I'm very pleased to introduce guest review #2, which comes to you courtesy of thunderbolt. Tune back in tomorrow for more! ---javabeans) Have you watched The Good, The Bad, The Weird?...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Accidental Couple, Again My Love, Assorted Gems, Brilliant Legacy, City Hall, Hometown of Legends 2009, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, Loving You a Thousand Times, Partner, Queen Seon-deok, Smile, Strike Love, The Man Who Can't Get Married, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful
How was 2009 for you?
by javabeans
With the year coming to an end, that means it's time to take stock of the past twelve months (well, eleven really) in kdramas. The broadcast stations will be holding...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Star's Lover, Accidental Couple, Angel's Temptation, Beanie Awards, Boys Before Flowers, Brilliant Legacy, Cain and Abel, Cinderella Man, City Hall, Dream, Friend, Heading to the Ground, Hero, Hon, IRIS, Ja Myung Go, Job Well Done, Loving You a Thousand Times, My Fair Lady, Partner, Queen of Housewives, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Smile, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Story of a Man, Strike Love, Style, Tamra the Island, Triple, year in review, year in review 2009
The business of kdrama extensions and cuts
by javabeans
Queen Seon-deok Yep, we as drama-lovers tend to have a love-hate (mostly hate, I think) relationship with drama extensions and, even worse, unexpected cuts. Even a good drama can be...
Tags: drama ratings, Queen of Housewives, Queen Seon-deok, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Strike Love, Tamra the Island
Sports dramas struggle to stay in the game
by javabeans
Heading to the Ground; Dream 2009 was supposed to be the year of the sports drama revival, and it has had its share of sports-themed series, with at least another still...
Tags: Dream, Heading to the Ground, Strike Love, Taereung National Village, The Last Match, Triple
Strike Love’s chopped ending will get more development overseas
by javabeans
MBC's weekend sports drama Strike Love unfortunately got cut off early due to flagging ratings -- its initial 20-episode run was cut to 16, even though the production had by that...
Tags: Strike Love, Yoon Tae-young
Strike Love wraps up two weeks early
by javabeans
Aw, this is too bad. MBC's baseball drama Strike Love has been underperforming in its weekend time slot, and is now reducing its episode order. Rather than the planned 20, the...
Tags: drama ratings, Friend, Strike Love
Brilliant Legacy leads the weekend pack
by javabeans
Moon Chae-won, Bae Soo-bin, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Seung-gi SBS's Saturday-Sunday drama Brilliant Legacy [찬란한 유산, aka Shining Inheritance] is pulling in the highest ratings among the weekend dramas, with yesterday's episode recording...
Tags: Bae Soo-bin, Brilliant Legacy, Han Hyo-joo, Iron Empress, Job Well Done, Lee Seung-gi, Moon Chae-won, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Strike Love
Open set day at Strike Love
by javabeans
I haven't written (yet?) about the latest episodes of MBC's baseball drama Strike Love [2009 외인구단], but I'm still watching, and I'm still enjoying it. This couple -- Yoon Tae-young and Kim...
Tags: Kim Min-jung, Strike Love, Yoon Tae-young
Strike Love (MBC)
by javabeans
(I know, I used the same picture in the previous post about this drama, but this version of the poster looks cleaner and cooler.) I watched MBC's new weekend baseball...
Tags: first episodes, Kim Min-jung, Park Sung-min, Strike Love, Yoon Tae-young