The most important relationships featured in K-dramas are arguably the romances. In fact, I think I could count on one hand the dramas that have not been romances, or featured...
The threat of death to a story's hero is a common storytelling device that adds dramatic tension. It exists in everything from Greek myths to Victorian novels to Hollywood...
When can we declare the tvN conquest of dramaland complete? Has it already claimed dominion, or do we have to wait until every major PD and hit writer jumps ship...
The one good thing about working one day a year and outsourcing most of your menial labor to elves is that it gives you plenty of time to watch dramas....
Here are your Beanie Awards! It's December, which means our monkeys are madly typing away in the backroom to prepare our annual Year End Review Extravaganza, which we'll be kicking...
The director of That Winter, The Wind Blows, PD Kim Kyu-tae, is departing from the standard drama series format with his next project, taking an omnibus approach for a five-episode...
It's a jam-packed podcast this time around, as we whiz through a full slate of dramas past and present. Let's dive right in.
Podcast #16
Running time: 69:19
In which we:...
There's a light at the end of every drama tunnel, but sometimes it's how we get there that matters more than how bright that light turns out to be. I...
It's always the ones you love that hurt you the most, and after a few episodes of emotional decline, this was the episode that turned the experience sour. While not...
Siblings of dramaland
by missvictrix
The most important relationships featured in K-dramas are arguably the romances. In fact, I think I could count on one hand the dramas that have not been romances, or featured...
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Answer Me 1988, Autumn Fairy Tale, Come Here and Hug Me, editorial, Heirs, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Kill Me Heal Me, Memories of the Alhambra, That Winter the Wind Blows, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
The “death” of the K-drama hero
by missvictrix
The threat of death to a story's hero is a common storytelling device that adds dramatic tension. It exists in everything from Greek myths to Victorian novels to Hollywood...
Tags: City Hunter, editorial, Nice Guy, That Winter the Wind Blows, W–Two Worlds
It’s Okay, That Winter writer Noh Hee-kyung wooed by tvN
by javabeans
When can we declare the tvN conquest of dramaland complete? Has it already claimed dominion, or do we have to wait until every major PD and hit writer jumps ship...
Tags: Dear My Friends, It's Okay It's Love, Noh Hee-kyung, Padam Padam, That Winter the Wind Blows
Santa presents: Things I Learned from Dramaland
by Santa Claus
The one good thing about working one day a year and outsourcing most of your menial labor to elves is that it gives you plenty of time to watch dramas....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Basketball, Dating Agency Cyrano, Empire of Gold, featured, Flower Boy Next Door, Good Doctor, Gu Family Book, Heartless City, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Jeon Woo-chi, Level 7 Civil Servant, Mandate of Heaven, Master's Sun, Medical Top Team, Mi-rae's Choice, Monstar, Nail Shop Paris, Nine: Nine Time Travels, School 2013, Secret, Shark, Sirius, That Winter the Wind Blows, Two Weeks, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013, You're the Best Lee Soon-shin
A Year in Compliment Sandwiches [Year in Review, Part 3]
by HeadsNo2
It’s been an interesting year for the world of dramas, hasn’t it? Usually any given year will at least give us that one epic drama we can all...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Basketball, Empire of Gold, featured, Flower Boy Next Door, Heartless City, Heirs, Master's Sun, Mi-rae's Choice, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Secret, Shark, Sword and Flower, That Winter the Wind Blows, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013
2013 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
by javabeans
Here are your Beanie Awards! It's December, which means our monkeys are madly typing away in the backroom to prepare our annual Year End Review Extravaganza, which we'll be kicking...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Basketball, Beanie Awards, Dating Agency Cyrano, Empire of Gold, featured, Flower Boy Next Door, Good Doctor, Gu Family Book, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Incarnation of Money, Jeon Woo-chi, King's Family, Level 7 Civil Servant, Mandate of Heaven, Master's Sun, Mi-rae's Choice, Monstar, Nine: Nine Time Travels, School 2013, Shark, Suspicious Housekeeper, Sword and Flower, That Winter the Wind Blows, Two Weeks, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013, You're the Best Lee Soon-shin
Yeon Woo-jin headlines omnibus drama Secret Love
by javabeans
The director of That Winter, The Wind Blows, PD Kim Kyu-tae, is departing from the standard drama series format with his next project, taking an omnibus approach for a five-episode...
Tags: That Winter the Wind Blows, Yeon Woo-jin
Dramabeans Podcast #16
by javabeans
It's a jam-packed podcast this time around, as we whiz through a full slate of dramas past and present. Let's dive right in. Podcast #16 Running time: 69:19 In which we:...
Tags: 1N2D, featured, Gu Family Book, Mandate of Heaven, Monstar, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Shark, That Winter the Wind Blows, You're the Best Lee Soon-shin
That Winter, The Wind Blows: Episode 16 (Final)
by HeadsNo2
There's a light at the end of every drama tunnel, but sometimes it's how we get there that matters more than how bright that light turns out to be. I...
Tags: featured, Jo In-sung, Kim Bum, Song Hye-gyo, That Winter the Wind Blows
That Winter, The Wind Blows: Episode 15
by HeadsNo2
It's always the ones you love that hurt you the most, and after a few episodes of emotional decline, this was the episode that turned the experience sour. While not...
Tags: featured, Jo In-sung, Kim Bum, Song Hye-gyo, That Winter the Wind Blows