I get that there isn’t a single entertainer that looks as beautiful or handsome in real life as onscreen. Thanks to the magic of make up and camera lens and editing, what we see is a very idealized version of some pretty good looking people. With that said, seeing Jang Geun Seok looking truly terrible at the airport last week was still quite shocking because of how young he is its hard to wrap my mind around him already preternaturally pushing his body and face to age like that in a short 3 years since he started his “singing and clubbing” other career. Fast forward to this week and I came across the latest China CF for Tong Yi brand fruit drinks featuring Jang Geun Seok and Park Min Young. He actually cleaned up okay but the hard-living lines etched deeper into his face is impossible to miss. Jang Geun Seok has already conquered Japan and has now set his sights on China, and word on the street is that he’s doing pretty well there in terms of building name recognition in the niche Korean entertainer category. I think Park Min Young’s exposure in China comes courtesy of Lee Min Ho‘s City Hunter, but nevertheless she’s taken on this CF with Jang Geun Seok to further make inroads. This is the second series of Tong Yi CFs they have done, but this time it’s a web-movie format that is scored to a Chinese single performed by Jang Geun Seok called “ICU” (as in I See You). Probably the only thing Jang Geun Seok hasn’t worked over is his voice, but hearing him sing in Chinese is pretty cringeworthy because his Mandarin Chinese pronunciation is awful. It makes me appreciate more how Super Junior and some of the other Korean singers who have released Chinese singles must have worked their butts off on their Chinese because they didn’t butcher the language. Here I was trying to read the lyrics to even understand what he was singing. I’ve always thought there was a high probability Jang Geun Seok and Park Min Young would work together at some point, and I’m glad its through this web-movie because they have no chemistry so at least this pairing is been there-done that and hopefully won’t get repeated for a drama or movie down the road. Check it out yourself.
Park Min Young and Jang Geun Seok for ICU Web-movie (Part 1 and 2):
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The first picture...if his face was more round...looks a bit like Mingdao, probably not but when I saw it, it reminded me of him.
Decided to watch the clips to see how badly he butchered the language, but I think he's quite ok (only his 然 made me cringe real bad). Have not heard other K artists sing Mandarin songs, but they usually sound terrible speaking Mandarin in K dramas. It's a different ball game altogether (song v drama) but more often than not, I don't know what on earth they are speaking and still have to refer to the subtitles!
The only one K-artists I know who speaks mandarin/chinese fluently is Jang Na Ra.. She sings too :)
Try "不敗" by Vanness Wu and 2PM's Junho. Back then, Mrs Koala had stated that the Korean singer's Mandarin was excellent. ;) He has not had any acting gig yet.
Super Junior's Donghae and Choi Si Won supposedly speak Chinese fluently and both starred in a tw-drama but both were dubbed.
i don't think donghae and siwon are fluent, but they speak pretty well. the SJ-M members have good mandarin pronunciation in general!
as for jang geunseok, yeah it was mainly the 然 that made me cringe... along with his 亂，讓，and 存. but it was okay overall!
Am I the only one who looks forward to JGS going to the army? I'm really curious to see how he would look :P Park Min Young seems to have lost some weight.
I am indeed praying that he will go to army soon.
They don't have much chemistry.
I don't think he sounds bad. His pronunciation sounds ok for a Korean.
Me too. I think MS will tame him and will do him good. And then come back to us swoon-worthy.
Yeah, his singing mandarin isn't great but with the lyrics and all the English it wasn't so bad. It is was ok.
I wish he wouldn't do the pompadour hair and the Elvis suit. It's not a flattering look for him. Makes his face look puffy and emphasizes his snub nose. He is so naturally attractive and is so charismatic.....He doesn't need to bling out so much. This guy has it all but he's doing it all wrong. I confess I do like him in eyeliner.
Look at PMY's nose ....It's done so badly. I have nothing against plastic surgery but I think it should be subtle. Don't plonk a nose on a face like that without taking into consideration the symmetry and proportions of the face.
Has Park Min Young ever had good chemistry with someone or have I missed something?
I was thinking the same thing. I've never seen her with any "oomph" with any of her costars.
Lol! You're so right!
Agreed. She is pretty bland when it comes to chemistry. But it's all in the due of the beholder. So there probably is something, I just am not seeing it.
I think it's time to for JGS to change his clothes and hair style...I really miss his clean look.
And you're so right Koala...they have absolutely no chemistry together.
Siiigh. Guys, dont take this the wrong way, I absolutely love JGS and especially his deep husky timbre. But I really am so annoyed with seeing him with long hair and a guitar. The guitar I can probably stomach if he lose the hair.I dont know what girl is lying to him, but the hotness of his locks are completely over for me now. It only looks hot in MMM. But, its whatever that floats his boat at the end of the day :)