I’ll admit to being disappointed initially with Lee Jong Seok‘s headlining of Dr. Stranger, especially followed by Park Hae Jin signing on as the second male lead. My like for these two actors are reversed from the importance of their roles in DS so I would have preferred more Park Hae Jin over Lee Jong Seok. Six-episodes into DS and I’m now fully onboard with how everything was arranged. Lee Jong Seok is wonderful as Park Hoon and I wouldn’t want Park Hae Jin playing the character at all. I also think Park Hae Jin is doing a bang-up job with Jae Joon but the character just isn’t developed as well thus far the way Park Hae Jin was able to elevate Lee Hwi Kyung in You From Another Star despite limited screen time and a one-note set up that he was in love with the female lead, full stop. Both men are currently so popular it’s easy to trip over a photo shoot or ten every which way I turn. I quite love their respective June pictorials, with Park Jae Jin cavorting with flowers in InStyle Korea and Lee Jong Suk going mod-ish for High Cut magazine.
Thank god no one is fighting over which guy ought to be the male lead, I can only handle so much pointless fan wars. The Baidu Dr. Stranger bar has been a landmine girl fight zone ever since the drama aired and it’s now extended over to Baike proper. Turns out editing Wiki-type pages isn’t just for political disagreements, even something as inane as drama lead fights can escalate into a barrage of edit button misuse. The Chinese Baike wiki Dr. Stranger page has been the site of editing insanity recently: Jin Se Yeon‘s name and character was listed second after Lee Jong Seok, then it was swapped in position with Kang Sora‘s name and character, and then the back-and-forth switching has continued non-stop. It’s even continued to Jin Se Yeon’s name being placed last among the four leads behind Park Hae Jin and then her character profile stripped from the entire page! LOLOLOL. Crying tears here with the immaturity and nonsense.
Sigh, I guess this fight isn’t ever going to end so I’ll just have to buy industrial grade earplugs to tune out and enjoy the drama for the story. Have some not-involved-in-the-catdog-fight Park Hae Jin and Lee Jong Seok yumminess to start off the weekend. Doesn’t delicious handsome men make everything all better?
So I suggest keeping expectations low for this drama, despite the fan love for the…
So this is the drama trolly producer Yu Zheng recently praised as better than Goblin…
So the most recent casting for this drama is now confirmed as the final selection…
So there is a popularity award in both the film and the television sections of…
I have such a soft spot for C-actress Yang Mi and it just makes me…
So Queen of Tears was filmed in 2023 and wrapped awhile ago so it's not…
This website uses cookies.
View Comments
Is that for real? A fight over wiki edit? Fangirls, I tell you, they scare me sometimes.
Oh wait, did you just say that you found LJS 'yummy' koala? Has hell just frozen over? Hahaha
Shhhhhhhhhh...... hold me, I'm freezing here......
Love it!!! Even though I do see why some don't get his attractiveness, he is way on the thin side. But to me he was "yummy" since I laid eyes on him!!!
;)
Everyone should just back the shit up and go with what is on the Official SBS Drama Page listing.
Cast:
Lee Jong Seok
Park Hae Jin
Jin Se Yeon
Kang Sora
The wiki or baike wars is a person thinking he/she can literally will something to be true simply writing it online.
omg hahahahaha i knew about the baidu wars, i didn't know about the baike ones and i cracked up reading about that. that is just silly because honestly i don't think there's a real 'female lead' in this show. this show only has one lead and that is parkhoon.
and may i say, i'm so impressed with LJS it feels as though parkhoon is leejongsuk and leejongsuk is parkhoon. he's doing such a good job i can't imagine anyone else taking that role. i was pretty much worried when the casting news first came up. not so much about his acting but more because i was afraid the story won't deliver (i hope this doesn't come true, writers please be nice). but anyway, i'm enjoying so far...or at least i really enjoyed the first 5 episodes.
i don't know, but i'm more attracted to LJS when he's moving (his dramas and movies) as compared to still photoshoots, and it works the other way for PHJ lol.
totally agree in your last line!
Ahahaha that is hilarious! This reminds me of the fan wars during Answer Me 1994 days. I did not watch that nor am I watching Dr Stranger, so thankfully am comfortably outside the madness. I do wonder if this will affect the storyline somehow..
I loved PHJ as HwiKyung in YFAS, but seeing his Dr Han here makes me wonder how good he could be if he did not have to switch roles from BAD!older brother to sweet younger one. Shin SungRok was so over the top with it. The character could have been played with more subtlety like how PHJ is doing here with Han Jae Joon.
LJS once again surprised me with Park Hoon. I had expected him to be good, but not this good, switching seamlessly between a wide range of emotions. He has grown so much from the Secret Garden days.
Park Hae Jin looks so gorgeous. I'm not watching this drama, but I always click on a picture of him. :-)
The madness is spreading to soompi now, too. I fear that your mention of the AM1994 wars will prove to have been prophetic. For me, I'm in the odd position of of watching a K Drama almost exclusively for its male lead - I still struggle to tell the two female leads apart, such is the minimal impact they've made on me. I suggested at soompi that Park Hoon and his nemesis should become the OTP, but I'm not sure anyone could live with such a camp fashion sense as Park Hae Jin's flower suit in In Style!
oh dear... brings back awful memories of the time I tried to add my two cents in a baidu bar and got attacked so badly by none other than the moderators for what I consider to be a thoughtfully and respectfully written post on my part. the people on baidu can range from the best to the worst I've ever seen, like, straight out in your face psychotic.
Really I hate this especially against the female lead , I hate fans when they want to change everything according to their madness theories .
Seriously more from these actions make me refusing watch the drama ,even my thinking is wrong but fans of Korean drama land are the most difficult one .
Glad that you finally opened up to LJS :) Loved him since IHYV days, such a natural in front of the camera and the chemistry with his co-stars is really impressive. I've never come acrossed a male actor who makes me so crazy. He's the male equivalent of YEH in my eyes. Just hope the writer will do a good job for Dr Stranger. If you have the time, check out his acting in Hot Blooded Youth, he really nailed his character in there.
I'm loving LJS's hairstyles on the spread!