I’m in an extra good mood with the satisfying ending to tvN fantasy drama See You in My 19th Life so the rest of the summer now feels like a good to have, So seeing Namgoong Min bringing his utmost sageuk intensity is just the cherry on top as I await the premiere of MBC drama My Dearest (Lovers) this … Continue reading →
So the success of When I Fly Towards You is still percolating, I swear leads Zhou Yi Ran and Zhang Miao Yi are getting so much press and I’m thrilled for them. I just started WIFTY and I LOVE IT TO PIECES! It’s like a less stupid and updated It Started with a Kiss with bonus points for Zhang Miao … Continue reading →
It’s rare that a drama ending is so satisfying it redeems all the flaws earlier but that’s how See You in My 19th Life made me feel. Notice I didn’t say great or perfect because it’s not, but the story stayed tight and consistent to telling the many lives of Ji Eum and what it means to remember and also … Continue reading →
K-actress Lim Ji Yeon‘s joyful gratitude has been one of the sweetest aspects of the 2023 K-awards season so far. In the half year since she becomes public enemy number 1 as Yeon Jin in The Glory, she has also won audience hearts as she won awards in real life being just so happy to be there and so honored … Continue reading →
So there is a Chinese saying that to untie a bell one needs the person who tied the bell (è§£éˆ´é‚„é ˆç¹«éˆ´äºº) which means that to resolve a problem one needs the person who caused it in the first person to do so. See You in My 19th Life turns out to be exactly that. Ji Eum’s memory spanning reincarnations came from … Continue reading →
I’m still a bit bloated from watching too many C-dramas recently, even with the ones I dropped it’s still A LOT of dramas to be binging thanks to the glut of releases in the past month. Since mid-June 2023 it’s been nonstop releases from all the major streaming platforms and Tencent has the recent successful The Longest Promise and will … Continue reading →
The promos for this upcoming jTBC drama absolutely sell very specific product and for some reason it’s just not for me. The next Sat-Sun drama from the cable network will be Behind Your Touch starring Han Ji Min, Lee Min Ki, and Suho and it seems like a cross between Hometown Cha Cha Cha and a Stephen Chow movie. Han … Continue reading →
Wow, I can see this very drama premise triggering since it deals with a very distressing act that sets things in motion. Hopefully there is a trigger warning and then the rest of the drama tries its darnedest to make it not happen. tvN has scheduled a new drama with the literal title Running Away with Sun Jae on Piggyback … Continue reading →
I really appreciate the South Korean awards being willing to share the voting thought process and tabulations after the ceremony, it lends more legitimacy to the winners even if there is always bound to be behind-the-scenes elbowing at play. The Blue Dragon Series Awards held its 2nd annual ceremony this week and it fetes the online funded streaming dramas some … Continue reading →
Cable network tvN has a solid lineup for the remainder of the year and coming in September 2023 will be the quite unknown what to expect Arthdal Chronicles 2. It’s called Arthdal Chronicles: Sword of Aramun (or Aramoon) and takes place in a time jump from the original drama with the switch of leads Song Joong Ki and Kim Ji … Continue reading →
Oh, so this drama totally has a past life component, which is what ties leads Ro Woon and Jo Boa together in the present day in upcoming jTBC drama Destined with You. Neither are strangers to this very conceit, Ro Woon has it in Extraordinary You and Jo Boa dealt with it in Tale of Gumiho, and in both cases … Continue reading →
It’s additional promo time for tvN drama My Lovely Liar leads Kim So Hyun and Minhyun in a magazine pictorial. There isn’t much to say beyond I LOVE THEM TOGETHER and it’s just the vibe of fresh, young romance emanating from the pages. For those who think these two look-a-like in the sense they have couples face it’s totally true … Continue reading →
A new C-drama commenced production today and goodness everyone’s going to be so hot in period garb in the dead heat of summer lol. The drama is called Guardians of the Dafeng and will star Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei in what is called the pairing of the same year 2017 debuted younger liuliang stars. Dylan had a major … Continue reading →
