The 2000’s were definitely the heyday of K-dramas, or what constituted the classic genre of K-dramas that spawned the Hallyu wave with Winter Sonata in 2002. But this year is 2024 and K-netizens are using it to reminisce on the 20th anniversary of the 2004 year of K-dramas which when you assemble together is basically a powerhouse year of epic ratings or cult faves that mark many of K-drama viewer’s entre into the genre. In the year 2004, these K-dramas are aired and it’s not even the only ones just the most famous ones and all are doozies: Full House, What Happened in Bali, Lovers in Paris, Sweet 18, Phoenix, Love Story in Harvard, She is Nineteen, Save the Last Dance for Me, Terms of Endearment, and Ireland. A few are my all time faves, some are unforgettable watches, and most are worth watching today in terms of acting and storytelling even if the cinematography and costumes look dated.
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Now I feel old 🤣🤣
Ah yes, Full House - where your "friends" literally STEAL YOUR HOUSE and get away with it. A true classic for the ages. Sweet 18 otoh, really WAS sweet.
The ending in What Happened in Bali traumatized me, lol. As well as the ending in Lovers in Paris. 😝
I had a crush on Eugene during Save the Last Dance for Me.
Full House - started the cohabitation trope
What Happened in Bali - one of the most controversial and traumatic dramas even until now, 20 years later
Lovers in Paris - the most rage-inducing ending of all of Kim Eun Sook’s dramas, never again mentioned in favorite lists
Love Story in Harvard - Kim Rae Won and Kim Tae Hee!
Save the Last Dance for Me - classic chaebol falls for a simple girl, lots of scheming and accidents and amnesia amnesia
Yes, What Happened in Bali ending was indeed traumatizing!
I cannot remember which is my first K-drama...
But I will always remember just how happy I felt watching the kdramas then... I really loved many of them.
It was like first love...
I felt the same way , back then i found all dramas great , for a french viewer it was like discovering a whole new world ! I prefer to not watch them again to let the beautiful memories intact ! They have a special place in my heart when now i tend to forget the ones i have watched 2 or 3 years ago aside "les coups de coeur " ! But i must confess that my first drama wasn't a korean one but taiwanese Meteor Garden and of course It started with a kiss
My first was Taiwanese too!!! Meteror Garden was also my first. I remember, I was quite disturbed by the forced kissed scene in those days, do you remember the scene when Dao Mingsi was angry with Shancai? But I still finished the drama and enjoyed it.
Then I moved on to Japanese dramas before Korean next. Really like first love...the happiness I felt was so pure..
Really ! Still remember the scene , nowadays it will be seen as a kind of sexual assault . Like you, after i watched Japanese dramas as Hana Yori Dango, and some manga's adaptations before moving to korean ones and stick to them until this day ! Back then all theses dramas helped me going through a hard time , it may seems ridiculous but for me they meant so muck . It's like listening a song that takes you back to a special moment of your life . I still remember the old song that was playing on the radio when i was moving to Bordeaux campus , Ordinary world by Duran Duran ! Some dramas are the same to me !
Same! I first watched most of these years after they first released but watching those early Kdramas, Jdramas and Tdramas were like a portal to a whole new world for me.
I know what you mean...I learn so much about other countries culture and practise in these dramas...feels like I was travelling there.
When I was watching a drama in 6 parts hoping the video won't freeze...
Lol!!! That is so funny!! I remember those days too! 🤣🤣. I actually ended up spending thousands of $$ buy Videos/DVDs . Ouch😬... my husband was not happy with me...
I am trying to remember when did the 6 parts turn to one 🤔 ??
I think VIkI changed a lot of things for the viewers!
LOL that’s me! I was quite thankful when DramaFever came along 😊
As an European, I never had the chance to watch Kdrama on DramaFever.
@Sayaris Sorry to hear you guys didn’t get DramaFever in Europe. It did’n stay around long enough though, lasted for about six years and got axed. And I’d like to add, it’s always good to read your comments, they’re short and insightful. 😊
I watched many dramas in Mysoju ! But i also bought a lot of dvd !
Thank you very much!
At least, I didn't suffer from the sudden shut down of Dramafever. It was so weird Warner Bros didn't use their catalogue. They missed an opportunity.
Don't forget Hotelier and All about eve. I guess both are before all of these drama but those two are invited me to kdramaland.
yeah. All About Eve is a masterpiece.
Those are much older KDramas. Hotelier and All About Eve aired in 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Ok i am officially SO old now
I’m not into melo, and Full House was too cute cringey for me. So I never watch any of these classics. My first Kdrama was Kim Sam Soon, which happened a couple of years later.
2004....seriously..what a year..what a year for a kdrama...All the masterpiece classic was from that years..insane♥