Teasers and Official Stills for Dream High
Mary Stayed Out All Night will end next week in a flurry of cheers or jeers, depending on whether the screen writer has taken her happy or crazy pills. Current mood in M3-land – cautious hope smothering an urge to go Hulk out on someone. Regardless of how M3 goes out, its successor Dream High is pretty much itching to get started, from the heaps of stills and teasers which have been released this week.
I do enjoy a good high school drama, except the ones I’m partial to are J-doramas. Some of my faves include Nobuta wo Produce, Dragon Zakura, and even the adorable Yankee Kun to Megame Chan. K-drama aren’t known for their school fare, and the last major school drama was the well-received Dragon Zakura remake God of Study (which I still haven’t the urge to watch).
Between Dream High and What’s Up?, after watching the teasers and seeing the stills for Dream High, I am still leaning lopsidedly with interest towards What’s Up? I have nothing against idol actors, even a drama consistently predominately with them, but I generally observe a greater emotional range and intensity when actors play a role versus an idol. But what really tips the scale is how by-the-books the teaser trailer and character descriptions feel. The stills are even worse – I really dislike the uber-posed ones, the stills where the lead actors look they they are frozen in mid-motion about to break dance.
You have the rich girl, her wallflower best friend, the rebel loner, the class clown, and the new arrival – all characters that populate pretty much every single high school drama permutation. I’m not feeling the sense of wonder or excitement one ought to from watching the teasers. Rather, I felt bored, stifling the urge to roll my eyes at the heightened intensity of the teaser cuts.
If I decide to check out Dream High, it will be for one person only – the gorgeous and sublime Kim Soo Hyun, who has knocked my socks off in every youth role he’s done so far. If anyone is interested in this drama, check out the teasers, and enjoy the stills! I do like the group pictures, which look more natural and emphasize the friendships amongst the characters rather than the theatrical element.
Dream High stars the aforementioned Kim Soo Hyun, T-ara’s Eunjung, Miss A’s Suzy, 2PM’s Taecyeon, and singers Wooyoung and IU. The adults are played by Eom Ki Joon and Lee Yoon Ji as teachers at the high school, and Bae Young Joon in more of a recurring status cameo role as the head honcho.
Teasers for Dream High:
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thanks for the post. ^ _ ^ well done. merry christmas
they all look cute. you should try god of study. it was good.
O.C.koala ………are you still updating your blog?
Did you on holiday? Happy holidays……………..
I decided to watch the Dream High if Marry Me Mary has ended.
Happy Holidays indeed!!!
hmm i think i might be looking forward for this drama also ^^
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: Â the presence of a happy family and friends all wrapped up in each other. Merry Christmas!
I am definitely looking forward to “What’s Up” more than this because the higher Actor:Idol ratio of Whats Up. I am going to check this out though because I like the adults (Lee Youn Ji and Eom Ki Joon) and Kim So Hyun and Eunjung (unlike many, I actually really liked her in Coffee House). However if Suzy’s acting is beyond bad I will probably dropped this like a hot potato.
I agree. Suzy’s smile might be as adorable as kittens and puppies, but if she can’t act I’m out >___<
I will probably check this one because Kim Soo Hyun was phenomenal in Giant!
Both drama seem to be very similar, in my own opinion.
But I would watch both, because both of them sounds interesting too hehe XP
i really enjoy your recaps..so glad that u posted this drama’s teaser….hopefully u will recab this one live too….fighting:]
Hey Ockoala, Merry christmas!
Not much of a HS drama fan (didn’t watch PK), so I’m not sure about this one though that short haired hottie is asking me to change my mind … (what do you mean it’s in my head?lol); I’ll read your recap though and if it speaks to you like M3 does, I’ll give it a try!
That’s Taecyeon from Cinderella’s Sister right?
I’ll watch this drama only because of KSH. Although I still have an unintentional bias over What’s Up..
OMG CANT WAIT FOR THISS ITS LIKE THE KOREAN VERSION OF GLEE <3
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