Aaaaahhhhh this feels nice, a sense of normalcy and nostalgia for how big this awards got in recent years and perhaps a nice slimming down to focus on just the core competencies. The 2020 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) went off this weekend with a huge red carpet and many stars walking it in person. This is foremost a music … Continue reading →
I’m not a die hard K-drama fan for nothing and I definitely do not forget the old whenever I encounter a shiny new love. I love ALL of OTPs past and recent equally and sometimes the two cross paths and I kinda go with what first feels come to mind. Last week’s 2020 Asia Artist Awards had me nostalgic for … Continue reading →
Casa Koala had an eventful watch of episode 15 of Start-Up. Koala Teen Boy woke up early to group watch but laid in bed waiting to hear us watching or be summoned and thus missed the group watch. Once he watched later by himself he just yelled “Poor Ji Pyeong, I can’t believe Idiot Do San is going to get … Continue reading →
RACOI is a kind of system for value analysis in South Korea, achieved by estimating the value of broadcast program contents based on not only viewing rates combined with viewers’ responses from lots of social media activity (i.e. search, mentions, etc.). Since it’s a combo method, an actor or actress with a highly rated drama but not a lot of … Continue reading →
I came across this recent fashion pictorial with TW-actress Tiffany Ann Hsu and was really taken. She’s an incredibly beautiful woman and I have really enjoyed her vastly improved acting over the years, but what I love about this pictorial is that is really captures the emotional anxiety people have been feeling in 2020. At times balancing so much change … Continue reading →
The Grimae Awards is less prominent in the international audience as it’s a prestigious but smaller awards platform given by the South Korean Director’s Association. It’s the Korea equivalent of the DGA Awards in the US (Director’s Guild Association) and wins are definitely coveted and appreciated because it comes from the talented group that does all the directing behind the … Continue reading →
Okay, this drama sounds like a mash up off Goblin’s cohabitation element and Tale of Gumiho‘s fox bead aspect, and Tale of Gumiho ended up being a stupid and lame mashup of Goblin and Hotel Del Luna. I would castigate this drama for retreading except it’s based on a manhwa as tvN will air the K-drama adaptation of Falling Cohabitation … Continue reading →
Thank you tvN! I love getting teaser stills early and even better that it’s laying the groundwork going into the finale weekend for a drama I’m addicted. I’m going to be so sad to bid farewell to Start-Up, it’s been a family affair in Casa Koala with even Mr. Koala and the now grown up into Koala Teens watching and … Continue reading →
Man, the last four episodes of tvN Wed-Thurs drama Tale of Gumiho (Tale of the Nine-tailed) has been as bad as the first two episodes were great. The drama started going downhill after episode 6 when it was clear the two leads had zero romantic onscreen chemistry no matter how angsty the backstory written, and the big bad was just … Continue reading →
The end of year lists are starting to come out and this has been a banner year for K-dramas in elevating to a broader viewing audience with a combination of Netflix making a push on the streaming and also COVID-19 keeping people at home without the other forms of entertainment. I actually have friends who have never watched K-dramas reaching … Continue reading →
This drama looks so bright and cheerful it’s almost the wrong season to release it right into the Christmas holidays and winter. Call it counter programming I guess, but the warm spring vibe and adorableness of the leads Im Shi Wan and Shin Se Kyung are really brightening my spirit every time I see a new promo for jTBC drama … Continue reading →
I don’t think any K-drama has fallen apart as hard and as hard to watch (because I love it so much) as SBS Fri-Sat sci-fi drama Alice. A dissertation could be written on it but that would be giving it too much credit, it’s like a beautiful building that is just a facade, with nothing on the other side. On … Continue reading →
Oh my god, hold my champagne. and you betcha I’m multi bottling for New Year’s 2021 much like using alcohol to ward off the evil spirits because hell nah is next year going to be suckier than this dumpster fire of 2020. On the entertainment front, 2021 will offer up its first bon bon in the form of the special … Continue reading →
