And…..it’s a wrap, folks! At over six months long in filming, Office Girls is one of the longest running TW idol dramas in recent memory, and is also the longest live-aired drama I’ve followed. The start date for Love Forward has been moved back one week, thereby finalizing the last episode of OG at 25. Based on the preview for … Continue reading →
Ahhh, episode 9 was solidly good, but all my previous gripes haven’t gone away. It’s good, I can live with those issues and still enjoy the drama. One thing I like about how the drama deviates from the novel is that it gives me the sense of freshness, like seeing something from a different angle almost. So far I don’t … Continue reading →
Downside of a live shoot is the inevitable delay of any previews week-to-week. The upside might be that any preview that comes out suddenly seems chock full of goodies. It’s weird how I know The Moon that Embraces the Sun is not a good sageuk by any measure of expected quality, yet I’m pretty hooked on the central love story. … Continue reading →
[Edit: MBC is on crack, because it just released the written preview for episode 10 as well. Woo hoo! Bringing it to you below] If Hwon and Woon continue to remain so close, even I’m going to start wondering if the bodyguard and his King is undertaking some A Frozen Flower-esque forbidden love. I’m kidding, of course. Nothing wrong with … Continue reading →
Just look at that face, Xing Ren! How can you not forgive him for keeping a little secret from you. And Zi Qi even dressed up Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma in matching reindeer outfits. Gah, so insanely cute! Office Girls is right at the cusp of ending its wildly successful run and I’m sensing the drama isn’t going to drag anything … Continue reading →
I’m glad The Moon that Embraces the Sun has fantasy elements, because it’s going to take a huge leap of logic for me to accept that everyone who loves and has seen young Yeon Woo’s face in the drama to not immediately recognize adult Yeon Woo. I hate it when a story posits that after a time jump when a … Continue reading →
The written preview for episode 8 of The Moon that Embraces the Sun is out, and it sounds so exciting. The story quickly brings all the adult versions of the major characters back into each other’s orbit, allowing the story to continue to build on the premise laid out in the childhood episodes. Hwon has never forgotten Yeon Woo, and … Continue reading →
The first teaser is out for the upcoming K-drama Feast of the Gods, which is flying so far under the radar it might as well declare itself undercover. The drama stars seasoned actors Sung Yuri, Joo Sang Wook, Lee Sang Woo, and Seo Hyun Jin, with the only synopsis available saying that it is about Korean cuisine. Since it’s a … Continue reading →
I rather like the conceit of The Moon that Embraces the Sun in having Yeon Woo lose her memories about her past. It’s less painful that way for her, and also allows us to watch Yeon Woo and Hwon fall in love all over again. Which they will surely do. While young Yang Myung resonated with me because he lost … Continue reading →
I’m a little too seasoned to suffer a bout of tears and snot over the smallest sad plot development in a drama, but watching Yeo Jin Gu cry in the preview for episode 5 of The Moon that Embraces the Sun got me right there in the gut. He’s truly a phenomenal child actor, and the same is true for … Continue reading →
Finally! SETTV has confirmed the start date for Love Forward with Amber Kuo and Tammy Chen as February 12th, 2012. Which means that Office Girls will end at 24 episodes (taking into account one episode will be preempted for Lunar New Year), making it as long as Fated to Love You and The Fierce Wife, all ratings bonanzas for the network. … Continue reading →
The impetus for actions in a sageuk is rarely personal, and this is especially true in The Moon Embraces the Sun. People are eliminated simply because they got in the way. It’s not like anyone objects to Yeon Woo being Hwon’s Crown Princess because she’s ugly, stupid, or his half-sister. It’s because she doesn’t represent the establishment, and the people … Continue reading →
C’mon, you know you want it. More The Moon that Embraces the Sun, that is. All I know is that this drama is going to make us all hurt so good, in the way that only a gripping sageuk can do. I figure that if the Hwon-Yeon Woo-Yang Myung love triangle is going to give me heart pain, at least … Continue reading →