Okay, if anyone puts down one drama at the expense of the other just to troll shit up then imma yeet you right out of the comments section, m’kay? The production teams are good to drama fans to finish up 2020 as tons of teasers are dropping left and right. Two of the most anticipated sageuk dramas of 2021 both … Continue reading →
The 2020 SBS Drama Awards are in the bag and boy was it a stuffed bag. The stars didn’t do the red carpet, only hosts Kim Yoo Jung and Shin Dong Yeop was masked and met the media. The attendees from presenters to winners were segregated in rooms in the back and only came out to accept awards so this … Continue reading →
Now this sounds like a project way more suitable for Kim Go Eun than her last role. She’s picked her next acting gig and it will be the K-drama adaptation of widely read webtoon Yumi’s Cells. The story is based on female lead Yumi who is an ordinary office worker who grows through love and professional learning and the twist … Continue reading →
Cable network tvN has been dominating for the last decade in producing great content and fans have been clamoring for them to hold their own year end drama awards like the Big Three. This year that’s even less likely to happen but the network did announce how well some of it’s dramas did this year in broadcast and feedback. The … Continue reading →
There is a whole lot of smiles and strong emotive punctuations for the upcoming KBS drama Hello! It’s Me? I’m going to have to remember to add the exclamation and then the period and pray the actual drama doesn’t come across as cutesy as the title is trying to be. Starring Choi Kang Hee, Kim Young Kwang, and Eum Moon … Continue reading →
I feel like these last few years has really given more than usual juicy roles and dramas to veteran female actresses. The Sky Castle quartet and now the Penthouse trio, not to mention Kim Hee Ae hitting a career high solo. I do wish these hits came in dramas that were outside the melodrama genre sometimes but alas it’s a … Continue reading →
OMG, what terrible news, I only hope it’s not serious. Production has come to an immediately halt today for the upcoming 2021 sageuk drama Joseon Exorcist after the male lead was taken out of commission. Jang Dong Yoon has been injured after falling off his horse, not the first time a horse related injury has happened to cast members filming … Continue reading →
The webtoon/manhwa/manga adaptations continue unabated and it’s not surprising that streaming giant Netflix is leading the pack. It’s two December 2020 original drama releases Sweet Home and Alice in Borderland are both major successes both critically and with viewer streams. Up next is the drama adaptation of webtoon Annarasumanara, quite a handful to say the title but it’s based on … Continue reading →
Two reasons to be hopeful about early 2021 thriller tvN drama L.U.C.A.: The Beginning, the PD and the network, otherwise this one seems too ambitious for its britches. The first posters are out for the drama starring Kim Rae Won as the lead, though it was first courting Ji Chang Wook who passed on the project. The male lead has … Continue reading →
While I can totally see why real So Young tried to commit suicide and maybe even wished she was somebody else and then transferred souls with modern day chef Bong Hwan. But in Queen Cheorin (Mr. Queen) a lot of the hijinks aren’t really gender driven and more modern day person attitudes transplanted to Joseon era for shocks and laughs. … Continue reading →
The pandemic this year delayed the start of the Hong Sisters next drama which they had been prepping after Hotel Del Luna wrapped last year in 2021. It will now go into production in 2021 with production house Studio Dragon, with casting in the first half and then filming, with the majority of special effects to be done via CGI … Continue reading →
It’s time for year end lists AND looking forward to the next year, I’m so busy sorting it’s like to have some clue what other viewers are interested in. jTBC released it’s most anticipated K-dramas of 2021 based on current audience feedback – these four dramas have gotten the most audience comments and clicks on the jTBC website. Number 1 … Continue reading →
tvN Sat-Sun drama Queen Cheorin (Mr. Queen) has proven itself to be the winning ride for the network to end 2020 on, with episode 5 today increasing again in ratings to 11.337%. I personally like but don’t love it, it’s entertaining whenever I sit down to watch but I’m not actively wanting to see what happens to the story. My … Continue reading →
