Either I have no self-control, adding another drama to my recap plate, or it’s simply that Zenkai Girl is just THAT good (psst, it’s the latter). A unrelated matter first though – I need to take a hiatus from recapping Material Queen, which is still brilliantly good, but so angsty it actually made me feel like retching when I watched … Continue reading →
I think I finally understand the Tamaki/Haruhi hook. Every couple needs a hook for the most part, except when the onscreen chemistry threatens to combust and then no one cares why two characters make sense to be together. Since alterna-shipping in Ouran High School Host Club is futile (it’s like thinking Bella should be with Jacob or Hermione should be … Continue reading →
I know sense got tossed out the window episodes ago in Spy Myung Wol, which leads me to watch every new episode without any critical perspective. Conversely I’m enjoying it for scenes now, random scenes that perhaps make no narrative context in a greater scheme, but nevertheless work if you just watch it. Nice moments between Kang Woo and Myung … Continue reading →
So here’s the dealio on Ouran High School Host Club – I’m so massively second lead shipping that I’m almost zoning out on everything else, which is not good since I’m supposed to be recapping rather than spazzing. I’ll try to stay focused, but smack me if you guys think I’m flailing too much. Like all good ensemble dramas, this … Continue reading →
This episode moved the company and succession politics to the forefront of the drama, but in a way that was intricately tied to digging into the complications in the romantic developments. Eun Seol doesn’t want to live in their complicated and foreign world of money and succession. So what does both men do? They think about what she said, take … Continue reading →
A housekeeping item first – I won’t be going back and doing full recaps for episodes 7/8 of Protect the Boss. I want to, but a lack of time and the feeling like it’s homework after my vacation makes me elect to enjoy watching this drama more than feel like I have unfinished business with it. So onwards to episode … Continue reading →
Oy, Spy Myung Wol is like a recalcitrant child. I compliment it once for having a comparatively sane and decently plotted last (re: previous) episode, and it decides to make me wish I withheld the compliment because this episode appeared to have made a great effort to go the opposite direction. With the exception of one great scene (thank you … Continue reading →
OMG, this episode of Ouran High School Host Club had me making incoherent noises at my screen, with my mouth flapping open and closed like a fish out of water. It was so good I couldn’t even pick a single picture to top the post, but instead let you guys decide which of the two makes your toes curl. Tamaki … Continue reading →
Setting aside the shoddy script for Spy Myung Wol, this drama is actually really dramatic in ways that K-dramas have done less of in recent years. Everything happens so quickly and in such heightened degree in SMW world, from the stakes to the emotional bonds. If the writing were tighter (less redundancy), then the drama would be able to sell … Continue reading →
There was a lot of talking (and drinking) in episode 8 of Protect the Boss, a lot of talking that actually shows that the conflict in this story is organic and not manufactured by withholding information. The elders all know about the mess the youngsters are in (the foursquare of complicated love), and the youngsters know their parents are trying … Continue reading →
So now everything is out in the open in Protect the Boss, and still the plot development churns forward with so many uncertainties and issues. I’ve been so excited that Ji Heon found Eun Seol to help him get over his deeply rooted issues that I never considered that she might become a crutch for him. A safety blanket of … Continue reading →
Protect the Boss rewards those with faith in their dramas, who ask not for immediate gratification or instantaneous exposition. This is a drama where the viewer isn’t straining to figure out what is going to happen, yet remains curious about situations that are clearly presented but not so easy to immediately ascertain it entire purpose. I really appreciate that. It’s … Continue reading →
This episode was really hard to watch, and even harder to write about. Some things took me by surprise, while others were to be expected. Material Queen continues to astonish with it’s attention to detail, especially character depth and nuances that TW-dramas rarely focus on, usually electing to use broad laughs and big tears to leap frog over plot developments. … Continue reading →