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Third Teaser for Fated to Love You Plays Up the Comedic Antics of the OTP Romance

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2014 by ockoalaJune 27, 2014

I need to thank the K-version of Fated to Love You for plastering a happy grin on my face with its latest and most substantive teaser to date. I can’t believe this drama is premiering next week! Oh how times flies and it did fly a little faster for the FTLY remake since its predecessor A New Leaf shaved two … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Jin Hyuk, Fated to Love You, Jang Hyuk, Jang Nara, Wang Ji Won

SBS Admits It’s Okay, It’s Love Teasers Were Plagiarized From an Original Video by a New York Artist

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 27, 2014 by ockoalaJune 27, 2014

Sometimes the difference in a few hours is as stark as night and day. I was just getting ready to post about the two new teasers for It’s Okay, It’s Love, which would join the first two released earlier showing the two leads dancing like happy dorks, when the entire tenor of my post got upended because I waited a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Gong Hyo Jin, It's Okay It's Love, Jo In Sung

Dr. Stranger Planning C-movie Release with the Leads Filming Additional Intro and Ending Scenes After the Drama Wraps

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2014 by ockoalaJune 26, 2014

We can all safely agree that we need more Dr. Stranger like we need a collective outbreak of syphilis. Or a mass food poisoning with violent diarrhea. You get my drift, and if you’re bored you can have great mad libs fun with the above sentence and choose your own suffering ailment. The sad part is we’re getting more Dr. Stranger … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Dr. Stranger, Jin Se Yeon, Kang Sora, Lee Jong Seok, Park Hae Jin

Joseon Gunman Episode 2 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2014 by ockoalaJune 26, 2014

If you’re looking for drama crack, look no further because it’s arrived on the precious and precocious shoulders of Joseon Gunman. I loved episode 1 already but the switch flipped fast on this one as episode 2 sends it into rabid addiction territory. As I’m recapping I have to pause to giggle, to stifle gasps, to grin from cheek-to-cheek, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Joseon Gunman

You’re All Surrounded Episode 14 Baby Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2014 by ockoalaJune 26, 2014

Like all cases in You’re All Surrounded, the bag beat down on Soo Sun’s mother limps to a puttering conclusion in episode 14. It’s anti-climatic but understandable since apprehending Madam Yoo would open up a big can of worms and this drama has another 6-episodes left to fill. Congressman Yoo and his nasty daughter will have to get off easy so leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged You're All Surrounded

Li Yi Feng Kinda Confirms Dating Lee Da Hae Who Broke His Heart

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 26, 2014 by ockoalaJune 26, 2014

I’m sorry but I am dying here with the latest juicy on-dit to drop in C-news. Seriously spazzing and falling off chairs and rubbing my eyes to make sure I read the news reports right. I also watched the actual media event to make sure my baby boy said what he said. And he said it all right! On the promotional trail … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Da Hae, Li Yi Feng, Love Actually

Star-studded Wuxia C-drama Ancient Sword Fantasy with Li Yi Feng and Yang Mi Premieres in Early July

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2014 by ockoalaJune 24, 2014

Sometimes I wonder if SARFT releases decrees and suggestions and the Chinese networks give a collective shrug and go back to their regularly scheduled programming. A little over a month ago SARFT issued a suggestive letter that it wished all networks aired dramas during the Summer months of July through October that promoted “the Chinese dream” (whatever that means), leading … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ancient Sword Fantasy, Li Xiao Lu, Li Yi Feng, Ma Tian Yu, Qi Wei, Qiao Zheng Yu, Yang Mi, Zhang Meng, Zheng Shuang

Joseon Gunman Episode 1 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2014 by ockoalaSeptember 5, 2014

Episode 1 of Joseun Gunman (also known as Gunman in Joseon or The Joseon Shooter) is as good as I hoped it would be. It’s not perfect but hits all the right buttons for me. A fast-paced burst out of the gate sets up the story nicely and delivers plenty of visual thrills. The drama doesn’t allow any one element … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Joseon Gunman

You’re All Surrounded Episode 13 Baby Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2014 by ockoalaJune 25, 2014

There are various reasons I find the impetus to recap. A burning desire to write about something whether to gush or to vent is therapeutic either way. Wanting to jot down what happened in a drama because the plot is so gosh darn interesting. A platform to screencap the heck out of a favorite actor or actress and then plaster … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged You're All Surrounded

SM Investigated for Tax Evasion and Required to Pay Back Taxes While More Dating Scandal Emerges

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2014 by ockoalaAugust 21, 2014

SM Entertainment was just slapped by the Korean government for tax evasion and required to pay a chunky back tax. That’s not really a big deal as corporate tax fraud is about as prevalent as plastic surgery is over there. What’s getting people’s attention is how this news slides under the radar while the media waves are abuzz with juicy SM entertainer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Choiza, Krystal, Scandals, Suho, Sulli

Fated to Love You Releases Adorably Charming Official Drama Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 25, 2014 by ockoalaJune 25, 2014

There’s cute, and there’s so sweet it gives you a toothache level cute. The three official posters for the upcoming MBC rom-com Fated to Love You fall into the latter category. I love them all! Such a great pick me up after a lackluster premiere to the rom-com Trot Lovers, reminding me that another potential rom-com crack is coming along … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Jin Hyuk, Fated to Love You, Jang Hyuk, Jang Nara, Wang Ji Won

Dr. Stranger Episode 16 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2014 by ockoalaJune 24, 2014

There’s more heart surgery in episode 16 of Dr. Stranger as well as more mind numbing action and dialogue that passes for plot around them parts. So what else is new, yes? I can’t believe after today there are two more weeks and four more episodes left of this drama. What else does the writer have up his sleeve to … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Dr. Stranger

Wallace Chung Pairs Up with Tang Yan for Drama Adaptation of Popular C-romance Novel You Are My Sunshine

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 24, 2014 by ockoalaJune 24, 2014

The constant reshuffling of C-drama pairings continues and this time it’s a new pairing but one that was totally expected to happen at some point or another given the actor and actress pool in C-drama land. Wallace Chung and Tang Yan will take a shot at winning audience hearts in the upcoming C-romance drama You Are My Sunshine. That’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Tang Yan, Wallace Chung, You Are My Sunshine

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