Nice Guy is becoming quite a nerve wracking watching experience. I wonder if the drama is just going to keep building and building the nervous tension and draining emotional developments and wait until the very end before giving us some release. This works well when I marathon tense melodramas, but watching it week-to-week is already giving me serious heartburn. I … Continue reading →
Before Lee Seung Gi charmed my socks off in The King 2 Hearts, I was rather bemused to see his growing popularity all over Asia. Now that my boy is permanently ensconced in my good graces, his pan-Asia popularity simply gives me more Seung Gi goodies to nom nom on to my heart’s content. I have to confess that when … Continue reading →
I remain fascinated by Nice Guy, though that fascination hasn’t yet morphed into an obsession. But at least the interest is there, whereas with Arang and the Magistrate where I’m just watching for my beloved Lee Jun Ki and not much else (don’t get me started on the “performance” cutie pie with the hideous wig Yoo Seung Ho is delivering … Continue reading →
Today is Yoon Eun Hye’s birthday so let me wish my girl a happy birthday first of all! The drama world has been abuzz lately with the casting of Yoochun’s I Miss You where Eun Hye was reportedly offered the role and subsequently reportedly turned it down. That’s all good and fine with me, but it got me thinking about … Continue reading →
It’s a testament to just how awesome an actor Song Joong Ki is that his Kang Maru in Nice Guy is so emotionally loathsome and yet I still haven’t call it quits with the drama. Yes, the drama is excellently directed and the story has flashes of brilliance, but having two of the three leads be complete and utter human … Continue reading →
With the ending of Rich Man, Poor Woman, I feel like Summer of 2012 really is over. Forget the mugginess still lingering outside, the intoxicating scent of two quirky people falling in love has been replaced by stories more about bubbling anxiety and venturing into emotional dark places. I noticed how Summer dramas, no matter if its from Taiwan, Korea, or … Continue reading →
Unless Arang and the Magistrate gets an extension, which is highly unlikely with its low-teen ratings, then at 20-episodes it will end on October 18th. Which means its follow up drama I Miss You is supposed to premiere a week later on October 25th. That’s all good and fine, except we’re here at October 1st already and the leading lady has … Continue reading →
Now that the Fall K-dramas have shaken out and I’m already watching what interests me (Nice Guy, Arang and the Magistrate, and May Queen), I can’t be faulted for being impatiently waiting for the Winter dramas to arrive. The second I knew Moon Geun Young was coming back with a drama, I switched to high alert and have been monitoring … Continue reading →
The title of “Korea’s best looking Marine” clearly belongs to Hyun Bin hands down. This man simply cannot look bad, even sporting a crew cut and in full army fatigue regalia. If I told you all that Binnie is two months away from finishing his military service, I’m sure those of you who remember when he enlisted will surely be … Continue reading →
So the preview yesterday for May Queen episode 14 led me to expect a steamy rain kiss for my preferred drama OTP, Hae Joo and her oppa boyfriend of 15 years Chang Hee, who sadly has a homicidal daddy that killed Hae Joo’s adopted father and watched Hae Joo’s birth father get offed as well. See, I totally know my … Continue reading →
When I was watching Rich Man, Poor Woman, another dorama came to mind that actually could use the same name. That would be the execrable Tsuki no Koibito (Moon Lovers) starring Kimura Takyua as the rich man and Taiwanese supermodel/wannabe actress Lin Chi Ling as the poor woman. KimuTaku has a new dorama coming out next month called Priceless, and … Continue reading →
Looks like a rather magical double date is coming up in Miss Rose. I hope this happens in episode 10 because I want to see it NOW. The foursome of Cheng Kuan and Si Yi plus Sheng Jun and Xiao Ke headed out to Ping Xi in the outskirts of Taipei to release Sky Lanterns, which are ancient lanterns originally … Continue reading →
Watching May Queen harkens back to the days of yore when K-dramas were chock full of amazing coincidences, outlandish plot contrivances, and painfully overwrought emotional entanglements. Despite knowing I am watching something truly dumb, I’m enjoying the delicious nuggets of angst between the three leads Chang Hee, Hae Joo, and Kang San. I read an interview with Jae Hee where … Continue reading →