Hee. Hee hee hee hee. HOMG laughing my head off forever at the cuteness here. In the army all enlisted men are equal, but clearly some are still prettier than others. The current crop of enlisted Korean actors include some of my favorites like Kim Jae Wook and Im Joo Hwan, so it was to my absolute delight to see … Continue reading →
The upcoming Fall 2012 J-dorama season is about to commence now that the Summer doramas have either wrapped up or will be wrapping up soon. I scanned the list and there isn’t a single renzoku renai on the radar, so that means I’m going for actors to watch as opposed to story that interests me. After a truly boring Winter … Continue reading →
It was a close call, but ultimately I’ve decided to stop recapping Arang and the Magistrate and switch to its newest competition No Such Things as Nice Guys (aka Nice Guy or The Innocent Man). Episode 9 of Arang was nice, but still not much forward momentum in any of the major plot threads that I’m ready to table it … Continue reading →
Jung Kyung Ho happily completed his military service last week and a few days after he returned to civilian life, the media caught him at the airport already rocking the trying-to-be-surreptitious celebrity travel style. The sunglasses and cap clearly can’t hide this cutie pie from the eagle-eyed photogs. I wonder where he’s off to? Seeing Jung Kyung Ho with his … Continue reading →
I’m seeing conflicting reports on which SBS drama will follow Faith on Mon-Tues. Some sites list The Great Seer, others list King of Dramas, and some sites list both as SBS Mon-Tues dramas. Clearly something has to give, and despite what I wrote earlier, I think logically The Great Seer ought to be a Wed-Thurs drama to follow To The … Continue reading →
I don’t know why but episode 7 of Miss Rose felt like something intangible was missing. I was hoping that the return of Si Yi’s ex-boyfriend would speed up the narrative but instead the entire episode felt like nothing much happened. I’m not sure anything substantive can happen yet, because Cheng Kuan can’t exactly tell Si Yi how he feels … Continue reading →
Rich Man, Poor Woman is trying its best to drive me insane. When it’s good, it’s ridiculously good. When it wants to be frustrating, it can be so damn frustrating I want to pull my hair out. Which is not good, because I like my hair and a bald Koala would frighten young children. Episode 10 was interesting, and I … Continue reading →
Another year, another edition of Vogue Magazine’s Fashion Night Out, a celebrity call to shopping if you will. I posted about 2011’s FNO in Taiwan, and 2012’s affair is even more glittering and star-studded. The celebrity pictorial follows the same concept of “one t-shirt, many styles”, with each celeb told to add their personalized touches to a simple logo cotton … Continue reading →
New drama alert! Upcoming SBS sageuk The Great Seer (Daepyongsoo) has finally started filming as the cast gathered together for a script reading session. The drama is slated for 36-episodes airing on Mon-Tues after Faith, which on the long side of primetime dramas but much shorter than the usual weekend sageuk epics. It’s amusingly apropos for this drama to follow … Continue reading →
I can only describe the new Rainie Yang mini-movie filmed for her new single “Wishing for Happiness” in two words – stunning and exquisite. This is what Taiwan productions are capable of outside the cute fluffy idol dramas I typically watch. It’s gutsy and earnest, modern and fresh. The story is pretty much a twist on Chasing Amy, still Kevin … Continue reading →
I think melodramas are the backbone of dramas. Whereas some other genres can thrive in other mediums, such as novels or mangas or movies, the live action extended period visual medium lends itself almost perfectly to the notion of a story that comes across as intense and protracted. Issues need time to simmer and stew, feelings need time to foment … Continue reading →
I’m still shaking my head at the inexplicable success of The Magic Blade (Tian Ya Ming Yue Dao) this summer in reviving the pure wuxia genre in C-dramas, because that drama was so crack-a-doodle and nothing like its source material the Gu Long novel that the result was like watching William Hung sing “She Bangs” on American Idol. The collective psyche … Continue reading →
I have to confess that watching Oguri Shun in Rich Man, Poor Woman does things to my ovaries. Yes, scientifically speaking I shouldn’t be able to actually feel any movement in my ovaries, but lately they have been speaking to me. When Shun shows up onscreen as Hyuga Toru, my ovaries fairly screech “OMG, I want to have that man’s … Continue reading →