I think my most anticipated period C-drama this year is definitely King of Lan Ling with Feng Shao Feng and Ariel Lin. I like frothy romance driven period fare, and this one looks pretty epic. Plus the King of Lan Ling hasn’t been brought to the screen often so it’ll be a refreshing story for me. After reading and translating … Continue reading →
Yipppeeeee! I knew birthdays and anniversaries have always been good to me. This past week SETTV started filming its upcoming idol drama to follow Love Forward on Sundays starting in August. All the rumors turned out to be spot on, as the leading man will indeed be Roy Qiu, returning to the network that has launched and propelled his Taiwan … Continue reading →
OMG hyperventilating here. I’m on a plane (last minute business trip this time, sigh) and when these stills flashed across the K-news sources, I literally yelped out loud. Rather like Da Ran did on the bus, but sadly there was no Kyung Joon around to look at me smoldery and smirky. I didn’t win a pressure cooker, but I feel … Continue reading →
Summer is right around the corner, but the drama planning chugs along towards the Fall season already. MBC, always known for its epic (long) dramas, is turning back to its behemoth success of the 60+ episode Queen Seon Deok (also known as Queen Snore Deok around here) and the 50+ episode Dong Yi and preparing for another 60 episode sageuk. … Continue reading →
At this point, I have watched the first two episodes of Big so many times I’ve lost count. Best part is that this drama gets better and better on rewatch. The problems are there, but the story rises to the forefront and smooths over the rough edges. I’m loving the fact that there are so many unknowns to figure out … Continue reading →
Oh The King 2 Hearts, I miss you so much! I try to move on, and other dramas will engage my interest, but you’ve managed to worm your way into a corner of my heart forever. I imagine Hang Ah and Jae Ha somewhere being all happy and fearless together. At Lee Seung Gi‘s Budokan concert last week, he sang … Continue reading →
Oh Zai Zai, wai so gorgeous? Vic Zhou‘s had a weird last few months in terms of total random scandals. The tabloids had him secretly married to Bowie Tsang (HK actor Eric Tsang‘s daughter), then secretly dating his Black & White co-star Reen Yu. Both were just so random, and Zai Zai clarified it was all not true when he … Continue reading →
If you’ve read Da Mo Yao along with me, then you should all know exactly where this scene is from in the book. Can I just say a “oh hells yeah”, and then give the poor long-suffering GeShi shippers out there a tissue so they can weep tears of joy. The filming for Da Mo Yao continues to chug along, … Continue reading →
Haha, no, Ji Hyun Woo isn’t trying to kill himself after delivering a spectacular public confession of love, though who knew a grand gesture straight out of a K-drama could be taken so many ways. Ji Hyun Woo candidly confessed that he liked Yoo In Na at the fan viewing party for the final episode of Queen In Hyun’s Man, … Continue reading →
Okay, as much as we all love/want/are gaga over Kyung Jae-Da Ran, that’s pretty much an impossible end game for Big. Imagine our Kyung Joon skipping over twelve years of his life and living the rest of it as a thirty year old. Yeah, so not ideal. And even if Yoon Jae is a cheating mc-cheaterson (which I don’t believe … Continue reading →
Two years, 2144 posts,and over 20 million views later, the Playground celebrates its second anniversary today by doing nothing whatsoever. In the US, a second anniversary is marked by cotton, so I’m going to whip out my comfy t-shirt and wrap my laptop in it for the night. I have to confess there are times I want to stop writing … Continue reading →
This might be my last recap for I Do I Do since I’m liking it more as a watch than writing about it. This has turned out to be a story without the traditional K-drama hook, when initially I thought it was a story solely about the pregnancy between an older successful woman and a younger professionally-challenged man. IDID doesn’t … Continue reading →
OMG whut was that all about!?! Imma going to pretend the completely nonsensical (even within the mythology of the drama) episode 16 of Queen In Hyun’s Man didn’t exist. Episode 15 was all sorts of heartbreaking, but if the payoff is the stupidity of 16, then imma going to pretend both episodes pfft evaporated into thin air. This drama was … Continue reading →