The drama adaptation of Da Mo Yao, the novel from writer Tong Hua (who wrote Bu Bu Jing Xin) is rumored to have finally confirmed its cast! Oh heck yeah. To the surprise of NO ONE, Tangren picked as the leading lady of its biggest drama production of the year as none other than resident number one gal Liu Shi … Continue reading →
I can’t believe the ratings legs on this drama, which almost hit 35% today. While I like and enjoy it, I admit that quality-wise it’s nowhere near deserving that kind of ratings based on a really heavy handed story, laughable sageuk politics, inconsistent casting from various leads, and general just-okay feel of it. I suppose a runaway train chugs along … Continue reading →
It’s press conference time, and time for me to unleash my snarky side. Thankfully the cast of the upcoming cable drama Operation Love was dressed so age-and-situationally appropriate I didn’t need to describe anyone as dressed like a skanky ho. In the drama, Yoo Seung Ho plays professional baseball player Kang Baek Ho, who discovers much too late at the … Continue reading →
Ahhh, episode 9 was solidly good, but all my previous gripes haven’t gone away. It’s good, I can live with those issues and still enjoy the drama. One thing I like about how the drama deviates from the novel is that it gives me the sense of freshness, like seeing something from a different angle almost. So far I don’t … Continue reading →
Downside of a live shoot is the inevitable delay of any previews week-to-week. The upside might be that any preview that comes out suddenly seems chock full of goodies. It’s weird how I know The Moon that Embraces the Sun is not a good sageuk by any measure of expected quality, yet I’m pretty hooked on the central love story. … Continue reading →
This is it, folks. The penultimate episode of Office Girls, which pretty much readies itself to tie up all the loose ends. Mama Shen appears to survive her cancer surgery, Xing Ren and Zi Qi make up without even really discussing things through since the whole issue was never such a big deal, and Kai Er is so thwarted she … Continue reading →
Love Forward with Amber Kuo and Tammy Chen is gearing up for its premiere in two weeks and the first teasers are finally out. I really love what I’ve seen so far. The music is lovely, the scenes are shot beautifully, and the two leading ladies are really channeling their respective characters. SETTV made off like a bandit last year, … Continue reading →
So I finally finished reading the novel version of The Moon that Embraces the Sun. While the drama hasn’t deviated so significantly from the novel that I would accord it an “inspired by” moniker, its deviated enough in major enough ways that I have no clue what parts of the novel might make it into the drama intact. With rumors … Continue reading →
I can’t believe how excited I am for a drama about getting a second chance at a first love with a cast of youngsters which is based off a drama I didn’t like all that much the first time around. I guess it’s the Yoo Seung Ho love overwhelming my senses. Co-starring Park Eun Bin as the titular first love … Continue reading →
[Edit: MBC is on crack, because it just released the written preview for episode 10 as well. Woo hoo! Bringing it to you below] If Hwon and Woon continue to remain so close, even I’m going to start wondering if the bodyguard and his King is undertaking some A Frozen Flower-esque forbidden love. I’m kidding, of course. Nothing wrong with … Continue reading →
Everyone around me has been bugging me to write this post, and of course I dragged my feet until the last possible moment. Part of me feels like I’m pulling a Brett Favre (I’m retiring, oh wait, I’m back, nope, retiring for good, just a moment I’ll play one more year…..), but it’s the sad reality that I simply cannot … Continue reading →
Watching Yoon Si Yoon in Me Too, Flower! was a revelation of sorts, akin to watching a kid grow up right before your eyes. Not only did he physically seem to have matured, his acting also improved by leaps and bounds from his Baker King, Kim Tak Goo days. I used to tease that he was a Jun Ki-lite, and … Continue reading →
I know I’ve been bitching about Han Ga In in The Moon that Embraces the Sun, but it’s not because I don’t like her. I loved her in Bad Guy, and even in her crappy dramas and/or performances, I’ve never grown annoyed with her much. She’s like this really pretty slightly detached wallflower in those situations. I was a little … Continue reading →