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Lie to Me Holds Media Day Event and Reveals Upcoming Kiss Spoiler

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 27, 2011 by ockoalaMay 27, 2011

You didn’t think I was kidding when I made a passing reference to an insane amount of Kang Ji Hwan–Yoon Eun Hye posts in the future, right? Well, I’ll try to keep the volume down, but holy smokes Batman that is hard to do when Lie to Me goes fan service on me, holding a media day yesterday and we … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Ji Hwan, Lie to Me, Yoon Eun Hye

City Hunter Episode 2 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 27, 2011 by ockoalaMay 27, 2011

Episode 2 finally shed light on why all the preview stills and trailers made City Hunter seem tri-polar (revenge thriller, action flick, slapstick rom-com). While episode 1 had narrative consistency and thematic focus, episode 2 was all over the place. I’m not kidding, get Yoon Sung back to the jungle, stat. I started scribbling a recap as I was watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged City Hunter

Written Preview for Episode 7 of Drunken to Love You

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 27, 2011 by ockoalaMay 27, 2011

Drunken to Love You is just such an exquisite drama, one that marinates in real emotional build-up, taking the viewer from watching two strangers meet to understanding how they could fall in love. I hope this week’s episode doesn’t end with another high-blood pressure inducing cliffhanger. It’s been a tough week waiting to see whether Avril’s evil plot worked. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Drunken to Love You

Written Preview for Episode 7 of Lie to Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 26, 2011 by ockoalaMay 27, 2011

Lie to Me is evil. It’s a borderline-crappy drama that has managed to suck me in because my Koala sense is tingling all over with respect to the Kang Ji Hwan–Yoon Eun Hye OTP. Last time this happened was with respect to the Geun-Geuns. Suddenly I’m watching BTS videos (OMG they are so cute together) and giggling as I rewatch them … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Lie to Me

Best Love Episode 8 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 26, 2011 by ockoalaMay 26, 2011

Bring on the pleasure, then whack us with the pain. That must be the sadistic motto of the Hong Sisters. Not only are they making me hurt like hell, they are making me wait a whole week to see what happens next. God, if I weren’t in such a codependent relationship with the Best Love (The Greatest Love) and can … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Best Love

Jae Hee and Lee Bo Young are the Leads of the Upcoming Weekend Drama The Woman Who Never Loses

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 26, 2011 by ockoalaMay 26, 2011

Any longer before announcing his post-MS comeback project and Jae Hee was about to turn into Won Bin v.2, which is not a bad thing, mind you, just makes his fans long suffering between projects. Thankfully, the uber-talented Jae Hee, after completing his military service over a year ago, has just been cast as the leading man in the upcoming weekend … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jae Hee, Lee Bo Young, The Woman Who Never Loses

City Hunter Episode 1 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2011 by ockoalaMarch 29, 2019

City Hunter, the manga of my youth, has finally arrived in the incarnation of the K-drama of my adulthood. One episode in, it resembles the original CH in concept, story, and execution about as much as a…..ah heck, screw it with the analogies, it doesn’t resemble it in the slightest. So I shall never ever compare again, and henceforth watch … Continue reading →

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Best Love Episode 7 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2011 by ockoalaMay 25, 2011

Oh I am in so much trouble. I knew this might happen if I decided to recap both Lie to Me and Best Love (The Greatest Love), which is once the romance started in earnest, I would have OTP-confusion and have a hard time putting one set of OTP down to recap the other. It took me a good ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Best Love

Written and Video Preview for Episode 8 of Best Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2011 by ockoalaMay 25, 2011

My intro is going to be short, cuz y’all want that recap for episode 7, no? Yeah, I should zip it and get back to writing? LOL, trust me, I had to tear myself away from episode 7 of Best Love just to bring you a written preview for episode 8. And 7 episodes in, it’s official, Yoon Pil Joo … Continue reading →

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Hayate the Combat Butler with Park Shin Hye and George Hu gets June 19th Air Date

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 25, 2011 by ockoalaMay 24, 2011

If May was K-drama overload month, then June looks to be TW-drama’s turn to release a batch of new offerings I’ve been keeping an eye on. I’ve already posted about Material Queen premiering on June 17th and Love Keeps Going premiering on June 4th. Now it’s finally been confirmed that Hayate the Combat Butler will be airing on June 19th … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged George Hu, Hayate the Combat Butler, Park Shin Hye

Preview for Episode 7 of Lie to Me and Last Scene of Episode 6

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 24, 2011 by ockoalaMay 25, 2011

I have a sinking suspicion that Lie to Me is about to become the second coming of Mary Stayed Out All Night for me. A Mon-Tues drama with lower-than-expected ratings, likely a small cultish following, and will own me body and soul despite my being fully aware the script sucks, all because I love the OTP so much I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Lie to Me

Lie to Me Episode 6 Recap

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 24, 2011 by ockoalaMay 29, 2011

For the record: that was indeed a real kiss (in every way), and it was smokin’ hot. Best k-drama kiss of 2011 has added a new contender. What kiss, you ask? Read the recap, I say. Lie to Me hit a turning point in this episode, and it wasn’t because there was major kissage. That helped, but really it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Recaps | Tagged Lie to Me

Official Stills of Jung Yong Hwa and Park Shin Hye in Heartstrings

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 24, 2011 by ockoalaMay 26, 2011

I’m so overwhelmed with May dramas right now, which will continue into June, so I really shouldn’t be lusting after the July offerings. But I can’t help it if Heartstrings (Korean title You’ve Fallen for Me) totally charms my socks off from the story concept to the actor pairings to the early stills. MBC released the first official stills of … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Heartstrings, Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin Hye, You've Fallen for Me

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