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Netflix Asks Viewers to Choose Between A or B if You are the Lead Character in Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Nevertheless, Itaewon Class, and Hotel Del Luna

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2022 by ockoalaAugust 14, 2022
Woman in a blue sweater, underwater theme.

This is a fight as old as time, but I do appreciate the levity of throwing in more than just lead and second lead choices. Netflix asked its viewers of four of its streamed K-dramas if you would choose between A or B if you are the lead character. In Extraordinary Attorney Woo it’s between cutie patootie Jun Ho and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Hotel Del Luna, Itaewon Class, Nevertheless | 22 Replies

K-netizens Clamor for an IU and Lee Do Hyun Drama Reunion Pairing After He Presents Her the Best Song Daesang at the 2022 Golden Disc Awards

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 11, 2022 by ockoalaJanuary 11, 2022
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Mememememe, count me in with the K-netizens! Actually the C-netizens are also jones-ing for this reunion pairing onscreen and if Lee Do Hyun can work with Go Min Si three times now the drama gods can and must absolutely give us his pairing with IU again. The two were in Hotel Del Luna together where she was the female lead … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, IU, Lee Do Hyun | 14 Replies

Watch an Entire Drama Love Story in One Picture: A Visual Homage to Some of the Best K-romances

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 2, 2021 by ockoalaOctober 2, 2021
Couple sharing a romantic moment.

This post doesn’t need any editorializing, and really just needs to be viewed and savored. A talented and oh so generous K-netizen (doing the drama gods service!) created a one picture image for some of the most popular and beloved K-drama romances in the last two decades that captures the beginning and end. It’s called “Watch an entire K-drama in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged All About My Romance, Answer Me 1988, Boyfriend, Coffee Prince, Come and Hug Me, Encounter, Goong, Heirs, Hotel Del Luna, It's Okay It's Love, Kill Me Heal Me, Mr. Sunshine, Pasta, Queen Seon Deok, That Winter When the Winter Blows, The Light in Your Eyes, The Master's Sun, Thirty But Seventeen, Touch Your Heart, Will It Snow for Christmas, You From Another Star | 23 Replies

K-streaming Platform TVing Selects Best K-dramas of 2020 as Hospital Playlist in First Half and Start-Up in Second Half

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 18, 2020 by ockoalaDecember 18, 2020
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This selection feels like taking a cudgel to to tofu carving but it’s still entertaining to read about. Streaming platform TVing in South Korea is obviously benefiting from the migration from television to online consumption of entertainment programs so they do have a pulse of what’s good/popular from what viewers watch. Their own pick in 2020 for the best shows … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ashes of Love, Hospital Playlist, Hotel Del Luna, Start Up | 6 Replies

Hotel Del Luna Confirmed for Remake as Hollywood Show by Skydance Television in Collaboration with CJ E&M Subsidiary Studio Dragon

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 23, 2020 by ockoalaJune 23, 2020
Couple about to kiss in romantic setting.

I love serendipity and on the same week that K-drama premiered a new show that reminds of the best part of last year’s hit fantasy series Hotel Del Luna comes news that there will be a new life for the story. Call it reincarnation if you will, apropos of the theme of the drama, with Hotel Del Luna moving across … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna | 9 Replies

Sliding Scale of When Lead Onscreen Chemistry Saves or Sinks Preposterously Plotted K-dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 26, 2020 by ockoalaApril 26, 2020
K-drama scenes with romance and royalty themes.

Four episodes into watching K-drama The King: Eternal Monarch and it’s a steady stream of “buh” and “huh” and “snooze…..” The story may be disjointed but there have been way worse written K-dramas that have worked better thanks to the onscreen romantic chemistry of the leads – not talking about acting ability, just whether the two leads make the viewer … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Arthdal Chronicles, Big, Blademan, Boys Before Flowers, Crash Landing on You, Descendants of the Sun, Dream High, Full House, Goblin, Goong, Heirs, Hotel Del Luna, Legend of the Blue Sea, Lie to Me, Melting Me Softly, Memories of Alhambra, Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, Secret Garden, The King 2 Hearts, The King: Eternal Monarch, The Moon that Embraces the Sun, Uncontrollably Fond, Vagabond, Why Secretary Kim, You From Another Star | 121 Replies

KOFICE Official 2019 Poll of Overseas Interest in Hallyu Finds Hotel Del Luna, Parasite, and Lee Min Ho Top of the List

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 4, 2020 by ockoalaMarch 3, 2020
Cast of a drama in elegant hotel setting.

The Korean department in charge of overseas management of arts and culture KOFICE released the results of its official poll of 2019 overseas interest in Hallyu entertainment. It spanned K-dramas, movies, variety, cuisine and interest went up in all categories across the board from 2018 with the biggest rise in the K-movie category no surprise thanks to the award winning … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna | 67 Replies

Official Stills of Kim Soo Hyun’s Buzzy Cameo in Hotel Del Luna

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 12, 2019 by ockoalaSeptember 13, 2019
Young man in suit with soft expression.

Better late than never when it comes to more Hotel Del Luna goodies. I think I was thirsty for a compelling and interesting K-drama for so long that I liked Hotel more than it probably deserves qualitatively. Ultimately the central romance felt less opposite sex than familial love but that’s what the drama naturally progressed to. The highly teased cameo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, Kim Soo Hyun | 13 Replies

IU Leads the Fashion Parade as Hotel Del Luna Cast Jets to Thailand for Reward Vacation

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 7, 2019 by ockoalaSeptember 6, 2019
Young woman in stylish outfit walking.

A vacation is a downer moment, said no one ever, so the cast of recently wrapped tvN drama Hotel Del Luna are all chipper and cheery at Incheon Airport earlier this week heading off to Thailand. It’s the reward vacation that’s so common with successful dramas, a great way to thank the cast and crew and also keep them in … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, Lee Do Hyun, Mina, PO, Yeo Jin Gu | 3 Replies

Hotel Del Luna Breaks 12% Ratings in Satisfying Final Episode and Denies Planning Second Season

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 2, 2019 by ockoalaSeptember 2, 2019
Group of friends posing outdoors in sunshine.

The best K-dramas are the ones with a well-told story and a satisfying ending. It has to have both and after finishing Hotel Del Luna this weekend I believe it achieves that mark and viewers agree, piling on the eyeballs for the final episode 16 to help it reach 12.001% ratings. The story was ultimately all about the ghostly management … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, IU | 19 Replies

Kim Soo Hyun is the New Owner of the Ghost Hotel in Cameo Role for Final Episode of Hotel Del Luna

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 1, 2019 by ockoalaSeptember 1, 2019
Young man in suit with soft expression.

I haven’t watched the final episode yet of Hotel Del Luna since I’m traveling this weekend so this post isn’t about what I think about the ending. That’ll be after I watch and digest it but I do want to do a quickie post on the much anticipated Kim Soo Hyun cameo in the final episode of the drama. A … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, Kim Soo Hyun | 27 Replies

Kim Soo Hyun to Cameo in Final Two Episodes of Hotel Del Luna to Support IU and Yeo Jin Gu

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 29, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 28, 2019
Smiling man in formal attire, promotional event.

Woah mommy and daddy combined levels of star power rolled into one. tvN drama Hotel Del Luna has broke 10% ratings already and generally averaged in the 8-9% range, a really great showing and probably the best Hong Sisters drama in years in both ratings and reviews. It’s brought in the wins without the big name star power, honestly IU … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, IU, Kom Soo Hyun, Yeo Jin Gu | 102 Replies

Dramaland Owes Audiences Another Romance K-drama Where Hotel Del Luna’s IU and Lee Do Hyun Get Their Happy Ending

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 27, 2019 by ockoalaAugust 27, 2019
Dramatic scenes featuring two main characters.

Man, I was a mess of tears this weekend watching both episodes 13 and 14 of Hotel Del Luna. It’s all Chung Myung related because I just feel sooooooo awful for Lee Do Hyun’s character and his 1300 years of flitting around that tree as a firefly keeping watch over IU’s Man Wol. And if she had just called his … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hotel Del Luna, IU, Lee Do Hyun, Yeo Jin Gu | 23 Replies

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