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belleza

Speaking of Hotelier. SHK is kinda like a supporting role in that drama and the ending part is understandable but I'm not satisfied. I liked her here because her own storyline was kind of a sweet distraction from the gamesmanship between the hotel manager and the attorney over the hotel and the fem...

belleza

It seems it's the latest trend to cast young, up & coming idols in sageuks. Older viewers may be mourning before long, over the change from the old historical classics to sageuks turning into something more popular and more accessible for younger watchers + overseas people. Yeah, I was thinking...

belleza

To my knowledge, SBS Iljimae was originally postponed to August or later, but recently it seems they're going well and it'll air in May (projected date being May 14th), after On Air finishes its run Oh you know what, I think I was wrong about that. There was a press release in February that Illjmae...

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I loved Mi Yeon, her shallow facade of luxury overshadows her miserable state. Her demands for Eun So's apology was just so pathetic, I couldn't get myself to garner hate for her because of it. It's a scene stealing performance from Oh Yoon Ah, and she won an award for the performance What's not ex...

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I loved Mi Yeon, her shallow facade of luxury overshadows her miserable state. Her demands for Eun So's apology was just so pathetic, I couldn't get myself to garner hate for her because of it. It's a scene stealing performance from Oh Yoon Ah, and she won an award for her performance. What's not e...

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Basically, the production company and JJH were having disagreements (which also led to Jo Hyun Jae declining the role of Chang Hui). Just want to add that Popseoul is not a good place for pop journalism (fun site but about as fair and balanced as Fox News), and so it's difficult to surmise why he r...

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One cannot be a true macho sageuk man without the trademark facial hair and funny belt Ahh, "macho Tablo." Just not meant to be! :D Looks like 2008 is the year of the Korean Robin Hood, with Hong Gil Dong finishing off, SBS Iljimae coming in May, MBC Iljimae planned for later in the year,...

belleza

That clip also reminds me of one thing: I haven't seen Hotelier yet. What's it like? Hotelier is still my favorite workplace drama, but I like dramas/movies that center around hotels. Wonderful use of an ensemble cast to tell small stories within the larger one. Hotelier was actually the first show...

belleza

Person A: "...becasue, he is your real father!" Person B: "What?! Is he really my father?" This above conversation is very true, but it seems to work better when there's a lot of facial hair. And grunts. Sageuks grunts are the best! Hmph!! :lol fizzo, Speaking of sageuks, here's...

belleza

I hear Melbourne has some very good universities This tiny restaurant I went to the other weekend to has pictures of Korean famous people who've eaten there. For example, there was a picture of Kim Sang Jung (My Man's Woman) and Kim So Yeon (All About Eve) together waving hi. And there was another ...

belleza

Here we have SHK presenting the Best Actress award at the AFA. She looks great, but her English is horrible. I think her English is okay, but affecting an American monotone makes it difficult to separate the words. Most Korean-expat English (see Jung Ryeo Won) is just rich with pitch, but here she'...

belleza

belleza: What exactly is Javabeans' stance on Sageuks? I know she's not a fan of them, but what is her reasoning? I know for me I generally don't enjoy them because of the number of episodes involved and they're probably best watched with a firm grasp of Korean history. Not to mention everyone look...

belleza

Just take The Legend for example, it has quite a large following around here and soompi because at a bite-sized 24 episodes it's easily digested. Legend is kind of a unique situation because there was a mountain of hype for the show going on well over a year. In fact, a lot of people were waiting t...

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then I'll definitely give Legend a shot (although over at dramabeans' the comments make it seem like your average, overrated show). I can see thunderbolt's criticisms of the show, esp. considering that this is the PD of Sandglass and Eyes of Dawn. Though X seemed pretty positive on PD's proper sage...

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Really enjoying Hong Gil Dong so far. And the most surprising thing is I think Sung Yuri's delivering the best performance among the entire cast, including Kang ji Hwan. And this is coming from a big KJH fan!! This is the first time I feel like her whole performance just clicks. One of the strikes a...

belleza

Interesting to hear she considers Autumn Tale her best project! But then again, that was the drama that put her on the map. It's especially remarkable because she was given a true lead role in a non-comedy at the age of 18. Eun Suh was written to be a 20-22 years old character, but she seems more l...

belleza

Huh, Kamio-sensei completed Cat Street? Is she still plannign to write the sequel manga to HYD?

belleza

They just aired the first episode today over at KBS-LA. Impression so far . . . I was really, really impressed with the observational approach and restraint in the direction. There's tension between the father and son, and tension between the daughter and her parents, but it's presented in a underst...

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Nothing yet and I don't see it happening. If SHK is going to work with the PD of Full House, uhm she's probably doing FH 2. Then again, maybe it is the sequel to Full House . . . To be honest, I'm not sure whether SHK should work with KBS. The PD's last show for KBS Insoon Is Pretty struggled mighti...

belleza

Involving doctors and medical stuff but with a bit of romance as well? From what I've read, the 3 classics are General Hospital (1994) -- and there had been talks of MBC doing a update of this show. Probably should mention that K-drama that predates, oh, 1997 are kinda . . . dated. :D Sunflower (19...

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I was thinking that this show's ratings would be on par with Surgeon Bong Dal Hee, and so ratings for On Air are running a little low for my expectations. Neither of the other competing shows are running 20+ ratings, so there's a lot of ratings space to take. This is the first major SBS drama of the...

belleza

Sageuks are outside the D-addicts and on the periphery of the Soompi demographic. I haven't watched Yi San because our local MBC outlet, for whatever reason, have dropped subtitling their shows. This one may be a purchase or a future grab, but my mum wants me to get her more episodes already!

belleza

Just watched KBS's Entertainment Relay . . .. Apparently, in her 20s, Kim Suna was originally going to break into the industry by joining a K-pop band. Jewelry? FinKl? SES? No!!! She was slated to be the lead vocalist of G.O.D (this was during the creation of G.O.D.) Yes, like S#arp, G.O.D. was goin...

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KBS Entertainment Relay interview for "Destiny"

belleza

The major focus of the story seems to be on Moon Hyuk, his suffering, his pain, his feelings in general. Moo Hyuk is my favorite drama character of all time. I would not want to know a guy like him, nor would I want my friends associating with this dangerous man. But if he loved me, I would put my ...

belleza

Yeah, I wouldn't call Jumong underrated. Sure, sageuks are off the soompi/d-addicts map, but Jumong completely dominated 2006, spurned the current run of sagueks, and IMO helped precipitate the current slump in KBS programming. It's a terrific introduction to the wonderfully bearded world of sageuks...

belleza

So i would say Moo Hyuk wasn't the one who broke the promise, but god was the one , because at that moment his mother hurt his sister and him again or better to say God hurt him again!! or am i wrong?? Yeah, that is how Moo Hyuk sees the situation. But the irony is that the fight between his mother...

belleza

I think the animation confirmed what was starting to happen to Eun Chae toward the end of the show. Eun Chae was starting to lose her mind whenever she was separated from Moo Hyuk. Some people thought that was kinda shrill histrionic, but I felt Lee Kyung Hee added a nice gothic "Catherine+Heat...

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Someone tall and gorgeous I hope. Lee Da Hae? Oh, I hope LDH doesn't take that role. That would just scream "my career!! what happened to my career!!!" :D I could see Yoo In Young (Sua in Likable or Not) in Sakurako's role. I mean, everybody in Korea hates Sua anyway, why quit the habit? ...

belleza

I thought the F4 boys were supposed to be pretty I call it the Rui Principle. Basically, Rui must be twice as pretty as Doumyouji. If Douymoji is almost as pretty as Rui, then Rui cannot be Rui. The Rui Principle states that Jo In Sun cannot be Doumyouji. Because there are no male actors twice as p...

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holy crap, I am soooooooo down for Jo In Sung as Doumouyji Tsukasa~! His build is too slight for the part. MatsuJun pulled it off, but well Japanese aren't exactly anyway! ;) Apparently, rumors are circulating that TOP may be a candidate for Doumyouji. Uhm . . . NO!!! :D WAY too pretty for the role...

belleza

You're right; the plot has K-Drama written all over it, but I a 3rd HYD would be a bit excessive. Yeah, personally, I'd rather see a Japanese or Korean version of Mars (which would get me seriously geeked.) And, admittedly, I think this sounds like quiet desperation from KBS2, who have for some rea...

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Personally, I'm also looking forward to HanaDan Mania, Part 3 over here at D-addicts. :D I'm a really hardcore fan, and I wasn't completely happy about how the hehe you took the words right out of my mouth--I've always wanted to see it as a K-drama too (even though I liked MG ad HYD--I still wanted ...

belleza

whose is her lover? Word is she's a Kobe(23) fan. Though I hear their relationship pretty much amounts to call and response games of "oppa!" and "who is your oppa?" My sources could be wrong though . . . She, like most A/B-list celebrities, manages her romantic rumor mill pretty...

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More on Korean HanaDan/Meteor Garden here . . . http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/02/boys-before-flowers-aka-the-korean-hana-yori-dango/ Worth pointing out that Group Eight is production this. I thought, in terms of production quality and music, Goong S was very good, and I'd expect them to put on a go...

belleza

SHK's Laneige deal featured on Popseoul http://popseoul.com/2008/02/29/song-hye-kyo-for-laniege/ Her image has grown up for awhile now, but I think the deal with Laniege leverages her new image in the international Asian (i.e. mainland China) market. Personally, I'm totally feeling her beehive look....

belleza

Can't speak for Robbers, but Thank You actually saved Jang Hyuk's career.

belleza

Alas, the animated movie is no longer available on Youtube. But here's the trailer . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580lBiXolmA Oh and to wipe the memory of Brown Bunnygate, So Ji Sup singing Snow Flower (and part of it in the original Japanese!!). . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDKQp-dxC4&...

belleza

Know how Boa's head voice can sometimes make people wince because it's so piercing and loud? That's Yuna Ito through half of her ballads. :D Yuna may have the most powerful voice in all of J-pop, in the sense that it's literally louder than almost everybody else's. Put Dir En Grey behind her, and Yu...

belleza

Yeah, and I thought All In was gonna be about Poker! I thought All In was going to be a romantic comedy about poker. Seeing Lee Byun Hyung with a cowboy hat always makes me laugh! :D And, yes, I love All In I thought Time of Dog and Wolf was terrific (and nicely played off Hong Kong-style police dr...

belleza

Wasn't gonna touch Summer Scent with any pole no matter what size! First half isn't all that bad. Yoon Suk Ho has A LOT of fun working the summer motif (and shot in a semitropical setting), and the show is a riot of color and spatial layering (he does a lot of interesting stuff putting his main cha...

belleza

Just to let you guys know, Kwon Sang Woo has been cast in the adaptation of Dae Mul / Big Fish (from the comic writer of Money Warfare), which may be the most anticipated SBS drama of 2008. Estimates are saying that SBS is putting 30 billion won into the project. But the big buzz is that SBS has bee...

belleza

I finished Episode 17 while PBS is reairing the BBC Pride and Prejudice (i.e. Darcy gets soaked!), which led me to consider how Bad Love is like Pride and Prejudice. Then I realized Bad Love is exactly like Pride and Prejudice!!! Erm, if Jane Austen was Amy Winehouse, and while writing a Liz and Dar...

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Arabian -- I think you and I are almost in-sync with the episodes. Anyway . . . I like how they're starting up the Miae-Dal Hyun-Sonia triangle. It's the most interesting one right now, because there's a child involved. Obviously the boy would want his mom and dad to make up and be a family again. A...

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so I really do hope that you are right and your friend hasn't got a clue She and I just don't agree. She liked what she saw of Jumong, but called it "anime." To her (also a resident doctor), Thank You is a comedy. :D She couldn't make it through one episode of Love Story in Paris without ...

belleza

After hearing that Song Seung Hun is going to do East of Eden, I've lost a lot of enthusiasm for Cain and Abel. The fact you have that, Illjmae, and maybe another Kwong Sang Woo series coming out at the same time . . . I don't know, is it worth watching a show that's based on a music video that ever...

belleza

Yeah, Alone in Love is my all-time favorite trendy drama, and it's one of the best pieces of television I've seen about the transition from newlywed love to family rearing, about how your relationship with your parents shapes one's attitudes about parenting and still needing a parent, about that poi...

belleza

he was showing how busy & how important his position to BH >> poor him We're only up to Episode 82, but I can totally see that. Baekho and his mum are like Cinderella. They want to be accepted, but they're not and so they're treated like second-class citizens. Seonjae probably deserved the pres...

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YAY Episode 82 Proving once again that industrial-grade Soju is not only the Fountain of a 1000 K-drama Puke Scenes (seriously, vomit is not cute Korean people! Not! Cute!), but the Drink, the Pompatous of Love!!! Yay alcoholism!! ;) After like 10 straight episodes of Baekho getting more and more d...

belleza

I hope DP dumps the doc and finally gets together with Kang Baek.. I think that's inevitable given that they're the leads in the show. The real obstacle is going to be DP's golddigger bro . . . i hope she becomes happy with the guy she went to school with--whatever his name was I like how they're t...

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geeez im on episode 60--gosh ihope sa and sj get marries and have a horrible life.. i hope that sj mom regrets it and feel miserable.... When they get there, let's just say Evil Sua turns into Baby Sua! (OMG she doesn't even pour her own water! LOLxLifetime of Marraige Hell!) :D gucci -- Let me kno...

belleza

Yeah, there were rumors that the next project would have Hyun Bin with Han Hye Jin. Ring of Hell sounds like a melodrama, or maybe Hyun Bin becomes a MMA in K1. Hyun Bin and Eric Mun beating each other up for Han Hye Jin? That's hot. Probably should be noted that, if Ring follows Hong Gil Dong, then...

belleza

SIgh...could there be any more sighs and scowls in ep. 14?! Oh I know. The entire plot of episode 14 involved people making faces, saying a whole bunch of mean stuff and not doing anything about it. I miss the days when they'd just throw cellos at each other and have a good cry. That's what I do --...

belleza

One thing I like about the show is about half of the cast is borderline despicable, yet kinda adorable at the same time. I hate them, but it's fine! :D nyway i hope Jo Dong Hyuk chooses Hwang Ji-- and not sua IMO, the worst people on the show are definitely Sun Jae and his mum; really, they're two f...

belleza

OMG, just finished episode 71 (aka The Locker Episode), and I think it's my single favorite K-drama episode of the last 2 years. Seriously, I was totally having a MiSa weepy moment there. How could you not fall in love with Baekho after what he did? I just loved how the Locker scene was written. Fir...

belleza

Part of Atsuhime's appeal for me is that it's a Jidaigeki. Hope I've only seen taiga that occurs in the Warring States-era . . . which for me always stuck out among other Asian period dramas, because it mirrors our current sensibilities about war and politics. There is no moral imperative behind war...

belleza

We chased our pleasures here, dug our treasures there. But can you still recall the time we cried? Break on thru to the other side oppa, break on through to the other side!!! Ajaaaaa!!!! And with that, thoughts on Episode 13 . . . Yeah, seriously, when YG copped a classic Doors shirt, I was totally ...

belleza

If u want to know he ending I'll read it in soompi cuz it's already Ep17 in korea so 2 weeks & it'll that I'll spoil everything.. what do u think just for u? Well I figure somebody will die and somebody will be playing a white piano on a perfect beach, saying something like "Maybe he loved...

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From KBS LA (i.e. KBS World.) But it's too hard following KBS1 K-dramas due to their weekend runs and 100+ episodes. (And besides, if I'm home on Saturdays, I usually watch Taiga. Atsuhime is starting this Saturday!) I think Dae Jo Young is about to finish here, and then King Sejong will run. This i...

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Yeah, 2007 KBS went absolutely crazy with their programming, throwing in a bunch of fusion dramas, K-dramas based on manga/J-dramas, and would-be mania shows. On one hand, they got killed almost all year, except for their daily dramas and Dae Jo Young. On the other, many musos believe they had overa...

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And the usually charismatic So Ji Sub also failed to do anything to make me go wow in "A Thousand Years of Love". Actually, I thought his performance in 1000 was brilliant. When I was watching it, I kept on thinking "OMG, SJS is doing a Jo Jae Hyun impression!" (i.e. if you need...

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I wished Daemang would have subs OH I know! Besides the PD staff, you have a cast of, then up and coming, movie leads. Wasnt Resurrection drama of the year 2006 by Mr.X Yeah I think Resurrection was X's favorite trendy of 2005. Very, very glowing review over at Twitch for anybody interested. don't ...

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Emperor of the Sea is really the next one you want to do. Some recs -- Damo (fusion sageuk and one of the seminal mania dramas) Daemang (from the PD team of the Four Gods, Sandglass, Eyes of Dawn) Hwang Jini (about the famous Korean courtesan, 2006 KBS drama of the year) Hong Gil Dong Yeon Gae Somun...

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BobAzn --

Yup, that's the "Bokko Dance girl" Bae Seul Gi. Do a youtube search for "bokko dance" (i.e. liquid + eurocheese + para para) and you'll see the dance that made her popular literally overnight in Korea.

belleza

I love this guy! Why is he not popular? (He didn't even have a soompi thread until 2 weeks ago!) Kang Ji Hwan became really, really popular after the daily drama Be Strong Geum Soon. From what I've read, that show was a big hit for MBC, and it helped launch Lee Min Ki's acting career as well as sho...

belleza

Unfortunately, this project is on hiatus and may be cancelled. Bleh. No So Ji Sub for 2008?

belleza

is this worth watching... Oh the show is a lurvely confection of trashy heaven. In fact, a more appropriate name for Bad Love is "Oh Noes!!! Here Comes Ajuhmma!", or "I Am So SO Sorry I Love You!" Critics have said that this show is a shameless rehash of Korean melodrama, but th...

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They're also available in the Bad Love thread at Soompi. They provide faster links for the Bad Love episodes.

belleza

Episode 9 I love how Bad Love evokes the romanticism of Terminator 2 and the passion of the Grudge . . . Episode 9 LOVED the scene where the KSW-2000 pursues after In Jung in the buss, even though he got run over and had to go another mile. In Jung, don't you understand -- the KSW-2000 cannot be sto...

belleza

maybe this copy and the real Joanne are long lost twin sisters?????? that would be the biggest twist of all so 'which star are you from' like. lmao that makes me laugh. I sure hope not. I would imagine YG was well acquainted with her family, and probably his sister knew the family well. Then again,...

belleza

But I dunno, I kinda like that "chubby" look. Keep in mind that I personally don't see them as chubby, but as you said, many Koreans and Asians in general are too used to the skinny/slender/anorexic look, and anything else they will scream "OMG She's FAT!!11". Yeah, that's s mor...

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but YEH has done amazingly well considering she's never done a melodrama. I assume the poll skews young, because I'd expect Lee Young Ae and Jang Nara to score much higher in a general popularity poll with the mainland. I'm always surprised JJH was so popular in China, given her post-MSG output. Fr...

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Gawd if Wong Bin and SHK got together, what would Rain do? :O :D OMG, SHK (and JJH) needs to stay away from the bangs. Her face is all nose now bleh!! :P Kim Tae Hee and Won Bin oppa drama first before SHK-WB! I think she'd work nicely opposite Hyung Bin. Of course I'm biased because I liked their C...

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[QUOTE That is sooo funny. I've never quite been fond of Han Ji Min, but it's all in good jest anyway...[/QUOTE] Yeah, Han Ji Min is part of the "Actress of Three Han" (Han Ji Hye, Han Ji Min, Han Hye Jin), who along with the JJH Trinity (Jung Ji Hoon, Joo Ji Hoon, Jun Ji Hyun) and the Thr...

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Why do a lot of Korean actresses insist on having bangs? Wasn't always that way actually. Go back toward the mid-90s, and most actresses were proud to show the forehead (and purple-tinged lipstick!) :D Nowadays can't look authentically FOB without bangs and clothes worn inside out! :D Bangs brings ...

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