Tree of Heaven (SBS, 2006) with Lee Wan
I think this series is very good. I am addicted to it. Counting the days till it airs .
I dun have a problem w/their relationship cuzz they are not blood related and they weren't raised together as sibling. They met when they were grown up. And the fact that their parent are_____ it lessen their complication to be together alittle. Howeva, the fact that they dun know the truth about their parent is torturing them . Plus now that Lee Wan is in the gang--the ending just seem
Anywayz, really looking foward to the upcoming episodes. Lee Wan is super HOTTTTT !!!!
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I dun have a problem w/their relationship cuzz they are not blood related and they weren't raised together as sibling. They met when they were grown up. And the fact that their parent are_____ it lessen their complication to be together alittle. Howeva, the fact that they dun know the truth about their parent is torturing them . Plus now that Lee Wan is in the gang--the ending just seem
Anywayz, really looking foward to the upcoming episodes. Lee Wan is super HOTTTTT !!!!
Luv in in Let's go to the Beach
I just finished up to episode 4 and I've read the previous posts. I realize many of you guys have problem or dislike this series. Maybe I'm not Korean/ Japanese and I don't know about the racist issues AND since I'm only watching this with a simple mind; I'm enjoying this series a lot. I'm addicted to it too. Some of you might think this series portrays a bad image for Koreans or Japanese, but c'mon it is a DRAMA....so it's only entertainment. Maybe watching it with a simple mind woud be better....hope i didn't offend anyone, these are just my opinions.
And for Lee Wan lovers like me, THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!!! ; at least if you don't like the script, you would like to see his built and sexy topless body!!!
And for Lee Wan lovers like me, THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!!! ; at least if you don't like the script, you would like to see his built and sexy topless body!!!
Hiya....I'm not actually Lee Wans fan, but i do like him in this drama......with short hair in ep 4.....he looks hot.....
N i think this drama is a must watch......But i have a question.....now that their parents dead, is it still consider as forbidden love? Or r they now not consider as siblings anymore......n they r free to love each other?....Maybe someone can xplain.....
N i think this drama is a must watch......But i have a question.....now that their parents dead, is it still consider as forbidden love? Or r they now not consider as siblings anymore......n they r free to love each other?....Maybe someone can xplain.....
[quote="azra"]Hiya....I'm not actually Lee Wans fan, but i do like him in this drama......with short hair in ep 4.....he looks hot.....
N i think this drama is a must watch......But i have a question.....now that their parents dead, is it still consider as forbidden love? Or r they now not consider as siblings anymore......n they r free to love each other?....Maybe someone can xplain..... [/quote]
My feeling is that they still consider it forbidden love because they still don't know about their parents death.
N i think this drama is a must watch......But i have a question.....now that their parents dead, is it still consider as forbidden love? Or r they now not consider as siblings anymore......n they r free to love each other?....Maybe someone can xplain..... [/quote]
My feeling is that they still consider it forbidden love because they still don't know about their parents death.
Hey..I'm Lee Wan fans ,2..Actually I don't remember what film made me fall in love with him.But in STH,he was so innocent,childlike..I like it...
But now I'm live here,in boston,I can't watch korean movie..I heard that white snow was good rite..?is there anybody near me...Pls tell me how can I watch all of this..I'm crazy of korean dramas .Esp in So Ji Sub and Lee Wan
But now I'm live here,in boston,I can't watch korean movie..I heard that white snow was good rite..?is there anybody near me...Pls tell me how can I watch all of this..I'm crazy of korean dramas .Esp in So Ji Sub and Lee Wan
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I really want one too >.< since soompi is down, im missing out on my fav dramas. and wednesday and thursday were the days i looked forwarded too most too!!mikaney330 wrote:hii ...does anyone happen to have a nonCB/BT link
for eps 5?!
and if anyone needs nonCB/BT links for eps 3 - 4,
please PM me, i'll send you the link ^^!!
^_^ to a happier note, i saw caps of the episode and....
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oo where did you views the caps from? Wah clubbox won't start for me so I can't watch episode five until it finally starts -_-;
i really am addicted to the series. I want to see if they do get together or they dont. I'm kinda thinking someone is going to die...the story is already so sad so a sad ending would fit. Oh for those who talk about the "rape" scene being out of place. He isn't really raping her.
The part make sense because it shows how he really love hers, the evil girl's evil side and ryu's jealous side. Plus that whole scene was emotionally charge ahh makes me wanna cry
i really am addicted to the series. I want to see if they do get together or they dont. I'm kinda thinking someone is going to die...the story is already so sad so a sad ending would fit. Oh for those who talk about the "rape" scene being out of place. He isn't really raping her.
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Here's where i got the caps.babietinhyeu wrote:oo where did you views the caps from? Wah clubbox won't start for me so I can't watch episode five until it finally starts -_-;
i really am addicted to the series. I want to see if they do get together or they dont. I'm kinda thinking someone is going to die...the story is already so sad so a sad ending would fit. Oh for those who talk about the "rape" scene being out of place. He isn't really raping her.
The part make sense because it shows how he really love hers, the evil girl's evil side and ryu's jealous side. Plus that whole scene was emotionally charge ahh makes me wanna cry
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thanks u soo much, i had been waiting for this for sooo long today. loooove this series!!
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thanks u soo much, i had been waiting for this for sooo long today. loooove this series!!
heya i did see ur post @ soompi.. but haven't replied as i was still lookin for the lyrics.. i dun think any1 @ the thread in soompi knws it either as i dun remember seeing it thru the pgs.... hope some1 can find them n post..Yume216 wrote:Okay, I already asked this at soompi, but no one paid attention..I hope someone can help me here ;_;
I am searching for the lyrics of the Heavens Tree OST. Espacially the song "14 . 단념 - Featuring 장정우". Hangul would be fine, since I can read it...^^~
Thak you in advance!!
Well I've only got the Low Quality vids..mich~ray wrote:can anyone help mi upload the eps into torrent or YSI? plz? ep 5 & 6
so here's ep 5 YSI; http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KCN ... 0RHROMZR0U
n here's ep 6 YSI; http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1JJM ... SC66C53B52
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thx anyway...btw i m miori from soompi and asianfanatics...y do u use the same user for everything?syah4brit wrote:Well I've only got the Low Quality vids..mich~ray wrote:can anyone help mi upload the eps into torrent or YSI? plz? ep 5 & 6
so here's ep 5 YSI; http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KCN ... 0RHROMZR0U
n here's ep 6 YSI; http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1JJM ... SC66C53B52[/url]
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Damn, this show just keeps getting better. And by better I mean worse. Lee Wan went from beast
I already dislike the show and am only watching for the hell of it, but ep 7 is the last straw. What racists commisioned this show and who's naive enough to enjoy it despite everything? Most of all, the Koreans involved in making this show should feel ashamed of themselves for being so damn senseless, or worst scenario, for being sellouts.
The r scene was flagrantly unneccesary in ep 4. The scene in ep 7 was so brutally graphic. All of this had to be calculated for something other than a dramatic purpose.
It's only been in the last year that I had started paying more attention to intercultural issues and started reading more about Koreans in Japan and the kind of issues and racism that they deal with. Racism gets its reinforcement from recurrent images and stereotypes flowing through the currents of a culture.. Ultimately those stereotypes, because they are constantly being invoked from tradition, can be self=fulling to the extent that when one grows up in a society that's abusing a few notions of a people and repetively reinforcing those notions through media, one lives his life walking against the tensions set up by that society that teaches him (and others perceiving him) that he's supposed to be a certain way and that he's merely an exception when he doesn't fit the behavioral molds -- and that's all that people will see. This is why I refer to racism as a vicious cycle. The absolute crap it consists of affects general perception and finally self-perception.
Frankly, Tree of Heaven is an irresponsible pos. If it's not made to be a sly bid to stereotypes, then there's no doubt about it... the PD is an idiot.
The r scene was flagrantly unneccesary in ep 4. The scene in ep 7 was so brutally graphic. All of this had to be calculated for something other than a dramatic purpose.
It's only been in the last year that I had started paying more attention to intercultural issues and started reading more about Koreans in Japan and the kind of issues and racism that they deal with. Racism gets its reinforcement from recurrent images and stereotypes flowing through the currents of a culture.. Ultimately those stereotypes, because they are constantly being invoked from tradition, can be self=fulling to the extent that when one grows up in a society that's abusing a few notions of a people and repetively reinforcing those notions through media, one lives his life walking against the tensions set up by that society that teaches him (and others perceiving him) that he's supposed to be a certain way and that he's merely an exception when he doesn't fit the behavioral molds -- and that's all that people will see. This is why I refer to racism as a vicious cycle. The absolute crap it consists of affects general perception and finally self-perception.
Frankly, Tree of Heaven is an irresponsible pos. If it's not made to be a sly bid to stereotypes, then there's no doubt about it... the PD is an idiot.
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Oh yah!!!??? Then I guess I'll watch episode 3 right now. I never thought it'll get better. <giddy laugh>zdoon wrote:Damn, this show just keeps getting better.
And by better I mean worse.
Geezzz, zdoon...you REALLY had me there! I was just about to close my browser and watch ep03, then comes the next sentence.
Aiii, oh man, is it really that bad?
Alrighty, I'll see for myself , at least I can digest your rant much better if I watch it.
until this ep.... i thought zdoon was making to much of this.... but they do makes us to be brutes. Pretty much since they portray yoonsuh as nothing more than an animal....
I think maybe Koreans are becoming what the surly hispanic gardener to the wasp female.... (not to say i don't feel this is wrong too...) good looking but uncivilized simpletons who have no brain capacity and brimming with anger, to the japanese.
that aint right
You read that new york times article about those manga belittling Korea and China? downright offensive... these japanese haven't changed....
I think maybe Koreans are becoming what the surly hispanic gardener to the wasp female.... (not to say i don't feel this is wrong too...) good looking but uncivilized simpletons who have no brain capacity and brimming with anger, to the japanese.
that aint right
You read that new york times article about those manga belittling Korea and China? downright offensive... these japanese haven't changed....
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zdoon wrote:Damn, this show just keeps getting better. And by better I mean worse. Lee Wan went from beastI already dislike the show and am only watching for the hell of it, but ep 7 is the last straw. What racists commisioned this show and who's naive enough to enjoy it despite everything? Most of all, the Koreans involved in making this show should feel ashamed of themselves for being so damn senseless, or worst scenario, for being sellouts.
The r scene was flagrantly unneccesary in ep 4. The scene in ep 7 was so brutally graphic. All of this had to be calculated for something other than a dramatic purpose.
It's only been in the last year that I had started paying more attention to intercultural issues and started reading more about Koreans in Japan and the kind of issues and racism that they deal with. Racism gets its reinforcement from recurrent images and stereotypes flowing through the currents of a culture.. Ultimately those stereotypes, because they are constantly being invoked from tradition, can be self=fulling to the extent that when one grows up in a society that's abusing a few notions of a people and repetively reinforcing those notions through media, one lives his life walking against the tensions set up by that society that teaches him (and others perceiving him) that he's supposed to be a certain way and that he's merely an exception when he doesn't fit the behavioral molds -- and that's all that people will see. This is why I refer to racism as a vicious cycle. The absolute crap it consists of affects general perception and finally self-perception.
Frankly, Tree of Heaven is an irresponsible pos. If it's not made to be a sly bid to stereotypes, then there's no doubt about it... the PD is an idiot.
Initially, I did not read too much on Yoon Sup Oppa 's behavior as a racist issue. But I did wonder about his weird behaviour. After reading your comments, I do think that what you said make sense.
This Korea-Japan production are NOT only watched by both Korean and Japanese but also by many others. Yet a Japanese actor is portrayed as a Prince Charming and and Korean actor is portrayed as a BEAST. I totally agree with you some of scenes are TOTALLY UNNECESSARY, Are they trying to make fun of the Korean by implying they have LOW EQ by behaving like a beast when rejected by love?
Korean should think twice before having a collaboration with Japanese again.
kodoko wrote:zdoon wrote:Damn, this show just keeps getting better. And by better I mean worse. Lee Wan went from beastI already dislike the show and am only watching for the hell of it, but ep 7 is the last straw. What racists commisioned this show and who's naive enough to enjoy it despite everything? Most of all, the Koreans involved in making this show should feel ashamed of themselves for being so damn senseless, or worst scenario, for being sellouts.
The r scene was flagrantly unneccesary in ep 4. The scene in ep 7 was so brutally graphic. All of this had to be calculated for something other than a dramatic purpose.
It's only been in the last year that I had started paying more attention to intercultural issues and started reading more about Koreans in Japan and the kind of issues and racism that they deal with. Racism gets its reinforcement from recurrent images and stereotypes flowing through the currents of a culture.. Ultimately those stereotypes, because they are constantly being invoked from tradition, can be self=fulling to the extent that when one grows up in a society that's abusing a few notions of a people and repetively reinforcing those notions through media, one lives his life walking against the tensions set up by that society that teaches him (and others perceiving him) that he's supposed to be a certain way and that he's merely an exception when he doesn't fit the behavioral molds -- and that's all that people will see. This is why I refer to racism as a vicious cycle. The absolute crap it consists of affects general perception and finally self-perception.
Frankly, Tree of Heaven is an irresponsible pos. If it's not made to be a sly bid to stereotypes, then there's no doubt about it... the PD is an idiot.
Initially, I did not read too much on Yoon Sup Oppa 's behavior as a racist issue. But I did wonder about his weird behaviour. After reading your comments, I do think that what you said make sense.
This Korea-Japan production are NOT only watched by both Korean and Japanese but also by many others. Yet a Japanese actor is portrayed as a Prince Charming and and Korean actor is portrayed as a BEAST. I totally agree with you some of scenes are TOTALLY UNNECESSARY, Are they trying to make fun of the Korean by implying they have LOW EQ by behaving like a beast when rejected by love?
Korean should think twice before having a collaboration with Japanese again.
You guys don't know nothing about this type of behavior. It's called being MANLY in Korean society. But punching that girl in the face was over the top. Lot of girls in Korea like those type of men. My dad is one of them. Portrays a tough image.
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It's okay to talk about racist implications from the drama in a civil way. But please do refrain from making such comments that might offend the targeted race. The drama might be racist, but you don't have to be one too.mentlkase wrote:... these japanese haven't changed....
WARNING: might contain minor spoilers from STHkodoko wrote: Yet a Japanese actor is portrayed as a Prince Charming and and Korean actor is portrayed as a BEAST.
If we ignore their races, it's still the same old recipe of your typical season dramas. Weren't some of the supporting actors in kdramas portrayed as prince charmings too? Same thing goes with the eccentric leading men...we had a few of them before. Even Lee Wan's role from STH is weird. It's almost like the carbon copy of Yoon-suh's weirdness in this drama. I could recall one scene by the balcony of young Jung-suh's room(STH), where I can't figure out if he was trying to hug her(I doubt it) or if he was shoving himself into her. It sorta looks like the scene in ep04 of Heaven's tree, but they're doing it againts the wall.(Ah, that sounds dirty ). Back then, I thought it was just innocent struggling, but when I saw similar scenes being played out in this drama...hmmnn maybe it's just the director's style. There was also a rape attempt in STH but it occurs during the grown characters and has a rational basis for it. Back to the Japanese Prince Charming, I actually find him annoying...most of the Japanese actors are annoying, especially both old bald men from school and the one in the hotel. I'm sorry to say, but Soonim is overacting now. Still cute though.
PSH is also starting to get on my nerves(Yoon-suh oppa! Yoon-suh oppa!) as CJW did with her Sung-joo oppa!!! Oppa!!! The resemblance doesn't stop there. I mean, give me a break..does she really have to cry every other 5 minutes???? I know she can control her tear glands but don't overdo it. Okay, I shouldn't blame her. I should blame the director...he already killed my admiration for CJW with her performance in STH, and now he's making me dislike PSH too. Doesn't she find it odd that the guest suddenly grew 4 inches of hair overnight? You stupid girl.
I love watching kdramas because even if they are sometimes draggy and prone to bad endings, they are seldom corny. PFL and Summer scent are corny, but that's thanks to the horrendous acting. This drama has good actors, but the lines and the way the scenes are shot make it soooo cheesy and fake! I wouldn't say, "I want to fall in love...a love as white as the snow," in front of the class, in a serious and dreamy expression. (Somebody get me a barf bag pls ).
Lee Wan's back profile shots on the sidewalk during stalking dont fit in as well. It's like I'm watching a scene from Batman or Zorro. The whole whistling thing is hilarious. I could just picture someone from the background shouting, "Start whistling now!"
I'm not even gonna start on how the director loovvvveesss escalators, elevators and track competitions. But running in high heels, gotta give the girl some credit for that.
Again, not new...we already saw a few supporting leads in kdramas act to the point of insanity when the main girl(guy) picks another guy(girl).kodoko wrote:Are they trying to make fun of the Korean by implying they have LOW EQ by behaving like a beast when rejected by love?
We also have the usual loansharks, the evil mother and daughter, the lost parents, a semi-doppelganger twst, and of course, the star of the show...our downright pitiful heroine--just her against the world. Oh, of course, don't forget her oppa.
The writer, producer, director are all Korean. There might be some changes demanded by the Japanese side, I dont know. I shouldn't touch on something I'm not aware about. Anyway, the Japanese already saw a few similar kdramas of this type...I myself saw a few kdramas and jdramas. And I noticed that housewives in my personal circle of kdrama watchers, including my mom, like these sappy dramas. They even joke that they wanna divorce their husbands and find themselves a Korean man coz they love like crazy. Haha...the power of kdramas.
I'm just proud of myself for having survived the first 5 episodes. It's wrong to call this drama a tearjerker. There is a lot of crying involved. The problem is I couldn't sympathize nor relate at all. I was cringing and laughing the whole time with the absurdity of it all.
If this were a Korean drama and not a co production, the behaviors are still what they are which is appalling. Sifting away the plot elements, there's still obviously something remarkably scary about Lee Wan - and I am not the only one to notice this.
When it comes down to it, no K drama main lead has ever been portrayed as a violent stalker. Lovelorn and afflicted they may be. They are usually portrayed as hapless victims of various circumstances beyond their control, and however obsessed they are, they are gentle and at the worst they are helpless. The "losers" in the love triangles, however, tend to be more than obsessed, they are neurotic and irresonsibly selfish and manipulative. Park Young Ha's character or whatever his name is in Winter Sonata comes to mind. But even his character shies away from violence of the impulsive sort that goes on in Heaven's Tree. Consider the losers in a drama like Save the Last Dance. Whatever they do, however neurotic they get, at least they are reflective and scheming and not just impulsive beasts; and, actually, there is almost always a fatalism about them, as though they are just grasping at straws from the heights; they can't avoid the inevitable and they do everything in desperation. I can go on and on but I'm not seeing an analogy between what you'd call a typical drama and Heaven's Tree. Not only is LW the main character, his violence is not of the scheming sort that we see from secondaries in similar dramas. It's a behavioral kind.
Frankly, Lee Wan's character gives the impression of a guy with psychological profile no different from a stalker. He is overemotional and he's not manipulative so much as he is physically obstructive - he literally pushes and pulls and follows you. I don't recall that much in STH but if this occurs against a wall, as you say, then that is certainly much different from a guy saddling a girl on a floor.
No romantic lead in a K drama (especially those pretending to be a sweet romance) ever punches a girl in the face or comes so close to violence to a love interest the way Lee Wan does in this drama. I can't regard what goes on as mere dramatic devices either, since they prove to completely unnecessary. In the latter scenes in ep 7 Lee Wan and the other girl act as though nothing's happened. The ep could have worked without it, and in fact as it is those scenes give a tone of discontinuity in the show in more than one way. They are unneccesary, absurd and, ny concern, they echo the stereotypies that are tradtional in Japan, and quite squarely at that. If you want to see a full fleshed example of what these stereotypes are, you might want to watch Blood & Bones, a 2004 film starring Takeshi Kitano, about an extremely violent and absolutely heinous zainichi. I personally don't think the film is racist, anti Korean or anti anything, but I'm not suprised to have seen others questioning if it is. I can grant that it may possibly be. After all this is a society where its older generations were taught that Koreans are dogs. One wonders if the movie was not a return to the basics, post or anti Hanryu.
Anyway, I'm not pointing fingers at anyone except those who are visibly involved (namely the Korean staff) and it's unfortunate anyone has. But this show is a coproduction and it is being shown in Japan. I've mentioned the other show, Rondo, in a prior post. Curiously, there's a scene in ep 5 where a lady punches her husband in the face - literally! I've never seen that either in real life or in a drama. What should I think about it in the context of media and its role in perpetuating racism? I'd be happy to hear that punching husbands in the face is normal in J dorama but I presume it isn't. I'm also presuming the lady is supposed to be Korean. If she isn't, then please let me know!
When it comes down to it, no K drama main lead has ever been portrayed as a violent stalker. Lovelorn and afflicted they may be. They are usually portrayed as hapless victims of various circumstances beyond their control, and however obsessed they are, they are gentle and at the worst they are helpless. The "losers" in the love triangles, however, tend to be more than obsessed, they are neurotic and irresonsibly selfish and manipulative. Park Young Ha's character or whatever his name is in Winter Sonata comes to mind. But even his character shies away from violence of the impulsive sort that goes on in Heaven's Tree. Consider the losers in a drama like Save the Last Dance. Whatever they do, however neurotic they get, at least they are reflective and scheming and not just impulsive beasts; and, actually, there is almost always a fatalism about them, as though they are just grasping at straws from the heights; they can't avoid the inevitable and they do everything in desperation. I can go on and on but I'm not seeing an analogy between what you'd call a typical drama and Heaven's Tree. Not only is LW the main character, his violence is not of the scheming sort that we see from secondaries in similar dramas. It's a behavioral kind.
Frankly, Lee Wan's character gives the impression of a guy with psychological profile no different from a stalker. He is overemotional and he's not manipulative so much as he is physically obstructive - he literally pushes and pulls and follows you. I don't recall that much in STH but if this occurs against a wall, as you say, then that is certainly much different from a guy saddling a girl on a floor.
No romantic lead in a K drama (especially those pretending to be a sweet romance) ever punches a girl in the face or comes so close to violence to a love interest the way Lee Wan does in this drama. I can't regard what goes on as mere dramatic devices either, since they prove to completely unnecessary. In the latter scenes in ep 7 Lee Wan and the other girl act as though nothing's happened. The ep could have worked without it, and in fact as it is those scenes give a tone of discontinuity in the show in more than one way. They are unneccesary, absurd and, ny concern, they echo the stereotypies that are tradtional in Japan, and quite squarely at that. If you want to see a full fleshed example of what these stereotypes are, you might want to watch Blood & Bones, a 2004 film starring Takeshi Kitano, about an extremely violent and absolutely heinous zainichi. I personally don't think the film is racist, anti Korean or anti anything, but I'm not suprised to have seen others questioning if it is. I can grant that it may possibly be. After all this is a society where its older generations were taught that Koreans are dogs. One wonders if the movie was not a return to the basics, post or anti Hanryu.
Anyway, I'm not pointing fingers at anyone except those who are visibly involved (namely the Korean staff) and it's unfortunate anyone has. But this show is a coproduction and it is being shown in Japan. I've mentioned the other show, Rondo, in a prior post. Curiously, there's a scene in ep 5 where a lady punches her husband in the face - literally! I've never seen that either in real life or in a drama. What should I think about it in the context of media and its role in perpetuating racism? I'd be happy to hear that punching husbands in the face is normal in J dorama but I presume it isn't. I'm also presuming the lady is supposed to be Korean. If she isn't, then please let me know!
Woow, I was eager to see this drama, but after reading all your posts about how violent it is, I guess I will refrain myself from it
Anyway, I really agreee about what jaycee05 wrote about Stairway to Heaven: I was tremendously disappointed. All the crying from CJW (and I really like her) and the absurd situation (how can someone be so unfortunate? ) just made me disgusted with the show.
So if the director did even worse in Heaven's Tree, I guess I will just walk away and keep watching My Girl and Goong lol
Anyway, I really agreee about what jaycee05 wrote about Stairway to Heaven: I was tremendously disappointed. All the crying from CJW (and I really like her) and the absurd situation (how can someone be so unfortunate? ) just made me disgusted with the show.
So if the director did even worse in Heaven's Tree, I guess I will just walk away and keep watching My Girl and Goong lol
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Well, all the violent thing is not necessary but it is a just a DRAMA it it can't possibly be true but this is just making me hook to this drama. Well, this drama looks good because Lee Wan has a side of revenge and romance. I don't think he's a beast lol it's just the way he is from a child to now because of what happened to his mother. I think he did the right thing to knock down that evil girl lol because he told her a million time to not say it. But even still I don't really thing it's the right thing and he should get arrested for that but it's just a DRAMA. I like sad dramas better than comedy ones because I could really feel their emotions and plus comedy dramas are harder to be a success. Let's see what this drama is going to lead through. I know it exagerrates a lot but the two leading actress/actor are amazing! I think they're better than some older actors/actresses. That girl is so young but she is so good!Cleo wrote:Woow, I was eager to see this drama, but after reading all your posts about how violent it is, I guess I will refrain myself from it
Anyway, I really agreee about what jaycee05 wrote about Stairway to Heaven: I was tremendously disappointed. All the crying from CJW (and I really like her) and the absurd situation (how can someone be so unfortunate? ) just made me disgusted with the show.
So if the director did even worse in Heaven's Tree, I guess I will just walk away and keep watching My Girl and Goong lol
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I agree with you .CraZyaH wrote:I think he cut it to make him look older 2 years later ^^ I think he looks better with short hair than he did with that stupid haircut he had on the first 2 episodespr1nc355sp4rk13 wrote:..i haven't watched it yet..but what did he do to his hair?
ooo thanks for the link to eps. 7
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Are you enjoying Heaven's Tree?
Just want to ask if you guys are enjoying it meaning is it good for you or is a a plain drama so far? . I think only the viewers who are watching this drama should vote .
Very great drama !!! The cast look good together ! Lee wan plays his role very good , so does the actress. The story is different from Stairway to The heaven but we can dicover the bottom of love in heaven tree between the lead actor and actress than stairway to the heaven in the beginning.
But unfortunately, we can guess the ending ...
Must see this drama !!
But unfortunately, we can guess the ending ...
Must see this drama !!
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Jo in Sung hit/slapped Ha Ji Won's character in What Happened in Bali. I was pretty shocked when he did that coz I never ever saw a main character hit his love interest ever. It’s like an invisible written rule. Hehe. But Bali is not really the sweet romance type, and the ending proved the extent of JIS's unstable behaviour. I'm not gonna spoil it for anyone who didnt watch it yet but what he did in the end is totally whacked. Unlike Lee Wan though, he's not scary...he is cowardly and very amusing but also in need of some psychiatric help. The father is scarier and more violent, throwing golf clubs at his kid-ouch. Now, I wouldn't know what the Japanese will think if they see that drama. I, for one, am not stupid enough to assume that everything that Koreans do in dramas happens in real life. But, I see your point. Stereotypes are born from the media. Like this person here. It is pretty sad and disapponting that such people exist. You can expect that a percentage of the foreign audience will relate such things the next time they meet a Japanese or Korean person. I didn't even know that one stereotype about Korean husbands exists until I read someone babbling about it on the other thread. I don't know what its basis/origin. If I didn’t read that and see a Korean man hits a woman, I'll just reason that it's the way the story is written, the way the character is created. Just like how I perceived Bali for having imperfect and imbalanced characters, has got to do with the writer’s own decision of how the story should be. Heaven’s Tree has another unique character but my grievance doesn’t lie on Lee Wan’s “beastly” behaviour(as u can see, I keep bashing the drama for its overly used formula to induce tears from the audience, which IMO, has miserably failed because STH(plus the rest of the season dramas) is enough…or too much, I should say). If this wasn’t an official joint production, it’ll be just another kdrama with a dark setting(Bali, MiSa, Love to Kill). I’m not saying Lee Wan is exactly the same as Jae-min, Moo-Hyuk or Bogku. Those 3 men had some deep characterization like Yoon-suh does(except his role is the most disturbing). But I do agree….being a co-production, they should have been careful with the plot. I’m a bit convinced that the writers sort of manipulated the plot so it would appeal to the Japanese audience. Heck, there’s even the usual narration that u find in most jdramas but seldom in kdramas.
Episode 6 is the lovey dovey episode. Lee Wan forgot to drink his potion so he's a total gentleman in this episode. Mr. Hyde made an appearance at the beginning though. I don't know if it's intentional or if they're running out of ideas...coz the birthday theme is there again(but more roses and candles here) the shopping expedition takes place as well. I should stop saying, STH, STH...it's pretty clear now that the story is like the resurrection of young Jung-suh and young Tae-Hwa. And now they’re exchanging Soongju for Yoonsuh on scenes that CJW(Jungsuh) and KSW(Soongju) did together in STH.
As for the stalking ways of YS, it’s not really a stalking maniac type like those ones in a thriller movie. I think the writer threw it in for the “romantic” factor which could easily mix in with YS’s bizarreness. As Mika mentioned about daddy-long-legs...that's exactly what it looked like to me...in a not so normal way.
Man, it looks like I'll finish this drama after all. I was gonna stop at ep02, but I was too curious to see for myself the scenes the zdoon has mentioned. And now I'm at ep06...I feel like patting myself on the back, haha...this is one excruciating drama to watch, but ep06 is the easiest in the eyes. I even laughed, not a sneering laugh, but a genuine laugh at the cuteness of some scenes. Who knows, there might a nice surprise for the ending.
Episode 6 is the lovey dovey episode. Lee Wan forgot to drink his potion so he's a total gentleman in this episode. Mr. Hyde made an appearance at the beginning though. I don't know if it's intentional or if they're running out of ideas...coz the birthday theme is there again(but more roses and candles here) the shopping expedition takes place as well. I should stop saying, STH, STH...it's pretty clear now that the story is like the resurrection of young Jung-suh and young Tae-Hwa. And now they’re exchanging Soongju for Yoonsuh on scenes that CJW(Jungsuh) and KSW(Soongju) did together in STH.
As for the stalking ways of YS, it’s not really a stalking maniac type like those ones in a thriller movie. I think the writer threw it in for the “romantic” factor which could easily mix in with YS’s bizarreness. As Mika mentioned about daddy-long-legs...that's exactly what it looked like to me...in a not so normal way.
Man, it looks like I'll finish this drama after all. I was gonna stop at ep02, but I was too curious to see for myself the scenes the zdoon has mentioned. And now I'm at ep06...I feel like patting myself on the back, haha...this is one excruciating drama to watch, but ep06 is the easiest in the eyes. I even laughed, not a sneering laugh, but a genuine laugh at the cuteness of some scenes. Who knows, there might a nice surprise for the ending.
That's Lee Wan's role. He plays a emotionally unstable person who loses both of his parents who turns into a killer/yakuza who happens to fall in love with step sister. You guys are way out of proportion on how people should be. Guess what if you live in the USA. Everyone turns into stupid nice guys with all this emotions kept inside. If you misbehave you goto anger management and therapy classes.
I swear to god people don't know how to live it up anymore. Act out some emotions. Do whatever you feel without getting criticized by bunch of hypocrites telling you how you should be.
Who made you god anyways? What makes you so right and they so wrong?
You all have been assimilated into American way of thinking.
I swear to god people don't know how to live it up anymore. Act out some emotions. Do whatever you feel without getting criticized by bunch of hypocrites telling you how you should be.
Who made you god anyways? What makes you so right and they so wrong?
You all have been assimilated into American way of thinking.
Is it difficult to distinguish between a tough guy and a chump or a loser? If you're 15 or something years old, I can understand your way of thinking but otherwise I'll have to disagree with you. And actually Americans would be more prone to your take since its culture tends to be coarse. Here's a lazy example but think of icons in our pop culture like Al Bundy (yeah, that Married With Children dude). There is no fluffy nonsense guiding a person like that. Yet even guys like him have a sense of principles. Distinctions and concepts such as "tough guy" and "ignorant chump" apply to them too!
LW's character knocks a girl out in a drama. End of story. I don't need to explain again why I think that's problematic in the present context.
LW's character knocks a girl out in a drama. End of story. I don't need to explain again why I think that's problematic in the present context.
Your opinion that is all. Don't make it a rule on everyone. And this is a drama based on fiction. You are acting like this thing happened for real.
Again I did mention he did go overboard and punched that girl but you know what some girls do ask for it. Perhaps she went over board by telling HANNA that her parents are dead. Which means she's all alone in the world. Lee Wan who plays her lover/brother a yakuza killer hit her. And Yakuza kills police and your family so what.
I've seen some italian mobsters slap some girls and some black gang bangers rape and kill girls. What is your point again. And no I'm not 15 years old. Probably lot older than you. I see both points as I don't sit around try to judge people for what they're worth.
Again I did mention he did go overboard and punched that girl but you know what some girls do ask for it. Perhaps she went over board by telling HANNA that her parents are dead. Which means she's all alone in the world. Lee Wan who plays her lover/brother a yakuza killer hit her. And Yakuza kills police and your family so what.
I've seen some italian mobsters slap some girls and some black gang bangers rape and kill girls. What is your point again. And no I'm not 15 years old. Probably lot older than you. I see both points as I don't sit around try to judge people for what they're worth.
If I think there's something problematic about knocking a girl out like a little kid because a guy can't control his emotions, then that's got to do with what that behavior is in the context of a fiction about Korean characters produced for Japanese tv. We can talk about guys beating on girls per se or irl too if you want, but that's not exactly the issue.marvelous wrote:Your opinion that is all. Don't make it a rule on everyone. And this is a drama based on fiction. You are acting like this thing happened for real.
This isn't a Japanese TV show bashing on Korean character. It's Korean. If you can't see between a fictional character and real character you are the one with the problem.zdoon wrote:If I think there's something problematic about knocking a girl out like a little kid because a guy can't control his emotions, then that's got to do with what that behavior is in the context of a fiction about Korean characters being shown on Japanese tv. We can talk about guys beating on girls per se or irl too if you want, but that's not exactly the issue.marvelous wrote:Your opinion that is all. Don't make it a rule on everyone. And this is a drama based on fiction. You are acting like this thing happened for real.
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I don't know if it's bashing. But is it senseless and irresponsible all things considered? Definitely. It's careless to dismiss this as tv with no significance beyond its time slot. There's a reality that some people are aware of and do care about. If you can't see that, then that's your ignorance. Then again you're the one who finds something tough about childish behavior whereas I happen to think that throwing tantrums and knocking girls out (as well as getting beat down by Japanese guys in judo, whistling in the dark and being a variously p***y-whipped and thoroughly sobby yakuza with apparently no intellect whatsoever), far from being tough doesn't make for a respectable hero in a romance or a respectable tv show since apparently the director throws in such fantastic characterizations with no sense of a drama's tensions whatsoever. But that's just me.
If you hate it so much don't watch
It's a tv show and has nothing to do with racism. Has nothing to do with anything other than an actor playing yakuza who don't give a flying F**K about stupid girls. I don't find beating girls tough. It's a role he portrays that's what I meant by tough. My father acts similar but he doesn't beat my mom or any women for that matter. He used to beat me but that's another subject on how Asians are more strict than white people. All you are doing is judging people and how the world should be by American standard. Not everything is black or white. That's a human behavior whether you like it or not. If a boy stepped up to me saying all this crappy stuff and got on my nerve I would swing my fist. If a girl kept getting on my nervers and wouldn't stop I would hit them too. Everyone has buttons. Was it wrong yes. That's why there are things like apology. In Asia that is how a friendship is formed sometimes.
It's okay for American Media always showing Asians as yellow, small, weak, asexual, kung fu masters right?
I'm not yellow. I'm tan at most. You don't see me bickering over why white people call us yellow.
It's a tv show and has nothing to do with racism. Has nothing to do with anything other than an actor playing yakuza who don't give a flying F**K about stupid girls. I don't find beating girls tough. It's a role he portrays that's what I meant by tough. My father acts similar but he doesn't beat my mom or any women for that matter. He used to beat me but that's another subject on how Asians are more strict than white people. All you are doing is judging people and how the world should be by American standard. Not everything is black or white. That's a human behavior whether you like it or not. If a boy stepped up to me saying all this crappy stuff and got on my nerve I would swing my fist. If a girl kept getting on my nervers and wouldn't stop I would hit them too. Everyone has buttons. Was it wrong yes. That's why there are things like apology. In Asia that is how a friendship is formed sometimes.
It's okay for American Media always showing Asians as yellow, small, weak, asexual, kung fu masters right?
I'm not yellow. I'm tan at most. You don't see me bickering over why white people call us yellow.
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If I were really ingenuous or didn't care about certain very live, very real issues and had no idea how culture can work and were just looking to ogle Lee Wan or something, then I might take up your point of view. Otherwise, when a co production show as peculiar as Heaven's Tree comes around (all things considered in relation to Japan and Korea) then I'd be more concerned.
Anyway, speaking of American media, have you ever seen the film Breakfast At Tiffany's? Maybe Mickey Rooney's bucktooth, loud and obnoxious Japanese character is just a character, but anyone who cares a whit about such things understands there's something objectionable there regardless. Why? Because a show is not just a show - it has a setting in the real world and has effects in the real world. In its usual innocuous form, media is just entertainment. But it also has power to depict, to confirm, support or refute, as well as displace. I hope you understand what I mean there. Taking up a culturalist point of view for these films and shows is more than a pertinent thing to do.
Anyway, speaking of American media, have you ever seen the film Breakfast At Tiffany's? Maybe Mickey Rooney's bucktooth, loud and obnoxious Japanese character is just a character, but anyone who cares a whit about such things understands there's something objectionable there regardless. Why? Because a show is not just a show - it has a setting in the real world and has effects in the real world. In its usual innocuous form, media is just entertainment. But it also has power to depict, to confirm, support or refute, as well as displace. I hope you understand what I mean there. Taking up a culturalist point of view for these films and shows is more than a pertinent thing to do.
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I wander how one character from a drama can even come close to being compared to the entire Korean male population.
However, if all off em are as good looking as LeeWan I’m sure pretty sure that no one will be complaining.
You say art is a reflection of reality as how the characters in this drama reflect the Korean and Japanese ppl??? Its true to an extend that art is a reflection of reality but however one must also consider that this is a drama. It’s sole purpose (or at least in this drama it seems to be) is to dramatise and breathe into life a script and its characters with the purpose of entertaining viewers.
…and isn’t LeeWan’s character supposed to be autistic?? That will explain his aggressiveness. When a person is unable to freely express his emotions and feelings he will be forced to exert another method. And when a person is unable to effectively communicate I guess he will resort to the most primal behaviors.
However, if all off em are as good looking as LeeWan I’m sure pretty sure that no one will be complaining.
You say art is a reflection of reality as how the characters in this drama reflect the Korean and Japanese ppl??? Its true to an extend that art is a reflection of reality but however one must also consider that this is a drama. It’s sole purpose (or at least in this drama it seems to be) is to dramatise and breathe into life a script and its characters with the purpose of entertaining viewers.
…and isn’t LeeWan’s character supposed to be autistic?? That will explain his aggressiveness. When a person is unable to freely express his emotions and feelings he will be forced to exert another method. And when a person is unable to effectively communicate I guess he will resort to the most primal behaviors.
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