Hard-boiled, with a side of smoochies

[dangermousie]

I've liked what I've seen of Tazza a lot so far (first two episodes) but have been a little too swamped with Kingdom of the Winds and East of Eden to catch up with the subbed eps 3 and 4 and to keep up with the drama as zealously as I would like but I have just got a major incentive to do so:

Incentive 1:



Incentive 2:



It's funny, all three dramas I am interested in this season, even if they are very different in basic stories and time-periods, involve protagonists giving into darkness for revenge and/or sheer survival, strong 'tarnished' (as opposed to conventionally pure or happy-cooky) women as heroines, and the twistedness and all-powerfulness of family bonds of brotherhood/parenthood, biological or assumed, and twisted out of their natural channels by the harshness of the world.

In other news, I never started When It's At Night (with Lee Dong Gun and Kim Sunah which aired earlier in the year) despite the deliciousness of it's premise, because it was picked up by BON Fansubs and they are notoriously slow (I was right. The drama finished months before and only 3 eps are subbed or look like they will ever be subbed) but seeing GIFs like the below makes me wish someone else would pick up the damn drama for subbing! I mean, it's LDG and KSA! They are both really popular! Argh.

















Yes. They are secret agents who solve art crime. With their tongues, apparently.

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[fivil.livejournal.com]

When It's At Night (with Lee Dong Gun and Kim Sunah
WTF, this hasn't been fully subbed? It must suck hardcore or something, because you'd think everybody would want to see two such popular actors .. in a drama with spies and making out. C'mon!

I went to check out what JavaBeans thinks and okay, it sounds like a pretty predictable ordeal: http://www.dramabeans.com/tag/when-night-comes/

But crappier dramas have gotten subs faster so yeah, weird.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The problem is once a sub group picks it up, others are reluctant to take it on, understandably (viikii subbers are fixing this situation, but viikii wasn't around when Night aired). The thread for it on soompi is 300+ pages so it does seem to have had a lot of enthusiastic fans.

I doubt it was the best drama ever, but it sounds like it would be breezy, bubble-gum fun. I know alexandral liked it. (Javabeans and me share almost no drama tastes in common, LOL. Even when we like the same drama, it's usually to a very different degree and with different character takes. She isn't much into period epics and that's about my favorite genre. I was shocked to discover she likes Kingdom of the Winds, totally shocked!)

[fivil.livejournal.com]

I have doubts about you liking the lead now that I realized it's the same lady who was Sam-soon, doing somewhat similar acting as she did in Sam-soon. But maybe LDG would make it worthwhile. :D

I tend to like reading Javabeans, mostly because of how she writes, not necessarily how she feels about dramas. For example she dismissed Capital Scandal based on slapsticky comedy which I find ludicrous as the drama has so many layers beyond the occasional over-the-top comedy scene. It's weird how I keep returning to her blog, though. It's a good news source on occasion, though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hey, she didn't just dismiss CS (her and mine senses of humor aren't very compatible: she would HATE Taiwanese dramas), she seemed to think Legend was no good either and Legend is probably in my Top 10 fictional things in any medium :)

She also doesn't like East of Eden and I am mad about that drama :)

I think (from reading her blog) the dramas that most appeal to here are modern romantic comedies, not too OTT in humor or with too much emo, about working-world female protagonists. And while I don't mind those, with very very few exceptions (My Girl), this is not my favorite genre in kdramas.

I didn't like SamSoon's character, nothing to do with the poor actress, so I don't mind giving her a chance :)

[hiiyaa.livejournal.com]

Jang Hyuk! Kissing people! My favourite kind of drama XD! You didn't finish Robbers, did you? There's this scene in the middle of ep 7 which is so perfect with the background music and trembly hands and cold-bitten noses and beat up men and kissing ;____;. He should do more! (Dramas I mean. But kissing is ok too :D.)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I loved Robbers to bits but I got worried about the ending and put it off. Then afterwards I bought a set with very engrishy subs. Need to get a new one. Or maybe I'll spend tonight just catching up. (I wish I had dvds, I am going on a long flight and it would have been perfect).

Mmmm...Jang Hyuk. He is one of the sexiest Korean actors out there!

OMG how do I NOT have Jang Hyuk icons?

[hiiyaa.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I hope you do watch it at continue the picspams \:D/.

Sometimes I wonder whether it'd be as fun to watch these dramas if I had unlimited access to everything, subbed and ready. I suspect it wouldn't be as fulfilling without the Engrish subs every now and then and the angsting over "NEW EP, NO SUBS, HALP, WHAT DO I DO?!"-parts. XD

He's my weirdest kdrama crush. And possibly my favourite. I hunted down his entire filmography; Public Toilet, Jungle Juice and all. He has become some kind of Salman to me, where I can take a little bit of overacting because I feel like I can connect with his inner geeky self... Yeah, weird. And I don't think I can thank his pilates instructor wife and the Korean Army enough.

Have a nice flight!

Re: OMG how do I NOT have Jang Hyuk icons?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can't help but picspam.

He has become some kind of Salman to me, where I can take a little bit of overacting because I feel like I can connect with his inner geeky self...

OMG, that is like the oddest yet most fitting comparison! (Speaking of Salman, I wonder if Hello is supposed to be any good).

I don't think I can thank his pilates instructor wife and the Korean Army enough.


LOL. He really is one of the most cut kdrama actors out there. Mmmm, Korean Army.

I think I also like him because in all the three dramas I've seen him in so far (Thank You, Robbers and Tazza) he plays these sort of bastards, not idealized dream men, but bastards I totally love.

timescout made a tons of Thank You icons in her LJ :)

[squidwish.livejournal.com]

I haven't started Tazza yet, but it's one I really want to see.

When It's At Night.... I watched the first two episodes. It's not amazingly great, but still I like it. LDG and KSA are great together. Then again I may be biased as I love LDG. I haven't watched episode 3 yet because let's face it... it's going to be ages and I would rather not torture myself. Better to wait until it's done and then watch.

Last drama they subbed I really wanted to watch was How To Meet A Perfect Neighbor with Bae Doo-na and it's almost done. Been a little over a year from air date. When they finish I'll have to start all over again, I watched the first seven, but it's hazy now. lol

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, BON is really really slow. I don't start watching any of their projects because that way leads to frustration :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I really am waiting for someone to pick that up. I really like the dorama so far and Kim Soon-ah isn't Kim Sam-soon at all .. though she is a very down to earth character. But she is smart and suspicious of Dong-gun's character.

I really wish BON would hand the series over to someone else subbing it :s

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, BON is generally incredibly slow.