Drama Update...

[dangermousie]

I've been bad about replies lately and am much too behind. I'll try to do better, I promise!

The drama season rolls on inexorably, thus bringing us closer to some dramas I am very excited about: Swallow the Sun (mercenaries and Sung Yuri and Ji Sung, what more could I want), IRIS (a.k.a. my hyperventilation drama of the season, about a hunted assassin played by Lee Byung Hun, back to dramas after a really long time), the mini-drama Triangle (with Kang Ji Hwan and Li Ji Ah, my favorite kdrama actor and one of my fave kdrama actresses), Dream (starring Kim Bum and Joo Jin Mo in a story about men kicking other men in the face) etc etc. I really should do a proper post on all of this.

But this is about two more dramas soon to come out, one of which is a YAY and another, not so much.

The YAY is Friend which has the oldest highschoolers ever.



Clearly, the casting director has not seen real high-schoolers for a very very long time.

Despite the entire cast looking as if they had to repeat each grade, since the second grade, thrice in order to be this old and still in high school, I am in. I adore three of the men you see above: Hyun Bin (Snow Queen), Kim Min Jun (Damo), and Seo Do Young (Spring Waltz), and I am all for brotherhood and uniforms. I'll just pretend men in Korea get their highschool diploma at 30.



Plus, three ladies. Yay! I bet the fourth guy whose name I don't know is the one who won't get one. No-names never do :)

The drama which is getting a NAY? Partner.



Lee Dong Wook is adorable, but not even he can make me watch a drama about a bunch of lawyers. It would be tough going even if the drama had Bae Yong Joon, Kang Ji Hwan, and Gong Yoo. Together. Shirtless.

Plus, I did not care for the leading lady in Marrying a Millionaire.

Oh well...

ETA: Learning about Dream made me think - Kim Hyung Joon is exempt from this because he is mainly a singer and BOF was an amusing little sideline for him, but why has Lee Min Ho not signed up for any acting gigs? I am sure advertising shirts and tacos is exciting, but come on - act? Maybe? Kim Bum already has a whole other drama lined up! (But then I do think he has the most promise of the four F4 guys).

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[katranna.livejournal.com]

I tried to call you--would you be free after work to meet up today? :-) I wanna see you and babyMousie before I go back to NJ!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

:)

[darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com]

Jae Ha! Oh, baby, what did you do to your hair?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hacked it all off with a rusty machete? It does look horrid.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

The YAY is Friend which has the oldest highschoolers ever.

Weelll, the cast of the original Friend was way over highschool age as well. Guess they wanted to keep in with the tradition and not cast anyone of approriate age for the early years. ;)

There's far too many interesting dramas on this year. Did they all have to appear now?! I still have tons of older stuff I have not found time to watch yet.

Talking about older dramas, I just watched the 1st episode of Sandglass. Looks good.... If a bit messy to start with, they keep hopping between different time periods and places. Not for anyone allergic to politics or Korean near history though. There seems to be plenty of that too.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, it doesn't all take place in school? Phew!

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Nope, the highschool is just the beginning. It's been a while since I watched the film but I have this vague recollection that the story actually starts from their childhood. Unless I'm mixing it up with some other film.

[syrenstar.livejournal.com]

Strangely it seems to be Kim So Eun and Kim Bum who are getting all the work. They might be more on my radar because I like them but the other BOF stars seem to have drifted into projects that don't involve much acting.

I'm giving Triple a go this weekend, the premise doesn't thrill me but with Coffee Prince people involved it's worth a look.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

But it's true - the others aren't acting as much (and in case of Goo Hye Sun and Kim Hyun Joong, it's rather a blessing).

Triple sounds really dull but I could be convinced to reconsider...

[sodahands.livejournal.com]

the mini-drama Triangle (with Kang Ji Hwan and Li Ji Ah
*gasp* NEED NAO!

I'm excited about Friend and Partner.

Oh LMH, we really really could have done without that earth shatteringly embarrassing beer commercial. But I hear he's now recovering from his surgery and looking at scripts :) Hopefully he'll pick some awesome stuff cos I don't think my brain or any of my other major organs can handle something like BOF.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love him and want him in something good :)

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

LMH: that's a good point, actually - for the first few weeks/months after BOF I just assumed he was talking a break/considering his options carefully, but it's far past that point now...and you'd think he'd want to make sure to capitalize on his drama fame...odd. Not that I'm weeping as I am forever BOF-scarred in regards to him and if he were ever in a drama which sounded good I would be terribly torn.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think he also had leg surgery to remove metal rods (ouch)

I actually still love him even after BOF, mainly because in her KHJ obsession, the writer sidelined him for a lot of the awful second half, but also because I thought he was good in the first half before the screenplay imploded (unlike with Goo Hye Sun who I was never impressed by).

I would actually love to see him in a drama, as long as it was not a Group 8 one.

[je12-vz09.livejournal.com]

ETA: Learning about Dream made me think - Kim Hyung Joon is exempt from this because he is mainly a singer and BOF was an amusing little sideline for him, but why has Lee Min Ho not signed up for any acting gigs? I am sure advertising shirts and tacos is exciting, but come on - act? Maybe? Kim Bum already has a whole other drama lined up! (But then I do think he has the most promise of the four F4 guys).


for a while, i got confuse 'coz you said Kim Hyung Joon. but then again, you also said BOF after his name so i'm sure you're talking about Kim HyuN JoonG. Kim Hyung Joon is another SS501 member. lol

oh! new Hyun Bin & Lee Dong Wok dramas! i hope they're both good or i won't bother d/l 'em again.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I got the names wrong - I can never rember where the gs go.

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

Re the F4 guys:

Kim Bum also has two movies coming out soon. He's the busiest of the F4.
Kim Joon is going to be a musical soon, so good for him. Maybe now he won't just be pretty background.



I'm also looking forward to Friend, Our Legend, but I agree that none of the guys look like high school students. They all look at least 28 - maybe they got held back a lot. The girls aren't much better; I found an age for one - 24. But then, in the "flash forward" I think it will be other people doing cameos. :/



I'm also looking forward to Swallow the Sun and maybe IRIS. The last couple of seasons have been slow in terms of K-dramas that I wanted to watch, but it looks like things are getting good again.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Icon! I love actiony dramas so I am excited by IRIS and StS.