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[dangermousie]

1. Soompi Chuno thread is becoming a bit of a shipper war zone. I know I should stay away but I am too addicted to the drama. Still, can't we all agree that TH and DG are both awesome characters and that UN loves them both, in different ways and at different times, and let it go at that?

2. Promos, posters, and/or trailers for 5 upcoming March kdramas are out.

Oh My Lady - stills look adorable. My high interest remains high.

A Man Called God - even though I am still appalled by Song Il Gook's weight loss and weird posters, the trailer actually was AWESOME. Come to Mama!

Birth of a Rich Man - I am iffy on the premise (can be good or not) and like the leading man, which overall equals ambivalence, and the poster doesn't solve it one way or another. I do plan to check it out - you never know, I had no expectations of Pick the Stars but I adore it now.

Cinderella Unni - its atmospheric, crisp snow shots scream melodrama and actually got me somewhat interested in this - I was not before because of my dislike of the leading lady and outrage that one of my favorite actresses has been reduced to a second lead. Not to mention a random boybander is playing a second lead. Chun Jung Myung, the male lead, is the only one I was enthusiastic about but he can't save a drama all by himself (see What's Up Fox). But I love emo melodrama, especially if snow is involved, and especially so after Will It Snow On Christmas left-over goodwill. So I will check this out now.

Personal Taste - I was so looking forward to this but the stills actually made me not too interested instead. It looks ditzy. I am indifferent to Son Ye Jin (I know she is a great movie actress but all I have seen her in was Summer Scent drama and she did not impress) and her fashions and grimaces in the poster don't inspire me - I don't want another ditzy heroine. Lee Min Ho looks like he's been a victim of fashion disaster. And overall, the stills are just offputting to the max.

The one I am most excited for is Road No. 1 (even if it's not a March drama) - its stills make me rabid. Korean War, here I come!

Comments

[uhmbrr.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry too much in the soompi Chuno thread, I feel like the posters there are sane and not just in it for the shippings, they are just too invested, but everyone contributes such great thoughts that I cannot help but love the thread and stalk it way too much. Pardon my fangirlyness sometimes and I love Lee Da Hae, so of course, I'll be always there.

and Road No.1, ftw.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love your fangirliness!

Actually, the Chuno thread is one of the most intelligent threads I have ever seen on soompi.

[robotmatsuri.livejournal.com]

1. Soompi Chuno thread is becoming a bit of a shipper war zone. I know I should stay away but I am too addicted to the drama. Still, can't we all agree that TH and DG are both awesome characters and that UN loves them both, in different ways and at different times, and let it go at that?

That's why I joked said that I was shipping TH/DG. It's totally win/win. :D I have to make sure I don't let fandom ruin this drama for me... I love it too much. ♥

I don't think I'm particularly excited about any of the upcoming dramas, but I might check out Dong Yi, Cinderella Unni and Road No.1. I'm not so much into war stuff, but wanted to see it for SJS.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, slash. Heeee. I'd go for that.

[shinystory.livejournal.com]

Yes, the "Cinderella Unni" shots look the best of them.

Unlike you, though, I pretty much like Taecyeon of 2PM. It's fairly recent, after seeing him in the Cass Beer music drama (he played a detective who got a tongue-tied crush on Yoon Eun-hye.)

I like Lee Min-ho's expressions and body language in the "Personal Taste" shots. :) Still excited about him playing straight-playing-gay.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Taecyeon in anything - I think I am just allergic to boybanders in drama in general. Except Lee Seung Gi, I haven't seen any of them who can act.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Men in u-nee-form all the way for me. XD I think Road Nbr 1 is probably the one I'm really looking forward to. I love war stuff....

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I do too. It looks so good!

[sodahands.livejournal.com]

The more I read/see stuff on Personal Taste the more I lose interest.
The stills are so boring. I'm glad that they haven't made LMH into this ultra feminine gay stereotype (or at least it looks that way for now) but SYJ seems like she's trying too hard to look cute maybe to compensate for her age? Which is one of the many many things that went wrong in BOF.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh God, don't let her channel Gu Hye Sun. UGH.

[algelic.livejournal.com]

"Personal Taste - I was so looking forward to this but the stills actually made me not too interested instead. It looks ditzy. I am indifferent to Son Ye Jin (I know she is a great movie actress but all I have seen her in was Summer Scent drama and she did not impress) and her fashions and grimaces in the poster don't inspire me - I don't want another ditzy heroine. Lee Min Ho looks like he's been a victim of fashion disaster. And overall, the stills are just offputting to the max."

Agree! Most people say the stills look cute and interesting... but they made me cringe. So awkward! -- They'll try to pull a reverse Coffee Prince and ultimately FAIL!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah - it looks so forced. ugh.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

1. Soompi Chuno thread is becoming a bit of a shipper war zone. I know I should stay away but I am too addicted to the drama. Still, can't we all agree that TH and DG are both awesome characters and that UN loves them both, in different ways and at different times, and let it go at that?

It isn't too bad, though. Nothing even remotely compared to things that usually go on (remember "East of Eden"!) in soompi threads. My thinking is - it seems this drama attracts quite a lot of very intelligent fans!

Me - I love them both with a big love (DG and TH I mean).

Cinderella Unni - I am bit confused? You dislike Moon Geun Young ? Why? Also - I haven't seen Seo Woo (the secondary girl) anywhere yet. What did you like her in?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh God, I'd forgotten about EoE insanity. Yikes.

I don't like MGY because I didn't like her in the one thing I saw her in - My Little Bride. Painter of the Wind sounded so very much not my thing I didn't even bother checking it out, and her other stuff also doesn't seem my thing. So all the accolades for her leave me a little puzzled.

Seo Woo - she was the lead in Tamra :)

But then there is the thing where I am a fiary tale traditionalist. Cinderella's stepsisters are supposed to be eeeeeeeevil. I rebel at other interpretations :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I think MGY is one of a big hitters in Korea - 1) she was everyone's little sister after "My little bride" (I haven't seen) and "Innocent Steps" (I liked this one) 2) she did a really good job in "Painter" and won all the possible awards for that and 3) she is also a very very nice girl who donates lots of money to charities and generally very nice. She is one of the actresses who I think will move into serious films very soon (very good acting skills) . You are probably the first person I know who dislikes her.


And yes, she does more of unusual stuff. More yay! from me to see her in Melodrama.

Seo Woo - she was the lead in Tamra :)

Weird, this didn't come on her DramaWiki page. But never mind - I understand now.

But then there is the thing where I am a fiary tale traditionalist. Cinderella's stepsisters are supposed to be eeeeeeeevil. I rebel at other interpretations :)

You see, I think this is one of misogynist cliches ** grin ** that I am glad to see going down.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't hate her or anything, I think it's just since I didn't see anything special about her in the one thing I saw her in, I get irritated at the (disproportionate to me) acclaim. Little Bride was pretty creepy - 15 yr old getting married to a grown up is way way icky outside of 1200s and neither of the leads were anything to write home about in it.

I think Tamra is called something else on wiki.

You see, I think this is one of misogynist cliches ** grin ** that I am glad to see going down.


I root for Cinderella every time :)

[(Anonymous)]

Ooh, wasn't she in Autumn in my Heart? The first 3 episodes. She did a really good job there, imo. I teared up for her character pretty much every episode she was in. Then I got immensely bored with the adult versions and stopped watching.

I watched Painter of the Wind and she was awesome, too.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen AimH. Too weepy :)

[cranberrysheep.livejournal.com]

I don't even know what to think about Personal Taste anymore because I've felt every which way about it. When it was first announced I didn't really care, then everyone got so excited I got all swept up in that, and now I think it may look kind of stupid? I don't really want to judge it from some promos, but there just seems to be something off. I feel like they are BOTH hamming it up too much. Who knows, maybe the drama will be awesome.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I was excited about Personal Taste back when Joo Ji Hoon and Yoon Eun Hye were rumored to star in it (I would have watched a drama about rocks with them in it) so the present cast was sort of a let-down for me. But I was excited to see LMH in something that seemed decent - but the more stuff comes out the more it looks like BOF mark 2 silliness and argh. I really wish he'd actually picked a dark or adult drama not another frothy thing with probably a ditzy heroine.

[popaddict.livejournal.com]

Thoughts:

A Man Called God - the trailer did the opposite for me. I lost all interest.

Birth Of A Rich Man - was never interested.

Oh My Lady - I love cougaring. Stills look cute.

Cinderella Unni - Excited.

Personal Taste - Also excited. This is despite hating the teaser shots. I'm trying to be optimistic, Son Ye Jin and Lee Min Ho are love.

Road No. 1 - Ambivalent.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Re: AMCG - I love me some delicious cheese with a side of cheese :)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

I thought the first set of promo shots for "Personal Taste" were pretty cute, but the most recent ones turned me off the drama in record time. I don't want another ditzy, immature heroine, and the promos certainly convey that image.

I'm waiting on your reaction posts before deciding on the others one way or another :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'll be watching it, tbh. Chuno and Down With Love will all be still going and nothing is stopping me from checking out Oh My Lady. So we'll see. Yeah, the heroine does not look appealing.

[magiccard-1.livejournal.com]

I am most excited about A Man Called God because of the outline and character settings which are similar to some romance/love novels I have read. But I can’t fully trust the writer before the drama finish, and I even doubt that this writer will be capable of dealing with that kind of story, especially the romance/love part.
I am a little unsure about the leading actors, not that they are bad. I had good impression on SIG in KINGDOM OF THE WIND and LOBBYIST, and do enjoyed some pleasant HCY moments in DELIGHTFUL GIRL CHOON-HYANG and also found her really ACTED the character sometimes in ONLY YOU (the whole story aside, I was moved by HCY’s character at some point). But will they create chemistry and sparkle? Will SIG do a competent job to play the dark, dangerous and poisonous role? Will HCY can successful play the upbeat, not weak and the-equal-to-the hero role (OK, weak heroine are not welcomed these days.)? Though HCY played this kind of heroine many times, it’s different in this drama where she has to face the BOSS OF A SECRET ORANATIONS and is involved in revenge. I think HCY is too ‘big’ and mature for SIG. They are not so matchable in an h/c relationship.
I am also worried about ending. The endings in romance/love novels can be more fantastical and dreamy, less realistic (fulfill the fangirls best!). But in drama world, it can’t do the same.
Maybe I just think too much. No one knows what will be presented before airing.
I am negative, but I highly hope this drama will win my heart. So wait to see whether the script and OTP will kick the fangirl of romance novels inside hard or just turn out to be another weird made-in-korea production.
Good luck to A Man Called God!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am apprehensive but excited too.