Cinderella Unni - they buy tears at discount, it seems...

[dangermousie]

Teaser for Cinderella Unni is out and I am not too impressed. Sill, you never know...

I hope it will be good. Coming after Chuno, it's going to have big shoes to fill (and thus we enter a stretch until end of year with Athena - no dramas for me to really go insane over though I am sure there will be dramas I love).

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[sundae-sweet.livejournal.com]

Well, Seo Woo looks gorgeous (yes, am still disgruntled that she is not the lead) and the guy on the motorcycle looks intriguing, so I will check it out regardless.

I just hope MGY is amazing because if she is anything less than, I will spend the entire series thinking about what could have been...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It kinda looks glum and not in a fun emo way. Bleh. We'll see though. I intend to give it a chance.

[uhmbrr.livejournal.com]

i am bitter because they're replacing CHUNO. LOL.

But it looks... so-so. It could pass. I am interested because the Cinderella looks like a cold, ice princess.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's hard for me to deal with it because of my adoration of Chuno.

I liked Pick the Stars but am fine with Oh My Lady replacing it but the thing it, I didn't obsess over Stars the same way (it's rare for me to have IRIS/Chuno combo - when I was madly obsessed with 2 dramas in a row like that and was obsessed from first filming announcement for both).

Cinderella Unni was fresher when it was Snow Queen' Love to Kill With Robbers' Beautiful Days.

[shinystory.livejournal.com]

I have a soft spot for Cinderella and its adaptations. But I really don't know how to take this.

I'm determined to give it a chance, but I'm a bit confused on where they're going with this.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah - this looks like it has no connection to Cinderella at all - if having a stepsibling = cinderella, half the dramas would be that.

I don't know - I am not enthused.

[shinystory.livejournal.com]

Yeah - this looks like it has no connection to Cinderella at all - if having a stepsibling = cinderella, half the dramas would be that.

You've expressed it exactly.

One thing that niggles it about it is that they seem to have made Cinderella such a spoiled little girl. It's okay to reimagine the stepsister as a little bit more human than witchy, but I think I'm not liking how they're portraying the Cinderella.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it will work out OK on screen.

[att123.livejournal.com]

I also am not sure what they're trying to do with the drama...
BUT since its a Cinderella type story then I'll give it a chance!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I hope it will be angsty emo to the max!

Cinderella Unni

[(Anonymous)]

Dangermousie I have read your livejournal for a moment now and this is the first time I comment here. Sorry I could not help but notice you have never been eager to watch this drama since it was announced. I think you don't like MGY (and you like SW better) that's why you don't like the trailer and your expections to make you like CU are very very high.

Re: Cinderella Unni

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hi :)

No, you are correct - I was always a bit iffy on it. One factor is a Seo Woo v. MGY thing (I don't dislike MGY but I am indifferent to her and I do like Seo Woo more), but a much bigger one is that I am a fairy tale story traditionalist. Cinderella's sister is supposed to be wicked, lose the prince, and have her toes chopped off :P (I was never big into Wicked, Son of a Witch etc reimaginings of fairy tales).

OTOH:

1. I love melodrama. I tolerate the most ridiculous things in melodramas that normally I never would (have you seen Christmas? The whole 'let's pretend to be siblings and not lovers so your crazy mother I never met before is happy?' I mean, objectively that's insane but it gave me delicious emo melodrama and I ate it up and adored it). CU looks like it will be a melodrama, and that's a factor in its favor. Give me angsty angsty love...

2. The writer did Piano, Spring Day, and Robbers - all the dramas I love. So I am hopeful.

3. The Moon Geun Young issue - as I said, I am indifferent to her (I've only seen her in one thing and was not impressed so I get puzzled at the praise) but since I don't dislike her, I am all for her impressing me like she does everyone else.

4. I do get prejudiced against dramas I know little about - but I also do change my mind. I used to loathe Tamra on principle (and after watching first 15 minutes). Now I love it. Personal Taste went from 'yay' to 'ugh' to 'yay again' and it hasn't even aired yet.

5. I actually hope I will like CU - after Chuno is over, there is no heavy/melo drama out until Roand N1/Bad Guy etc and that's not till the end of May. I need my emo fix and hopefully CU will fit the bill.

OK, this is a long-winded way of saying that yes, you are correct, I am more prejudiced against it than I am about Prosecutor Princess or Oh My Lady (the fact that it replaces Chuno doesn't help as I rabidly fangirl Chuno). But there are also reasons I am eager too, and hopeful it will make me love it and its leading lady. If I truly gave up on it, I wouldn't follow its trailers or news at all (e.g. I know Harvest Villa is airing currently and I don't even know what ep it's on because I am not interested whatsoever. Ditto Merchant Kim Man Deok).