...And then she got eye cancer from a car accident

[dangermousie]

After 3 eps of A Man Called God failed to interest me, I decided to check that madly famous uber-weepie Stairway to Heaven with Choi Ji Woo and Kwon Sang Woo. StH was a huge part of the Hallyu wave and was a ridiculously famous and successful drama. It is also about two people who surely have the worst luck in the entire universe mainly because their families are total lunatics - heroine's step-family alone makes Cinderella's look nice, she gets cancer from a car accident (no, really!), there is amnesia, eye donations, terminal illnesses, evil parents by the score, childhood love, suicide attempts and (this is what tipped the scale for me), as per lesbiassparrow, a moment with "hero lying half-in, half-out of shower while wailing the heroine's name."

Indeed.

To nobody's surprise it all does not end well.

Have a MV.

I shall enjoy this mightily.

(It is by the writer of Personal Taste which hopefully means yummy but hopefully not terminal angst is coming our way soon in PT).

Comments

[scanky-chops.livejournal.com]

So how can you watch this and not Hoshi no Kinka? That's got plenty of the same sort of batshit crazy characters, angst aplenty and crying heroes and yeah, a not so great ending but not all dramas end happily (I've just skim watched Kimura's Beautiful Life ;____;).

I think someone should do a Most Craziest issues ever j/k drama. I'm sure there's plenty of contenders. XD

[cocori.livejournal.com]

Hoshi no Kinka was a depressing & crazy one. Good at times though.

Have you seen Kono Yo no Hate? That had really effed up characters, lots of screwed up situations, and just overall craziness galore. Probably the most depressing Jdrama out there, but I enjoyed it a lot.

[scanky-chops.livejournal.com]

I'm not even a fan of depressing and crazy but it had some great moments.

Probably the most depressing Jdrama out there, but I enjoyed it a lot.

See, that is in no way a good recommendation lol. *avoids it*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hotter guys than in HnK? LOL

Seriously though, I tried the Korean remake of HnK and liked what I've seen of it but the story didn't drag me in.

[scanky-chops.livejournal.com]

I don't know the actors in StH but i think Osawa and Takenouchi are pretty damn good to look at.

I didn't think i was going to get dragged into HnK but then older brother lost his memory, evil woman who did it to him got THAT batshit crazy look in her eyes and Takenouchi was being all smooth emo crazy so i streamlined through it like that.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

OK, now I am getting intrigued :P

[scanky-chops.livejournal.com]

I thought you knew all this? I mean, there's plenty of batshit crazy characters for you to rant and rail at (let's see, Takenouchi's mum who wants him to be head of the hospital and is sleeping with the sleazy second in commands who's trying to oust Osawa and Takenouchi's dad by using hot female doctor who has a personal grudge against the dad and is yet still trying to seduce him. Oh and let's not forget evil batshit crazy secondary woman who has crazy eyes galore AND HER MOTHER who was in love with the dad and is just about nutty getting her daughter married off to the man she 'loves'. *deep breath*

Or you could check out what happens HERE