Most anticipated kdrama for 2011 and its runner-up

[dangermousie]

Aaaand - we have a winner! Goodbye Miss Ripley starring Lee Da Hae (a.k.a. Mousie's favorite kdrama actress) and Micky Yoochun (a.k.a. Mousie's true love from SKKS) which airs after The Duo is over. Apparently this is going to be based on a true-crime scandal about a woman who got hired by a prestigious college institution after showing these amazing credentials but then it turned out she barely finished high-school and faked her degrees with the help of her much older boyfriend (presumably not Micky as he's not almost 20-yrs her senior, good Lord). LDH plays the scammer. Not sure who Micky plays except I am sure he will be her OTP.

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!!

No offense to The Duo, but please be over sooner, k?

The runner-up is Discovery of Affection, an upcoming Hong Sisters drama about a love affair between a successful actor and a washed-out actress. Starring Cha Seung Won and Gong Hyo Jin. I repeat - starring Cha Seung Won and Gong Hyo Jin. If there is a casting heaven which answers my prayers, this is it. The Hong Sisters and I have a somewhat fraught relationship - when I love their dramas, I love them hard (My Girl, Delightful Girl Chunhyang, and Hong Gil Dong, the latter of which is in my top 10 kdramas of all time. I enjoyed Fantasy Couple as well though not as much as the above three). However, every one of their dramas since HGD has been actively annoying to me - both You're Beautiful and Gumiho Girlfriend felt stale, emotionally shallow, and featured characters where to call them immature and weak would be kind. BUT. I have hope! Because the big problem with YAB and GG came from them skewing so young. With actors in their 30s (GHJ) and 40s (CSW) respectively, this is not an issue, especially since neither could play a weak idiot if they tried. More importantly, if Hong Sisters wanted their leads to portray weak idiots, they would not have picked those particular actors. So, despite my past falling out with the Hong Sisters, hooray!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Goodbye Miss Ripley... YES PLEASE!

Sounds like a very intriguing plot right? What I particularly found interesting is the fact that it's based on a real hoax that happened in Korea. This has all the potential to be great. I really hope they sign a competent writer-director combo. Also, I can't wait for LDH to have an ahjusshi affair with KSW. I want it now.

hagrid here :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

KSW is pretty darn hot so if she has to have an ahjusshi affair, this sounds pretty good to me :) Though I hope she gets together with Yoochun too - the more the merrier, right? :)

Btw, is it just me, or has dramabeans turned into a LDH bash zone lately? Drives me nuts. She's a much better actress than a lot of the ones who get a pass, and she hasn't done anything horrible off-screen either so wtf.

[(Anonymous)]

it kinda does. I thought I was the only one who thought it was sort of becoming a free bash zone lately.

I actually think this last article is more objective than the previous one. The news about her dropping the drama was quite unnerving. it felt like it's trying to appear objective when in fact it isn't. I fail to grasp how when other actors drop out of production (even when it's so close to filming), it's all fine and not at all irresponsible. while when it's LDH who drops out of a production which seems to run into budget problems and infinite delays in filming, it's suddenly irresponsible and bad PR? I can't quite equate it. They seriously need to get over that EoE fiasco.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, actors drop projects all the time, especially if delays happen - didn't some actress just drop Poseidon and no fuss was made about that?

I am a huge LDH fan and even I will admit dropping EoE was a rash move but the rest of it is completely fine - one mistake doesn't a horror show make.