Beautiful Days: it's like an advocacy film for familycide

Mmmm, Beautiful Days continues fun.

I am on ep 15 now, and let's see:

1. Ugly Brother continues new ways to make everyone's life a misery. He has now expanded his circle of targets to his Mother. As to his treatment of Hero, all I can say is that if being able to wreck things for other people was a marketable talent, he would be one of the richest men in the world. I spend all the time he is on screen wanting someone to shove him into a wall and amputate his kidneys. I love it when Hero points out to him that the issue in the love triangle not who can hypothetically treat Heroine better but whom she actually wants. THANK YOU THE ONLY ONE WITH COMMON SENSE.

1a. Ugly Brother is capably assisted by Quasi-Sister, who is my least fave female character in a drama ever. Which is a feat, as she is not even an OTP-interloper. It's just her brainlessness, selfishness, shallowness and solipcism makes me want to pull out her nasty dyed hair by the roots.

2. Hero and Heroine are still so adorably functional together. There is this adorable scene where she bullies him into buying roses for his Stepmom (with whom he never got along with in his life). If by 'bullies' I mean a gentle insistence and smiles, and touching his hand and prodding. Heeee. He is such putty in her hands.

3. There is a scene of amazing adorableness when Hero and Heroine spend the day out with Minji, the Hero's troubled sister. It is very very awesome, and when they are hanging out in the park, or take her to a karaoke parlor or what not, it's so so so family-like and cute. It's like they are practicing for a kid. And Minji is happy (she is much better-behaved now, eee) and Yon-soo (heroine) is happy, and wonder of wonders, workaholic Minchul (Hero) is all relaxed and smiley and just happy too. Heroine totally makes him relax and smile a lot.

4. The best part is karaoke scene of surpassing cuteness. Once Minji runs off to see her friends, they are left in the karaoke parlor together for a bit, and there is this total glancing/smiling that couples do when they are so pleased with each other. It's cuteness. And he tries to sing but gives up ASAP because it's so not him to be mushy, which is even cuter. And then he just pulls her up into a silent slow dance and it is so ROMANTIC and awesome and there is nuzzling and he manages to sing out ILY and looks so smugly pleased with himself. Oh, my functional OTP of quiet girl and workaholic. EEEE. He always looks so smug when he pulls off something remotely romantic, LOL

5. Heh. He has learned to say 'sorry' verbally. She is seriously training him well :P

6. To make it all better, Evil Father just found out they are dating. (She was in his room comforting him after another one of Ugly Brother's charming activities). LOL. I love the scene because when Evil Father tries to do the whole 'WTF, all she has is her body, are you dating her? you are? argh!' Hero's very common-sense reply is (a) You are not to speak of her disrespectfully (b) none of your business. YES. YES. I cannot wait to see how Evil Father will wreck things now. Oh, and he also told Hero women are like trains. My mind, being in the gutter, went to 'you ride them and get off' but what he meant on is your destination in life might change depending on which one you take. Blah, I like my version better.

7. asjkfkdkdjdjdjd MARRIAGE PROPOSAL OF CUTENESS AND ADORKABLENESS. Seriously, I can't describe the sheer perfect awkwardness of Hero and the awesomeness and sweetness of the scene, so I won't. EEEE! And he tells her it would be hard to be with someone like him, so she should really think it over. And she tells she doesn't need time to think. asjkfjhfghrhfjdfkdkjdhjdjd. And there is kissing in the middle of tons of roses. And they are so happy. I can see leukemia happening any time now :)

8. Wait, no leukemia yet because I think he is about to find out his father is a murderer. Argh. Can't watch the trainwreck. Poor woobies. *squoosh*

I still think Hero and Heroine should grab Minji (who totally approves of Heroine) and move away far from the rest of the nutters.

Beautiful Days: it's like an advocacy film for familycide

Mmmm, Beautiful Days continues fun.

I am on ep 15 now, and let's see:

1. Ugly Brother continues new ways to make everyone's life a misery. He has now expanded his circle of targets to his Mother. As to his treatment of Hero, all I can say is that if being able to wreck things for other people was a marketable talent, he would be one of the richest men in the world. I spend all the time he is on screen wanting someone to shove him into a wall and amputate his kidneys. I love it when Hero points out to him that the issue in the love triangle not who can hypothetically treat Heroine better but whom she actually wants. THANK YOU THE ONLY ONE WITH COMMON SENSE.

1a. Ugly Brother is capably assisted by Quasi-Sister, who is my least fave female character in a drama ever. Which is a feat, as she is not even an OTP-interloper. It's just her brainlessness, selfishness, shallowness and solipcism makes me want to pull out her nasty dyed hair by the roots.

2. Hero and Heroine are still so adorably functional together. There is this adorable scene where she bullies him into buying roses for his Stepmom (with whom he never got along with in his life). If by 'bullies' I mean a gentle insistence and smiles, and touching his hand and prodding. Heeee. He is such putty in her hands.

3. There is a scene of amazing adorableness when Hero and Heroine spend the day out with Minji, the Hero's troubled sister. It is very very awesome, and when they are hanging out in the park, or take her to a karaoke parlor or what not, it's so so so family-like and cute. It's like they are practicing for a kid. And Minji is happy (she is much better-behaved now, eee) and Yon-soo (heroine) is happy, and wonder of wonders, workaholic Minchul (Hero) is all relaxed and smiley and just happy too. Heroine totally makes him relax and smile a lot.

4. The best part is karaoke scene of surpassing cuteness. Once Minji runs off to see her friends, they are left in the karaoke parlor together for a bit, and there is this total glancing/smiling that couples do when they are so pleased with each other. It's cuteness. And he tries to sing but gives up ASAP because it's so not him to be mushy, which is even cuter. And then he just pulls her up into a silent slow dance and it is so ROMANTIC and awesome and there is nuzzling and he manages to sing out ILY and looks so smugly pleased with himself. Oh, my functional OTP of quiet girl and workaholic. EEEE. He always looks so smug when he pulls off something remotely romantic, LOL

5. Heh. He has learned to say 'sorry' verbally. She is seriously training him well :P

6. To make it all better, Evil Father just found out they are dating. (She was in his room comforting him after another one of Ugly Brother's charming activities). LOL. I love the scene because when Evil Father tries to do the whole 'WTF, all she has is her body, are you dating her? you are? argh!' Hero's very common-sense reply is (a) You are not to speak of her disrespectfully (b) none of your business. YES. YES. I cannot wait to see how Evil Father will wreck things now. Oh, and he also told Hero women are like trains. My mind, being in the gutter, went to 'you ride them and get off' but what he meant on is your destination in life might change depending on which one you take. Blah, I like my version better.

7. asjkfkdkdjdjdjd MARRIAGE PROPOSAL OF CUTENESS AND ADORKABLENESS. Seriously, I can't describe the sheer perfect awkwardness of Hero and the awesomeness and sweetness of the scene, so I won't. EEEE! And he tells her it would be hard to be with someone like him, so she should really think it over. And she tells she doesn't need time to think. asjkfjhfghrhfjdfkdkjdhjdjd. And there is kissing in the middle of tons of roses. And they are so happy. I can see leukemia happening any time now :)

8. Wait, no leukemia yet because I think he is about to find out his father is a murderer. Argh. Can't watch the trainwreck. Poor woobies. *squoosh*

I still think Hero and Heroine should grab Minji (who totally approves of Heroine) and move away far from the rest of the nutters.

Beautiful Days: it's like an advocacy film for familycide

Mmmm, Beautiful Days continues fun.

I am on ep 15 now, and let's see:

1. Ugly Brother continues new ways to make everyone's life a misery. He has now expanded his circle of targets to his Mother. As to his treatment of Hero, all I can say is that if being able to wreck things for other people was a marketable talent, he would be one of the richest men in the world. I spend all the time he is on screen wanting someone to shove him into a wall and amputate his kidneys. I love it when Hero points out to him that the issue in the love triangle not who can hypothetically treat Heroine better but whom she actually wants. THANK YOU THE ONLY ONE WITH COMMON SENSE.

1a. Ugly Brother is capably assisted by Quasi-Sister, who is my least fave female character in a drama ever. Which is a feat, as she is not even an OTP-interloper. It's just her brainlessness, selfishness, shallowness and solipcism makes me want to pull out her nasty dyed hair by the roots.

2. Hero and Heroine are still so adorably functional together. There is this adorable scene where she bullies him into buying roses for his Stepmom (with whom he never got along with in his life). If by 'bullies' I mean a gentle insistence and smiles, and touching his hand and prodding. Heeee. He is such putty in her hands.

3. There is a scene of amazing adorableness when Hero and Heroine spend the day out with Minji, the Hero's troubled sister. It is very very awesome, and when they are hanging out in the park, or take her to a karaoke parlor or what not, it's so so so family-like and cute. It's like they are practicing for a kid. And Minji is happy (she is much better-behaved now, eee) and Yon-soo (heroine) is happy, and wonder of wonders, workaholic Minchul (Hero) is all relaxed and smiley and just happy too. Heroine totally makes him relax and smile a lot.

4. The best part is karaoke scene of surpassing cuteness. Once Minji runs off to see her friends, they are left in the karaoke parlor together for a bit, and there is this total glancing/smiling that couples do when they are so pleased with each other. It's cuteness. And he tries to sing but gives up ASAP because it's so not him to be mushy, which is even cuter. And then he just pulls her up into a silent slow dance and it is so ROMANTIC and awesome and there is nuzzling and he manages to sing out ILY and looks so smugly pleased with himself. Oh, my functional OTP of quiet girl and workaholic. EEEE. He always looks so smug when he pulls off something remotely romantic, LOL

5. Heh. He has learned to say 'sorry' verbally. She is seriously training him well :P

6. To make it all better, Evil Father just found out they are dating. (She was in his room comforting him after another one of Ugly Brother's charming activities). LOL. I love the scene because when Evil Father tries to do the whole 'WTF, all she has is her body, are you dating her? you are? argh!' Hero's very common-sense reply is (a) You are not to speak of her disrespectfully (b) none of your business. YES. YES. I cannot wait to see how Evil Father will wreck things now. Oh, and he also told Hero women are like trains. My mind, being in the gutter, went to 'you ride them and get off' but what he meant on is your destination in life might change depending on which one you take. Blah, I like my version better.

7. asjkfkdkdjdjdjd MARRIAGE PROPOSAL OF CUTENESS AND ADORKABLENESS. Seriously, I can't describe the sheer perfect awkwardness of Hero and the awesomeness and sweetness of the scene, so I won't. EEEE! And he tells her it would be hard to be with someone like him, so she should really think it over. And she tells she doesn't need time to think. asjkfjhfghrhfjdfkdkjdhjdjd. And there is kissing in the middle of tons of roses. And they are so happy. I can see leukemia happening any time now :)

8. Wait, no leukemia yet because I think he is about to find out his father is a murderer. Argh. Can't watch the trainwreck. Poor woobies. *squoosh*

I still think Hero and Heroine should grab Minji (who totally approves of Heroine) and move away far from the rest of the nutters.

Coffee Prince ramblings

I was thinking about the delicious Coffee Prince, which I never really metaed properly much as I loved it, and I wanted to talk about something in it that I especially adore: the attitude to love, the sort of ‘however odd, and untraditional it is, whether it works out or not, you are better off for having it.’

If you look about it, each of the couples is untraditional.

( Coffee Prince ramblings )

I have no idea if what I am saying even makes sense. Ah well...

Coffee Prince ramblings

I was thinking about the delicious Coffee Prince, which I never really metaed properly much as I loved it, and I wanted to talk about something in it that I especially adore: the attitude to love, the sort of ‘however odd, and untraditional it is, whether it works out or not, you are better off for having it.’

If you look about it, each of the couples is untraditional.

( Coffee Prince ramblings )

I have no idea if what I am saying even makes sense. Ah well...

Coffee Prince ramblings

I was thinking about the delicious Coffee Prince, which I never really metaed properly much as I loved it, and I wanted to talk about something in it that I especially adore: the attitude to love, the sort of ‘however odd, and untraditional it is, whether it works out or not, you are better off for having it.’

If you look about it, each of the couples is untraditional.

( Coffee Prince ramblings )

I have no idea if what I am saying even makes sense. Ah well...

OMG!!!!

I have shamelessly stolen this from filmi_girl's LJ, where it was posted by wasabi_girl1.

I had no interest in seeing Race.

Until now:



( Bigger version under cut )

Saif. Bipasha. Shirtless. With water.

OH YES PLEASE.

OMG!!!!

I have shamelessly stolen this from filmi_girl's LJ, where it was posted by wasabi_girl1.

I had no interest in seeing Race.

Until now:



( Bigger version under cut )

Saif. Bipasha. Shirtless. With water.

OH YES PLEASE.

OMG!!!!

I have shamelessly stolen this from filmi_girl's LJ, where it was posted by wasabi_girl1.

I had no interest in seeing Race.

Until now:



( Bigger version under cut )

Saif. Bipasha. Shirtless. With water.

OH YES PLEASE.

Stop, thief! Bollywood up to their old music-stealing tricks again. This time it's from a drama

Argh!!!! You know that promo I was linked to, for Bollywood movie Race with Saif Ali Khan and Bipasha Basu?

Well, THEY STOLE THE SONG they are using!!!!!

You know how I know?????

It's the frelling theme song from Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, a drama that came out in 2005.

ARGH!!!!!

This is one of my fave dramas and songs. WTF?

( comparison vids behind the cut )

Hmmmm. I am going to find out who to write about this, and email Korean producers. I know Bollywood does it all the time, but it doesn't mean I should just let it go when I find it. GRRRR.

Come up with your own damn music! They might think nobody watches both kdramas and Bollywood, but I do.

I AM SO PISSED OFF.

ETA: asked on soompi who to notify in addition to KBS. If nobody knows, will go digging.

Stop, thief! Bollywood up to their old music-stealing tricks again. This time it's from a drama

Argh!!!! You know that promo I was linked to, for Bollywood movie Race with Saif Ali Khan and Bipasha Basu?

Well, THEY STOLE THE SONG they are using!!!!!

You know how I know?????

It's the frelling theme song from Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, a drama that came out in 2005.

ARGH!!!!!

This is one of my fave dramas and songs. WTF?

( comparison vids behind the cut )

Hmmmm. I am going to find out who to write about this, and email Korean producers. I know Bollywood does it all the time, but it doesn't mean I should just let it go when I find it. GRRRR.

Come up with your own damn music! They might think nobody watches both kdramas and Bollywood, but I do.

I AM SO PISSED OFF.

ETA: asked on soompi who to notify in addition to KBS. If nobody knows, will go digging.

Stop, thief! Bollywood up to their old music-stealing tricks again. This time it's from a drama

Argh!!!! You know that promo I was linked to, for Bollywood movie Race with Saif Ali Khan and Bipasha Basu?

Well, THEY STOLE THE SONG they are using!!!!!

You know how I know?????

It's the frelling theme song from Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, a drama that came out in 2005.

ARGH!!!!!

This is one of my fave dramas and songs. WTF?

( comparison vids behind the cut )

Hmmmm. I am going to find out who to write about this, and email Korean producers. I know Bollywood does it all the time, but it doesn't mean I should just let it go when I find it. GRRRR.

Come up with your own damn music! They might think nobody watches both kdramas and Bollywood, but I do.

I AM SO PISSED OFF.

ETA: asked on soompi who to notify in addition to KBS. If nobody knows, will go digging.

Beautoful Days, stop making me cry, OK?

ETA: Damn, damn, damn, DAMN, Beautiful Days made me cry.

Frell.

But episode 16 is like...it's totally killing me! I actually had to stop the DVD because I was getting too upset. I get invested in fictional people too much!

But that whole bit where he found out his father is a murderer, and Ugly Brother is the son of the man Evil Father killed and ohohOH his face when he confronts his father and hopes it's not true, but of course it is.

And meanwhile Yon-Soo (Heroine) is waiting at the church, all made-up and pretty and happy, waiting for the engagement ceremony, and it's late and late and late and he isn't there.

And he comes in, and he just watches her from the door and you can tell how much he wants to go in, and to have her, and to be with her, but of course he is now thinking he can't (understandably so) and just the look on his face...because she is the one thing he wanted and the one thing he can't allow himself to have.

And then he walks away, still unseen, and she spends all night worrying (and I love that she isn't mad, just worried that something awful has happened, because she knows him and trusts him) and meanwhile he is in some hotel room, getting trashed, and just smashing the mirrors (there is some gorgeous shots in this ep. I am watching this on DVD but I am dling the ep just to screencap it) and then he just ends up curled up in the shower in the fetal position, weeping.

Yeah.

I turned it off because I bet I know what's coming, the famous 'he has to push her away for her own good' scene only now I am really invested in the OTP and totally dreading it.

I wonder how people stand watching these things when they don't know there is a happy ending coming?

Oh, but seriously, it's making me frelling cry.

Dammit.

( Here is gleeful stuff I typed up before the above happened )

What with BD and with ep 7 of Hong Gil Dong (which deserves and will get its own separate post) tearing out my heart to do a little dance on it, I am all emotional and weepy. Blah. And yet, I love every bit of it.

Beautoful Days, stop making me cry, OK?

ETA: Damn, damn, damn, DAMN, Beautiful Days made me cry.

Frell.

But episode 16 is like...it's totally killing me! I actually had to stop the DVD because I was getting too upset. I get invested in fictional people too much!

But that whole bit where he found out his father is a murderer, and Ugly Brother is the son of the man Evil Father killed and ohohOH his face when he confronts his father and hopes it's not true, but of course it is.

And meanwhile Yon-Soo (Heroine) is waiting at the church, all made-up and pretty and happy, waiting for the engagement ceremony, and it's late and late and late and he isn't there.

And he comes in, and he just watches her from the door and you can tell how much he wants to go in, and to have her, and to be with her, but of course he is now thinking he can't (understandably so) and just the look on his face...because she is the one thing he wanted and the one thing he can't allow himself to have.

And then he walks away, still unseen, and she spends all night worrying (and I love that she isn't mad, just worried that something awful has happened, because she knows him and trusts him) and meanwhile he is in some hotel room, getting trashed, and just smashing the mirrors (there is some gorgeous shots in this ep. I am watching this on DVD but I am dling the ep just to screencap it) and then he just ends up curled up in the shower in the fetal position, weeping.

Yeah.

I turned it off because I bet I know what's coming, the famous 'he has to push her away for her own good' scene only now I am really invested in the OTP and totally dreading it.

I wonder how people stand watching these things when they don't know there is a happy ending coming?

Oh, but seriously, it's making me frelling cry.

Dammit.

( Here is gleeful stuff I typed up before the above happened )

What with BD and with ep 7 of Hong Gil Dong (which deserves and will get its own separate post) tearing out my heart to do a little dance on it, I am all emotional and weepy. Blah. And yet, I love every bit of it.

Beautoful Days, stop making me cry, OK?

ETA: Damn, damn, damn, DAMN, Beautiful Days made me cry.

Frell.

But episode 16 is like...it's totally killing me! I actually had to stop the DVD because I was getting too upset. I get invested in fictional people too much!

But that whole bit where he found out his father is a murderer, and Ugly Brother is the son of the man Evil Father killed and ohohOH his face when he confronts his father and hopes it's not true, but of course it is.

And meanwhile Yon-Soo (Heroine) is waiting at the church, all made-up and pretty and happy, waiting for the engagement ceremony, and it's late and late and late and he isn't there.

And he comes in, and he just watches her from the door and you can tell how much he wants to go in, and to have her, and to be with her, but of course he is now thinking he can't (understandably so) and just the look on his face...because she is the one thing he wanted and the one thing he can't allow himself to have.

And then he walks away, still unseen, and she spends all night worrying (and I love that she isn't mad, just worried that something awful has happened, because she knows him and trusts him) and meanwhile he is in some hotel room, getting trashed, and just smashing the mirrors (there is some gorgeous shots in this ep. I am watching this on DVD but I am dling the ep just to screencap it) and then he just ends up curled up in the shower in the fetal position, weeping.

Yeah.

I turned it off because I bet I know what's coming, the famous 'he has to push her away for her own good' scene only now I am really invested in the OTP and totally dreading it.

I wonder how people stand watching these things when they don't know there is a happy ending coming?

Oh, but seriously, it's making me frelling cry.

Dammit.

( Here is gleeful stuff I typed up before the above happened )

What with BD and with ep 7 of Hong Gil Dong (which deserves and will get its own separate post) tearing out my heart to do a little dance on it, I am all emotional and weepy. Blah. And yet, I love every bit of it.