Hong Gil Dong continues to rock...

Just watched episodes 19 and 20 of Hong Gil Dong.

So good.

What am I going to do when this is over?

( Not too long but spoilery thoughts )

( Screencaps from eps 19 and 20 )

Also, now that I know some of my flisters are enjoying Yi San, I will definitely check it out. Here is a neat MV: swords, pretty heroine played by the awesome Han Ji Min and angsty period-garbed Lee Seo Jin. What more can one ask?

Hong Gil Dong continues to rock...

Just watched episodes 19 and 20 of Hong Gil Dong.

So good.

What am I going to do when this is over?

( Not too long but spoilery thoughts )

( Screencaps from eps 19 and 20 )

Also, now that I know some of my flisters are enjoying Yi San, I will definitely check it out. Here is a neat MV: swords, pretty heroine played by the awesome Han Ji Min and angsty period-garbed Lee Seo Jin. What more can one ask?

Hong Gil Dong continues to rock...

Just watched episodes 19 and 20 of Hong Gil Dong.

So good.

What am I going to do when this is over?

( Not too long but spoilery thoughts )

( Screencaps from eps 19 and 20 )

Also, now that I know some of my flisters are enjoying Yi San, I will definitely check it out. Here is a neat MV: swords, pretty heroine played by the awesome Han Ji Min and angsty period-garbed Lee Seo Jin. What more can one ask?

Goong: the funniest wedding night ever

The 'wedding night' scenes in eps 13-14 of Goong are not my favorite scene in the drama (that honor belongs to the kiss/confession in ep 23) but it is a close second. And it is certainly the funniest scene in the drama. I laughed so hard I got hiccups.

Basically, a scenario straight out of fanfic: our OTP is locked in a room together by the 'adults' who want them to consummate the marriage and produce an heir, thus silencing rumors of marital discord. Some of the ideas of the pushers are quite 'inventive' (i.e. turning off the heat, providing one tiny heated bed so they'd have to huddle for warmth. I blame Queen Dowager. I bet she reads fanfic on-line) and some markedly less so (if they think dressing Chae-Gyung in an elaborate gilt dress and scary traditional wig would make her look sexy, they are deluded) but the resulting scenes, with increasingly-desperate to get out Shin and Chae-Gyung forced to share a room all night, is priceless.

Also, I have to commend Shin's self control. He is a teenage boy locked in a room and bed with a girl he likes, who is in her jammies (but utterly clueless), and he knows that the Royals basically want them to go at it. The fact that he only kissed her is quite impressive. I love how he gets more and more desperate to get away though :P

( Hilarity behind the cut )

Goong: the funniest wedding night ever

The 'wedding night' scenes in eps 13-14 of Goong are not my favorite scene in the drama (that honor belongs to the kiss/confession in ep 23) but it is a close second. And it is certainly the funniest scene in the drama. I laughed so hard I got hiccups.

Basically, a scenario straight out of fanfic: our OTP is locked in a room together by the 'adults' who want them to consummate the marriage and produce an heir, thus silencing rumors of marital discord. Some of the ideas of the pushers are quite 'inventive' (i.e. turning off the heat, providing one tiny heated bed so they'd have to huddle for warmth. I blame Queen Dowager. I bet she reads fanfic on-line) and some markedly less so (if they think dressing Chae-Gyung in an elaborate gilt dress and scary traditional wig would make her look sexy, they are deluded) but the resulting scenes, with increasingly-desperate to get out Shin and Chae-Gyung forced to share a room all night, is priceless.

Also, I have to commend Shin's self control. He is a teenage boy locked in a room and bed with a girl he likes, who is in her jammies (but utterly clueless), and he knows that the Royals basically want them to go at it. The fact that he only kissed her is quite impressive. I love how he gets more and more desperate to get away though :P

( Hilarity behind the cut )

Goong: the funniest wedding night ever

The 'wedding night' scenes in eps 13-14 of Goong are not my favorite scene in the drama (that honor belongs to the kiss/confession in ep 23) but it is a close second. And it is certainly the funniest scene in the drama. I laughed so hard I got hiccups.

Basically, a scenario straight out of fanfic: our OTP is locked in a room together by the 'adults' who want them to consummate the marriage and produce an heir, thus silencing rumors of marital discord. Some of the ideas of the pushers are quite 'inventive' (i.e. turning off the heat, providing one tiny heated bed so they'd have to huddle for warmth. I blame Queen Dowager. I bet she reads fanfic on-line) and some markedly less so (if they think dressing Chae-Gyung in an elaborate gilt dress and scary traditional wig would make her look sexy, they are deluded) but the resulting scenes, with increasingly-desperate to get out Shin and Chae-Gyung forced to share a room all night, is priceless.

Also, I have to commend Shin's self control. He is a teenage boy locked in a room and bed with a girl he likes, who is in her jammies (but utterly clueless), and he knows that the Royals basically want them to go at it. The fact that he only kissed her is quite impressive. I love how he gets more and more desperate to get away though :P

( Hilarity behind the cut )

Wherein I confess my secret...

Am I weird?

Here is my confession of shame.

I like Tom Cruise. I mean, despite him being squinty, crazy, cult-promoting alien who probably grew his kid in a pod and Stepfordized his wife.

But I find him hot and I like his movies, so the crazy doesn't bother me. At all. In fact, it adds an extra layer of amusing.

Now I am going to go hide in shame.

It must be the Bollywood-lover in me. Compared to allegations of drunk-driving activities that killed some homeless people (Salman Khan), involvement with terrorists responsible for the Bombay blasts (Sanjay Dutt), bigamy (Dharmendra), as well as mafia ties and connection to political corruption (too many stars to name), Tom Cruise-style craziness is small fry. Since I love Salman, Sanjay, Dharmendra et al, it's only fair not to mind the Cruise brand nuttiness :)

Hmmmm...

Wherein I confess my secret...

Am I weird?

Here is my confession of shame.

I like Tom Cruise. I mean, despite him being squinty, crazy, cult-promoting alien who probably grew his kid in a pod and Stepfordized his wife.

But I find him hot and I like his movies, so the crazy doesn't bother me. At all. In fact, it adds an extra layer of amusing.

Now I am going to go hide in shame.

It must be the Bollywood-lover in me. Compared to allegations of drunk-driving activities that killed some homeless people (Salman Khan), involvement with terrorists responsible for the Bombay blasts (Sanjay Dutt), bigamy (Dharmendra), as well as mafia ties and connection to political corruption (too many stars to name), Tom Cruise-style craziness is small fry. Since I love Salman, Sanjay, Dharmendra et al, it's only fair not to mind the Cruise brand nuttiness :)

Hmmmm...

Wherein I confess my secret...

Am I weird?

Here is my confession of shame.

I like Tom Cruise. I mean, despite him being squinty, crazy, cult-promoting alien who probably grew his kid in a pod and Stepfordized his wife.

But I find him hot and I like his movies, so the crazy doesn't bother me. At all. In fact, it adds an extra layer of amusing.

Now I am going to go hide in shame.

It must be the Bollywood-lover in me. Compared to allegations of drunk-driving activities that killed some homeless people (Salman Khan), involvement with terrorists responsible for the Bombay blasts (Sanjay Dutt), bigamy (Dharmendra), as well as mafia ties and connection to political corruption (too many stars to name), Tom Cruise-style craziness is small fry. Since I love Salman, Sanjay, Dharmendra et al, it's only fair not to mind the Cruise brand nuttiness :)

Hmmmm...

My drama WTF-points, and Jumong gets married...

Perhaps surprisingly for someone who enjoys stories about stepsiblings loving each other in the snow, I do have a WTF button when it comes to dramas. This is separate from not liking a drama because it's not good. There are plenty of wtf dramas that are excellently made and plenty of bad ones which do not even pinge my WTF meter. There have been a number of dramas I gave up on or never checked out because they broke the WTF-meter: Magicians of Love (Taiwan), Hana Kimi (Japan), Kimi Wa Petto (Japan), Jotei (Japan), Deer Man (Japan), RH Plus (Japan), Love Story in Harvard (Korea), Who Are You (Korea), etc etc etc. I am sure there are many more wtf-y dramas, but I tend to stay away from them.

What are sure signs that will send me running for the exit?

1. Hairdressers who are butch, manly, the envy of all and saviors of the country. Some are mafia heirs (See MoL).

2. Generally people who use their face like rubber masks. I don't require a great deal of subtlety in my acting, but am not keen on human cartoons.

3. Scrawny, starved boys with concave chests who are supposed to be tough fighters. (I shudder when I think of shirtless Matsuda Shota with his concave chest pretending to be a gangster in Jotei. No one will convince me even a Kame who's had a few meals can be any kind of a boxer etc etc).

3a. Any scrawny guy shirtless. Most of jdrama stars should keep their shirts on forever.

4. Talking animals. Just no. (Deer Man).

5. Gay teenage vampires who fight crime. (RH+)

6. Any drama which has a main character in drag for most of the duration (Queens, Princess Princess D)

Scratch that. Just remembered Coffee Prince and Hana Kimi-tw.

7. People as pets. (KwP)

8. Any drama a huge chunk of which is set at an English-speaking country and I have to listen to episodes and episodes of nearly incomprehensible English as everyon around them exclaims at their fluency and they are surrounded by horrid White non-actors (Love Story in Harvard by far the worst offender, as its hero is supposed to be an American lawyer for eps and eps and eps).

9. Prostitutes dressed like desk ladies at Holiday Inn (Jotei).

10. Bizarro sound effects.

What are yours?

In completely unrelated news, kdrama star Song Il-Gook got hitched last week in a very traditional ceremony. He married a lady judge. That is sort of like a drama :)

And apparently it was a private wedding (he doesn't want the pics/name of bride to circulate so she can stay private) but some authorized pics have been released. You can't see the bride well in them, on purpose, but the traditional stuff is fascinating (a duck?)

( Wedding pics )

My drama WTF-points, and Jumong gets married...

Perhaps surprisingly for someone who enjoys stories about stepsiblings loving each other in the snow, I do have a WTF button when it comes to dramas. This is separate from not liking a drama because it's not good. There are plenty of wtf dramas that are excellently made and plenty of bad ones which do not even pinge my WTF meter. There have been a number of dramas I gave up on or never checked out because they broke the WTF-meter: Magicians of Love (Taiwan), Hana Kimi (Japan), Kimi Wa Petto (Japan), Jotei (Japan), Deer Man (Japan), RH Plus (Japan), Love Story in Harvard (Korea), Who Are You (Korea), etc etc etc. I am sure there are many more wtf-y dramas, but I tend to stay away from them.

What are sure signs that will send me running for the exit?

1. Hairdressers who are butch, manly, the envy of all and saviors of the country. Some are mafia heirs (See MoL).

2. Generally people who use their face like rubber masks. I don't require a great deal of subtlety in my acting, but am not keen on human cartoons.

3. Scrawny, starved boys with concave chests who are supposed to be tough fighters. (I shudder when I think of shirtless Matsuda Shota with his concave chest pretending to be a gangster in Jotei. No one will convince me even a Kame who's had a few meals can be any kind of a boxer etc etc).

3a. Any scrawny guy shirtless. Most of jdrama stars should keep their shirts on forever.

4. Talking animals. Just no. (Deer Man).

5. Gay teenage vampires who fight crime. (RH+)

6. Any drama which has a main character in drag for most of the duration (Queens, Princess Princess D)

Scratch that. Just remembered Coffee Prince and Hana Kimi-tw.

7. People as pets. (KwP)

8. Any drama a huge chunk of which is set at an English-speaking country and I have to listen to episodes and episodes of nearly incomprehensible English as everyon around them exclaims at their fluency and they are surrounded by horrid White non-actors (Love Story in Harvard by far the worst offender, as its hero is supposed to be an American lawyer for eps and eps and eps).

9. Prostitutes dressed like desk ladies at Holiday Inn (Jotei).

10. Bizarro sound effects.

What are yours?

In completely unrelated news, kdrama star Song Il-Gook got hitched last week in a very traditional ceremony. He married a lady judge. That is sort of like a drama :)

And apparently it was a private wedding (he doesn't want the pics/name of bride to circulate so she can stay private) but some authorized pics have been released. You can't see the bride well in them, on purpose, but the traditional stuff is fascinating (a duck?)

( Wedding pics )

My drama WTF-points, and Jumong gets married...

Perhaps surprisingly for someone who enjoys stories about stepsiblings loving each other in the snow, I do have a WTF button when it comes to dramas. This is separate from not liking a drama because it's not good. There are plenty of wtf dramas that are excellently made and plenty of bad ones which do not even pinge my WTF meter. There have been a number of dramas I gave up on or never checked out because they broke the WTF-meter: Magicians of Love (Taiwan), Hana Kimi (Japan), Kimi Wa Petto (Japan), Jotei (Japan), Deer Man (Japan), RH Plus (Japan), Love Story in Harvard (Korea), Who Are You (Korea), etc etc etc. I am sure there are many more wtf-y dramas, but I tend to stay away from them.

What are sure signs that will send me running for the exit?

1. Hairdressers who are butch, manly, the envy of all and saviors of the country. Some are mafia heirs (See MoL).

2. Generally people who use their face like rubber masks. I don't require a great deal of subtlety in my acting, but am not keen on human cartoons.

3. Scrawny, starved boys with concave chests who are supposed to be tough fighters. (I shudder when I think of shirtless Matsuda Shota with his concave chest pretending to be a gangster in Jotei. No one will convince me even a Kame who's had a few meals can be any kind of a boxer etc etc).

3a. Any scrawny guy shirtless. Most of jdrama stars should keep their shirts on forever.

4. Talking animals. Just no. (Deer Man).

5. Gay teenage vampires who fight crime. (RH+)

6. Any drama which has a main character in drag for most of the duration (Queens, Princess Princess D)

Scratch that. Just remembered Coffee Prince and Hana Kimi-tw.

7. People as pets. (KwP)

8. Any drama a huge chunk of which is set at an English-speaking country and I have to listen to episodes and episodes of nearly incomprehensible English as everyon around them exclaims at their fluency and they are surrounded by horrid White non-actors (Love Story in Harvard by far the worst offender, as its hero is supposed to be an American lawyer for eps and eps and eps).

9. Prostitutes dressed like desk ladies at Holiday Inn (Jotei).

10. Bizarro sound effects.

What are yours?

In completely unrelated news, kdrama star Song Il-Gook got hitched last week in a very traditional ceremony. He married a lady judge. That is sort of like a drama :)

And apparently it was a private wedding (he doesn't want the pics/name of bride to circulate so she can stay private) but some authorized pics have been released. You can't see the bride well in them, on purpose, but the traditional stuff is fascinating (a duck?)

( Wedding pics )

Lovers

alexandral's watching of Lovers reminded me how much I loved it.

It's one of those rare dramas that follows entirely grown-up people: both Lee Seo Jin's mobster going legit and Kim Jung Eun's plastic surgeon are people in their thirties who've been around the block a few times. Which it makes it both all the sweeter when they rediscover love, and more awesome because the tiresome misunderstandings are absent. And the chemistry is through the roof (giving hope to RPFers everywhere, Lee Seo Jin and Kim Jung Eun did, in fact, hook up during filming and have been together ever since).

I realized I never metaed the last four eps. Must do so but will have to rewatch them in order to do so. Ah, the pain :)

However, meta and rewatch will have to wait till tomorrow. For now here is a cool mv:

( As a bonus, here is a clip from the show KJE hosted onto which LSJ came on as a guest :P )

Lovers

alexandral's watching of Lovers reminded me how much I loved it.

It's one of those rare dramas that follows entirely grown-up people: both Lee Seo Jin's mobster going legit and Kim Jung Eun's plastic surgeon are people in their thirties who've been around the block a few times. Which it makes it both all the sweeter when they rediscover love, and more awesome because the tiresome misunderstandings are absent. And the chemistry is through the roof (giving hope to RPFers everywhere, Lee Seo Jin and Kim Jung Eun did, in fact, hook up during filming and have been together ever since).

I realized I never metaed the last four eps. Must do so but will have to rewatch them in order to do so. Ah, the pain :)

However, meta and rewatch will have to wait till tomorrow. For now here is a cool mv:

( As a bonus, here is a clip from the show KJE hosted onto which LSJ came on as a guest :P )

Lovers

alexandral's watching of Lovers reminded me how much I loved it.

It's one of those rare dramas that follows entirely grown-up people: both Lee Seo Jin's mobster going legit and Kim Jung Eun's plastic surgeon are people in their thirties who've been around the block a few times. Which it makes it both all the sweeter when they rediscover love, and more awesome because the tiresome misunderstandings are absent. And the chemistry is through the roof (giving hope to RPFers everywhere, Lee Seo Jin and Kim Jung Eun did, in fact, hook up during filming and have been together ever since).

I realized I never metaed the last four eps. Must do so but will have to rewatch them in order to do so. Ah, the pain :)

However, meta and rewatch will have to wait till tomorrow. For now here is a cool mv:

( As a bonus, here is a clip from the show KJE hosted onto which LSJ came on as a guest :P )