What to do when your chaebol fiance is about to learn you are a con-artist prostitute?

If I were Miri, I would run.



Oh my.

Yoo Hyun must have seemed a perfect target - rich, besotted, sweet, naïve. And I do think that while it started as a con, she genuinely fell in love with him.

Only, the thing is, yes, he really fell for her head-over-heels, but he is also really scary underneath the controlled-nice demeanor. He keeps it in check, but he really would be the last person I'd want to cross. Oh Miri, what have you put in motion?

I honestly have NO idea where the drama is going to go from there, but I do know Miri is in MAJOR trouble. Does Yoo Hyun love her enough to forgive her? No idea. But I am pretty sure there is not enough love in the world for him to trust her again.

What to do when your chaebol fiance is about to learn you are a con-artist prostitute?

If I were Miri, I would run.



Oh my.

Yoo Hyun must have seemed a perfect target - rich, besotted, sweet, naïve. And I do think that while it started as a con, she genuinely fell in love with him.

Only, the thing is, yes, he really fell for her head-over-heels, but he is also really scary underneath the controlled-nice demeanor. He keeps it in check, but he really would be the last person I'd want to cross. Oh Miri, what have you put in motion?

I honestly have NO idea where the drama is going to go from there, but I do know Miri is in MAJOR trouble. Does Yoo Hyun love her enough to forgive her? No idea. But I am pretty sure there is not enough love in the world for him to trust her again.

What to do when your chaebol fiance is about to learn you are a con-artist prostitute?

If I were Miri, I would run.



Oh my.

Yoo Hyun must have seemed a perfect target - rich, besotted, sweet, naïve. And I do think that while it started as a con, she genuinely fell in love with him.

Only, the thing is, yes, he really fell for her head-over-heels, but he is also really scary underneath the controlled-nice demeanor. He keeps it in check, but he really would be the last person I'd want to cross. Oh Miri, what have you put in motion?

I honestly have NO idea where the drama is going to go from there, but I do know Miri is in MAJOR trouble. Does Yoo Hyun love her enough to forgive her? No idea. But I am pretty sure there is not enough love in the world for him to trust her again.

Warrior Baek Dong Soo - Mousie considers eating crow yet again

I wonder - is 2011 turning into the year which will teach me that my favorite pastime of jumping to conclusions about dramas before they air is, in fact, wrong? Say it ain't so! First we had Secret Garden (which I thought looked dull from promos, and then I watched and fell in love), then City Hunter (trainwreck promos, amazing drama) and now possibly Warrior Baek Dong Soo?

Much as I adore sageuks, I was not going to check out this one - the cast seemed too young and none of the male leads were familiar to me except Yoo Seung Ho who, at 17, gave me shudders as one of the main leads of a sageuk, which is, in retrospect, ironic. Plenty of sageuk characters are young men. It's just I am so used to sex gods actors who play them be a good 10+ years older than their on-screen age, see Song Il Gook in Kingdom of the Winds and Bae Yong Joon in Legend, two dramas I adore, that when an actual 17-yr-old plays a 17-yr-old it feels weird.

Anyway, I was not planning to check it out but then momosan liked it and then I saw the 6-min trailer:

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT! It looks frelling amazing!

But still, am a little unsure, as old prejudices die hard, so a poll for my flisties.

[Poll #1759089]

Warrior Baek Dong Soo - Mousie considers eating crow yet again

I wonder - is 2011 turning into the year which will teach me that my favorite pastime of jumping to conclusions about dramas before they air is, in fact, wrong? Say it ain't so! First we had Secret Garden (which I thought looked dull from promos, and then I watched and fell in love), then City Hunter (trainwreck promos, amazing drama) and now possibly Warrior Baek Dong Soo?

Much as I adore sageuks, I was not going to check out this one - the cast seemed too young and none of the male leads were familiar to me except Yoo Seung Ho who, at 17, gave me shudders as one of the main leads of a sageuk, which is, in retrospect, ironic. Plenty of sageuk characters are young men. It's just I am so used to sex gods actors who play them be a good 10+ years older than their on-screen age, see Song Il Gook in Kingdom of the Winds and Bae Yong Joon in Legend, two dramas I adore, that when an actual 17-yr-old plays a 17-yr-old it feels weird.

Anyway, I was not planning to check it out but then momosan liked it and then I saw the 6-min trailer:

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT! It looks frelling amazing!

But still, am a little unsure, as old prejudices die hard, so a poll for my flisties.

[Poll #1759089]

Warrior Baek Dong Soo - Mousie considers eating crow yet again

I wonder - is 2011 turning into the year which will teach me that my favorite pastime of jumping to conclusions about dramas before they air is, in fact, wrong? Say it ain't so! First we had Secret Garden (which I thought looked dull from promos, and then I watched and fell in love), then City Hunter (trainwreck promos, amazing drama) and now possibly Warrior Baek Dong Soo?

Much as I adore sageuks, I was not going to check out this one - the cast seemed too young and none of the male leads were familiar to me except Yoo Seung Ho who, at 17, gave me shudders as one of the main leads of a sageuk, which is, in retrospect, ironic. Plenty of sageuk characters are young men. It's just I am so used to sex gods actors who play them be a good 10+ years older than their on-screen age, see Song Il Gook in Kingdom of the Winds and Bae Yong Joon in Legend, two dramas I adore, that when an actual 17-yr-old plays a 17-yr-old it feels weird.

Anyway, I was not planning to check it out but then momosan liked it and then I saw the 6-min trailer:

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT! It looks frelling amazing!

But still, am a little unsure, as old prejudices die hard, so a poll for my flisties.

[Poll #1759089]

Still catching up on CYHMH and Maru must die!!!!!

Ugh, Maru/Jun Ha/whatever is the most self-absorbed, selfish, emo-whiny character ever.

He's caused major deliberate grief to (a) YJ, who is pretty close to an angel in human form and is an amazing Dad to Maru the Ungrateful (b) Woori - yeah, trying to break her up with Dong Joo and belittling it all is sucky, but trying to get her attention withholding info that he is Maru is another level of sick (c) Halmoni - the scene in ep 18/19 where he was such a f****** bastard to an old, ill lady and then left her there to have a fit? I want him to freaking fry (d) Dong Joo, who has been an amazing, selfless, loving brother to him - oh, when he kept throwing Dong Joo's disability in his face I WANTED TO STAB HIM! What kind of a psycho does that?

Ugh, go jump off a roof or something.

I know family dramas, guy is going to be redeemed or something but he really should not be forgiven - not by YJ and family, Woori included, not by Dong Joo. It drives me nuts that they are going to forgive them. Forgiveness, especially for being as awful as he is, must be earned and he is not earning it any time soon.

I mean, Woori and Dong Joo even decided to put aside their feelings and break up to deal with the psycho and make him feel better. Whaaaaaaa? In what Universe?

Ugh. Die. As Creepy to Gloria is Maru to CYHMH. Well, I don't think he offed anyone a la Creepy but he certainly irritates me about the same.

( To make self feel less ragey, cute caps of OTP from ep 18 that I had around )

Still catching up on CYHMH and Maru must die!!!!!

Ugh, Maru/Jun Ha/whatever is the most self-absorbed, selfish, emo-whiny character ever.

He's caused major deliberate grief to (a) YJ, who is pretty close to an angel in human form and is an amazing Dad to Maru the Ungrateful (b) Woori - yeah, trying to break her up with Dong Joo and belittling it all is sucky, but trying to get her attention withholding info that he is Maru is another level of sick (c) Halmoni - the scene in ep 18/19 where he was such a f****** bastard to an old, ill lady and then left her there to have a fit? I want him to freaking fry (d) Dong Joo, who has been an amazing, selfless, loving brother to him - oh, when he kept throwing Dong Joo's disability in his face I WANTED TO STAB HIM! What kind of a psycho does that?

Ugh, go jump off a roof or something.

I know family dramas, guy is going to be redeemed or something but he really should not be forgiven - not by YJ and family, Woori included, not by Dong Joo. It drives me nuts that they are going to forgive them. Forgiveness, especially for being as awful as he is, must be earned and he is not earning it any time soon.

I mean, Woori and Dong Joo even decided to put aside their feelings and break up to deal with the psycho and make him feel better. Whaaaaaaa? In what Universe?

Ugh. Die. As Creepy to Gloria is Maru to CYHMH. Well, I don't think he offed anyone a la Creepy but he certainly irritates me about the same.

( To make self feel less ragey, cute caps of OTP from ep 18 that I had around )

Still catching up on CYHMH and Maru must die!!!!!

Ugh, Maru/Jun Ha/whatever is the most self-absorbed, selfish, emo-whiny character ever.

He's caused major deliberate grief to (a) YJ, who is pretty close to an angel in human form and is an amazing Dad to Maru the Ungrateful (b) Woori - yeah, trying to break her up with Dong Joo and belittling it all is sucky, but trying to get her attention withholding info that he is Maru is another level of sick (c) Halmoni - the scene in ep 18/19 where he was such a f****** bastard to an old, ill lady and then left her there to have a fit? I want him to freaking fry (d) Dong Joo, who has been an amazing, selfless, loving brother to him - oh, when he kept throwing Dong Joo's disability in his face I WANTED TO STAB HIM! What kind of a psycho does that?

Ugh, go jump off a roof or something.

I know family dramas, guy is going to be redeemed or something but he really should not be forgiven - not by YJ and family, Woori included, not by Dong Joo. It drives me nuts that they are going to forgive them. Forgiveness, especially for being as awful as he is, must be earned and he is not earning it any time soon.

I mean, Woori and Dong Joo even decided to put aside their feelings and break up to deal with the psycho and make him feel better. Whaaaaaaa? In what Universe?

Ugh. Die. As Creepy to Gloria is Maru to CYHMH. Well, I don't think he offed anyone a la Creepy but he certainly irritates me about the same.

( To make self feel less ragey, cute caps of OTP from ep 18 that I had around )

Drama Tally - Mousie tallies up her dramas for the first half of 2011

Dramas I loved

1. City Hunter - adrenaline, romance, acting and writing and directing are all perfect. I am pretty sure this will be my drama of the year - I even dream about it. There is nothing about this drama I would change.
2. Secret Garden - so romantic it made me swoon, but also funny and smart. I love this drama. Oh, and it made me laugh like a hyena and bawl like a maniac.
3. Gloria - it must be incredibly hard to maintain perfection for 50 eps but this drama came really close to managing. So perfect, it made me feel I was living with these people - two amazing OTPs, great every day interactions, and everything else.
4. Can You Hear My Heart - romance and family ties and hope and gorgeous colors.

Dramas I liked

5. Miss Ripley - smart, brilliantly acted, but I confess to not being truly attached to the characters, which is why it's in the 'like' and not 'love' category.
6. Heartstrings - sweet and poetic and very young
7. The Royal Family - once again, smart and very well acted and very dark, but, as with Ripley, I was a bit detached from the characters.
8. New Tales of the Gisaeng - I adored the main OTP with fiery adoration but the rest of the storylines interested me less. 52 eps really showed here - it got draggy in parts and last fifth sort of really lost it.
9. Crime Squad - it was smart and tragic and fast-paced but I think I cannot truly fall in love with procedurals. This is a damn good one though.
10. Dream High - infectuously cute, even if with a nuance and maturity of a spoon. I confess it's not higher because the main character, played by Kim Su Hyun, bored me. I loved everyone except for him.

Meh

11. My Princess - I love the leads but to call this plotless and fluffy would be the understatement of the decade.
12. Thornbirds - love the actors and normally a big melo fan but even I hit a brick wall with the stupidity of these characters. If any of them used a single brain-cell between them, the drama would have been two eps long.
13. Lie to Me - see comment to 11
14. 49 Days - I was enjoying it and then came that ending. This drama is dead to me.
15. Romance Town - see comment to 11
16. Best Love - see comment to 11 (notice a trend?) Plus, the hero was a Bugs Bunny cartoon on speed and the whole feel utterly unrealistic in any emotional sense whatsoever. If there are people who behave like this, I don't want to meet them.
17. Manny - not even Seo Ji Suk could make me like a story of a male Mary Poppins. No, thanks!
18. Yaksha - interesting premise, gross and confusing execution.

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

19. Athena Goddess of War - there should be some sort of criminal charge for wasting a cast this good on a drama this awful. And I say this as a rabid fangirl of its predecessor, IRIS.
20. It's OK, Daddy's Girl - no, it's not OK at all, actually.
21. Paradise Ranch - this is a drama to show someone if you want to torture them and waterboarding is not available. I was trying to think of anything good about it - acting, writing, anything. Only thing I could come up with it ended.

Coming up next - 2011 OTPs - the good, the bad, and the kissy.

Drama Tally - Mousie tallies up her dramas for the first half of 2011

Dramas I loved

1. City Hunter - adrenaline, romance, acting and writing and directing are all perfect. I am pretty sure this will be my drama of the year - I even dream about it. There is nothing about this drama I would change.
2. Secret Garden - so romantic it made me swoon, but also funny and smart. I love this drama. Oh, and it made me laugh like a hyena and bawl like a maniac.
3. Gloria - it must be incredibly hard to maintain perfection for 50 eps but this drama came really close to managing. So perfect, it made me feel I was living with these people - two amazing OTPs, great every day interactions, and everything else.
4. Can You Hear My Heart - romance and family ties and hope and gorgeous colors.

Dramas I liked

5. Miss Ripley - smart, brilliantly acted, but I confess to not being truly attached to the characters, which is why it's in the 'like' and not 'love' category.
6. Heartstrings - sweet and poetic and very young
7. The Royal Family - once again, smart and very well acted and very dark, but, as with Ripley, I was a bit detached from the characters.
8. New Tales of the Gisaeng - I adored the main OTP with fiery adoration but the rest of the storylines interested me less. 52 eps really showed here - it got draggy in parts and last fifth sort of really lost it.
9. Crime Squad - it was smart and tragic and fast-paced but I think I cannot truly fall in love with procedurals. This is a damn good one though.
10. Dream High - infectuously cute, even if with a nuance and maturity of a spoon. I confess it's not higher because the main character, played by Kim Su Hyun, bored me. I loved everyone except for him.

Meh

11. My Princess - I love the leads but to call this plotless and fluffy would be the understatement of the decade.
12. Thornbirds - love the actors and normally a big melo fan but even I hit a brick wall with the stupidity of these characters. If any of them used a single brain-cell between them, the drama would have been two eps long.
13. Lie to Me - see comment to 11
14. 49 Days - I was enjoying it and then came that ending. This drama is dead to me.
15. Romance Town - see comment to 11
16. Best Love - see comment to 11 (notice a trend?) Plus, the hero was a Bugs Bunny cartoon on speed and the whole feel utterly unrealistic in any emotional sense whatsoever. If there are people who behave like this, I don't want to meet them.
17. Manny - not even Seo Ji Suk could make me like a story of a male Mary Poppins. No, thanks!
18. Yaksha - interesting premise, gross and confusing execution.

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

19. Athena Goddess of War - there should be some sort of criminal charge for wasting a cast this good on a drama this awful. And I say this as a rabid fangirl of its predecessor, IRIS.
20. It's OK, Daddy's Girl - no, it's not OK at all, actually.
21. Paradise Ranch - this is a drama to show someone if you want to torture them and waterboarding is not available. I was trying to think of anything good about it - acting, writing, anything. Only thing I could come up with it ended.

Coming up next - 2011 OTPs - the good, the bad, and the kissy.

Drama Tally - Mousie tallies up her dramas for the first half of 2011

Dramas I loved

1. City Hunter - adrenaline, romance, acting and writing and directing are all perfect. I am pretty sure this will be my drama of the year - I even dream about it. There is nothing about this drama I would change.
2. Secret Garden - so romantic it made me swoon, but also funny and smart. I love this drama. Oh, and it made me laugh like a hyena and bawl like a maniac.
3. Gloria - it must be incredibly hard to maintain perfection for 50 eps but this drama came really close to managing. So perfect, it made me feel I was living with these people - two amazing OTPs, great every day interactions, and everything else.
4. Can You Hear My Heart - romance and family ties and hope and gorgeous colors.

Dramas I liked

5. Miss Ripley - smart, brilliantly acted, but I confess to not being truly attached to the characters, which is why it's in the 'like' and not 'love' category.
6. Heartstrings - sweet and poetic and very young
7. The Royal Family - once again, smart and very well acted and very dark, but, as with Ripley, I was a bit detached from the characters.
8. New Tales of the Gisaeng - I adored the main OTP with fiery adoration but the rest of the storylines interested me less. 52 eps really showed here - it got draggy in parts and last fifth sort of really lost it.
9. Crime Squad - it was smart and tragic and fast-paced but I think I cannot truly fall in love with procedurals. This is a damn good one though.
10. Dream High - infectuously cute, even if with a nuance and maturity of a spoon. I confess it's not higher because the main character, played by Kim Su Hyun, bored me. I loved everyone except for him.

Meh

11. My Princess - I love the leads but to call this plotless and fluffy would be the understatement of the decade.
12. Thornbirds - love the actors and normally a big melo fan but even I hit a brick wall with the stupidity of these characters. If any of them used a single brain-cell between them, the drama would have been two eps long.
13. Lie to Me - see comment to 11
14. 49 Days - I was enjoying it and then came that ending. This drama is dead to me.
15. Romance Town - see comment to 11
16. Best Love - see comment to 11 (notice a trend?) Plus, the hero was a Bugs Bunny cartoon on speed and the whole feel utterly unrealistic in any emotional sense whatsoever. If there are people who behave like this, I don't want to meet them.
17. Manny - not even Seo Ji Suk could make me like a story of a male Mary Poppins. No, thanks!
18. Yaksha - interesting premise, gross and confusing execution.

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

19. Athena Goddess of War - there should be some sort of criminal charge for wasting a cast this good on a drama this awful. And I say this as a rabid fangirl of its predecessor, IRIS.
20. It's OK, Daddy's Girl - no, it's not OK at all, actually.
21. Paradise Ranch - this is a drama to show someone if you want to torture them and waterboarding is not available. I was trying to think of anything good about it - acting, writing, anything. Only thing I could come up with it ended.

Coming up next - 2011 OTPs - the good, the bad, and the kissy.