Rooftop Prince and The Equator Man - two dramas with nothing in common except for the timeslot

[dangermousie]

I confess my interest in Rooftop Prince is beginning to wane. I am currently managing to keep up with 4 airing dramas (all three W/Th dramas and Love Rain) but I am about to add Hero to the list and try to catch up on God of War and if I will find that I need to drop one, RP will probably be the one. It's a cute, sweet drama but it's darling fluff and I am constitutionally unable to be fully invested in a fluffy drama to the extent I prefer other kinds.

This said, the sequence at the end of ep 5 was adorable.














Also, Yoochun looks about 200x hotter with that modern haircut and a smile (though he looked fine in Joseon garb) and I am excited Park Ha finally remembered the truth about Sena. Now if only she conveys said truth to Princey.

Episodes 5 and 6 of TEM gave me shivers. This drama's cat-and-mouse game is more overt than that of Mawang but not any less tense, smart and satisfying. Jang Il is such an utter black hole of moral failure. I'd almost say that his being the way he is would be sufficient punishment, except the hell that he plunged Sun Woo into deserves a more bloody repayment.




Luckily Sun Woo agrees with me. The scene above was perfect. I love that he remembers every bit of what happened but is pretending not to - his cat and mouse with Jang Il keeps me on the edge of my seat (JI, btw, still clearly manifests that he'd have no second thoughts about committing another murder if he had to. In trying to kill Sun Woo, he also killed any hope of a worthy future for himself).



Ji Wan and Sun Woo are the sole ray of sunshine in the story and I ship them in part because of that, but also because I know how much it would devastate Jang Il. In your face, soulless psycho!

Comments

[phoenixbasilisk.livejournal.com]

i'm on this insane uhm tae woong obsession right now.
i watched mawang, and am now finishing up resurrection.
why is he so perfect? ahhh.

i will probably start this one after. i feel like its just one loooooong uhm tae woong drama for me with all three.
so much revenge! XD

[sanaenam.livejournal.com]

I had been afraid that The Equator Man would be too much like Resurrection. And I'm so relieved that he isn't reprising his prior role. There are some serious differences between the two. TEM feels so much more desperate. Much darker. In Resurrection, he still had had a wonderful life with his surrogate family. A much better one than his brother had with the stepfather. And certainly a much better one than the one Sun Woo has now, knowing that all he got for the love he gave Jang Il is the loss of the two people who most mattered to him and of the life he could have had. Geez, the best way to get me - I think - is to feature street urchins trying their damnedest to survive. I just want to take in all these kids as foster siblings or nephews/nieces.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It is super good!

[timescout.livejournal.com]

I've more or less decided to do the same. RP is entertaining fluff but not something I'd absolutely need to watch. I FF most of it anyway. I'm about to finally add God of War to the roster (been waiting for more subs) and that means something's got to give. So... RP it is.

TEM is wonderfully twisty and dark. In a way it's darker than Mawang and I'm seriously loving that. Lee Joon Hyuk is doing an exellent job but it's UTW that has me glued to the screen. He's always had the ability to be mesmerising but here it feels like he's added another layer to his portrayal. Not that it surprises me, I've watched 'Handphone' after all. The disgusting piece of humanity he played there was rather disturbing in a 'can't-take-my-eyes-off' kinda way. *g* His real self is so sweet and goofy so I'm wondering where he drags up all the darkness from.....

[clairiere.livejournal.com]

Must be the genes, his sister's also excellent. Wish they could lure her to do a drama.

Jang-Il's courtship of Ji-Won was giving me the willies, so I'm glad the focus has moved (back) to Ji-Won and Sun-Woo and it's forcing Ji-Won to open her eyes to Jang-Il's true colors. And (adults) Ji-Won and Sun-Woo are lovely, quite enjoying their chemistry & scenes.

[timescout.livejournal.com]

I just watched the pre-view for ep 7 and it looks like another doozer. Jang Il and his Ji Won obsession is making my skin crawl... Of course it'll be Sun Woo who'll get hit with the fallout for the rejection that's sure to come.

[lonesome dove (from livejournal.com)]

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8927/777777777777i.jpg

lol this photo of the couple was released with headlines like LBY what r you doing to UTW or LBY the pure with a bad hand by korean drama standers this is considered intimate lol

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is about where I am with RP though I am still keeping it for now. It's a cuter concept for a movie than a drama.

[once-a-weaver.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think RP is slipping away from me too. I might drop back in for a visit a few episodes down the road, but I'm not feeling particularly attached.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am glad I am not alone - fandom adores it but I am so so.