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[dangermousie]

I've been reading about Big's ending and LOL. LOL. I am so glad I dumped this at ep 8 (and only sorry I held on s long as I did). The ragey comments at dramabeans are super-entertaining.

I've loved my share of bad dramas but this wasn't even 'bad but entertaining in its badness' (a la Dr Jin) or 'bad but hitting my shippy kinks and caring' a la Myung Wol. I adored the latter and was very entertained by the former but Big was just one big, slogging, dull mess. Still, I expected a better ending than that. Oh, Hong Sisters! I used to love you so...

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[singing-tree.livejournal.com]

Sigh, yeah.. Hong Sisters. Remember when their dramas were good?

Nothing they have written these past few years can compare to their earliest dramas. Chun-Hyang, My Girl, Hong Gil Dong (I had my problems with that one but no doubt it was far superior than most of the new ones)
Fantasy Couple, never watched it nor am I planning to. You're Beautiful, despite being cute, had major flaws. MGIAG was also cute, even angsty at points, I liked it but didn't love it.
And let's not even begin on Best Love. WTF was that.
Big seems to be the final nail in the coffin..

[algelic.livejournal.com]

They seem to be trying to mass-produce scripts. The interval between each of their dramas gets shorter and shorter. Before one drama is finished, they're already talking about the next one they'll release.

They're probably trying to take advantage of their growing popularity (after You're Beautiful, I guess). But they're sacrificing their dramas' quality for the sake of good timing.

Le sigh.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, their earlier dramas were good but post-HGD, it's as if a switch has flipped and not in a good way.

[algelic.livejournal.com]

I didn't even make it to episode 6 of BIG. There were so many bad things about it that I jumped ship before it sank.

The saddest part is that I was looking forward to Gong Yoo's return to dramaland. What a waste of his talent.

Also, I didn't even finish the first episode of Dr. Jin. Half of my brain cells died in those minutes. But sometimes I skim through Dramabeans' recaps and it's so freakin hilarious I almost can't believe it's real.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Dr Jin transcends mere badnes and becomes so insane it is entertaining. It may be one of the worst things I've ever seen but it's hilarious.

[algelic.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm on vacation and it's insanely hot outside so I have tons of time to watch dramas.

I'm currently watching:
- I Need Romance 2
- Rich Man, Poor Woman
- A Gentleman's Dignity
- Iki mo Dekinai Natsu (age gap romance... but the romance hasn't started yet)
- Beloved (aka: Dear You). About a happily married couple who's relationship is tested by old flames and homewreckers. It's kind of repetitive, not much plot.
- Hatsukoi - A married woman in her 30s with pancreatic cancer runs into her first great love... who just so happens to be the only doctor that can save her. A very quiet and emotional Jdrama. I like it very much, though some people might find it boring.
- Mou Ichido Kimi ni Propose - Only watched the first episode. It's too slow to watch weekly, so I'll marathon it once it's over.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fun list

[abby2507.livejournal.com]

I've never been more happy for a drama to end even though I stopped watching at episode 4. I just really disliked everything about it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a total waste of time

[hamster428.livejournal.com]

I didnt even watch it and I still feel the rage. Because although I wasnt watching, I was faithfully reading recaps and waiting for the moment little.cute.adorable.KJ returns on screen. I'd have better luck waiting for Jesus to come back to us @_0

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL True

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I think I stopped at episode five with this one. I agree that the Hong Sisters dramas just get worse and worse. It started around You're Beautiful(dragging plot, insane plot holes, lack of communication between characters, and repetitive) and went from there. Sure, MGIAG was cute, but it had major issues with the repetitiveness and Best Love was just a mess.

With this one - I'm so confused about the plot. Did the doctor (in the teens body) stay in a coma at the end? Did the teen (in the doctor's body) stay with the teacher? 'Cause that seems a little messed up.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, the story made no sense at the end. I think they should just take a nice long break.

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

They both woke up and the teen ends up with the teacher in his own body. Everyone's mad because:

1) the wake-up happens after a 1-year time leap, off screen, and we never learn exactly what caused them to return to their bodies,

2) you never find out anything about the doctor afterwards - they say "he's awake" and that's the last we ever hear, and

3) at the very end when KKJ and GDR meet again, they used the older body while avoiding showing his face (but it was obvious!!!) and their reunion was a weird montage of older body with no face & their last conversation together before the switch. Some are saying it was necessary to hide his face as he was several years older by then but a lot of fans felt cheated. (Besides, the actor is 21 in real life - why would he need "aging"?)

[amandioka.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not alone in this... Ms.Koala is still writing and loving BIG, but I couldn't see the big deal (pun not intended) about it... eps 9 and 10 are still sitting around but I can't bring myself to watch it. The first two episodes were ok, but after that it went downhill... and Dr.Jin... I couldn't even watch the first episode properly, ugh, so bad.

The drama I Do I Do, which I thought wasn't so interesting in the beginning, ended up being a good surprise. I loved it! Specially because the leading guy stopped being childish-ly stupid.. I mean, character growth! Stories that could happen to someone you know! The second leads aren't evil!

I'm also watching Bridal Mask (lurve!) and Rich Man Poor Woman (love at 1st sight! How I missed a good jdrama)...

Now waiting patiently for the olympics to end so I can watch Faith and To The Beautiful You (worth a try with this one, at least.. I love the manga, hated the jdrama, so I want to see if korea does it right)

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I Do I Do turned out to be really enjoyable. It's not an all-time great or anything, but the main couple's chemistry was WONDERFUL and I actually enjoyed watching the episodes. I didn't feel like I was slugging through them as I sometimes do.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love your drama list!

Dr Jin is so bad, it's actually hilarious.

[cleobulle.livejournal.com]

So glad I didn't even start this. The Hong sisters used to be a hit or miss for me but now they're more of a hit-miss-miss. The only 2 dramas they wrote that I loved unreservedly are Hong Gil Dong and You're Beautiful.

On a totally different note, you need to watch episode 17 of Bridal Mask. Every week I think they couldn't have ended on a worse cliffhanger and the following week I'm proven wrong. I'm both extremely satisfied at the way it ended and tearing my hair out that we have to wait one week for the next episode. You will LOVE the ending and what it promises us for next week (hint: one of your favorite drama kinks).

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am gnawing my hands off at the elbow waiting for subs.

And now I am even more impatient!!!!

[cleobulle.livejournal.com]

Streaming link for episode 17 is out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AffXT8ILzvk

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

ILY!!

That is all.

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

I liked most of Big and stuck through hoping it might find its way again only to be massively disappointed. What a crap ending!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Seriously, so awful. How did they even think of that one?

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, I stuck it out till Episode 14 & couldn't take it longer. The actors were amazing, but WTF story!!!total *Grr & angry stomping*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

What a waste of the cast. Gong Yooooooo!

[quaggy]

Well, this is why I'm glad I never bothered to watch Big live, even though I utterly adore Goon Yoo. I had this horrible feeling it was going to be a train wreak. Utter shame since I do like Lee Min-jung and thought they would make a cute onscreen couple. But oh well, I'll look forward to his next drama. That's twice in a row that a Hong Sister drama did not live up to the promise of its casting. Speaking of which, call me crazy, but I can't shake the idea that if Goon Yoo was going to be cast in a Hong Sister drama, it should have been Best Love instead of Cha Seung-won. I think he would have been able to make Dokko Jin believable.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, the biggest problem with Best Love for me was the CSW, who I normally adore, seems to have inhaled Bugs Bunny for that one.

[village.livejournal.com]

This is why body swap storylines like this make me leery. They always somehow manage to fuck it up in the end. It's just really hard when the two love interests are the body swappers. Why body switch dramas like Who Are You and Secret Garden work, IMO, is due to the fact that the viewer never has to question who the actual OTP is so you can be invested in their romance from the very beginning.

The Hong Sisters haven't written a drama I've really liked in years. I find them kind of overrated, tbh.

Glad I missed this one. I'm forming a prayer circle in hopes that GY's next drama is much better.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I'll join you in the circle.

And yes, very very overrated.

[your-insomnia.livejournal.com]

I wasn't that invested either but just thinking about that ending makes me angry. Like, WTF couldn't they bring younger KJ for ONE FREAKING SCENE?! Why did they even bother to introduce the actor in the first place? Why couldn't they just a make a drama with Gong Yoo being the only male actor on set and stop pretending it is anything but a snooze fest?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. This drama was such a mess

[threebits.livejournal.com]

i watched (and raged) until episode 14 but i just... couldn't... continue after that so i read the recaps and, lol. i don't feel any particular fondness for shin wonho but he really should've come back in the end. and damn i really really really really hated the mother and mari (T_T poor suzy. actually, poor cast, stuck with such a stupid show) and i hated that they even redeemed the mother near the end wtf she is pure evil >:| i'm not even disappointed, i am angry at how bad this show ended up being...

gong yoo's acting was the only positive thing i got

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, GY was good but this drama...rolls eyes.