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dangermousieThe insert on my DVD states:
The Korea hottest in 2002, the bluest tragic story. the superstar Pei yongjun, and spoony star Cui zhiyou, among the white snow, stages a moving and beautiful love song.
Right.
Let's see if episode 1 lives up to that sterling praise.
Choi Ji Woo is pretty old to be a high-school student, but she isn't any older than actors who play highschoolers on American TV, so no problem. Plus, who'd you ratherogle watch, Bae Yong Joon or a snot-nosed teen?
If you fall asleep on a bus, you'll wake up next to sleazy old person probably trying to rifle through your bag. If Choi Ji Woo falls asleep on a bus, she wakes up with her head on Bae Yong Joon's shoulder. Where is the justice in that, where?????
BAE YONG JOON!!!!! SO PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY. COME HERE AND YOU CAN RIDE IN A CAR INSTEAD!
Seriously. So pretty. I must be an ajumma at heart, despite the lack of necessary years.
Heroine: "On minus side, stuck in middle of nowhere and missed school. On plus side? Guy next to me is super-hot and might eventually turn out to be a potential sibling/OTP."
OMG, they are late, but instead of running to class, he leans against a post and starts smoking. Oh boy, I went to the wrong school!
Tee-hee, they are in class and she is sneaking looks :P
I bet the lipsticked one will be the Secondary Girl. Years of watching kdrama got me good at spotting the Secondary Girl crazy gleam.
(Btw, you should take it as a given that every third sentence of this liveblog is 'So gorgeous OMG.' Because he is.)
Oh, and he is both withdrawn and rebellious. And good with his hands. Not that way :P
Math and snow. Makes me think of Snow Queen.
So, he and Secondary Guy are half-brothers? Hmmm. Don't blame the Dad for leaving as Mommy seems to be a bitch. But aren't the kids the same age? Oooooh...
Awwww, she sees him on the bus. And he wakes her up so she makes it to school on time.
Climbing over the walls together=adorableness.
He is putting her shoes on for her! In the very first ep! My most favorite thing! In the first ep already. *meep* *MEEP*
LOL at her dancing madly to ABBA and him watching her and her flaming embarassment and his adorable grin and EEEEE! Eleventy.
She is a painter? Does that mean there will be elevator sex. All painters do it!
CJW and BYJ have wonderful chemistry, don't they?
I have never seen anyone as bored by school as Bae Yong Joon is. No wonder, as he must have been going to school for 23 years, seeing he was 30 in this! (Yeah, I know it's because most of the drama takes place ten years after school, but allow me my little jokes).
Secondary Guy is really boring. Just btw.
Glad to see Secondary Girl embraced not just craziness but an ego the size of North Korea's nuclear program.
Bae Yong Joon agrees with me!
Awww. He tried to rescue Heroine from harasser and got punched and now they are in a police station and she is wiping his bloody mouth and is all 'you can't even fight, why did you try to fight him?'
They both have no father. Bonding moment! And medicine sharing!
Piano scene FTW.
This is a very prettily-shot drama.
Their stolen day together and the golden light and the hyper girl jumping and the solemn boy smiling, and the thing with buses and bandaids! And hand-holding and bycicle-riding.
Seriously, so warm together.
Ooooh, his Mom used to date her Dad??? EEEE! I foresee future angst!
Now they are getting punished for playing hooky. Don't you know you can't speak like that to the chosen King of Gogureyo, teacher?
Secondary Girl is not just evil, she is insane. Now she is stirring trouble with the heroine because she, secondary girl, claimed BYJ was hers (for no reason at all) so Heroine should be hands off. I can see many happy DIAF moments regarding her.
A-ha, Bae Yong Joon's patented stare...
Awww, he wants to meet his useless Daddy. Woobie.
Daddy: 'I love my legitimate son who is my only son, and also would you mind holding the knife as I twist it a little?' BYJ: 'Okay.'
Gleeeee, he asked her out!
Secondary Guy, must you be so irritating? Do you get paid extra?
Ooooh, Secondary Guy gets unreasonably weird about BYJ taking math lessons from his Dad. Whyyyy? Is there something in the water in Korea that makes people weird? And he also asks BYJ whether he only wants to date Yujin (the heroine) to take things away from Secondary Guy (drama queen, DIAF, please) and BYJ is pissed-off and says yes but Yujin overheard and the look on poor BYJ's face :( Ehh, I wish I could say it would get better for you soon, woobie, but we all know it's a lie.
Slaaaaaaap!
But he showed up for their trip anyway. Awww. With a color-coordinated scarf.
That is the most bizarre party game ever. Oh well, I don't think 'spin the bottle' would work with this crowd, anyway.
Awwww! She is lost and he finds her. I love. I love. I love. I love her weepy face and his deep voice (BYJ has the most gorgeous voice, doesn't he) and the awkward winter hug. They are about 15 years too old for their roles (and neither BYJ nor CJW have ever come across as immature, ever) but I don't care.
When they walk hand-in-hand and he tells her about Polaris was the moment I fell for this drama and it went from 'fun' to 'love.'
Secondary Guy, yes, leave. But not before observing the cute morning scene with BYJ giving Heroine his coat.
'He can't love anyone.' WTF is with Secondary Guys in Choi Ji Woo dramas telling her that sort of thing about her OTP? First it was Ugly Brother talking about Lee Byung-Hun in Beautiful Days, and now this? WTF? Why? How? Secondary Guy, from what I can tell, your interaction with BYJ consisted of one-and-a-half conversations of no great length and depth. Either you are a clairvoyant or an idiot. My money is on the latter.
Awww. SNOW. SNOW. Kdramas make snow look like the purest, most heavenly thing, and not the cold sticky mess it usually is. But I remember being a child, and the first snow being so exciting and wonderful and so gorgeously pure and the whole world looking quiet and clean, and all of us spilling out of school at recess to play snowballs. Kdramas bring me back to that childhood feeling.
Their day with the snow is PERFECTION, with the teasing and the snowmen and laughing and giddy glee and he has the kissing snowmen so she kisses him on the cheek so he won't be envious of the snowmen and he kisses her on the mouth and it's all so simple and young and I am using no punctuation which is just as well as that scene made me breathless.
And then they are walking trying to memorize each other's favorite things...the joys of first days of love. I just bet something hideous is going to happen, seeing they plan to meet on New Year's and she gave him her mittens. Don't want don't want don't want don't want don't want. DON'T WANT.
She invites him for dinner and he discovers the photo album of her Dad and his Mom and OMG he bolts because he now thinks he and the heroine are half-sibs. And he asks the guy he thought was his Dad and the guy confirms their Mom and Dad used to date. AWWW.
And he tells his Mother he will go to America and Yujin is waiting at New Year's and OMG, BYJ is standing at the window tears in his eyes. Manpain, baby! And then on the way to airport in car, he begs his mother to turn the car around but she won't, so he jumps out and runs to meet Yujin, but, this being a kdrama, he is hit by a car. Aha, I now know where Crazy for You stole that opening shot, with the guy being hit by a car and the girl turning, oblivious, seeing fireworks.
OK. *breathe* *breathe* *breathe* I rather feel like crying, now. Even if I know it will turn out OK. *breathe* Frell it. *sniffle* *sniffle* I think I am taking a little break for today and watching Sweet 18. I need fluff badly now.
Incoherence and sobby glee.
The Korea hottest in 2002, the bluest tragic story. the superstar Pei yongjun, and spoony star Cui zhiyou, among the white snow, stages a moving and beautiful love song.
Right.
Let's see if episode 1 lives up to that sterling praise.
Choi Ji Woo is pretty old to be a high-school student, but she isn't any older than actors who play highschoolers on American TV, so no problem. Plus, who'd you rather
If you fall asleep on a bus, you'll wake up next to sleazy old person probably trying to rifle through your bag. If Choi Ji Woo falls asleep on a bus, she wakes up with her head on Bae Yong Joon's shoulder. Where is the justice in that, where?????
BAE YONG JOON!!!!! SO PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY. COME HERE AND YOU CAN RIDE IN A CAR INSTEAD!
Seriously. So pretty. I must be an ajumma at heart, despite the lack of necessary years.
Heroine: "On minus side, stuck in middle of nowhere and missed school. On plus side? Guy next to me is super-hot and might eventually turn out to be a potential sibling/OTP."
OMG, they are late, but instead of running to class, he leans against a post and starts smoking. Oh boy, I went to the wrong school!
Tee-hee, they are in class and she is sneaking looks :P
I bet the lipsticked one will be the Secondary Girl. Years of watching kdrama got me good at spotting the Secondary Girl crazy gleam.
(Btw, you should take it as a given that every third sentence of this liveblog is 'So gorgeous OMG.' Because he is.)
Oh, and he is both withdrawn and rebellious. And good with his hands. Not that way :P
Math and snow. Makes me think of Snow Queen.
So, he and Secondary Guy are half-brothers? Hmmm. Don't blame the Dad for leaving as Mommy seems to be a bitch. But aren't the kids the same age? Oooooh...
Awwww, she sees him on the bus. And he wakes her up so she makes it to school on time.
Climbing over the walls together=adorableness.
He is putting her shoes on for her! In the very first ep! My most favorite thing! In the first ep already. *meep* *MEEP*
LOL at her dancing madly to ABBA and him watching her and her flaming embarassment and his adorable grin and EEEEE! Eleventy.
She is a painter? Does that mean there will be elevator sex. All painters do it!
CJW and BYJ have wonderful chemistry, don't they?
I have never seen anyone as bored by school as Bae Yong Joon is. No wonder, as he must have been going to school for 23 years, seeing he was 30 in this! (Yeah, I know it's because most of the drama takes place ten years after school, but allow me my little jokes).
Secondary Guy is really boring. Just btw.
Glad to see Secondary Girl embraced not just craziness but an ego the size of North Korea's nuclear program.
Bae Yong Joon agrees with me!
Awww. He tried to rescue Heroine from harasser and got punched and now they are in a police station and she is wiping his bloody mouth and is all 'you can't even fight, why did you try to fight him?'
They both have no father. Bonding moment! And medicine sharing!
Piano scene FTW.
This is a very prettily-shot drama.
Their stolen day together and the golden light and the hyper girl jumping and the solemn boy smiling, and the thing with buses and bandaids! And hand-holding and bycicle-riding.
Seriously, so warm together.
Ooooh, his Mom used to date her Dad??? EEEE! I foresee future angst!
Now they are getting punished for playing hooky. Don't you know you can't speak like that to the chosen King of Gogureyo, teacher?
Secondary Girl is not just evil, she is insane. Now she is stirring trouble with the heroine because she, secondary girl, claimed BYJ was hers (for no reason at all) so Heroine should be hands off. I can see many happy DIAF moments regarding her.
A-ha, Bae Yong Joon's patented stare...
Awww, he wants to meet his useless Daddy. Woobie.
Daddy: 'I love my legitimate son who is my only son, and also would you mind holding the knife as I twist it a little?' BYJ: 'Okay.'
Gleeeee, he asked her out!
Secondary Guy, must you be so irritating? Do you get paid extra?
Ooooh, Secondary Guy gets unreasonably weird about BYJ taking math lessons from his Dad. Whyyyy? Is there something in the water in Korea that makes people weird? And he also asks BYJ whether he only wants to date Yujin (the heroine) to take things away from Secondary Guy (drama queen, DIAF, please) and BYJ is pissed-off and says yes but Yujin overheard and the look on poor BYJ's face :( Ehh, I wish I could say it would get better for you soon, woobie, but we all know it's a lie.
Slaaaaaaap!
But he showed up for their trip anyway. Awww. With a color-coordinated scarf.
That is the most bizarre party game ever. Oh well, I don't think 'spin the bottle' would work with this crowd, anyway.
Awwww! She is lost and he finds her. I love. I love. I love. I love her weepy face and his deep voice (BYJ has the most gorgeous voice, doesn't he) and the awkward winter hug. They are about 15 years too old for their roles (and neither BYJ nor CJW have ever come across as immature, ever) but I don't care.
When they walk hand-in-hand and he tells her about Polaris was the moment I fell for this drama and it went from 'fun' to 'love.'
Secondary Guy, yes, leave. But not before observing the cute morning scene with BYJ giving Heroine his coat.
'He can't love anyone.' WTF is with Secondary Guys in Choi Ji Woo dramas telling her that sort of thing about her OTP? First it was Ugly Brother talking about Lee Byung-Hun in Beautiful Days, and now this? WTF? Why? How? Secondary Guy, from what I can tell, your interaction with BYJ consisted of one-and-a-half conversations of no great length and depth. Either you are a clairvoyant or an idiot. My money is on the latter.
Awww. SNOW. SNOW. Kdramas make snow look like the purest, most heavenly thing, and not the cold sticky mess it usually is. But I remember being a child, and the first snow being so exciting and wonderful and so gorgeously pure and the whole world looking quiet and clean, and all of us spilling out of school at recess to play snowballs. Kdramas bring me back to that childhood feeling.
Their day with the snow is PERFECTION, with the teasing and the snowmen and laughing and giddy glee and he has the kissing snowmen so she kisses him on the cheek so he won't be envious of the snowmen and he kisses her on the mouth and it's all so simple and young and I am using no punctuation which is just as well as that scene made me breathless.
And then they are walking trying to memorize each other's favorite things...the joys of first days of love. I just bet something hideous is going to happen, seeing they plan to meet on New Year's and she gave him her mittens. Don't want don't want don't want don't want don't want. DON'T WANT.
She invites him for dinner and he discovers the photo album of her Dad and his Mom and OMG he bolts because he now thinks he and the heroine are half-sibs. And he asks the guy he thought was his Dad and the guy confirms their Mom and Dad used to date. AWWW.
And he tells his Mother he will go to America and Yujin is waiting at New Year's and OMG, BYJ is standing at the window tears in his eyes. Manpain, baby! And then on the way to airport in car, he begs his mother to turn the car around but she won't, so he jumps out and runs to meet Yujin, but, this being a kdrama, he is hit by a car. Aha, I now know where Crazy for You stole that opening shot, with the guy being hit by a car and the girl turning, oblivious, seeing fireworks.
OK. *breathe* *breathe* *breathe* I rather feel like crying, now. Even if I know it will turn out OK. *breathe* Frell it. *sniffle* *sniffle* I think I am taking a little break for today and watching Sweet 18. I need fluff badly now.
Incoherence and sobby glee.
