Wherein I discover cultural products of Korea, the tastiness of Pockys and the horrors of multiships

[dangermousie]

catdecember, oh catdecember, guess what I tried? Inspired by this mv which looked interesting (aka cute guys and angst), I tried Goong. For all of you who are not catdecember, Goong is a very melodramatic romantic drama about a girl betrothed to a Prince blah blah blah. Knowing how Korean movies usually end, I am a bit paranoid about the end but we'll see. I am actually interested in watching more specifically Korean stuff as my exposure to the cultural products of Korea is very limited (three movies and a manhwa and a few fairy tales are about it).

Oh, and koalathebear, when I was in Chicago, I tried pockys and they are the best thing ever (especially the strawberry ones). Now I need to figure out where I can get them here.

And I've watched ep 16 of Ouran and woe is me. I now like Hikaru with Haruhi too. Eeee.

Btw, sorry to everyone of flist who friended me because of BSG or Veronica Mars or Bollywood and is now seeing a stream of Asian entertainment (whether anime or jdorama) related stuff. I go through phases and this one will subside to a more normal average pretty soon. Promise.

Comments

[koalathebear.livejournal.com]

Mmmm Pocky ..... You tread a slippery slope..... My addiction to the almond crush milk tea Pocky's has become unmanageable :)

Btw, sorry to everyone of flist who friended me because of BSG or Veronica Mars or Bollywood and is now seeing a stream of Asian entertainment (whether anime or jdorama) related stuff.

You and I should have a shared disclaimer... although I don't think my disclaimer could be any clearer :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. Actually, your lj is one of my favorites precisely because I never know what might show up there next. But the Pocky addiction is all your fault. We had about an hour before we had to get on the train to the airport and when Mr. Mousie asked me what I wanted to do with it, I said 'can we go to Chinatown and get more Pockys?' Sadly, there was no time but I fear an addition is born. It's proof of my great love for him that I split the Pockys evenly with him and we ate two giant boxes in an evening. Maybe it's good I can't find them as they'd be murder on the waistline.

[ancarett]

Well, I'm all Superman, all the time these days, so if I complained about your other fandoms it would be a sad case of the pot calling the kettle black!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I really liked Superman. Not crazy in love with it (it seems I can't be crazy for anything unless it's over 5 hours long :P) but it really was excellent.

[ancarett]

It's good that we can still connect with some fannish glee!

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

And I've watched ep 16 of Ouran and woe is me. I now like Hikaru with Haruhi too. Eeee.

Girl, you be reading my mind. Eeee!

[callmecaito.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEE.

The episode made me love the twins even more. I'm honestly surprised Takashi didn't do something drastic, silly, dramatic, and ultimately self-defeating, really.

*is tempted to make Ouran High School Host Club in her Sims 2 game*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

*is tempted to make Ouran High School Host Club in her Sims 2 game*

That is an awesome awesome idea :P

[callmecaito.livejournal.com]

I made a neighborhood for me and a bunch of my friends from drunkoncheese, and the neighborhood's in serious need of some boys anyway... Heh. Then I can stop making so many random alien families. Hmmm....

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Quite true; Tamaki was being rather non-possessive, for Tamaki at least. I thought he would ruin the date for sure.

Ooooh, do it and tell us how it turns out!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. But the thing is that I still adore Tamaki and want Tamaki/Haruhi. But now I want Haruhi/Hikaru too. Eeeee.

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Same here! My last thought as the episode ended was: "Oh man, Hikaru/Haruhi are so cute. But so is Tamaki/Haruhi. *gasp* Are they ALL going to fall in love with Haruhi and thereby reduce me to a puddle of shipping squee?!"

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh. I think Honey/Haruhi will be disturbing, so probably not all :P

This was the first ep I saw the twins as individuals instead of an entity. Kaoru more perceptive, Hikaru more emotional. Before that, even with their fake fight, they were the same to me but now, definitely their own people.

[thekatebeyond.livejournal.com]

Pocky icons! (http://kate98.livejournal.com/22629.html#cutid1)

I can't get it here, but I have friends in NY and Tokyo that send me care packages. I hoard the stuff like you wouldn't believe.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

heeee. I am looking forward to gorging self in Japan.

[ameyadevi.livejournal.com]

:D its okay.. i love anime & asian films too. Actually, you've put me in the mood and i've bumped up a lot of asian films to the top of my netflix queue. :D Do you have any must-see suggestions, by the way?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

What type of thing are you interested in? Angst? Action? Romance? I adore House of Flying Daggers, movie wise, also Perhaps Love.

[ameyadevi.livejournal.com]

Everything. I love House of Flying Daggers too.. i'll look into Perhaps love. it just seems like most of the films i find on netflix are like modern-day mafia movies.. and i'm just currently on overdose of thoes kindsa films..

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Love is a lovely romantic movie musical. Chunghyang is lovely too (though a bit on the explicit side). I like Musa and The Promise and those kind of period fighting movies. Bichunmoo is good too.

As to anime, I'd rec Peacemaker, Rurouni Kenshin, Fushigi Yuugi, Full Metal Panic, Peach Girl (that one you have to dl as it's not out on dvd proper).

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

oh yay Goong!!!! *claps* i loved watching that series. i haven't seen any korean drama after it, but next in line is My Girl with Lee Dong Wok. :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am going to google 'My Girl' and see what it's about. I am not going to properly start on Goong until next week though. Sweet anticipation :P

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

use drama wiki for the synopsis :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks!