Hong Gil Dong, Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, Witch Yoo Hee. Yup, still fixated on kdramas

[dangermousie]

The spoiler for ep 17 of Hong Gil Dong (you know which one I mean) made me gleeful.

Also, here are pics (utterly unspoilery and promo) of KJH as HGD, looking beyond scrumptuous.











Also, because talking with alexandral made me remember how much I adored Delightful Girl Chun-Hyang, here is this gorgeous angsty DGCH MV:

It also made me remember how much I hated Byun Hak-Do, the 'other guy' in it. I think he is my least favorite other guy ever. It took me forever to be able to watch Uhm Tae-Woong in anything else after that. So, since I thought I never ranted about him, here it is.



Ok, let's start with pedophilic vibes, shall we? We start the story when Chunhyang is what? 18? And Mongryong 17? How old is Hak-do? 35? He has to be at least that old, he runs a successful entertainment company! What kind of a creepy guy gets fixated and hits on a schoolgirl half his age? WTF! The one who wears a school uniform half the time?

Shall we continue with the selfishness? He offers (secretly, without her knowing) Chunhyang a scholarship only to yank it when he sees the girl hang out with the guy who is legally her fiance (Mongryong). WTF? Don't do it at all, rather than something like that. She is not your freaking TOY! He keeps doing this whole personal property thing throughout. WTF? Why? Has she ever indicated any interest in you? Has she ever asked anything? Stop yanking her chain! Unlike with Mongryong, for whom it's all about Chunhyang and her comfort and happiness, from big things to little (like the fact that he always fetches hot pans for her because she is always forgetting kitchen mitts and burning her fingers), for Hakdo it's all about himself and how he feels. He keeps doing manipulation and lies to get MR and CH to separate no matter how it's hurting the woman he supposedly loves.

But forget all that: the creepy pedophile vibes, and the selfishness. How about the piece de resistance? The act that made me not ever want to see poor UTW in anything ever again?

Yeah, yeah, it's such a lovely sweet act of yours to browbeat and blackmail a frightened 20-year-old girl to leave her husband (who is, I hasten to add, a 20-year-old powerless college student. Very even contest this) because you hired people to frame him for attempted rape!!!!

Great. You give the girl you supposedly love an ultimatum: either the boy she loves goes to jail for God-knows-how-long (he already spent some time in jail, thanks to you! You did a really thorough job) or she agrees to leave him forever, break his heart to bits, and come to you. WTF????

Did I mention the fact that he is her husband and they have been a couple for ages, and she never indicated she likes you or led you on, and he is the one thing she has ever wanted, and finally got? Despite all your meddling?

Fine, you don't care you almost ruined an innocent kid's life and made him so miserable he went to total pieces as the one person he wanted to stand by him inexplicably walked out on him in the cruelest fashion (one of the things I loathe the most is that I hate people picking on someone much weaker, and a 35-year-old powerful executive and a 20-year-old college boy are so not even). You don't owe MR things.

But you are insisting you love Chunhyang! WTF! The woman you supposedly love is in torment having to break the heart of her OTP over and over and you are just gloaty? UGH. The scene where CH slips up and finally, despite her stiff upper lip, she actually begs Hak-do to let her go? Kills me. I love though that this is only once, and throughout she treats him like trash that he is.

And then years later, when you find her again, you attempt to do the same thing! I think it's not love or even obsession, it's just a dislike of losing. And at the end you relent and show the video of 'fake rape' and say it was fake? Boooohooooo, I don't FRELLING care.

The only reason you did this is because your blackmail became powerless. And it's also not an uneven context any more because he isn't a college kid any more, but a 26? 28? year old prosecutor for the city of Seoul so he is tough and grown-up. Because Mong-Ryong found out the truth and he came to you and told you to your face he doesn't care and you can do all this and he won't give up CH. So your power over CH (which really depended on MR not finding out) is gone. So yeah, you give up. Because you can't get what you want. Permit me not to care! You stole 5? 7? Who knows how many years away from them?

I really need to rewatch DGCH. I remember watching later eps totally jet-lagged and lacking in sleep and still bawling and laughing at the same time. The diary scene is still my fave kdrama scene ever

Oh, and it also reminded me that I want to finish Witch Yoo Hee. I adored it when it aired, but I usually have huge trouble with waiting for subs. Must finish now.

Here is a smoochy MV:

Now off to finish Hello My Teacher.

Comments

[melonfusion.livejournal.com]

Byun Hak-Do is one of the few overtly villain-y Other Guys that I've seen so far. Usually, it seems like the Other Woman schemes while the guy just loves from afar, but Hak-Do was so active in his manipulations! It actually threw for a loop when I watched the series; I kept waiting for him to do the right thing. And he actually just kept sinking to new lows.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

If there was a new horrid thing to come up with, you could have been sure: yup, he was going to do it.

Of course, he was based on the character from legend who was going to execute CH and had her tortured so...

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched HGD yet. KJH looks good, but the fringe. Dude. It's kind of weird. He still looks good, but I want to strangle the hair dresser :D And DGCH. She is very pretty but also very plastic. Perhaps the most 'plastic' looking Korean actress I have ever seen.

OK I'll stop bitching :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I like the fringe :)

The actress in DGCH was very cute and charming in it. I suck at being able to tell when someone had work done, anyway :)

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Her nose, mouth, and eyes look totally done up to me :D But maybe that's because I'm so sceptical about the "genuineness" of Korean (and Japanese) actresses.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You might very well be right, I totally suck at figuring this stuff out :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

YOU MUST WATCH THIS! It is truly v.v. good. HGD's Hairdresser didn't so anyone favours but it is the best drama I have watched since "The Legend".

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Eeeee. I do, I definitely will but after I finish watching The Lobbyist :) And I also prefer watching a drama that has completed because I totally don't have the patience to wait till the next ep comes out and get subbed. I was actually marathoning The Lobbyist until I got sidetracked and totally pulled in by The Legend ^^

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Eeee. Lobbyist, must watch!

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Oh. I must warn you. The first few eps of The Lobbyist was filmed in Washington and Vegas. I'm not sure whether that will affect your watching or not, 'cause they really did try to show that 'Hey we're in the DC!' :D And there is a lot of 'Korean speaking English' too :) I totally didn't have a problem with that, though. Song Il Gook's English isn't too bad actually. From what I have watched so far, The Lobbyist is probably the most "American"-like k-drama that I've seen. I'd be curious to know your thoughts once you start watching.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

DC? YAY!!!! Now I am actually even more excited. I don't mind bad engrish actually but we'll see :)

[juljul9.livejournal.com]

I just finished 9 ends and 2 outs which I love to pieces but your post on DGCH makes me want to watch it all over again.. ahhh.. the perils of being addicted to k-drama.

btw, i'm downloading HGD and maybe i'll watch Hello My Teacher, i just need to find a fast source...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I want to rewatch too.

HGD is awesome.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Jul. Watch The Legend. You will not regret, trust me XD

PS. Are you back from your trip yet?

[juljul9.livejournal.com]

Bae Yong Jun? I am not very fond of him >.< but is it really good? i will d/l it after hong gil dong then..

I am back but flying off again next week... this time for business :p

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaw. You don't like BYJ? What??? LOL. But really. Even if you don't like BYJ, The Legend is just such an awesome drama. The plot, the special effects, the romance... Before this I didn't even notice BYJ, but after having watched The Legend I changed completely. I'm so obsessed about him now ^^

And man. I envy you for travelling so much! :) Take care!

[joonni.livejournal.com]

My friend recently watched DGCH and she loved it. Yeah! More people who love it!

The best hair so far. I love it. KJH is awesome and especially when he gets angry? HOT!

Is it time for a DGCH rewatch????

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

DGCH is so so wonderful. I need a rewatch.

And yeah, KJH is hot when angry. When he was mad at the Prince? ROWR (I thought he was hot when mad in CS too).

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

I love Hong Gil Dong so much~ thank you for forcing me to watch it through your posts! haha

They are so perfect as a couple.. the end of episode 14 was a killer, but atleast we know he won't afford any mistakes because she is in danger! :p

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

I think we will have to 'force' you to watch The Legend as well. Best thing EVER :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for more subs!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

The spoiler for ep 17 of Hong Gil Dong (you know which one I mean) made me gleeful.

Have you seen the previw? You are going to love it. :D BUT! I think I am with miss_dian here and I am not 100% sure about the fringe (and please take away the skins of dead furry animals).

Chunhyang! - just wait you dear whilst I am back from London (I already feel deprived of dorama watching ** lol **) , I am going to obsess all over you.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

and please take away the skins of dead furry animals
Yeah... those furs aren't real, most probably, but we can definitely do without them >_

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Preview was awesome. And I actually like fringe and fur. Maybe I've been watching dramas for too long :)

Yay re Chunhyang.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

And I actually like fringe and fur. Maybe I've been watching dramas for too long :)
Well I think if you withstood that Taiwanese drama... (man I am bad at remembering titles of dramas I haven't watched).. with really crazy fur fashion.. the one with hairdressers and all.. LOL. The fur in HGD would be nothing much, really :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Magicians of Love? Never finished it but the fashion is seared into my brain.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

That's right, Magician's of Love :)

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

I know I'm like a few months late replying this post but I'm watching DGCH right now and I'm all eep and I wanted to read your thoughts on it.

Basically you summed up my feeling about the secondary guy, I am just ready to stab his eyes out this whole time. I'm only up to ep 12 but I had an inkling something like this was going to happen when he went to them (when they were walking home) and asked her if she would come to him if MR was not in the picture. Just... why? When I started watching with my friend, both of us were going wtf since he was, as you said, older, double her age easily, and she was just a schoolgirl. Sure I can see why he could be attracted to her but it's just wrong in all levels, especially when she gave him no encouragement all along.

I'm glad there was a happy ending though, I couldn't live with it if they were kept apart.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad there was a happy ending though, I couldn't live with it if they were kept apart.

Me too! They are just such a fitting, perfect yet real couple. Secondary Guy makes me want to stab him. What kind of person even does that?

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

at first I was more disgusted by secondary girl but secondary guy just... argh, everything he's done has just made me want to cry. I was so happy that she found the note he kept from her just before the bus terminal scene, I was basically screaming why why why?????

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh, and then she ran to the terminal and he still waited and that was so awesome!

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

and the hug. oh my heart melted.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That was one of my favorite drama moments ever.