Well, as promised previously, the advertisement clips for The Siren, featuring Junho, have started dropping. English subs are available, just make sure they're enabled on cc.
Also, can I just say, Junho's looking suuper handsome and smoldery. Eeee!! 😍😍😍
From the way the teaser is phrased, it does sound like Junho will be acting in the series itself, which, Double Eeee!!!! 😍...
2022-03-24 07:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostE9. This episode, Show continues on its upward trajectory, in ramping up towards what feels like a potential Significant Event, and it's all very tense and edge-of-your-seat stuff.
I find myself lapping it up, even as I hold my breath, both in anticipation of a breakthrough for our quartet, and also, in worry for their safety. It's all very conflicting, to be sure.
First of all, I'm so relieved that Han Jong Goo doesn't die. After where we'd left him last episode, I'd been convinc...
2022-03-22 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I couldn't find a version of this with subs, sorry, but I wanted to share it anyway, because it looks like this might be cute.
Park In Hwan (😍!) is basically grandpa to 3 grandsons, all of whom are single and uninterested in getting married. He dangles an incentive in front of them, in this teaser: Whoever gets married first, gets an apartment, HA.
In broad strokes, this reminds me of Ojakgyo Brothers, which is one of my favorite family dramas of all time. In Ojakgyo Brothers, ...
2022-03-20 08:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Well. Somewhere between my first post on this show, and this trailer, our crisis management team turned into a team of grim reapers.
I.. don't know what happened there.
I'd been under the impression that this one was an earthy, possibly gritty look at a crisis management team talking down people from the proverbial ledge.
Instead, it looks like Show is going to be magicky, and...
2022-03-20 08:20:21 +0000 UTC View Post
In this latest trailer for My Liberation Diary, we get a glimpse at the burgeoning connection between Kim Ji Won's and Son Seok Koo's characters, and I have to admit, I'm intrigued.
I mean, I really like both actors, so just the concept of it intrigues me. But, seeing it in action, albeit in small snippets like these, definitely amps up my excitement to watch this show.
Show is 16 episodes, and will air on Saturdays and Sundays, from 9 Apr to 29 May, on jTBC and Netflix.
... 2022-03-20 08:13:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We get to see a little more of the OTP dynamic in this latest teaser for Shooting Stars, and it does promise to be sparky in an antagonistic sort of way - at least for a start.
It's hard to tell whether this will actually be good, but the trailers do seem somewhat promising?
Show is 16 episodes and will air on Fridays and Saturdays, from 22 Apr to 11 June, on tvN, iQIYI, and Viki.
KFG ❤️
2022-03-20 08:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I actually hadn't been super interested in this one, based on the premise.
Which is basically, that Lee Jun Ki's character, prosecutor, gets killed while investigating a potentially corrupt politician, but gets a second chance at life.
However, the trailer does look pretty snazzy, and Lee Jun Ki being earnest and badass at the same time, does pique my interest somewhat.
Show is 16 eps, and will air on Fridays and Saturdays, from 8 April to 28 May, on SBS, Viu and Viki....
2022-03-20 08:02:55 +0000 UTC View PostE2. Tee hee. This show has a particular brand of nonsensical fluff, that reminds me of retro-ish classic You're Beautiful. Some of the stuff is very tongue-in-cheek; some of the stuff is very silly and logic-lite. And somehow, pretty much all of the stuff adds up to a rollin' ball of a good time.
The first that comes to my mind, this episode, is just how good Kim Se Jeong's comic sensibility is. I would've never guessed, really, from only having seen her in School 2017, and The Uncanny ...
2022-03-19 09:29:08 +0000 UTC View PostHi my friends!
This is just a quickish update to what's going on with the main blog.
You'd probably have noticed that I'm posting less frequently this week. That's because I've decided to take a step back, to focus on getting things in order on the technical / structural side of things.
There are 2 - well, 2.5? - main things that I'm working on right now.
1. I'm basically doing an audit of all my posts, for Search Engine Optimization purposes. That's g...
2022-03-17 09:49:42 +0000 UTC View PostE8. Ok, wow. This worked out to be quite the intense episode. I'd been engaged with Show from the start, but this episode, I felt like I was breathlessly on the edge of my seat, for a good stretch.
I'd had an inkling that our quartet coming together would result in a lifting of our narrative to the next level, but I guess I hadn't been prepared for just how our narrative would evolve, as a result. And, I hadn't been prepared for how quickly our narrative would evolve, either.
Both...
2022-03-17 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This post is very much a niche one; I'm pretty sure only the Junho fans in our midst would be interested to check it out, after all. 😁
I originally wasn't going to post it, coz it's really nothing very special, just 7 or so minutes of Junho doing his thing.
But y'know, it made me smile, and I figured if you like Junho too, it might make you smile too, and that's worth a post, yes?
I'm rather amused that Junho's endorsing Xexymix's cosmetics line now, and it's quite ...
2022-03-15 03:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostE1. Ooh, fun. This first episode turned out to be a lot breezier and funner than I'd expected, honestly. I'd felt rather uninspired by the various teasers and trailers that Show had put out prior to its premiere, but whaddya know, I think I might actually like this one, after all!
First of all, yes, it's tropey and predictable, but somehow, it works. It kinda gives me Goong-esque vibes, in that Goong is also about a contract marriage, and there's also a standoffish male lead character w...
2022-03-14 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
This is just a quick note to let you all know that I've decided to drop Thirty-Nine after all.
The Dropped post will be up on the main blog in about 10.5 hours, which would be, Monday, 13 March, 8am my time.
I've decided to replace Thirty-Nine with A Business Proposal, so you can look forward to the E1 notes for A Business Proposal, which will go live here on Patreon, at the same time as the Dropped post.
I'm ...
2022-03-13 13:44:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This show had actually flown under my radar, until I came across this teaser today.
Our story setting will be the k-entertainment industry, featuring people who work behind-the-scenes, to create the shiny star machinery that the rest of the world sees.
Lee Sung Kyung plays Oh Han Byul, the head of the PR team of an entertainment agency, and Kim Young Dae plays Gong Tae Sung, a top star.
This will apparently be an enemies-to-lovers sort of deal, as Oh Han Byul and Gong Tae Su...
2022-03-13 07:59:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Two new trailers have been released for upcoming drama "My Liberation Diary," and together, they give us a better flavor for what to expect.
This trailer, which focuses on Kim Ji Won's character, leans reflective and thoughtful, which this other trailer, which focuses more on Lee Min Ki's character, leans a little more chaotic.
Which probably means that what we'll get is a mesh of the two, when Sho...
2022-03-13 07:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a subbed teaser for the upcoming omnibus drama Our Blues.
This is the first teaser featuring Kim Woo Bin, so I'm extra curious about this one - because, as many of you know, I used to be a TOTAL Kim Woo Bin fangirl.
I was honestly a little thrown by his voice in this, because he sounds so different from how I remembered. His voice is still deep, just.. a lot raspier than I remember. And then it suddenly occurred to me that it's quite possible that his voice has changed beca...
2022-03-13 07:26:46 +0000 UTC View Post
So.. I don't quite know what to make yet, of this news, but this is what we've got so far.
Kakao Entertainment wants to create the next "Itaewon Class" by leveraging on promising webtoons and turning them into live action video content such as movies or serials.
Its first pick is webtoon "The Siren," which is about Aria, a siren who captures people with her songs. In the story, Aria enters a contract marriage with a man who's sold his soul to the devil.
Now this is ...
2022-03-13 07:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostE7. This episode, it's come together in my head, that I really, really like the music in this show. It's all very dramatic and atmospheric, and I feel that it lifts my watch experience, by increasing my sense of immersion in our drama world.
To be fair, I do think that if your drama palate is different than mine, or if you were to approach this with a more cynical eye, you might well roll your eyes at how Show is applying so much dramatic music, to what can sometimes look like fairly pe...
2022-03-12 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Trent's post
Like I mentioned in an earlier announcement, Trent's been kind enough to receive a pair of Korean writing workbooks for free, in exchange for a fair review.
That review is going live on the blog in about 11.5 hours, as I type this! That would be 8am my time, on Friday, 11 March!
YAY TRENT! Thanks for making time to write this for us! 🤩
Shahz's post
In other news, Shahz's post has been view...
2022-03-10 12:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Thanks so much for your patience with the various technical issues on the site. The good news is, it should all be resolved now!
Here's what I mean:
1. Shahz's post should be loading fine now, you can check it out here!
If you still have trouble loading it, try clearing your browser cache before refreshing the page.
... 2022-03-08 02:56:33 +0000 UTC View PostE6. I can see why other viewers have said that this show really picks up at around the episode 6 mark.
Even though I personally have been enjoying the show quite well up to this point, I can't deny that everything seems to ramp up to another level, this episode. So if you weren't super on board before this episode, there's a good chance that this episode might just be the one to grab you properly.
On the relationship side of things, I am very pleased with where we leave Do Hyun an...
2022-03-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
..And so, filming for Twenty Five, Twenty One has been halted for the time being.
On the bright side:
1. Kim Tae Ri is reportedly doing fine, and is in self-quarantine. Yay and phew, for no serious symptoms.
2. The production team has stated that this should not interfere with the airing schedule for the drama.
Apparently, they are actually quite close to wrapping filming. That sounds like good planning to me, since historically,...
2022-03-03 03:09:06 +0000 UTC View PostE5. Considering how Do Hyun's desire to clear his father's name forms the main arc of our story, I'd say that Show does a reasonably good job of going off on a related tangent, this episode. Not only does it give us a change of pace from Do Hyun dealing with Han Jong Goo, it also unearths some important details, that have an impact on our main story.
I'd call that a win, even though the parallels and coincidences do lean a touch heavy-handed. And part of the reason I'm willing to call t...
2022-03-02 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Never say never, y'know.
Kim Young Ok, who, at 84 years old, has been in the acting business for 65 years, is finally headlining a movie for the first time. YOU GO, GIRL!!! 🤩🤩
The story is about an elderly lady (played by Kim Young Ok) and her struggles and heartaches, as she meets strangers whom she treats as family. That totally sounds like the kind of heartwarming story that I'd love.
Kim Young Min (My Mister, CLOY) will co-star.
The movie is set t...
2022-03-02 06:39:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Here's your spoiler-free zone for March, where you can exchange suggestions, tips, and other spoiler-free thoughts about dramas that aren't being covered here on Patreon!
I'm sorry it's a little later than I'd intended.. I got so distracted with dealing with the site's technical issues, that I forgot it was time to create a new Drama Exchange. 😅
You can chat about whatever you'd like here, basically, as long as you don't talk about spoilers! 😉
For de...
2022-03-01 03:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Here's your Deep Dive zone for March! I'm sorry it's a little later than I'd intended.. I got so distracted with dealing with the site's technical issues, that I forgot it was time to create a new Drama Exchange. 😅
Please continue to use SPOILER warnings, since you guys will be chatting about a variety of dramas. This will enable everyone to ninja their way through comments, while only looking at the spoilers that they're interested in. 😉
...
2022-03-01 03:50:06 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
The site's been having technical issues today, and one of the main things is that Shahz's post doesn't load properly, ie, only the introduction shows, even when you visit the post URL to view the full post.
WordPress changed my primary domain this morning, as a temporary fix, which allowed folks to access the post, but now, in order for Ezoic (which is one of my ad revenue partners, and where my site is integrated for that purpose) to troubleshoot (because it looks li...
2022-02-28 16:41:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok, we finally have more conventional trailers for upcoming mini drama Soundtrack #1 (vs. the MV trailers that came before), and it definitely looks like something I'd check out.
It looks polished and pretty, Park Hyung Sik is dreamy, and it does look like he and Han So Hee share a pretty good, sparky sort of chemistry.
I'm definitely keen to see how this friends-to-lovers story works out.
On the downside, it looks like we're only going to get a total of 2 hours of story tim...
2022-02-27 15:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Shahz's post is going live on the blog in 9.5 hours, as I type this! That would be 8am my time, on Monday, 28 Feb!
I thought you guys would also be interested to know that:
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<... 2022-02-27 14:39:52 +0000 UTC View Post
So I'd had no idea that this was A Thing.
Basically, it appears that each of the 2PM members has a "Seasons Greetings" box coming out, and each box looks to be a collection of items including: a calendar, postcards, notepad, photobook, photographs and stickers.
And these boxes don't come cheap either. Junho's box will retail fo...
2022-02-27 13:40:31 +0000 UTC View Post