Japan and Korea bring on the awesome, yet again
1. Two and a half eps into Hotaru No Hikari and I continue to adore it as much as ever. I adore Hotaru, who is sooooo funny. Here’s a hint, girl. When you, a twenty-something woman, have to get relationship advice from a thirty-something divorced man (whose wife walked out on him!) and he is still better at it than you are, you need an intervention :)
I do love that both Hotaru and Takano need to grow and change. FN’s character wasn’t some pure-hearted innocent with an evil, cheating wife. He was a workaholic who neglected spending time with her and I think her walking out is what made him ‘wake up’, and I love that he does realize the need for change. But basically, he is a very nice guy (the scene with the red folder? EEEEE!) and I sort of adore him in his spiffy suits and dorky raincoat. And his interactions with Hotaru make me LOL.
I also really like the sweet-natured lady who likes Makoto (the ‘Other Guy’) and Takano’s friend who crushes on her. He is so awesome. He is going to try to help her get Makoto because he wants her to be happy. EEEE! Since I know how the pairings will eventually turn out, I wonder if HnH saying that the best guy for you is your friend, which is actually an awesome observation and good for long-term relationships (my husband is, after all, my best friend).
2. Robbers is ending today. I am going to read spoilers and that would determine whether I watch it or not (I saw first three eps and stopped). It’s simple. If Oh Joon dies, I am gone: I pick my ‘terminal illness’ dramas very sparingly and they have to be extra-special, and this would not be it. I adore Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae, but I have plenty of other dramas with them to watch. I wonder if a lot of people feel the same way, because apparently the ratings for ep 15 were under 5%, which is insanely low for a kdrama, and apparently is the lowest rated ep in 2008 (I am sure there will come a drama to beat it). I mean, watching a poor mistreated guy who just has found self-respect and love with a young widow with a cute child, a young widow that already had to lose her husband tragically, succumb to tragedy and terminal illness? Not most people’s cup of soju.
ETA: Found out the ending.
!!!!!!! I am in!!!!!!!!!!!!! No death. True, he could die in the future, but so could anyone!!!! And they will enjoy their time as a family eeee!!!!
3. I am excited about an upcoming drama, which will start at end of March: Three Dads And One Mom.
It stars Eugene, Jo Hyun Jae, Jae Hee, Shin Sung-Rok. The only problem I have with this is that I adore Jae Hee with mad pash but have never seen JHJ in anything and I just know Jae Hee will end up being ‘the other guy,’ the Lee Junki character in My Girl, the playboy who falls for the heroine and gets his heart broken and I do not approve of broken-hearted Jae Hee on principle.
Plot: Eugene plays a new mother and widow. Her husband has just keeled over. Not only that, but since he was sterile, the baby was created artificially, through a ‘donation’ by his three friends. Thus, according to release at soompi, the three ‘dads’ are: “Jo Hyun Jae who is returning to the TV screen two years after "Ballad of Seodong" will play a comic role as a successful fund manager. Shin Sung Rok plays the role of an innocent detective who cannot even speak well in front of women while Jae Hee is a 'pretty boy' comic artist who likes girls but doesn't know true love.”
Eugene:
Jo Hyun Jae:
Jae Hee *thud*
Shin Sung-Rok:
4. I really need a Fujiki Naohito icon. I crave it like a drug.
I do love that both Hotaru and Takano need to grow and change. FN’s character wasn’t some pure-hearted innocent with an evil, cheating wife. He was a workaholic who neglected spending time with her and I think her walking out is what made him ‘wake up’, and I love that he does realize the need for change. But basically, he is a very nice guy (the scene with the red folder? EEEEE!) and I sort of adore him in his spiffy suits and dorky raincoat. And his interactions with Hotaru make me LOL.
I also really like the sweet-natured lady who likes Makoto (the ‘Other Guy’) and Takano’s friend who crushes on her. He is so awesome. He is going to try to help her get Makoto because he wants her to be happy. EEEE! Since I know how the pairings will eventually turn out, I wonder if HnH saying that the best guy for you is your friend, which is actually an awesome observation and good for long-term relationships (my husband is, after all, my best friend).
2. Robbers is ending today. I am going to read spoilers and that would determine whether I watch it or not (I saw first three eps and stopped). It’s simple. If Oh Joon dies, I am gone: I pick my ‘terminal illness’ dramas very sparingly and they have to be extra-special, and this would not be it. I adore Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae, but I have plenty of other dramas with them to watch. I wonder if a lot of people feel the same way, because apparently the ratings for ep 15 were under 5%, which is insanely low for a kdrama, and apparently is the lowest rated ep in 2008 (I am sure there will come a drama to beat it). I mean, watching a poor mistreated guy who just has found self-respect and love with a young widow with a cute child, a young widow that already had to lose her husband tragically, succumb to tragedy and terminal illness? Not most people’s cup of soju.
ETA: Found out the ending.
!!!!!!! I am in!!!!!!!!!!!!! No death. True, he could die in the future, but so could anyone!!!! And they will enjoy their time as a family eeee!!!!
3. I am excited about an upcoming drama, which will start at end of March: Three Dads And One Mom.
It stars Eugene, Jo Hyun Jae, Jae Hee, Shin Sung-Rok. The only problem I have with this is that I adore Jae Hee with mad pash but have never seen JHJ in anything and I just know Jae Hee will end up being ‘the other guy,’ the Lee Junki character in My Girl, the playboy who falls for the heroine and gets his heart broken and I do not approve of broken-hearted Jae Hee on principle.
Plot: Eugene plays a new mother and widow. Her husband has just keeled over. Not only that, but since he was sterile, the baby was created artificially, through a ‘donation’ by his three friends. Thus, according to release at soompi, the three ‘dads’ are: “Jo Hyun Jae who is returning to the TV screen two years after "Ballad of Seodong" will play a comic role as a successful fund manager. Shin Sung Rok plays the role of an innocent detective who cannot even speak well in front of women while Jae Hee is a 'pretty boy' comic artist who likes girls but doesn't know true love.”
Eugene:
Jo Hyun Jae:
Jae Hee *thud*
Shin Sung-Rok:
4. I really need a Fujiki Naohito icon. I crave it like a drug.