Drama Update...
I've been bad about replies lately and am much too behind. I'll try to do better, I promise!
The drama season rolls on inexorably, thus bringing us closer to some dramas I am very excited about: Swallow the Sun (mercenaries and Sung Yuri and Ji Sung, what more could I want), IRIS (a.k.a. my hyperventilation drama of the season, about a hunted assassin played by Lee Byung Hun, back to dramas after a really long time), the mini-drama Triangle (with Kang Ji Hwan and Li Ji Ah, my favorite kdrama actor and one of my fave kdrama actresses), Dream (starring Kim Bum and Joo Jin Mo in a story about men kicking other men in the face) etc etc. I really should do a proper post on all of this.
But this is about two more dramas soon to come out, one of which is a YAY and another, not so much.
The YAY is Friend which has the oldest highschoolers ever.
Clearly, the casting director has not seen real high-schoolers for a very very long time.
Despite the entire cast looking as if they had to repeat each grade, since the second grade, thrice in order to be this old and still in high school, I am in. I adore three of the men you see above: Hyun Bin (Snow Queen), Kim Min Jun (Damo), and Seo Do Young (Spring Waltz), and I am all for brotherhood and uniforms. I'll just pretend men in Korea get their highschool diploma at 30.
Plus, three ladies. Yay! I bet the fourth guy whose name I don't know is the one who won't get one. No-names never do :)
The drama which is getting a NAY? Partner.
Lee Dong Wook is adorable, but not even he can make me watch a drama about a bunch of lawyers. It would be tough going even if the drama had Bae Yong Joon, Kang Ji Hwan, and Gong Yoo. Together. Shirtless.
Plus, I did not care for the leading lady in Marrying a Millionaire.
Oh well...
ETA: Learning about Dream made me think - Kim Hyung Joon is exempt from this because he is mainly a singer and BOF was an amusing little sideline for him, but why has Lee Min Ho not signed up for any acting gigs? I am sure advertising shirts and tacos is exciting, but come on - act? Maybe? Kim Bum already has a whole other drama lined up! (But then I do think he has the most promise of the four F4 guys).
The drama season rolls on inexorably, thus bringing us closer to some dramas I am very excited about: Swallow the Sun (mercenaries and Sung Yuri and Ji Sung, what more could I want), IRIS (a.k.a. my hyperventilation drama of the season, about a hunted assassin played by Lee Byung Hun, back to dramas after a really long time), the mini-drama Triangle (with Kang Ji Hwan and Li Ji Ah, my favorite kdrama actor and one of my fave kdrama actresses), Dream (starring Kim Bum and Joo Jin Mo in a story about men kicking other men in the face) etc etc. I really should do a proper post on all of this.
But this is about two more dramas soon to come out, one of which is a YAY and another, not so much.
The YAY is Friend which has the oldest highschoolers ever.
Clearly, the casting director has not seen real high-schoolers for a very very long time.
Despite the entire cast looking as if they had to repeat each grade, since the second grade, thrice in order to be this old and still in high school, I am in. I adore three of the men you see above: Hyun Bin (Snow Queen), Kim Min Jun (Damo), and Seo Do Young (Spring Waltz), and I am all for brotherhood and uniforms. I'll just pretend men in Korea get their highschool diploma at 30.
Plus, three ladies. Yay! I bet the fourth guy whose name I don't know is the one who won't get one. No-names never do :)
The drama which is getting a NAY? Partner.
Lee Dong Wook is adorable, but not even he can make me watch a drama about a bunch of lawyers. It would be tough going even if the drama had Bae Yong Joon, Kang Ji Hwan, and Gong Yoo. Together. Shirtless.
Plus, I did not care for the leading lady in Marrying a Millionaire.
Oh well...
ETA: Learning about Dream made me think - Kim Hyung Joon is exempt from this because he is mainly a singer and BOF was an amusing little sideline for him, but why has Lee Min Ho not signed up for any acting gigs? I am sure advertising shirts and tacos is exciting, but come on - act? Maybe? Kim Bum already has a whole other drama lined up! (But then I do think he has the most promise of the four F4 guys).