Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Aaaaaaaaaaaa!
OMG! The Hong Sisters have just confirmed their next drama and the rumors were true: their next is a tongue-in-cheek take on the Nine-Tailed Fox legend (a sort of Korean equivalent to a vampire - these foxes are supernatural beings that pass for humans and eat human livers) to be called My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox.
There is not enough SQUEE. Here is why:
1. They cast Lee Seung Gi as the male lead! His looks don't do much for me but he is a very rare idol who can actually act - I fell madly for him as Hwan in Brilliant Legacy. An opportunity to see him in a drama again is so very awesome.
2. I love fantasy-type stuff and kdramas aren't big on that. Actually the one I can think of is Nine-Tailed Fox with Kim Tae Hee and Jo Hyun Jae - an angsty fighter melodrama type thing which I adored. Even if they needed a wheelbarrow at the end for all the bodies. But I am sure this will be pretty different.
3. I adore Hong Sisters to bits. Hong Gil Dong is in my Top 5 dramas of all time and the rest of their dramas range to me from utter adoration (My Girl, Chunhyang) to entertaining (Fantasy Couple, You're Beautiful). The best part is this has so much potential - especially since the Hong Sisters said this will be the most melo of their stuff. I find when they go serious (Hong Gil Dong), they do their best stuff and since it's going to be a fantasy and melodramatic potentially, it will avoid the two problems that sometimes bug me with them - when the drama doesn't have much conflict or angst I check out (Fantasy Couple and even more so YAB lost me in the second half because it had so little conflict and plot. And when a drama loses you emotionally you start to nitpick and nothing good happens). This sounds like there will be angst and lots of plot. When you combine it with the Hong Sisters' sharp wit, bring it on!
4. They have not cast a female lead yet. She is supposed to be beautiful and in early 20s. Please pick Lee Yeon Hee. But anyone but Gu Hye Sun or Yoona will do. Yay!
There is not enough SQUEE. Here is why:
1. They cast Lee Seung Gi as the male lead! His looks don't do much for me but he is a very rare idol who can actually act - I fell madly for him as Hwan in Brilliant Legacy. An opportunity to see him in a drama again is so very awesome.
2. I love fantasy-type stuff and kdramas aren't big on that. Actually the one I can think of is Nine-Tailed Fox with Kim Tae Hee and Jo Hyun Jae - an angsty fighter melodrama type thing which I adored. Even if they needed a wheelbarrow at the end for all the bodies. But I am sure this will be pretty different.
3. I adore Hong Sisters to bits. Hong Gil Dong is in my Top 5 dramas of all time and the rest of their dramas range to me from utter adoration (My Girl, Chunhyang) to entertaining (Fantasy Couple, You're Beautiful). The best part is this has so much potential - especially since the Hong Sisters said this will be the most melo of their stuff. I find when they go serious (Hong Gil Dong), they do their best stuff and since it's going to be a fantasy and melodramatic potentially, it will avoid the two problems that sometimes bug me with them - when the drama doesn't have much conflict or angst I check out (Fantasy Couple and even more so YAB lost me in the second half because it had so little conflict and plot. And when a drama loses you emotionally you start to nitpick and nothing good happens). This sounds like there will be angst and lots of plot. When you combine it with the Hong Sisters' sharp wit, bring it on!
4. They have not cast a female lead yet. She is supposed to be beautiful and in early 20s. Please pick Lee Yeon Hee. But anyone but Gu Hye Sun or Yoona will do. Yay!