I Miss You, Faith, That Winter the Wind Blows, Joo Won's upcoming drama etc...

[dangermousie]

1. One of the best things about Yoochun being cast in a drama is that his fangirls are a supremely dedicated bunch and thus you can be sure of a ton of MVs and other things. I mean, someone made a speculative trailer of I Miss You already, splicing Yoochun and Yoon Eun Hye's other dramas

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[cleobulle]

Missing You: Not really excited about this one but will definitely try it. I like both leads well enough. But I'm mostly afraid the production will be a mess what with the leading lady only being cast now when the premiere is in 2 weeks. I know there are childhood episodes to be aired but still...

Faith & The Great Seer: *off to watch the MV after writing this message*. I read your post about The Great Seer and I just know I'll be left reeling like you were by the change in perspective. I was planning to give it a try by watching episode 1 this morning but now I might change my plans and watch episode 4 of Haven's new season instead. I'm really not a fan of all that you described in your Great Seer post. I'm not as obsessed with Fait as you are but it's still enourmously entertaining for me. I'm afraid TGS will be a snooze-fest in comparison.

That Winter the Wind Blows: Definitely NOT watching that one but I'll follow your posts if you write about it.

Joo Won's upcomming drama: I keep wondering about the leading lady as well. For now, I'm just super relieved that KTH has signed on to do another drama. I have nothing against her but I really couldn't see her and JW having chemistry. When YEH was rumored to have refused Missing You, many hoped she'd take the role. But that's not gonna happen now. The 2 names I've seen floating around are Park Min Young and Park Shin Hye. We'll see. I hope the casting announcement won't be as late in the game as Missing You.

And I'm following the same dramas except for Nice Guy. It's pretty nice because it gives me something to watch all week long without being too heavy on my schedule.

[sanaenam]

Actually TGS isn't a snooze fest. It may turn into one later on when the political machinations get ridiculous. But right now, it's exciting. I totally want to go primal with Ji Jin Hee. Never found him sexy before this. The difference in its treatment of Goryeo, King Gongmin, and Choi Young (as in lack of) is startling. And Faith does have better costuming, but it's still interesting. TGS's King Gongmin is only a year into his reign and trying desperately to amass the power that will allow him to do good, including standing up to the Yuan.

[cleobulle]

actually YEH was cast from the beginning but she wanted to keep it hush hush till the last minute

according to some of her fans she accepted the project in august

[dangermousie]

Ooooh, really? Cool!

[dangermousie]

It's not airing in two weeks - to give it more time, the channel is airing a short drama in-between, I believe. I love the cast but, even more importantly, I have faith (ha!) in the screenwriter...

TWTWB - I'll let you know if it has a happy ending. It actually might as Noh Hee Kyung is not another Lee Kyung Hee of Nice Guy/MISA/etc fame and her dramas end well more often than not (even Padam Padam with supposedly terminal illness and potential death penalty ended well).

Joo Won's drama - I adore Kim Tae Hee but she is much too womanly for him - he can present older than his age but not enough to compensate IMO. Her last two drama costars were Song Seung Heon and Lee Byung Hun for a reason. (I think out of the younger guys, the only one who'd have a prayer pulling off being her costar would be Lee Min Ho but in any event, I am glad it didn't get put to the test). I like both PMY and PSH so I'd be happy if it was either.

Faith/Great Seer - as sanaenam's comment below indicates, not everyone agrees with my take that it's a snoozefest, but I do think it is - it's a much more traditional sageuk despite CGI dragons and thus moves slowly and has less of the elements I find fun. I think ones Faith wraps up, I might wait for Jeon Woo Chi for my sageuk fix.