Upcoming dramas that might tempt my fancy
I am in a month-long drama slump, which is unprecedented. But I find myself craving either a fusion sageuk or an intense actioner and neither are available...
Let's look at the umcoming dramas then.
Gu Family Book - my most anticipated. Starring adorable Suzy and even more adorable Lee Seung Gi in a period fusion fantasy adventure about half-gumiho and his quest to become human? Why is this not airing already?
IRIS 2 - Remember my mention of needing an intense actioner? Let's hope this delivers and be more like the original IRIS than the abysmal Athena. At the very least, I am going to get the awesomeness of Jang Hyuk/Lee Da Hae as an OTP one more time.
War of the Flowers - it sounds dark and full of palace rivalry and hopefully intelligent.
Incarnation of Money - History of the Salaryman was too wacky for me, but it was smart and well-paced, so this drama is in good hands. Plus, this has Kang Ji Hwan and Hwang Jung Eum so I need this as I need breathing. Also, look on the bright side - no project of KJH can be as horrid as Lie to Me. No way but up!
That Winter the Wind Blows Intense and dark romantic melodrama with my ultimate kdrama crush Jo In Sung back to dramaworld and written by Noh Hee Kyung? I need this pumped straight into my brain.
I Love You, Ahjussi - the premise of Yoo Sang Hyun (who is too fabulous for words) playing a pop star who's been in a coma since 17 and now wakes up to a new world while still being immature, is delicious. Please please get made!
Jang Ok Bin - I am a big sucker for period fusion, but the notorious Jang Ok Bin is not a very heart-tugging subject, and the drama seems to be 'history on acid,' what with making her a fashion designer (?!) and cobbling a cast that is fine individually but does not mesh together at all - I mean, Kim Tae Hee, Yoo Ah In and Jae Hee? Did they get it out a random roles generator?
Nine - it's from the folks that brought us the sublime Queen In Hyun's Man and involves time travel, but the premise of a modern time traveller travelling within a modern timeline is much less exciting to me. I do adore Lee Jin Hyuk though...
7th Grade Civil Servant - my love for Joo Won is vast, but not vast enough to watch him in a stupid-as-rocks romcom starring the unappetizing and much too old for the role Choi Kang Hee. Why, after spectacular Gaksital, the man picked this hot mess, I do not know.
Ad Genius Lee Tae Baek - blah blah advertising agency hijinks blah blah I can't hear it over the snoring.
What's your take?
Let's look at the umcoming dramas then.
Gu Family Book - my most anticipated. Starring adorable Suzy and even more adorable Lee Seung Gi in a period fusion fantasy adventure about half-gumiho and his quest to become human? Why is this not airing already?
IRIS 2 - Remember my mention of needing an intense actioner? Let's hope this delivers and be more like the original IRIS than the abysmal Athena. At the very least, I am going to get the awesomeness of Jang Hyuk/Lee Da Hae as an OTP one more time.
War of the Flowers - it sounds dark and full of palace rivalry and hopefully intelligent.
Incarnation of Money - History of the Salaryman was too wacky for me, but it was smart and well-paced, so this drama is in good hands. Plus, this has Kang Ji Hwan and Hwang Jung Eum so I need this as I need breathing. Also, look on the bright side - no project of KJH can be as horrid as Lie to Me. No way but up!
That Winter the Wind Blows Intense and dark romantic melodrama with my ultimate kdrama crush Jo In Sung back to dramaworld and written by Noh Hee Kyung? I need this pumped straight into my brain.
I Love You, Ahjussi - the premise of Yoo Sang Hyun (who is too fabulous for words) playing a pop star who's been in a coma since 17 and now wakes up to a new world while still being immature, is delicious. Please please get made!
Jang Ok Bin - I am a big sucker for period fusion, but the notorious Jang Ok Bin is not a very heart-tugging subject, and the drama seems to be 'history on acid,' what with making her a fashion designer (?!) and cobbling a cast that is fine individually but does not mesh together at all - I mean, Kim Tae Hee, Yoo Ah In and Jae Hee? Did they get it out a random roles generator?
Nine - it's from the folks that brought us the sublime Queen In Hyun's Man and involves time travel, but the premise of a modern time traveller travelling within a modern timeline is much less exciting to me. I do adore Lee Jin Hyuk though...
7th Grade Civil Servant - my love for Joo Won is vast, but not vast enough to watch him in a stupid-as-rocks romcom starring the unappetizing and much too old for the role Choi Kang Hee. Why, after spectacular Gaksital, the man picked this hot mess, I do not know.
Ad Genius Lee Tae Baek - blah blah advertising agency hijinks blah blah I can't hear it over the snoring.
What's your take?