Koreans bring the angst to the yard: Loveholic. Also, Kimi Wa Petto is still fun
Watched through episode three of Kimi Wa Petto and have a few brief, unspoilery observations:
1. MatsuJun is a very good dancer. And he is irresistable in this one. This said, I want to lock him up in an all-you-can-eat joint for a week.
2. I can't banish the weirdness. I am sorry, he is NOT a pet, he's a boy. The whole giving him baths and having him lie on your lap...freaky.
3. I am not sure I like what KwP has to say about gender relations. If you are an intelligent, strong person, you can never have a relationship with an equal. You should be with someone undemanding? Huh? I don't care if it's gender reversal. It's not something I am keen on.
But yes, continues to be enjoyable.
Because I cannot have an alleviated dose of angstless, romanceless drama, I poppped in kdrama Loveholic (it was that or Spring Waltz and SW was downstairs). My, my, MY.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Loveholic does has one of the most awesome, eyepopping drama openings. As the drama starts, and some cool song kicks in on the soundtrack, we are in the middle of some high school students having a really violent fight, chaos interrupted by freezeframe. It cuts from that to a 20-something woman (our heroine, Yool Joo) talking on her cellphone. As the students scatter, still fighting, the pursuers knock her down and one of the guys (who we will later find out is our hero, Kang Wook) who is fleeing turns (impulse to help? who knows?) only to see the woman start fighting, as well, knocking guys around like ninepins. Elegant still. It is a very Shin-Yankumi moment, with him really mesmerized by her graceful violence. As he freezes, looking at her, she crumples into his arms, even though no one has touched her.
And we are off to a story of forbidden love (she is a teacher, he is a student, though when they first meet, neither knows of the fact), mutual sacrifice, murder, jail time, TIME JUMPS, and more angst than I can ever want. Also? Narcolepsy. And that is only the beginning...(alexandral, most of the drama takes place 5+ years after school).
Awesomeness.
Stay tuned for a huge picspam some time this week.
1. MatsuJun is a very good dancer. And he is irresistable in this one. This said, I want to lock him up in an all-you-can-eat joint for a week.
2. I can't banish the weirdness. I am sorry, he is NOT a pet, he's a boy. The whole giving him baths and having him lie on your lap...freaky.
3. I am not sure I like what KwP has to say about gender relations. If you are an intelligent, strong person, you can never have a relationship with an equal. You should be with someone undemanding? Huh? I don't care if it's gender reversal. It's not something I am keen on.
But yes, continues to be enjoyable.
Because I cannot have an alleviated dose of angstless, romanceless drama, I poppped in kdrama Loveholic (it was that or Spring Waltz and SW was downstairs). My, my, MY.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Loveholic does has one of the most awesome, eyepopping drama openings. As the drama starts, and some cool song kicks in on the soundtrack, we are in the middle of some high school students having a really violent fight, chaos interrupted by freezeframe. It cuts from that to a 20-something woman (our heroine, Yool Joo) talking on her cellphone. As the students scatter, still fighting, the pursuers knock her down and one of the guys (who we will later find out is our hero, Kang Wook) who is fleeing turns (impulse to help? who knows?) only to see the woman start fighting, as well, knocking guys around like ninepins. Elegant still. It is a very Shin-Yankumi moment, with him really mesmerized by her graceful violence. As he freezes, looking at her, she crumples into his arms, even though no one has touched her.
And we are off to a story of forbidden love (she is a teacher, he is a student, though when they first meet, neither knows of the fact), mutual sacrifice, murder, jail time, TIME JUMPS, and more angst than I can ever want. Also? Narcolepsy. And that is only the beginning...(alexandral, most of the drama takes place 5+ years after school).
Awesomeness.
Stay tuned for a huge picspam some time this week.