And they say kdramas don't have good makeout scenes!

This is from (fittingly) an awesome romantic melodrama Lovers, starring Lee Seo Jin and Kim Jung Eun (seeing that they were a real life couple for a wile maks me feel oddly voyeuristic).

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Who doesn't want a sexy angsty gangster boyfrend?

If you ever wonder why I like some dramas and not others, or whether a particular one will appeal to me or slide straight off my radar, I think my preferences, tastes, and reactions can be summed up by this:


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This is yet another in my series of "Dangermousie ranks all the kdramas she has ever seen" posts. (I have seen over 70 kdramas and, being addicted to ranking, have decided to rank them all). For previous posts go here. Below the cut are dramas ranked 42-30: these range from dramas I like a lot to dramas I love. All of them have flaws that keep them ( Read more... )

I have decided that it was about time for me to update and expand my favorite kdrama primer yet again (which I first did some months ago). Not only were there a bunch of kdramas I wanted to add to the list, but I wanted to rearrange the order of some of the dramas on the list already (except for the first three or so, the placement of the other ( Read more... )

I have decided that it was about time for me to update and expand my favorite kdrama primer (which I first did some month ago). Not only were there a bunch of kdramas I wanted to add to the list, but I wanted to rearrange the order of some of the dramas on the list already (except for the first three or so, the placement of the other ones within ( Read more... )

alexandral's watching of Lovers reminded me how much I loved it ( Read more... )

I think I have decided to watch Ne rodis krasivoy ('Don't be born beautiful'), a Russian version of the same telenovela 'Ugly Betty' is based on (did I mention that we saw posters for UB all over Buenos Aires with the slogan 'in English, it is more ugly.' :P ( Read more... )

So, I continued with Lovers. Am in middle of ep 17 of it and definitely definitely love ( Read more... )

Have been stuck in airport for forever, but on the plus side, it really put a dent in my drama backlog ( Read more... )

I can take only so much wuxia at a stretch so I decided to have a break and continue with Lovers (btw, my resolution is to finish all dramas I haven't yet before continuing with more. Yay ( Read more... )