"I'll protect you and our son no matter what. Even if no one else believes me, I need you to."
"I believe you."

They are so doomed. When Honae is found to be pregnant, Gyeongjong the mad kind calms down, overwhelmed by happiness when all he's known before is grief and rage. He begins to govern, even pass laws Honae wants (like finding a home for the ( Read more... )

Ha Ji-won has enough presence for a dozen normal actors. How does she do that?

Whenever we cut to the bizarre story of Villain Guy, I feel like we're in another show entirely. I'm not sure that's a story I'm interested in, actually. I guess we'll see. I feel like there's enough potential for a whole show in the story taking place in Korea, without ( Read more... )

As far as I can remember, my first encounters with Korean entertainment were the move The Host (2006), the drama Someday (2006) and the movie Take Care of My Cat (2001) -- any one of which could have introduced me to Bae Doo-na. Which one? Probably The Host, which friends took me to see in the theater even though I hate horror movies. In Someday I ( Read more... )

The bad first:

Chae-Young's character just feels like a character I keep seeing over and over again, and she doesn't seem new and different at this point. It's as if you must have a villain, a woman who works behind the scenes trying to manipulate events and people for her own benefit. As if there isn't enough drama in the emotional lives of people ( Read more... )

You know, there was a time I didn't realize how special you are. I would just watch a show, then look away in disinterest during certain plot points, or whenever particular characters were on screen. Hey, maybe I need to practice how to write 爱 so I'll just scribble on a pad of paper until the OTP is back on screen.

It's not that I don't like ( Read more... )

Okay, show? You are so wrong to have Ms Jang collapse just when Eun Soo is almost about to meet her brother again. Do you want me to scream at you?

And what was it Seung Mi said? Did she really say something like "Can't you see how I gave up my conscience for him?" Is… is that your way of asking for sympathy? Because that's new. And fail, by the way ( Read more... )

Okay, I just got through marathonning the last... okay I have no idea how many episodes I just watched, but I just couldn't stop. Brilliant Legacy is very enjoyable, with a lot of good performances.

Though I feel strangely wordless to describe how I feel about it... which is probably just as well. Maybe tomorrow.

Actually I should write about Chinese ( Read more... )

Some stories talk to us like that lover that knows exactly what we need to hear. The words are perfect, the tone of voice, and some need is filled for a while. The story runs its fingers through our hair, and makes us laugh just enough.

Maybe I haven't had enough of lately, and is all "Here you go!" and I'm ( Read more... )

A. Self, this bad habit you're in: stop it. Just stop scrolling up to posts for episodes you haven't seen yet. You're only hurting yourself ( Read more... )

Brilliant Legacy : Passive vs. Active evil

Passive Evil: Gosh, I'm feeling real sorry that my mother is kicking you and your autistic brother out into the street while we have a sweet new highrise apartment and Mom's opening a business. I feel like I should, oooh I don't know what to do I'll just ride this out and try to be friendly. But not ( Read more... )