I don't know what it is about scenes of lovers riding on horseback together. They're everywhere, of course. You can't gaze out across a windswept prairie without seeing several pairs of lovers riding hither and yon. It's just one of those romantic things that never gets old. For me, anyway.

The Princess' Man used this trope in a very interesting way ( Read more... )

Lately I seem to be in the mood for costume dramas in Chinese… and almost nothing else. I'll probably be watching Shut Up (slowly) and nothing else in Korean (unless I rewatch The Princess' Man like I'm tempted to, and I'm slowly rewatching The Legend). But as I'm nearing the end of Dream of the Red Chamber and the middle of Vigilantes in Masks, I' ( Read more... )

Tingting explained the problem I was having with 当 before. I knew this, but I forgot. My brain is a scattered thing.

Sometimes 当 isn't just a word on its own. Sometimes it's part of a 当。。。的时候 structure. I think I forgot that because so often in normal conversation, people just say 时候 and leave off the 当.

So now those lines in Vigilantes in Masks ( 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... )

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... )

Possession, betrayal, anger.

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Though no one expects you to tell your life story to the person you've begun dating, significant deception in those early stages can lead to pain. It just seems like a bad idea to lead someone to believe that you're a poor parking attendant when you actually own the company. Or that you're the Princess when you're actually the daughter of Suyang. I ( Read more... )

I just remembered that I haven't written anything after I finished The Princess' Man. I'm not sure what to say, really. I don't have complaints. It was a wonderful show, and it says something that I'm still thinking about it a couple of weeks after the end. I'm glad I got to spend time with Seung-Yoo and Se-Ryung and Kyung-Hye and Jong and the ( Read more... )

I don't think I've said this, but really, every actor here has done an amazing job. Whether they're playing good characters, evil characters, or Seung-Yoo (who goes through huge changes during the story), they've all given performances that live and breathe.

Kim Yeong-Cheol plays Su-Yang with convincing depth. I never forget that he's a monster, and ( Read more... )

I love the detail given not only to sets and costumes, but to the smallest things lurking at the edges of scenes. I really love this lamp from episode 20:

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