(And, naturally, the only one of the kdramas I could watch more than 15 minutes of was Fantasy Couple which is my favorite modern kdrama. Though it did need to be a few episodes shorter. But then, I've yet to see a kdrama-with the possible exceptions of Damo and Lovers-that couldn't stand to lose a few eps.)
And...err...I need your address again so I can finally get Farscape back to you before I forget again. (Granted, the only reason I'm remembering now is because I have a month's free trial for Netflix, and am rewatching some eps while I wait for S2 DVDs to get here.)
The weird thing about FS for me was that usually if I don't like a drama or find it flawed, I can pinpoint why (e.g. Stained Glass: too corny and with irritating secondaries). But with FS there wasn't anything negative that jumped out at me...it just didn't click. Odd.
Btw, is it just me or is Anna the Korean Cordy? :P
Oh, and I think you'll like Da Ren Wu. It's a comedy wuxia so also has the benefit of no gigantic piles of bodies at the end :)
Anna as the Korean Cordy works well enough. I know that part of it with me is that it's a female character type usually made out to be the Evil Other (making the work annoy me, as villifying non-lead females and glorifying most males is a problem I have with most romantic fiction) being made the lead. And Cordy being made cool and sympathetic and likable was one of the main reasons I got into the Buffyverse, despite my "die, vampire fiction oversaturation!"
FC, though, is largely a character piece about Anna with a romantic comedy veil over it, as opposed to a full out romsntic comedy or drama.
I liked the characters in FC well enough but I wasn't emotionally involved with them at all, and if I am not it only works for me when there is either OTT comedy or OTT melodrama where I enjoy the absurdity and not the people involved.
I have to say FC has to be the only comedy kdrama I've seen where the gal is 'superior' socially/money-wise to the guy. I've seen plenty of serious ones do that (from A Love to Kill and Snow Queen to the current East of Eden) but it was neat to see in a lighter setting.
welcome home. you don't like fantasy couple, i like it alot. One of my favorite. Through you are right on oh ji ho, not a great actor. It was kind of long, but then that what i think of most kdrama. They tend to be too long for my taste.
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Mmmm, All In romancy caps will definitely be forthcoming. It made me melt in scary ways :)
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I did not like Fantasy Couple too. blah...
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(And, naturally, the only one of the kdramas I could watch more than 15 minutes of was Fantasy Couple which is my favorite modern kdrama. Though it did need to be a few episodes shorter. But then, I've yet to see a kdrama-with the possible exceptions of Damo and Lovers-that couldn't stand to lose a few eps.)
And...err...I need your address again so I can finally get Farscape back to you before I forget again. (Granted, the only reason I'm remembering now is because I have a month's free trial for Netflix, and am rewatching some eps while I wait for S2 DVDs to get here.)
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The weird thing about FS for me was that usually if I don't like a drama or find it flawed, I can pinpoint why (e.g. Stained Glass: too corny and with irritating secondaries). But with FS there wasn't anything negative that jumped out at me...it just didn't click. Odd.
Btw, is it just me or is Anna the Korean Cordy? :P
Oh, and I think you'll like Da Ren Wu. It's a comedy wuxia so also has the benefit of no gigantic piles of bodies at the end :)
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FC, though, is largely a character piece about Anna with a romantic comedy veil over it, as opposed to a full out romsntic comedy or drama.
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I have to say FC has to be the only comedy kdrama I've seen where the gal is 'superior' socially/money-wise to the guy. I've seen plenty of serious ones do that (from A Love to Kill and Snow Queen to the current East of Eden) but it was neat to see in a lighter setting.
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you don't like fantasy couple, i like it alot. One of my favorite. Through you are right on oh ji ho, not a great actor. It was kind of long, but then that what i think of most kdrama. They tend to be too long for my taste.
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