My opinionated opinions on airing kdramas...

[dangermousie]

Here it is...

WATCHING

Operation Proposal - sweet, melancholy, hopeful trifle. A good way to relax after a long day.
Shut Up Flower Boy Band - owns my heart, body, and soul. And possibly some more prosaic parts like spleen and toenails. I thought I was done with dramas forever (I am not even kidding) and SUFBB single-handledly brought me back

Comments

[anonymous]

So I'm totally with you on SUFBB-- It's totally my crack right now

Ditto! on Take care of us Captain and Dream High...

Imma Wild Romance-lover so I hope u give it a chance but even if you hate it all I swear just watch it for her bookworm best friend and his robot managers' relationship ( the BEST most awkward you-complete-me relationship ever!) if not for anything else.., ok that's all I have to say about WR (well I have more but yeah gonna stop now:)

Also I've been watching Feast of Gods for the same reasons you want to and I just have to say-- This is the first time Joo Sang Wook isn't a cold/quiet/robotic chaebol and it's SO weirrrrdd seeing him being all smiley and funny I can't tell if I love it or hate it :p
~Maqluba

[dangermousie]

Oooh, thanks for the Feast heads-up.

I am not very good with romcoms so I'll probably stay away from WR despite my LDW love.

[jamieguo48]

dangermouise, WR is a romcom for about two episodes. After that it turns into a wild freeforall, with most of the focus turning to suspense, mystery, and the drama surrounding the cast. The romance and the comedy take a back seat. Mr. X talked about it much better then I could here.

[dangermousie]

Thanks :)

[december_clouds]

Maybe if the lead was someone I found more attractive than Lee Bum Soo. /shallow

I felt the same way. ._. I thought he was just too... something. I couldn't focus.

[dangermousie]

Let's form a club :)

[clairiere]

Feast of the Gods -- it's God of War's lead-out drama in the weekends so I'm somewhat familiar with the reactions on DCgall. They seemed to enjoy it well enough the 1st week, not so much lately. Some were saying they were reeling too much from GoW for Feast to register. What it's got going for is SYR's chemistry with both JSW and Lee Sang Woo, or so they say.

God of War -- the synopsis of slave rising to general, is very much up my alley.Not just any slave-turned-general but one who outlasted his masters (4 generations of the Choi family) and lived to see both the end of the Age of Warriors and the invasion of Goryeo by the Mongols. He must have been a remarkable figure IRL, and if GoW's any indication, the dramatization will be just as compelling. Just have some oxygen tank on standby when you take the plunge

[dangermousie]

I already have all the available GoW eps queued up and foresee a massive binge in a couple of weeks. I need a smart passionate sageuk after Tree has ended (and to cleanse my palate after Moon/Sun - I just hope its success won't lead to other empty-headed single-celled sageuks

[clairiere]

SJK's still frequently mentioned as the actor they wish could have played the adult Yi Hwon on DCgall (and I've seen a number of M/S fanarts/mv's to that effect, pairing him with Moon Geun-Young, Moon Chae-Won, Shin Se-Kyung etc.), which is a credit to him. But someone as recently as yesterday said that it was a "mistake" for him to have turned it down (probably in reference to an article that said SJK, Park Yoo-Chun and Park Si-Hoo had been approached for the role, which sounded a little suspicious but anyhow...), and that's just ludicrous. Yeah, after the wonder that was Yi Do, I really would have wanted him to do a sageuk in which an entire episode can revolve around whether the king will sleep with the queen. Or go from working with Baek Yoon-Shik and Han Seok-Kyu to Han Ga-In.

re: future sageuks: well, there's one that sounds promising, Lee Jun-Ki's next project. Titled Arang, it's supposedly about a Joseon-era official who's sort of a healer/appeaser of vengeful spirits, from the writer of Chosun Police and PD of Can You Hear

[timescout]

LJK in a sageuk with the writer of Chosun Police and the PD of CYHMH?! Really? Yup, it does sound promising indeed.

[dangermousie]

Bwahahahaha, funny and 100% on point.

[ladysaotome]

Let us know if you find subs for Vampire Idol - I also think it sounds like my kind of crack!

[dangermousie]

Oh, I will, but sadly this seems unlikely.