Noh Min-woo rocks out
by girlfriday
Rock drama special Boohwal has undergone a name change. It’s now called… wait for it… Rock Rock Rock. (Geddit? Is it…maybe about…ROCK?) The first set of stills released from the set show leading man Noh Min-woo rockin’ out like it’s 1985.
It’s probably more like 1979, but by the high school uniforms, you’d think it was the 50s or something. Those hats always throw me. What I like about the stills though, is that they actually show some acting potential from Noh, who is, let’s face it, mostly known for his very pretty, but expressionless face. I think his two facial expressions in My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho were angsty and constipated. Oh wait. That was the same face.
*Ducks for cover*
But here, he’s showing some intensity, and not of the forced kind, but of the I-will-battle-you-with-my-kickass-guitar-skills kind, which is totally winning me over. I sort of wish it were a musical rather than a music drama, because in the still below, he seriously looks like he’s about to break into a song-and-dance number, like Grease-meets-West Side Story, and it’s awesome. The last still, where he’s totally into it, kind of kills me. It’s so cute.
But the hair? I can’t explain the hair. I mean, what’s with piling it into the middle like a sideways toupee? It makes me want to rip it off his head. If they’re going with the full hair-rock thing, I sincerely cannot wait until we get the stills of Noh Min-woo in long, flowing locks. That? Will be a sight to behold.
Rock Rock Rock is a four-episode drama special, a biopic about the life of Boohwal lead guitarist Kim Tae-won. The stills look like they’re starting early in Kim’s life, which is cool, because he was known as that whiz kid rocker who could play Led Zeppelin’s guitar riffs in middle school. He also wrote his first song at sixteen, the first of about, oh, 47 million or so.
Rock Rock Rock has been pushed back two weeks, and will air December 11 and December 18 on KBS.
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1 Isabella
November 24, 2010 at 5:08 AM
I like! He is a very talented musician...acting not so sure.
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lina
November 26, 2010 at 2:33 AM
i'm so hook-up with this guy. He really kind of cool. I dont know him until MGIG but then I was thinking he should get Minna instead of LSG. Anyway I am looking forward for this really sexy dude. He's a drummer. There was one video on web that he's drumbeat wearing shirtless and it's really drive me crazy. Rocking boy... luv ya.
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2 chewywonbin
November 24, 2010 at 5:12 AM
Just the Frist PICTURE alone makes me want to watch the drama.
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3 Marinil Juan
November 24, 2010 at 5:12 AM
i love him!!!
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4 ilukd
November 24, 2010 at 5:16 AM
if drama name is ROCK ROCK ROCK
then our foxhunter looks HOT HOT HOT ...
please someone tell him not to wear black .... he looks smoking sexy .... love the pic.
Happy thanksgiving to Javabeans and Girlfriday and all my k-drama addict friends.... enjoy your holiday
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Tisha
November 24, 2010 at 10:32 AM
well-said...HOT HOT HOT!
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November 24, 2010 at 11:29 AM
lol likes it!!
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5 -_-
November 24, 2010 at 5:21 AM
is it just me or does anyone else thinks he kinda looks like Lee Sang Woo in the first pic....any how he looks amazing in the still cant wait for the drama
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6 A
November 24, 2010 at 5:32 AM
Oh Min woo!!! Wow!!! I wanna watch his now!!!
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Alysson
November 24, 2010 at 5:34 AM
Oh my Min woo!!! Wow!!! I really want to watch this!
My phones set for Dec 11!!! Lol
Reminders
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7 Ojou_Belle
November 24, 2010 at 5:34 AM
HOTTIE HOT HOTTIE *Faints*
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8 Jane
November 24, 2010 at 5:41 AM
He's just so pretty and a talented musician, isn't better for the universe if he isn't also an amazing actor? I mean they can't all be JGS. I still remember when he first showed up on Gumiho, I did a double take, he's that stunning. In a drama full of beautiful people he still stood out. I feel that putting him in dramas is the next best thing to someone immortalizing him in marble. Do we know anyone who could get to work on the marble thing? I'd take one for my nakaniwa.
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lambayyx
November 24, 2010 at 1:57 PM
JGS is a talented musician? what?
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PlasticFrog
November 24, 2010 at 3:07 PM
He is. He used to play drums in the Trax, and sang to. He's amazing.
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9 chriskk
November 24, 2010 at 5:57 AM
HAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHA
just can't stop laughing when i see the stills.
Still love him....but can't stop laughing
ROFL
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soysauce
November 24, 2010 at 12:09 PM
My EXACT reaction. ROFL
THE HAAIRRRRR.
hahaha
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10 danni
November 24, 2010 at 5:58 AM
"I think his two facial expressions in My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho were angsty and constipated. Oh wait. That was the same face."
-Lol. So true
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11 missjb
November 24, 2010 at 6:00 AM
I LOVE his ANGSTy scene. I think No Min Woo angsty expression is his strength in MGIG... seriously.... I cried for his char in the last episode just because of his briliant acting during angsty scene... his eyes killed me..!
I'm not into his character in MGIG until they showed his angsty scene.. I cried in MGIG because of two character.... Miho, and Dong Joo..
He acted with his eyes... If they will decide to create alot of his angsty scene in this drama, God.... it will be kills me completely...
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12 kimkim
November 24, 2010 at 6:04 AM
This article aroused my curiosity on school uniforms in Korea (I recalled that my cousins did not have to wear school uniforms in the mid and late 1980s), and so I went right to research. The signature black uniforms remained pretty unchanged through the 60s and the 70s and all the way up to the early 80s. But citing that the school uniforms was a remnant of the Japanese occupation in Korea, the law was changed in 1982. Starting for the incoming students in 1983, school uniforms were banned. Then in August 1990, due to pressure from parent groups, the Ministry of Education "strongly encouraged" schools to return to the use of school uniforms and thus, school uniforms were revived once again in the 90s.
Since Kim Tae Won is a 1965er, he falls under the last generation of students who got to wear the old-school uniforms.
I've always wanted to wear that sailor-style uniform for girls. *Sniff, sniff.*
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Rina
November 24, 2010 at 6:33 AM
Me too!
My middle school started standarized dress during my last year there. We didn't have one in high school, but I sometimes wished we had uniforms instead.
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kay
November 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM
this is interesting. thanks for doing the research!
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13 Lovely Heretic
November 24, 2010 at 6:19 AM
Ooooh~I can feel--no SEE--the electricity from the last picture depicting their epic man-guitar-fist-pump battle! XD
I am not too happy about the name. I'll probably just call it R Cubed. LOL.
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14 Rina
November 24, 2010 at 6:31 AM
Thanks, GF!
I hate that comb-foward, made me want to cringe. But did make me think about Donald Trump's hair. I prefer his pompadour.
His character in MGIG left me wanting more from him - other than being an angsty gumiho hunter. So I'm looking forward to this drama special.
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Livvie
November 24, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Me too. I thought I was the only one he felt like he was just a pretty face.
*quickly fades back into the shadows*
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poppet
November 26, 2010 at 7:00 AM
but it is a very, Very pretty face^^
and he talks puppyspeak http://community.livejournal.com/rose_court/33268.html
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Min
December 1, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Yeah. i think the problem is the character in MGIAG. His previous drama characters showed more emotions and led him to have a major role in MGIAG. However, Dong Joo has less emotion except for the angsty face and poker face~ He's suppose to show less humanity thus the stuck up face. lol he was a good eye candy though. XD
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15 elisa
November 24, 2010 at 6:35 AM
LOL the last image is so much win.
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ninji
November 24, 2010 at 9:25 AM
That was hands down the best one. The other ones all kind of look the same.
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16 thureese
November 24, 2010 at 7:00 AM
HE IS THE FREAKIN' BEST!!!
well, if he's acting is not so sure, at least, he can still ACT! =) but i'd like him to go back to the MUSIC SCENE and ROCK! \m/ and write millions and millions good music! =)
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17 pohonphee
November 24, 2010 at 7:23 AM
I see that....Noh Min-woo constipated face. ROLF
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18 Ace
November 24, 2010 at 7:27 AM
Oooh! Dong-joo seonsaeng!
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19 djeedjes
November 24, 2010 at 7:33 AM
on the first pic.........he reminds me so much of Big Bang's TOP.
And I think TOP ever sported similar hairstyle.
Oh this is only 4 eps drama?? YAY!
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20 oh! tht! chick!
November 24, 2010 at 7:35 AM
min woo yaaah! what have they done to your beautiful emo hunter hair! :( :(
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tieu
November 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM
I know... I'm also missing it.
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21 Venus
November 24, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Wait I'm confused!!! isn't he supposed to be a HARD ROCKER!!... not a cross betweem Elvis and John Travolta in Grease?
Wait I think I got it...he is doing a Elvis impersonation from a scene from "Jail House Rock"... :P
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22 rich
November 24, 2010 at 8:06 AM
LOL for the hair style as well. XD Oh wait, he'll be sporting a long hair?? Can't wait for that! XD
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23 Vee
November 24, 2010 at 8:08 AM
*sniff*
hopes that boohwal members will make cameo in this drama too. bring all the vocalist back. lee seung chul and jung do ha.
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24 Severine
November 24, 2010 at 8:14 AM
The toupee hair and school uniform make him look a lot younger though. *imagines No Min Woo calling her Noona and immediately goes to take a cold shower* :D
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25 Jenju
November 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM
That last picture is definitely a winner. Actually makes this whole thing much more iterating if that's the intensity he's going to bring to the table.
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26 loveisouchO.O
November 24, 2010 at 8:34 AM
*goosebumps*
LOL xD
seriously, his hair in the second and third picture is really creeping me out so much that im starting to LOVE his hair in the 1st and 4th picture....
last picture ---> FTW.
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27 lessaofpern
November 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM
OK the hair is driving me nuts!
I can't wait to hear him play the guitar. :D
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28 Endroine
November 24, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Lol so hot! I tried to figure out what that thing was in the first pic, at first it seemed like a bow o.o
Tho in the end i saw its is a guitar.. lol (That Isn't obvious at all o-o, since it's about rock)
I don't like the new name, I also don't like the hair XD apart from all that I, as usual, can't wait XD Okay I can wait ._. I just don't want too XD
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29 dit
November 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM
I guess Boohwal would be too in your face if it's about Kim Taewon, hm. But title now is NOT to be taken seriously.
Oh well, I'm really anticipating this cos No Minwoo is a pretty awesome musician, I've seen some of his covers and they were really rock, rock, rockin..
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30 Yuvee
November 24, 2010 at 10:50 AM
He's seriously hot, I still get swoony seeing him when rewatching MGIAG. He'd look much hotter without that mop on his head though, lol
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31 danna
November 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM
looks like dog teacher will be switching over to the student's side....looks cool...cnt wait to see how he fares here
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32 marmar
November 24, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Love that his a real musician. Artist that can act. He looks good despite the hairdo.
For some reason from the stills I am reminded of Johnny Depp's movie Cry Baby.
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haruko
November 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM
yeah, I LOVE trax....wish he was still with it (lol, now it's down to 2 members, ha ha)
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33 supah
November 24, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Awww... I love the stills. Can't wait to watch this. Love the hair, love the uniform. And Noh Min-woo ain't too bad either. *shrugs*
Especially love that uniform on the kiddos of Giant. SO cute. (Here http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy176/supah5/Giant/2-6.jpg and here http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy176/supah5/Giant/photo125799.jpg )
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34 Haina
November 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Have to say that the hair looks kind of unfortunate. But I'll watch it for the pretty!
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camelotprincess
November 24, 2010 at 3:49 PM
LOL! Same here!
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35 SteamyBun
November 24, 2010 at 4:14 PM
I thought in the first pic he was playing some kind of giant electric banjo. That's some photographic trickery right there.
Oh, and if he is going to be sporting the 'do I've seen on the actual Kim Tae Won - YES!
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SteamyBun
November 24, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Oops I mean violin. Banjo??
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36 hermosa5790
November 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM
He's getting skinnier! Oh baby, eat more goggi, will ya? but of course, he's still hot! Not digging that hair tho'
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37 vanillasalt
November 24, 2010 at 5:36 PM
his hair kinda reminds me of Jo Kwons
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38 glencorajane
November 24, 2010 at 5:49 PM
I really like him in Gumiho. He has a charm on his own and a great voice.
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39 theasianstalker
November 24, 2010 at 5:59 PM
I really hate this hair :( But he's still cute :D I saw one of these pictures on his twitter a couple of days ago.
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40 Mars
November 24, 2010 at 6:00 PM
This reminds me vaguely of Nowhere Boy. Aaron Johnson was similarly hot hot hot (thank you, ilukd) as John Lennon.
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41 hajae
November 24, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I'm so glad he took up this role~ I've been missing the old days, when he was still in The Trax as Rose. Sigh~ I want to see him perform on stage again~
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42 stellar
November 24, 2010 at 6:57 PM
if you hate that toupee so much, wait til you see him in this really ridiculous mullet. LMAO
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6716/minu2.jpg
buy hey, let's all admit... nothing can uglify this gorgeous thing. :)
re minew's acting, well he's not good... YET. but hot damn his eyes could give you emotion. :) like missjb the scenes that moved me in MGIAG are of miho and of dongjoo's :) i really hope he brings it in this drama. ^_^
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Severine
November 24, 2010 at 7:04 PM
It almost feels like he wants to prove there's no haircut that can make him ugly.
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lyra
November 24, 2010 at 9:07 PM
we're in kdramaland so ill pardon the hair. just dont wear it regularly lad! LOL
the more awkward the hair is, the more am getting interested and eventually scour for it. haha!!
i didnt watch MGIG yet. saving it for my december holidays. oh, with this added bonus? a merry christmas indeed =P
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43 Jackie
November 24, 2010 at 7:16 PM
" HAPPY THANKS GIVING TO ALL from States " No work, no stress... Love iit!! This guy is one of my fav. Angst! Angst! Angst! Definitely HOT!
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44 Chelsea
November 24, 2010 at 7:35 PM
I actually kind of like the hair...weird?? But when you're that good-looking, it's hard to look bad even with hair like that. Happy Turkey Day from the States!
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Eel
November 26, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Not weird, because I do too. I watch a lot of jdrama and the hair style reminds me of jrock movies. Where lead guitarists/singers will have this kick ass undecipherable coifs. That said, the inner fangirl in me can't help but think that he'll look hot no matter what.
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45 joeydragonlady
November 25, 2010 at 1:28 AM
what happened to his hair? I loved his hair before.
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46 Christy
November 25, 2010 at 1:51 AM
Is this "Philip" from Pasta? OMG he's sooo cute!!
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47 lovelyme
November 25, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Like him!n0 min wo0!! Hope to see him in a lead role in a kdrama series.
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48 Leona
November 25, 2010 at 12:49 PM
errrm in MGIAG he had his shortcomings but the most emotional scenes were between foxy hunter and Gumiho
what bothered me the most was the speech somewhat forced - partially because of his char... that should look righteous and old .... but still was forces in so many scenes
sometimes you could see that the scene is acted and hasn't even a shadow of natural flow - we could see that from a mile distance - but I blame here a lil on PD -his main task was GuMiHO and DaeWoong while ppl already loved Park Dong Joo with all his flaws and all his villain deeds -oh w8 we have a similar char in MSOAN where Jung In (Kim Jae Wook a pretty good actor otherwise) looks a lil bit constipated - it depends a lot on the char and the vision of the scriptwriter+PD above the char in question
GuMiho or Mary wouldn't look extremely cute if on screen wouldn't be a char to highlight their cuteness
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Minuma
December 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM
I actually agree with you. I think the character was the source of the stoic image since dong joo is not completely human. His past characters weren't like that and they are full of emotions. I guess, a change of character may prove his skills.
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49 Mary Mary Mary
November 25, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Nice stills! He is so good looking but he really can't act!Hopefully he will do a better job in ROCK ROCK ROCK! Can't wait!
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Leona
November 25, 2010 at 8:39 PM
he can act even very well but he has his flaws -some of them pretty big when it comes about the acting
if he couldn't act his scenes wouldn't matter at all... but in his 10 min per episode in MGIAG he was noticed... a lot ... in klala land there are thousands of pretty faces ... even prettier than he is ... that are unnoticed at all... just because they can't act
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50 kou
November 25, 2010 at 3:54 PM
GORGEOUS man is gorgeous. He looks especially sizzling in the December issue of Esquire. He's totally rocking and getting into character.
http://api.ning.com/files/rXiuvGQgm7zijMFF*WzgZfvKQbsAEQC*Qd79JiQXDW1CkuDa*GF4JHmMN2hTNqcVn5KVGXCG95AyC70pbWGwhsBbrInZzPPN/esquiremagscans_bybaidu_rose9.jpg?width=462&height=600
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kou
November 25, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Oops. Wrong link. http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa1/fatsoko/esquire.jpg?t=1290729547
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