Another Cinderella's Sister would make me hurl.
Another Baker King would make me cheer. =]

Those are two examples of how to (Baker King) and how not to (CS) do melodrama well.

She's so cute~~ I dunno how she'll manage to pull out the Nightingale in distress... however, she is definitely in her way to be one of the most successful 2nd generation actresses after the Son Ye Jin, Kim Haneul and so on era... hopefully she make it to the top... Min Young Hwaiting!!!

I didn't like Baker King very much so I don't know what to think of this new drama. :|

what!and again she is paired with a Hot.. HOOOOT guy!!!damn!one lucky girl:)

Is it weird that I like those two dramas she's in...but I never sort of really love her...I even like her characters...and she's not a terrible actress...but something's just missing..

Now I'm really taking it personally....

first it was the boys of Bigbang...GD and TOP fighting over her

next it was the pretty boys of SKKS, especially Geolro

and then City Hunter himself- Lee Min HoT

.. and now it will be Chun Jung- myung!!!

I'm really dying of envy..

PARK MIN-YOUNG!!!! WHY SO LUCKY???

did she save Korea or something in her past life?

I really had high hopes for CS, but .. ugh. And I sorta have high hopes for this drama, but like everyone else, i just hope it doesnt turn out to be another CS :S PRAYYYYYYYY

Whoa, she's going to have another drama soon? That's fast. I like her in Sungkyunkwan, and now City Hunter. She has certain appeal that made viewers like her character and her acting :)

I love City Hunter to bits, and almost everything about it, but to me, she is the weakest link. Not a fan of her acting, but I must admit she is one very lucky actress.

Awesome! Park Min-young is probably my second favorite actress, after Han Hyo-joo, whom I'm sad to say I haven't seen much of lately (Dong Yi was a tad too long for my tastes).

Wow. O_o That's so FAST, lolz.

I think it's a great opportunity for Park Min Young will able to join another drama with that cutie pie Chun Jung Myung -- because PMY have to do this & she will accomplish to made her so proud of herself like she will become so wonderful actress, I am sure about this, heh!

FIGHTING, Park Min Young! Go get your gold luck! ^__^

Oooooo. How interesting.

I hope Park Min Young will be all right when she might be tired after City Hunter is over soon, I guess so. Well, she might want to do busy by herself if she will join another drama. Stay Strong!

(CLAPS-CLAPS) Bravo, Bravo, Park Min Young.

this is great and all, but is anyone else seriously turned off by chun jung myung's crustache? it has to go ><

I'm happy to see her jumping right into another role - she's making hay while the sun shines :)

I think that her turn in City Hunter was an excellent one. She's sweet, open and emotive. I can totally see her taking on the role of a nurse-like character, and she's shown that she can hold her own against the hotness factor of her leading man.

Will look forward to watching this new project. :)

YAY.. love both of them they can make a handsome couple..

I like your comment

"My fear is that somehow this drama cocktail is going to end up Cinderella’s Sister crossed with Baker King, which might make me hurl. But there’s a chance it’ll be more triumph-of-the-human-spirit, less I-love-you-but-you-might-be-my-sister, right? RIGHT?"

I agree with you. I even post it in my blog, heee thank you girlfriday

well baker king was a high ratings magnet- bit diff and bit addictive to most ahjumma's- i watched the front and d end- but was bit disinterested in some episodes. CS was too melodramatic- that said it has a good cast- n actually do have its devoted followers. i agree that PMY seems to be the current 'female face of korea's drama' - i have nothing against her- she's such a cutie but not the most talented but all this opportunities will let her improve. I like CJM too - but there's a;ways last minute changes so v shall c..

i was surprised to find that i liked "king of baking"...i watched it after it ended..so after a really long time....cinderella's sister on the other hand i watched fairly early...and omg....it was just too melo for my taste...i stopped halfway though i liked the cast...god knows how it ended...hehehehe

OMAGAH THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE GREATEST NEWS OF THE DAY!!!!

I'm totally up for the minyoung-jungmyung pairing, just because, yeah, like GF says, so much pretty, well much prettiness in a drama won't hurt, right?

i fell , hard, for CJM since CS and i always squee whenever i see PMY in city hunter, (though mostly because leeminhot was also in the screen, too) but she's awesome and she's going to stay that way.

with such great PD, writer, and cast, this will surely be one of the most anticipated dramas of the year, just the right drama to make up for my soon-to-be city hunter withdrawal syndrome. :)))))

I am probably in the minority here...but I actually like her as an actress. I frankly can't think of any scene in SKKS or CH where her character could have been portrayed better.

If I was ever disapointed with a scene in these two crack dramas (which happened rarely), it was because of where they made her character go ...like damsel in distress (not so good) instead of strong superfighter (great!).

For those who don't like her acting, can you think of an example?

Love me some Chun Jung-myung...still need to finish 15 episodes of The Duo.

She is indeed lucky to be cast with so many hot guys. Sounds like they have a good team going. The only question is does PMY have the ability to discard her Nana character completely to immerse in her new role in such a short time? Will the viewers have a short memory?

I want her job.

Of course, I'd have to be her age, too, 'cuz no hottie's gonna look at an old ahjumma like me, lol. I got kids older than both of those guys.

Hated CS. OK, "hated" might be a bit strong. I watched until the bitter end, but it left a bad taste for melodramas. To be fair, I watched Bad Guy before that. I don't mind drama if it has some comic relief every once in awhile. But, depressing melodrama....who needs it? I get enough with my melodramatic real sister, don't need it in my "escape tv".

I like PMY, I'd like to see her take on a meatier role, just to see what she's made of, but I like the characters she's played so far.

OK, rambled enough...got real life to attend to.

interesting... in korea, i think people actually consider park min-young a good actress, and chun jung-myung has been criticized for bad acting in his past couple of jobs (including cinderella sister).

i wonder if it's the difference between international fans and fans in korea who are fluent in korean and the culture. i have seen praise for park min-young especially for her clarity of voice and pronunciation when she says her lines, which they consider an important trait of "classic" vocal training in actors. on the other hand, you'll see a lot of criticism for actresses like choi ji-woo and yoon eun-hye for their "sloppy" pronunciation...

i think she had a lot of anti-fans before SKKS, but after the drama she won a lot of fans and praise.

i myself, LOVE park min-young. i thought she was superb in SKKS. not only for her clear voice, but she was pitch-perfect in portraying any of the emotions that each scene required.

in city hunter she was great in he beginning, but lately some of the scenes seem off to me. her character's relationship with yoon-sung/lee min-ho took a downturn, and while lee min-ho acts those scenes with a very solemn quiet demeanor, her energy is still a little high... so it kind of comes off as mismatched and awkward, i dunno. also she's not getting any good lines/scenes written for her.

anyways. i'm excited for park min-young being in another drama. i kinda hope it will be somebody else rather than chun jung-myung though... just can't get excited about him. how about song joong-ki?? now i could get excited about that! (although i think he's supposed to play a young king se-jong in another drama.)

So I'm happy Park Min Young will go straight off the City Hunter set and into her next drama... Can we hope the same for Lee Min Ho? I want to see him in more than one drama a year...

Can't this girl give us at least til next year to recover from City Hunter before she stars in any other drama?!

Since this post is about PMY anyway...

Oh, hell!!!! I just watched City Hunter and I think they finally killed someone. I'll wait around 9 hours for GF's recaps....No, no, no, no, no, no!!!!

(Just saw the 1000+ posts in ep18 CH recaps and people's reactions to 19!)

I hope that JB and Girlfriday do recap this drama and, if it does indeed turn out to be like Cinderella's Sister, I hope they continue recapping to the bitter end. Why, you ask? Because these women are facking hilarious when they're at their wits' end with annoyance and/or homicidal rage. Of course, that would tick off a lot of readers, so maybe they shouldn't do that. Still, I would find it funny.

Of course, I just hope the drama turns out to be good. Happy Beanie-unni + Happy Girlfriday-unni = happy readers.

She is so pretty! I love her in City Hunter, which I wish it will be a never ending drama. Haha. BUT, Chun Jung-Myung does not match with her if he is really the leading man for this drama. At least find someone better looking and a better actor. His acting in 'The Duo' was so poor that I cheered on the other leading man, haha.

Dang, shes on the ball.

I love you guys (JB and GF that is)...i can't see these two pairing up (I love them both). I can't see PMY with any other except for LMH! Oh the curse of City Hunter!!!! I hope it's better than Cinderella Sister otherwise I might tear all my hair out.

Maybe this drama will actually be good because park minyoung's on a roll with the pickin of the dramas. But then again, i thought the same of yoon eunhye...

PMY is one LUCKY girl. She's been staring w/ HOT guys lately (especially the IT guys of the moment.

lurrrrvvveeeeeeeeeeeeee him.

Im...sick of her:(
BUt chun jung myung?! whatever he is in, I am on board!!

Not really a fan of her acting but I must admit I have only seen her in Sungkyunkwan scandal. Maybe I will like her in a new drama..?!

Oh this piece of news actually makes me sad. Park Min-young cast in a new project just reaffirms that City Hunter is really ending T_T.

I don't think she can do well in ''sad/suferring scenes''

Her acting in these scenes lack. When I saw her flashback of her parents accident I was disappointed. she couldn't even bring me to get moved and her tears looked so fake... she was better in SKKS.

I swear Park Min Young has the best agency ever, scoring so many juicy roles along with the hottest young male actors! I just wish her acting was A LOT stronger (she's usually pretty serviceable but her flaws are glaring when acting with someone as talented as Lee Min Ho).

LOL. AGAIN PMY? AGAIN? Aren't you tired already?
Coz I'm so tired of seeing you swarming on my screen these days. Allkpop and other sites are doing no good either with her excessive and sometimes not-too-important news.
Enjoy your popularity while you can, let's see if in the next decade you'll still be like this or not. :p
Not a big fan of CJM, so I'll definitely pass it.
NEXT topic please!!

i LOVE park min young for her acting abilities....she's a real good actress...and if somebody cant see that then u need some thicker glasses ...hahah...i think she's alot better than some of the other actresses out there...so if the girl can act then give her the credit ....maybe she'll win another award this year!! hwaiting PMY !!!

I love Park Min Young. Liked her SKKS and liking her in CH. So happy for her that she's got another project lined up. :) :)

Wow, that will surely make her an A-lister. If a Kimtakgu-esque success is her third homerun.