Thanks for the (hilarious) podcasts! I always die laughing while listening. Sometimes I listen to them in the train and I get a lot of funny looks and stares because I have to laugh out loud!

ARANG & M.!! yay!

Now I'll have to forego my sleep! Hahaa!! Thanks for tge podcasts!! LOVE Arang and the Magistrate!!!! :'DD

we did learn about the transfusion thing! >.<

that was the whole reason why dr. blood went Guilt Tripping last season; because he was experimenting with vamp blood and transfused some into first season's Big Bad.

remember? tae-yeon even went to confront him about it, and dr. blood was like, uh, yeah, sorry, i created the guy who killed your sister because i was playing god a little and didn't know exactly what would happen...my bad, dude.

and then at the end, when he was bleeding out all over the place, he asked tae-yeon to bite him to make amends for his unwitting Wrong.

um...anywho.

loved the podcast, as per usual! ^_^

Thanks for the part 2 !!! :))) Arang ♥

Thanks again, ladies. Listening to you guys was a nice break from studying. :) I totally agree with your comment about Jun-ki's seemingly army-duty-earned gravitas. I like his acting more now, and I agree that he is much hotter. Although I watched all of his old shows, I never really understood the reason he was so popular.

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Wow, another podcast so soon? Awesome. LOVE these podcasts.
Thanks Girlfriday and Javabeans! I'll be looking forward to the next podcast!

So much love for Arang and The Magistrate and not just our lovely couple Shin Min-ah and Lee Jun-ki but for the rest of the casts. This show put all its characters to good use. This is the kind of show that I will go back and watch again like The Princess Bride. "Yes my Eun-oh ya will come for me " lol. I'd call it a childhood favorite if it came out years ago.

I have a new appreciation for Lee Jun-ki, he has really grown and mature and more manly. I liked him before but he was too pretty for my taste lol. I loved The King and The Clown but I wouldn't want him to play a pretty character again. I have his current manly image in my head/memory and I want to keep it that way lol. What a talented actor, I love love love him.

Thank you ladies for the pod-casts and the ost. I'm not into rap but MC Sniper is the exception. Mask Dance is my favorite.

i enjoyed it (both podcasts)! A lot of fun Thank you! :)

I agree about Vampire Prosecutor 2. What works for this show is the Team Spirit: I'm so glad they kept all the characters of season 1. (+ Dr Jo who is amazing). On the other hand, it's a show of only 12 episodes of 57 mins and I'm not sure there is enough room for a complex & twisted overarching story a la LOST. The confusing editing and the lack of data given to us (where/when/who/how) doesn't help and yes it's frustrating for the viewers. Share with us Show! I was also bothered by the extreme darkness and the torture in episode 1: For me it works better when they keep the pain "mentally and figuratively" in this drama. Torture and gruesome should be kept for season 2 of TEN (still waiting for that one by the way). Oh well, they do a lot of fan service and Tae-yeon is definitely the hottest vampy on TV so all is not lost. Maybe a season 3?

The part about joowon's overacting. i felt the same way while watching Gaskital . Honestly i haven't cried for any dramatic scene that he did like when his mother died etc.. The emotion was there, about to cry and then no, it felt way too much. I was like "hmm what i'm suppose to do right now? i'm not crying is that normal ?" lol Anyway, yes overacting ...

I'm so happy to hear all the "Arang" love, too! It is by far my favorite Kdrama that I've seen in my short time watching. The plotting is fantastic, and it's wonderful to love both main characters.

I've been so perplexed lately by peoples' comments about how "Arang" is dragging or boring. I'm like, uh, where? Each episodes has so much either plot or character development, and the surprises keep coming in good ways. Maybe they are watching for more limited reasons?

hee. love the pictures you guys choose for podcasts. especially the ones from radio stints with the headphones. cute.

feeling both of you with your thoughts of all the dramas from part 1 and 2.

thanks for the podcasts. looking forward to the next. ^^

thanks for the second part!! :D

So glad to hear your comments on (and love for!) Arang :) I totally agree that the live shooting caught up with the quality, while watching the first episodes I honestly thought it would become one of the best dramas I've seen in terms of all around awesomeness (scenario, actors, cinematography, music, whole package of humor/melo/romance/action/mystery), but I wasn't so hooked up on the latest ones (although still watching keenly).

I hope you will overcome your drama fatigue, I am more addicted to your blog than to the dramas themselves, but seeing how much work and intense drama watching this probably takes I understand why you would feel tired...

Thank you, JB and GF.

I completely agree with your assessment of Arang. It's one of a few where I rarely roll my eyes while watching.

Loving LJK in this show. He is hotter and a better actor since I last saw him in My Girl and Iljimae. His comedic timing has always been excellent and although there are still a few ott acting in some scenes, he is nailing this performance.

Sorry to hear that you are a bit drama-fatigued. Understandable considering the number of dramas you both have recapped the past six years. Your dedication is much appreciated.

I think why Maru wanted to get "revenge" is that he is obsessed with her. He wants her by his side, no matter what. So he is willing to sacrifice his life for her, because he just wants her. I think that this is scarier and much more than a mere revenge plot. He was the one to offer to go to prison and was willing to forgive her for leaving him. That makes me feel like he is so warped in his own love of her. A twisted love is so much interesting to me then getting revenge. Can't wait to watch more. Yeah, time does fly by so fast :D hehehe. A good study break.

Oh and for Vampire Prosecutor I actually love the flashback in the beginning and in the end, then proceed to the mystery of the day. Narratively, it works for me because the mystery of the day relates to Dr. Jo. The story is introducing him to the team and making us care about him as a person. Plus the pseudo family always get to me. And it relates to main mystery because Dr. Jo is somehow related and if we are invested in Dr. Jo, we are going to be more emotionally invested into the main mystery. Like how it was for Tae-yeon and his sister. I'm actually liking Season 2 more.

I also don't really like the new procedures of showing a case. It's a bit overly done for me. I'm glad you mention that grave scene, when they weren't allow to examine the body. Like why pretend you can see it then?

Oh and thanks for the podcast! Very interesting :D

First time to listen to your podcast here because of ARANG! Keke. I totally agree about LJK I never realized him as a "MANLY" man until he starred in Arang. In this show he has transitioned from being a dubbed as a flower boy to a more mature and more manly actor which is a plus! I hope that after Arang he will get to act in more shows that will showcase his strength as a manly actor. :)

This is my first time listening to a podcast here. It was pretty cool. But whose voice belongs to whom? :P

Anyways, I only listened to the parts about Arang and the Magistrate and Nice Guy since those are the two I’m currently following. Love, love, LOVE Arang and the Magistrate. Yes, the scenes have become darker and that was a little upsetting since I tend to like brightness more. But oh well, it doesn't deter me from hanging off the edge of my seat whenever I watch an episode…the story is that amazing and well executed. As for the pace, I did feel it became slower but I didn’t think it was bad. Some things just need to be slowed down and thought about. About the hype over Lee Jun Ki’s pretty vs manly face, since I didn’t watch any of his previous works (I’m fairly recent to the kdrama world), I google’d his pretty face and I have to say I’m a bit of a sucker for that prettiness. So I like both images. :P

As for Nice Guy, there are some things that bother me but I’m still waiting for the story to develop more before I make more decisive opinions about it. So far it’s interesting but I’d like to see some good reasons for revenge kinda like how you guys suggested in the podcast with the whole kill-the-sister-off thing. Actually, I wanted that to happen because I couldn’t stand Choco’s and Maru’s friend’s scenes…so childish and too long for my tastes.

i agree its not often to have equal love for both male and female leads. so far, in my limited watching its only happened for the greatest love and FBRS.

i dont know why i am so easily irritated by the female leads or at the most indifferent to them, not LOVE them . i feel it must be me cos i dont read others feeling like this as much!

hello, newbie here :)

what is this PODcasting means? Is this some kind of -IMO- of all the writers here about all the latest drama? If would listen to this will I get a spoiler..I haven't watch Arang and even Faith :) Thanks

oh the darkness in Arang. It's best to watch in a dark room with brightness up. Maybe thats what they wanted?
Or more likely live shooting + lame cameras
Still love it to bits. Only 4 episodes left! I'm so excited, and sad :c
And Nice Guy just has me in a ball of nerves all the time. In a good way though. I think Jee Hee is the worst type of manipulative. On the scale of bastardom she slid to irredeemable levels with that jumping into the river scene. So god damn manipulative. Only character i like is Joon-ha. Best lawyer ever. How come you guys didn't mention him?
Also there's a lot of hate for Choco and Kwang-to but i don't mind them. I need a break from the nerves in that show.
Thanks for the podcast guys!

Based on the ep 9 and 10 nice guy spoilers that have been floating around, the amnesia arc starts this week and we also get a time jump (with makeovers for everyone) . I am curious as to how this drama pans out in the next portion of the drama.

LMAO while listening to you guys talking about Lee Jun Ki... I am right there with you... I didn't like Lee Jun Ki before he went into the military but watching him in Arang changed everything... Oh my, now I really, really, really like him...

Thanks for the AatM and NG mentions as these are the only two kdramas on my to-watch list and NG is likely to be dropped after this week.

I love LJK's acting in this drama. When I saw that he was doing his own fighting scenes, it upped my love. The lighting was bad in the last couple of episodes, but sitting in dark rooms during that time period made sense so I took it with a grain of salt.

NG is not turning out to be what was advertised and is published on so many sites so the revenge/melodrama genres are terribly misleading here. I love that SJK is the lead and look forward to reading about his next drama and look forward to watching the Wolf Boy movie.

Good prediction on 착한남자 btw.

Dark. Umm maybe they were trying not to get broiled by the lights?

FYI there was a prolong heat storm during the shooting. Look at all those shinny sweating faces.

Podcast talked about PSY character making some bad decisions. Ummm NG is written by an Asian. In LYH's K-drama universe, it doesn't matter what decesion you make, Fate brings about the same out come, it controlls everything. LHK always has characters trashing God and her dramas show Fate rules, not God.

Side note: Writer Amy Tan's parents were of 2 different cultural realities. Chinese Fate and Christian Faith and she was constantly jumping from one universe to the othere.
Amy Tan wrote "Joy Luck Club" and many others.

NICEGUYYYYYY aahhhhhhhhhhh it kills me.

did you watch ep10?
i really want it to turn into a love story but i don't know how likely that will be. A;OSIDJF;AOISDJF songjoongki<3

Aw, no Oohlala Spouses, but it seems like this was recorded before it premiered. Thanks for the podcast :D, a nice way to brighten my week.

I love these podcast! I want to be included in this while drinking. :D. I agreed, in a scary amount, on almost everything , although i haven't watched procecutor.

I seriously enjoy listening to you ladies. Any plans to put your podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or double twist?

What's the song at the VERY beginning? so catchy!!