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Hi Quirkstine, I am watching exactly the same shows.... But I think I am more invested in Falling for Innocence coz I just felt SungJoon's character is really challenging - her being an orphan, her fiancé died, her job at stake with a new crazy boss...
I'm not updated on FfI but last I watched, I was more invested in Jung Kyung-ho's character. I wasn't feeling much for Soon-jung but that may change once I'm caught up.
Oh man
I am pretty tired so excuse me if I don´t make much sense. 3 days in Copenhagen, then at work full day till 1am, 3 hours of sleep and on the train now to Viljandi. Guess I´ll be offline till Monday again.
Obviously haven´t watched many dramas, had just enough time to watch Smelly girl, but... I am too scred of you know. I gotta gather some courage first.
I did watch some of that taiwanese drama Someone like you – was it someone here who recommended it once? Or mentioned it? Or maybe not... been checking back on open threads what was written but couldn´t find anything. Was it another website? I can´t remember. My mind is blank from loading up the photos and typing in notes washing my travel things and looking for the damn transport card for Tallinn pheef it is here dont worry. Worst thing is I had shoes with rather high heels and my feet got so swollen I couldn´t change into my other shoes! So I kept walking on heels and if you know the paving in Copenhagen, and how the smooth pavement is reserved for bikes, I couldn´t walk at all. I was in my socks all the way from Kastrup Airport check-in to my door in Tallinn. The taxi driver thought I had been robbed, seeing me without shoes. Real life drama, why don´t they use this somewhere?
Oh, I was talking about the taiwanese drama. Well, I don´t know. In parts it is really cheesy. But it is sort of....hot. Then again 4 (or is it more?) women in love with the same guy, oh cmon. And compensating [temporary] disability with him being rich. Dramas always do that. If there is some imperfection, make the character rich and/or have everyone worship him. But here, it is not THAT annoying. You shouldn´t present disabilities as something to be ashamed of and worth a scandal. And how exactly does money excuse them from being subjected to public shaming? Then if you are poor and have a disability you will be treated pretty much like you committed a crime? Ridiculous.
Anyway, I am adding a link to the dropbox with photos of Copenhagen. We visited 3 maritime museums - Royal Danish Maritime Museum, the actual Maritime Museum in Helsingor next to Kronberg castle, and Viking Ships Museum in Roskilde. I also made it to Andersens´ grave (that cemetary was the most gorgeous place ever, and so crowded! ) and Little Mermaid, well.... why were they selling mushrooms as souvenirs next to her though? Really...random. How is that connected?
to your consolation it is really tiny. just the ships, a movie theater, and a room for dress up. the ships outside and the workshops are free to everyone. and the trip is about 30 minutes from Copenhagen Central station. I am an expert on trains now.
I am sneaking into my aunts computer, shh. she has made facebook LOL
I could feel the your pain and exhaustion, you need to soak your feet(where is the drama hottie to soak and massage your feet when you need one)and to to sleep away the whole weekend.
Smelly Girl All the way finished through episode 8! Still really loving the atmosphere and acting, but also still kind of unimpressed with plot. I am rather curious why they would comply with writing their own books although I am completely baffled as to why the doctor would decide to completely jeopardize the witness that he feels guilty over by giving a hint to the killer. Um?! And poor Yoochun!
Blood I cannot believe I stuck with this and actually completed it on time. This and Watchman have only shown me that I simply cannot give up on bad shows…yet somehow get to nervous with good shows and push of completing them for fear of disappointment. I thought I couldn’t be let down by Blood and yet WTF was that ending?! Twenty episodes and you just sort of drop storylines and assume we’ll fill in the blanks? Not ok. I’m also not OK with them killing my favorite character. Not at all. Also I didn’t expect huge medical accuracy but their medical explanations at the end were just ridiculous. It’s so clear the writer was in way over his/her head.
Missing Noir M I love the way this is shot and enjoy the characters still. I look forward to the new episodes but I’m also a little concerned that they’re making some of these stories overly convoluted to try and keep viewers shocked. Sometimes just having a well-told story is the most important. You don’t need a dozen twists to keep a viewer engaged. I also hope the main guys story is more realistic than the hidden backstory in Bad Guys.
Twenty I LOVE Kang Ha Neul. I love Kim Woo Bin. I’m pretty good with Junho too. I did not like this movie. I even went with a friend and apologized profusely afterwards. Neither of us were laughing or thought it was funny. I’m still a bit bitter about it.
Murphy’s Law of Love Still super cute, but with fifteen episodes to go I’m sure bad things will be coming.
Hwajung I started this not realizing the length and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to go the whole time without falling behind, but I’ve been pretty sucked in. On the other hand, I really wish there were recaps because some of the political intrigue confuses me. I end up not being sure who was behind what or if events were real or fabricated or altered. I know he’s supposed to be evil in this one but I think I’m going to spend fifty episodes just feeling bad for our king.
I’m also super behind on Unkind Women so I need to figure out when I can mini marathon it. Also the subs weren’t full up for the latest The Lover episode but I will be watching that. Some of it is hit or miss for me but the parts that are funny truly make me laugh out loud – which I think is what I had been hoping for from Twenty.
Hey 4D,
exactly!!(Spoilers ahead) I didn’t get how they were serenely jotted down stuff in those diaries. Both her mom and the doc look so in control doing it too. why would the doc tell the murderer that the witness is alive?And how did he so easily access the Xray?
Murphy’s law is going great right now but I fear that it will drag in the middle. I hope not.
The X-ray i understand since all the stuff was sitting in storage (although what was he supposedly going on for that let him into a crime scene? I dint remember). But the way his victims seemed so collected and calm was rather creepy.
I know in Murphy that the ex will have to come back and I'm not looking forward to it. I love that there's so much cute rom com right at the beginning when in a lot if the kdramas it doesn't start until the middle.
Do you think jae hee has a thing for people who write journals. joo Mari was writing journals too. And it looked like ocm mom was writing one too. And he been collecting them. Maybe that's what he's putting the printed barcodes on? Can't think of how he figured out they have journals in the first place
*just a warning for those who haven't seen Blood's finale and Smelly Girl episode 7-8...spoilers ahead...
I agree with you about Blood and Girl who sees Scents (GWSS). With Blood, the things that happened in the last 2 episodes had me feeling WTF is going on with the writer??? Like there's so many things left hanging and I don't get why the writer would even want to kill off Hyunwoo and having Jisung running angryly to Dr.evil just for a pointless fight. Then the finale episode disappointed me even further with that ending...not only did Jisung died, he somehow miraculously came back to life at the end. That ending confused me a lot...just wondering if anyone's able to explain the ending since I thought Jisung really was dead. Unless he's somehow reincarnated. Not only that, but what happened to the patients in Ward 2A which we never got to see? Did they recover or...? Sigh if anything, I gave Blood a chance from the start. It got better towards the middle only to leave me all disappointed at the end.
As for GWSS, same here. I thought Dr.Chun wanted to protect the witness so like you, I was completely baffled when he told the killer the clues that she's still alive. Unless it wasn't his intention for that clue to be figured out by the killer. Maybe he intended it for Officer Choi? Besides that, I can understand why Dr. chun's character was killed offoff since he'll be appearing in a new drama (Orange Marmalade</b) soon! :)
Sorry if I spoiled things in my original post. I tried to make sure to start of by saying I'd seen through episode 8 so people would be aware before reading any more of my thoughts.
I'm also SO DISAPPOINTED with the ending of Blood :( felt like so many questions were left hanging :/ but do u think Park Ji Sang didn't really die, since Dr Jung mentioned that he might be able to live without a heart? so can they possibly take his heart out and he still lives? LOL! and seeing the way he fights the vamps in Kochenia i don't think he managed to become human either (so sad :( that was his ultimate aim since he started researching on VTH vaccine)
but overall i really love vamp plots so i followed through with this even though some acting was awkward and the pace of the show was really inconsistent 0.0 (but still, the show is such a disappointment on it's final aigoo)
Ikr, I was so disappointed too. I love vampire genres so 2015's first vampire drama is such a disappointment. However, I'm most proud of actor Jung Haein here (he plays Hyunwoo). I've loved him as an actor since The Three Musketeers. Hopefully he gets more recognised in the future :)
As for Jisung, well I'm kinda thinking he didn't end up dying either because Rita didn't look all that surprised that Jisung appeared before her. The explanation about being able to live without a heart is so random....I felt like for the last 2 episodes the writer have given up on the drama because it wasn't getting high viewership. Sigh
Since you love vampire genres, are you planning on watching Orange Marmalade and Scholar Who Walks the Night too? :D
Hyun woo was the best part if the show. I liked him in Three Musketeers too although he didn't get that much screen time. He's adorable. I hope he gets more future roles and also some that are a tad more challenging.
Sorry for bumping in, but I also wanted to say how much I love Hyunwoo xD He's basically the main reason why I bothered to watch Blood at all, and not to mention Hyunwoo's character, IMO, is so much smarter than Jisang. Again, IMO, Hyunwoo is always very rational and thinks about everything through and through while still managing to be cute and funny and also squishy, but Jisang sometimes loses that rational stick and acts according to his emotion rather than logic. That is why I hated it so much when his character died... I mean why would you kill such a great character in that fashion? But alas, Jung Haein is definitely such a good actor! I also wish for him to get more recognition in the future!
YES YES! and orange marmalade is just icing on the cake with casting one of my fav child actors yeo jin gu! ;DD hopefully it won't live to become another disappointment ;O
as for scholar walks the night i'm so encouraged to see the main cast lineup haha! though Changmin's acting hasn't impressed me yet with his prev castings :o
Can I explain Blood? Can anyone? What I hate is that they didn't show things but just vaguely hinted at what would happen.
Jisung did die which is why our heroine was confused but if you remember his cells are like miraculously regenerative. In the final episide they said he could probably even live without a heart. So presumably he died and then the cells kept working...and when he died they collected what they needed to create the vaccine for the patients. All assumed. So annoying they don't show it, especially when they build up the personal story of the little girl and her dad. What I still dint understand is why they could only make a vaccine if he died - like why would decomposed blood removed from him not be the same?! And Hyun Woo I think was purely for emotionally impact. Grrrr.
In the other one I don't think the clue was for Choi because the initial clue was just said our loud - when would Choi hear it? And I know that guy is switching shows but I also think a big character needed to die in order to amp the tension and pressure.
Thanks for explaining Blood :) yeah I guess it makes sense with the 'miraculous regeneration' ability that he has. But it's still a bit of a far stretch for me to assume that, hence why the ending was unexpected. I still wished the writer could've shown us or even a voice over by Rita would've been fine about the ending instead of leaving gaping big holes for us to fill in. The issue with the last 2 episodes for me was that there were a number of unnecessary plot and scenes. Such as killing off Hyunwoo and Jisung running off to fight Dr.Evil just to name a few. They could've used those screen time for other important arras of the plot.
As for GWSS, I guess you're right, the shows does need to amp up the tension and move the plot forward. I am still interested in seeing how the writer explains Dr.Chun's intentions with regarding to the clue revealing to Chef Kwon though. I guess we'll just have to wait and see :) besides the mystery, I'm absolutely loving the cute romance between Choice and Oh Cho Rim❤
Welllllll it's only my attempt at an explanation. As everyone has realized, there really was nothing that was explained or shown to be resolved. Some people's comment even stated they thought the end was a dream sequence...but it didn't seem like that to me. And yeah the ending episodes were more like "scene-scene-scene" with not flow or real logic. The characters to were so inconsistent. Not that long before, he was telling her not to go murder our resident baddie because she was the on who taught him in his time of panic that it was best to wait for the right time for things and be logical. And then he freaks out and she says not to go to the bad guys because it's a trap and he says of course he won't and then he does. Just no. It seems like the writer was going for certain kinds of moments from other movies but not realizing those moments were great because they were culminations of character flaws or things like that. It's about things being hinted at and then suddenly hitting full force. But those moments have to really be set up well and this show was just all over the place. Sigh. That was a bit of a ramble - still I hope it was more coherent than the show ;)
As for GWSS, I agree that the romance is the best part. Those moments are what makes the show. Even when they're just working together, their chemistry is really fun. Also, I can't believe she just bolted after that kiss!
Hi LJH
Well, based on the BLOOD wrap up party, the writer confirmed it's a happy ending. Likely, ParkJi Sang "resurrected" due to his blood. As Dr Jung noted he could live or survive without a heart since his blood is special, "unique with its self vitality". Something to ponder:
1. Did his blood revive him after he was buried? Or did Dr Jung inject him so that Park Ji Sung can accomplish some impossible mission...
2. Was he aware that there were others infected and so, he sought them out in Kochenia?
3. Why didn't he make his presence known to Rita for the past 12 months? Is it because he wanna hide his presence to protect her?
4. And finally he appeared in front of her coz he has to fight off the bad guys...and well, I guess he just want to be reunited with her.
5. He didn't seem to appear as a vampire and yet he possessed remarkable strength in fighting off the bad vamps at the dark alley... Could it be that he has turned human but acquired additional strength from his special blood? In an earlier episode he did fight off the security guards and he claimed he was a good "fighter" to Dr Lee Jae Wook.
The following is my rationalization on dramafever:
To me, the ending was VMT-01 (M for mutant) flipping off VBT-01 and anyone who assumed to understand its mutant powers based on knowledge of VBT-01.
Sunlight as dawn didn't seem all that lethal to Jason. Either that was due to his mutant virus or smog blocking out lethal wavelengths.
I think Dr. E was injected with VTH-17 prototype. He just dozed off at the end because it was such a emotionally and physically taxing day. Aging 40 years in a few hours couldn't be easy on the body. Old age and randomly dozing off.
The sad irony that Renfeld realized was VTH-17 couldn't be made without Jason. It could cure all the infected except for Jason, the only infected who really wanted to be cured.
Now that there is a cure, Jason is hunting vampires around the world to cure them. I had to look at the final minutes again but it seemed to me he injected a couple of the vamps during the fight. A fully functional VTH-17 may work like a regular medication and not incapacitate the receiver.
I like that the writer tried to keep everything as real as possible based on the premises. No divine intervention.
Renfeld is Hyun Woo's nickname given by dramafever Blood recappers.
Because Jason/Ji-Sang was rarely pushed beyond what was believed to be capable of VBT-01 infected, no one really knew and experimented to find out how different he was from the rest of the infected. Except for his immunity to vamp-kill cocktail. And that confusing Dr. Jung the Younger's hypothesis in ep. 20.
When Hyun Woo was killed off, I pretty much figured that almost all those long associated with the virus would be killed. Looking at the last episode, there wasn't much for Hyun Woo to do if he had lived.
With a better writer, things could be more clear and fluid. The entire drama felt like a philosophical discussion on morality and medical ethics using non-supernatural vampires.
On Sensory couple/girl who sees smell:
Yes, the recent revelation on the victims writing their own books confuses me. And why would the doctor gave a hint to the killer that the witness is still alive! That's just crazy.
I sorta like how they explain why the killer cannot identify faces. This is an actual condition but it's more like ppl with the condition have problem recognizing facial features not that the faces would morph around. There are too many characters with rare condition in this drama. Having said that, I'm totally enjoying this drama because of the cutesy.
Hwajung:
omg, there are so many things I don't understand. I really wish there's a site that recap and can explain the intricacy of the politics that's going on.
ooohh Thank you!! I will go check it out!
I have to watch each episode twice so far because i get all the bearded officials all confused with each other hahahahaha
I actually think Dr Chun just wants to write a letter out of guilt, but didn't know that it got packed and sent to our dear Killer Chef. And also he wrote this before knowing that the Killer was his chef friend so I wonder if he regretted or remembered having wrote that letter in the first place lol. also, the hints *SPOILER ALERT!* he left in the diary felt like he wanted the police to find out instead. he left really subtle hints, but in the end our Killer Chef still managed to sieve it out :( But then again because of his Page 5 and Page 47 hints, i guess this can propel the story to move further? this feels more logical than having Killer Chef to suddenly flip his box of books and find the misplaced letter written by Dr Chun... right? HAHA
Also, anyone else slightly freaked out when Killer Chef opened the back of his library door to reveal the white enclosed room, to see Dr Chun sitting at the desk writing, after we all know him to be dead? I really freaked out for that few seconds before Dr Chun faded off and then realise that it was just Killer Chef's thoughts... oh my~
Yeah but the 5 and 47 hints would never have gotten to the police, it was just something he said to the murderer. Nobody else would have gotten the clues to figure it out.
@Geraldine and 4D - Spoilers for Girl Who Sees Smells episode 7 and 8 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maybe Dr. Chun was forcing the Chef to act and thought that he will trip up and get caught in the process? It still puts Cho Rim in danger; so yeah, I don't know. Lol. I do believe that it was not a random thing. There will be a good reason why Chun revealed the secret. A lot of us were baffled by how the murderer killed the wrong girl when he clearly saw the victim's face. And the writer explained that in episode 7 with a good reason. This seemingly stupid thing that Chun did will also have a hidden meaning (Hope so!). Btw, I'm enjoying this drama SO MUCH!! It's written, acted, and executed very well.
I didn't find the wrong girl overly surprising since the house was dark and the situation (name/automobile accident/age) were the same for the two girls and he was in a hurry. However, I was surprised at the explanation given. So I am hoping that there is an explanation for this too. Since it's the main storyline I think there's more thought put into it but I've been a little disappointed in some logic issues with the smaller crimes/mysteries so I remain a bit skeptical. Despite the sound of all that, I am a fan of this show and it's definitely one of the ones I really look forward to during the week. I hovered around the website until it was uploaded and then watched it immediately. Chun-bear is especially adorable.
am I the only one that has been suspecting the Chef has more things going around in his back, beside his problem with recognizing people's face?
so I think there might be another 'reason' for him to kill the 'wrong' person, not just because he failed to remember the victim's face...lol, mkay... I expect too much from this show.
Yeah I wasn't really expecting a "deeper" explanation for why he mixed up the girls. I just assumed the house was dark and he didn't look closely at the girl in the hospital since all the details matched and he wanted to do it quickly and get out of there.
I will have to check out the site mentioned as well. I think I have most of the people straight, or at leas their allegiances, but like...I sort of miss who actually attacked the silver caravan, etc. It does rather suck that he doesn't seem to have a single person who's really on his side.
@4D
Well I watched Blood and please don't feel bad for watching it. I think there is a big gap between the rooftop and final alley scene. The writer's fault or something was left out from the editing floor - but overall, I am happy with how the cast developed - especially Rita and ParkJiSang
Oh yeah, there's definitely a big jump between those scenes. It's just that the gap is when all the good stuff happens! They really drew out some unnecessary scenes and then didn't have time left for resolutions. Frustrating. I dunno, I wasn't even satisfied with the characters. I thought there were some inconsistencies and the growth didn't feel natural. I think this is mostly the script/directing though. I mean there were some nice moments but they felt like moments to me....not flowing storylines. Sorry to be all grumpy. I'm glad if people enjoyed it. DF had a billion fangirls in the comments who loved it (well, up until that ending lol).
It’s so clear the writer was in way over his/her head.
::nods:: The director didn't help - shaky camera work & slo-mo & UGH. I wish it had been written by someone who could have made it slyly humorous OR someone that would have made it properly dark and gritty.
Yeah I think the director was a bit lost as well. I think they needed more of a game plan. As was mentioned above, I think they were trying to make some philosophical/moral statements but those things need to be woven in well otherwise the storyline isn't grounded in anything. Philosophies need to be revealed through plot instead of tying to shoehorn the plot into a set philosophy. That wasn't phrased well but hopefully it makes sense. But I agree that if they'd had a set tone, this could have been so much better. In the beginning I actually thought they might try and be a bit tongue in cheek. Our lead I think was actually at his best when he had his smirky moments and a different setup would have been able to allow the director to coax out a better performance as well.
Our lead I think was actually at his best when he had his smirky moments
I agree! And it could have been so funny (imagine just a momentary scene of the two vamp minions stuck in customs on the way to Tennessee - that would have been hilarious).
Or if they'd had Dr. Chief of Hematology just sprint by the office in his boxers instead of doing a boring three minutes on 'you said you would if...".
Then the sitting around swirling wine could have been woven into snarky remarks about the villain and his 'lair' & it wouldn't have been so stupid.
Don't get me started, is basically what I'm saying. ::laugh::
Thanks for the link! I will definitely read over the weekend. I'm pretty sucked in and don't plan on dropping it but I've never gone before 24 episodes and while I like Sageuk it's sometimes just hard for me to get through so I fall behind easily. We'll see though - this could be the one to change me! Plus I'm excited for our young boys to grow up!
I thought it was interesting how the depicted "face blindness" of the chef in Smelly Couple.
I have face blindness, and often when I look at people, their facial features don't change. I just don't recognize them as anyone I know. When I see my husband every morning I think, "oh, yeah. This is what you look like." I also am kind of taken aback every time I look in a mirror, since I don't look how I think I should. (I realized there is no way to portray this--so the changing features were a way to indicate this.)
This does answer the question why the killer saw the witness and then didn't realize he'd killed the wrong girl.
I also think the depiction in Smelly Girl is a bit inaccurate. I learn how the brain works, and from my understanding it's not that the face changes or anything, it's just hard to connect the dots between face and name.
I don't think it's really supposed to be that the face changes but more that features aren't recognized as distinctive so it's like looking at a million other faces. That's what I got anyway. Not that I think it's possible to accurately portray but I have bigger issues with the show (still enjoying it though).
But it's a thousand times better than the thing they did in Hannibal - where the witness only saw a face without ANY features, basically just a blank surface.
Also, the changing features of the faces in Smell-Girl are in their own way incredibly creepy. Brrr.
Woah. Have you always had face blindness? Do you have any other symptoms that accompany face blindness, ie headaches? Sorry if this is intrusive and you don't have to answer my questions. I'm just curious because I'm suddenly remembering all of Chef Rim's face blindness drama in Pervy Mermaid.
Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of Surplus Princess after finding out Chef Kwon's facial blindness! They're both attractive chefs with facial blindness lol
I have always been face blind, but I didn't recognize it until after I was married. (I think it's not uncommon for kids to think, "everyone is like this," and ignore, or find ways to deal with differences.) I've always had difficulty remembering people, but I didn't realize it as a “disorder.” When I was in high school I used to remember what my friends wore in order to pick them out. (I am so glad I didn't go to a school with uniforms.) I get migraines, but I have never associated that with my Prosopagnosia. I have learned to cope with it by faking that I know someone until I either recognize them, or they don't know that I have no clue who I'm talking to. I'm pretty good at that. My personality is such that I am uncomfortable making people uncomfortable—I'm not a boat rocker, I'm a nurturer.
It might help if you know that my mind is just a big black blank. In my head I can hear people talking (that's how I write fiction, I hear it, but I don't picture or imagine any images.) When I think of (for example) my oldest son, I remember his hair color, his general height and build. And sometimes if I concentrate really hard I can bring up a photo that I've seen of him many times. But I can't “see” him in my mind.
(I can't “see” anyone.)
I don't have a severe case. I have heard of people who are so face blind that they will forget who someone is WHILE they are having a conversation with them. That has never happened to me.
But if (for example) my daughter was wearing something I'd never seen her wear, and especially if she had a different hair style OR color, and if she walked by me, and didn't make eye contact, it is probable that I wouldn't recognize her. (I have, seen her in church from about 20 feet away, and thought, “that's a cute girl.” and then, as I get closer and she smiles at me I realized she was my daughter.)
My worst experience because of this was when I was in college. We lived at the bottom of a hill. It was over a mile to campus and often friends would give us a lift. One afternoon I was by myself, and late for class. A car pulled up and the driver smiled and asked if I wanted a ride to school. I thought, “he must know me, or my roommates” so I got in. Soon it was evident that he didn't know me. And he started talking scary about skipping class and going up to the mountains for some “fun.” I said, “I'm not going to class. I'm late for a doctor's appointment.” (The University Health Center was the first building at the top of the hill.) “If I don't show up they'll call my apartment and my roommates will have people looking for me.” (It was a lie, but it worked. He let me out at the Health Center.) At this time I still didn't know I was face blind. (I had never even heard of the condition.) I went to class, but I couldn't concentrate. At that time, I didn't tell anyone, not even my roommates. I was so ashamed that I couldn't remember what he looked like. I felt guilty, because what if he...
raped or worse some other girl who couldn't lie her way out of his car. But I knew if I went to the police and told my story, they'd ask me to give a description of him. And I honestly couldn't remember anything except that he had an accent. And the color of his hair. For weeks afterwards I wondered if he was on campus, following me.
Years later, when I was diagnosed, I remembered this.
Oof that story is awful, glad you were smart enough to dodge that bullet. I didn't imagine face blindness to be so severe, that you can't even recognise your own family and friends. It's very admirable. Take care! <3
Wag_a_muffin, thank you so much for sharing! I have heard of this condition but I really never know anyone with this condition. Your story about that man on campus was really scary! so glad you kept your cool and nothing bad happened.
That is legit scary. I'm glad you're here to tell the tale. More suspenseful than some of the kdrama 'thrillers' that aired lately. I hope the guy was just a regular skeevy guy who found you pretty and not a rapist or some other atrocious criminal.
I don´t exactly have face blindness, but my mind is very hectic, they say I think way too fast, and sometimes faces get "misplaced" or covered by piles of other things, or I just ignore them. Then I realize: "Oh. There was a person passing by, and I know them. Oh, whatever. I´m busy." It is part deliberate and part involuntary when you put a face you feel you dont need to recognize (cause the person is boring or annoying or whatever) away in the "unecessery junk" drawer, as rude as that may sound, it is very useful when you meet so many people
1. Girl who sees smells: loving it! i feel its another pinocchio for me. a simple cute love arched over a deeper conspiracy!
2. Equator of the flower: Makjang alert but still quite enjoyable for a weekend drama
3. Make a women cry: Yes another weekend drama, and it has the vibes of Angry mum about school bullying and all that. Just only episode 2 so far, will see if i continue
Happy weekend everybody. I’m currently watching:
The girl who sees smells: I didn’t get the motive behind some of the hunter’s and the prey’s actions in Ep 8. It is still enjoyable and the ensemble cast is doing a great job but after this week, I have some gripes with the show.
Murphy’s Law of love: This continues to be light, cute and fluffy. Brownies points for the quickly-developing romance.
And.. We finally went to an authentic Korean restaurant last Saturday. The setting was straight out of K-dramas (food being grilled on the table, lots of side-dishes and mostly Asian customers) and that was enough to make my day :D :D . Being a vegetarian, I didn’t have much to choose from, but the Kimchi rice and side-dishes were tasty.
Also, chanced upon the classic, ‘How to steal a million’ when changing channels and loved it to bits. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore!
@redfox: Apparently Lee Yoo Bi is the lead and Kim So Eun the 2nd lead in the ‘Scholar who walks the Night’. I don’t know if this is reliable. Too much confusion there! Atleast LJK IS the male lead.
I totally agree with the motives being so odd in episode 8. I had some plot/logic issues earlier in the show too but now it's really feeling like things are put in just so the writer can get the show to certain plot points instead of being concerned by logic or consistent characterization.
The Scholar casting is a mess. They had announced KSE as lead. Then they quasi backtracked and pushed the second lead to a bit part, and I believe created a new character for SKE while bringing in Lee Yoo Bi.
I think Lee Yoo Bi acts and looks pretty young and I'm not sure I'll like her with LJK.
Hehe yup :) JCW is the beloved Bongsookie/SJH from Healer ❤ I've became a fan of him after that drama. I love JCW in real life, he's such an adorable Bongsookie. As for LJH...it stands for CNBlue's Lee Jong Hyun. He's my ultimate bias for a very long time. Hence why I'm very excited for his new drama Orange Marmalade hehe. I'm lovung the new side of him on We Got Married too ❤❤❤
I too feel in love with JCW after discovering him in Healer. And when I started looking him up, he is tooooooooo adorable and charming.
He is like Bong Sooki in real life.
I love love his paintings/drawings!!Hahaha! He is so proud of his 5 year old arts. :)
Did you see the one where he surprised his fan club at their regular meeting, and wore the expensive D&G suit for them?
They get a table for him to meet each fan and sign, but it was dusty, so he proceeded to use the suit's sleeves to wipe the table of dust for his fans. Hahahahaha!
I cant help but love him. He is so endearing and adorable ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Yes now she is lead and SKE is second lead and the original second lead was pushed to tiny side part. I've seen a lot of fans crying foul play/entertainment politics etc. since changes occurred after official casting was announced. It's.....interesting. I'm just here for LJK.
Haha same here! I'm jumped on the bandwagon when LJK was casted. I also absolutely love both KSE and LYB so I didn't mind either for lead. This is one of those dramas I'm excited to watch! Seriously hope this and Orange Marmalade will be much better than Blood, so fingers crossed! :)
There have been significant changes in the roles of more than one character - like Changmin's prince character being the second lead/getting a bigger role, and eliminating the manhwa second male lead.
And the talk of 'official casting' being announced of KSE playing the female lead, isn't entirely accurate since international fans as a whole seem to base that off a translation that was a massive leap to conclusions.
In any case, it's ridiculous to claim that they rewrote the entire script at the last minute just to cram in KSE. That makes no sense, since
1. Why should the production allegedly "demote" the vamp gisaeng part from second lead to supporting at the last minute when it would be cheaper and more efficient to just give Kim So Eun that role instead, if she didn't win the lead role?
2. It's far more likely that the script was rewritten all along with the expanded role for the Prince and new female character. We just didn't pay attention to indications that this was the case, and media didn't get clear enough info.
If Fantagio really wanted KSE to get a role in this drama and insisted it had to be at least second lead if she couldn't be lead, and IF the character KSE is currently playing hadn't existed at the time and second lead was vamp gisaeng, it would be far easier to just turf a lesser known actress out of the role instead of getting a whole new part written.
Just so we're clear - I'm just saying some fans were crying conspiracy theory and those opinions are NOT my own. The idea is actually now that it was to get SKE in but that LYB and her moms connections got her an in at the last minute and knocked SKE down the ranks. Again, I have absolutely no opinion on how the casting came to be. I know nothing. I also like (but not love) both those actresses.
@4D - yeah I was addressing the conspiracy theories seen among a lot of fans, sorry if that came across as attacking you.
A lot of international fans especially, don't seem to realise that the initial report of Kim So Eun playing the lead was based on a major translation error/misunderstanding by one single blog.
Which has now led to all these conspiracy theories, which really frustrates me as a fan of both actresses. People keep making these assertions as if they are iron clad truth, when even half an ounce of common sense would make it clear what utter nonsense some of it is.
I love both girls and I don't care who is lead and who is supporting lead. I believe KSE was courted to play 2nd lead from the beginning because the lead role went to Jin Se-yeon at the time. I think Lee Yoo-bi was JSY's replacement.
I don't appreciate fans that are out to tarnish one's reputation because their bias didn't get the lead role. Things like Lee Yoo-bi having a sponsor etc is pretty stupid. The girl has proven herself that she can act. Sure, having a parent in the industry helps but there is a point when she has to prove herself that she can do the job and she has been doing well. The biggest advantage she has is having one of the best sageuk actress at her disposal, her own mom who has been in over a dozen sageuks. If I was the director I'd hire her so I don't have to train her. Look at what she did in Gu Family Book? Her first sageuk. Totally made a fan out me. I'm expecting her to own this role.
KSE has WGM and a movie to shoot on top of Scholar. I wonder if she is fine not having to carry the weight of the lead actress since she it's going to be a very busy time for her.
No worries, I'm not feeling attacked. I just wanted to clarify and make sure nobody mistook me for thinking poorly of the actresses. I think this was a big ole jumbled up mess of casting. I like both actresses and I'm not familiar with the original work so I have no investment on who gets what (although I would enjoy seeing our lead guy with a woman his own age who could really match him in screen presence - I want some fun but equal banter or something, not that I think a josean vampire is particularly the right venue for that). But I like everybody (well I have no opinion on Changmin since I've never seen him act), and I like vampires, and it just overall seems like it could be fun. So....how long do I have to wait for this? Lol.
They didn't actually announce KSE as lead, that was a case of one of the English-language blogs jumping to conclusions based on the fact that the vampire gisaeng had already been cast and thinking there were no other possible female characters for Kim So-eun to play. Everyone took that as truth and then freaked out when the LYB casting announcement came.
Even with my limited Korean reading skills, I couldn't find those initial KSE casting confirmation announcements saying anywhere just WHAT her role was, not even her agency's statement.
I'm really annoyed at all the ruckus that the production's own vagueness has caused, and with the mistaken translations (grateful as I always am to translators) for compounding it and getting international fans angry. I'm glad db has refrained from posting articles, because so much was unclear.
And let's not forget, the previous reported candidate for the lead role was She Who Must Not Be Named. Getting Lee Yubi after the threat of having THAT ruin another drama yet again, and a sageuk Lee Jun Ki drama no less, I felt nothing but relief.
I am too exhausted to deal with this confusion. just give me Ninja Teacher and others can go wherever. I dont care if they make them animated characters. that would actually be cool.like in Roger Rabbit
Nominees for 51th Baeksang Arts Awards are out!
If you don't care you can skip it, excuse me while I'm gushing.
Basically, 4 acclaimed dramas are competing in various TV nominations. Misaeng gets most nominations, followed by HITTG, Punch, and Kill Me Heal Me. Notice the trend? They aired either late in last year or early this year, with HITTG as the only one that's still airing. Good sign after the slump which is 2014.
The nominees for TV are.....
Best drama: Punch, Misaeng, Yoona's Street, Kill Me Heal Me, Heard It Through The Grapevine.
Best director: Kim Sang Hyub (Mama), Kim Won Seok (Misaeng), Ahn Pan Seok (HITTG), Kim Jong Min (Bad Guys), Kim Jin Man (Kill Me, Heal Me)
Best screenplay: Kim Woon Kyung (Yoona's street), Noh Hee Kyung (It's Okay, It's Love), Park Kyung Soo (Punch), Jung Sung Joo (HITTG), Jin Soo Wan (Kill Me, Heal Me).
Best actor: Kim Rae Won (Punch), Cho Jae Hyun (Punch), Lee Sung Min (Misaeng), Jo In Sung (It's Okay, It's Love), Ji Sung (Kill Me, Heal Me).
Best actress: Kim Ok Bin (Yoona's Street), Song Yoon Ah (Mama), Moon Jung Hee (Mama), Lee Yoo Ri (Come, Jang Bori!), Park Shin Hye (Pinocchio).
Best new actor: Kim Dae Myung (Misaeng), Do Kyung Soo (It's Okay, It's Love), Im Si Wan (Misaeng), Lee Joon (HITTG), Park Hyung Shik (What's With This Family)
Best new actress: Go Ah Sung (HITTG--really? She's practically a veteran in film LOL but I'm happy to see her here), Baek Ji Yeon (HITTG), Kim Seul Gi (Discovery of Love), Nam Ji Hyun (What's With This Family), Han Sun Hwa (Rosy Lovers).
How can all my favorite dramas reign the nominations? How? It's really hard to choose! Other than Yoona's Street (which I don't watch), I love all the nominees in best drama! I also love all the nominees in Best Actor. Good news is Byun Yo Han gets nomination in movie section as best new actor for Socialphobia.
My predictions:
Daesang: Ji Sung (and he'll impersonate all of the personalities on stage while receiving the trophy just because he can).
Best drama: Misaeng (though I want all of them to win)
Best director: Kim Won Seok. I like KMHM's tone of directing, but Kim Won Seok/Ahn Pan Seok is a wall.
Best screenplay: Park Kyung Soo.......? I don't know, it's hard. But the dialogs in Punch are to die for.
Best actor: Ji Sung if he doesn't win Daesang (so he can put this trophy beside wifey's last year best actress trophy)/Lee Sung Min/Cho Jae Hyun.
Best actress: no comment since I've only seen PSH (I was, for a while, puzzled to see her name there but hey, she was good).
Best new actor: Im Si Wan (sorry Joon)
Best new actress: Go Ah Sung (seriously, guys?)
My predictions can go wrong, but I'm pretty sure Misaeng will win big and Ji Sung will get an award. Kinda feel bad for Jo In Sung and IOIL, but the other nominees are no jokes.
I want Jo in Sung,to win something chebal. And if I recall how we were constantly trying to figure out how he's sick and what he has,the writer should get something too but I think they'll give it to Ji Sung and Yoona will accept the award.
So no mention of healer?
Is i heard it through the grapevine good?
I feel bad for him, but all the nominees in best actor are amazing I see his chance is slim.
HITTG is from the director&writer of Secret Love Affair, the duo that won Baeksang last year. The directing is great, and the writing is fresh. Recommended.
Looks like a tough fight in best actor/daesang category.
It will mostly be a toss-up between Ji Sung/Cho Jae Hyun. I might be biased since their acting influenced me the most. (Even saw New Heart for them)
Don't know if Baeksang too rewards ratings, otherwise best drama will be a tossup between Punch and Misaeng.
Screenplay has to be the Punch writer, the first show I watched where quality subs matter.
It will be on May 26th if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, best actor category is a battlefield LOL all nominees are great in their drama and all are considered veteran so I'm nervously waiting.
Don't know if Baeksang rewards ratings but well both Punch and Misaeng deserve it.
All of them deserve it but there csn be only one winner. Since TvN doesn't have its own award show, I hope Misaeng gets a chance to shine here. The other shows will always get their moment of glory at their respective network award shows.
Not trying to hijack or understated other dramas/actors because I also love some of the dramas here, esp Kill Me Heal Me and Grapevine. The actors in Misaeng, Punch, KMHM, HTTIG and IOIL are also very good too.
But how Ji Chang Wook was not in the nomination?? How?? Last year he was nominated for Empress Ki which for me his best role to date. But didn't win. This year he wasn't even nominated at all for Healer. Really?? I think he at least deserves a nomination, even if he wouldn't win because Ji Sung/Jo In Sung/Kim Rae Won are also really great.
If I'm not mistaken JCW was nominated for popularity award in last year's Baeksang for Empress Ki. I remember comments in dramabeans were cursing Baeksang for not including Empress Ki and Nine in any acting categories (but seriously, last year's nomination was a joke, I like this year better).
Maybe because Healer appeals more to international audiences than to Korean? I know it got good reviews (and it's indeed good) there but the hype was incomparable to, let's say, Misaeng/Punch/KMHM. Well, it's not like I can see through the judge's eyes though. Maybe they have other considerations.
@KDramaNewbie I'm biased here.. As I know the 5 nominated actors are all well-deserved but if JCW could be one of the nominees it would be great. I'm just saying this as JCW fan, not meant to underappreciate other actors.
kanz, which of the nominees would you drop in favor of JCW? I guess they are only allowed 5. Its a genuine question. Even though I enjoyed the series, I can't see his performance as Healer upstaging any of the current nominees.
I must say I am pleasantly surprised that both KRW and Cho Jae Hyun got best actor nominations for the same series. If it was any other award show, one of them would be labelled the lead and the other, supporting actor.
Hi friends! *book mountain collapses*
So much to do, i need that Holiday i should have had during my holiday if it was not for essays. And now dissertations! Got the supervisor i thought i would get, and now just need ti find out how to make this topic happen!
Dramaland:
Sooonbehind sooo behind. I don't even know what drama i should be on atm.. Ehat's good of the new ones?
Started witches romance. It is quite cute. Had to momentarily stop as there started being to many polar bears about (they make bad gift for kings!)
Abnormal summit: this show is addicting! I wanna break in and joi. The debate so many times though.
I'm glad you are watching AWR. It's one of the shows we SqueeCapped, and despite the slow ending, mostly enjoyable. UJH was excellent, and Cutie Soo was always good for a laugh.
I'm in a SK drama slump after finishing the two personality ones. It's probably not helped by Blood, which I am only at episode 17.
But my Thai lakorns are cranking along! I recently finished a couple of really cute ones that I can recommend [waggling eyebrows] if you want to step down that path. 8-)
And, of course, real life is always a kicker. We are gearing up for a sometimes-violent upcoming weekend in my city, so all leave has been cancelled for our public safety workers. I'll be in the support side of things and not in the thick of it this year.
How is the job progressing? I haven't been up her a long time!
Yes i read all the squeecaps so decided to give it a shot. Funnily enough the appearnace of the ex happened while i was reading about polar bears as gifts and i had to put it on hold for a bit due to giggling to much about it. To many polar bears around :p
Ah yes, i have started reading the recaps for the new one of your thai dramas (can't remember the name though). Also had to put the other one (prince and bodyguard) on hold due to essay work and then the youtube channel i watched it on disappeared. Need to find that again.
Currently i am going through a compete drama slump due to lack of time. Busy doing my masters. Just entered dissertation fase now which will go on untill september. A lot to do, but hopefully it will turn out good (thou i suspect that JoAnne and the rest of you guys could have a field day about innuendoes in it...)
Ah yes, Lah Ruk Sut Kop Fah / ล่ารักสุดขอบฟ้า. I have recapped it to episode 15, but I took a detour to do a by-request squeecap on another lakorn. If you can access it from your location, Dailymotion has them, under the wonderful person who subbed it, "ninjakkn".
The lakorn we just finished recapping is Ngao Jai / เงาใจ. Those recaps are on kakashi's blog. I am (still) watching more lakorns than any other country's dramas.
Other than that, I spent the last two weeks moving my parents from their wintering grounds in Florida back home. Which was made more fun by the fact that they sold their place, so it was a pack-out nightmare. Still, we managed to make it back hale and whole. :-)
Hang on there my friend ....I'm so happpy that this is my last semester and then I'll say Bye Bye to university life .
Now thinking about all drama I missed those last 3 semesters @#%-%*$*# It'll take me a long time to finish anything hahhaha
On the other hand I become obsessed with Chanyoel from exo ...He is just so handsome, hot, cute with a beautiful smile
I never follow kpop but I'd watch anything he is in hahahha
Sorry for fan girling in your post
I know what you mean! This is the last semester of my MA and this year has had a sever lack of drama watching for my part. Progress is slow to non excistant for new dramas :p
Chanyoel is a cute one! The new exo albume was my essay-work music for my essays that was due last week. They are sorta sniking up on me as a group :p
Hahah I'm doing the same but just listening to thier old songs (I like thier balleds mostly) and repeating them for thousands times ??
I wish you all the best...Fighting ??
Hi! I can see you're busy, busy! I hope all is well though.
Don't worry about being behind in dramaland. It happens often, but what can we do right? Sometimes, other things have to come first.
I don't know which of the new ones are good because I was watching the ones that recently ended. Although I did check out Girl Who Sees Smells .... I'm still undecided about it though.
Yes all is well. I think. If onlyni could sleep properly during the night, but oh well :p how are you?
Yes dramas will just be left behind. Haha i am not up to date with anyting except hogu's love and pinochio. Other than that i think i am behind from like last september.
Oh gosh, sleeping problems are troublesome because you just don't feel rested the next day. This was me yesterday! Couldn't get to sleep at all! No idea why.
I forgot how much I loved Witch's Romance, and I LUUVY Abnormal Summit. There is a spin-off called Where Is My Friend's House (on kshowonline). Have you seen it? Guillaume, Alberto, Tyler, Seo Yoon, Julian and Yuan travel to Yuan's hometown in China. That's the first 5 eps. Next, they will go to Belguim to visit Julian's hometown and family. It is crazy how AS took off, I like the format and discussions, too. It has come a long way since the beginning.
Build up that tower of books that collapsed, no escaping studies! :)
Yes i have heard off it, but not seen it. I heard there was trouble with subbing for it?
I do like how they structured the show. It is quite interesting to have the different views.
But but i don't wanna study *pouts* why does historians make everything so boring?
good luck with your dissertations, Manin! You sound really busy.
My current favourite of the new lot of dramas (ok not so new now, considering it is on episode 18) is Heard It Through the Grapevine. I'm also really loving Let's Eat 2, which is perfect if you just want to enjoy slice of life stories and food.
pogo: thank you! I feel like I shall need it. I have one more week to do research before havving to hand in a 1000 word outline of it, including chapter outlines and bibliography. This is a problem.
I have heard goof things about Grapevine. Is Let's Eat 2 a good as the first one?
I think Let's Eat 2 is as good as s1. The main heroine, Seo Hyun Jin's eating acting isn't as good as Lee Soo Kyung's, but she's a fun and quirky character to watch. YDJ seems to have more of a main character role and is doing a solid job.
WHY didn't anybody tell me earlier Heartless city was FREAKING AMAZING, better than Punch even, yeah I said it,I'm shocked too.definitely better than Healer, Ji
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1 quirkstine
April 24, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Hello, beanies. Happy weekend! I've been enjoying Smelly, Girl, Angry Mom and Falling for Innocence. :)
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quirkstine
April 24, 2015 at 6:16 AM
Kakashi says hi. ^^
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Khule WY
April 24, 2015 at 6:32 AM
Me too,the only dramas I'm watching now.
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quirkstine
April 24, 2015 at 6:34 AM
Hello, klava! Are you up to date on Angry Mom? Bok-dong's reluctant bromance with Noah is LOVE. So adorable.
Here's some gifs: tmblr.co/ZUf4Iu1jChat2.
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Khule WY
April 24, 2015 at 8:11 AM
Love the bromance, theepisodere too much,these two are too cute.
Thanks for the gifs.
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Shuerei
April 24, 2015 at 9:22 AM
Hi Quirkstine, I am watching exactly the same shows.... But I think I am more invested in Falling for Innocence coz I just felt SungJoon's character is really challenging - her being an orphan, her fiancé died, her job at stake with a new crazy boss...
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quirkstine
April 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM
I'm not updated on FfI but last I watched, I was more invested in Jung Kyung-ho's character. I wasn't feeling much for Soon-jung but that may change once I'm caught up.
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2 redfox
April 24, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Oh man
I am pretty tired so excuse me if I don´t make much sense. 3 days in Copenhagen, then at work full day till 1am, 3 hours of sleep and on the train now to Viljandi. Guess I´ll be offline till Monday again.
Obviously haven´t watched many dramas, had just enough time to watch Smelly girl, but... I am too scred of you know. I gotta gather some courage first.
I did watch some of that taiwanese drama Someone like you – was it someone here who recommended it once? Or mentioned it? Or maybe not... been checking back on open threads what was written but couldn´t find anything. Was it another website? I can´t remember. My mind is blank from loading up the photos and typing in notes washing my travel things and looking for the damn transport card for Tallinn pheef it is here dont worry. Worst thing is I had shoes with rather high heels and my feet got so swollen I couldn´t change into my other shoes! So I kept walking on heels and if you know the paving in Copenhagen, and how the smooth pavement is reserved for bikes, I couldn´t walk at all. I was in my socks all the way from Kastrup Airport check-in to my door in Tallinn. The taxi driver thought I had been robbed, seeing me without shoes. Real life drama, why don´t they use this somewhere?
Oh, I was talking about the taiwanese drama. Well, I don´t know. In parts it is really cheesy. But it is sort of....hot. Then again 4 (or is it more?) women in love with the same guy, oh cmon. And compensating [temporary] disability with him being rich. Dramas always do that. If there is some imperfection, make the character rich and/or have everyone worship him. But here, it is not THAT annoying. You shouldn´t present disabilities as something to be ashamed of and worth a scandal. And how exactly does money excuse them from being subjected to public shaming? Then if you are poor and have a disability you will be treated pretty much like you committed a crime? Ridiculous.
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redfox
April 24, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Anyway, I am adding a link to the dropbox with photos of Copenhagen. We visited 3 maritime museums - Royal Danish Maritime Museum, the actual Maritime Museum in Helsingor next to Kronberg castle, and Viking Ships Museum in Roskilde. I also made it to Andersens´ grave (that cemetary was the most gorgeous place ever, and so crowded! ) and Little Mermaid, well.... why were they selling mushrooms as souvenirs next to her though? Really...random. How is that connected?
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vnesoruzu4v5qwf/AADD6bZOReuEjR1h-SnXII6fa?dl=0
anyway, I love reflections and worn surfaces so maybe to some of you my photos are boring. I think I am better with black-and-white than color.
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 7:03 AM
I wanna go to the viking museum, i am so jealouse right now O.O
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redfox
April 24, 2015 at 10:47 AM
to your consolation it is really tiny. just the ships, a movie theater, and a room for dress up. the ships outside and the workshops are free to everyone. and the trip is about 30 minutes from Copenhagen Central station. I am an expert on trains now.
I am sneaking into my aunts computer, shh. she has made facebook LOL
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 4:08 PM
Ah fair. If they had swords i would have been more jealous then. Cause that's what I am (geekingly) writing my dissertation on.
ktiep
April 24, 2015 at 8:37 AM
Sounds like a great trip. I would love to visit all of those museums.
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Khule WY
April 24, 2015 at 6:38 AM
I could feel the your pain and exhaustion, you need to soak your feet(where is the drama hottie to soak and massage your feet when you need one)and to to sleep away the whole weekend.
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redfox
April 24, 2015 at 10:49 AM
I used Bittner balsam and neem oil and wrapped them in vodka socks, now they´re a bit better, I can at least stand up.
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pogo
April 24, 2015 at 9:52 AM
owwww, heels on cobblestones! Your poor feet.....
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redfox
April 24, 2015 at 10:49 AM
yup. and about 20km a day
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redfox
April 24, 2015 at 10:50 AM
I cant ride a bicycle otherwise would have rented one )80 krowns
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3 4D
April 24, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Review-only post:
Smelly Girl All the way finished through episode 8! Still really loving the atmosphere and acting, but also still kind of unimpressed with plot. I am rather curious why they would comply with writing their own books although I am completely baffled as to why the doctor would decide to completely jeopardize the witness that he feels guilty over by giving a hint to the killer. Um?! And poor Yoochun!
Blood I cannot believe I stuck with this and actually completed it on time. This and Watchman have only shown me that I simply cannot give up on bad shows…yet somehow get to nervous with good shows and push of completing them for fear of disappointment. I thought I couldn’t be let down by Blood and yet WTF was that ending?! Twenty episodes and you just sort of drop storylines and assume we’ll fill in the blanks? Not ok. I’m also not OK with them killing my favorite character. Not at all. Also I didn’t expect huge medical accuracy but their medical explanations at the end were just ridiculous. It’s so clear the writer was in way over his/her head.
Missing Noir M I love the way this is shot and enjoy the characters still. I look forward to the new episodes but I’m also a little concerned that they’re making some of these stories overly convoluted to try and keep viewers shocked. Sometimes just having a well-told story is the most important. You don’t need a dozen twists to keep a viewer engaged. I also hope the main guys story is more realistic than the hidden backstory in Bad Guys.
Twenty I LOVE Kang Ha Neul. I love Kim Woo Bin. I’m pretty good with Junho too. I did not like this movie. I even went with a friend and apologized profusely afterwards. Neither of us were laughing or thought it was funny. I’m still a bit bitter about it.
Murphy’s Law of Love Still super cute, but with fifteen episodes to go I’m sure bad things will be coming.
Hwajung I started this not realizing the length and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to go the whole time without falling behind, but I’ve been pretty sucked in. On the other hand, I really wish there were recaps because some of the political intrigue confuses me. I end up not being sure who was behind what or if events were real or fabricated or altered. I know he’s supposed to be evil in this one but I think I’m going to spend fifty episodes just feeling bad for our king.
I’m also super behind on Unkind Women so I need to figure out when I can mini marathon it. Also the subs weren’t full up for the latest The Lover episode but I will be watching that. Some of it is hit or miss for me but the parts that are funny truly make me laugh out loud – which I think is what I had been hoping for from Twenty.
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Luv_KimRaeWon
April 24, 2015 at 6:51 AM
Hey 4D,
exactly!!(Spoilers ahead) I didn’t get how they were serenely jotted down stuff in those diaries. Both her mom and the doc look so in control doing it too. why would the doc tell the murderer that the witness is alive?And how did he so easily access the Xray?
Murphy’s law is going great right now but I fear that it will drag in the middle. I hope not.
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 7:56 AM
The X-ray i understand since all the stuff was sitting in storage (although what was he supposedly going on for that let him into a crime scene? I dint remember). But the way his victims seemed so collected and calm was rather creepy.
I know in Murphy that the ex will have to come back and I'm not looking forward to it. I love that there's so much cute rom com right at the beginning when in a lot if the kdramas it doesn't start until the middle.
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Luv_KimRaeWon
April 24, 2015 at 7:59 AM
exactly. after you and another beanie spoke about it last week, I watched epis 3, 4 and 5 in one sitting. My, wasn't it good!!
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 8:43 AM
I'm glad our posts encouraged you to give it a go! It's not for everyone Butbin terms of pure cutesy rom com it's pretty good.
dramamad
April 26, 2015 at 12:43 AM
Do you think jae her has a thing f
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dramamad
April 26, 2015 at 12:46 AM
Do you think jae hee has a thing for people who write journals. joo Mari was writing journals too. And it looked like ocm mom was writing one too. And he been collecting them. Maybe that's what he's putting the printed barcodes on? Can't think of how he figured out they have journals in the first place
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:02 AM
@4D hi :)
*just a warning for those who haven't seen Blood's finale and Smelly Girl episode 7-8...spoilers ahead...
I agree with you about Blood and Girl who sees Scents (GWSS). With Blood, the things that happened in the last 2 episodes had me feeling WTF is going on with the writer??? Like there's so many things left hanging and I don't get why the writer would even want to kill off Hyunwoo and having Jisung running angryly to Dr.evil just for a pointless fight. Then the finale episode disappointed me even further with that ending...not only did Jisung died, he somehow miraculously came back to life at the end. That ending confused me a lot...just wondering if anyone's able to explain the ending since I thought Jisung really was dead. Unless he's somehow reincarnated. Not only that, but what happened to the patients in Ward 2A which we never got to see? Did they recover or...? Sigh if anything, I gave Blood a chance from the start. It got better towards the middle only to leave me all disappointed at the end.
As for GWSS, same here. I thought Dr.Chun wanted to protect the witness so like you, I was completely baffled when he told the killer the clues that she's still alive. Unless it wasn't his intention for that clue to be figured out by the killer. Maybe he intended it for Officer Choi? Besides that, I can understand why Dr. chun's character was killed offoff since he'll be appearing in a new drama (Orange Marmalade</b) soon! :)
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:04 AM
Oh whoa...sorry for the bold texts! I messed up my formatting. I was meant to close it off earlier :(
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Kiara
April 24, 2015 at 7:12 AM
Thank you for the spoiler warning! I haven't seen eps 7 or 8 yet. I'm patiently waiting for gummi's recap :).
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 9:07 AM
You're welcome :) and I can't wait to see her recap too. Hopefully she'll give more insight to some scenes that I'm curious about :)
4D
April 24, 2015 at 4:21 PM
Sorry if I spoiled things in my original post. I tried to make sure to start of by saying I'd seen through episode 8 so people would be aware before reading any more of my thoughts.
Kiara
April 24, 2015 at 5:44 PM
4D no need to apologize. You didn't spoil anything. I know you were talking about eps 8 :).
Geraldine
April 24, 2015 at 7:52 AM
I'm also SO DISAPPOINTED with the ending of Blood :( felt like so many questions were left hanging :/ but do u think Park Ji Sang didn't really die, since Dr Jung mentioned that he might be able to live without a heart? so can they possibly take his heart out and he still lives? LOL! and seeing the way he fights the vamps in Kochenia i don't think he managed to become human either (so sad :( that was his ultimate aim since he started researching on VTH vaccine)
but overall i really love vamp plots so i followed through with this even though some acting was awkward and the pace of the show was really inconsistent 0.0 (but still, the show is such a disappointment on it's final aigoo)
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 8:09 AM
@Geraldine
Ikr, I was so disappointed too. I love vampire genres so 2015's first vampire drama is such a disappointment. However, I'm most proud of actor Jung Haein here (he plays Hyunwoo). I've loved him as an actor since The Three Musketeers. Hopefully he gets more recognised in the future :)
As for Jisung, well I'm kinda thinking he didn't end up dying either because Rita didn't look all that surprised that Jisung appeared before her. The explanation about being able to live without a heart is so random....I felt like for the last 2 episodes the writer have given up on the drama because it wasn't getting high viewership. Sigh
Since you love vampire genres, are you planning on watching Orange Marmalade and Scholar Who Walks the Night too? :D
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 8:13 AM
Hyun woo was the best part if the show. I liked him in Three Musketeers too although he didn't get that much screen time. He's adorable. I hope he gets more future roles and also some that are a tad more challenging.
And yay for vamp stories!!
gammiron
April 24, 2015 at 9:44 PM
Sorry for bumping in, but I also wanted to say how much I love Hyunwoo xD He's basically the main reason why I bothered to watch Blood at all, and not to mention Hyunwoo's character, IMO, is so much smarter than Jisang. Again, IMO, Hyunwoo is always very rational and thinks about everything through and through while still managing to be cute and funny and also squishy, but Jisang sometimes loses that rational stick and acts according to his emotion rather than logic. That is why I hated it so much when his character died... I mean why would you kill such a great character in that fashion? But alas, Jung Haein is definitely such a good actor! I also wish for him to get more recognition in the future!
Geraldine
April 24, 2015 at 11:16 PM
YES YES! and orange marmalade is just icing on the cake with casting one of my fav child actors yeo jin gu! ;DD hopefully it won't live to become another disappointment ;O
as for scholar walks the night i'm so encouraged to see the main cast lineup haha! though Changmin's acting hasn't impressed me yet with his prev castings :o
4D
April 24, 2015 at 8:09 AM
Can I explain Blood? Can anyone? What I hate is that they didn't show things but just vaguely hinted at what would happen.
Jisung did die which is why our heroine was confused but if you remember his cells are like miraculously regenerative. In the final episide they said he could probably even live without a heart. So presumably he died and then the cells kept working...and when he died they collected what they needed to create the vaccine for the patients. All assumed. So annoying they don't show it, especially when they build up the personal story of the little girl and her dad. What I still dint understand is why they could only make a vaccine if he died - like why would decomposed blood removed from him not be the same?! And Hyun Woo I think was purely for emotionally impact. Grrrr.
In the other one I don't think the clue was for Choi because the initial clue was just said our loud - when would Choi hear it? And I know that guy is switching shows but I also think a big character needed to die in order to amp the tension and pressure.
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 8:34 AM
@4D
Thanks for explaining Blood :) yeah I guess it makes sense with the 'miraculous regeneration' ability that he has. But it's still a bit of a far stretch for me to assume that, hence why the ending was unexpected. I still wished the writer could've shown us or even a voice over by Rita would've been fine about the ending instead of leaving gaping big holes for us to fill in. The issue with the last 2 episodes for me was that there were a number of unnecessary plot and scenes. Such as killing off Hyunwoo and Jisung running off to fight Dr.Evil just to name a few. They could've used those screen time for other important arras of the plot.
As for GWSS, I guess you're right, the shows does need to amp up the tension and move the plot forward. I am still interested in seeing how the writer explains Dr.Chun's intentions with regarding to the clue revealing to Chef Kwon though. I guess we'll just have to wait and see :) besides the mystery, I'm absolutely loving the cute romance between Choice and Oh Cho Rim❤
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 4:29 PM
Welllllll it's only my attempt at an explanation. As everyone has realized, there really was nothing that was explained or shown to be resolved. Some people's comment even stated they thought the end was a dream sequence...but it didn't seem like that to me. And yeah the ending episodes were more like "scene-scene-scene" with not flow or real logic. The characters to were so inconsistent. Not that long before, he was telling her not to go murder our resident baddie because she was the on who taught him in his time of panic that it was best to wait for the right time for things and be logical. And then he freaks out and she says not to go to the bad guys because it's a trap and he says of course he won't and then he does. Just no. It seems like the writer was going for certain kinds of moments from other movies but not realizing those moments were great because they were culminations of character flaws or things like that. It's about things being hinted at and then suddenly hitting full force. But those moments have to really be set up well and this show was just all over the place. Sigh. That was a bit of a ramble - still I hope it was more coherent than the show ;)
As for GWSS, I agree that the romance is the best part. Those moments are what makes the show. Even when they're just working together, their chemistry is really fun. Also, I can't believe she just bolted after that kiss!
Shuerei
April 24, 2015 at 10:07 AM
Hi LJH
Well, based on the BLOOD wrap up party, the writer confirmed it's a happy ending. Likely, ParkJi Sang "resurrected" due to his blood. As Dr Jung noted he could live or survive without a heart since his blood is special, "unique with its self vitality". Something to ponder:
1. Did his blood revive him after he was buried? Or did Dr Jung inject him so that Park Ji Sung can accomplish some impossible mission...
2. Was he aware that there were others infected and so, he sought them out in Kochenia?
3. Why didn't he make his presence known to Rita for the past 12 months? Is it because he wanna hide his presence to protect her?
4. And finally he appeared in front of her coz he has to fight off the bad guys...and well, I guess he just want to be reunited with her.
5. He didn't seem to appear as a vampire and yet he possessed remarkable strength in fighting off the bad vamps at the dark alley... Could it be that he has turned human but acquired additional strength from his special blood? In an earlier episode he did fight off the security guards and he claimed he was a good "fighter" to Dr Lee Jae Wook.
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snickers
April 24, 2015 at 4:26 PM
Regarding Blood:
The following is my rationalization on dramafever:
To me, the ending was VMT-01 (M for mutant) flipping off VBT-01 and anyone who assumed to understand its mutant powers based on knowledge of VBT-01.
Sunlight as dawn didn't seem all that lethal to Jason. Either that was due to his mutant virus or smog blocking out lethal wavelengths.
I think Dr. E was injected with VTH-17 prototype. He just dozed off at the end because it was such a emotionally and physically taxing day. Aging 40 years in a few hours couldn't be easy on the body. Old age and randomly dozing off.
The sad irony that Renfeld realized was VTH-17 couldn't be made without Jason. It could cure all the infected except for Jason, the only infected who really wanted to be cured.
Now that there is a cure, Jason is hunting vampires around the world to cure them. I had to look at the final minutes again but it seemed to me he injected a couple of the vamps during the fight. A fully functional VTH-17 may work like a regular medication and not incapacitate the receiver.
I like that the writer tried to keep everything as real as possible based on the premises. No divine intervention.
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snickers
April 24, 2015 at 4:44 PM
Renfeld is Hyun Woo's nickname given by dramafever Blood recappers.
Because Jason/Ji-Sang was rarely pushed beyond what was believed to be capable of VBT-01 infected, no one really knew and experimented to find out how different he was from the rest of the infected. Except for his immunity to vamp-kill cocktail. And that confusing Dr. Jung the Younger's hypothesis in ep. 20.
When Hyun Woo was killed off, I pretty much figured that almost all those long associated with the virus would be killed. Looking at the last episode, there wasn't much for Hyun Woo to do if he had lived.
With a better writer, things could be more clear and fluid. The entire drama felt like a philosophical discussion on morality and medical ethics using non-supernatural vampires.
dkaoru
April 24, 2015 at 7:05 AM
On Sensory couple/girl who sees smell:
Yes, the recent revelation on the victims writing their own books confuses me. And why would the doctor gave a hint to the killer that the witness is still alive! That's just crazy.
I sorta like how they explain why the killer cannot identify faces. This is an actual condition but it's more like ppl with the condition have problem recognizing facial features not that the faces would morph around. There are too many characters with rare condition in this drama. Having said that, I'm totally enjoying this drama because of the cutesy.
Hwajung:
omg, there are so many things I don't understand. I really wish there's a site that recap and can explain the intricacy of the politics that's going on.
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aini
April 24, 2015 at 7:12 AM
Check thetalkingcupboard.wordpress.com for hwajung's recap :D
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dkaoru
April 24, 2015 at 7:21 AM
ooohh Thank you!! I will go check it out!
I have to watch each episode twice so far because i get all the bearded officials all confused with each other hahahahaha
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Geraldine
April 24, 2015 at 7:44 AM
I actually think Dr Chun just wants to write a letter out of guilt, but didn't know that it got packed and sent to our dear Killer Chef. And also he wrote this before knowing that the Killer was his chef friend so I wonder if he regretted or remembered having wrote that letter in the first place lol. also, the hints *SPOILER ALERT!* he left in the diary felt like he wanted the police to find out instead. he left really subtle hints, but in the end our Killer Chef still managed to sieve it out :( But then again because of his Page 5 and Page 47 hints, i guess this can propel the story to move further? this feels more logical than having Killer Chef to suddenly flip his box of books and find the misplaced letter written by Dr Chun... right? HAHA
Also, anyone else slightly freaked out when Killer Chef opened the back of his library door to reveal the white enclosed room, to see Dr Chun sitting at the desk writing, after we all know him to be dead? I really freaked out for that few seconds before Dr Chun faded off and then realise that it was just Killer Chef's thoughts... oh my~
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 7:49 AM
Yeah but the 5 and 47 hints would never have gotten to the police, it was just something he said to the murderer. Nobody else would have gotten the clues to figure it out.
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:52 AM
I'm thinking that too, hence why I'm rather baffled at why he would reveal those hints to Chef Kwon...
ktiep
April 24, 2015 at 8:39 AM
And what's with the Goldfish and the Lonely Man? Are those real books? Is he supposed to look at pages 5 and 47 of those books too?
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 8:46 AM
No those books were fifth and 47th in their series so that's why he knew which pages to look at in the diary.
Lin_K
April 24, 2015 at 10:45 AM
@Geraldine and 4D - Spoilers for Girl Who Sees Smells episode 7 and 8 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maybe Dr. Chun was forcing the Chef to act and thought that he will trip up and get caught in the process? It still puts Cho Rim in danger; so yeah, I don't know. Lol. I do believe that it was not a random thing. There will be a good reason why Chun revealed the secret. A lot of us were baffled by how the murderer killed the wrong girl when he clearly saw the victim's face. And the writer explained that in episode 7 with a good reason. This seemingly stupid thing that Chun did will also have a hidden meaning (Hope so!). Btw, I'm enjoying this drama SO MUCH!! It's written, acted, and executed very well.
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 4:44 PM
I didn't find the wrong girl overly surprising since the house was dark and the situation (name/automobile accident/age) were the same for the two girls and he was in a hurry. However, I was surprised at the explanation given. So I am hoping that there is an explanation for this too. Since it's the main storyline I think there's more thought put into it but I've been a little disappointed in some logic issues with the smaller crimes/mysteries so I remain a bit skeptical. Despite the sound of all that, I am a fan of this show and it's definitely one of the ones I really look forward to during the week. I hovered around the website until it was uploaded and then watched it immediately. Chun-bear is especially adorable.
cc
April 25, 2015 at 6:50 AM
am I the only one that has been suspecting the Chef has more things going around in his back, beside his problem with recognizing people's face?
so I think there might be another 'reason' for him to kill the 'wrong' person, not just because he failed to remember the victim's face...lol, mkay... I expect too much from this show.
4D
April 24, 2015 at 4:37 PM
Yeah I wasn't really expecting a "deeper" explanation for why he mixed up the girls. I just assumed the house was dark and he didn't look closely at the girl in the hospital since all the details matched and he wanted to do it quickly and get out of there.
I will have to check out the site mentioned as well. I think I have most of the people straight, or at leas their allegiances, but like...I sort of miss who actually attacked the silver caravan, etc. It does rather suck that he doesn't seem to have a single person who's really on his side.
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Shuerei
April 24, 2015 at 9:28 AM
@4D
Well I watched Blood and please don't feel bad for watching it. I think there is a big gap between the rooftop and final alley scene. The writer's fault or something was left out from the editing floor - but overall, I am happy with how the cast developed - especially Rita and ParkJiSang
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 4:58 PM
Oh yeah, there's definitely a big jump between those scenes. It's just that the gap is when all the good stuff happens! They really drew out some unnecessary scenes and then didn't have time left for resolutions. Frustrating. I dunno, I wasn't even satisfied with the characters. I thought there were some inconsistencies and the growth didn't feel natural. I think this is mostly the script/directing though. I mean there were some nice moments but they felt like moments to me....not flowing storylines. Sorry to be all grumpy. I'm glad if people enjoyed it. DF had a billion fangirls in the comments who loved it (well, up until that ending lol).
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harmonyfb
April 24, 2015 at 11:54 AM
It’s so clear the writer was in way over his/her head.
::nods:: The director didn't help - shaky camera work & slo-mo & UGH. I wish it had been written by someone who could have made it slyly humorous OR someone that would have made it properly dark and gritty.
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 5:05 PM
Yeah I think the director was a bit lost as well. I think they needed more of a game plan. As was mentioned above, I think they were trying to make some philosophical/moral statements but those things need to be woven in well otherwise the storyline isn't grounded in anything. Philosophies need to be revealed through plot instead of tying to shoehorn the plot into a set philosophy. That wasn't phrased well but hopefully it makes sense. But I agree that if they'd had a set tone, this could have been so much better. In the beginning I actually thought they might try and be a bit tongue in cheek. Our lead I think was actually at his best when he had his smirky moments and a different setup would have been able to allow the director to coax out a better performance as well.
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harmonyfb
April 25, 2015 at 9:06 AM
Our lead I think was actually at his best when he had his smirky moments
I agree! And it could have been so funny (imagine just a momentary scene of the two vamp minions stuck in customs on the way to Tennessee - that would have been hilarious).
Or if they'd had Dr. Chief of Hematology just sprint by the office in his boxers instead of doing a boring three minutes on 'you said you would if...".
Then the sitting around swirling wine could have been woven into snarky remarks about the villain and his 'lair' & it wouldn't have been so stupid.
Don't get me started, is basically what I'm saying. ::laugh::
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kanz
April 24, 2015 at 2:35 PM
Hello 4D,
I'm also sucked to Hwajung. I know it's 50 eps, but then it's so good right now, so I don't want to pull out yet...
You can find recaps on several sites, like here:
http://thetalkingcupboard.com/2015/04/14/splendid-politics-hwajung-episode-1/
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 4:52 PM
Thanks for the link! I will definitely read over the weekend. I'm pretty sucked in and don't plan on dropping it but I've never gone before 24 episodes and while I like Sageuk it's sometimes just hard for me to get through so I fall behind easily. We'll see though - this could be the one to change me! Plus I'm excited for our young boys to grow up!
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4 Wag_a_Muffin
April 24, 2015 at 6:14 AM
I thought it was interesting how the depicted "face blindness" of the chef in Smelly Couple.
I have face blindness, and often when I look at people, their facial features don't change. I just don't recognize them as anyone I know. When I see my husband every morning I think, "oh, yeah. This is what you look like." I also am kind of taken aback every time I look in a mirror, since I don't look how I think I should. (I realized there is no way to portray this--so the changing features were a way to indicate this.)
This does answer the question why the killer saw the witness and then didn't realize he'd killed the wrong girl.
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Daehoney
April 24, 2015 at 6:28 AM
I also think the depiction in Smelly Girl is a bit inaccurate. I learn how the brain works, and from my understanding it's not that the face changes or anything, it's just hard to connect the dots between face and name.
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 6:31 AM
I don't think it's really supposed to be that the face changes but more that features aren't recognized as distinctive so it's like looking at a million other faces. That's what I got anyway. Not that I think it's possible to accurately portray but I have bigger issues with the show (still enjoying it though).
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Pollywood
April 25, 2015 at 12:26 PM
But it's a thousand times better than the thing they did in Hannibal - where the witness only saw a face without ANY features, basically just a blank surface.
Also, the changing features of the faces in Smell-Girl are in their own way incredibly creepy. Brrr.
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quirkstine
April 24, 2015 at 6:41 AM
Woah. Have you always had face blindness? Do you have any other symptoms that accompany face blindness, ie headaches? Sorry if this is intrusive and you don't have to answer my questions. I'm just curious because I'm suddenly remembering all of Chef Rim's face blindness drama in Pervy Mermaid.
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:06 AM
Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of Surplus Princess after finding out Chef Kwon's facial blindness! They're both attractive chefs with facial blindness lol
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Wag_a_Muffin
April 24, 2015 at 8:37 AM
I'm going to answer your questions in my reply to dkaoru, (4.3). I hope that's okay.
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dkaoru
April 24, 2015 at 7:08 AM
if you dont mind me asking, does your face blindness impact you a great deal in your daily life? I mean how do you interact/recognize people?
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Wag_a_Muffin
April 24, 2015 at 9:03 AM
I have always been face blind, but I didn't recognize it until after I was married. (I think it's not uncommon for kids to think, "everyone is like this," and ignore, or find ways to deal with differences.) I've always had difficulty remembering people, but I didn't realize it as a “disorder.” When I was in high school I used to remember what my friends wore in order to pick them out. (I am so glad I didn't go to a school with uniforms.) I get migraines, but I have never associated that with my Prosopagnosia. I have learned to cope with it by faking that I know someone until I either recognize them, or they don't know that I have no clue who I'm talking to. I'm pretty good at that. My personality is such that I am uncomfortable making people uncomfortable—I'm not a boat rocker, I'm a nurturer.
It might help if you know that my mind is just a big black blank. In my head I can hear people talking (that's how I write fiction, I hear it, but I don't picture or imagine any images.) When I think of (for example) my oldest son, I remember his hair color, his general height and build. And sometimes if I concentrate really hard I can bring up a photo that I've seen of him many times. But I can't “see” him in my mind.
(I can't “see” anyone.)
I don't have a severe case. I have heard of people who are so face blind that they will forget who someone is WHILE they are having a conversation with them. That has never happened to me.
But if (for example) my daughter was wearing something I'd never seen her wear, and especially if she had a different hair style OR color, and if she walked by me, and didn't make eye contact, it is probable that I wouldn't recognize her. (I have, seen her in church from about 20 feet away, and thought, “that's a cute girl.” and then, as I get closer and she smiles at me I realized she was my daughter.)
My worst experience because of this was when I was in college. We lived at the bottom of a hill. It was over a mile to campus and often friends would give us a lift. One afternoon I was by myself, and late for class. A car pulled up and the driver smiled and asked if I wanted a ride to school. I thought, “he must know me, or my roommates” so I got in. Soon it was evident that he didn't know me. And he started talking scary about skipping class and going up to the mountains for some “fun.” I said, “I'm not going to class. I'm late for a doctor's appointment.” (The University Health Center was the first building at the top of the hill.) “If I don't show up they'll call my apartment and my roommates will have people looking for me.” (It was a lie, but it worked. He let me out at the Health Center.) At this time I still didn't know I was face blind. (I had never even heard of the condition.) I went to class, but I couldn't concentrate. At that time, I didn't tell anyone, not even my roommates. I was so ashamed that I couldn't remember what he looked like. I felt guilty, because what if he...
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Wag_a_Muffin
April 24, 2015 at 9:06 AM
(sorry for the break, word count)
raped or worse some other girl who couldn't lie her way out of his car. But I knew if I went to the police and told my story, they'd ask me to give a description of him. And I honestly couldn't remember anything except that he had an accent. And the color of his hair. For weeks afterwards I wondered if he was on campus, following me.
Years later, when I was diagnosed, I remembered this.
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fabdrama
April 24, 2015 at 12:27 PM
Oof that story is awful, glad you were smart enough to dodge that bullet. I didn't imagine face blindness to be so severe, that you can't even recognise your own family and friends. It's very admirable. Take care! <3
Wag_a_Muffin
April 24, 2015 at 1:27 PM
I do recognize voices. (Often when I see someone I am not sure about I know who it is as soon as they start talking.)
dkaoru
April 24, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Wag_a_muffin, thank you so much for sharing! I have heard of this condition but I really never know anyone with this condition. Your story about that man on campus was really scary! so glad you kept your cool and nothing bad happened.
Manin
April 24, 2015 at 9:46 AM
Wow thats a scary experience! I am glad you got out of it okay.
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quirkstine
April 24, 2015 at 10:09 AM
That is legit scary. I'm glad you're here to tell the tale. More suspenseful than some of the kdrama 'thrillers' that aired lately. I hope the guy was just a regular skeevy guy who found you pretty and not a rapist or some other atrocious criminal.
redfox
April 26, 2015 at 10:02 PM
I don´t exactly have face blindness, but my mind is very hectic, they say I think way too fast, and sometimes faces get "misplaced" or covered by piles of other things, or I just ignore them. Then I realize: "Oh. There was a person passing by, and I know them. Oh, whatever. I´m busy." It is part deliberate and part involuntary when you put a face you feel you dont need to recognize (cause the person is boring or annoying or whatever) away in the "unecessery junk" drawer, as rude as that may sound, it is very useful when you meet so many people
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5 joleneey
April 24, 2015 at 6:16 AM
Hello! Dramas i am watching currently:
1. Girl who sees smells: loving it! i feel its another pinocchio for me. a simple cute love arched over a deeper conspiracy!
2. Equator of the flower: Makjang alert but still quite enjoyable for a weekend drama
3. Make a women cry: Yes another weekend drama, and it has the vibes of Angry mum about school bullying and all that. Just only episode 2 so far, will see if i continue
Thats all for now! Happy weekend!
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6 Luv_KimRaeWon
April 24, 2015 at 6:21 AM
Happy weekend everybody. I’m currently watching:
The girl who sees smells: I didn’t get the motive behind some of the hunter’s and the prey’s actions in Ep 8. It is still enjoyable and the ensemble cast is doing a great job but after this week, I have some gripes with the show.
Murphy’s Law of love: This continues to be light, cute and fluffy. Brownies points for the quickly-developing romance.
And.. We finally went to an authentic Korean restaurant last Saturday. The setting was straight out of K-dramas (food being grilled on the table, lots of side-dishes and mostly Asian customers) and that was enough to make my day :D :D . Being a vegetarian, I didn’t have much to choose from, but the Kimchi rice and side-dishes were tasty.
Also, chanced upon the classic, ‘How to steal a million’ when changing channels and loved it to bits. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore!
@redfox: Apparently Lee Yoo Bi is the lead and Kim So Eun the 2nd lead in the ‘Scholar who walks the Night’. I don’t know if this is reliable. Too much confusion there! Atleast LJK IS the male lead.
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4D
April 24, 2015 at 6:29 AM
I totally agree with the motives being so odd in episode 8. I had some plot/logic issues earlier in the show too but now it's really feeling like things are put in just so the writer can get the show to certain plot points instead of being concerned by logic or consistent characterization.
The Scholar casting is a mess. They had announced KSE as lead. Then they quasi backtracked and pushed the second lead to a bit part, and I believe created a new character for SKE while bringing in Lee Yoo Bi.
I think Lee Yoo Bi acts and looks pretty young and I'm not sure I'll like her with LJK.
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:08 AM
Actually same here, I'm a little confused with the casting...I thought Lee Yubi is the lead now right?
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:09 AM
This is the latest article I read on the casting...
http://koalasplayground.com/2015/04/20/scholar-who-walks-the-night-holds-script-reading-with-leads-lee-jun-ki-lee-yoo-bi-changmin-and-kim-so-eun/#more-66383
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Luv_KimRaeWon
April 24, 2015 at 8:01 AM
LJH?? JCW is the the dear Bong Sooki/Healer, right?
LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 8:24 AM
@luv_KimKimRaeWon,
Hehe yup :) JCW is the beloved Bongsookie/SJH from Healer ❤ I've became a fan of him after that drama. I love JCW in real life, he's such an adorable Bongsookie. As for LJH...it stands for CNBlue's Lee Jong Hyun. He's my ultimate bias for a very long time. Hence why I'm very excited for his new drama Orange Marmalade hehe. I'm lovung the new side of him on We Got Married too ❤❤❤
Lol sorry for fangirling ;)
Danny
April 24, 2015 at 9:47 AM
I LOVE your name. HEHEHE :)
I too feel in love with JCW after discovering him in Healer. And when I started looking him up, he is tooooooooo adorable and charming.
He is like Bong Sooki in real life.
I love love his paintings/drawings!!Hahaha! He is so proud of his 5 year old arts. :)
Did you see the one where he surprised his fan club at their regular meeting, and wore the expensive D&G suit for them?
They get a table for him to meet each fan and sign, but it was dusty, so he proceeded to use the suit's sleeves to wipe the table of dust for his fans. Hahahahaha!
I cant help but love him. He is so endearing and adorable ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
4D
April 24, 2015 at 7:13 AM
Yes now she is lead and SKE is second lead and the original second lead was pushed to tiny side part. I've seen a lot of fans crying foul play/entertainment politics etc. since changes occurred after official casting was announced. It's.....interesting. I'm just here for LJK.
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LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:20 AM
Haha same here! I'm jumped on the bandwagon when LJK was casted. I also absolutely love both KSE and LYB so I didn't mind either for lead. This is one of those dramas I'm excited to watch! Seriously hope this and Orange Marmalade will be much better than Blood, so fingers crossed! :)
Luv_KimRaeWon
April 24, 2015 at 7:28 AM
Most of us are there just for LJK's sake I guess. I hope the drama is good.
LJH captured my heart & now JCW is stealing it
April 24, 2015 at 7:51 AM
That's very true, I've been following his dramas since Two Weeks. Loved the actor ❤
pogo
April 24, 2015 at 10:14 AM
There have been significant changes in the roles of more than one character - like Changmin's prince character being the second lead/getting a bigger role, and eliminating the manhwa second male lead.
And the talk of 'official casting' being announced of KSE playing the female lead, isn't entirely accurate since international fans as a whole seem to base that off a translation that was a massive leap to conclusions.
In any case, it's ridiculous to claim that they rewrote the entire script at the last minute just to cram in KSE. That makes no sense, since
1. Why should the production allegedly "demote" the vamp gisaeng part from second lead to supporting at the last minute when it would be cheaper and more efficient to just give Kim So Eun that role instead, if she didn't win the lead role?
2. It's far more likely that the script was rewritten all along with the expanded role for the Prince and new female character. We just didn't pay attention to indications that this was the case, and media didn't get clear enough info.
If Fantagio really wanted KSE to get a role in this drama and insisted it had to be at least second lead if she couldn't be lead, and IF the character KSE is currently playing hadn't existed at the time and second lead was vamp gisaeng, it would be far easier to just turf a lesser known actress out of the role instead of getting a whole new part written.
4D
April 24, 2015 at 11:29 AM
Just so we're clear - I'm just saying some fans were crying conspiracy theory and those opinions are NOT my own. The idea is actually now that it was to get SKE in but that LYB and her moms connections got her an in at the last minute and knocked SKE down the ranks. Again, I have absolutely no opinion on how the casting came to be. I know nothing. I also like (but not love) both those actresses.
pogo
April 24, 2015 at 12:02 PM
@4D - yeah I was addressing the conspiracy theories seen among a lot of fans, sorry if that came across as attacking you.
A lot of international fans especially, don't seem to realise that the initial report of Kim So Eun playing the lead was based on a major translation error/misunderstanding by one single blog.
Which has now led to all these conspiracy theories, which really frustrates me as a fan of both actresses. People keep making these assertions as if they are iron clad truth, when even half an ounce of common sense would make it clear what utter nonsense some of it is.
Kiara
April 24, 2015 at 1:34 PM
I love both girls and I don't care who is lead and who is supporting lead. I believe KSE was courted to play 2nd lead from the beginning because the lead role went to Jin Se-yeon at the time. I think Lee Yoo-bi was JSY's replacement.
I don't appreciate fans that are out to tarnish one's reputation because their bias didn't get the lead role. Things like Lee Yoo-bi having a sponsor etc is pretty stupid. The girl has proven herself that she can act. Sure, having a parent in the industry helps but there is a point when she has to prove herself that she can do the job and she has been doing well. The biggest advantage she has is having one of the best sageuk actress at her disposal, her own mom who has been in over a dozen sageuks. If I was the director I'd hire her so I don't have to train her. Look at what she did in Gu Family Book? Her first sageuk. Totally made a fan out me. I'm expecting her to own this role.
KSE has WGM and a movie to shoot on top of Scholar. I wonder if she is fine not having to carry the weight of the lead actress since she it's going to be a very busy time for her.
4D
April 24, 2015 at 5:13 PM
@Pogo
No worries, I'm not feeling attacked. I just wanted to clarify and make sure nobody mistook me for thinking poorly of the actresses. I think this was a big ole jumbled up mess of casting. I like both actresses and I'm not familiar with the original work so I have no investment on who gets what (although I would enjoy seeing our lead guy with a woman his own age who could really match him in screen presence - I want some fun but equal banter or something, not that I think a josean vampire is particularly the right venue for that). But I like everybody (well I have no opinion on Changmin since I've never seen him act), and I like vampires, and it just overall seems like it could be fun. So....how long do I have to wait for this? Lol.
pogo
April 24, 2015 at 10:01 AM
They didn't actually announce KSE as lead, that was a case of one of the English-language blogs jumping to conclusions based on the fact that the vampire gisaeng had already been cast and thinking there were no other possible female characters for Kim So-eun to play. Everyone took that as truth and then freaked out when the LYB casting announcement came.
Even with my limited Korean reading skills, I couldn't find those initial KSE casting confirmation announcements saying anywhere just WHAT her role was, not even her agency's statement.
I'm really annoyed at all the ruckus that the production's own vagueness has caused, and with the mistaken translations (grateful as I always am to translators) for compounding it and getting international fans angry. I'm glad db has refrained from posting articles, because so much was unclear.
And let's not forget, the previous reported candidate for the lead role was She Who Must Not Be Named. Getting Lee Yubi after the threat of having THAT ruin another drama yet again, and a sageuk Lee Jun Ki drama no less, I felt nothing but relief.
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redfox
April 24, 2015 at 10:55 AM
I am too exhausted to deal with this confusion. just give me Ninja Teacher and others can go wherever. I dont care if they make them animated characters. that would actually be cool.like in Roger Rabbit
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7 Daehoney
April 24, 2015 at 6:24 AM
Nominees for 51th Baeksang Arts Awards are out!
If you don't care you can skip it, excuse me while I'm gushing.
Basically, 4 acclaimed dramas are competing in various TV nominations. Misaeng gets most nominations, followed by HITTG, Punch, and Kill Me Heal Me. Notice the trend? They aired either late in last year or early this year, with HITTG as the only one that's still airing. Good sign after the slump which is 2014.
The nominees for TV are.....
Best drama: Punch, Misaeng, Yoona's Street, Kill Me Heal Me, Heard It Through The Grapevine.
Best director: Kim Sang Hyub (Mama), Kim Won Seok (Misaeng), Ahn Pan Seok (HITTG), Kim Jong Min (Bad Guys), Kim Jin Man (Kill Me, Heal Me)
Best screenplay: Kim Woon Kyung (Yoona's street), Noh Hee Kyung (It's Okay, It's Love), Park Kyung Soo (Punch), Jung Sung Joo (HITTG), Jin Soo Wan (Kill Me, Heal Me).
Best actor: Kim Rae Won (Punch), Cho Jae Hyun (Punch), Lee Sung Min (Misaeng), Jo In Sung (It's Okay, It's Love), Ji Sung (Kill Me, Heal Me).
Best actress: Kim Ok Bin (Yoona's Street), Song Yoon Ah (Mama), Moon Jung Hee (Mama), Lee Yoo Ri (Come, Jang Bori!), Park Shin Hye (Pinocchio).
Best new actor: Kim Dae Myung (Misaeng), Do Kyung Soo (It's Okay, It's Love), Im Si Wan (Misaeng), Lee Joon (HITTG), Park Hyung Shik (What's With This Family)
Best new actress: Go Ah Sung (HITTG--really? She's practically a veteran in film LOL but I'm happy to see her here), Baek Ji Yeon (HITTG), Kim Seul Gi (Discovery of Love), Nam Ji Hyun (What's With This Family), Han Sun Hwa (Rosy Lovers).
How can all my favorite dramas reign the nominations? How? It's really hard to choose! Other than Yoona's Street (which I don't watch), I love all the nominees in best drama! I also love all the nominees in Best Actor. Good news is Byun Yo Han gets nomination in movie section as best new actor for Socialphobia.
My predictions:
Daesang: Ji Sung (and he'll impersonate all of the personalities on stage while receiving the trophy just because he can).
Best drama: Misaeng (though I want all of them to win)
Best director: Kim Won Seok. I like KMHM's tone of directing, but Kim Won Seok/Ahn Pan Seok is a wall.
Best screenplay: Park Kyung Soo.......? I don't know, it's hard. But the dialogs in Punch are to die for.
Best actor: Ji Sung if he doesn't win Daesang (so he can put this trophy beside wifey's last year best actress trophy)/Lee Sung Min/Cho Jae Hyun.
Best actress: no comment since I've only seen PSH (I was, for a while, puzzled to see her name there but hey, she was good).
Best new actor: Im Si Wan (sorry Joon)
Best new actress: Go Ah Sung (seriously, guys?)
My predictions can go wrong, but I'm pretty sure Misaeng will win big and Ji Sung will get an award. Kinda feel bad for Jo In Sung and IOIL, but the other nominees are no jokes.
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NahlaJW
April 24, 2015 at 6:34 AM
Oh god , Ji Sung must win this thing It'll be priceless if he showed on of the personalities while doing his speach ???
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john
April 24, 2015 at 6:46 AM
Daehoney ~
Yay for Yoona's Street. Just to see it nominated is something. It's a well written show. It's certainly worth watching.
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mary
April 24, 2015 at 10:40 AM
I just saw it too and thought DANG. Why d'you have to pit my favorite shows against each other like that???
(Talking about Punch, YNS, Misaeng -- I haven't seen KMHM and HITTG)
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Khule WY
April 24, 2015 at 6:47 AM
I want Jo in Sung,to win something chebal. And if I recall how we were constantly trying to figure out how he's sick and what he has,the writer should get something too but I think they'll give it to Ji Sung and Yoona will accept the award.
So no mention of healer?
Is i heard it through the grapevine good?
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Daehoney
April 24, 2015 at 6:58 AM
I feel bad for him, but all the nominees in best actor are amazing I see his chance is slim.
HITTG is from the director&writer of Secret Love Affair, the duo that won Baeksang last year. The directing is great, and the writing is fresh. Recommended.
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john
April 24, 2015 at 7:01 AM
klava ~
Grapevine deserves the nomination for Best Drama.
Well written, the acting is fantastic, the director knows how to shoot a scene to help tell the story without any need for words.
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fanwho
April 25, 2015 at 5:29 AM
Another recommendation for Grapevine. It is funny too. This weeks' eps- lol!
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korfan
April 24, 2015 at 6:58 AM
Daehoney -
Park Kyung-soo for that screenplay award, because you're right about that dialogue.
What he did with Punch was simply outstanding.
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Daehoney
April 24, 2015 at 7:09 AM
I luuuuurv the metaphors. It's like almost no line is wasted. No character is flawless, and yet the actors' acting are almost flawless.
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korfan
April 24, 2015 at 7:18 AM
Exactly.
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KDramaNewbie
April 24, 2015 at 7:52 AM
Thanks for posting the nominees!
Looks like a tough fight in best actor/daesang category.
It will mostly be a toss-up between Ji Sung/Cho Jae Hyun. I might be biased since their acting influenced me the most. (Even saw New Heart for them)
Don't know if Baeksang too rewards ratings, otherwise best drama will be a tossup between Punch and Misaeng.
Screenplay has to be the Punch writer, the first show I watched where quality subs matter.
When will the awards ceremony take place?
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Daehoney
April 24, 2015 at 5:09 PM
It will be on May 26th if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, best actor category is a battlefield LOL all nominees are great in their drama and all are considered veteran so I'm nervously waiting.
Don't know if Baeksang rewards ratings but well both Punch and Misaeng deserve it.
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KDramaNewbie
April 25, 2015 at 12:04 AM
All of them deserve it but there csn be only one winner. Since TvN doesn't have its own award show, I hope Misaeng gets a chance to shine here. The other shows will always get their moment of glory at their respective network award shows.
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fanwho
April 25, 2015 at 5:34 AM
All of them deserve indeed! Such great year for dramas so far. Too bad Healer is not mentioned though.
redfox
April 24, 2015 at 10:57 AM
if Ji Sung does not win, he should take his honey, a boat and sail off to... New Zealand. and get tattood all over and become a maori
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kanz
April 24, 2015 at 3:14 PM
Not trying to hijack or understated other dramas/actors because I also love some of the dramas here, esp Kill Me Heal Me and Grapevine. The actors in Misaeng, Punch, KMHM, HTTIG and IOIL are also very good too.
But how Ji Chang Wook was not in the nomination?? How?? Last year he was nominated for Empress Ki which for me his best role to date. But didn't win. This year he wasn't even nominated at all for Healer. Really?? I think he at least deserves a nomination, even if he wouldn't win because Ji Sung/Jo In Sung/Kim Rae Won are also really great.
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Daehoney
April 24, 2015 at 5:15 PM
If I'm not mistaken JCW was nominated for popularity award in last year's Baeksang for Empress Ki. I remember comments in dramabeans were cursing Baeksang for not including Empress Ki and Nine in any acting categories (but seriously, last year's nomination was a joke, I like this year better).
Maybe because Healer appeals more to international audiences than to Korean? I know it got good reviews (and it's indeed good) there but the hype was incomparable to, let's say, Misaeng/Punch/KMHM. Well, it's not like I can see through the judge's eyes though. Maybe they have other considerations.
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kanz
April 25, 2015 at 5:58 AM
@daehoney He's nominated but not win anything..
@KDramaNewbie I'm biased here.. As I know the 5 nominated actors are all well-deserved but if JCW could be one of the nominees it would be great. I'm just saying this as JCW fan, not meant to underappreciate other actors.
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KDramaNewbie
April 25, 2015 at 12:01 AM
kanz, which of the nominees would you drop in favor of JCW? I guess they are only allowed 5. Its a genuine question. Even though I enjoyed the series, I can't see his performance as Healer upstaging any of the current nominees.
I must say I am pleasantly surprised that both KRW and Cho Jae Hyun got best actor nominations for the same series. If it was any other award show, one of them would be labelled the lead and the other, supporting actor.
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8 Manin
April 24, 2015 at 6:25 AM
Hi friends! *book mountain collapses*
So much to do, i need that Holiday i should have had during my holiday if it was not for essays. And now dissertations! Got the supervisor i thought i would get, and now just need ti find out how to make this topic happen!
Dramaland:
Sooonbehind sooo behind. I don't even know what drama i should be on atm.. Ehat's good of the new ones?
Started witches romance. It is quite cute. Had to momentarily stop as there started being to many polar bears about (they make bad gift for kings!)
Abnormal summit: this show is addicting! I wanna break in and joi. The debate so many times though.
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shukmeister
April 24, 2015 at 6:38 AM
Manin!
I'm glad you are watching AWR. It's one of the shows we SqueeCapped, and despite the slow ending, mostly enjoyable. UJH was excellent, and Cutie Soo was always good for a laugh.
I'm in a SK drama slump after finishing the two personality ones. It's probably not helped by Blood, which I am only at episode 17.
But my Thai lakorns are cranking along! I recently finished a couple of really cute ones that I can recommend [waggling eyebrows] if you want to step down that path. 8-)
And, of course, real life is always a kicker. We are gearing up for a sometimes-violent upcoming weekend in my city, so all leave has been cancelled for our public safety workers. I'll be in the support side of things and not in the thick of it this year.
How is the job progressing? I haven't been up her a long time!
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 6:55 AM
Hi shuk! Long time sinceni've seen you around!
Yes i read all the squeecaps so decided to give it a shot. Funnily enough the appearnace of the ex happened while i was reading about polar bears as gifts and i had to put it on hold for a bit due to giggling to much about it. To many polar bears around :p
Ah yes, i have started reading the recaps for the new one of your thai dramas (can't remember the name though). Also had to put the other one (prince and bodyguard) on hold due to essay work and then the youtube channel i watched it on disappeared. Need to find that again.
Currently i am going through a compete drama slump due to lack of time. Busy doing my masters. Just entered dissertation fase now which will go on untill september. A lot to do, but hopefully it will turn out good (thou i suspect that JoAnne and the rest of you guys could have a field day about innuendoes in it...)
Wow life seems scary! Please stay safe!
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shukmeister
April 24, 2015 at 8:52 PM
Manin -
Ah yes, Lah Ruk Sut Kop Fah / ล่ารักสุดขอบฟ้า. I have recapped it to episode 15, but I took a detour to do a by-request squeecap on another lakorn. If you can access it from your location, Dailymotion has them, under the wonderful person who subbed it, "ninjakkn".
The lakorn we just finished recapping is Ngao Jai / เงาใจ. Those recaps are on kakashi's blog. I am (still) watching more lakorns than any other country's dramas.
Other than that, I spent the last two weeks moving my parents from their wintering grounds in Florida back home. Which was made more fun by the fact that they sold their place, so it was a pack-out nightmare. Still, we managed to make it back hale and whole. :-)
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Manin
April 25, 2015 at 4:00 AM
Shuk:
Ah thank you, I shall try and see if I can find them there then :)
Yes I've started reading those on Kakashi's blog. I am with you guys on this: WHy is she not reacting to the fact he tried to rape her?!
That sounds like it would take time and lots of sorting! Hopefully they will be happy in their new home :)
NahlaJW
April 24, 2015 at 6:47 AM
Hang on there my friend ....I'm so happpy that this is my last semester and then I'll say Bye Bye to university life .
Now thinking about all drama I missed those last 3 semesters @#%-%*$*# It'll take me a long time to finish anything hahhaha
On the other hand I become obsessed with Chanyoel from exo ...He is just so handsome, hot, cute with a beautiful smile
I never follow kpop but I'd watch anything he is in hahahha
Sorry for fan girling in your post
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 6:59 AM
I know what you mean! This is the last semester of my MA and this year has had a sever lack of drama watching for my part. Progress is slow to non excistant for new dramas :p
Chanyoel is a cute one! The new exo albume was my essay-work music for my essays that was due last week. They are sorta sniking up on me as a group :p
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NahlaJW
April 24, 2015 at 7:35 AM
Hahah I'm doing the same but just listening to thier old songs (I like thier balleds mostly) and repeating them for thousands times ??
I wish you all the best...Fighting ??
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 9:08 AM
Haha i have a thing where if i feel i can work while listening to an albume i will just put it on repeat. Tend to happen with dbsk albums.
korfan
April 24, 2015 at 6:47 AM
Manin -
Hi! I can see you're busy, busy! I hope all is well though.
Don't worry about being behind in dramaland. It happens often, but what can we do right? Sometimes, other things have to come first.
I don't know which of the new ones are good because I was watching the ones that recently ended. Although I did check out Girl Who Sees Smells .... I'm still undecided about it though.
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 7:01 AM
Korfan -
Yes all is well. I think. If onlyni could sleep properly during the night, but oh well :p how are you?
Yes dramas will just be left behind. Haha i am not up to date with anyting except hogu's love and pinochio. Other than that i think i am behind from like last september.
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korfan
April 24, 2015 at 7:27 AM
Manin -
Glad to hear all is well. I'm doing ok, thanks.
Oh gosh, sleeping problems are troublesome because you just don't feel rested the next day. This was me yesterday! Couldn't get to sleep at all! No idea why.
Hoping that issue doesn't last long for you.
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 9:09 AM
Its been a little long lasting, but hoping it calms down along with no aditional seminar prep this semester.
Luv_KimRaeWon
April 24, 2015 at 7:46 AM
you seem to be having a busy year Manin. Good luck!!
Is witch's romance the new one? it isn't the one with Jae Hee, right? I didn't like that one much
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 9:13 AM
Thanks luv!
Yes its the new one with uhm noona and that young guy and cutie soo (i am terrible terrible with names)
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owl
April 24, 2015 at 7:57 AM
Hi Manin,
I forgot how much I loved Witch's Romance, and I LUUVY Abnormal Summit. There is a spin-off called Where Is My Friend's House (on kshowonline). Have you seen it? Guillaume, Alberto, Tyler, Seo Yoon, Julian and Yuan travel to Yuan's hometown in China. That's the first 5 eps. Next, they will go to Belguim to visit Julian's hometown and family. It is crazy how AS took off, I like the format and discussions, too. It has come a long way since the beginning.
Build up that tower of books that collapsed, no escaping studies! :)
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 9:16 AM
Hi owl!
Yes i have heard off it, but not seen it. I heard there was trouble with subbing for it?
I do like how they structured the show. It is quite interesting to have the different views.
But but i don't wanna study *pouts* why does historians make everything so boring?
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pogo
April 24, 2015 at 10:33 AM
good luck with your dissertations, Manin! You sound really busy.
My current favourite of the new lot of dramas (ok not so new now, considering it is on episode 18) is Heard It Through the Grapevine. I'm also really loving Let's Eat 2, which is perfect if you just want to enjoy slice of life stories and food.
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Manin
April 24, 2015 at 4:10 PM
pogo: thank you! I feel like I shall need it. I have one more week to do research before havving to hand in a 1000 word outline of it, including chapter outlines and bibliography. This is a problem.
I have heard goof things about Grapevine. Is Let's Eat 2 a good as the first one?
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red
April 24, 2015 at 4:41 PM
I think Let's Eat 2 is as good as s1. The main heroine, Seo Hyun Jin's eating acting isn't as good as Lee Soo Kyung's, but she's a fun and quirky character to watch. YDJ seems to have more of a main character role and is doing a solid job.
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9 Khule WY
April 24, 2015 at 6:30 AM
WHY didn't anybody tell me earlier Heartless city was FREAKING AMAZING, better than Punch even, yeah I said it,I'm shocked too.definitely better than Healer, Ji