Hi beanies hope you've all had a great week, on to dramas.
I just happened upon I REMEMBER YOU,I wasn't planning on watching it but wow it's so good. It's like a mash of Criminal minds, Bones,Dexter and The Mentalist with buds of romance and somehow it works,the directing and editing is superbly done, story and characters are so interesting and we'll done,I can't believe I almost didn't watch it.I blame Mask because it consumed me and I couldn't watch anything else but now I'm all caught up and I want more.The chemistry is off the charts and I can't believe how talented SIG is, I have to keep reminding myself that he was a singer first. I already knew he's a good actor since Reply 1997 and KHS but here he's great. The suit and the hairstyle don't hurt because he has swag? oozing out of his pores.
MASK we finally get bed scenes ✋ that's all I wanted. Loved the cute. Wish seok hoon would kill Mi yeon and just before her last breath he tells her
'I never loved you'
anyway she's dead to me,I can't stand her crazy.
OH MY GHOSTESS so cute,can't wait for the next episode, the lead actress is very talented.
Moviewise
I only watched FASHION KING which was hilarious, loved every moment, Joo won really committed to this role which is so unlike him but just goes to show he can do anything, looking forward to seeing him in Healer Yongpal which looks amazing already.
I made a mistake when I saw Lee min ho on the cover of Heirs Dvd and decided to buy it and as soon as I heard ?love is the moment ? I chucked it out of the Dvd player.Why did I waste my money , it was horrible enough when I watched it online the first time around. That OST has got to be the most hated in the history of kdramas.
Non drama wise,woke up yesterday to CNN calling Kenya a 'terror hot bed' and got worked up, how dare they but I'm glad kenyans didn't let them get away with it, #someonetellcnn was the number 1 trending topic on twitter yesterday and I joined in to let out my frustration. Sadly this is not the first time CNN has made a mistake or sensationalise news, it seems they are in this for entertainment and ratings rather than unbiased news.I'll stick to Aljazeera from now on,thank you very much.
My mum tells me there is now no cell service or Internet because of Obama 's arrival and boy am I glad I'm not in Kenya what would I do without Internet.
That's it.
Have a great weekend beanies.

Happy Friday Beanies! Crazy times for me at the moment. So many things going wrong that I have no control over (culminating in my coworker having to go to the ER in the middle of the day yesterday - still waiting for an update on her although it's probably just stitches). Trying I work on my dramas but pretty much behind on everything.

Scholar This show is so cheesy and so fun! Lots of things make me laugh that shouldn't (like out dead prince stuck in a wall) but unlike last summers Watchman, this show is going for it full throttle. I'm one of the few who doesn't buy the lead romance and I feel badly because I really like both Lee Jun Ki and Yubi and think that individually they're killing it but...I think Yubi just always reads super young to me and seems more like an infatuated kid in everything instead of a woman. But again, I love them in this anyway. Also I've never seen Lee Soo-Hyuk I'm anything and I'm still in shock every time he opens his mouth.

Hidden Identity Only part way through episode 11. I'll most likely catch up today. This show is just amazingly full of plot holes but I've pretty much jut accepted that. I'm still enjoying many of the characters and will definitely see this one through to the end.

I Remember You My #1 right now so I'm definitely caught up. I really love it even if it's not perfect. The tone is really up my alley. I'm just worried with what the end game is going to be. Was anyone else happy to see the girl from Liar Game in these last two episodes? I hope she gets some meatier roles soon. Also, I love the actors. Pretty much all of them. I'm glad Park Bogum seems to be living up to his charasmatic potential (one of the best parts of Cantabile).

Orange Marmalade This show has finally found it's stride. I know a lot of people who stuck with it now really love but I'm just ok with it. It's hot some good moments now but a lot of them don't really feel earned. Good endings can't just be good on their own - the build up needs to be more authentic for me. Still, there's a lot of good now and I'm looking forward to the conclusion this weekend.

Late Night Restaurant/Midnight Diner Only one episode in but I found it refreshing. I felt oddly disconnected, as if I were just watching clips from a persons life which doesn't really let me get emotionally connected but it also creates an almost fairytale quality if that makes sense. Plus there's yummy food!!

Oh My Ghostess I'm also really loving this! #2 right now for me. This cast also is so fun to watch. Like a lot of people I'm a bit nervous about how they're going to handle the love lines in terms of who is in the body. The plot is getting more complex as well which is nice.

Stuff I'm way behind on: Hwajung, I'm still in episode 25. I just can't bring myself to watch his downfall. Murphy, still only watched through 15 because I dint want noble idiocy or unnecessary angst. Time, still only seen the first two. I haven't even kept up with recaps. I like the leads but the rest really wasn't working for me. I know I'll go back to it but it may be way down the line. I Order You, I'm only a little behind but it got paused while I tried Midnight Diner which I think is better. Then again Yunho is army bound now so I should get myself to finish this.

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Random thoughts:

- I'm rather excited by Kim Woo Bin and Shin Min Ah dating. I love them both.

- Anyone watch the CF with Sungjae and Kim So-Hyun? Technically all of BtoB is in it but they're in the back. I think everyone knows School 2015's most popular ship.

- I started watching infinity challenge which I always resisted because some of the cast annoys me...but it was fun and I'm surprised at some if the people they got to come out for this years singing challenge. I look forward to the songs.

Hello everyone. I don't post in these threads usually, but there is an issue currently up which concerns Dramabeans and the readers here.

A new "site" called Zkpop has appeared which steals entire pieces from others, without crediting the original sites and authors. It has not replied to any contact yet and they are also now trying to trick readers. They make template posts, then wait for the original creators to make the content and then they paste it into those template posts. This makes it seem as if Zkpop created the pieces first.

They have Dramabeans pieces and have also taken from Allkpop, Koala's Playground, Couch Kimchi, HanCinema and more. Also from Dramajjang, owner Kwon Sang Seung of which is gathering photographic evidence of this thing and keeping people informed.

Here are two pieces written about it by Dramajjang. Please do not feed these thieves and warn any acquaintances which might visit. Spread the word so we can make sure people know until Zkpop get reported enough to shut down. 1 and 2.

Enjoying Oh My Goddess.

Finally watched King of Dramas, which was quite enjoyable. I don't think it needed the love triangle with the female actress, although fortunately she was not a schemer. I just kept thinking "Girl, give up already. No matter how many times you say you'll wait, he has been over you for years." They could have just started the fun with her and Choi Si-won's character much earlier, because they were a riot together.

Anyone watching "I Order You"? I'm skip-watching because the acting – on all sides – is cringeworthy, the plot as cliché as it can get and the female lead sometimes just plain dumb. That said, I do like that the female lead has somewhat of a backbone when it comes to the ex-wife (who is another person that just needs to admit to herself that her ex is 100% over her).

Tried an episode of Midnight Diner. Pretty much an exact copy of the Japanese dorama, except that they swapped out the transgender guy and gave us a sweet flower boy. I guess that's how kdramas do it (Key of Life remake casting that was announced today does the same sort of thing.). K-Midnight Diner is still good.

Japanese dramas:
-37.5°C no Namida: this is quite promising (2 eps). The actors aren't the ones I usually watch and I can't say that one of them is spectacular, but I like the premise and so far it's definitely watchable.

–Akagi: I'm sure this would be even better if I knew anything about mahjong, but even with zero knowledge I'm intrigued already. Maybe just because Kanata Hongo is one of those actors that are sort of fascinating and generally always choose interesting roles/dramas. Having seen the first episode, my hunch I think he's playing to win even if that means he'll die. The geezer is too full of himself to realise that Akagi is exactly that kind of person – if he can defeat the old guy, he's willing to die for that.

Watched the Princess Jellyfish movie. Haven't read the manga, nor seen the anime, but let me just say that the highlight of that movie is Suda Masaki spending 75% of his screen time in drag. Hilarious. And amazingly gorgeous. Also love the fact that the girls in that house spanned such a wide age range (as in, the actors in real life).

Other than that, only reading recaps of various show while be glad that I dropped them early on or never started them. Yes, High Society and The Time I Held Off Confessing My Feelings for No Good Reason Other than to Annoy Viewers, it's you I'm talking about.

Hi everyone! i hop everyone's enjoying thier summer! It's been a long time since I've been on OT! Real life is so time consuming!

I just moved to New Haven, CT and I was wondering if there were any meetup groups in the area - I would love to meet some fellow beenies! Let me know - I don't mind if the closes one is in New York either.

On the drama front I'm loving I remember you - it's a great mix of suspense, romance, and comedy for me! My Beautiful bride is great but it stresses me way more - it lacks those comedic moments to take the stress away. But I sort of enjoy how with each episode we dig deeper and deeper into their background and we get to see a more complicated web than I even suspected existed.

Mask is also on my to-watch list once I get moving out of the way. If anyone has any suggestions for life in New Haven, let me know! I'm totally new to the city and would love some tips!

Happy Friday everyone!! ^_^ I've been feeling kind of weird with my dramas lately, because either I'm bored with them from the start, or I become bored with them around the halfway point/towards the second half. And usually I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to dramas, especially since most of the currently airing dramas are ones that I think I would usually enjoy. Feeling kind of sad about it. :(

Scholar: I love Lee Jun-ki but I also really really love Kim So-eun and I'm having trouble letting go of that couple despite how short and cliche their story was LOL. :( Lee Yubi's doing a great job with her character, but somehow I just can't feel the sparks between her and Lee Jun-ki. A lot of their moments feel contrived to me, as if they're trying too hard to make this couple a lot more romantic than they actually are, but I know a lot of people seem to enjoy it.

Mask: this used to be my favourite out of all the currently airing dramas, but now I've completely lost interest in it. It's been dragging a LOT lately - there's literally been nothing going on except for a whole lot of moping and vase-crashing and crying. All the dramatic, crazy tension has disappeared. Should've been a 16 episode drama imo. :(

Oh My Ghostess: so cute!!! Probably my second favourite out of all the current ones airing atm. Park Bo-young is AH-MAZE-INGGGG I LOVE HER SO MUUUCH. <3 The only problem I have with this drama is that I want to see more of Bong-sun than Soon-ae, so I was a little disappointed and frustrated when Soon-ae possessed Bong-sun again in the latest episode. Looking forward to the new episodes though!

Orange Marmalade: this one is honestly just plain confusing. I don't understand any of the choices the writer made with the story, which is really really really disappointing because I fell in love with the first three episodes. And then it went downhill from there. The plot has become so inane, the female lead has no personality AT ALL, and no matter how much I try, I just CAN'T understand why you would split the timeline into three separate parts like that. You're basically building up your story, ripping it apart, and then re-building the exact same story again three goddamn times, leaving no room for emotional investment, dramatic tension or character development in any timeline.

I Remember You: LOOVEEE!!! <3 Strangely enough, this was the drama I was most disinterested in when I first started watching it, but I've really gotten into it now and it's my favourite out of all the ones on this list. :D The story's great, the characters are great, and it's SO refreshing to have a heroine like Ji-an, who's strong and confident in such an understated way. For me, the main risk with having a character like Hyun become romantically involved is that he becomes OOC once the romance starts to develop, so I really hope they continue to do justice to his character the way they have...

Oh my Ghostess: Just started the 1st episode and though it's not as light as I thought it would be, I still enjoy it very much. Park Boyoung is really good!

Mask: I watched ep.18 (SPOILERS) and though everything is pretty much spinning out of control, I love how Minwoo conquered his fear of water and SWAM to save Jisook!
Also I am quite frustrated how Jisook did not see the window for escaping...whatever. I'm just watching this to the end for the OTP.
As for Miyeon, I think she isn't all that evil? When she pulled Jisook, I think there was guilt in her eyes. Her loyalty to her blood family (meaning Minwoo) is the only thing I accept about her, I think.

Hey, guys!

I've always wanted to ask if there are any Beanies in Berlin? It's such a big city - and I can't seem to find anyone to talk about K-Drama stuff... :)

My Wife : "Eun Dong!!!!! This is why I have trust issues!"
Me: "Maybe there will be a second season where the evil husband gets run over again, but this time dies in the ensuing explosion."
My Wife: "There better be ... there better be ... " (as she looks off into the distance twisting her nail ring ...

Wow ... this was like another God's Gift ... this was like sitting down to an awesome steak meal only to have the last bit replaced with a turd while you weren't looking ... seriously?

Well ... at least Kim Sa-rang is back in dramaland because I really liked her.