Merry Christmas to everyone!

Christmas Day is exhausting, but I'm going to treat myself by rewatching Splish Splash Love and ep 7-8 of Sassy Go Go.

I am so thrilled that SSL finally got a recap so I can spazz out properly. And now Yoon Doo-joon/Kim Seul-gi has become the third dramaland reunion I really want to see from 2015, the other two being

1. Ji-soo/Jung Eunji (Sassy Go Go)
2. Seo In-gook/Park Bo-gum (I Remember You)

Hello, all:

Merry Christmas to all of us who celebrate it.

Six Flying Dragon is so creative. So organic in its plotting. Foregone conclusions notwithstanding, this drama feels like intelligent people real living people inhabiting a real world.

Remember is soooooooooo good! Yoo Seung Ho is so good. And the writing...so good! I'll admit that the first four episodes were a hurdle and I almost gave up. But now...wow! I'm going to love the cases along the way, the over-arching case, the romance, the battle with the first and second leads, and my wonderfully evil Namgoong Min being the most evil chaebol of the year.

Glamorous Temptation: I don't seem to have the nerve to keep looking at the stupidity of our heroine and our hero, or the off-the-charts off-the-rails weirdness that is our obsessed manipulative second lead. I've been catching recaps..cause for some reason I want to know how it all turns out. Kinda like my feeling about All Will Be Well.

Anyone here watching Sweet Savage Family? The Chairman's family, from the old guy to the granddaughter have got to be the most selfish people ever. They only think of what and who they want. I'm hoping they learn to care about other people by the end of this drama.

All About My Mom is kinda losing my interest although I'm still liking aspects of it. Hating the redemption arc of horrible mom in law. Please don't give us a forgiveness love affair (she asks futilely)

Have a great weekend, all.

Merry Christmas everyone, I just want to thank DB for giving me daily dose of drama news and recaps to satisfy my kdrama addiction.
btw this is my first post here on OT so I really don't know what to say. Happy OT..

Merry Christmas!!

Waiting for the next episode of Six Flying Dragons is such a torture I'm beginning to regret not to wait until the series ends before starting on it!

In the beginning of the year, I thought that Ji Chang-wook as Healer was the best gift for this year. Then I thought Lee Sang-yoon as Cha Hyun-seok was better. But now I think that Byun Yo-han as Lee Bang-ji is the winner of them all.

Ah.. this has been a good year indeed.

Merry Christmas to OT beanies who are still on Christmas day! It’s now 1:00 am, morning of boxing day here.

I’m trying to introduce kdrama to my great buddy at work, she is Caucasian who does not have prior exposure to Korean culture, but she is quite receptive of foreign stuff. Which kdrama will be a great one for a start? She enjoys BBC drama like Sherlock, so probably I Remember You may suit her taste, or perhaps My Love from Another Star as a rom-com with time travel and alien storyline may be more interesting and easier to digest for someone new to kdrama?

As Splash Splash Love is getting quite a lot of thumb-ups here, I watched it out of curiosity and discovered that the much talked about Kim Seul-gie is the one playing the forthright and bubbly[best friend of the female lead in Discovery of Romance. She had quite a lot of screen time in there, even appearing more frequently than the second lead. She started off with a pathetic dating history and eventually got romanced by three suitors. Lol. Those of you who like her acting must go watch DOR, she and Yoon Hyun-min made such a hilariously cute pairing in it.
This week, I also watched Will It Snow for Christmas. Not sure why I picked this out of so many in my drama-to-watch list, probably I was looking for a Christmassy show to watch, though it turned out that there is nothing Christmassy in it at all despite its title. If you like So Ji-Sub and Jo In-Sung, Go Soo is another ahjussi prince charming to watch out for. But please don’t go watch Empire of Gold first, he is so ruthless in it that it will be harder to fall for him though not entirely unlikely due to his handsome boyish looks. In WISFC, Go Soo’s (as Cha Kang Jin) glassy stare though seemingly void of emotions, is so fiercely intense and heartbreakingly sad that it can turn any girl jelly-knee. This drama is about how dysfunctional parents affect the happiness of their grown-up children, very similar to the theme of the earlier Piano, which is Go Soo’s first drama appearance as lead with Jo In-Sung as his step-brother, and Jo Min-su as step-mum (same mum too in WISFC). WISFC also has the bonus of having Kim Soo-Hyun as the young Cha Kang Jin in the first 2 eps. He did an impressionable portray of a teenage youth exploding with pent up anger and his hairstyle reminded me of Bruce Lee. I’m also pleasantly surprised by quite a few ingenious tropes in this drama, e.g. using hairpin of the loved one as a tie clip and pinning up a poster to convince the girl to meet up for a date.

Again, Repy 1988 is enjoyable this week, the endearing stories of the dads brought back fond memories of my own beloved dad who sadly passed away when I was around Bora’s age. DS’s heroic act in protecting the feelings of her classmate who suffered an epileptic seizure also brought tears to my eyes. Now, with DS eventually awakening to the one she likes, we are finally going to see how she discovers her true love. I winced at the thought of...

Hi Everyone! ....... I hope you are all doing well today. ....... Merry Christmas to all the Beanies who celebrate the holiday!  May you enjoy a festive and joyful holiday!

Watched this week:

Six Flying Dragons - I'm consistently interested in those characters, in their individual stories, in the politics, in the strategizing----I swear, I love it all.

Village: Secret of Achiara - Watched the first 5 minutes of episode 15. ..... It's over tomorrow and I don't really care. ...... To be fair though, I never really watched it consistently nor a single episode in its entirety from beginning to end so I never really got invested in it, if you will.  For all I know, it may have been very good and interesting but I just never saw it .

Oh My Venus - Shin Min-ah together with So Ji-sub. Seriously, what's not to like?

I want to thank all you in the Beanie community for making drama-viewing so enjoyable. Your comments, your insights and all your contributions are certainly one of the reasons one returns to Dramabeans (and the OT!) again and again.  Thanks for making 2015 so much fun!  May the upcoming year be just as great. ........ Everyone take care and have a great Friday! 

Merry Christmas, Dramabeanies! Hope everyone is loaded up with food, drink and have time to put your feet up to watch more dramas!

Thank you, recappers and reviewers. This last week, I finally let go of Oh My Venus (it's fine as background motion when I'm doing my filing) and instead took up the suggestions of watching Last and Missing Noir M.

SPOILER

Last was a really good ride. I forgot how much I enjoy watching Yoon Kye Sang. He was lovely and gentle in High Kick 3 and Greatest Love, so it was cool to see him take on a much more ambivalent role. And what a nice surprise to see Manager Jo of Bubblegum in a totally kickass role!

The whole story was refreshing - no chaebols in sight, but a dog eat dog world at the bottom of the barrel. I would have liked to see YKS take on no. 4 and 5 (surely, that Crocodile deserved a smacking) and the ending was bitterly earned, but I guess it rang true to that world that there is no easy happiness.

I'm only halfway through Missing M, but this last episode was so well done. I do enjoy crime procedurals, but this was done really well. I love the character of the sassy detective, and the main geeeeenius guy - the way they showed his intelligence was quite laid-back (no annoying special effects etc) so it was handled pretty well. This particular episode had me bawling my eyes out which was totally unexpected!

Apart from that, riding the 6 Flying Dragons and Reply 1988 trains to the new year, with a few tentative peeks at Remember for a bit of makjang sauce. And Cat for therapy after.

Hello beanies.. ;-)

A couple days ago I watched an old sitcom from JTBC where 2 guys live together with a woman ghost. The young male lead always called the ghost 'imo' (which, as far as I know, is a way to called someone's own aunt) instead of 'ajumma' (which is how usually someone called a woman stranger). I also recalled some scene from another drama where someone called a male stranger 'samchu' (uncle) instead of 'ajusshi'. Can someone please explain this? What is the rule and the exception for using those terms?

This week I can only managed to watch Remember, which starting to feel intense. Finally Jinwoo declared an open war to Gyuman, an action that makes Dongho struggled against his inner good self. And also, it seems Chairman Nam was just as screwed as his son, judging from that last case.

Hi Everyone! Happy OT and wishing you all a Happy, Healthy Christmas with peace, joy and hope in your hearts!

We’ve had such great ratings articles posted here on DB, and it got me in the mood to consider gathering some different pieces of information about shows. A few of us (actually I think quite a number of us) have been noticing as we live-watch shows of say, more than 8 episodes (1-hour per episode), that there is often the ‘danger’ that the series which started off quite fine, begins to lose momentum somewhere along the way (as in become boring/lack plot/repeat devices or throw in unnecessary tropes to lengthen air time).

@ Snickers and I were wondering if these shows had anything in common. The common factor(s) might not actually give us the reason(s) for the slowdown but an indication or correlation of what combination of variables might be more likely to result in the downward slide of shows. For ease in recalling the more recently completed shows, I’ve listed them at the bottom, for us.

Please name the shows, and when the change in the shows began.

The question is: “Which shows stand out for you in these aspects:
1) Shows that began strong and stayed strong (good momentum throughout).
2) Shows that began strong, lost ground in the middle and recouped to become OK in the end. If you’ve named shows, in which episode did the downward slide begin?.
3) Shows that began good but slowed down and did not recover. Same question... from which episodes did they slowdown and from which episodes did they get better?
4) Shows that began so-so and became stronger and better than expected. From which episode did they get better?

And how about let’s have a re-vote? Now that we’ve had a couple more shows since the DB Awards vote on 7 Dec, we might have different shows to vote for.

5)Top 3 Favorite sageuks/fusion-sageuks of all time (any year)
6) Top 3 Favourite OTPs
7)New unheard of category... Best use of psychology (LOL!) – for me it was ... Sassy Go Go where Instructor Nam got the kids to eat at the same table in their dirty state, and as a result broke the walls between Real King and Baek Ho. You can tell I’ve been re-watching this show!

Hello! For those who celebrating Christmas, i wish u many happiness and joy in this year's celebration ?

Recently i have lost interest to few of currently watching drama. For e.g Oh My Venus. I dont know why i lost my interest. I love SJS, SMA and SH but my love for them them cannot save my boredness on this drama. At first i thought it is a simple and well executed drama, but hmm now i dont know.

I have so much frustration this week because I Have a lover really taking a very long time to be subbed. Now i dont care anymore on subs, because i already rewatching it raw twice. And to add more pain, there will be only one episode this week! Not fair! ? i sincerely wish for Kim Hyun Joo or/and Ji Jin Hee will be nominated for daesang, even though i doubt it will happen. I love Yong Pal and i have a feeling joo won will be nominated (but Kim Tae Hee deserves to be nominated for daesang too! Whoever says Joo Woon carried the show entirely by his own, you are wrong.. ). But i do hope miracle happens and Kim Hyun Joo be nominated and wins???

Splish Splash ? i may sound exaggerate, but this gonna be my best romcom this year! I sincerely pray for their reunion. ? i love kim seul gi so much. She got my attention from Flower Boy Next Door even she had only minor role there.

Auw this must be a coincidence . all my fav actressess with surname 'Kim'; Kim Tae Hee, Kim Hyun Joo, Kim So Eun & Kim Seul Gi! Ha ha just realized it ???

Merry Christmas! ?

Merry Christmas to everyone!

I haven't watched that many kdramas in a while, recently finished Reply 1994 which was okay.
Now I'm watching Netflix's Japans Atelier about a lingerie shop, it sounds weird but it's very good. Also full of interesting details about making bra's.
Also been watching Otona Joshi, it's okay nothing spectacular. I find it interesting how someone like glamorous Shinohara Ryoko would be considered a obasan (old lady).

Happy Christmas to all Beanies out there!!

I had to pause in watch Six Flying Dragons due to all the emotions that I am feeling and our internet sucks. Currently at episode 17 and I'm totally loving it! One of the reasons why I wanted to rematch Tree with Deep Roots.

Just watched the teaser for Song Joong Ki's drama AND I just found out it's the writer from The Heirs. OHNO! I watched Secret Garden, A Gentleman's Dignity(forgot if it's the same writer) and the Heirs but out of this three it's AGD that I liked. I have no idea what were my emotions towards the other two. Totally scared for Song Joong Ki. Huhuhu I certainly don't want to hate him. So please Writer-nim!

Merry Christmas to all DB!

Not much movement on the drama front except I finished 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made and loved it!! I didn't realize how much I missed a good jdrama till now! I'm still watching Oh My Venus and was starting to get a little bored with the plot but the end of the last episode really has got things moving again!

Did anyone get anything they really wanted this year for Christmas!?

I got a Fitbit from my parents - which I am SUPER excited about...I've managed to lose a lot of weight over this past year and it couldn't have come at a perfect time. Going to enjoy this break and then get back on the healthy train next week *pumps fist!*

Happy Holidays to all! Still loving Splish Splash Love so much ??? I'm going to re-watch the awesome Heart to Heart and Kill Me Heal Me before the end of the year. They are my 2015 favorites, but aired earlier in the year, so it is a treat to fall in love with them again. If I have time I'll start Let's Eat 2 as well.

Q. How can a drama go wrong with amazing gobsmacking actors and a powerful station backing?
A. Oh My Venus!

Such waste of super talented actors. I feels so sad for these actors, man it hurts! Whatever viewership the drama still has is only because of the actors. I know I only watch it sometimes because i miss seeing awesomeness that SJB is.

Whoever hell the writer is, I hope they realize what they have done.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday Beanies:

I been prolonging watching ep 11 & 12 of Oh My Venus in order to lessen the angst of waiting for ep 13.

I'm looking forward to watching Splish Splash Love today.

To those celebrating today - merry christmas all! Hope this season brings you love and peace.

after a drama watching hiatus (real life intruded by way of crazy work days - go away real life!) i'm now following reply 1988 and Oh my venus. It's already been said here at dramabeans but i'll say it again - this edition of the Reply series is just fantastic. It focuses on family, its dripping with nostalgia about the days where you lived in a close knit community and you ate your meals in whichever house you happened to me at any particular meal time. So i've fond memories of the Aunty next door sending fresh hot breakfast that she;d cooked. Then trooping out to run around and eating lunch at another house just because the lady of the house saw us and decided we needed to eat then and there because its lunchtime and she was closest. Its just beautiful - it was a different time. The heros of the show for me are the moms and dads doing their best in a time of political and economic uncertainty and that really resonates. And if i had to pick and OTP it would be Seon Woo and Bo Ra. Their relationship is so squee worthy!
As for our main triangle, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. To be quite honest, i dont really find Taek's character to be very compelling and if he hadn't been positioned as a potential rival, he could have easily gone the way of Dong Ryung's character.

Oh My Venus is just too pretty for words. SMA and SJS are just... well lets just say i could watch them work out and flirt for 16 eps straight. There is some chaebol stuff but seeing as evil uncle isnt even a distant cousin, im not sure what he thinks hes going to gain by playing dirty. The actress playing stepmom is so fantastic, i hope they dont waste her entirely. and i hope she gets a good resolution. she's spent far too many yrs playing doormat to selfish grandma.

Soo Jin - she's a pain, but im warming to her slowly. She's desperately trying to prove something, but i think at this point she isnt even sure what that is. the latest episode she called herself a bad person - so obviously she feels guilty. She's a good person and so is Im Star i think. Hope they get their moment of redemption and closure.

And finally, has anyone watched the Thai version of Playful Kiss? Its called Kiss Me and has everything i wanted in the other versions of this show. What i liked best about this version, is that the female lead is not shown to be farcically stupid but is instead as just not good at academics (we've all been there) and blindly loyal. In this version, I finally get the angst i would have liked to see on the part of the male lead. You Guys - he cries!!!!! I cant recommend this enough.

Merry Christmas, beanies!!! Wish you all have great time ?

I want to say thank you for dramabeans and all commenter here. It's only been one year i actively participate in db but it is so enjoyable. Watching drama has never been this fun.

As for drama, my little brain can only handle that much at a time and currently Six Flying Dragons has been occupying my everything. The show is all around so fantastic but it surely does burn and fry my brain lol. All the complicated historical background i'm not familiar with and the murky politic stuff makes it hard to follow sometimes. It seems marathoning show like this isn't really a good idea. And damn it, it is so so deliciously painful to watch Yeonhee and Bangji going round and round while it's obvious they still care for each other. ALL THE FEELSSSSSSS GOD ?

Can we have korean version of Samurai x and casting both Byun Yo Han & Jung Yoomi? Jaded swordsman who is lost and often times misunderstood and a girl who is going to save him but tangled in some sort of spionage conspiracy whatever. Dramagod, how about that? Santa, am i nice enough this year to make that happen??

Oh another drama, i watch the first ep of Spalsh Splash Love and it.was.super.cute!! I love Kim Seulgi and it's such a nice surprise to know Doojoon. They are totally adorable! Been putting off to watch the second ep bcs i don't want it to end T.T Maybe will watch it soon to cleanse my post-SFD fried brain of mine ?

Hi, happy Christmas. I am so late, but please answer me 2015 LOL
well, we have a green Christmas after all. no snow this year yet. +15C on Christmas Eve. Just got back from Viljandi - so many candles in the cemetery, amazing. The town was all quiet and dark, everyone was visiting the graves and lighting candles, there must have been over 15 000 of them. Plus Full Moon on Christmas Eve, not again until 2036.

drama tidbits: I watched Reply 1988 latest episodes with subs now and I hadnt noticed MacGyver music accompanying Jung Hwans Dad fixing the electricity OMG so awesome, MacGyver is the closest to any godly existence I am able to believe in. I kept playing it over and over...

Question of the day is: if you could set up any two drama characters for a blind date, who would you pick?
NB! you can´t be the other party. But you can disguise yourself with sunglasses and a black widow hat and hide behind a newspaper at the next table.

variation of the question; which drama characters do you think would become good friends if they met?

Merry Christmas all!
I'd like to join in GrowingBeautifully's vote, but i dunno how to reply. Hahahaa.. i'll just post it here if u dont mind.

Naah, let's begiiin! *so exciteed*

1) Shows that began strong and stayed strong:
KMHM, Missing Noir M
(I instantly got hooked by the plot, not a single episode where i lost my interest!)

2) Shows that began strong, lost ground in the middle and recouped to become OK in the end.
Oh my Ghostess (forgot when i lost my interest)
She was Pretty (right after Sung Joon knows the real Hye Jin, then it become OK when Ha Ri made up with Hye Jin again)

3) Shows that began good but slowed down and did not recover.
Yong Pal (definitely after Yong Pal get KTH out of hospital!)
The Time We Were Not In Love (no need further explanation)
Healer (until now i havent finish it, dont have the will tho. Dunno why)

4) Shows that began so-so and became stronger and better than expected.
I Remember You (the 1st 10 minutes of 1st ep didnt draw my interest but luckily i kept watching it until the last ep! Maybe bcoz i kinda didnt like how they introduce SIG character)

7) New category?
'A trully rollercoster ride show':
KMHM. I watched, i laughed, i drooled, i cried, i got mad, i read, and wrote about it. Such an emotinal ride with you, show.

Thank you!