Beans of Wisdom: Comments of the week

by javabeans

girlfriday: New feature! We’re trying something new, because so often we read great comments on Dramabeans and bemoan the death of the thumbs-up button. But that button broke things, and we still want to give good comments their due.

javabeans: Plus, we love that we have a robust commenting community, but that sometimes means a particularly well-formulated thought gets lost in the shuffle.

girlfriday: And whether that’s in-depth dissection of shows, pure unadulterated squeeing over favorite actors, or keen observations, we wanted to share them with everyone.

javabeans: And conversely, remember this? Yeah, nobody else does either. Rather than tell you what not to do, we figured it would be more fun to highlight the ones we find insightful, interesting, or just plain funny.

girlfriday: Hence Beans of Wisdom, a collection of comments from the Beanut Gallery (that’d be you guys) throughout the past week that made us laugh, or made us think twice about something in dramaland.

javabeans: If you think we’ve missed some comments worthy of being featured, let us know — or better yet, write more of them! If we get enough of them, we hope to make this a regular fixture at Dramabeans. Do us proud!

For instance, it always warms our hearts to hear comments like #33 from Sam in “Page Turner: Episode 1”:

Just when I was having a hard time..This drama’s Episode lifted my spirits up. I don’t know but what I like about dramas is that they can accidentally change your mood and give you courage during times you need them the most..I find this episode very comforting 🙂

 
Wise Bean Ree said in Comment #40 in “Come Back, Ajusshi: Episode 1”:

I don’t know about you guys, but this drama made me appreciate our parents even more. Their sweat and blood, they’re so precious to be wasted. We have to remind ourselves that they are indeed, a hero

 
mary, Wise Bean and our resident head cheerleader for Song Jae-rim, suggested this casting in Comment #18 from the post “Confirmed: Park Hae-jin returns to dramaland for Man to Man”:

Someone said last time that Ma Dong-seok isn’t available to be PHJ’s costar so I’m gonna vote for Song Jae-rim.

“Man to Man is about a bodyguard (Park Hae-jin) who is tasked to protect a top star (Song Jae-rim) when a crazy fan (who?) starts sending creepy applebutt pictures to the star’s apartment.”

 
Wise Bean Alex said in Comment #5.1.1 in the post “Master: God of Noodles goes comic book style for first teaser”:

“My revenge will be… making the PERFECT NOODLE.”

 
Val said in Comment #10.1 in “Descended From the Sun to air three special broadcasts”:

I respect your opinion that you do not like the drama. It is not what I would consider a masterpiece but I do enjoy the cinematography and writing. Some of the titles you named are definitely masterpieces that I agree with and love as well. Bubblegum for example had great cinematography, actors/actresses as well as script.

With that said, opinions are subjective and everyone has different standards of what makes a masterpiece. It is only fair that you respect others by not making comments like this where you single out the gender of those who commented on the videos. How do you know that those commenting are not guys? The “girly” nickname was a give away or the gushing over Song Jong Ki? There is no need to point out specifically the “girls” who call this drama a masterpiece; there is no need to point out the gender to get your point across unless you are being misogynistic and implying that only girls would like this show and for reasons you deem unsuitable. “Commentators on video” work just as well if you are simply making a point.

Let’s just be a little more sensitive about the words we use.

 
In the same post, Yukie said (at Comment #9.7):

Loving a crack drama and recognizing what it is doesn’t hinder my enjoyment of it. As a matter of fact me and my group of girlfriends who loved it all agree that we turn off our brain while watching. It is a fluff-romance-human drama that simply meant to make u feel good and enjoy the awesome cinematography. What on earth is so wrong about that type of drama?

 
Solarmoonmoo in Comment #16 in “Descended From the Sun: Episode 11”:

Wait a second. What if Argus isn’t the “bad guy.” What if, and I am going on a limb here, the actual bad guy is our inner turmoil and emotions? Man vs. self. Maybe Argus is just a red herring? I don’t know. I can’t watch episode 12 until tomorrow afternoon so I could be wrong by then. But what if?

 
Comment #5 from “Oh Snap! Taecyeon has great eyebrows,” from Wise Bean alpha:

Very out of the topic thought, but I always wonder how celebrities feel when their fame is no longer as it used to be. I watched in dramas (YWCFTS, Come back Mister), where in drama sets, the less popular actors are ignored and not given star treatment.

I wonder how it feels to drop to bottom after being on top. I wonder how Bigbang will feel once they are no longer chart-toppers, how will Kim Soo Hyun feel once he will no longer get lead roles and will have to do side characters.

Does it affect them mentally, since they might feel they are not worth as much?

Just having these late night thoughts. And seeing this picture just made me think back to 2PM peak days and current.

 
CR had a few burning questions about how an entire political plot in Jackpot hinged on one three-second interaction between a water maid and a king in Comment #15 of “Jackpot: Episode 1”:

I kept trying to handwave the Complex But Surefire King Seduction Method, but can’t help but come back to it all “whaaat. how did that work? It was half Pick-Up Artist, half maybe magic? Did Master Manipulator Dude somehow hypnotize the king? “When you see a leaf covering shoes and she meets your gaze for three breaths, you will fall in love. Also, you will cluck like a chicken during eclipses. For funsies.”

 
And in the same post, nAEE noted in Comment #21:

Thanks for the recap! Gosh, am I the only one who think “It’s recap party in dramabeans!!!” ^^

Why yes, it’s been quite the recap-apalooza lately, thanks for noticing!