Dear My Friends trailer has been released!

Happy Friday! Keeping up with all these new dramas make my head spin -omg who has time to get depressed. It's like drama fan's heaven (Then again I don't have crack drama. I like them almost equally).
Anyway here is interview with Sin Se-kyung (26) who played awesome Boon-yi character for the people who still misses Six flying dragons. I've liked her from High kick2 days and remember Daniel Choi (who had love line with Hwang Jung-eum) said he had crush on SSK after the show.

Q: It was your first 50 episodes show.
A: "It was not harder physically than doing other mini-series. For example, male and female leads appear in 60 scenes out of total 70 scenes for a mini-series, so there is no room to breathe. But maybe because there were many leads in SFD, it was not bad. Since it was my first 50 episode show and people around me kept saying 'too long, too long' I was nervous...
Since we had long distance shooting, naturally I felt exhausted going back and forth. But I think it is lucky we finished without any accident."

Q: Boon-yi character was different from the characters you played before.
A: "I met writer-nim and fell in love with Boon-yi hearing explation about her character. I thought she was a cool character, looking at her first appearance, meeting Lee Bang-won etc in her path. I wanted to do well without making any damage to the character. I thought she was a hard-to-play character, having connected with many people and impacting their lives. It was obvious writer-nim had a clear message she wanted to relay through Boon-yi. I thought my ability was way too lacking to play such a character. Boon-yi was too a big and deep character for me to portray."

Q: Did you like the ending?
A: "I liked it personally. Many people died going through various incidents, but Boon-yi survived to the end and met Lee Do(BW's son), which made me getting emotional shooting the scene. I thought it was fortunate being able to see a chance for a hope."

others:
This week we had another new couple drama created- Joo Sang-wook and Cha Ye-ryun from Dazzling Temptation. I love dorky JSW. When was that? I remember sometime ago his mom said "He has no one dating now. I know because when he dates, he closes his door and becomes so secretive."lol But I didn't imagine he would date some serious looking girl like CYR :)

Too bad page Turner is a short show(why show?). Sin Jae-ha who plays Seo Jin-mok of Page Turner said, "When I did 'Sassy go go', we were all in similar age group. Actors/actresses with my age group want to work with people with around same age. They all say it is nice to have many sunbaenim/seniors, but being in the shooting site where you can talk and play comfortably is very nice. I met Ji Soo in the auditions many times even before doing 'Sassy go go', so I felt very comfortable with him. The was the first time I met Kim So-hyun in person. Since she started her acting when she was a child, she was senior and it showed. She was relaxed and did her acting matching to her partner's. I learned a lot from her, and even though she is 6 years younger than me, she was so mature. I almost called her Noona."

I rolled my eyes watching DoTS due to too much cheesiness and non-sense story, but I enjoyed it enough. Jin Gu is my fave. I am happy for his popularity- he says it is first time him being this popular since he was debuted as child actor for Lee Byung-hun (Song Hae-gyo was LBH's partner. So we know why she was treated like a grandma (per SHG)) in All-in. He said Song Joong-gi is great and the only thing he is better than him might be the fact that he is married and he has darker skin fitting playing a soldier. Actually he was marine MP. Also during the show 'Infinity Challenge' (2013) he was in, he confessed his one-sided love for a woman (who was not celeb) and ended up getting married to her a year after. Manly and romantic guy :)

And there were some interview with head of production company(NEW) of DoTS. Kim Woo-taek said "The original script written by Kim Won-suk only had the story about doctors working in disastrous areas. But when writer Kim Eun-sook joined, adding melo lines, soldier characters etc were added during the process of changing the scripts. On casting the male lead, there were other top star candidates but all hesitated because of burden of pre-production and long overseas shooting. But Song Joong-gi was eager saying this was too good to pass up. It was contradictory casting because he had fragile, feminine image, but I thought that could give fantasy. When I saw him in army uniform, I was sure the show would be success. Song Hae-gyo was recruited because of her popular star status in China."

btw People are excited already about Yoo Ah-in's cameo in ep 13. They say he decided to appear in the show for Song Hae-gyo as her birthday present. Who do you think YAH will be? Min Yoon-gi two girls fought for?

So, obviously I know this is a drama blog, so this might be slightly off topic, but if anyone would like to play Name That Kpop Song, I could use some help. I'm currently in Korea. Every time I'm out I hear this song being played in shops. But not being all that clued up on kpop, I don't know what it is. I kinda like the five seconds of it that I hear, and I'm curious to hear the rest of the song. I think it's a male group/artist. And it's maybe a bit hiphop-y? And it has a sax riff in it. That's about it. If anyone has any suggestionsas to what it might be, I'd appreciate your help. Thanks!

Hi there:

Well, it might just be me but the new shows this season aren't doing it for me. I do like Ms Temper, Daebak, Marriage Contract. But the others are just so dang depressing. I understand that we need conflict for stories but the feeling of evil can be so dang oppressive. How many bad bribed prosecutors, psychotic chaebols, greedy corporations, and lawyers with depression can one take in one half-year? It just makes me so emotionally tired. So the fatigue mixed with the sheer repetition of the same tropes...aaargh.. it's making me much much much too impatient.

So dramas I like:

Daebak: is surprising me. It's one tense (good tense) moment after another. I like how the characters are neither good nor evil. Right now I can't find it in me to hate the villain (whoever the villain may turn out to be.)

Ms Temper: Liking this as well. I love it that there's a woman warrior who understands the weapons of the warfare she's involved in. I guess I have to endure a romance although I'd rather not.

Marriage Contract: Seojinnie is so good. UEE is so good. This story hits the spot. Hating kdrama intrusive friends and family though.

Mrs. Cop: I still don't like ahjumma cop. She's grating, and no amount of bombastic 70's-style cop show music is gonna affect me. The crimes are blah. I look at this only for Kim Bum, ahjusshi cop, and for the junior female cop.

Mr Black: Watching and awaiting the revenge.

Monster: watching and awaiting the revenge.

My lawyer Mr Jo: watching but might drop.

Memory: watching but not sure if I can deal with the angst.

​Vampire Detective: I haven't gotten ​to it yet. I like Lee Joon and his co-star so I'll try to get to it.

DOTS: This is taking the world by storm. So much so that Song Joong Ki was the first actor ever interviewed on the 9:00 news. He was so humble and amazed to be there. There was even a special on it enews KBS where they talked about the drama and the power of uniforms. Two presidents of two different countries recommended the show to their nations. So soldier porn. The more I see those cute sweet love banter clips of conversations between the OTP clips the more I want to see the show for those moments. But dangnabbit the fact that so many people like this show makes me realize why I just won't like it. I've tried to make it through certain episodes but then something melodramatic happens and I simply cannot go on. I like romance, I like fluffy romance, I like warriors. But I don't like the romanticization of war and I hate bad plotting.

KBS is really going to town with DOTS and SJK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srj3cVEWDB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLtFK5k_qkA

​That's about it. Happy weekend, all!​

Happy Friday! Well, not so much lol. We still have two weeks of school which sucks because most schools are already on vacation. The end of school was pushed back to three weeks later! Good thing, I have dramas to comfort me lol.

Signal - Words will never be enough. That is all.

Yowakutemo Katemasu - Liked the premise. I'm a sucker for baseball after all. Too bad it didn't have much baseball. I don't mind seeing them lose, I just want to see them playing. At least, the pace picked up nearing the end. I like the students but I didn't feel a connection to them. I do want a spin-off of Time-conscious Kashiyama though. And although Kawato-sensei (still) has my heart, Aoshi-kun almost stole it with his loweringthecaptotearup scene.

Dragon Zakura - Not bad. Not hooked. No time. Maybe next time.

Love That Makes You Cry - Finally found the drama I didn't know I was looking for. I'm a sucker for one-sided love. By that I mean, couples with one half loving the other half who loves someone else. It's painfully good. Dysfunctional relationships are my weakness. Yeah there's something wrong with me lol. Hence, I'm shipping every couple here, the main OTP the least. I mean I like them and it's nice that it's mutual love and that they're both kind. And well, they have the healthiest relationship of all. My fave is probably Ibuki who got caught up in his dream of being accepted and close with his dad. So much that he lost a part of himself. No wait, I think my fave is the bromance between Sabiki and Ren or the makeshift family(Ren, Haruta, Konatsu) or maybe the sismance between Oto and Kiho. See, I love them all though it took me long to warm up to Mr. Mover(I still think he looked better in a suit lol). And I so love the music. It's not lively but it's uplifting. Surprisingly, I'm not frustrated at Oto. Likewise, I wasn't frustrated with Ren in the earlier eps. It makes sense to me why these two who love each other aren't together because of their circumstances. It's obvious that when you're picking between the one who loves you and the mutual love, you'll choose the latter. But with Oto and Ren, it would be out of character to do that. They're both too kind for that. And now that I think about it, the more I want them to be together and be happy.

Hi Everyone! ....... April already! I hope you are all doing well today.

Watched this week:

Six Flying Dragons - 6 more to go!

Descended From The Sun - It does have its moments.

Mrs. Cop 2 - Only saw ep 3 this week. I may or may not continue watching, I'm just not sure.

Signal - I actually found time to watch ep 2!

Mr. Selfridge - It's clear with Mr. Selfridge that old habits die hard. If at all.

Luther - Started watching this at the recommendation of a good friend. Watched 3 eps so far. This is one intense show!

That's all for now. ....... Everyone take care and have a great Friday!

The latest k-dramas are not sustaining my interest, I’m currently only watching Ms. Temper & NJG just because of Lee Jo-won, who is my favorite actress and “lawyer Oska”. Did watch a few eps of DotS but it started to feel tedious. Will probably start watching Jackpot and Monster just to see Jang Geun-suk and Kang Ji-hwan.

For a change, I re-watched two earlier dramas of my favourite Japanese actor/actress, Takayuki Yamada & Ayase Haruka - Sekai no Chūshin de, Ai o Sakebu (Calling out love, in the Center of the World/Socrates in Love) and Byakuyakō (Into the White Night) . I loved the OTP in the two dramas and the first time when I watched these two dramas, I was overwhelmed with sadness as I felt so deeply for them that I was emotionally affected and my blood ran cold when the tragedy unfolded in both dramas. More so for Byakuyakō, based on a novel by Keigo Higashino, the twisted symbiotic relationship between the two was so insanely ill-fated and disturbingly tragic. There is a j-movie and a k-movie adaption of this novel too. I have yet to watch them, but I think the j-drama version has a bigger impact. The young Yamada Takayuki had that wilful masculine boyish look, quite unlike those typical effeminate flower boy actors. He was well suited for such roles which were foolishly steadfast in committing with dogged determination to serve the one he loved. Compared with k-dramas which tend to beautify and romanticize a difficult relationship, j-dramas can be quite brutal in laying bare the ugliness of harsh reality, such as the trauma of dealing with the death of a loved one and the hopelessness of being trapped in a twisted relationship.

this has been bugged me for a while and I realize today is an open thread, so please help me
I want to asked a drama with this particular scene
This happen in a restaurant, the guy meet a girl in all red room to talk about business.
Then when he left, he saw a table when there's like woman alumni meeting and one of it is his (perhaps) fiancee/lover/wife.
In the table, the girls talk about the female lead (the man's lover), they said about how her lover didn't come because she said he will come, is there a problem or is it all just a lie?
Then the man come to the table, said he is sorry for not attending the meeting and say that whatever they order is on him.
After that the supposed couple have a talk and she said he didn't need to come for her.
I have a hunch, this maybe Lie to Me, Mask , of the great love story but I can't comprehend my thought, I hope you guys don't mind to help me in this one

Hey, everyone!

Well, I've given up on Goodbye, Mr. Black. It's funny, I never used to drop shows. I was always the type of person to finish what I'd started when it came to dramas, but then it hit me. Why should I waste hours watching a drama I don't care about when there are hundreds of great dramas out there that I haven't seen?

So, yeah. Sorry, Moon Chae Won. Please don't think that I have abandoned you! I mean, I have, but not in a mother-abandoning-her-child type of way. It's more of a girlfriend-abandoning-her-dull-and-boring-boyfriend-who-she-doesn't-love thing. And the boyfriend is the show, not you! Never you! That drama just isn't going anywhere special for me.

In the mean time, I watched the first episode of Page Turner and ADORED it! Ji-soo is too lovable for words, and the amount of laugh-out-loud moments gave me a stomachache! In the best way possible!

That's the only currently airing drama I'm watching. A couple of nights ago I finished Gaksital and it ruined me. Completely ruined me. Can you believe it took me almost a year to finish this drama? I watched the first few episodes and then kind of forgot about it, then watched a few more a few months ago, and then two weeks ago I started it up again and fell in LOVE. By episode 15 it had grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let go! Good on you, Joo-won and the rest of the Gaksital team! (Yes, even Jin Se-yeon)

After wallowing in despair for approximately one day over My One True Love ending, I tried out Soulmate but couldn't watch more than the first episode. Does it get better? It just didn't interest me at all. I've never been that attracted to straight-up romance dramas unless they're hilarious or heartwarming. I found Soulmate to be neither of those things. Should I give it another shot?

And so after watching that, I picked up Shut Up: Flower Boy Band and I think I've found my new crack. I have a weakness for school dramas and this one just seems perfect. I've only seen the first episode so far but wow, Lee Min-ki is overflowing with charisma. Too bad I know what happens to him in the next episode. Hopefully him being gone will allow the other boys to shine more, though.

That's it for this week! Super excited for a few of the upcoming dramas, namely Entertainer (that teaser!) and Oh Hae-young Again. They both look like so much fun.

Finally watched d-day and I loved it so much I watched all 20 episodes in a day. It started dragging towards the mid/end (and I was tired since it was 3am) but overall I was satisfied with everything.

DotS- I pretty much skip all the scenes of the main couple. Their romance kind of bore me but I like their characters. I wish there was more action in this drama but the scenes we do get (earthquake, rescuing, virus, etc) I quite enjoy

Watching a mish mash of shows.

The ones I look forward to are Memory and Lawyer Jo.

Jackpot looks interesting. Curious how Pageturner turns out..

Still watching Go Princess Go. Crystal Zhang , yay.

Saw another episode of Otousan to Yobasete, I think the show is funny, hope more subs are on the way.

Just done watching this week's episode of DOTS. Yes I do love our second couple more, because their love story is more heartbreaking. But I feel like their own stories have not been revealed so much. Anyway not complaining so much, as it is the fate to be a second lead. Hopefully Jin GU & Kim Hi Won will get plenty of offers in the future. They are good ?

The first couple's romance is OK but I don't feel excited on their relationship. But more than the romance, I feel like the first lead's own stories are well-developed. For example, our Big Boss inner struggle in order to protect the lives of everyone. I was teary when he reminiscing his memory with Agus, a friend turn into enemy. He is worried but unable to share his worries with anyone. His inner struggle is real. I also like how Mo Yeon's character developing from beginning until now. She already back in track as a great doctor.

Nowadays the show that I am.really looking forward is The Promise & Ms Temper & Nam Jung Ki. My 2 fav actresses are in this drama, and story is addicting too ☺

Have a nice weekend ahead beanies ❤

I'd like to take this moment to apologize to whoever at DramaBeans had to read the email I sent last night when I panicked and just knew Dae Young was going to die. (I've been worried since ep 1 about him)

However, I still would like to know if a scream/oh no!/WTF? page is possible.Thanks

Currently watching ep 40 of Six Flying Dragons and i am completely exhausted lol. Now i hate everyone. I understand the why and how they do what they do, but still i hate them all. But they also kinda amazed me as characters so i can't fully hate them. What to do ?

Btw, this may contain spoilersssss (i hope not?) but...
Anyone else getting annoyed with Bangji? I love Byun Yo Han (so so soo much!) but wow he is such an indecisive, simple-minded character who truly doesn't fit in this hellhole political war despite being the best swordsman and all. It's inline with his initial character as a child but he doesn't show any sign of development after all those years. I even doubt he supported or even understand the length of clashing ideology and political issues, which is pitiful ? Is it intentional, writing inconsistency, or maybe too many characters to handle that they forget to explore our puppy-eyed swordsman? At this point i kinda wish Boonyi, Bangji and Moohyul to go together and building their life while being far, far awaaaaay from both Bangwon and Sambong lol.

On varshow
- watched 2 eps of YOF in Iceland and 4 casts are adorable lovable goofballs of sunshine that truly brightens my day ?
- Han Hyo Joo guesting on 1N2D! Despite knetz rage over her scandal, i am already giddy at the prospect of the members being giddy for her wot wot!

Anyway have a happy weekend beanies! And have fun doing April Mop-ing haha

I'm one of the people who waited for SFD to finish so I could watch all at once (I'm up to 18). A really bad part of that choice is not getting to spazz over the show with everyone one week at a time, now I'm sorry I missed that. But the worst part of my decision is that HeadsNo2 may not see my thanks for her wonderful recaps! Dramabeans recaps always make a drama a greater experience but with SFD that's truer than it's ever been. Not only have Heads' recaps helped me with the (seriously impossible) task of keeping straight the overwhelming number of characters and filled in the black hole of my Korean history knowledge but they just make each episode so much bigger and better. I'm very thankful for them, and for all the wonderful informative comments from beanies. Heads, you've gotten some real stinkers over the years and I hope your SFD experience has made up for them! We could feel the love, and right back at you! ??????

Does anyone know if One More Happy Ending was a remake of a Thai drama? Or is currently being remade as a Thai drama. I saw an opening scene of a movie, where the character is watching a drama (think dramaception) but the dialogue is EXACTLY the same as the scene where Han Mi Mo first meets Song Soo Hyuk on the elevator and thinks he is stalking her, when he's just going to his apartment (hahaha, jokes!).

Anyone know?

Hello Beanies! And Happy April 1st!

Shows I watched this week:

Please Come Back, Mister - I caught up to episode 11 last night and was rolling on the floor laughing at one scene in particular. This show just cracks me up and I love it, even though it's absolutely crazy. Also, that plot twist!!? Didn't expect that result. I thought it'd be something else.

Descendants of the Sun - I've watched up to episode 10 so far. I really like the humorous moments that break up the often grim portions. Is it my favorite drama ever? Nope. And I almost didn't even give the show a try. But it's decent, and the four leads are all compelling characters I care about. Also, I like Chi-hoon and am not annoyed by his crying at all. The kid's experiencing some traumatizing things. He's young, he's inexperienced, he's lived a cushy life, he's on his own... no wonder he's crying. Not everyone has skin as thick as a soldier.

Jackpot - I watched the first episode, and while it was definitely intriguing, I was kind of hoping for more Jang Geun-suk. Is it common for sagueks to spend the first two episodes or so developing the world and back story? Because I'm not sure I have the patience for all that...

Thoughts on other shows:

Goodbye Mister Black - I've been keeping up with the recaps, but it's still not interesting me. I think I'll pass on GMB.

Page Turner - I'm intrigued! I think I'll start it. And it's supposed to be a really short drama, right, only a few episodes?

Pied Piper - I need a new crime show to watch. Pied Piper, from what I hear, has nothing on Signal (STILL not over the gloriousness that was Signal -- I'm trying to persuade my mom to watch it with me now), but it seems pretty decent. I might give it a go once the drama's finished airing so I can marathon it, haha.

got home late again. It is Tallinn Music Week, I was taking a look at what is going on in the town. stood in the crowd, heard someone praise a performance of my Dads´ choir :-)

so, I went and received that folklore award from the President, neat. Everyone saw me on TV and was totally surprised. and then the speech I prepared.... I threw it away 5 minutes prior to having to speak and just wrote a new one. something about trees. I was terrified a little. then afterwords I spoke to the nice old ladies there - not many young folks among those activists of folklore - and they were really sweet about my silly little speech.

dramas: watching just Come Back Ajussi, and it is hilarious.

Anticipating Ji Sungs´ new drama, despite the writer and everything. their faces seemed really gloomy on the script reading pictures though.

know of any dramas where a bad script would turn into a brilliant show?

So we had about a 2 week period when the new dramas were about to air and there was little info from the 2 major licensing companies what they'd get. First they each picked up a few things and now it seems like Viki has simply grabbed everything. As far as I can tell right now DramaFever (which recently got bought by Warner Brothers) doesn't have a single exclusive title. They share the rights (in some cases web only and not for apps and rokus) for Daebak/Jackpot, Come Back Ahjussi, Ms. Temper, Marriage Contract, and Vampire Detective; Viki does have first rights on Descendants of the Sun and DF is airing it a few weeks delayed. But Viki also has Monster, Pied Pier, Neighborhood Lawyer, Memory and also the weekend drama Five Kids (with fan channels trying to get the rest of the weekend lineup licensed). That's a huge disparity.

I really worry about this. I like the DF pays subbers and I feel bad Viki has this model where they basically license on behalf of fansubbers and make profit on it. On the other hand I really dislike a lot of DF's editorial policies when it comes to how they translate as sometimes it adds inaccuracies. On the other hand the Viki crews can give translation notes if they want and frankly be more accurate.

Generally good competition is healthy for any market but it feels like things are tilting in a way now...

I'm up to episode 22 of SFD. The Viper needs his own spin-off. I would totally watch that.

Also, I just randomly discovered about an hour ago that one of the secretaries in my office is a huge K-Drama (and Lee Min Ho) fan. There was a lot of squealing going on and our office mates now think we're insane, but that's ok.

Hello Beanies!
Happy weekend to all!

Thanks to those last week for the recommendations :)
I finished Healer and having Withdrawls... :(
Due to time constraints I only watched DOTS, Daebek and Werewolf Boy (movie).

Didn't like epi 11 of DOTS but enjoyed 12 and I understand how SJK can be so damn charming- if he can make me fall in love with him as a a wolf who doesn't talk, a charming army captain is easy peasy! ? And also in love with Park Bo Young. ?

Am undecided about Daebek. May watch this week and see how.

But most importantly, am deciding which drama now to start... Such wonderful first world problems ;)

Finally back on the OT after almost 2 weeks of the flu...UGH. It's horrible when you have all this time at home in bed, but are too sick to enjoy even one Kdrama! Much better now.

I'm catching up on Please Come Back, Mister! I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoy this show. I've never been a huge Rain fan, but he is really selling it here; Must change my tune about him, I guess. This show keeps me laughing, and the script has stayed on track, so I'm in for the duration.

I had post-Signal letdown, and have hesitated to start anything new. This weekend is for catching up on spring cleaning, and we finally have real sunshine here in the Pacific Northwest, so I'll hopefully accomplish something outdoors before starting up a new Kdrama marathon. Kdrama is best appreciated without a side-helping of guilt.; but then, I never let that stop me before!

How I wish there will be a recap for Ms Temper & NJK. ?

Has anyone else tried Monster yet? I'm having a difficult time getting through the first episode lol--between the production and the acting it's embarrassing to watch. The script is by no means subtle, but the directing and some of the performances are making it into an unholy cross between a telenovela and some B movie thriller. I mean, everything is just dialed up to 11 lol--the operatic score on blast the whole time, the cheesy, gimmicky camerawork that blows its wad on the flashy stuff and forgets it's supposed to be telling a story, lulzy overacting...aaaaaargh. Jung Bo-seok has still got it, though <3

Also, this is super tangential and maybe this isn't the right place to talk about this, but does anyone here watch Drag Race? This season there's a Korean queen, Kim Chi, and her make up is just unreal. So amazing. Idk, it's just very exciting to see Koreans getting more of a presence in American pop culture and American TV (okay, so drag race isn't exactly mainstream, but still lol).