2016 is turning out to be a good year.. decent flow of drama series.. 2015 was just bad comparitevly..aside the last minute saving in second half (SFD, AM)

Hi there! I manage to be earlier today!

it has been hectic, my coloring book is finally in PRINTING! My uncle has a print shop, I am a lucky little fox...

postcards will take some time, but I think they are on the way. designing for print is more complicated that it looks at first glance.

also, I don´t know if it is normal (I suppose it is) but my neighborhood is like... the local Hollywood at the moment. I go to get milk from the corner shop and meet 6 local celebrities on the way - musicians, poets, designers, writers! My poor little heart nearly jumped to the groud yesterday when 3 of my favorite musicians walked right past me, and I know they are just people, and raising their kids and also in need of tooth paste and toilet paper, but I am not sure if I can take it. I am bound to go gaga at some point and act real silly. maybe I already did. how do I act normal when my idols are standing in line with me in the supermarket? my nerves...

Dramas:
Siwons´ cameo in Dramaworld oh lol
Also watching Dear My Friends, it really touches me, because I have been thinking a lot about people getting old yet still wanting to take the most out of their lives and still count, you know. but that´s so rare, most old ladies here just sit at home or in the yard and daydream the life away. or they don´t even dream, they just seize to live even when alive. it is really sad. I wish they all lived a little.

Question: best representation of the life of old people in dramas?

Wow, I'm pretty early for the first time!
Just started watching TWDR and am on ep 2 now. I wonder how it was like to watch this without watching SFD at first.
When Lee Do listed out all the names of people that Bang Won killed, their faces in SFD plashed in my mind and I teared a little.

Happy Friday Beanies!

I procrastinated the whole week before finally watching a new drama yesterday. Not sure if it's because recently all the dramas have been recommended by you lovely Beanies here so they have all been great, and somehow I end up dragging my feet before I attempt starting a new one. Maybe it's the fear of being disappointed? Esp when the good dramas make me so happy. It's like I don't want to burst the happy bubble. Am I the only one?

But anyway! Thanks to Sancheezy for giving me the description last week- I started Beautiful Gong Shim! And I LOVE IT!!
Decided to go for it because it's easier to catch up with 4 epi than Oh Hae Young's 8. (I'm pragmatic that way) ?

*Spoilers*

Love the interactions between Gong Shim and what I like to call, her 2 men! Haha. Why is she the unlucky sister? I'd much rather spend time with those 2 cuties than those old smelly pretentious lawyers. Hehe.
I like that Gong Shim is a bit quirky but despite how unlucky she has been in life, she still has a backbone and can and will stand up for herself- I loved the part where she called the smelly old man in the interview a Dog! And more than once!

Have not seen anything else Nam Goong Min has been in, but it's nice to have a leading man who acts practically like an uncouth gangster, rather than the usual successful unfeeling cold kind. But yeah I guess cliches have to be there so he has the heart of gold (which I don't mind) and the birth secret (which I don't like at all but well.) it doesn't hurt that he is Very Good Looking. Why I have never noticed him before this??

And! Loving the bromance. But I can practically FEEEL the ANGST coming because of the birth secret.

For some reason Gong Shim reminds me of Yang Guo (character played by Ella Chen) in Down with Love (Taiwan drama). Quirky and downtrodden but oh so loveable. Not really sure why? I Loved Ella in that show though. And I feel that Minah is playing Gong Shim with the same kind of heart and gusto.

Don't like what they are doing to Dong Mi though, because now she is just backstabbing Dong Shim, which is not nice. But will wait and see how that pans out. Right now I'm thinking she is partially a plot device to bring the OTP closer (no complaints from me about that!) but not sure how her storyline is going to be.

Marathoned the 4 episodes and now am WAITING for more. (I now regret choosing a show only 4 episodes in. Darn it!!) Pls pls don't disappoint me Show! Sending love to other Beautiful Gong Shim watchers! ❤️

Hey guys!

I'm a bit behind on my drama watching because I was in DC for a week for my brother's graduation and sight-seeing. I had a blast but missed my dramas!

The one I'm all caught up with is Oh Hae-young Again and I really love it. I can't wait to see where the story is headed. Such great characters and a stellar performance from Seo Hyun-jin.

I've seen two episodes of Mirror of the Witch and am enjoying it. As a fantasy fan it's really nothing I haven't seen before but it's still a nice, classic fantasy story nonetheless.

I haven't checked out Dear My Friends, Beautiful Gong Shim, or Lucky Romance yet but I hope to soon!

In terms of older dramas, I'm still watching both Sassy Go Go and I Remember You. I'm almost done with IRY and don't want it to end! Only two episodes left... sad...

Hi all:

How goes? I had one of the best viewing weeks ever. First, I saw a really sweet J-movie called Forget-Me-Not (2015.) One of these sweet odd slice-of-weird-life movies the Japanese do so well. I highly recommend it. It's poignant, haunting, and so gently and unobtrusively done. It'll stay with me forever. But that's me.

I also saw Le JeHoon on Happy Together's Dominators episode. I looooooooooooooove him! He is so adorable, and so sweet. What a dear person! Ah, if I were younger, I'd fly over to Korea and seduce him and make him all all all mine. His counterpart, I think, was Han Heejun who was in the "People who have been through a lot" Happy Together episode. Oh my! Oh dear! I felt a bit sorry for him. Could be me but he seemed lost between cultures and eager to please and really not knowing how to impress others or just plain hang out and have fun. Again, could be me because I also came to America as a kid and so was always culturally-confused. When I saw Heejun on American Idol, I felt his sense of dislocation. And now that he's back in Korea, his unfitting-in-ness is even more skewed. Watching him was kinda cringe-inducing. Jaesook was so sweet, though.

Dramas:

Reading recaps for Oh Hae Young, Beautiful Gong Shim, and Lucky Romance because the tropes are all too familiar so I'm only vaguely interested.

Right now, I seem to be wanting only stories whose plotlines are utterly new to me. Stories taking place on roads not yet or not usually travelled. Just wanting newness and originality. So I'm pretty much watching only the following:

Mirror of the Witch: This drama started good and just keeps getting better. A real yarn/legend feel to it, and plot is primary in the simplest most perfect sense of "story."

Dear My Friends: Oh I am so loving this!

Flower in Prison: Also loving this. Am ready for the long haul. This season I didn't do any loooooooooooooong family weekend dramas, and this hits the spot.

That's it. Happy Weekend, all.

Hey guys!

So I have been dying to talk about Goddess of Fire! I am relatively new to k dramas so I have been playing catch up on dramas with actors I like.

I hate Goddess of Fire. While I LOVE me some Lee Sang Yoon, I want to punch his character in his face. And if Jung Yi says she is thankful to him one more time... She thanks him for freaking everything!!!! I am so annoyed at this point. The Prince who had barely done a thing gets ALL of the thanks and the loyal and very handsome Tae Do who has been there for you, protecting you... You turn him down. I. Don't. Get. It.

I have made it to episode 17 but at this point, I have decided to abandon this drama. Tae Do has been the only shining star in this dark night but even he can't save it anymore. He is literally the ONLY character I don't want to punch in the face. (This is clearly no fault of the actors. They are doing their best with a crappy script.)

I am developing quite a love for saeguks so if you guys have some recommendations that would be great! I have already seen Six Flying Dragons. I fell in love with it and Yoo Ah In!!

Random question for javabeans, girlfriday or anyone else who has a 'recap' blog, because I know someone here will know.

This, as well as many other blogs that post recaps for dramas use screenshots in the posts. Are there any legal repercussions that come from doing this? I’m new to blogging myself and since I wasn’t sure if it’s ok to simply post the screenshot(s) in the recap or if there is something that must be done before this, I wanted to ask the experts.

I know that one of the four factors of fair use says ‘reproduction for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research is not copyright infringement.’ So, does this apply to blogs that simply recap dramas? Call me paranoid, but I just didn’t want to do anything wrong. Not that I'm implying any of you would, I'm just a little confused and would like some clarification.

Thanks so much for any info on this subject!

I can't wait for the next podcast! I need to hear javabeans' and girlfriday's comments about Oh Hae Young.. And probably do the same while listening during Healer days. I'm looking forward unnies!!

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

Watched this week:

Master God of Noodle - Watching in bits and pieces due to time issues, but watching enough to still kind of know what's going on.  For this reason, reading Peeps's recaps have been great!  Thanks Peeps!!

Entertainer - I hadn't noticed before, but Kang Min-hyuk has grown into a good-looking young man.  I'm liking him in his role as Ha-neul.

Marriage Contract - Oh my goodness, so good.

Mr. Selfridge - And just like that, everything lost in the span of 10 minutes.  How terribly sad.

Luther - Finished the second season and just started the third! It's intense, but apparently I can't look away!

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

Happy friday guys!

How are you all? We finally have som sun and warmth here! 15 degrees Celsius means t-shirts and lots of time outside at work.

No new toddler stories as of late, because I've mostly been with the 1 year olds. Who, besides having "turf wars" over one specific car (and randomly steeling each others bottles and sometimes food), doesn't really lead to a lot of drama cliche-stories :P

Dramaland:
-Finally got around to watch Descended from the sun. Why hello there Song joong Ki in uniform. Think this is the first time watching him I've really though of him as more than a cute boy (which is irronic as he is older than me..). I never did watch nice guy mind, so maybe that's why.

Anyway, I get what people meant now. It's really beautiful to watch, and I enjoyed most of the characters. But really, the recovery after every injury happens so fast that towards the end any emotional angst is just gone. Because you just never expect another outcome. And that saps all the tension right out of there..

-REwatching the Thai version of Full House and enoying it as much as I did the first time.

-Have yet to start any of the new batch of dramas. Feel like I'm in a prolonged slump, where I just want to rewatch things I enjoyed instead of trying out something new with potential bad endings.

"To know someone, walk a mile in their shoes."

I bow down to the almighty dictators of this site. Recapping just one drama (Master - God of Noodles, up to Ep 10) is enough for me to understand how tiring it is to recap dramas.

Manse to all recappers here!

I wonder when the new minions will get their welcome. I mean, it's been quite sometime but they haven't actually been officially introduced, like a front page for them or even just a note somewhere. Their names just pop up right next to their recaps and... I admit I usually miss those. I don't remember the original minions being treated like that. Or is it because they're still on probation?

Even though it's only been like 3 or 4 weeks with a week off in between, I think I've had enough experience to know that running a website ain't no easy task. Lol, can you believe that this week was my first time with Twitter? I don't get it. (I've been anti social media).

Dramas I'm watching:

Again, Oh HaeYoung!: I love it! Love love love love love it. I think mainly because I love our HaeYoung and her family. DoKyung's a doofus around her too. I love Isadora and JinSang is such a terrible guy (in a good way, except when he sucks) that I want them to be together, because Isadora rocks and because, for entertainment.

Master - God of Noodles: Duh, of course I'm watching. How else do I recap this otherwise? I'll say that I was mighty upset with the show from around episode 6 to 9 but episode 10 cured it all.

Lucky Romance: I came for the shenanigans. It ain't the shenanigans I was expecting. But I shall stay for now. WHY would they change him from a scrooge to an actual tech genius?! WHY did they have to lower her age when Hwang JungEum was perfect at the original age of 32 but now looks way too old for 26? Like, WHY?! I mean, it could have been so much fun with a noona romance given that she prowling all over him (I mean, this is DIFFERENT compared to other Noona romances, Okay?) but now it just seems like a crazy youngster clinging onto an older guy. I think I'd rather watch a crazy "ahjumma" chase her young prey. I'm so upset that I can't read much more of the comic.
Even if I have to check a dictionary for every word, I WILL READ IT! LET ME READ IT! (Pay money then, you penniless fool. T_T)

Five Children: Love this show to bits because of SangMin, YeonTae and MiJung (and maybe her sassy grandma). The end.

Varieties:

1Night2Days: Continues to be fun, but I felt the drag in the last episode. Also, still recapping.

Superman Returns: I need time for this! I can't believe my website stole time from this!

Happy Friday! Yay for long weekend!(Shame on me, I should be solemn for the occasion)
On dramaland, I am happy with current offerings- One I enjoy thesedays is 'Entertainer'. I cheer for Bromance and love everyone in Ddanddara band.

[OSEN] Reporter ambushed?? the waiting room where four member of Ddanddara band -vocal Jo Ha-neul, guitar Kyle, bass Na Yun-soo, drum Seo Jae-hoon- use (which showed in end of ep 10). Unlike in the show, the oldest Hyung Gang Min-hyuk(Jo Ha-neul) as center figure, they do makeup, study scripts and chat in this place, all showing full of energy. They were asked how they play their characters in the show.
Gang Min-hyuk(Jo Ha-neul): "Ha-neul was originally cheerful and nice person, but when he was falsely charged, he lost all and was about to give up, but he met Suk-ho hyung, and he began to get his energetic old self back, and tried to overcome difficulties- which is the point I put emphasis to portray. Since he lost his parents when he was young and got accused wrongly, how difficult his life must've been? I tried to express that to the max. Also I wanted to relay the message when there is someone who supports you, you get the energy to overcome difficulty if you open your heart to that person.
Lee Tae-sun(Na Yun-soo) debuted with this drama. As for a complete newbie, his task was to play 'Single dad' convincingly. "I play the part as father and son with Chan-hee. I think you have to actually be close and live like father and son, only that way you can convince the viewers, so I try and research in my real life. Of course it is still very difficult. I have a nephew and I play with him. But playing with kids is really hard. Just holding them up are very heavy. I thought they were light because mothers hold them up easily. Even though I hold a child up only for 3 min, I still felt like my arms were falling out."
L.Joe(Seo Jae-hoon) who is a member of group Teen Top played drum for the first time in the show. "Jae-hoon has no sense but cute, and he is different from my usual self. I don't have cute personality. I am quiet and very shy. Since JH joined the band later, I thought I have to show different quality from other three, and I think a lot about that part, playing the character at my best... About JH character, I talked a lot with writer-nim and she wrote my story similar to the way I actually have lived- The way of talking, personality, even to the part my parents were against me being a singer. Sunbae-nim gave me lots of advice. So I think I could get closer(to the character) better than I thought. Still there are times I just want to turn off TV."

I feel like I have been on dramabeans a lot recently because it's been so quiet at work so I have been working while reading the posts in order to keep me from falling into the pit of boredom.

Anyways,

I started 3 new dramas this week after finishing both Special Affairs Team Ten and the lakorn Hormones ( they were both great!).

I started the lakorn Wannueng Jaa Pben Superstar and although I am enjoy it, I find the pacing a bit too slow for a romcom...

I also started the japanese asadora Amachan! I love these type of slice-of-life/coming-of-age dramas like Mare. The two are really similar but I think I'll always be more bias towards Mare (I just love it to pieces). I also love how these dramas show you a whole different part of Japanese culture and tradition. They are so easy to watch and so very much endearing.

Finally I started Lucky Romance and I am enjoying it a lot so far. Ryu Junyeol is just cracking me up. I am so happy that I'll get to see him every week! Hopefully the drama keeps getting better and remains fun!

Of course I am still following Vampire Detective, Jackpot and Entertainer. It's weird, I don't particularly care for these series as a whole but I do enjoy watching the episodes...maybe it has to do with Entertainer's charm, Lee Joon's coolness and Yeo Jingoo's insane talent... I am really looking forward to how they will all end though.