As someone who came into dramaland after Won Bins active period, I am quite suprised at the amount of times his name was mentioned and almost put forward as really handsome actor..because maybe its just the peraonal preference I have found many other actors who are more good looking than him. And as you said I am also in awe how he makes to keep his name and position as Koreas national actor when he is not at all active..

Before you start the unwanted and unnecessary dispute here, Song Hye Kyo has been long known for her beauty face. Koreans do acknowledge her beauty though. Her face I believe is the type that Koreans love, so do the international fans. Kim Tae Hee, Han Ga In are among the other actressess that always being called the beauties. Who is the prettier and prettiest? It is up to eyes beholder. Why choose one if we can have many choices. I believe SHK also has been endorsed in a lot and no less than the others and that proves her beauty is very well known.

How did you miss out the SHK craze when DOTS was happening ? She was everywhere then.

btw, SHK is rumoured to be in a relationship with SJK. so don't worry :)

but really.. no one is even little surprised or has good things to say about the guy who played lead in autumn tale?

he is so charming in that series.. and i read he is in saimdang diary..

BUt can't believe.. one of the drama has achieved perennial fame.. and the other is lost in world of anoynymity (comparitively)

Won Bin is the epitome of male beauty in Korea. He can live off CFs and never act ever again. I do think he feels the pressure from all the expectations. I have only seen one interview with him, and he actually seemed kind of ambivalent about the whole acting thing. That's fine. Don't do anything you don't want to do though if he wants to kip his toe in a small role in a film would probably be a good way to go.

SK has so much content to produce..atleast i end up forgetting which celebrity i am supposed to miss..

the one who went to army, the one whose drama just ended, the one whose drama previews are looking awesome, the one who i didn't know existed and a sudden encounter has my heart racing

Why the hell is time flying so fast. I swear it was in just recent past I read news about Choi Jin Hyuks enlistment....

I know right. I am also surprised to hear that Choi Si Won will be back soon (yay!).

In saying that though, this year will be a painful one. Seo In Guk, Ji Chang Wook, Yoo Ah In, Lee Min Ho, TOP - all disappear from our life for at least 2 years :(

Ditto! ...i can't really get into j-dramas at all too.

people like them for their ordinary tales but its the same reason why i don't like them. i mostly like my tv to be escapist. jdramas have this slice-of-life thing going where i feel nothing really happens onscreen .

Even the recent super hit drama - we married as a job - i'm watching this and scratching my head. its so unbearable dull

Of all the different asian country shows -

india (my own) - same sob story in every show. it ultimately boils down to DIL and MIL conflict. We even have mythological shows where somehow the story still reduces to this!!! except with gods and supernatural beings !!! ... urghhh .... haven't seen one properly in like 2 years.

pakistan - all the misery heaped on the heroine like in indian shows except condensed in 20 episodes. pass

c-drama - i just can't get the language. just cannot. apparently a lot of chinese actors are dubbed because of dialect differences and it translates into a weird watching experience. And for its supposedly bigger budgets, kdramas are visually better

j-dramas - there is the emotional punch everyone talks about. but i always drop the show before i reach there

taiwan - i watched 2 shows and i liked them. can anyone suggest any other?

in conclusion kdramas hit my sweet spot. i do keep picking up dramas from other languages but 9 out of 10 times drop them by third episodes. Kdramas rule !!!

OOOhhhh I love Gilmore Girls. It's one of the few shows I always go back to. I never get tired of their witty dialogues and fast-paced banter. Love the pop culture references.

I feel you about moving towards lighter and happier shows. I recently picked up WFKB and it is just the right show to make me feel warm and fuzzy... basically I feel so damn happy because of it. I've been re-watching.

Gilmore Girl fangirl here (me, me)!! I own all the dvds but somehow season 6 is in French? Don't know how that happened, just grabbed the wrong one off the shelves. Heh.

I watched the Netflx special, Winter Spring, Summer Fall that came out in November, was it? I liked it, hoping the show will continue with the ending...

And, I am watching Tomorrow With You as I write this, it will take a couple of eps to get the feel. But I do like the time travel aspect.

So, carry on, Mindy!

I think this drama is one of the good weekend drama i've watched. Not a fan girl of Hyun Sik but he was cute with Nam Ji Hyun. Overall I did enjoy the drama, especially the development on the three siblings (Hyun Sik's older brother and noona). All actors' acting was great too.

I watched up to episode 20. The beginning is hilarious, I couldn't stop laughing. So I really think you should watch it, at least the first ten episodes.

Have you watched High Society? PHS is amazing in that as well. (you can skip all scenes except for his)

It's one of my favorites

You should definitely check it out. There will be episodes that you will find slow but that's a given since this is a weekend drama. But overall its a lovely drama. You wont regret starting it.

I LOVE What's With this Family. But then I love family weekenders in general. They don't have the production values prime time shows do, and the pacing is slower, but when they are good, they get me in a way that the shorter shows don't. There's something about spending so much time with these characters, seeing their struggles and watching them grow, that I just come to love them. My favorite part of WWtF was Hyung Sik's relationship with his dad. He wanted to be just like Dad, but Dad wanted more for him.

I say go for it. Just remember that you are watching dramas for fun. You can stop any time you are no longer having fun. And just because other people like a drama, doesn't mean you have to too, and just because you start a drama, doesn't mean you have to finish it. :-)

I watched it recently in dec and loved it overall. Just go for it.

redfox -

I haven't started Defendant yet, but I keep hearing that it's really nerve-wracking, but quite good! ..... I'm looking forward to it though!

re: deeply involved. Well, it depends on the drama of course. As a general rule it stays at level A (although the day before I usually remember and start wondering, if it's a good show.) And then in more spectacular shows it's a level B with some C antics for the hours (day?) after the episode ends. And maybe randomly throughout the week, when I start really thinking about it. I'm looking at you, W: Two Worlds. ^^

Mostly, I'm on level A. 10-15 minutes after the eps ended, I'll blissfully forgetting the cliffhanger ending, the twisty turns, or the tragedy awaiting my favorite characters. But once in a while, I went to level B and keep thinking about them all week (like when I recently watch Solomon's Perjury).

of course, there is also the sasaeng level, where your whole life revolves around the drama. I have encountered people like that on the internet, but not here. It means you follow every news, every BTS, tweet, blog, make fan art, comment every article, watch every ep multiple times in a row and just generally do nothing else. Requires long-term hospitalization or gardening therapy and ban of internet and phones.

I think probably idol fans following dramas can be this level, but they are like that anywhere really.

i am 90% level A.

but for some shows or actors have been turning level C-ish. ..... what an emotionally draining time it becomes. i cannot operate at this level all the time

That really depends on the character. Most of the time I'm A. But there have been times when I've been B (Moon Jae Shin from SKKS). In the case of Warrior Baek Dong Soo I was so taken with Yeo Un's character that I felt devastated at the end of the drama. It took weeks to recover. So if you have a level E, that was me, back then.

If a story ends up upsetting the character, especially if the writer chose the "wrong" ending, I get very upset.

Level A, I forgot everything, when i start the episode next week i ask myself what was the last scene, then the episodes start: ohh yes this where it ended!.

I stopped caring after Signal.

I guess I come to the special category where I don't wonder about the character even while watching, I just watch it with my eyes without any usage of brain.

I am re-watching reply 1988 too right now!!
Love everyone in this drama, even Bo Ra in earlier episodes ?

If you haven't seen it yet...watch Autumn's Concerto...excellent c-drama!

I loved train to Busan, i cant wait for a sequel and I actually was thinking about it last week. the question in my mind is: we did not see Ma Dong Seok´s character as a zombie with our own eyes. what if he is alive... wishful thinking much? but what if somehow he returns in part 2... he is too good to die.

I tried watching The Flu, but I didn´t enjoy it as much. Medical is always a big no for me. and I am not a fan of Jang Hyuk either.

maybe you can search Kissasian, it has a lot of uploaded movies, even recent. There was The Wailing , which I think has religious themes, so also a no for me, but if you are not bothered, go watch.

Loved Train to Busan!

Lots of great horror, creature feature, werewolf, fairytale, zombie, movies out there. Host, Werewolf Boy, Snowpiercer, Hansel and Gretel among a few.

If you want something that's similar to a mass infection on humans which caused severe destruction, you can try to watch 'Deranged' and 'Whistleblower'. There's a Korean drama about similar human created virus called 'Virus'.

YES! Love me some King SeJong. And some Chief Kim.

so you see everything happens for the good..

had bang wo not killed all those people mercilessly, become the king. sejing would not have become the king.. and who knows if this langyage would have got reinforced..

So, even if you murder.. guess god has plans for it .. don't stress over it :P :P

(pfft... he could have still been a scholar.. and i go back to being mad on bangy to have killed all those people for his greed fo the throne)

Hi!! Welcome to OT! Goblin was a good drama, I watched it with a friend of mine. That ending though! I actually didn't expect her to die in the last 30 minutes. That was... different. Have fun with RDTK!

Olutommi -

Welcome to OT! Glad you could join us!