Circle just blew my mind – I have so many thoughts and feelings, none of which are coherent, but damn do I applaud this show. You can make the right guesses and yet it remains unpredictable.
The awkwardness, the honesty, the tension, the annoying cute all over the place – Dong Man and Ae Ra might be over the top but I can’t seem to get enough!!
Omo! YAS and YAS! Yay to kisses and Kwak Shi-yang! Ooh~ I wonder what he’s doing in ep 11!?! Can’t wait! I guess it’s nearing the time I should avoid the BEANIES section! Yikes!
You’re going to watch it for Park Seo Jun, continue loving him throughout it, but when you come out of it, you’re going to have a new-found love for Park Hyung Sik, if you don’t already love him <3
Hwarang wasn’t a good drama, and Park Seo-joon was saddled with a frustratingly dull character there. Park Hyung-shik’s Sammaekjong was the more interesting character, even if his character (like everyone else’s) stalled in the latter half of the show.
Watch She Was Pretty or Kill Me Heal Me instead for your PSJ fix.
Gotta admit, She Was Pretty was pretty good. I saw glimpses of it when my mom was watching and I didn’t even mind Hwang Jung-eum! She was surprisingly not too bad there. She didn’t scream too much is what I’m saying. I remember Park Seo-joon being great there, too, even when his character wasn’t so great.
My very first drama with Park Seo Joon was in I Summon You Gold (2013) where he was paired with Baek Jin Hee. I loved him way before everyone started swooning over him lol. Sadly I am not loving him as much as I was these days. Anyway, my rec for his drama are like Witch’s Romance, Kill Me Heal Me and She Was Pretty. For me he was gorgeous in Hwarang but he didn’t seem to be fit in sageuk (on top of that like everyone else said, the drama itself was a mess).
I find that Park Seo-joon is better playing livelier/more spirited characters. He’s good at emoting, but I he has those naturally sleepy eyes like So Ji-sub. He’s more engaging with energetic characters like Dong-man or Ri-on than broody, quiet types like Sun-woo.
He suits romcom the best imo. I think he is good actor, but not an actor with a wide range. So he needs to do roles within his capability to shine. Even in SWP he was outshone by Choi Siwon, although it is more on characters themselves where Siwon’s character was easily to be loved by audiences.
I’m thinking of watching it one of these days for Park Seo-joon because Fight My Way has ignited my love for him more than ever before. I mean, I always thought he was good, but he’s definitely got my attention from here on out. One to watch, that man. You’ve got a point about his characters might not being as good as Dong-man, though!
Agreed! The 90’s look is refreshing and different from all the handful of other styles that seem popular among male actors these days (especially those middle part curtain bangs or whatever they’re called). But he does look so cute still hehehe
Somehow I think it really is just Yoon Shi Yoon who can look good looking like that, haha. The middle part is so weird to me too, e.g. Kim Min Jae is good looking despite that distracting middle part hahaha
gosh i hattteee the midlle parting bangs.. ughh.
Why would they do that to the cutie that kim min-jae is?? he is the one they really need to give a new hair do too!
sorry i have been ranting about this all over! They cant touch my gorgeous HJ’s hair-do and not expect lashback! Lol
Kim Min-jae still looks cute with those bangs. It seems to be a thing now since I’ve been noticing it quite a bit with actors and idols. But, the biggest offender, in my opinion, is Nam Joo-hyuk’s curtain bangs + almost mullet in the recent promos for Bride of the Water God. Someone trim the back please!
I may have spoken too soon, but Ji Hoon and Woo Seung haha. But Hyun Jae and Hye Ri often have moments with them too? Hmm I’m not sure the confession will go the way I want it too, and what was with Hyun Jae’s expression after?
They’re enjoyable together but it’s the idea that HJ might be JH’s father that keeps me away from shipping them. Quite messy haha. (And I want Ji Hoon’s feelings finally reciprocated huhu haha although dramas don’t always let the one with feelings for longer win do they haha huhu)
me too… I louvveee HJ-WS.. they have the zing which Ji-hoon just doesnt have with WS.. but the father issues.. ugh.. also there is the fact that falling for WS may actually be redemptive or make HJ realise stuff.
I dunno.. can I just forget father issues and happily ship HJ-WS in my own bubble?? That last smile was soo wistful .. sigh
I ship them too! Maybe I generally don’t really like Kim MIn Jae,so I don’t care so much about Ji Hoon. How I wish this drama didn’t follow the cliche route best friend to lover.. Just why we can’t have an awesome friendship between girl and guy.. why why. sigh.
Thought I was just gonna watch this week\’s SP casually (no rdg recaps, comments etc) but the story picked up again and it isn\’t very good for my eyebags hahaha
Minister Park must have done something to him? Try to clone him? Maybe powering the supercomputer took an extreme toll on him? Or (I hope) it could have just been the shock of finally seeing him on their faces?
Isn’t just so tragic that what Byul made for the good of woo Jin and out of love, ultimately ( at least I think and suspect)turned into this hug curse in his life.
Yeah.. Went i realized this whole mess, this whole idea about convert memories into videos, firstly because Byul want to help WJ to remembered his mom… I know it is not love story.. But it can be a great tragic love story for me..
Yes please… and if it isn’t too much to ask, maybe not age him as well. It would just be weird that they took different actors to play the older versions and not do the same for Woojin. Anyway, I just think that it would be hard to picture any other actor as Woojin at this point in the story and have me root for that actor the way I did for YJG. I feel like I wouldn’t have time to settle into that actor since I got accustomed to watching Yeo Jingoo to the end.. unlike Kim Kangwoo who we got to know as Bumgyun earlier in the story so we had time to take that character in.
In terms of keeping Yeo Jin Goo in Brave New World, maybe the talk of clones will work to our advantage? Can’t say for sure Woo Jin was cloned, but I don’t put it past Minister Park to try that to keep the supercomputer running. Or maybe they found a way to keep him young, who knows. Just random thoughts haha. I agree, it will be hard to root for a different Woo Jin, especially now that the show is about to end. And YJG is doing such a good job with his role too, I can’t help but prefer it to still be him. We’ll see soon enough.
Yup. Somebody opened up the cloning thing on Ep 8 recap and I said it’s a good theory but that it is quite far-fetched since the writers haven’t mentioned anything about cloning in the show. Then the writers be like, “are you sure?” Then they actually brought up clones on Ep 9. 😂
The writing thus far has been quite tight, so I totally agree with you. If the solution is clones, then the writers probably dropped little hints the whole way through, that we’ll only realize in retrospect.
gumgum
June 29, 2017 at 8:52 AM
Lol will patiently wait for Bong Hee and Ji Wook to resolve their trust issues with each other. Why does this feel redundant lol
Right now I just care more for Eun Hyuk for some reason?? Hahaha
gumgum
June 28, 2017 at 6:05 AM
Circle is over, and so is my weekly Yeo Jin Gu fix, haha. I think that was a satisfactory ending.
How very like the show to end with the same question it started with, hahaha
kayedrama
June 28, 2017 at 6:18 AM
Such a tease, that show! The ending was so clever. Season 2!
yuyuu
June 28, 2017 at 7:12 AM
Hahaha, I thought the same.
They couldn’t just resist pulling one last “cliffhanger” on us.
CrimeFighter
June 28, 2017 at 8:42 AM
It all started with Byul and ended with her too. Hahah.
gumgum
June 28, 2017 at 4:13 AM
Talk of dreams, growing up, and heartbreaking moments with parental figures – this is slice of life done so well. Ko Dong Man and his dad make me cry.
Also, slow clap for Sul Hee, finally.
gumgum
June 27, 2017 at 6:08 AM
Circle just blew my mind – I have so many thoughts and feelings, none of which are coherent, but damn do I applaud this show. You can make the right guesses and yet it remains unpredictable.
Kestrel
June 27, 2017 at 12:55 PM
I made all the right guesses for the WRONG reasons. Hahahaha. I love it.
gumgum
June 27, 2017 at 3:27 AM
The awkwardness, the honesty, the tension, the annoying cute all over the place – Dong Man and Ae Ra might be over the top but I can’t seem to get enough!!
(internal screams UGH THESE TWO)
gumgum
June 26, 2017 at 8:09 AM
Youtube home page is full of clips from Fight My Way ep 11, and it looks like this episode is full of kiss scenes. (Also, Kwak Si Yang cameo lol)
Why am I so excited for this HAHAHA
chingu
June 26, 2017 at 12:30 PM
Omo! YAS and YAS! Yay to kisses and Kwak Shi-yang! Ooh~ I wonder what he’s doing in ep 11!?! Can’t wait! I guess it’s nearing the time I should avoid the BEANIES section! Yikes!
gumgum
June 25, 2017 at 10:28 PM
Told myself I wasn’t interested in Hwarang, but just found out Park Seo Joon (and bonus Taehyung!) are in it??
I want to binge PSJ shows but worry his characters aren’t at par with Dong Man HAHA
bebeswtz
June 25, 2017 at 10:45 PM
You’re going to watch it for Park Seo Jun, continue loving him throughout it, but when you come out of it, you’re going to have a new-found love for Park Hyung Sik, if you don’t already love him <3
hannaehh
June 25, 2017 at 10:47 PM
Definitely agreed with @bebeswtz. I watched Hwarang because I love both Park SJ and Park HS, but my love for PHS grew bigger in Hwarang.
gumgum
June 26, 2017 at 3:20 AM
I’ve only seen PHS in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon and quite liked him there! More reasons to watch Hwarang then, thank you!
Elle
June 25, 2017 at 10:58 PM
Hwarang wasn’t a good drama, and Park Seo-joon was saddled with a frustratingly dull character there. Park Hyung-shik’s Sammaekjong was the more interesting character, even if his character (like everyone else’s) stalled in the latter half of the show.
Watch She Was Pretty or Kill Me Heal Me instead for your PSJ fix.
chingu
June 25, 2017 at 11:31 PM
Gotta admit, She Was Pretty was pretty good. I saw glimpses of it when my mom was watching and I didn’t even mind Hwang Jung-eum! She was surprisingly not too bad there. She didn’t scream too much is what I’m saying. I remember Park Seo-joon being great there, too, even when his character wasn’t so great.
gadis
June 26, 2017 at 12:31 AM
Yep, his character there wasn’t too great. Too much of a jerk to my liking. But it’s still an enjoyable drama.
gumgum
June 26, 2017 at 3:23 AM
Adding these to my to watch list, thank you!
Sera The Ms Temper
June 25, 2017 at 11:27 PM
My very first drama with Park Seo Joon was in I Summon You Gold (2013) where he was paired with Baek Jin Hee. I loved him way before everyone started swooning over him lol. Sadly I am not loving him as much as I was these days. Anyway, my rec for his drama are like Witch’s Romance, Kill Me Heal Me and She Was Pretty. For me he was gorgeous in Hwarang but he didn’t seem to be fit in sageuk (on top of that like everyone else said, the drama itself was a mess).
Elle
June 25, 2017 at 11:38 PM
I find that Park Seo-joon is better playing livelier/more spirited characters. He’s good at emoting, but I he has those naturally sleepy eyes like So Ji-sub. He’s more engaging with energetic characters like Dong-man or Ri-on than broody, quiet types like Sun-woo.
Agreed that he doesn’t suit sageuk.
Sera The Ms Temper
June 25, 2017 at 11:53 PM
He suits romcom the best imo. I think he is good actor, but not an actor with a wide range. So he needs to do roles within his capability to shine. Even in SWP he was outshone by Choi Siwon, although it is more on characters themselves where Siwon’s character was easily to be loved by audiences.
gumgum
June 26, 2017 at 3:25 AM
Thanks for the recs! I guess I’ll watch Hwarang for the pretty then, and see how it fares for me afterwards!
chingu
June 25, 2017 at 11:28 PM
I’m thinking of watching it one of these days for Park Seo-joon because Fight My Way has ignited my love for him more than ever before. I mean, I always thought he was good, but he’s definitely got my attention from here on out. One to watch, that man. You’ve got a point about his characters might not being as good as Dong-man, though!
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 10:36 PM
It’ll be interesting to see Woo Seung in Star Punch and Ji Hoon not as a trainee… I’m not sure what their future will be like as individuals but
HE FINALLY CONFESSED I AM SO HAPPY FOR HIM
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 8:30 PM
As much as I enjoy Hyun Jae’s haircut and transformation, I miss the 90’s get up hahaha. So glad the epilogue was the J2 MV.
Yoon Shi Yoon looks good in everything
dooleygongshil
June 24, 2017 at 8:51 PM
Agreed! The 90’s look is refreshing and different from all the handful of other styles that seem popular among male actors these days (especially those middle part curtain bangs or whatever they’re called). But he does look so cute still hehehe
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 10:10 PM
Somehow I think it really is just Yoon Shi Yoon who can look good looking like that, haha. The middle part is so weird to me too, e.g. Kim Min Jae is good looking despite that distracting middle part hahaha
Rainbow Unicorn
June 24, 2017 at 10:32 PM
gosh i hattteee the midlle parting bangs.. ughh.
Why would they do that to the cutie that kim min-jae is?? he is the one they really need to give a new hair do too!
sorry i have been ranting about this all over! They cant touch my gorgeous HJ’s hair-do and not expect lashback! Lol
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 10:45 PM
Aww, others have said he is less Hyun Jae without the 90’s look, and I agree. I miss it much more now, hope they bring it back next week!! Huhu
Yes can someone please comb back Kim Min Jae’s hair and get it off of his face haha
dooleygongshil
June 24, 2017 at 10:59 PM
Kim Min-jae still looks cute with those bangs. It seems to be a thing now since I’ve been noticing it quite a bit with actors and idols. But, the biggest offender, in my opinion, is Nam Joo-hyuk’s curtain bangs + almost mullet in the recent promos for Bride of the Water God. Someone trim the back please!
Rainbow Unicorn
June 24, 2017 at 11:02 PM
ughh yess. this is one hairdo that needs to stop trending. looks soo weird
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 7:08 PM
Love lines are becoming clearer in The Best Hit and I’m not sure I like where this is going… hahaha we’ll see, we’ll see
loudspeaker
June 24, 2017 at 7:19 PM
Who are you rooting for?
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 8:28 PM
I may have spoken too soon, but Ji Hoon and Woo Seung haha. But Hyun Jae and Hye Ri often have moments with them too? Hmm I’m not sure the confession will go the way I want it too, and what was with Hyun Jae’s expression after?
loudspeaker
June 24, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Im rooting for Woo Seung and Ji Hoon too. Ji Hoon is just so cute that I hope he gets everything he wants. Haha
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 8:21 PM
I take this back slightly I’m not sure anymore haha
C.Lo
June 24, 2017 at 8:36 PM
I like Woo Seung with both Ji Hoon and Hyun Jae… I’m torn.
gumgum
June 24, 2017 at 8:41 PM
They’re enjoyable together but it’s the idea that HJ might be JH’s father that keeps me away from shipping them. Quite messy haha. (And I want Ji Hoon’s feelings finally reciprocated huhu haha although dramas don’t always let the one with feelings for longer win do they haha huhu)
C.Lo
June 24, 2017 at 8:45 PM
I totally understand. I’m also glad JH finally told WS how he feels.
Rainbow Unicorn
June 24, 2017 at 10:37 PM
me too… I louvveee HJ-WS.. they have the zing which Ji-hoon just doesnt have with WS.. but the father issues.. ugh.. also there is the fact that falling for WS may actually be redemptive or make HJ realise stuff.
I dunno.. can I just forget father issues and happily ship HJ-WS in my own bubble?? That last smile was soo wistful .. sigh
Sera The Ms Temper
June 24, 2017 at 11:11 PM
I ship them too! Maybe I generally don’t really like Kim MIn Jae,so I don’t care so much about Ji Hoon. How I wish this drama didn’t follow the cliche route best friend to lover.. Just why we can’t have an awesome friendship between girl and guy.. why why. sigh.
zgs1994
June 25, 2017 at 8:36 AM
YASSS! They have so much chemistry! 😀
gumgum
June 23, 2017 at 12:55 AM
Isn’t cohabitation fun HAHAHA
(PS they look like such good kissers HAHAHAHA)
gumgum
June 23, 2017 at 12:38 AM
SP ep 28 was so stress relieving thank you show!! JW and BH finally meet each other\’s mothers, and Chief Bang is back!
Although after sex wasn\’t the best time to realize who BH\’s father was… lol
gumgum
June 22, 2017 at 11:10 PM
Thought I was just gonna watch this week\’s SP casually (no rdg recaps, comments etc) but the story picked up again and it isn\’t very good for my eyebags hahaha
The things you make me do, Dramaland 😂
gumgum
June 21, 2017 at 8:08 AM
(I’ll stop with these, promise ugh they’re so adorable)
gumgum
June 21, 2017 at 7:52 AM
As if I needed to relive any more of these moments, hahaha. Tumblr people you are amazing for these gifs!
gumgum
June 20, 2017 at 10:42 PM
Crossing my fingers that Woo Jin in Brave New World is just an aged Yeo Jin Goo. Pls hahaha
rowanharper
June 20, 2017 at 11:02 PM
That’s what I’m hoping too, but I’m dying to know why they were staring at him like he was disfigured or something?
gumgum
June 20, 2017 at 11:12 PM
Minister Park must have done something to him? Try to clone him? Maybe powering the supercomputer took an extreme toll on him? Or (I hope) it could have just been the shock of finally seeing him on their faces?
rowanharper
June 20, 2017 at 11:22 PM
Isn’t just so tragic that what Byul made for the good of woo Jin and out of love, ultimately ( at least I think and suspect)turned into this hug curse in his life.
Namu
June 21, 2017 at 12:09 AM
Yeah.. Went i realized this whole mess, this whole idea about convert memories into videos, firstly because Byul want to help WJ to remembered his mom… I know it is not love story.. But it can be a great tragic love story for me..
gumgum
June 21, 2017 at 12:44 AM
Maybe Byul and Woo Jin are a love story in the making, even if the series doesn’t show it. They don’t have to, you just know they care for each other.
Dahlia
June 20, 2017 at 11:58 PM
I’m doing the same against all logic lol. It would just be so weird to see someone else as Woojin now!
weaselking
June 21, 2017 at 12:39 AM
Yes please… and if it isn’t too much to ask, maybe not age him as well. It would just be weird that they took different actors to play the older versions and not do the same for Woojin. Anyway, I just think that it would be hard to picture any other actor as Woojin at this point in the story and have me root for that actor the way I did for YJG. I feel like I wouldn’t have time to settle into that actor since I got accustomed to watching Yeo Jingoo to the end.. unlike Kim Kangwoo who we got to know as Bumgyun earlier in the story so we had time to take that character in.
gumgum
June 21, 2017 at 12:55 AM
In terms of keeping Yeo Jin Goo in Brave New World, maybe the talk of clones will work to our advantage? Can’t say for sure Woo Jin was cloned, but I don’t put it past Minister Park to try that to keep the supercomputer running. Or maybe they found a way to keep him young, who knows. Just random thoughts haha. I agree, it will be hard to root for a different Woo Jin, especially now that the show is about to end. And YJG is doing such a good job with his role too, I can’t help but prefer it to still be him. We’ll see soon enough.
weaselking
June 21, 2017 at 1:05 AM
Yup. Somebody opened up the cloning thing on Ep 8 recap and I said it’s a good theory but that it is quite far-fetched since the writers haven’t mentioned anything about cloning in the show. Then the writers be like, “are you sure?” Then they actually brought up clones on Ep 9. 😂
rowanharper
June 21, 2017 at 2:36 AM
The writing thus far has been quite tight, so I totally agree with you. If the solution is clones, then the writers probably dropped little hints the whole way through, that we’ll only realize in retrospect.
gumgum
June 20, 2017 at 7:44 PM
I mean I was happy enough with the forehead kiss but I\’m so so glad and emotional the show gave us a real kiss too ❤❤❤
gumgum
June 20, 2017 at 7:40 PM
From \”Are we seeing each other or what\” to \”we\’ve kissed, let\’s make it official\” HUHUHU MY HEART I CAN\’T STOP CRYING HAPPY TEARS
The way Ae Ra\’s knees wobbled when Dong Man suddenly kissed her… 😶
Min
June 20, 2017 at 8:15 PM
can’t blame her, I would faint if he suddenly kissed me like that XD
gumgum
June 20, 2017 at 7:10 AM
OOPS WE DID IT MOTEL HAHAHA THERE\’S NO WAY
EP 10 COME SOONER!!!
gumgum
June 19, 2017 at 11:23 PM
Fight My Way spoilers everywhere, so hard to look away 🙈🙈🙈 can\’t wait to watch
I NEED ANSWERS TO THE SCREENCAPS I KEEP SEEING HUHU GET AWAY FROM ME HAHAHUHU