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Finding merit in the mediocre [Year in Review, Part 4]
by javabeans
2007 was a rich year for drama-land. There was something for everyone, whether your tastes ran toward dark thrillers (Devil), intense dramas (White Tower), heart-warmers (Thank You), off-the-wall eccentrics (Mixed-up Investigative...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Star's Lover, Beethoven Virus, Bulhandang/Robbers, East of Eden, Gourmet, Hong Gil Dong, I Love You, Iljimae, Love & Marriage, On Air, Rivals, Strongest Chil Woo, Tazza, The Last Scandal of My Life, The World They Live In, Three Dads One Mom, When Night Comes, Who Are You? (MBC), year in review, year in review 2008
A grump reviews 2008 [Year in Review, Part 2]
by thunderbolt
How should one convey bad news in writing? By creating a buffer first. Avoid traumatizing your audience with the bad news all at once, but instead cushion the blow so...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Beethoven Virus, Bulhandang/Robbers, Conspiracy in the Court, East of Eden, Gourmet, Hong Gil Dong, I Love You, Kingdom of Wind, La Dolce Vita, On Air, Rivals, Strongest Chil Woo, The Last Scandal of My Life, The Painter of Wind, The World They Live In, Three Dads One Mom, Who Are You? (MBC), year in review, year in review 2008
Failed dramas still result in high star price tags
by javabeans
Bad Love, Rivals Perhaps as a corollary to this discussion of why ratings are important, for better or for worse (usually for worse), here's an article that discusses one such...
Tags: Bad Love, Bulhandang/Robbers, drama production, drama ratings, Park Shin-yang, War of Money
First-date dramas
by javabeans
I was thinking how I've been watching lots of first episodes of dramas these days, but haven't found anything to dive into since the end of Who Are You? It's...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bulhandang/Robbers, Coffee Prince, Hong Gil Dong, I Love You, Iljimae, La Dolce Vita, On Air, Rivals, Spotlight, The Last Scandal of My Life, Tokyo Showers, Who Are You? (MBC), Why Did You Come To Our House, Yi San
New Heart wins ratings, Hong Gil Dong wins repeats
by javabeans
Hong Gil Dong is performing decently well in the ratings -- it's not soaring, but holding steady in its initial 15% range against the hit medical drama New Heart, which has...
Tags: Bulhandang/Robbers, Hong Gil Dong, New Heart
Jang Hyuk’s busy new year
by javabeans
Congrats to new dad Jang Hyuk. The actor's year is already plenty busy just one and a half months into 2008, and it's about to get busier. He'd announced his marriage...
Tags: Bulhandang/Robbers, Jang Hyuk, weddings
Drama leading ladies, oh how you’ve changed
by javabeans
Kim Sun Ah as Samsoon Anyone's who's been watching kdramas for a number of years has probably, at some point, noted the same thing as the following article. Early Hallyu...
Tags: Bulhandang/Robbers, Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Da-hae, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, old-school, Thank You
Robbers, aka Con Man, aka Bulhandang (불한당)
by javabeans
Okay, okay, last name switch, I swear. I wouldn't normally bother to change the translation for a series title as widely known as "Robbers" if I didn't feel the term(...
Tags: Bulhandang/Robbers, first episodes, Jang Hyuk, Lee Da-hae
Pictures speak louder than words…
by javabeans
I'm really, really looking forward to Hong Gil Dong. More than any other series in recent memory. If it sucks, I think I will cry. Or break something. (Or...
Tags: Bulhandang/Robbers, Hong Gil Dong
Hello, frumpy lady
by javabeans
Some early Bulhandang/Robbers pics of Lee Da Hae's character "Dallae" in bygone days in her wedding dress. The character loses her husband (judging from the dress, either sometime in...
Tags: Bulhandang/Robbers, Lee Da-hae