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Boys Before Flowers: Episode 5
by javabeans
Our trend continues: A couple surprisingly good scenes, and then some really bad ones. Overall, I thought Episode 5 was a pleasant one -- not too challenging but had its fun...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Flower boy power
by javabeans
Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-ho. Everywhere you look right now, everyone's talking about Lee Min-ho. And for good reason, since the formerly little-known actor has experienced a meteoric rise...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, drama ratings, East of Eden, Jung Il-woo, Lee Min-ho, Return of Iljimae
Boys Before Flowers: Episode 4
by javabeans
Episode 4 was much better than Episode 3 -- although really, like that was hard. Episode 3 was funnier, but 4 was more grounded in reality, which makes it much more watchable, imo. Is...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Boys Before Flowers: Episode 3
by javabeans
There are some parts of Boys Before Flowers that are pretty good. And then there are parts that are really, really bad. Like, hilariously mockable, I’m-embarrassed-for-you bad.. That won't...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Han Chae-young, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Overnight star Lee Min-ho awash in CF offers
by javabeans
Lee Min-ho has been famous for all of five days, but already he's fielding a swarm of endorsement offers. Okay, so technically the guy isn't a total newb -- he's...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, CFs, Lee Min-ho
Boys Before Flowers: Episode 2
by javabeans
I feel better about Boys Before Flowers after Episode 2. The drama is still very flawed, and I think I'm going pretty easy on it -- I could snark much more...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Boys Before Flowers: Episode 1 [Korean Hana Yori Dango]
by javabeans
Word of warning: Lower those expectations, folks. Episode 1 of Boys Before Flowers was not a home run. I'd say it got off to a choppy start, with good and bad...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, first episodes, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Kim So-eun, Lee Min-ho
Boys Before Flowers production press conference
by javabeans
We're only two weeks away from the premiere of the much-anticipated Hana Yori Dango remake, Boys Before Flowers, and the cast came out on December 22 for the production press conference....
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
A couple more
by javabeans
Speaking of Boys Before Flowers promo posters... Edited to add poster translations: Jan-di (Gu Hye-sun): "The Korean people are nothing without spirit and tenacity!" Jun-pyo (Lee Min-ho): "I'm good-looking... I'm...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho
Posters out for Boys Before Flowers
by javabeans
There's a lot I could say about this, but really, only a few things I need to: (1) Boys Before Flowers, or Hana Yori Dango (2) New posters (3) Series airs January 5, KBS....
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho