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2012: Something for everyone? [Year in Review, Part 1]
by javabeans
Review extravaganza time! I know: Already? It feels like just the other day I was killing myself to corral all my thoughts in coherent fashion in a monster review of 2011...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Arang and the Magistrate, Big, Color of Woman, Dr. Jin, Dream High 2, Faith, featured, Gaksital, History of the Salaryman, I Do I Do, Ma Boy, Nice Guy, Oohlala Spouses, Queen In-hyun's Man, Rooftop Prince, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, Standby, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, Vampire Idol, Vampire Prosecutor 2, year in review, year in review 2012, You're Here You're Here You're Really Here
2012 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
by girlfriday
Can you believe it's December already? I know the awards shows have started to come 'round again, but it always feels like This Time Of Year always sneaks up on...
Tags: Beanie Awards, featured, year in review, year in review 2012
2011 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Part 5 is here! As in past years, we here at Dramabeans owe huge thanks to guest bloggers — thank you, kaedejun and Dahee Fanel! — for participating in the review series, as...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Athena: Goddess of War, Best Love, City Hunter, Editors' Picks, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, Lie To Me, Me Too Flower, Miss Ripley, Paradise Ranch, Scent of a Woman, The Princess's Man, Thousand Day Promise, Warrior Baek Dong-soo, year in review, year in review 2011
The DramaMeter: highly scientific and foolproof [Year in Review, Part 4]
by girlfriday
Wow, another year of dramas, come and gone. Where does the sanity go? I decided that for this year's review, I would learn to be impartial and precise, and...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Best Love, Can't Lose, City Hunter, Dream High, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, High Kick: Counterattack of the Short Legs, I Need Romance, Lie To Me, Man of Honor, Miss Ripley, My Princess, Myung-wol the Spy, Scent of a Woman, Thousand Day Promise, Vampire Prosecutor, Warrior Baek Dong-soo, year in review, year in review 2011, You've Fallen For Me
Somewhere Over the K-Drama Rainbow [Year in Review, Part 3]
by Dahee_Fanel
The other day, I sat down and thought long and hard about all of the various dramas that I've seen over the course of my life. I remembered secretly turning...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Drama Special, Dream High, featured, Girl K, President, Scent of a Woman, The Duo, The Princess's Man, year in review, year in review 2011
The Good, The Bad, and The Hmmm… of 2011 [Year in Review, Part 2]
by kaedejun
First off, I have to deeply thank - and bow to - Javabeans and Girlfriday - it's an honor to be included with the most respected K-drama writers for...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 49 Days, Athena: Goddess of War, Best Love, Birdie Buddy, featured, I Need Romance, Myung-wol the Spy, Paradise Ranch, Romance Town, Sign, The Musical, Tree With Deep Roots, Vampire Prosecutor, year in review, year in review 2011, You've Fallen For Me
Measuring 2011 on the Sticky Scale [Year in Review, Part 1]
by javabeans
Time for another Year In Review series! How did a year pass by so quickly? I guess when you're busy watching dramas, time flies. This is my fifth year (eek)...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 49 Days, Baby-Faced Beauty, Best Love, Can't Lose, City Hunter, Dream High, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, High Kick: Counterattack of the Short Legs, Lie To Me, Manny, Me Too Flower, Miss Ripley, My Princess, Myung-wol the Spy, Poseidon, Scent of a Woman, The Princess's Man, Thousand Day Promise, Tree With Deep Roots, Vampire Prosecutor, year in review, year in review 2011
2011 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the past year
by javabeans
It's that time of year again: Polls, polls, polls! To keep up the Dramabeans year-end tradition, here we are with the Best, the Funniest, the Crackiest, and yes, also the...
Tags: Beanie Awards, featured, year in review, year in review 2011
2010 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Here we are, Part 5! As girlfriday said in her review, I'd also like to thank guest bloggers Dahee Fanel and thunderbolt for participating in this year's year-in-review roundup. A particular...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee House, Editors' Picks, Eom Ji-won, featured, Giant, Jang Hyuk, Jejoongwon, Joseon X-Files, Jung Bo-seok, Kim Gab-soo, Kim Hyun-joong, Lee Mi-sook, Micky Yoochun, Moon Geun-young, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Personal Taste, Rain, Runaway Plan B, Shin Mina, Sohn Ye-jin, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, year in review, year in review 2010, Yoo Ah-in
Objects in mirror are closer than they appear [Year in Review, Part 4]
by girlfriday
I have to say, 2010 was a downright awesome year. It was the year of bromance, the year that Santa came in August, the year when guys had perms and noonas...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Athena: Goddess of War, Bad Guy, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee House, Dr. Champ, Drama Special, featured, God of Study, I Am Legend, Mary Stayed Out All Night, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Pasta, Personal Taste, Playful Kiss, Prosecutor Princess, Queen of Reversals, Runaway Plan B, Secret Garden, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, year in review, year in review 2010