(Cast of GOONG S: Kang Doo, Heo Yi Jae, Seven, Park Shin Hye)
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Part of my latest set of distractions has been getting sucked into the world of kdramas… They’re so incredibly addicting! Not only are they fun as light-hearted entertainment, but what’s worse (or better?) is that I’ve had marked improvement in my Korean language skills since I started getting sucked in a year ago so I justify the time spent as “study.” (It kind of is, honest.)
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I remember watching them as a kid with my parents, before the days of internet filesharing or widespread fansubbing, and I’d have to turn to my mother every other line and ask, “What’s going on? What did they say??” Needless to say, my parents got annoyed a lot, and I didn’t watch very many dramas.
But now with the wonderful wide world of internet filesharing and communities like d-addicts which aggregate fansubbing projects into lovely, bite-sized torrent-able packages (and don’t even get me started on the amount of entertainment hours enabled by clubbox)… Anything and everything you could possibly want is available, literally just minutes or hours after official release.
I’ve been part of a fansubbing team for the past few months, and although I wasn’t sure of my abilities going in, I’ve found I’m actually a lot more able than I thought I was. I can understand a lot more than I thought, and it’s a helluva lot of fun. I’m happy to give back to the community, so to speak, since I’ve leeched a lot from it previously. My latest translation project was doing the first episode for the much-anticipated Goong S (aka Palace S). I knew it would be very popular given the immense and wide-spread popularity of the original Goong (aka Palace, aka Princess Hours), plus the anticipation of seeing Seven in his debut acting gig… so I felt quite the pressure to do a good job. On top of that, it seemed like fans on a lot of sites were asking and demanding just moments after the show was aired in Korea, “When are the fansubs going to be out??” Needless to say I felt I had to do a good job, and quickly.
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The subs were released today (show aired Wednesday, sub released Saturday morning, not too bad right?) and in less than 12 hours there have been more than 2,500 downloads. Wow. I’m surprised and amazed. I had no idea it would be that many, that quickly. I went back and checked to see how many downloads the subs for the original Goong episode 1 had, and it’s nearly 50,000! That’s insane. Nobody can deny the power of the Korean Wave, huh?
(The storyline may be different from the original, but the beautiful palace scenery is still the same.)
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hi java beans,
I’ve been watching your fansub of Goong S and I would just like to say, you are doing a good job. However, I really want to be able to download this episode but can’t seem to get the torrent at d-addicts. please help.
thank you very much
thank you for not typing “first!” nyaha!
(although that would’ve been epic…annoying, but epic.)
i’ve been following DB for over a year now, and it occurred to me just recently that i ought to find out how it all started.. lol.
hahah
“but what’s worse (or better?) is that I’ve had marked improvement in my Korean language skills since I started getting sucked in a year ago so I justify the time spent as “study.” (It kind of is, honest.)”
this is exactly how I’ve been justifying watching so many mandarin series. Korean seems to be a more challenging language to pick up though – we’ll see whether my korean will improve as much as mandarin in a year =P
hi
i like this website.
thank you very much
Hi javabeans,
I just felt as if I needed to leave a comment on your first (I think) post, almost as if I’m visiting a shrine and rubbing a lucky monument or something. Your blog is truly awesome and has broadened my outlook so much, especially helping me appreciate and embrace my Korean background.
With sincere and heartfelt thanks,
birdscout
Annyeong,
Thanks for the info..Awesome remarks…Love Seven and sorry but still prefer Goong aka Princess Hours…
Kamsamida….
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hehe, that’s what i’m doing too! i’m not sure if this is the first post but it feels “epic” all the same. ^^
OMG! this is what i am doing too! coming to pay respect to where it all began, the very first post (that we can find anyway). i owe such a big part of my life to this site, it’s not funny.
So this is the first ever article at DB huh? And the first ever comment is from a guy!
LOL. just LOL
It´s really strange to come back to this post. So many things happened since those days back then…I feel so nostalgic ….
I checked this website because of Dal Ja’s Spring, and I want to say that you’ve been doing a great job!
I was curious to see the first post on this site, and here i am! Although if I’m not wrong, JB had a blog before this one, before moving it here.
I’d just like to thank Javabeans for this awesome site! It reminds me of last year when I first discovered the site to read Boys over Flowers recaps! After that, I didn’t come anymore, but decided to check it out again at the end of last year, which is when I got hooked to You’re Beautiful, as well as this blog.
Sigh, I visit this blog everyday, and I literally squeal with delight everytime I see a recap posted. And I go nuts reading them. Nowadays I read them on my phone in school, and everytime I’m looking at my phone with glee, my friends would go, “reading your recaps again?!”
Heheh. Love you JB, and (early) merry Xmas to you!!
*bows to the first post, where it all started*
wow, so other dramabeans followers tried to look at the very first post too! haha. *bows to the very first post too, the start of the seemingly endless addiction*
And like everyone here, I’d thought to check out The First Post. Hehe.
I’ve only been a lurker on this site for a few months and an occasional commentor but this has undoubtedly made my life so much happier and boring days less unbearable.. I can’t thank you enough for all your hard work JB!
Like others, performing the pilgrimage. I’ve loved this blog since I first stumbled upon it… Javabeans, keep up the awesome work!!!
Can we all pretend that we were all here from the very begining? Can we say that we knew this would grow from two post and two comments to what this blog is today: Recapping about five shows and receiving 300 or more (sometimes 1000) comments a post? Let’s pretend we can see the future. Yea!!!! Javabeans and Girlfriday.
I try not to love your website, but I do. I read it everyday.
Yeah. I have also come to pay my respects at where “it all started”.
Love your site, JB!
Keep up the good work!
Me too!! Me to!!! Gosh, i feel like visiting a museum right now!! Did you think your blog would be as big as today, Javabeans?
Congrats! 5000 posts! *bows to pay respects*
Heh, like many, I felt the need to read the post that started it all. Your fan base has definitely multiplied and you just might be our very own Kang Ji Hwan and Lee Min Ho
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…Javabeans is a girl, though….
Right. So she’s our Kim Sun Ah, then.
Like all the others before me, i come to pay homage to the house of the great blogger javabeans, DRAMABEANS!!!
Thank You!! Thank You!! A bunch of roses at your feet!!
Here’s One disciple who felt she ought to visit the first post, as in the first fledgling step… it feels so historic, this going back to the past… there really is a first post…
whoa! This First post has gotten BIG! now, it’s like a museum that fans come to when they feel like reminiscing. I’m seriously regretting not posting anything here when i first saw this post. Didn’t even read the comments then. Maybe it’s because i’m not interested with goong s. Or maybe because i cant believe this the First post EVER. haha You know i thought it could be anything that’s coffee prince-, YEH- or GY-related. Or perhaps GOONG counts?! Haha whatever.. As i always say, thanks a bunch ladies.. U changed my perspective a lot.. In life, in love, in everything.. I owe u alot
oh wow…so this is how all the magic started….so nice going back to read some of the older posts….
WAIT so this is how it started i honestly wish i came here earlier lol
Why is it so incredibly mind-blowing that other people out there somewhere visited this page the same reason you did?
Tribute to the (sorta) FIRST POST[:
I LOVE BEING AT THIS PART OF THE WEBSITE..
This is where it all begin… ^^
As the others, I came to visit the begining of it all…amd to say thank you so much for all the recaps you’ve done!
I was searching for Lee Min Ki and then I saw posts about Dalja’s Spring and then I saw this. It’s just nice to see the very first article posted in this great site. Dramabeans has been a huge part of my Kdrama addiction. Thank you for everything, javabeans! <3
Mihansa led me here and I am very happy to take part in these pages. Thanks!