Comments on: The Year in Review, Part 2: Thunderbolt’s hits and misses http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/ Deconstructing korean dramas and kpop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:11:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: White Tower drama giveaway – thundie's prattle http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-431459 White Tower drama giveaway – thundie's prattle Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:25:21 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-431459 [...] but soft-hearted ex-thug in the latter. But it was 2007’s medical thriller and masterpiece White Tower that knocked my socks off and forever sealed Kim Myung-min’s place in my [...]

[...] but soft-hearted ex-thug in the latter. But it was 2007’s medical thriller and masterpiece White Tower that knocked my socks off and forever sealed Kim Myung-min’s place in my [...]

]]> By: Que http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-343709 Que Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:49:03 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-343709 Truthfully, Mawang has to be the best drama I have ever seen, bar none. It is my absolute favorite drama EVER! The Devil reminded me why I had fallen in love with Korean drama; honestly the Devil saved Kdrama for me. I had grown bored and tired of Kdramas which were all starting to seem the same to me and I was actually exploring more Jdramas. But thankfully I finally gave in to my desire to see another Joo Ji Hoon show and Mawang was the only one I hadn't seen yet. I usually do not go for the thriller mystery shows, in fact it took me about 3 tries to actually work up the nerve to watch it, but once I did I was actually upset at myself for waiting so long. I couldn't believe how well the script, the cinematography, the soundtrack and especially the acting was. I was glued to the computer, despite the fact that I already knew how it ended, I had to see for myself how they got to that ending. And that final episode will have you crying buckets, cause you become so attached to both the "villain" and the "hero". I have never been so indecisive in my life about who to cheer for; one minute I'm cheering for the hero and the next I'm totally on the bad guy's side. What I loved about Mawang was that there wasn't any character that was completely good or evil; even though the "villain" was doing bad things, he had a good reason for doing it, and you find yourself sympathizing with him and cheering him on, even though he was killing people. And the "hero" hadn't always been a good guy; sometimes you wanted to hate him and other times you were cheering him on to find the puppet master. When I finished this show, for about a week I was in a daze. This show really has an impact on you. My personal pick for best Korean drama ever. Truthfully, Mawang has to be the best drama I have ever seen, bar none. It is my absolute favorite drama EVER! The Devil reminded me why I had fallen in love with Korean drama; honestly the Devil saved Kdrama for me. I had grown bored and tired of Kdramas which were all starting to seem the same to me and I was actually exploring more Jdramas. But thankfully I finally gave in to my desire to see another Joo Ji Hoon show and Mawang was the only one I hadn’t seen yet. I usually do not go for the thriller mystery shows, in fact it took me about 3 tries to actually work up the nerve to watch it, but once I did I was actually upset at myself for waiting so long. I couldn’t believe how well the script, the cinematography, the soundtrack and especially the acting was. I was glued to the computer, despite the fact that I already knew how it ended, I had to see for myself how they got to that ending. And that final episode will have you crying buckets, cause you become so attached to both the “villain” and the “hero”. I have never been so indecisive in my life about who to cheer for; one minute I’m cheering for the hero and the next I’m totally on the bad guy’s side. What I loved about Mawang was that there wasn’t any character that was completely good or evil; even though the “villain” was doing bad things, he had a good reason for doing it, and you find yourself sympathizing with him and cheering him on, even though he was killing people. And the “hero” hadn’t always been a good guy; sometimes you wanted to hate him and other times you were cheering him on to find the puppet master. When I finished this show, for about a week I was in a daze. This show really has an impact on you. My personal pick for best Korean drama ever.

]]> By: charlie http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-239284 charlie Fri, 14 May 2010 06:21:23 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-239284 Hi thundie! I don't know if my comment will still be noticed three years later... but reading through your Thank You review I have to say I agree with you completely! I recently watched Thank You because I read good things about it, GHJ is in it yay and I was looking forward to a heartwarming drama! But it was so frustrating!!! I rooted for the second lead early on in the series mostly because I just couldn't warm up to JH's character probably because of his terrible first impression! Like you said blood splashing everywhere and wearing sandals in the OR?!?! What kind of doctor ARE YOU?! And then everything sort of went downhill and I grumbled whenever JH's character was on the screen lol. Hi thundie! I don’t know if my comment will still be noticed three years later… but reading through your Thank You review I have to say I agree with you completely! I recently watched Thank You because I read good things about it, GHJ is in it yay and I was looking forward to a heartwarming drama! But it was so frustrating!!! I rooted for the second lead early on in the series mostly because I just couldn’t warm up to JH’s character probably because of his terrible first impression! Like you said blood splashing everywhere and wearing sandals in the OR?!?! What kind of doctor ARE YOU?! And then everything sort of went downhill and I grumbled whenever JH’s character was on the screen lol.

]]> By: Ter http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-29350 Ter Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:12:28 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-29350 Hey, thundie, I want to thank you for recommending MIA. It was the comments by javabeans, you, and dahee that made me watch it, and its such a little treasure. I fell head over heels for lee min ki in that one lol, and I usually NEVER fall for anything onscreen. But anyways, THANK YOU! It would've been a sad 16 hours of my life wasted if I hadn't seen that great drama. Argh, I suffering MIA withdrawal, and thats why I'm haunting old posts getting every little bit of MIA as I can XD. Hey, thundie, I want to thank you for recommending MIA. It was the comments by javabeans, you, and dahee that made me watch it, and its such a little treasure. I fell head over heels for lee min ki in that one lol, and I usually NEVER fall for anything onscreen. But anyways, THANK YOU! It would’ve been a sad 16 hours of my life wasted if I hadn’t seen that great drama. Argh, I suffering MIA withdrawal, and thats why I’m haunting old posts getting every little bit of MIA as I can XD.

]]> By: javabeans http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-27502 javabeans Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:04:27 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-27502 Serina, the link is on this page: "zshare download" Click there, and it'll lead you to a page where you can download the file. Serina, the link is on this page: “zshare download”
Click there, and it’ll lead you to a page where you can download the file.

]]> By: Serina http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-27494 Serina Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:11:02 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-27494 Where can i download mp3 - Uhm Tae Woong - “사랑하지 말아줘” (Don’t love me) from the OST of Devil Where can i download mp3 – Uhm Tae Woong – “사랑하지 말아줘” (Don’t love me) from the OST of Devil

]]> By: Kikari http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-16469 Kikari Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:58:23 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-16469 ^^ I have to agree strongly with Mawang/Devil. Since I live in the US and I get Korean channels, too, I usually get bored and flip around to see what's on. When I saw Mawang, I was immediately drawn to it. The acting is amazing, and the story is perfect. The last episode just let me hanging with my jaw open, and I was crying, too. ;__;

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I have to agree strongly with Mawang/Devil. Since I live in the US and I get Korean channels, too, I usually get bored and flip around to see what’s on. When I saw Mawang, I was immediately drawn to it. The acting is amazing, and the story is perfect. The last episode just let me hanging with my jaw open, and I was crying, too. ;__;

]]> By: Kiongna http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-2/#comment-15862 Kiongna Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:33:52 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-15862 Thundie! Mienne! I totally didn't know! I don't come on daily here and when I do, I sometimes get lost wanting to see older posts. When you and Jusash mentioned earlier that Dahee did a roundup of year's post, I thought you both meant the one in her personal blog which I've read much earlier and again so blur didn't know she wrote one here! Then yesterday, after finishing off an extremely busy day, wanted to just read some posts and was checking on blogs section thought, hey what if I type someone's name in Google search would their blog turn up? Other than more famous people like Dramabeans (OK I'm quite unsavvy in tech stuff aiyo! *blush*) And the first name that I thought of was Dahee Fanel so I keyed her name in and voila, I ended up here at Dramabeans! Then whatayaknow then saw YOU also had a post here! Really nice surprise 2 in 1 for the end of the day, then ended up leaving office late because couldn't help but leave a note here and there - aisah, I wanted to be quick too and rattle off, but even rattling takes time no matter how fast I type! So many dramas in 2007, none that I particularly hated (but I'm so easy to please as I can enjoy most ANY TYPE of dramas! So long they are speaking KOREAN, I already can start to watch LOL LOL) And I probably watched 70% of all the ones that were subbed LOL and now with KBSWorld in Malaysia - I'm a goner but I have now new partners in crime - my kids! I think their speed & ability in "READING" too has improved LOL as they too read the subs, it's now their "Why like that mummy?" that's hard to take aiyo, can't pause the drama to explain and so my decree is "Don't ask me anything until it ends as I also don't know, now just look and listen like mummy aisahhhh!".....I'm already looking forward to your 2008 roundup and hopefully dear Javabeans would invite you to write again! BTW Javabeans, I on the other hand ADORE Kang Ji Hwan!!! Dish him to me in any concoction and his latest fusion Saguek Hong Gil Dong - I'm also looking forward to see him again - that "Light up the World" Worldcup worthy smile and Charisma of his coupled with his wide acting AND dancing range of his - he has such a knack at comedy and serious stuff, boy can he cry AND make me cry and my most memorable part of his acting was towards the ending of Be Strong Geom Soon - gosh he was really great there in his portrayal, I cried like mad in happiness too! AJA Thundie! Mienne! I totally didn’t know! I don’t come on daily here and when I do, I sometimes get lost wanting to see older posts. When you and Jusash mentioned earlier that Dahee did a roundup of year’s post, I thought you both meant the one in her personal blog which I’ve read much earlier and again so blur didn’t know she wrote one here! Then yesterday, after finishing off an extremely busy day, wanted to just read some posts and was checking on blogs section thought, hey what if I type someone’s name in Google search would their blog turn up? Other than more famous people like Dramabeans (OK I’m quite unsavvy in tech stuff aiyo! *blush*) And the first name that I thought of was Dahee Fanel so I keyed her name in and voila, I ended up here at Dramabeans! Then whatayaknow then saw YOU also had a post here! Really nice surprise 2 in 1 for the end of the day, then ended up leaving office late because couldn’t help but leave a note here and there – aisah, I wanted to be quick too and rattle off, but even rattling takes time no matter how fast I type! So many dramas in 2007, none that I particularly hated (but I’m so easy to please as I can enjoy most ANY TYPE of dramas! So long they are speaking KOREAN, I already can start to watch LOL LOL) And I probably watched 70% of all the ones that were subbed LOL and now with KBSWorld in Malaysia – I’m a goner but I have now new partners in crime – my kids! I think their speed & ability in “READING” too has improved LOL as they too read the subs, it’s now their “Why like that mummy?” that’s hard to take aiyo, can’t pause the drama to explain and so my decree is “Don’t ask me anything until it ends as I also don’t know, now just look and listen like mummy aisahhhh!”…..I’m already looking forward to your 2008 roundup and hopefully dear Javabeans would invite you to write again! BTW Javabeans, I on the other hand ADORE Kang Ji Hwan!!! Dish him to me in any concoction and his latest fusion Saguek Hong Gil Dong – I’m also looking forward to see him again – that “Light up the World” Worldcup worthy smile and Charisma of his coupled with his wide acting AND dancing range of his – he has such a knack at comedy and serious stuff, boy can he cry AND make me cry and my most memorable part of his acting was towards the ending of Be Strong Geom Soon – gosh he was really great there in his portrayal, I cried like mad in happiness too! AJA

]]> By: thunderbolt http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-1/#comment-15789 thunderbolt Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:16:29 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-15789 #45 ripgal, yes, I check the comments regularly, hehe. They are lots of fun to read. So many dramas and so little time. Tell me about it!^^ #47 hjk, Lee Junki has always appeared "masculine and ass-kicking" to me so his role in TODAW wasn't a revelation. People tend to look at his face and conclude he's feminine but he really isn't. At ALL. I love it when he kicks ass because he's so good at it! He trained in martial arts long before he entered showbiz. And yes, I was part of the WITH S2 team that worked on the TODAW subs. I had severe withdrawal pangs when TODAW ended because I missed working on the subs. Did you like the subs, btw, hehe?^^ (what a question, thunderbolt! *bonk*) About MIA, I watched a bunch of subbed NG clips last night and my MIA love just bubbled over. I laughed, I teared. I miss, miss the whole MIA gang so much! #48 Peggy!! Ah, what a nice surprise to see you here. *hugs* Did you think I was kind in my Legend comments? Dahee and Sarahbeans can attest to how worried I was about getting stoned, lol. About BYJ, I don't think he was a "walking mannequin" except in the first episode. There were many moments when I looked at him (very "objectively" in my usual detached way) and thought, "I can imagine the delight his fans must feel because he's so charming and charismatic." And in the last few episodes when I knew he was injured, my heart went out to him because he didn't seem at all like a person in pain (and I knew he was). So, kudos from a non-BYJ fan to him. #49 Kiongna, hiya Ms. E! I'm a happy camper tonite because you finally posted. Haha. You didn't heed my warnings NOT to read the Mawang spoilers? *bonk* Totally agree with you about Ju Ji Hun. Do you know he got honorable mention in misterX's "Most Improved Actor of the Year" category? He blew me away in Mawang. About Kim Myung Min, yup, I'm nodding my head off at everything you wrote.^^ #45 ripgal, yes, I check the comments regularly, hehe. They are lots of fun to read. So many dramas and so little time. Tell me about it!^^

#47 hjk, Lee Junki has always appeared “masculine and ass-kicking” to me so his role in TODAW wasn’t a revelation. People tend to look at his face and conclude he’s feminine but he really isn’t. At ALL. I love it when he kicks ass because he’s so good at it! He trained in martial arts long before he entered showbiz. And yes, I was part of the WITH S2 team that worked on the TODAW subs. I had severe withdrawal pangs when TODAW ended because I missed working on the subs. Did you like the subs, btw, hehe?^^ (what a question, thunderbolt! *bonk*) About MIA, I watched a bunch of subbed NG clips last night and my MIA love just bubbled over. I laughed, I teared. I miss, miss the whole MIA gang so much!

#48 Peggy!! Ah, what a nice surprise to see you here. *hugs* Did you think I was kind in my Legend comments? Dahee and Sarahbeans can attest to how worried I was about getting stoned, lol. About BYJ, I don’t think he was a “walking mannequin” except in the first episode. There were many moments when I looked at him (very “objectively” in my usual detached way) and thought, “I can imagine the delight his fans must feel because he’s so charming and charismatic.” And in the last few episodes when I knew he was injured, my heart went out to him because he didn’t seem at all like a person in pain (and I knew he was). So, kudos from a non-BYJ fan to him.

#49 Kiongna, hiya Ms. E! I’m a happy camper tonite because you finally posted. Haha. You didn’t heed my warnings NOT to read the Mawang spoilers? *bonk* Totally agree with you about Ju Ji Hun. Do you know he got honorable mention in misterX’s “Most Improved Actor of the Year” category? He blew me away in Mawang. About Kim Myung Min, yup, I’m nodding my head off at everything you wrote.^^

]]> By: Kiongna http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/comment-page-1/#comment-15773 Kiongna Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:38:22 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/12/the-year-in-review-part-2-thunderbolts-hits-and-misses/#comment-15773 Thundie! My apologies for nearly missing both yours and Dahee's post! Bad Bad E! Gosh a simple experiment with Dahee's pen name led me to her post here! Gosh! That aside, I wasn't surprised with your ratings above as you have said some earlier but enjoyed reading above put so succintly grouped together! Also so happy to see Surgeon Bong Dal Hee getting good mention as well as my Kim Myung Min in White Tower (again Bad Bad E, still have not watched, WILL soon! I know how awesome it must be and the *EXTREMELY SHALLOW* part of me wanting some romance in my dramas is making me putting it off, it's always "Next in line" then after watching something else it gets "Next In line" yet again!!! How useless can one get and I call myself an ardent Kim Myung Min fan! Aigooooooooooooo Can't wait till you watch more Immortal Yi Soon Shin and hear your gushes! YUP Kim Myung Min RULES! Ahhhhh Mawang - I will continue my watch soon - Joo Ji Hoon here is so worth it! UTW here at the start did seem a bit OTT at first but tapered down and Shin Min Ah, what a darling she is with her smile that lights up a room - I loved the plot of the drama, I was grateful that for once I did not read the MAWANG thread much at all and so did not know the plot or how it progressed so the drama held alot of surprises for me that made it more suspenseful and I was thoroughly glued to my laptop screen.....and *confession* I so couldn't help reading your Spoilers on Mawang aisahhhhhhh I tried NOT reading but it was THERE you know and I finally submitted - so much for self control hoh *sighs* but I'm not turn off by know the ending and once I'm done with rewatching my SAGUEKS - Emperor of the Sea, Immortal Yi Soon Shin AND taking a reprieve from my chasing of dramas on TV, I will do something about my technical matters on my subs with my raws and get on watching!... And Thundie, through everything that has happened in the past year, I am glad that we are still on the same boat in K-dom and lovin' and ranting over our dramas! LOL HUGS E Thundie! My apologies for nearly missing both yours and Dahee’s post! Bad Bad E! Gosh a simple experiment with Dahee’s pen name led me to her post here! Gosh!

That aside, I wasn’t surprised with your ratings above as you have said some earlier but enjoyed reading above put so succintly grouped together! Also so happy to see Surgeon Bong Dal Hee getting good mention as well as my Kim Myung Min in White Tower (again Bad Bad E, still have not watched, WILL soon! I know how awesome it must be and the *EXTREMELY SHALLOW* part of me wanting some romance in my dramas is making me putting it off, it’s always “Next in line” then after watching something else it gets “Next In line” yet again!!! How useless can one get and I call myself an ardent Kim Myung Min fan! Aigooooooooooooo Can’t wait till you watch more Immortal Yi Soon Shin and hear your gushes! YUP Kim Myung Min RULES!

Ahhhhh Mawang – I will continue my watch soon – Joo Ji Hoon here is so worth it! UTW here at the start did seem a bit OTT at first but tapered down and Shin Min Ah, what a darling she is with her smile that lights up a room – I loved the plot of the drama, I was grateful that for once I did not read the MAWANG thread much at all and so did not know the plot or how it progressed so the drama held alot of surprises for me that made it more suspenseful and I was thoroughly glued to my laptop screen…..and *confession* I so couldn’t help reading your Spoilers on Mawang aisahhhhhhh I tried NOT reading but it was THERE you know and I finally submitted – so much for self control hoh *sighs* but I’m not turn off by know the ending and once I’m done with rewatching my SAGUEKS – Emperor of the Sea, Immortal Yi Soon Shin AND taking a reprieve from my chasing of dramas on TV, I will do something about my technical matters on my subs with my raws and get on watching!…

And Thundie, through everything that has happened in the past year, I am glad that we are still on the same boat in K-dom and lovin’ and ranting over our dramas! LOL HUGS E

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