Comments on: Robbers, aka Con Man, aka Bulhandang 불한당 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/ Deconstructing kdramas and kpop culture Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:27:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bethany http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-29175 bethany Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:46:02 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-29175 just a concluding thought... with bulhandang ending, it was not as horrible as i think we worried! i really really enjoyed it... typical or not :) just a concluding thought… with bulhandang ending, it was not as horrible as i think we worried! i really really enjoyed it… typical or not :)

]]> By: nk http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-17736 nk Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:43:16 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-17736 Thanks for the recap. I'm actually watching both Bandit and Hong Gil Dong at the same time and am enjoying both at the moment. I agree that SBS has been doing a lot of shows recently that start out a bit lighthearted but take a darker turn. I'm not sure if I will be able to take it if this drama follows that same path but I do really like Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae and at least it's only 16 episodes (not like Lobbyist which preceded this and was painfully long and didn't really pay off for me in the end) but we shall see... But I like how these characters aren't very typical for kdrama and a lot of the situations they get into are very amusing. Yes, it's predictable but I don't think I ever watched a kdrama that has been unpredictable so far. Also I really like the soundtrack for this show so far. Especially the usage of JYP's Honey. The music is mischievous and really compliments JH's con man personality. Thanks for the recap. I’m actually watching both Bandit and Hong Gil Dong at the same time and am enjoying both at the moment. I agree that SBS has been doing a lot of shows recently that start out a bit lighthearted but take a darker turn. I’m not sure if I will be able to take it if this drama follows that same path but I do really like Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae and at least it’s only 16 episodes (not like Lobbyist which preceded this and was painfully long and didn’t really pay off for me in the end) but we shall see… But I like how these characters aren’t very typical for kdrama and a lot of the situations they get into are very amusing. Yes, it’s predictable but I don’t think I ever watched a kdrama that has been unpredictable so far. Also I really like the soundtrack for this show so far. Especially the usage of JYP’s Honey. The music is mischievous and really compliments JH’s con man personality.

]]> By: just a girl http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-17632 just a girl Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:59:37 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-17632 ok this is not really about Robbers, but i felt I had to drop a line after seeing all of the negative comments surrounding Lovers. i loved that drama because it had comedic elements in it, but i never thought the whole series was going to be that way. i thought it was a drama that provided relief from all the dramatic tension and emotion by enfusing comedy bits. i mean it did have gangsters in it so i didn't think everything would be laughs. now i know that the second half became drastically more dramatic, but it was precisely because the drama was ending that they had to cut out the funny. in a highly moral society, which I believe Korea prides itself on being, there was no way they could let the gangsters of lightly. of course something terrible had to happen and they had to learn a lesson. while i wish this wasn't the case, i accepted it. (even in all the american movies about gangsters, i can't think of any that end on a happy note... the godfather, casino, scarface) so that's how i rationalized the ending. but overall i laught my a** off, the leads acted well, and lee seo jin made good eye candy; so i walked away happy. it had romance, action, comedy i figure that's alot better than most. that being said i'm sure i didn't persuade anyone from hating Lovers, but i just wanted to plead their case. by the way, Java i love your site and i hope you do keep blogging. you are hilarious!! oh and forgive the lack of capitalization, i'm going thru an emily dickinson phase. ahh who am i kidding, i'm just lazy.

ok this is not really about Robbers, but i felt I had to drop a line after seeing all of the negative comments surrounding Lovers. i loved that drama because it had comedic elements in it, but i never thought the whole series was going to be that way. i thought it was a drama that provided relief from all the dramatic tension and emotion by enfusing comedy bits. i mean it did have gangsters in it so i didn’t think everything would be laughs. now i know that the second half became drastically more dramatic, but it was precisely because the drama was ending that they had to cut out the funny. in a highly moral society, which I believe Korea prides itself on being, there was no way they could let the gangsters of lightly. of course something terrible had to happen and they had to learn a lesson. while i wish this wasn’t the case, i accepted it. (even in all the american movies about gangsters, i can’t think of any that end on a happy note… the godfather, casino, scarface) so that’s how i rationalized the ending. but overall i laught my a** off, the leads acted well, and lee seo jin made good eye candy; so i walked away happy. it had romance, action, comedy i figure that’s alot better than most. that being said i’m sure i didn’t persuade anyone from hating Lovers, but i just wanted to plead their case. by the way, Java i love your site and i hope you do keep blogging. you are hilarious!! oh and forgive the lack of capitalization, i’m going thru an emily dickinson phase. ahh who am i kidding, i’m just lazy.

]]> By: dae http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-17428 dae Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:49 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-17428 sorry, ff up on the jdorama. i know this isnt related. JB i'd like to get your opinion on "Boku Dake no Madonna". This kid - Takizawa Hideaki seemed to be paired off often with mid age women and this time, as his character, it's w/a divorcee. I like the plot and the way it holds up the romance till the end. sorry, ff up on the jdorama. i know this isnt related. JB i’d like to get your opinion on “Boku Dake no Madonna”. This kid – Takizawa Hideaki seemed to be paired off often with mid age women and this time, as his character, it’s w/a divorcee. I like the plot and the way it holds up the romance till the end.

]]> By: dae http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-17403 dae Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:14:46 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-17403 oh btw, i think i'll pass on this one. I like Jang Hyuk, but I just don't see the romantic chemistry he's got with Lee Da Hae. I'll see more of your postings though and try to get some laughs from there. I'll pass on Hong Gil Dong as well, am just not into period dramas anymore however wacky. Am seeking refuge with some JDoramas and see if any interest me while I wait for further KDramas to arrive. Thanks again JB. oh btw, i think i’ll pass on this one. I like Jang Hyuk, but I just don’t see the romantic chemistry he’s got with Lee Da Hae. I’ll see more of your postings though and try to get some laughs from there. I’ll pass on Hong Gil Dong as well, am just not into period dramas anymore however wacky.

Am seeking refuge with some JDoramas and see if any interest me while I wait for further KDramas to arrive.

Thanks again JB.

]]> By: dae http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-17402 dae Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:09:31 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-17402 ha ha ha! I dunno but am more hooked to your reviews than the drama itself. thanks! ha ha ha! I dunno but am more hooked to your reviews than the drama itself. thanks!

]]> By: hagrid http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang/#comment-17121 hagrid Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:28:37 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/01/robbers-aka-con-man-aka-bulhandang-%eb%b6%88%ed%95%9c%eb%8b%b9/#comment-17121 hoooraaay to you... i wouldn't worry about you considering to drop this drama off at the first instance of it hitting the melodramatic curb (afterall you never even showed signs of interest in watching it in the first place) but im really really glad that you gave it a shot... and that is all that matters... and i do hope other people would also give it a try... Thanks for the concise sum up of the episodes and for discounting the ever famous da hae rants and complaints you've usually had quite recently... as for me i really loved the first two episodes and the great mix of actors and character relationships that the drama has put in... the leads are really good... i love the comic sequences expecially those of Jin Goo's... i hope you continually enjoy the drama... i really pray that this drama would not disappoint the most-influencial-kdrama-voice-in-the-blogging-world anytime soon... and i mean you hehe... as always thanks for the great reviews javabeans!!! hoooraaay to you… i wouldn’t worry about you considering to drop this drama off at the first instance of it hitting the melodramatic curb (afterall you never even showed signs of interest in watching it in the first place) but im really really glad that you gave it a shot… and that is all that matters… and i do hope other people would also give it a try…

Thanks for the concise sum up of the episodes and for discounting the ever famous da hae rants and complaints you’ve usually had quite recently… as for me i really loved the first two episodes and the great mix of actors and character relationships that the drama has put in… the leads are really good… i love the comic sequences expecially those of Jin Goo’s… i hope you continually enjoy the drama… i really pray that this drama would not disappoint the most-influencial-kdrama-voice-in-the-blogging-world anytime soon… and i mean you hehe… as always thanks for the great reviews javabeans!!!

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