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@Belleza

“remember getting into a big Pi vs. Naohito (yay!!) argument last spring over Proposal Daisakusen. Ahh, good times.”

And so Naohito was your fave? I don’t have a crush on Yama, but I was absolutely smitten with Akira, his character in Nobuta. *g* And btw, have you watched the special?

I thought his role in Kingdom of the WInd a bit hilarious.. but its still good.

KJH’s already served. (Dramabeans confirmed it in the newest KJH thread.) KJH started out in theater,and was a popular theatre/musical theatre actor when he switched over to TV. As a result, he probably served the military sometime before college or just after. I think most actors still do that.

@sere,

“Gah, why did you tell me? WHY? I was half-thinking of dropping that drama cos I have too many shows to watch, but gah. ”

AND Song Seung Heon and Lee Dae Hae have hot chemistry (they finally meet in episode 11.) It’s fire. How do I know? Because they decide to pull in “I am Sorry For Love You”/”Snow Queen”-style musical themes in their scenes together. So it MUST be good.

“You know, to this day, I don’t know if I liked CP so much because that was my first drama (lucky, wasn’t I?), because of their great perfomarnces, because of the script or what.”

My favorite couple of 2007 was actually Hae Sung/Yoo Joo. I could really relate to them, the arguments they had, the little jokes they shared, just everything. I also loved Gong Yoo’s character too, really the character apart from the romantic situation. He’s a little depressed. He’s comfortable with his life and friends, but he feels he has no real direction. Feels he has no real connection. Nothing scares him; therefore nothing motivates him. His relationship with his parents are still complicated, but mostly they’re okay. He still loves the things he loved as a kid. He doesn’t really relate to the things he’s doing in adulthood. He thinks about old loves mostly out of habit. He’s approaching 30. He feels barely alive. He’s approaching 30. Then he meets Eun Chan. He was living in the garden state, and then he followed her out of it.

You know, I didn’t think there was a resemblance but I looked again. If KJK wore his hair the same way, there would definitely be something there!

I remember getting into a big Pi vs. Naohito (yay!!) argument last spring over Proposal Daisakusen. Ahh, good times.

“In many ways, I am disapointed with Jdrama ‘cos they are still stuck on old formulas and where have all the cute guys gone? ”

Entire cast of Gokusen 3 struck out for you? Me too.

“They should take a cue from Kdramas and they keep coming up with gorgeous young actors. ”

Actually I would argue the problem with J-drama is they alienate the older (25+) audience by constantly promoting teenage idols and early-20-something who aren’t ready to carry shows.

“The Japs are still counting on Takuya Kimura from SMAP (who is ancient by entertainment industry) to prop drama ratings”

I think the way J-drama has overcourted the teenage audience and alienated the older viewers is exactly why K-dramas have had some success in Japan. Kimura’s last show Change still did terrific numbers, but the fact that it didn’t land first in its season feels like an end of an era. I just don’t see anybody from NeWs or Kat-tun being able to deliver a speech like Kimura did in the last episode of Change.

I love Kim Jae Wook’s look for the pure fact that he looks like my all time fav Jap actor, Naohito Fujiki. Coincidentally, he was in the Jdrama-Antique Bakery, he is also an actor/singer. Maybe that’s why KJW’s popularity hit off so quickly…Naohito is famous in Japan.

In many ways, I am disapointed with Jdrama ‘cos they are still stuck on old formulas and where have all the cute guys gone? They should take a cue from Kdramas and they keep coming up with gorgeous young actors. The Japs are still counting on Takuya Kimura from SMAP (who is ancient by entertainment industry) to prop drama ratings Arrgh..the Japs don’t get it even even though the Koreans are borrowing alot of storylines from Japanese mangas/dramas (e.g. Antique Bakery!)

Anyway, thanks for your hard work. Viva La Dramabeans!