thanks and more power…

East of Eden…. 50 episode was too much for someone who has a very short attention span when it comes to kdramas (I drop 80% of dramas I attempt to watch). Not to mention, birth switch, revenge, quadrangle, or was it a heptagon? However, Lee Da Hae and Han Ji Hye were my biggest motivation.. actually, mostly just Han Ji Hye. It started out frustratingly depressing, however Kim Bum’s acting was amazing for his age and experience. As soon as he left, DongChul was never the same for me. Han Ji Hye, no matter how big of a fan I was, was horrifying with the bawling and the shrieking… reminded me of her “mother” in Likable or Not, who was too annoying, it made me want to pull my hair out. However, by ep 10-14, there was a change in the story, thus the sudden development in characters.. and HJH’s acting turned 180 degrees. Their little love triangle story became unconventional, it finally started to get interesting. But then, as we all have heard of how PD and network may have favored one person’s request over the other.. how they wanted to glorify the comeback of that certain actor.. the other little love story went in circles too many times that it left me all dizzy and bored. From experience of getting a sudden shock with 10-14, I was holding on and hoping it will get better.. 20 episodes later, nada.

Since there were many characters in the drama, there were many subplots that had to be covered. In the end, they were not covered.. they were forgotten by PD/writer and just slowly faded away.. later on, came up with some pathetic excuses. I wonder, do these neglected actors/actresses feel any insult by the change of plans and priorities? The only characters that I was holding on were sabotaged. HJH’s victim turned determined wife/mother/business woman was turned to “shrewd,” “ambitious”, and “selfish” bitch..at least that’s what the writer wanted to show.. then later turned back into a victim. Park Hae Jin who stepped up his game in the acting arena was marvelously getting better by each episode.. however, with the sabotage in his character (just one among others sabotaged too… Yoon Jeong Heon).. by ep 40+, he himself ended up confused with all the writing .. that once impressive actor, turned stiff/wooden/stoned..After putting up and understanding the little screentime they’ve got since they’re not leads.. I can’t believe that their characters had to be sabotaged to glorify the lead, to show he’s the most loved, the most righteous, most loving, most selfless.. (etc) character in the entire history of kdramas. The last sentence is probably the best summary I could give you of EOE. And for someone who stuck through 56 long episodes (I was dying each time they announce it being extended)… I say this is an EPIC FAILURE.

I once rejoiced that Park Hae Jin’s important scene is EOE’s peak real time rating… out of all 56 episodes. You explained already why this drama is unwatchable. Rating-wise, maybe there are more ppl out there who just wanted to see this through the end after investing so much time. I should’ve known better that this is not an ensemble cast.. but it’s a cast that would have to be sacrificed for the sake of one or two people.

As a fan of PHJ and HJH, it’s a pity.. they did so well, and matured so much through this drama.. but I just hate the drama so much (both in front and behind the camera). I would end up just disregarding the latter half.. or just focus on their little story.. If not, explanation of why EOE suck will never end.

Not only did I find certain person/people distasteful.. but I’m actually scared at that person’s power/arrogance/selfishness.. well, most scared of the power.. how far others have to go to please him.. scared for the future costars and colleagues.. very scared… Hopefully they will be well-liked so they don’t experience being stepped on by some big name.

I recently finished watching 3 Dads 1 Mom. After reading all the comments, I noticed that no one had watched that show or made any comments about it.

My brother… of all people… recommended it to me because he is a huge Eugene fan while I am a huge Jae Hee fan. I have to admit, the first part of the series was just plain annoying. Anyone who is stupid like Eugene’s character should not be a mom… which is why she is so lucky to have 3 other guys behind her back. Overall, I know the story line at the beginning was not very good but I have to say, give it a chance, watch it all the way through because the story does pick up and get better! You see all of the character’s change for the better just because the baby Ha Seon came into their lives!

For how I enjoyed it, I would give it an 8/10. It was definately hilarious! I laughed at every episode. For the drama itself, probably an 8/10 for the terrible beginning but it regained momentum at the end.

This drama is definately not the stereotypical Korean drama with romance, cheating lovers, unrequitted love, cancer, and amnesia. BUT I enjoyed watching 3 dads 1 mom because of the family values it emphasizes! Sorry for being old-fashioned but society these days has lost it’s values and excitement in children for some reason.

I miss Kang Ji-hwan, I hope, he’ll make a new drama that will show again his expertise in acting… “I LOVE YOU” Kang Ji-hwan!!! Good Luck…

from your Number 1 fan in the Philippines
Claudette Faye R. Cartabio

i m a big fan of sun ah. i would like to think that 2008 is her final year in her degree course..timing wise, may to aug 08 might have been a school break for her, so embarking on WIAN at that time might have been a good idea to her…a mistake though not the biggest mistake in her acting career. She herself admitted that Naked Christmas was her worst project ever. WIAN was not an UNwatchable drama for me but it would have been better as a movie…purely for entertaining value and hence shortened the dull pain to a mere under 2 hr episode. It went downhill after ep 6.
I am glad though that she redeemed herself by taking on a short project with Rain.
Anyway, so looking forward to her upcoming dramas for 2009 : City Hall and After Wedding Banquet?

I can see why no one bothered to comment on You R My Destiny. I only caught it around ep 90+ and even then, i didn’t bother to watch every episode…and probably dropped about 30 episodes. Then I happened to tune into one of those actors (Lee Jihoon) trying to promote it and said that the plot is thickening and getting better. I was a sucker and fell for it…my mistake. Picked it up again and I have never felt so cheated in my life. Watched the KBS Award and Yoona got the award for best actress in U R My Destiny?! For what!! Omo..i still have a splitting headache from this drama.

I sincerely hope 2009 has better dramas to offer. I am an escapist when it comes to dramas/movies. Dislike all the doom and gloom for a drama in a world where there is already plenty of it. Aza! Aza!