Bride of the Water God is like Junni Kokki/12 Kingdoms territory for me. If it got made properly, the popularity of the show would go past HYD territory and into Princess Pearl uber-uber-uber popularity. But, honestly, if you attempt to reproduce all the fantasy bits today for TV, you’d get something that AT BEST resembles Promise (uhh) or Tsui Hark (uhhh x oh noes!!) The CGI in Legend is child’s play compared to what you’d need to do in Bride. Uhhh. Aside from the CGI, it would be a challenge to to actually match the aesthetics of Bride. Bride’s art work (the dramatic lines, expressive postures, the intricate patterning and texture of the clothing) is arguably above what you see in Clamp’s art books — the color inserts of the clothing almost glow off the page! You may need to hire Christopher Doyle to get the colour and lighting right.

All the same, the Goong people bought the rights, and I think someday it will surely get done. (Though I’m kinda afraid they’ll pull a Iljimae/Kingdom of the Wind and do a loose adaptation without the fantasy bits) Just not in THIS economic situation. All the same, I think if the Princess SBS show takes off (like seriously sets off a wave of fangirl happiness), it may motivate SBS or whomever to fund something like that.

Belleza, you did NOT just get my hope up for the adaptation to be made. I refuse to get my heart crushed. It’s been so long it might as well never happen. Not to mention carrying it faithfully off will require a huge budget, which will probably not happen in this economy. But God, if they even come close the the beauty that is the manhwa….

Nah, that’s You Are My Destiny! 29year old virgin/mama’s boy falls in 18-year old girl with one functional eye? Nobody nobody but you Yoona!!

The upside to the Triple triangle (and, yeah, ad executive + figure skater sounds hella stupid) is that with 3 guys and one girl, we could see some yaoi! That’s right: Kang Ji Hwan and Lee Seon Gyun – 2009 Couple of the Year. My sweet Seoul indeed!!

“hanadan should work. i mean, there are already 2 dramas before them that showed what worked and what did not, surely korean producers must have analysed its predecessors…”

Pretty much. Let’s face it — Cinderella fairy tale HanaDan was a Korean drama before it became a Korean drama.

Soompi first episode impressions seem pretty good (and a terrific 14.3 debut rating to boot . . SUCK ON THAT EAST OF EDEN!!) Some people feel that Jan-di is being played a little broad, and that it’s taking too much from J-HYD. Neither are bad, per se, for a debut though.

“I also hope that Bride of the Water God will be adapted, so far manhwa/manga adaptations really worked for me, and not only in Kdrama.”

I kinda brought up the SBS Princess thing, because I feel the end goal, really, is to do a true fantasy romance. That is, to do a fantasy series, with magical girl CGI and heavy romantic tropes, with lots and lots of my little ponies. Something like Bride of the Water God or Fushigi Yuugi. The Goong production crew already have rights to Bride, but I’m really afraid they’ll try to take out the fantasy bits and leave us with a sageuk romance without the bright lights. Doing such a production (like the Legend of the Four Gods) with respectable CGI could be extremely expensive and time consuming. Still, OMG, the fangirl response!!