Comments on: Idol stars struggle with acting debuts http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/ Deconstructing kdramas and kpop culture Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:35:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: thay http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-159806 thay Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:42:11 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-159806 i have to agree with the writer who said that seung gi's acting is impressive. he really portrays Sun Woo Hwan character very well and makes the transition from bad boy image to good boy image very smoothly in that drama.hope he can improve his acting skills and always success in everything that he does. i have to agree with the writer who said that seung gi’s acting is impressive. he really portrays Sun Woo Hwan character very well and makes the transition from bad boy image to good boy image very smoothly in that drama.hope he can improve his acting skills and always success in everything that he does.

]]> By: amused http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-150696 amused Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:50:36 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-150696 Some idol stars acting are not that great and I honestly think that they should just stick with being a singer...isn't that what they wanted to be in the first place? I find it amusing that people will complain and downright bash the singer on how their acting is boring or terrible, but they end up winning awards etc. Though, some have improved over the years and there are idol stars who can act and have the talent for it... I don't understand why it's the current trend. I'm a bit tired of seeing a former or current artist in so many dramas... i rather see up and coming new actors given the spotlight or ones that have been overlooked. Anyways...to the comment a couple posts up, I do agree that it might not be the actor and just probably the writing, or the way it was directed. There is probably a lot of different reasonings *shrugs* Some idol stars acting are not that great and I honestly think that they should just stick with being a singer…isn’t that what they wanted to be in the first place? I find it amusing that people will complain and downright bash the singer on how their acting is boring or terrible, but they end up winning awards etc. Though, some have improved over the years and there are idol stars who can act and have the talent for it… I don’t understand why it’s the current trend. I’m a bit tired of seeing a former or current artist in so many dramas… i rather see up and coming new actors given the spotlight or ones that have been overlooked.

Anyways…to the comment a couple posts up, I do agree that it might not be the actor and just probably the writing, or the way it was directed. There is probably a lot of different reasonings *shrugs*

]]> By: cathy http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-147943 cathy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:06:06 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-147943 Sung yuri is very pretty actress but her acting skill in thousand years of love and Hong gi Dong are so bad , she's unable to act at all , sorry to say this but this is my opinion . Sung yuri is very pretty actress but her acting skill in thousand years of love and Hong gi Dong are so bad , she’s unable to act at all , sorry to say this but this is my opinion .

]]> By: bjharm http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-121528 bjharm Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:38:40 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-121528 Re 33 Yes I remember Thousand Years of Love really hated the lead guy Total Jerk without the normal redeeming features that make you like other total jerks [as almost all korean leading men seem to be] in other tv dramas. But I totally loved Sung Yuri ..and yes it was only because she was so attractive like a fairy, and she was the only reason I watched { fast forwarded on} it. I must have bad taste because I liked Prince First love, even though it was full of classic K-drama set scenes, it fact I liked it so much I watched it more than once, or perhaps I simply liked Sung Yuri. Regard to Jang Nara's Successful story of a bright girl, simply said a true classic and also every scene and theme from it has been copied and repeated endlessly since it was made back in 2002, and why, because it got almost 50% viewer rating. Re 33
Yes I remember Thousand Years of Love really hated the lead guy Total Jerk without the normal redeeming features that make you like other total jerks [as almost all korean leading men seem to be] in other tv dramas.
But I totally loved Sung Yuri ..and yes it was only because she was so attractive like a fairy, and she was the only reason I watched { fast forwarded on} it.
I must have bad taste because I liked Prince First love, even though it was full of classic K-drama set scenes, it fact I liked it so much I watched it more than once, or perhaps I simply liked Sung Yuri.
Regard to Jang Nara’s Successful story of a bright girl, simply said a true classic and also every scene and theme from it has been copied and repeated endlessly since it was made back in 2002, and why, because it got almost 50% viewer rating.

]]> By: mookie http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-121399 mookie Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:12:10 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-121399 @Samsooki, QSS....is by the same PD of MNIKSS (dangling another carrot) ie, even if it's stressful to watch (not for me), it's some good drama we won't get anywhere else. Yes, it's dramatically intense, but not overwrought. There's no usual comforting Kdrama cliches. At the end of it, I do think it was brilliant in striping bare what love could be, but it's not just the destruction we got to see, we saw how things we thought had fallen apart beyond repair somehow reconstruct. The drama was hopeful in the sense that all the characters were in a better place at the end of it and in some form of happiness/contentment with their lives. I was surprised how fussily good I felt with the ending. What's most intriguing for me, is I don't think most ppl will ever have the exact experiences of those characters, but the emotions r so genuinely believable. I did pop it in, rewatched it during some rainy days. It does take a certain mood to enjoy. Again, I apologize for the OTness. ;) @Samsooki,

QSS….is by the same PD of MNIKSS (dangling another carrot) ie, even if it’s stressful to watch (not for me), it’s some good drama we won’t get anywhere else.

Yes, it’s dramatically intense, but not overwrought. There’s no usual comforting Kdrama cliches. At the end of it, I do think it was brilliant in striping bare what love could be, but it’s not just the destruction we got to see, we saw how things we thought had fallen apart beyond repair somehow reconstruct. The drama was hopeful in the sense that all the characters were in a better place at the end of it and in some form of happiness/contentment with their lives. I was surprised how fussily good I felt with the ending.

What’s most intriguing for me, is I don’t think most ppl will ever have the exact experiences of those characters, but the emotions r so genuinely believable.

I did pop it in, rewatched it during some rainy days. It does take a certain mood to enjoy.

Again, I apologize for the OTness. ;)

]]> By: Samsooki http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-121320 Samsooki Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:07:07 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-121320 @mookie, "Again, QSS was my fav of that year, I’m in love with the PD. So although I’m not impressed with Eric in Super Rookie, now I have another good opinion on his acting." I would watch QSS, but I have been scared off due to the "intensity" factor. Given how intense k-dramas can get.... this could be a problem. JB says its intense, other people have said it is intense, and that's enough for me to wait until I'd like more stress in my life (LOL). To me, Super Rookie was fun. I wasn't so impressed with any of the actors or the acting in it. But it was very watchable, it was fun to watch, and the ending was a very happy one, and so for us it was well worth picking up Super Rookie. When we wanted to watch something simple and interesting and fun, Super Rookie did the job and so I am thankful for Eric Mun's job. @mookie,

“Again, QSS was my fav of that year, I’m in love with the PD. So although I’m not impressed with Eric in Super Rookie, now I have another good opinion on his acting.”

I would watch QSS, but I have been scared off due to the “intensity” factor. Given how intense k-dramas can get…. this could be a problem. JB says its intense, other people have said it is intense, and that’s enough for me to wait until I’d like more stress in my life (LOL).

To me, Super Rookie was fun. I wasn’t so impressed with any of the actors or the acting in it. But it was very watchable, it was fun to watch, and the ending was a very happy one, and so for us it was well worth picking up Super Rookie. When we wanted to watch something simple and interesting and fun, Super Rookie did the job and so I am thankful for Eric Mun’s job.

]]> By: Christine http://www.dramabeans.com/2009/06/idol-stars-struggle-with-acting-debuts/#comment-121158 Christine Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:19:50 +0000 http://www.dramabeans.com/?p=7840#comment-121158 Interesting article, thank you for translating <3 Lee Seung Gi is doing really, really well in Brilliant Legacy imo. Such an adorable drama and he really does have a lot of charisma onscreen. And the fact that he's really handsome helps 8D. Multi-talented~! His voice is gorgeous too. I don't think Yoona is as bad as people make her out to be, tbh. She's always gonna be saddled with that idol image thing, but she works hard and I can see her improving. :) Interesting article, thank you for translating <3

Lee Seung Gi is doing really, really well in Brilliant Legacy imo. Such an adorable drama and he really does have a lot of charisma onscreen. And the fact that he’s really handsome helps 8D. Multi-talented~! His voice is gorgeous too.

I don’t think Yoona is as bad as people make her out to be, tbh. She’s always gonna be saddled with that idol image thing, but she works hard and I can see her improving. :)

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