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I have been following the Autumn Concerto. One of the reasons is also Vanness, who I first saw in MG. However I also saw him in antoher drama with Vic Z, where his acting improved a bit over his MG performance. Of course, Vic’s acting improved tremendously, evidenced by his latest B&W. (I’m still saddened and feel sorry for Vic, for losing out to newbie Mark). However, I’m also liking the story (tho’ it’s a probably a reincarnation of earlier dramas) and the lead female character. I like that the writer did not turn her into the usual pathetic , pitiful lead female – she’s been given a strong character.

Your observation that men look better in their 30′s is so true. And that’s also true with women. The good features become more defined and whatever remaining ‘baby fat’ they have are gone.

“And it’s all due to my love for the robot/human hybrid Song Seung-hun.”

Half teddy bear, half Borg — resistance is warm and fuzzy with Song Seung Heun!!

@hjkomo,

“There won’t be contrived episode endings with close-up shots of This Jang Hyuk or This Oh Ji Ho’s eyebrows (or pecs? ) just to keep the audience hanging on for the next ep.”

What????? *cue frozen bluescreen closeup shot of This Belleza’s National Eyebrow and that fat lady vocal ohhhhhaahhhhhhhhh*

Ah I do love Queen Duckie. Sure, I agree with Thundie that it’s the Kingdom of Shilla-ela-ela version of “Dumb and Dumberer”, but I also argue it has a little Ace Ventura and even Cable Guy in there. If you believe, Duckie put a man on the moon, man on the mooooonnn!!!! This Belleza and the Table of Evil (seriously, This Belleza loves This Mishil but does she ever stand in this show??!!??) approve!! *cue eyebrow*

The ONLY, SOLE, SINGLE reason I am watching Autumn Concerto is because I cannot for the life of me believe that the male lead is the self-same Vanness Wu from F4, Meteor Garden days, which is when I last saw him. Good god, was that what was hiding behind that curtain of girly hair in MG?

With the sudden (for me) resurgence by VIc Zhou in Black & White, and now Vanness in Autumn Concerto (OMG, he is realllllly fine, and doing a credible acting job as well – his character is like Dao Mingshi, Gu Jun-pyo, but a playboy ass instead of just a psycho ass) – I am just agape at how really, I find most men really do look better in their thirties than in their twenties. Which makes me fear for my heart (it’ll probably stop dead in its beat) once Kim Bum, Jang Geun-soek, Yoo Seung-ho, et. al., really grow up in ten years time.

Anyway – dropping another hint, the news I have may involve not one, but four, huge celebrities. Brace yourself! BTW, if it turns out to be a joke perpetrated on the gullible Chinese media, well then, I take no responsibility for disseminating the information.

@ hjkomo

I love Ha Ji-won and her pout-seduction techniques, I’ve been meaning to watch Damo, I know of all the great, great reviews about it. I’ll definitely watch it before Chuno starts airing. And no, I don’t mind in the least if every single Chuno ep. ended with a shirtless Jang Hyuk or Oh Ji-ho, preferably embracing Lee Da-hae or pining for her. I love male angst, but pair it with unrequited or silent angst, well, that’s like my cake with a cherry on top.

* * * la-la-la-la-la-fingers-in-my-ears-can’t-hear-you-la-la-la-la-la * * *

Other than YB, the only shows I watch live are Amazing Race and Survivor, and those only because of my husband’s insistence that I spend at least two hours a week with him. And that’s it for US shows, at least until Lost and Friday Night Lights come back on. I’m sort of halfheartedly watching Autumn Concerto but it only comes on once a week, so I think I’ll stop until it’s finished and catch back up later. It’s not exactly keeping me on the edge of my seat like some other ridiculously addictive show I could mention.

I’m diving back into Friend later on tonight, I had to take a break for a couple of days but I’m up to Ep 10. Halfway there now.

Nope, the news had nothing to do with your LMK, you can sleep easy tonight. Might I suggest gearing yourself up for the inevitable, though, it’s bound to happen, and I don’t want to fan you whilst you faint away at the news that your LMK has knocked up XYZ actress and they are headed to the alter in 1 months time.

@ hjkomo

Watching TV shows live is a love-hate relationship for me. I love the rush of it, I hate the anxiety of watching for the airing time of the next episiode. But I thoroughly enjoy the fan-excitement after each airing.

On current US TV shows, other than Lost and 24, we don’t have as many cliffhanger shows from week to week, so if I watch any, it’s mostly episodic shows. I’ll probably be a mess of Lost-ness once Jan 2010 as well (and if the sacrificed too early Boone shows up, I’l just going to faint away with giddiness – I want the last season of lost to be purely eye candy, because unless JJ Abrams is the almighty, he’s pretty much going to not really explain anything to my satisfaction so I should just not expect that).

Anyways, back to watching live – since I started k-dramas only in the last 2 years, my first encounter was box sets where everything was all done and you can power through an entire drama in 2 days, and I loved that. Watching live has been a new experience for me, and guess which drama prompted me to start?

East of Eden! And it’s all due to my love for the robot/human hybrid Song Seung-hun.

Don’t worry…this is PD Kwak Jung Hwan here. I have faith in him.
There won’t be contrived episode endings with close-up shots of This Jang Hyuk or This Oh Ji Ho’s eyebrows (or pecs? ) just to keep the audience hanging on for the next ep.

…which leads me to a question I’ve been meaning to ask –
I’ve seen several comments around that people dislike watching dramas live because they don’t like waiting a whole week for the next episode.
I think I’m the opposite. Throughout my drama-watching experience, I’ve found that I actually end up enjoying a drama more when I follow it live. I’m able to savor it thoroughly, read news about it, watch BTS & NG’s, listen to the OST, and have great discussions with intelligent folk. Whereas, with marathon-watching a drama, there’s the danger of getting too caught up in the momentum of back-to-back episodes which can mask the true degree of my enjoyment.
I don’t know…does anyone else have the same experience?

Didn’t realise the hotelier 2002 forum is still thriving!! I watched Hotelier about two years ago and had a great time backreading all things H at that forum back then. Damo has been on my to-watch-list but somehow I thought it would scar me like What Happened in Bali. The DVD is untouched so far. I will watch it one day though. Will catch up with you about My Queen in the next OT.

My recommendation: Watch it! Damo is the only sageuk that I return to once a while over the past few years. I’ve read all 82 pages of love and insanity for Damo contained here. http://www.hotelier2002.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2242&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0.

Took me 2-3 years to do that, and it was fun! You will recognise a few celebrity names in the Kr drama viewers scene in this thread, too!