Archive for November, 2011

Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Lee Soo-hyuk joins Vampire Idol
by | November 18, 2011 | 86 Comments
javabeans: We’ve got a new addition to Vampire Idol, which I’ve decided I’m just gonna call VampIdol. girlfriday: Like an antidepressant? VAMpidol? Can cause sudden mood swings, sudden death and lack of humanity. javabeans: More like VamPIdol. Cousin to Midol. But for those really killer days when you just feel undead. girlfriday: Too many compound... More »


Drama Recaps
Tree With Deep Roots: Episode 13
by | November 18, 2011 | 40 Comments
What a ride! I literally feel exhausted from all the caring, worrying, and happy sighing I did this episode. So many secrets, so many emotions. And these secrets aren’t just out, they’re stripped and laid bare for all the world to see. How can this show just keep getting better? It seems to defy the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Zombie drama special “I’m Aliiiiiiiiive”
by | November 18, 2011 | 44 Comments
javabeans: SO. Zombie drama. girlfriday: Woot! And better yet, it’s called I’m ALLLLLIIIIIIIIIVE! javabeans: Damn, now I really wish Braiiiiiin turned out to be a zombie drama too. They could be friends. Or, you know, try to eat each other. girlfriday: I can’t believe it’s the first zombie drama in Korea. Tags: Baek Do-bin, conversation... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #214
by | November 18, 2011 | 448 Comments
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Drama Recaps
Tree With Deep Roots: Episode 12
by | November 17, 2011 | 45 Comments
In life, sometimes we have to try and forget things in order to cope. But what if you couldn’t? What if you remembered every single detail from every moment that ever happened in your life? That’s a curse, and it’s one that So-yi deals with like the champion she is. She’s not afraid to get... More »


Drama Casting & News
Light and Shadow’s groovy ’60s-themed promos
by | November 17, 2011 | 25 Comments
Posters and teasers are out for MBC’s special 50th-anniversary drama production, Light and Shadow, which follows the lives of entertainers through the ’60s, ’70s, all the way up to present day. As if you couldn’t tell from the clothes. Groovy. (Although, does anything else think the costumes and hairdos are straight out of a stage... More »


Drama Casting & News
Joo-won in contention for Moon That Embraces the Sun
by | November 17, 2011 | 62 Comments
Another up-and-comer is in contention to join MBC’s The Moon That Embraces the Sun: Joo-won, who hit mainstream success last year with Baker King Kim Tak-gu, playing the antagonistic foil to Yoon Shi-yoon’s good-hearted hero. The drama is the fantasy-sageuk romance starring Kim Soo-hyun as a fictional Joseon king, and Han Ga-in as the female... More »


Drama Casting & News
Lee Dong-wook added to Wild Romance
by | November 17, 2011 | 124 Comments
So the rumors were half-true: Yoon Eun-hye isn’t taking on romantic comedy series Wild Romance, but Lee Dong-wook is. He’ll be joining Lee Shi-young, who was recently cast as the female lead, a judo athlete turned bodyguard. He plays a baseball player, and their relationship gets off to an inauspicious start with some “unpredictable bad... More »


Drama Recaps
Me Too, Flower: Episode 2
by | November 16, 2011 | 71 Comments
Hello! I’m orangy911 and I have the honor of writing recaps for Me Too, Flower on this wonderful site, which has been my virtual home for anything related to K-dramas for the past four years. I’m excited to finally be contributing something to this community and I look forward to discussing the good and the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Love Rain, literally
by | November 16, 2011 | 156 Comments
Looks like they’re taking the title literally for Love Rain, with series leads Jang Geun-seok and Yoon-ah meeting in the rain in the above still. The multigenerational “premium melodrama” from melo king PD Yoon Seok-ho (he of the Season dramas) has already pre-sold to Japan, no doubt owing a lot of its hype to the... More »