Archive for December, 2011
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High Kick 3: Episodes 63-67
What a way to wrap up 2011, High Kick 3. It’s another excellent week for our characters as they prepare to finish off the past year, tying up some loose ends and boy do we start of 2012 with a bang. Just when I was about to throw in the towel, we finally hear the... More »
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2011 SBS Drama Awards
And now to conclude the Big 3 Broadcaster awards with SBS, featuring some of the most popular dramas of the year. Tree With Deep Roots was the big winner of the night, winning six trophies in total, including the Daesang for Han Seok-kyu, and the Top Excellence Award for Best Drama. There were no big... More »
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2011 KBS Drama Awards
Awards, awards, awards! And tons of pretty people. As with yesterday’s MBC Drama Awards, note that winners are decided in part due to popularity, in part due to ratings and politics. That said, I don’t think anyone will argue with their Daesang winner, Shin Ha-kyun (below), who has been tearing it up on Monday and... More »
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Ojakkyo Brothers: An Introduction
One of the highest-rated shows of 2011 was actually one that we couldn’t include in the year-end reviews because of its length and that whole space-time continuum thing: the weekend family drama Ojakkyo Brothers, on KBS. I don’t normally pick up family dramas because I find it daunting to start a longer-running show. (I know,... More »
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1 Night 2 Days: Episode 366
EPISODE 366. Broadcast on December 25, 2011. javabeans: Photo trip, Part 2! Last week everyone got started on their “flash journeys” (? – such a weird way to term a trip) minus Seung-gi, who was busy helping Ji-won get his rainbow. I’m presuming it’s because his duck swarm happens later in the day, so... More »
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Kim Ye-won goes from Ramyun Shop to Operation Proposal
Kim Ye-won had memorable roles in Romance Town (as one of the maids) and Sunny, which she followed up with Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, playing serial dater Dong-joo. Now she’s been added to fantasy-romance Operation Proposal, which stars Yoo Seung-ho as the hero who time-travels to his teenage years to get things right the second... More »
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2011 MBC Drama Awards
Oh, MBC. I can always count on you for some awards-time whatthefuckery. Three years ago it was split Daesangs (daesang = Grand Prize), giving the same award to Kim Myung-min and Song Seung-heon and doubling awards in every category. Two years ago, there were more split awards, and last year we had the bizarre “Character... More »
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The Musical: Episode 15 (Final)
Wow. I thought I was disappointed with the ending in I Am Legend. This ending tops that on my “disappointment list.” The Musical started out so strongly, and was interesting for the first half. But it flagged, and it was evident in the writing, the editing, and even the acting. I think Park Ki Woong... More »
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Open Thread #220
Nada Surf – “When I Was Young” [ Download ] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] RELATED POSTS Open Thread #219 Open Thread #218 Open Thread #217 Open Thread #216 No tags for this post.... More »
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Take Care of Us, Captain releases its first poster
Here’s the first poster for upcoming airport drama Take Care of Us, Captain, starring Ji Jin-hee as a top airline pilot and Gu Hye-sun as his rookie co-pilot. It’s being described as “an airline humanism drama,” which I suppose sounds slightly less random and weird in Korean. Slightly. It’s a pretty poster — I like... More »
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