Archive for December, 2011

Drama Recaps
Tree With Deep Roots: Episode 23
by | December 22, 2011 | 35 Comments
How are our heroes going to get out of this one? That’s a fun question to have any show pose to us, and it’s one that Tree has posed quite well. How will they defeat that which is undefeatable? How will they save the girl? How will they save the King? How will they save... More »


Drama Recaps
Me Too, Flower: Episode 10
by | December 22, 2011 | 50 Comments
^^ The above picture basically sums up their relationship. So the cute has kind of returned, which made this episode much easier to watch than the last. Our Bong Sun is still broken up about the whole “Jae Hee’s rich” fiasco, and it’s going to be hard to see her trust in him disintegrate further.... More »


Drama Casting & News
Teaser and stills from KBS’s Wild Romance
by | December 22, 2011 | 94 Comments
Time for a closer look at upcoming KBS rom-com series Wild Romance, whose production has been leaking stills in a steady trickle over the past couple of weeks. The teaser’s out (watch below), as well as more information about the plot and the supporting cast, so here we go: Lee Shi-young takes the lead role... More »


Drama Recaps
What’s Up: Episode 4
by | December 22, 2011 | 35 Comments
Ooohoo… so dark. We went from a lighter episode to a darker, more emotional one in the next. This episode is all about escape, and trying to find a new path from the one that you seem stuck on. I’m surprised – I didn’t expect that we would really get to Jae Hun’s issue right... More »


Drama Recaps
Bachelor’s Vegetable Store: Episode 1
by | December 21, 2011 | 67 Comments
Another premiere! Bachelor’s Vegetable Store, which premiered today on Channel A, is both more than I was expecting, and less. I was hoping it would be light and heartwarming, which it is. There are some truly aww-inducing sweet relationships, with characters you can imagine yourself falling in love with, with conflicts clearly established for the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Ramyun Shop gets reimagined in novel form
by | December 21, 2011 | 14 Comments
It’s often the other way around, but following the success of tvN’s romantic-comedy drama Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, the story will be reborn in novel form. What makes this funny is that the drama is already (loosely) based on a novel, called Sweet and Sour Bakery. That book was different enough in setting and characters,... More »


Celebrity News
Park Shi-hoo for L’Officiel Hommes
by | December 21, 2011 | 109 Comments
Park Shi-hoo picture post! Alert: Abs ahead. The photo shoot comes from men’s magazine L’Officiel Hommes, which carries an accompanying interview. Among the topics of mention is the fact that Park hasn’t dated in four years: “I’ve been busy working, and it hasn’t been easy to meet someone.” About his late-blooming fame (relatively speaking), 33-year-old... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
The DramaMeter: highly scientific and foolproof [Year in Review, Part 4]
by | December 21, 2011 | 180 Comments
  Wow, another year of dramas, come and gone. Where does the sanity go? I decided that for this year’s review, I would learn to be impartial and precise, and give systematic mathematical ratings for every show. Because numbers are fun. But then, I found that trying to rate a year’s worth of dramas was... More »


Drama Recaps
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop: Episode 16 (Final)
by | December 20, 2011 | 217 Comments
Best. Finale. Ever. Okay, not EVER, in the history of all dramas. But goddamn, is it awesome. It’s even better than what I had hoped for, and bubbling over with so much laugher and heart, and surprise – heroism – that I’m still grinning from ear to ear. I love it when a drama saves... More »


Drama Recaps
Thousand Day Promise: Episode 20 (Final)
by | December 20, 2011 | 96 Comments
Blarg$@*&#()$%_)^#*%. I’m pretty sure this finale broke me. I mean, I knew going in what kind of show it was, but there’s a difference between having the detached knowledge that you’ll cry and actually sobbing out a river of tears. The show bowed out at a series high (19.8%) after flagging a bit in recent... More »