Comments on: Jin Gu offered new drama Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek

By: Kstylick

Kstylick — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:08:55 +0000

Nice. Good for him. I hope he’d be back for good.

By: eargasm_and_eyegasm_to_leehyuk

eargasm_and_eyegasm_to_leehyuk — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:09:21 +0000

Never saw his earlier works – All In, etc but I remembered him in Dirty Carnival with Zo In Sung, especially his apperances with him in the variety shows like Sang Sang Plus, Come to Play.. But it was the movie Mother that I finally took notice of him.

I guess he is truly an underdog like the character Lee Tae Baek… but not a genius in the genius department yet. If he really confirmed on this drama, I will be curious to check him out as a leading actor in drama land..

By: Fab

Fab — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:37:38 +0000

I know right! Shouldn’t School go for more seasons like the original one?!

All I can say about Jin Gu is that for a sec he reminded me of Kim Nam Gil(where is he??)…

By: J

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:19:49 +0000

5. jealous ex-girlfriend
6. screechy grandma who goes “aigoo, aigoo” ALL the time
7. spineless heroine

By: Simple Orange

Simple Orange — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:34:24 +0000

Love Jin Gu, especially in “Truck” and “All In”. I’m thrilled that he’s finally a lead in a drama, about time this happens. One of my favorite actor.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:13:29 +0000

Haha is it just me or is it that when I read the title, I automatically thought of jin gu as in YEO jin gu? From I miss you and moon sun. Haha

By: WM

WM — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:46:58 +0000

Fashion King should have been described as: “Wanna be Cinderella drama with a script which supports abusive relationships (both man/woman and family), a heroine whose lines are 80% sobs, a non-existent hero, a revenge plot line that makes no sense, only 1/2 a brain which is passed around between the characters (but never stays with one person more than 5 minutes), and an ending that will have you smacking your head into the floor begging for those hours of your life back.” I don’t see uplifting anywhere in there.

I just hope to heaven this one doesn’t turn into the Show Which Shall Not Be Named, because it sounds so interesting I know I’ll have to watch.

By: cynkdf

cynkdf — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:53:59 +0000

GF, thank you so much for your write-up. Good luck to Jin Gu and his new drama (assuming he accepts the role)!

By: magnus

magnus — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:04:09 +0000

The mention of School 2013 has me sad and grumpy again because of the damn awards preempting the episodes next week.
But I’m eager about the drama and cautious as well. I refuse to get my hopes up about this type of drama ever again. Fashion King burned me too hard, as you pointed out just as I was thinking it. I hope for the best, I really do. I’m loving good dramas on Mon-Tues to brighten up the beginning of my weeks.

By: Farpavilions

Farpavilions — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:45:05 +0000

I’m grumpy for two reasons:

1. School 2013 has to end? Whyyyy??? *wails*

2. Hey, it’s Mad Men, the Candified version! (ok, just riffing on this one … goodness knows Korea has its own equally troublingly sexist ad agencies that have nothing to do with 60s Manhattan)