Viki now says episode 1 will be “available today.” They’ve loaded up new episodes so promptly recently that I’ve gotten a little spoiled. We used to have to wait a whole day, or even a few days.
ENA’s THE MIDNIGHT STUDIO’s episode one rating of 2.107% may be the second highest rating for an ENA drama opening episode. GOOD JOB (2022)’s episode one ratings was 2.322%.
I enjoyed the first two episodes of QOT. I am not sure where the writer is going with Beom-ja. I am sorry the interior of a Catholic Church was used to show her acting out. Disrespectful imho.
This is nothing, think of how shamans are shown as frauds acting in ridiculous ways in 90% of k-dramas, they need a better union to challenge their representation. Basically all things religious usually have some breach of protocol e.g. people chatting during prayers in Buddhist temples is quite common.
So to avoid being annoyed over the years I have generally avoided dramas with a heavy religious component for example the well regarded (with average rating of 16.1%) SBS’s THE FIERY PRIEST (and I am a fan of Kim Nam-gil). It is a personal thing.
Lol, I already got a second dose of annoyance with the first episode of THE MIDNIGHT STUDIO.
I avoid anything with the occult as I don’t want to be contaminated with it and I wonder where the writer gets ‘their’ ideas from when it is literally referring to darkness personified.
Well… I get what you’re saying. I didn’t really have any problem with it. But I believe the scene was indeed designed for impact, so perhaps we were meant to feel she was being disrespectful (rather than the scene being so).
But coming from a completely agnostic perspective (I’m saying agnostic because, lately, it seems many atheists brandish their lack of faith as a new faith they have to convert the world to, and I’\m not out there to start a new anti-religion war)
IMO, churches and temples are only sets of stones and bricks put on top of each other. I imagine that, if as faith would have it, the divinity is always with its believers, the building and whatever behaviours it witnesses don’t matter at all.
MBN’s MISSING CROWN PRINCE may be my next sageuk. Pros: Availability: MCP is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list; BOSSAM screenwriters. Cons: 20 episodes may kill the deal.
Main leads Suho (32) and Hong Ye-Ji (22) are total blank slates for me (and add on the 10 year age difference to stir up things a bit) and MCP would a total gamble for me. Just for comparison in BOSSAM there was a 2 year RL age difference between the leads.
Also its supposed to be a reverse Bossam. Therefore all the more iffy.
I have seen most of Suho’s dramas and Rich Man is a favorite of my parents. Therefore my interest in this drama. 😊
ENA’s THE MIDNIGHT STUDIO is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list. I congratulate Viki on licensing ENA dramas I just wish I would see more upcoming SBS, KBS and MBC dramas on Viki’s Coming Soon list.
Dong Ha fans. Re @mary’s Drama Chat post “Where did my favorite actor go? Here is a trailer for Dong Ha’s (hopefully) upcoming mystery/thriller film: CORNELL’S BOX.
Wavve’s HIGH SCHOOL RETURN OF A GANGSTER (8 eps) probably won’t be available in the US but if it should be I will check it out. I like the physicality in this trailer. It looks like it will be crazy.
Thanks for the reference. I haven’t seen the film (THE DUDE IN ME) (2019) which is available on Viki US. Should I or shouldn’t I watch? I may just wait and see if the drama becomes available.
I will let you know. Every now and then I veer off and watch a couple/few films for something different. I have the action Netflix’s BADLAND HUNTERS (with favorite Ma Dong-seok queued up so I will add DUDE IN ME (Viki) to the list.
Kdramaland! LIKE FLOWERS IN SAND. That is how you make a compelling sports drama. Thank you Jang Dong-yoon, the entire cast and crew, and ENA for giving us a great 5 star production.
I congratulate SANDS’s Director-nim Kim Jin-woo (also director of a favorite SUITS (2018)) who never lost sight of what this sports drama was about. The world of Ssireum wrestling.
Jang Dong-yoon fans. Go down memory lane to the Shinsun Hospital Flashmob from tvN’s A POEM ADAY (2018). Here JDY is with Lee Yu-bi and the rest of the APAD gang. Catch JDY’s cha cha move at the end.
Thank you for sharing. The poor actors it’s one thing to be on set following a script its another to have to start dancing randomly in front of a crowd of real staff, patients and their families.
I am watching the high school cdrama THE HOPE and in episode 27 the teachers put together a rather involved music video for the students. For some reason it brought back memories of the above. I remember wondering at the time how much rehearsal it took to pull that flashmob scene off in APAD.
Along the lines of platonic drama friendship, how about these two (favorites of mine): Yoon Hyun-min and Jung Kyung-po from the great HEARTLESS CITY (2013) (Viki US).
Yes, yes.
I swear there were a couple of scenes of physicality in LIFE ON MARS (2018) where Jung Kyung-ho went into Baska mode. It was almost like an homage to his previous iconic character.
I am getting the impression that a lot of HEARTBEAT viewers (which I am one) here did not experience KBS’s DO DO SOL SOL LA LA SOL (2020) (aka DO DO)’s spectacular crash landing ending (which I did).
Oh, I did… and I wasn’t on Dramabeans at the time, so I had no way of venting. Lol that’s the drama that made me stop live-watching for THREE YEARS until this spring. *sigh*
I’ve seen both too. And like you, I wasn’t active on DB earlier. Both are terrible fails, but one was merely unsatisfactory, the other tragic. I know which one is worse for me.
(At this point, I’ve given up non-spoiling. The fanwall is rife with clues. I can delete if this is too much, but it’s hard without being specific.)
And I’ll also say, don’t give up. This spectacular a failure doesn’t come around all that often.
I agree – with all its faults, I still prefer Do Do’s ending, because he was alive and really there lol. So you think I should stick around to live- watch Destined With You with you all? Because that’s the next one I was looking forward to, but now was having misgivings about…
Exactly. None of this “sweet” memory/hallucination/ghost as a consolation prize rubbish.
Since I so confidently predicted HEA right until the last 15 minutes for Heartbeat, who am I to say anything. You should listen to hacja apparently. But, I remain hopeful. Truly tragic endings are still rare unless they are signaled early (eg My Dearest). Of course, the Open Endings are just as annoying.
That was me, too! I was so SURE of a HEA that I kept predicting it up until the very last ep! Some, like you said, signal it early and signal it well (that’s why I’m not watching My Dearest). The open endings are sometimes worse, because they don’t provide defined closure.
I have not watched Heartbeat yet but I did watch Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. I think it was my fifth k-drama and I had no words to express my frustration after the ending.
It seems so long ago now… But it was february or march 2022 😅.
Look at it this way. If you survived DO DO’s ending you shouldn’t be surprised how often kdrama endings are disappointing. Every now and then a writer nails a kdrama ending perfectly and we can savor it. As an example I am thinking of MBC’s ON THE VERGE OF INSANITY (2021) (Viki US).
oh Do do sol sol.. wasnt this interesting from the start.. that bad landing was clearly foreseeable from mid way and hence that crash landing wasnt this hurting…
but here this ending couldnt be imagined in wildest dreams… reason i was feeling dramagod cant be this cruel to a Vampire who had waited.to experience love n happy ending
but i was wrong.. dramagods cruelty was just too much to handle
HEARTBEAT’s 2ML is performed by musical theater actor Park Kang Hyun in his first drama series. For those who have never heard him sing (like me) I want to share this video. Thanks @solstices.
You are welcome. I had never heard of PKH and when I clicked on the above video (which Sicarius had imbedded in her episode one recap) I was like, wow! What a tenor! I have been bopping around on Youtube listening to him. Tony in “West Side Story” anyone? I would love to hear him tackle some great Puccini arias. Maybe down the line in his singing career.
Memory Lane. Seems some beanies have discovered ARE YOU HUMAN TOO? (2018) (Viki US). Here is a pic of the 3 Nam Shins: I (Oh Han-kyul). II (Lee Joo-chan) and III (Seo Kang-joon)
AYHT was my first SKJ drama and I loved his multiple role performance. I followed him to the excellent THE THIRD CHARM (2018) (Viki US) and his sweet performance in I’LL GO TO YOU WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE (2020) (Viki US). I did not take in his last pre-enlistment drama GRID (2022) since is was not available in the US. His military discharge was in May so hopefully we will be getting news on an upcoming project.
For folks who discovered the sweet SKJ in WEATHER I am interested in their reaction when they discover in AYHT for example that SKJ is very capable of being ‘nasty’.
For the record of the SKJ dramas I have seen OCN’s WATCHER (2019) is my favorite.
This has been my first SKJ drama too. I want to watch “When the weather is fine” because it has been on my list for ages. SKJ and Lee Jae Wook are good reasons to give it a try, apart from the countryside setting.
Oh exciting! I hope its better than If you wish upon me that was such a great drama when it was the Hospice part but the gangster and toxic girlfriend elements were too much of a contrast in genres.
Congratulations Kim Nam-gil for being named Best Actor in the 2022 Year in Review Editors’ Picks for your performance as Song Ha-young in THROUGH THE DARNESS. The setting is late 1980s/early 90s.
2022 RoundUp: Day 6: Best OST/BGM: Cdrama: ORDINARY GREATNESS. Terrific slice-of-like uniformed police drama. (Pictured: ML Zhang Ruo Yun, FL Bai Lu) (Vocals: Track 1: Lu Hu, 2: Jason Zhang).
I watched and enjoyed SSS this year and then followed ZRY to ORDINARY GREATNESS. I had to subscribe to iQIYI to be able to watch OG. ZRY is out from under all those robes lol and giving a great performance as a rookie 22 year old cop. His real age is 34 but he is pulling it off as this young impulsive guy and a natural at police work.
Strangely I have been comparing him with Jung Kyung-ho (who is 39) maybe because they are both thin and share a similar body type.
I can certainly see the similarities between the two.
I’ve been following ZRY because of his appearance as regular guests in variety show “Who’s the Murderer” and managed to watch (or skip-watch when the drama’s plot is too annoying) almost everything he was in. I can’t wait to finally start Ordinary Greatness. It’s been a long time since he acted in modern drama.
Does Netflix know what I check out on YouTube? I recently revisited Gaho’s wonderful OST “Start Over” from ITAEWON CLASS and when I called up Netflix on Roku ITAEWON CLASS was waiting for me. Mmm!
@elinor. Your bts pic from ALCHEMY OF SOULS brought to mind this bts pic from HWARANG.
Of the three claimants to the throne in the 2 pics holding swords, who is holding his correctly?
So Lee Yoo-young will be helping Kang Ha-neul take down corrupt prosecutor Heo Sung-tae in JTBC’s INSIDER. She and Yoon Shi-yoon already did that in YOUR HONOR. From eps. 24 (my favorite scene):
Hi @unniunni. I am indeed watching INSIDER and loving it. It is becoming one of my favorites of the year. Episodes 7 and 8 aired last week so we are half way through. You can catch up.
bong-soo
March 18, 2024 at 8:35 AM
KBS’s NOTHING UNCOVERED is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list. Episode one aired today in SK. I guess better late than never.
Elinor lives in the realm of the Impossible
March 18, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Viki now says episode 1 will be “available today.” They’ve loaded up new episodes so promptly recently that I’ve gotten a little spoiled. We used to have to wait a whole day, or even a few days.
Blue (@mayhemf)
March 18, 2024 at 9:04 AM
And then we had to wait for subs, watching progress go from 29% to 88% and debating whether to watch or wait for 99% subs.
bong-soo
March 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
I thought Viki might be taking the subs for this drama from Kocowa but now at Viki there is a listing for a subbing team which is a good thing.
zindigo
March 18, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I had to google this because I couldn’t find it on Viki via search or “coming soon.”
Here’s the link! https://www.viki.com/tv/40473c-nothing-uncovered
bong-soo
March 11, 2024 at 7:51 PM
ENA’s THE MIDNIGHT STUDIO’s episode one rating of 2.107% may be the second highest rating for an ENA drama opening episode. GOOD JOB (2022)’s episode one ratings was 2.322%.
bong-soo
March 11, 2024 at 7:53 PM
My source: I compared TMS’s episode one rating with other ENA dramas listed here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:ENA_television_dramas
bong-soo
March 11, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I enjoyed the first two episodes of QOT. I am not sure where the writer is going with Beom-ja. I am sorry the interior of a Catholic Church was used to show her acting out. Disrespectful imho.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 12, 2024 at 1:17 AM
This is nothing, think of how shamans are shown as frauds acting in ridiculous ways in 90% of k-dramas, they need a better union to challenge their representation. Basically all things religious usually have some breach of protocol e.g. people chatting during prayers in Buddhist temples is quite common.
bong-soo
March 12, 2024 at 6:37 AM
So to avoid being annoyed over the years I have generally avoided dramas with a heavy religious component for example the well regarded (with average rating of 16.1%) SBS’s THE FIERY PRIEST (and I am a fan of Kim Nam-gil). It is a personal thing.
Lol, I already got a second dose of annoyance with the first episode of THE MIDNIGHT STUDIO.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 12, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I avoid anything with the occult as I don’t want to be contaminated with it and I wonder where the writer gets ‘their’ ideas from when it is literally referring to darkness personified.
Cecee
March 12, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Well… I get what you’re saying. I didn’t really have any problem with it. But I believe the scene was indeed designed for impact, so perhaps we were meant to feel she was being disrespectful (rather than the scene being so).
But coming from a completely agnostic perspective (I’m saying agnostic because, lately, it seems many atheists brandish their lack of faith as a new faith they have to convert the world to, and I’\m not out there to start a new anti-religion war)
IMO, churches and temples are only sets of stones and bricks put on top of each other. I imagine that, if as faith would have it, the divinity is always with its believers, the building and whatever behaviours it witnesses don’t matter at all.
bong-soo
March 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM
MBN’s MISSING CROWN PRINCE may be my next sageuk. Pros: Availability: MCP is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list; BOSSAM screenwriters. Cons: 20 episodes may kill the deal.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
March 9, 2024 at 9:48 PM
I want to say yes to Suho but … 🤷♀️
bong-soo
March 10, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Main leads Suho (32) and Hong Ye-Ji (22) are total blank slates for me (and add on the 10 year age difference to stir up things a bit) and MCP would a total gamble for me. Just for comparison in BOSSAM there was a 2 year RL age difference between the leads.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
March 10, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Also its supposed to be a reverse Bossam. Therefore all the more iffy.
I have seen most of Suho’s dramas and Rich Man is a favorite of my parents. Therefore my interest in this drama. 😊
bong-soo
March 5, 2024 at 12:21 PM
ENA’s THE MIDNIGHT STUDIO is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list. I congratulate Viki on licensing ENA dramas I just wish I would see more upcoming SBS, KBS and MBC dramas on Viki’s Coming Soon list.
bong-soo
March 5, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I have been checking for KBS’s GRABBED BY THE COLLAR/NOTHING UNCOVERED daily for quite awhile and still nothing.
Elinor lives in the realm of the Impossible
March 5, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Good news – Kocowa (US) has Nothing Uncovered “coming soon.”
cozybooks
March 5, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Ooooh yayayay!! I’m looking forward to this one!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
March 6, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Uri Stealer FTW ♥️
bong-soo
February 11, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Dong Ha fans. Re @mary’s Drama Chat post “Where did my favorite actor go? Here is a trailer for Dong Ha’s (hopefully) upcoming mystery/thriller film: CORNELL’S BOX.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 15, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Thank you for sharing. Bit scary. 😳 I’m glad to see him be as awesome as I remembered him. 😊
bong-soo
February 7, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Wavve’s HIGH SCHOOL RETURN OF A GANGSTER (8 eps) probably won’t be available in the US but if it should be I will check it out. I like the physicality in this trailer. It looks like it will be crazy.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 9:23 AM
It is The dude in me the drama; these scenes are exactly the same as in the film.
bong-soo
February 7, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Thanks for the reference. I haven’t seen the film (THE DUDE IN ME) (2019) which is available on Viki US. Should I or shouldn’t I watch? I may just wait and see if the drama becomes available.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 11:08 AM
I would recommend watching it as they will have to change a lot to make into a drama I wonder how many episodes it will be. It is very funny.
bong-soo
February 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM
MDL reports 8 episodes.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Thank you, I think any more than that and it would be too much filler.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Sorry, just realised the answer was already staring me in the face in your description above the video oops😬
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 11:09 AM
If you do watch it, let me know your thoughts.
bong-soo
February 7, 2024 at 11:21 AM
I will let you know. Every now and then I veer off and watch a couple/few films for something different. I have the action Netflix’s BADLAND HUNTERS (with favorite Ma Dong-seok queued up so I will add DUDE IN ME (Viki) to the list.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 11:47 AM
😊 looking forward to hearing your verdict.
Flix_Crusin
February 7, 2024 at 1:22 PM
This look like a fun, fun ride. I wonder of it’ll be avialable on some international streamimg service
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Crazy … sounds about right. 😜 Thanks for sharing. 😊
bong-soo
January 31, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Kdramaland! LIKE FLOWERS IN SAND. That is how you make a compelling sports drama. Thank you Jang Dong-yoon, the entire cast and crew, and ENA for giving us a great 5 star production.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 31, 2024 at 10:19 PM
💯 ❤
I was never was or thought I ever could be interested in wrestling but I have come to love and admire Ssireum.
bong-soo
February 1, 2024 at 7:26 AM
I congratulate SANDS’s Director-nim Kim Jin-woo (also director of a favorite SUITS (2018)) who never lost sight of what this sports drama was about. The world of Ssireum wrestling.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 1, 2024 at 7:33 AM
True … they didn’t get entagled in unnecessary plot points.
bong-soo
January 25, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Jang Dong-yoon fans. Go down memory lane to the Shinsun Hospital Flashmob from tvN’s A POEM ADAY (2018). Here JDY is with Lee Yu-bi and the rest of the APAD gang. Catch JDY’s cha cha move at the end.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
January 25, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Thank you for sharing. The poor actors it’s one thing to be on set following a script its another to have to start dancing randomly in front of a crowd of real staff, patients and their families.
bong-soo
January 25, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I am watching the high school cdrama THE HOPE and in episode 27 the teachers put together a rather involved music video for the students. For some reason it brought back memories of the above. I remember wondering at the time how much rehearsal it took to pull that flashmob scene off in APAD.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 25, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Thank you. ❤ 🫰Flash mobs are really awesome.
zindigo
January 26, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Ngl, if I had seen this back in 2018 I might never have started watching k-dramas 😂 Jang Dong Yoon though. Cute as ever!
Snow Flower
January 26, 2024 at 3:15 PM
He was dancing the tango in Just Dance!
bong-soo
September 13, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Along the lines of platonic drama friendship, how about these two (favorites of mine): Yoon Hyun-min and Jung Kyung-po from the great HEARTLESS CITY (2013) (Viki US).
Bebe | Nessa❣️
September 13, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Still THE role from Jung Kyung Ho that is seared into my brain
Snow Flower
September 14, 2023 at 7:51 AM
Balsa and Soo forever!
Snow Flower
September 14, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Baksa, you stupid auto complete!
bong-soo
September 14, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Yes, yes.
I swear there were a couple of scenes of physicality in LIFE ON MARS (2018) where Jung Kyung-ho went into Baska mode. It was almost like an homage to his previous iconic character.
bong-soo
August 16, 2023 at 7:53 AM
I am getting the impression that a lot of HEARTBEAT viewers (which I am one) here did not experience KBS’s DO DO SOL SOL LA LA SOL (2020) (aka DO DO)’s spectacular crash landing ending (which I did).
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 16, 2023 at 8:04 AM
Oh, I did… and I wasn’t on Dramabeans at the time, so I had no way of venting. Lol that’s the drama that made me stop live-watching for THREE YEARS until this spring. *sigh*
bong-soo
August 16, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Oh dear. I hope HB’s ending doesn’t bring on a relapse. Fighting!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 16, 2023 at 8:14 AM
Haha thank you! I’m still assessing my watching strategy going forward 😅
indyfan
August 16, 2023 at 8:15 AM
I’ve seen both too. And like you, I wasn’t active on DB earlier. Both are terrible fails, but one was merely unsatisfactory, the other tragic. I know which one is worse for me.
(At this point, I’ve given up non-spoiling. The fanwall is rife with clues. I can delete if this is too much, but it’s hard without being specific.)
And I’ll also say, don’t give up. This spectacular a failure doesn’t come around all that often.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 16, 2023 at 8:21 AM
I agree – with all its faults, I still prefer Do Do’s ending, because he was alive and really there lol. So you think I should stick around to live- watch Destined With You with you all? Because that’s the next one I was looking forward to, but now was having misgivings about…
Seon-ha
August 16, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Well, if you do, you’ll have the community of Beanies there with you now!!!
I’d like to say it can’t get worse than this, but I bet it can, unfortunately.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 16, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Oh well, what the heck, let’s all be Destiny’s Child(ren) in the DWY recaps together ❤️ I’ll be there, eternally hopeful!
indyfan
August 16, 2023 at 8:34 AM
Exactly. None of this “sweet” memory/hallucination/ghost as a consolation prize rubbish.
Since I so confidently predicted HEA right until the last 15 minutes for Heartbeat, who am I to say anything. You should listen to hacja apparently. But, I remain hopeful. Truly tragic endings are still rare unless they are signaled early (eg My Dearest). Of course, the Open Endings are just as annoying.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 16, 2023 at 8:38 AM
That was me, too! I was so SURE of a HEA that I kept predicting it up until the very last ep! Some, like you said, signal it early and signal it well (that’s why I’m not watching My Dearest). The open endings are sometimes worse, because they don’t provide defined closure.
Isa is always time travelling
August 16, 2023 at 9:07 AM
I have not watched Heartbeat yet but I did watch Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. I think it was my fifth k-drama and I had no words to express my frustration after the ending.
It seems so long ago now… But it was february or march 2022 😅.
bong-soo
August 16, 2023 at 9:51 AM
Look at it this way. If you survived DO DO’s ending you shouldn’t be surprised how often kdrama endings are disappointing. Every now and then a writer nails a kdrama ending perfectly and we can savor it. As an example I am thinking of MBC’s ON THE VERGE OF INSANITY (2021) (Viki US).
Isa is always time travelling
August 16, 2023 at 11:23 AM
What a coincidence! Just today I added On the verge of insanity to my Plan to watch list!
bong-soo
August 16, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Excellent choice.
🧛♂️ 💔💔 but 👧💔💔💔💔
August 16, 2023 at 11:48 AM
oh Do do sol sol.. wasnt this interesting from the start.. that bad landing was clearly foreseeable from mid way and hence that crash landing wasnt this hurting…
but here this ending couldnt be imagined in wildest dreams… reason i was feeling dramagod cant be this cruel to a Vampire who had waited.to experience love n happy ending
but i was wrong.. dramagods cruelty was just too much to handle
mmmmm
August 17, 2023 at 1:41 AM
As a famous phrase goes “I’m afraid you got Do Do-ed.”
bong-soo
July 19, 2023 at 9:03 AM
HEARTBEAT’s 2ML is performed by musical theater actor Park Kang Hyun in his first drama series. For those who have never heard him sing (like me) I want to share this video. Thanks @solstices.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
July 20, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Thanks for sharing. This is why I love musicals.
Isa is always time travelling
July 21, 2023 at 12:21 AM
This song is so beautiful!!!
And I didn’t know Park Kang Hyun but I’ll have to watch more of him.
Thanks for sharing.
bong-soo
July 21, 2023 at 11:33 AM
You are welcome. I had never heard of PKH and when I clicked on the above video (which Sicarius had imbedded in her episode one recap) I was like, wow! What a tenor! I have been bopping around on Youtube listening to him. Tony in “West Side Story” anyone? I would love to hear him tackle some great Puccini arias. Maybe down the line in his singing career.
DancingEmma
July 21, 2023 at 12:05 PM
Wow! I think I just fell a little bit in love. That was so lovely. Thank you so much for posting this.
bong-soo
July 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Memory Lane. Seems some beanies have discovered ARE YOU HUMAN TOO? (2018) (Viki US). Here is a pic of the 3 Nam Shins: I (Oh Han-kyul). II (Lee Joo-chan) and III (Seo Kang-joon)
Isa is always time travelling
July 2, 2023 at 2:56 AM
I’m one of the beanies who has watched it now (after being for a long time in my “plan to watch list”). I finished it two days ago 🙂
It has many flaws but I loved Nam Shin III and Seo Kang Joon’s acting.
bong-soo
July 2, 2023 at 6:13 AM
AYHT was my first SKJ drama and I loved his multiple role performance. I followed him to the excellent THE THIRD CHARM (2018) (Viki US) and his sweet performance in I’LL GO TO YOU WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE (2020) (Viki US). I did not take in his last pre-enlistment drama GRID (2022) since is was not available in the US. His military discharge was in May so hopefully we will be getting news on an upcoming project.
For folks who discovered the sweet SKJ in WEATHER I am interested in their reaction when they discover in AYHT for example that SKJ is very capable of being ‘nasty’.
For the record of the SKJ dramas I have seen OCN’s WATCHER (2019) is my favorite.
Isa is always time travelling
July 3, 2023 at 4:05 PM
This has been my first SKJ drama too. I want to watch “When the weather is fine” because it has been on my list for ages. SKJ and Lee Jae Wook are good reasons to give it a try, apart from the countryside setting.
bong-soo
May 28, 2023 at 6:01 PM
Going down HEALER (2014/15) (Viki US) memory lane. Kim Mi-kyung posted this pic with Ji Chang-wook in her Instagram account in April of 2023.
Seon-ha
May 28, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Periodically, seeing her arrive on screen in Dr. Cha, I shout, “Ahjumma!!!”
bong-soo
May 28, 2023 at 6:28 PM
KMK is in DR. CHA? Oh my!
kiara
May 28, 2023 at 9:13 PM
I’d ff through some, but not when it comes to DR Cha’s mama. KMK is a treasure!
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
May 28, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Yes, her page randomly came up on my Instagram feed yesterday and I was scrolling through her pictures and there it was. So sweet.
Lelly19
May 29, 2023 at 5:21 AM
They’re working together on a new drama (Shin Haesun is his leading lady)!
She should be playing SHS’s mom there ^^
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
May 29, 2023 at 5:56 AM
Oh exciting! I hope its better than If you wish upon me that was such a great drama when it was the Hospice part but the gangster and toxic girlfriend elements were too much of a contrast in genres.
bong-soo
May 29, 2023 at 7:06 AM
I have had my eye on this project for awhile:
JTBC’s WELCOME TO SAMDALRI. Looks like a keeper to me.
Here’s the story:
https://mydramalist.com/743267-welcome-to-samdalri
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
May 29, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Thanks, definitely need more info on whether this is literal or figurative description as it mentions healing and romance on another site.
bong-soo
May 12, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Finally. This is the Woo Do-hwan post military drama I have been waiting for. The upcoming BLOODHOUNDS on Netflix.
Blue (@mayhemf)
May 12, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Wow! Felt like a movie trailer. Didn’t expect it to be a drama.
Great casting. Excited!
john
May 12, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Looks good .
korfan
May 14, 2023 at 1:18 AM
Oh! It does have that movie vibe!
bong-soo
December 28, 2022 at 3:01 PM
Congratulations Kim Nam-gil for being named Best Actor in the 2022 Year in Review Editors’ Picks for your performance as Song Ha-young in THROUGH THE DARNESS. The setting is late 1980s/early 90s.
ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min
December 28, 2022 at 8:39 PM
God he was so pretty as Ha-young. That hair!
bong-soo
December 6, 2022 at 7:41 AM
2022 RoundUp: Day 6: Best OST/BGM: Cdrama: ORDINARY GREATNESS. Terrific slice-of-like uniformed police drama. (Pictured: ML Zhang Ruo Yun, FL Bai Lu) (Vocals: Track 1: Lu Hu, 2: Jason Zhang).
gadis
December 6, 2022 at 3:15 PM
This post reminded me that I have to start this drama soon. (Maybe as soon as I finally finished Sword Snow Stride.)
bong-soo
December 6, 2022 at 5:43 PM
I watched and enjoyed SSS this year and then followed ZRY to ORDINARY GREATNESS. I had to subscribe to iQIYI to be able to watch OG. ZRY is out from under all those robes lol and giving a great performance as a rookie 22 year old cop. His real age is 34 but he is pulling it off as this young impulsive guy and a natural at police work.
Strangely I have been comparing him with Jung Kyung-ho (who is 39) maybe because they are both thin and share a similar body type.
gadis
December 6, 2022 at 7:19 PM
I can certainly see the similarities between the two.
I’ve been following ZRY because of his appearance as regular guests in variety show “Who’s the Murderer” and managed to watch (or skip-watch when the drama’s plot is too annoying) almost everything he was in. I can’t wait to finally start Ordinary Greatness. It’s been a long time since he acted in modern drama.
bong-soo
October 24, 2022 at 1:27 PM
Does Netflix know what I check out on YouTube? I recently revisited Gaho’s wonderful OST “Start Over” from ITAEWON CLASS and when I called up Netflix on Roku ITAEWON CLASS was waiting for me. Mmm!
owl 🦉 🫰
October 24, 2022 at 1:33 PM
Invisible connections 📶↔️
Kurama
October 24, 2022 at 2:02 PM
🍪 are everywhere !
alasecond
October 25, 2022 at 9:01 AM
ya! .. they just need to use netflix youtube or general youtube data to get your profile.. just as they get financial data from credit bureaus
bong-soo
August 15, 2022 at 1:12 PM
@elinor. Your bts pic from ALCHEMY OF SOULS brought to mind this bts pic from HWARANG.
Of the three claimants to the throne in the 2 pics holding swords, who is holding his correctly?
Elinor lives in the realm of the Impossible
August 15, 2022 at 1:41 PM
Good job, Park Hyung-sik! At least he isn’t imminently going to hurt himself or someone else.
I know they’re prop swords, it just cracks me up for no good reason. As does PSJ’s expression.
bong-soo
August 15, 2022 at 3:29 PM
Of course with PHS being naturally ‘royal’ he would know how to safely handle a sword. With the other two guys is would be bye bye fingers.
parkchuna ❤️🍉
August 15, 2022 at 10:00 PM
Maybe PSJ is lamenting his bad hair..and PHS is just glad his isn’t as bad..
bong-soo
May 26, 2022 at 3:40 PM
So Lee Yoo-young will be helping Kang Ha-neul take down corrupt prosecutor Heo Sung-tae in JTBC’s INSIDER. She and Yoon Shi-yoon already did that in YOUR HONOR. From eps. 24 (my favorite scene):
ex-beanie
July 3, 2022 at 7:05 AM
I loved your honor and I love lee yoo-young, should I consider watching Insider? have you watched it?
bong-soo
July 3, 2022 at 7:28 AM
Hi @unniunni. I am indeed watching INSIDER and loving it. It is becoming one of my favorites of the year. Episodes 7 and 8 aired last week so we are half way through. You can catch up.
ex-beanie
July 3, 2022 at 7:41 AM
perfect!! I’ll catch-up, will let you know!