Yes, my last post was “The Best of 2007,” but rather than put up a Worst list, I’m lumping them all together with The Rest. Not all the dramas I’m mentioning here are bad; they’re just dramas I watched that didn’t belong in the Best list.

SONG OF THE DAY

War of Money OST – “알 수 없는 일” (unknowable thing) by Sweet Sorrow [ Download ]

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Post tags: Air City, Auction House, Bad Couple, Capital Scandal, Goong S, Hello! Miss, Legend, Oh Su Jung, stuff I dig, War of Money, Witch Amusement, year in review

Wow. Everything I say in this post will probably be surprising, because the finale of Air City — which took me this long to finally see, due to general lack of interest — in an unexpected turn, didn’t completely suck. Actually, it’s the first episode I liked since Episode 5. Nobody is more surprised than me.

See, I’m not a horrible mean hag who enjoys tearing down other people’s hard work. I am completely able to give props where they are due. I want to give props and I’m pleased to finally have some to deliver. And despite an overwhelmingly mediocre run, I think the writers pulled out a nice finale. Then again, perhaps this benefits from having absolutely no expectations left — they’ve been pretty effectively crushed by the last ten installments. But I wasn’t annoyed once this episode, which is rare enough for this drama.

(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

Wanted – “사랑이란..” (Love is… / The thing called love) [ zShare download ]

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Read the rest of Air City: Episode 16 (Final) (1,322 words)

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Post tags: Air City, Choi Ji-woo, episode recaps, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jung-jae

Oh man. You don’t even know how many times I was going to quit recaps on Air City. I’d firmly decided to finish what I started, so I had no intention of quitting… and every time I tried to get through Episode 14, I was THISCLOSE to giving up. It wasn’t necessarily awful. I was just bored to death — I’ve been checked out of Air City for a while. That’s another reason I was considering quitting, because I’m sure it’s no fun reading a recap written by someone who had no fun watching the show. But since I finally finished the episode(s), I might as well write them up.

(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

Dynamic Duo – “살인자의 몽타쥬” (a killer’s montage / portrait of a killer) [ zShare download ]

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Read the rest of Air City: Episodes 14 & 15 (1,547 words)

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(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

Verbal Jint – “Favorite.” Somewhat new hip-hop/rap artist who has a track with Tablo and Mithra Jin of Epik High. [ zShare download ]

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Read the rest of Air City: Episode 13 (1,598 words)

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Post tags: Air City, Choi Ji-woo, episode recaps, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jung-jae, stuff that bugs

SONG OF THE DAY

Wanted – “Bye bye bye” [ zShare download ]

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Read the rest of Air City: Episode 12 (1,292 words)

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Post tags: Air City, Choi Ji-woo, episode recaps, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jung-jae

Yaaaaaaawn.

Oh wait, is this mic on? *Tap tap*

Ahem. I decided to try, purely as a writing exercise, posting up an Air City summary that was (gasp!) completely devoid of negative comments. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if I could do it, and having seen Episode 11, I think I picked a tough one to do, but hey, it’s a challenge.

As a totally unrelated aside, I found out what the phrase “bore you to tears” means. It’s kind of obvious, but I’d never thought about it — but it’s all those tears you get from yawning so much because you’re so bored.

Like I said, completely unrelated.

(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

S.E.S. – “용기” (yong gi / courage). I’m in a nostalgic mood today… [ zShare download ]

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Read the rest of Air City: Episode 11 (1,278 words)

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Post tags: Air City, Choi Ji-woo, episode recaps, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jung-jae, stuff that bugs

If I hadn’t committed to recapping this series, I’d have jumped off the train and stopped watching, if not by Episode 6, then definitely this weekend. I still love Lee Jung Jae to bits, and find his acting is still top-notch in a sea of mere adequacy, but it’s not like I can’t appreciate his hotness in pictures and screencaps, rather than video. Plus I’ve got all those episodes of Feelings (Neukkim) to catch up on, and he’s barely aged in all these years anyway. I’d stop giving myself these self-inflicted headaches, and just read someone else’s recaps instead. Ah, irony.

Eye candy is what Air City has going for it, and in many scenes, I’d find myself zoning out and musing, “He has great cheekbones” (agent Min Wook), “Nice profile” (Lee Jung Jae), or “I like that hairstyle better than the one he had last week” (Min Wook again, and Ha Joon).

Does anyone still watching think this series is good? I’m not being sarcastic (for once), I really want to know.

(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

BAY – “Saturday Night” [ zShare download ]

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Read the rest of Air City: Episode 10 (1,849 words)

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Post tags: Air City, Choi Ji-woo, episode recaps, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jung-jae, stuff that bugs