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Stills, stills, and more stills from Take Care of Us, Captain

javabeans — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:12:56 +0000

I guess today is just going to be photo-overload day. Take a look at a massive collection of stills from Take Care of Us, Captain, SBS’s new entry in the Wednesday-Thursday race. It’s up against two promising other new entries — The Moon That Embraces The Sun and Wild Romance — so all eyes will be on the ratings numbers once the three have made their simultaneous bows.

I’ll admit to being lukewarm on the concept of Captain, but now that I’ve seen more from the show, I do think it looks very pretty. Plus, Ji Jin-hee looks awesome. I don’t just mean that in the “He’s so hot” way — that doesn’t hurt, though — but that he looks completely into character and charismatic, even in still photographs. Not that we’d expect any less of Ji, who’s so good when he’s got a good script and cast to work with. (Not that he’s ever bad. But he can be wasted, that’s for sure. See: Spotlight.)

But let’s get right to the good stuff:

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The Musical: Episode 15 (Final)

kaedejun — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:35:53 +0000

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 did his best with his character, but everyone else fell flat – more so by the end. Perhaps again the fault lies in the lazier writing.

But I’ll save the rest of my anger in the final comments. Here goes… (and no, unfortunately this will be a sober recap. Champagne and other bubblies were consumed over the holiday weekend before I watched this episode. I have no more left. Sob*)

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Take Care of Us, Captain releases its first poster

javabeans — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:04:01 +0000

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 the crisp colors and lighting — although I can’t help but feel like the actors’ torsos have been Photoshopped past recognition. Is it just the angle, or have they shortened Ji Jin-hee’s arms by half? The positions are strange and uncomfortable. *tucks elbows in self-consciously*

This drama is SBS’s portion of next week’s Wednesday-Thursday premiere madness, and probably the one I’m least excited about (KBS has Wild Romance and MBC unveils The Moon That Embraces the Sun). I can’t say that the premise excites me, but as with all things, we can’t know till we see firsthand.

Lee Chun-hee and Yoo Sun co-star. The drama premieres January 4. Which of the three new dramas will you be watching first?

Via Segye

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The Musical: Episode 14

kaedejun — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:38:55 +0000

Well now, looks like this is going to be the second to the last episode for The Musical. Word has it that the series may end at 15 due to the poor ratings. Honestly, I can’t be that surprised – it’s at a terrible broadcast hour, and the story has been flagging in the past few weeks. But WHY must they do this NOW when the story just picked up again!? We’re finally back to the musical part of The Musical!

Oh well. I demand a time jump. If episode 15 truly is the last episode, I want a time jump. I’ll deal with the choppy editing.

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The Musical: Episode 13

kaedejun — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:48:26 +0000

Not quite the “solid episode” I was looking for, but we finally did move forward with Eun Bi and Jae Hee. I started off thinking this episode (and the rest of the series) was going to be about Yoo Jin because they focused on him and his family so much. So thank goodness we turned back to something more “musical-centered” – such as Gu Jak, Eun Bi, and Jae Hee’s story lines. Not to mention – Sung Ha has reached the end of my patience. In three episodes! Who would have thought!?

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The Musical: Episode 12

kaedejun — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:02:31 +0000

We’re back! Again. One of the benefits of having a hiatus is that the first ten minutes of the episode is spent on recapping the past 11 episodes. (Less for me to write!) One of the downsides of having a hiatus is that you really need those first ten minutes of recap. (Grr.)

However, some progress is made – especially on the Yoo Jin front. Yoo Jin – Yoo Jin – Yoo Jin – the least musical of all the characters and yet the most entertaining to watch. (Something is a little wrong here, writers…)

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Pilot-photographer Ji Jin-hee for Take Care of Us, Captain

javabeans — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:15:36 +0000

It’s Ji Jin-hee‘s turn for stills for SBS’s upcoming Take Care of Us, Captain, in which he plays said captain. More specifically, he’s the talented pilot of a passenger airline who gets saddled with a new co-pilot (also love interest), played by Gu Hye-sun (The Musical).

Rounding out that love triangle is Lee Chun-hee (Gloria), who works in the air traffic control tower. That love triangle gets rounded out again (oy, mixed metaphors — can a triangle get rounded? what if there are two of ‘em?) — should I call it Star of David-ed? — with Yoo Sun (Sons of Sol Pharmacy) playing a member of the flight crew who challenges Gu for the pilot man’s affections. And ostensibly loses, since she ain’t got top billing.

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The Musical: Episode 11

kaedejun — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:02:19 +0000

We’re back in business! Episode 11 aired last week, but heads up if episode 12 does not air this coming Friday. I heard that it might delay again thanks to a sports game…

Anyways – for episode 11 we have angst! And a totally new girl who’s pretty awesome too for Jae Hee. It’s not his sister (danggit!) but she’s close enough. As for Eun Bi, well it’s time for her to suffer for rejecting Jae Hee’s advances…As a character, she’s flagging, and I’m hoping we move past all the angst soon as the last five episodes come up for this series. I honestly do believe that these broadcast delays are not helping the pacing of the storyline anymore.

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Gu Hye-sun becomes a pilot for Take Care of Us, Captain

javabeans — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:08:22 +0000

She’s jumping from the world of musical theater to the friendly skies; Gu Hye-sun plays an airline pilot in her upcoming drama Take Care of Us, Captain, which will air soon after her currently airing series The Musical wraps.

The role explains her uniformed appearance in this batch of stills from the SBS drama, where her character, Han Da-jin, graduates from the “Redbaron Airline Academy of Sanfrancisco,” per the fake diploma below. Urg, bad English in Korean dramas is one of my pet peeves; you’d think they’d have somebody on hand to correct them, especially with the pictured shoot taking place at the Yangpyeong English Village in Kyunggi-do. Approximately 100 Westerners were brought in to play extras in the graduation scene filmed on November 17.

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Gu Hye-sun celebrates birthday in Australia

javabeans — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:30:04 +0000

Gu Hye-sun is currently in Australia filming her new drama Take Care of Us, Captain, and celebrated her 27th birthday on the set. (It was on November 9, and is counted as her 28th by the Korean age system, where an infant is considered 1 year old at birth.)

The crew has been in Australia since the 4th, and on the day of her birthday was shooting at a botanical gardens. Hm, you know what that means: Australian drama fans, get out your maps and start a-stalkin’!

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