Huh. I didn't know he had a side project. It's uhhhh different than his main band. :D

My brother's in love with So You Think You can Dance. I caught a little this week -- I saw that one dude who did an extended robot routine while pop and locking . . . his organs?!?

Oh. And GO LAKERS!!! When we win the championship, we burning down LA like it's 1991! :D

Speaking of screamo, kimchee to this! Ajjjaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzyTefFXADg&feature=related

I too agree with you on watching Kdrama - nothing really appeaing to me lately - I was so desperate that I watched "coffee Prince" for the gazillion time. Yes, about the Lakers!!! Now onward to the final.

This weekend should be nice here in LA and I am so looking forward to doing nothing except to catch up on zzzzzzz.

City and Colour!! I think my favorite song was Day Old Hate, but I remember I loved this song too~

My sister absolutely is hooked to the tv screen whenever that show comes on. I've only watched it once when there was a marathon on MTV one day and I was really impressed that a few of the dancers (of that season) were not formally trained.

Not watching tv anymore.

I just found Last Scandal with english subs, so I'm catching up. It's really cute.

Also watching the Legend (finally) and picked up H.I.T. and Dal Ja's Spring. I'm set until Yi San comes out.

Oh...love the Last Scandal header!
Like all4movies, I'm catching up on Last Scandal. It is so funny and cute. Jae Bin and Sun Hee are so cute together. Love her hair transformation.
I finished Episode 7 last nite. Really wanted to watch Epi 8, but it hasn't completed download...oh wells...it was 2:45 am and I did have to get up at 6ish for work. :)

These days I use any gap time to catch up with the 'older' dramas and have just finished watching Beautiful Days. Oh my I was totally blown away by Lee Byung Hun's mersmerizing, sublime and charismatic performance! My first time watching LBH apart from his cameo in Hero. Didn't quite understand his mega star power before but now a 100% convict.

epyc,

If you liked Lee Byung Hun in Beautiful Days, you'll LOVE him in All In. That drama is Ultimate LBH Experience. Plus, it has a priceless scene between him and some cholos. Still one of my favorite scenes in all K-drama. ;)

Yeah, I watched all 10 subbed episodes of Last Scandal this week. Then I watched ep 11 without subs (but with your summary, thanks!) and still laughed so hard! Jae Bin's imitation of his brother was hilarious. I could tell what he was doing from the first word , "ahjumoni". And it also cracks me up how Jae Bin wakes up in the morning and the first thing he does is reach for the walkie talkie to call "Ahjumma! Over!" buahaha. Yup, Last Scandal was pretty much the highlight of my week. Many thanks to you and all the other subbers from WITH S2!

I'm just about to start watching Mixed-Up Investigative Agency and was looking at your first post about the drama...the pyscho chick from Epik High's "Fan" video is in it??? That suddenly makes the drama look SO much more interesting.

I’m glad I’m not the only one experiencing low times with dramas. My addiction is slowly going down hill… ;(

I know what you mean with K-dramas. :-(

another weekend? time flys...HAVE A SEX AND A GOOD CITY WEEKend Everyone! o_O

Yea..Sex and the City..watching that tonight.....the sexy ladies are back.

belleza

Yup - All In is my next project. But I'll need to finish re-watching BD first, a habit of mine to immediately double-take a great drama whenever there's one. Thanks for the recommendation. By the way, I love your analysis of Coffee Prince in the d-addict thread, a great read for me during the CP craze days :D

Suzy, welcome to the Last Scandal club!

@epyc,

Yeah All In is part of the "Guns and Roses" trilogy of K-drama: All In, Green Rose, Time of Dog and Wolf. Because in Korea, when love dies, it dies hard with a vengeance!!!

Beautiful Days was the first installment of the Heaven Trilogy. If you like it, you may want to check out its unofficial sequel, Stairway to Heaven, where Choi Ji Woo literally irrigates the show with her tears.

Beautiful Days is a great, great example of live shoot. Originally, it was conceived as a kind of revenge drama, where CJW's character was to choose Ryu Shi Won's character (rare melodrama where the first boy/childhood friend ISN'T one), spurning Lee Byung Hung to strike back. And in fact, RSW had signed onto the role with that presumption. The LBH/CJW couple scored so high (that or LBH, aka the Russell Crowe of K-drama, hijacked the project) that the writers hosed RSW, who himself was rather pissed at this new development. If you watch the show with that knowledge, you'll notice where they tried to glue the cracks in the story.

Also I believe Beautiful Days and Hotelier were competing with each other during their respective runs. Rather ironic.

@belleza

Thanks for the info about the 'guns and roses' and 'heaven' triologies but I normally keep myself away from tear rivers. That's why I still haven't seen the Autumn Tale or Stairway to Heaven despite how famous they are.

I am sort of aware of the BD script change but honestly, who will go for RSW when there is a LBH (I know, I know, there are such people ....) Oh, and please don't compare LBH to Russel Crowe although I'm from Australia. RC is no match to LBH's understated enigma. I tend to think LBH is a cross between Chow Yun Fat (in his hey day) and Leslie Cheung, underpinned by a strong masculinity.

Lucky, I don't have to make the choice between Beautiful Days and Hotelier, a tough call indeed.

Choi Ji Woo and RSW had done a popular show before Beautiful Days. So this was viewed as a "reunion", when they were cast together.

Oh, that Crowe comparison had more to do with LBH's difficult/intense reputation onset. He's somewhat known for fighting producers, writers, and being very intense with his female leads. If you work with LBH, you bring your game. He has an extremely high IQ, and he graduated first in his class from the KBS Acting School.

He's one of my idols, and I'm not sure how I feel about him being in GI Joe. The Actor who did JSA and Memories of My Harmonium (very good opposite Jeon Do Yeon!) . . . as a Korean ninja?!?

Didn't your dad tell you stories about how all Celtics are leprechauns who eat little children? Was it just me?

Go Lakers!!

I love Sex and the City. But I hate Carrie. I really hate her. What to do?

yay! another carrie hater. i can't help but wonder: why can't SATC just drop her and replace her with Miranda, or Samantha?

i wish i knew korean. i get bored waiting for subs. ....maybe i should be learning korean when im bored.

Kdramas are boring these days. I can't find the enthusiasm to watch any of them lately....*stiffles a yawn*

On the other hand, the Japanese doramas this spring season rocks. Change, Osen, Zettai Kareshi, Last Friends.....all very entertaining in their own way. Damn it, I've developed a girl crush on Ueno Juri! Lol, talking about intense, Juri is known for being intense on the set and speaking her mind to directors too. (sorry Javabeans, I can't stop babbling about Japanese dramas/actors/idols lately. Gomen ne? :))

@Felicity,

And in fact, it's actually unprecedented nowadays to see 2 top female starlets (i.e. different agencies) cast in the same J-drama. But Nagasawa and Juri (and you can tell she's totally alpha from her interviews) seem to get along FAMOUSLY offset too. (Haha, poor Sawajiri. I guess her "kai" has revolted full stop!)

Anyway, Last Friends -- give or take Ryo's Frankenstein-ish (though otherwise very brave choice and admirable for a JE idol to do this) domestic abuser -- is absolutely fab.

belleza wrote, "Didn’t your dad tell you stories about how all Celtics are leprechauns who eat little children?"

-Damn. That makes me feel old. :(
I used to watch Magic, Kareem, and Larry....

@belleza

haha! So you read about Sawajiri's and Nagasawa's infamous rivalry eh? I wonder how much of it is true, though it does seem entirely plausible. Sawajiri especially is notorious for her bad behaviour and arrogance towards other stars (even her senpei's, *tsk tsk*! ) and she deserves the backlash from the media for her petulance on stage promoting her recent movie. Nagasawa on the other hand, looks like sweet person. Can't imagine her being all bitchy and ring-leader of a bunch of starlets, but who knows....anyway, if these two really detest each other, then Sawajiri would find satisfaction in seeing Ryo slap/kick Nagasawa..... :D

Talking about cross cultural collaboration...wouldn't it be fun if Ruka came to Korea and hooked up with Eun Chan? Han Kyul has no chance against the charmingly kakooii Ruka!