Whoo! Happy Friday everyone!

I've been on a mission all week--painting my room. The rest of my family went on vacation so I decided to redo everything...secretly. Oh boy. They get back on Sunday, and I've got SO much work to do. This might turn out to be a bad idea...

Okay, finished Meteor Shower, and though the ending wasn't my favorite, I am actually looking forward to the sequel, most likely because I know they've already gotten that pesky amnesia storyline out of the way, and it can't be anything like the harrowing mess that was the second season of meteor garden.
Looking for a new drama- K, J or C. Any recommendations?

@ Javabeans: still trying- Don't Ask me About the Past. Recommend it. That's all. :)

Happy Friday Open Threaders! I'm digging the song today!

@Javabeans: Thank you so much for hooking me up with the BumsSo blog. I started out just helping the other writers by adding screen caps (and the occasional, sometimes sarcastic) remark. The other day, I did my very first recap on Dream, Ep 8. It took me ALL DAY. Of course, a day spent doing anything Kim Bum related is a good day. :) But I said all that to say this: You are a Kdrama recap goddess! I spent all day on just ONE recap, yet you do several, plus give us lots of other goodies, plus do subtitles...Where do you find the time to do it all? Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for all you do for us!

Back at my college, and I have a chemistry teacher who sprung a book on us last minute, aka when we were walking in the door he was like "you need this book for this class". That book is $109...ugh. He's also trying a bit too hard to be Einstein (hair-wise).

I get to go home this weekend for a wedding and my dad's birthday. Plus its labor day weekend so I miss my Monday classes for another week in a row. Yay!

@ladymai: But Meteor Shower is still worth watching right? I'm only on episode 10 and while I like it better than the other HYD incarnations, I can't seem to finish it; Its taking me forever. Anyway, have you seen BOSS already? Its pretty good and there are a few new ones coming out soon.

Happy Friday everyone!

For the first time in over a year... even though I have full internet access, I haven't touched Asian dramas for a full two days. *GASPS* I've instead gotten enamoured with Stargate Atlantis, which I *really* should have started to watch five to seven years ago, when I actually had the time to go through all five seasons. Instead, I'm jumping and skipping my way through episodes, with the help of an episode guide, and only watching the episodes focused on character-development and kick-ass missions. And I watched one of the episodes from fifth season, and found myself hunting down fanfiction. Like, wth? I haven't touched fanfiction for a year or so... ever since I discovered dramas!

I am going to continue to watch Meteor Shower. Even though I've watched the plot done three times so far, I still find this version a breath of fresh air. I'm still terrified of the ending though... reading from the comments above, and the comments on other forums, its not the best ending. Though there is a sequel coming out next year *sighs* Speaking of sequels, the Full House II sequel rumours have been circulating for months now. Is there any actual confirmation on that?

@3 ladymai
I've given up searching for new good J/K/C dramas, for the time-being. I'm instead going through the archives of random LJ communities, searching for old goodies that I might have missed in the past. I *think* I only watched City Hall (LOVE) and Brilliant Legacy (love! despite the overall cliches) this year in the KDrama category. For JDramas, I've watched quite a bit more. I'm waiting a month for Buzzer Beat to finish, since it seems right down my alley. I'm so excited for that!

Happy OT Friday y'all! Three-day weekend ahead in the US, I'm so excited. I'm planning to get all the mundane housework stuff out of the way today so I can just veg for the next 3 days straight (hopefully).

I'm still watching only current shows at the moment: Tamra, Dream, Hon, and My Fair Lady. I love Tamra (oh, Im Joo-hwan, so tall and lovely), Dream is still watchable (Kim Bum, my little baby), Hon is really good and really creepy in the best way, and My Fair Lady is growing on me by leaps and bounds. Yoon Eun-hye...I swear, the girl is like crack. The more I see her the more I want to see her. Jung Il-woo...well, get out the steak sauce because I'm about to eat some bad-tasting words I spoke a few weeks ago. I believe I said something crazy like "I just don't think he's that cute" or words to that effect. Whatever I said, I was completely insane at the time. Return of Iljimae...here I come, sweetheart! Sorry it took me so long!

Two dramas recently added to the DramaFever lineup look pretty good, Outrageous Women and Rebirth. Anyone care to give me their take on either of these?

Next on my to-watch list? Smile and Iris!

Hi javabeans,

If you have the time please translate Im Joo Hwan's interview.
It is in You Tube, thanks. Happy Day - Weekend !!.

Just curious Is it true that Song Hye Kyo and Hyun Bin are couple now?I read somewhere.Hopefully it's true,they are good looking couple euer.

Haven't been watching Asian dramas for the past 3 weeks but was hungover last weekend at a friends house and the only thing to watch was Pride, a j-drama.

Ended up marathoning it and LOVING it.

So, I am recc'ing Pride to people here. Go watch it.

Am also currently watching Lawyers Of Korea and it remains enjoyable.

See ya'll later.

TGIF! And a three-day weekend to boot! I really need one.

@ langdon813

Lol. You're finally on board the Jung Il Woo train! If you think he's cute in MFL, you ain't seen nothing yet. Get ready to fan yourself over the hotnss in ROI. Come on, kickass fighting, deep emoting, and oozing masculinity (with a tinge of feminine beauty that actually doesn't make him effeminate).

Next-Rebirth is like a collection of mini-dramas (different past lives ) and is great during the Ryu Su Young/Son Ye Jin ones (their chemistry sizzled), but the ones with RYS & Jang Shin Young were actually flat in my opinion.

@ mishane

Ah...missing Lee Sung Jae. He was the highlight of Lawyers of Korea.

I'm glad to say I finished Meteor Shower last week. Boo-yah! I actually liked the ending cause it was rather sweet & makes me more excited about the sequel. I have to say the show is a bit dragged out though [36 EFFING EPISODES!!] & I still prefer BOF. BOF felt more intense & humorous & the relationship between everybody [F4, Jandi+Junpyo, Jandi+Jihoo, SoEul, etc] were more detailed & funner to watch. Plus, the H4 is hid-e-ousss!

So, schools starting for me next week.. lol. I'm worried it might interfere with my drama watching. Now, off to review some french!

@2 Samsooki

Whoa - OT#100!!!! That is worth some kind of celebration!! How about we all watch one Dramabeans recommended drama for next Friday and we can only talk about that one drama?

@ Meh - I am on drama hiatus until Iris comes out because I've been burnt out with some bad, lame, and mediocre dramas. I want to be excited for Iris. I think I couldn't really fall in love with 'City Hall' because I was just too burnt out. I'll retry it again after my hiatus. The sad thing is - there is no drama even tempting me to break my hiatus.

Instead, I'm focusing on watching kvariety shows. I would love a website like DramaFever to just focus on the Kvariety shows! I crack up over Xman, Infinity Challenge, & Family Outing. My new addiction is 1N2D!!! Just heard about DreamTeam and trying to find eng sub episodes - so frustrating!!!

My biggest problem is that there aren't enough subbers for variety shows and I can only find the ones that have an idol with massive fansubbers. Sigh...if you guys can recommend options to finding these, I'd appreciate it!

Happy Friday!

Has anyone watched both 'He Who Can't Marry' Korea version and 'Kekkon Dekinai Otoko' Japan version? Which one do you think is better?

@9 Sari - yeah i read in popseoul that binnie an hye-gyo were together.. and aren't they just adorable? if you've watched world's within its kinda not surprising seeing as they kissed in just about every freaking episode! but i'm not complaining coz beautiful people belong together... lol i don't know why but they just make me giddy.. hehe

Ahh I'm on mid-semester break now and yesterday i caught up with my asian studies lecturer and lets just say I'm pretty much screwed for this paper coz i haven't done any of the work... instead I delve into Asian Dramas... how flippin ironic....

Ooh Open Thread's Golden jubilee next week! I'll drink to that!

@ mishane and hjkomo

A big yes from me too for "Pride" and "Lawyers of Korea" - highly recommended! KT and LSJ....arghh

@15 b020!

OMG I'm totally in the variety show Buzz too! ahh *grinning from ear to ear* But i'm only on the 1n2d bandwagon, was on xman but it ws pretty hard to find subbed episodes let alone any episodes.. But yeah 1n2d i find the 6 of them pretty hilarious and bloody adorable... I don't even have a favourite coz i adore each of them... okay i find kim.C hot for some reason ho-dong.. that guys gold, su-guen...amazing, seung-gi..enough said.. ji-won...truly lives up to his name and Mongie! hes just freaking adorable with his wee mini eyes.. ahh you make me wanna watch some episodes right now..

I Just may do that...hehe

So I got my birthday card created by one of my co-workers. Days before she made it, she asked for a list of my fave asian male actors. It turned out really awesome, but out of the 7 images of the guys she placed, she only got 2 right -- Gong Yoo and Matsumoto Jun. It also had Joo Ji Hoon, So Ji Sub, Cha Seung Won, Lee Seo Jin, and Kim Hyung Joon. The card was passed around for people to sign, one message said "the guy on the back of this card is a little questionable..." that guy is Kim Hyung Joon, lol!

Geez, I had to explain to them that 5 of those photos are wrong, especially the guy on the back! Most of my co-workers liked So Ji Sub, but I think it's because he was looking down.

But I'm happy and I appreciate my co-worker's effort. The card is now hanging on my panel board, Gong Yoo's page, of course. :)

Oh Pride... that Icy-hockie show, love it! TK is awesome so is the actressTY (Takeuchi Yuko) I watched most of her lovely dramas :)

@b020 I've started one and will share mine next week hopefully ;p

@13 hjkomo... hehe you meant Park Ye Jin right and not SYJ :P

@13 hjkomo

I think a Labor Day Weekend marathon of ROI is definitely in order; plus, I know all of JB's recaps are finished now too, which makes it even more appealing.

I'm going in the wrong direction because the guys I'm watching keep getting younger and younger! I just need to keep repeating this mantra: Cha Seung-won, Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Yoon Kye-sang, Yoon Sang-hyun, Lee Byung-hun...there. I feel MUCH better now.

Still planning on being with JIW all weekend, though. ;-)

happy friday! man im gettin a late start today. work swamped me from the second i walked in. it's friday before labor day weekend too!! i fully believe we should get a half day in celebration of that. we're having a rock band competition at work today tho..one of the group's names is 'donuts in the breakroom' and they brought donuts.. totally just bought my vote. i am easily swayed by baked goods apparently haha.

@11 djes - i'm glad you're ok!! must be if you're posting on OT :) 15 min earthquake!! that's just nuts!! i'm in CA and it's totally the earthquake state but 15 min is crazy long!! sigh, in other news, i'm so sad WB ends next week. i totally thought it was at least 10 episodes!! i just finished watching episode 7 and laughed my a$$ off... they play the most ridiculous games and i love them for it!

Just finished watching Black and White. This is certainly the most sophisticatedly produced T-drama. It is intense and well-paced overall with the conspiracy storyline quite intriguing.

Vic Zhou and Mark Chao are both terrific and carrying their title roles successfully. Apart from my previous analogy of the pair to the young Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung. Mark Chao also reminds me of the young Takeshi - the eyes (before the double eyelid surgery, that is), the cheekbone, and the lip. Kingone Wang gave an unexpectedly good turn as a baddie and there's the vibe of Health Ledger's joker. (He is rather boring in previous good guy roles.) I like the hot dog guy as well. He's got some quirkiness in him that is endearing. It would be a different drama if it was done the way it intended originally, ie a follow up vehicle for F4 after Meteor Garden. Thank goodness, it didn't work out.

The weak points are certainly the female leads. The love triangle between the two male leads and the female lead is an opportunity missed. The circumstances and ambiquious relationships among them have all the potential of a very dynamic and dramatic triangle but there are simply no sparks to light up the fire. That actress is in fact not bad but her look and acting are probably more suitable for secondary, rather than lead, roles. In fact, T-dramas tend to have more attractive and charismatic actors than actresses. I find the side plots more interesting, eg the subtle concern and care between Vic's character and the forensic officer, and the hot dog guy's unrequited love.

The supporting cast is great as well as their storylines which all enrich the drama. The PA guy in Fated to Love You is very eye-catching here as the 2IC of the 'mafia', and so are those in the Police Station and the Mercenary Army.

Never thought Kaohsiung could look that cool. Will have to spot those cool places when next going there.

Taiwanese should be proud of this drama - very well-made and highly watchable. Look forward to seeing the movie sequel!

hehe within the first 20-odd (well at time of writing this post that is....) Can't quite believe i am posting this while everything is a (literal) blur! ...ah the addictiveness of the OT and this blog!! :)

Re: the upcoming OT #100
we really have to celebrate the 100th OT! What should we do? Everyone have a nice cup of coffee (and a cupcake) to toast and salute Javabeans perhaps?

Definition of crazy.....with a sky high mountain of kdramas waiting to be watched, picking up 6 more. Yes 1 is silly - 6 is looney bin. WTF?! @_@ Really need a restraining order against myself! How am i gonna find the time to check this blog, eventually watch 'My Fair Lady' (avoiding the recaps - which am sure they will be awesome) and the upcoming IRIS and get to the little things like life/work/sleep? Anyone know where I can get a cloning machine.? I think I need 2-3 just for my kdramas.

Well happy long weekend for those lucky enough to have one.
(I'm sure I'll be back later in this OT when everything is not a blur...)

@26 samsooki
I haven't used the slapchop (what a terrible name lol) myself, but I was watching Food Network the other day and one of their chefs was using one (with the name cleverly hidden), so I would assume it works.

I like the idea of drinking coffee and eating cupcakes for OT 100. Maybe we should take a photo and put them up here?

where does it say that WB is only 8 eps long???? why why why??? there is still SO MUCH to be seen w/ the 2PM boys!!! THEY CAN"T END IT!!

on that note: It's been ONE YEAR since 2PM's debut. it's 2PM all day today here..

started downloading City Hall, i will start watching it when i've got more than half the drama downloaded.. only got 3 eps so far.. and i can only download one ep every day.

next week's 100 OT!! w00t! what drama is everyone going to watch??

@24 epyc

Could not agree more with your B & W comments. Vic and Mark had WAY more chemistry with each other than either of them did with any of the women. If they had just fallen for each other instead it might have been the perfect drama! :-)

I had not seen the guy who played the # 2 Mafia guy in anything before but I also thought he was fantastic. He does broody and menacing yet strangely honorable VERY well and he ended up being one of my favorite characters. Kingone just needs to play baddies from now on, because he's much better at it than always being the # 2 guy (at least in the few Tdramas I've seen him in). Hot Dog Boy was great and I found myself wishing he'd get the girl in the end (after all, Hero and Ruffian had each other)!

@ mishane & epyc

I totally love the Jdrama "Pride". I became a fan of Kimura Takuya ever since then. His other drama Engine is also good. I highly recommend both jdramas.

As for Kdramas, I'm hooked on watching My Fair Lady. I can't wait for the next episode.

I just can't wait the Meteor Shower sequel, it was quite different from the other versions, that's why I like it, it has to said that not everyone stands chinese or tw humor, for me watching Shangguan and Ye Shuo was just so great and funny.

Really hope they change Yu Hao Ming hairstyle, I meas it was awful. :)

@24 epyc - oh so glad you enjoyed B&W!! it was a very fulfilling drama and yet also left open at the end so that the movie could continue. i cannot wait for the movie (though I think it's barely starting production yet..if it's even at that stage). and yes i really enjoyed kingone's role. he is SO boring as the good guy and i have never liked him until this show. and the FTLY PA guy.. nice turn from his previous light hearted role to this serious one. :)

@ 30 samsooki

I've got the shamwow, and it works...okay. Mine isn't as bad as yours seems to be, but I have to wash it pretty often because it soaks up smells and becomes that 5 year old sponge in like a week. GROSS.

I've got a traditional vegetable chopper and it doesn't work nearly as well as the slap chop seems to, so I'm pretty tempted as well. That video is amazing.

@ Samsooki

Nooooo...(imagine me doing the Su-min finger waggle from MFL). Don't go back to work! Stay here and play (come to the Dark Side...we have chocolate)!

I was JUST about to head to YouTube to investigate this "slapchop" you speak of, then you cosiderately provided a link, complete with the SlapChop Rap. THIS is why we need you on OT Fridays!

@lb_tmi - they said something like 'stay tuned for our last episode next week!' and then i got really sad. but on the bright side - that means they are preparing for their new album. hell it's supposed to drop in a lil more than a month!! and is TODAY their 1 year mark? i knew it was beginning of sept sometime but not the exact day. hooray!! gotta love these beastly idols lol!!

We should all take a day off next Friday for the 100th Open Thread! Let's just sit in front of our computer and chat all day!

@30 Samsooki

Like you Samsooki, I am also very weary about products on informericals because they never seem to work as well as when they are being advertised. I try to steer clear of anything that has a "AS SEEN ON TV" sign on the box...hahah

this is my first time posting, i am really enjoying reading all of everyone's comments/thoughts.

By the way, has anyone seen the TW drama "My Queen"? Just wanted to see if there were any thoughts/comments out there about it.

Have a great long weekend to all those in the US!

I have Portillo's chocolate cake, Samsooki...for real, you should stay. Hehe...

I have the Shamwow, but it's not that absorbent anymore, it was just a giveaway.

i LOVE 'as seen on tv' products!!!

now that i have TV again, i've been seeing TONS of infomercials. last weekend, i saw one on the Bullet Express and i SO want one.. but i won't buy 'em until they are in the stores..

i did buy the miracle blades, and i love them!!! i also bought this hair comb thingy, and it sucks for me.. but it works for my sisters.. so i gave them away. :(

holy cow.. this thread is moving so fast.. my head hurts.

@ lovenyc52

yes, yes, it's the boys anniversary TODAY!!! and i'm so depressed today now that i know it's the last ep next week. there's so much more to see.. i hope they have a reunion at least!

@lb_tmi - today should totally be a half-day at work in celebration of their 1 year mark. hell, it should be a holiday and i should be paid to not be at work and at home enjoying all things 2pm instead. sigh. once again, work gets in the way of life.

Hey guys! Happy OT #99! Manse!! Hm, I wonder how the people on this thread will have changed by the next 100.

Dramas! The trouble with these kpop fandoms is that they interfere with your drama watching! Arck!! Right now I'm going through AADBSKIII, after which I was planning to pick up Buzzer Beat... but yesterday I 'accidentally' watched a vid of a kiss from Cain and Abel.. it was funny and cute and, er, different, and SO JI SUB and HAN JI MIN! Then I watched an mv, and got to exactly 1 minute and 43 seconds before I stopped, squealed into my fist and realised I needed to have watched this drama like yesterday. I have the feeling this will interfere with my list. DAMN MY LIST. When I heard about CaA, I was SUPER excited about the OTP and turned off by the expected medical stuff... But, unf, OTP.

I'm looking forward to Black and White! ZaiZai! <3 And everyone says its brilliant. 'Tis on the list.

watched Meteor shower and it was BLAH...funny how the production said it wasn't a remake of HYD but almost all the events were the same. Hope the author at least get some credit, not to mention copy rights etc. I haven't seen Black and White with Vic and Mark but heard lots of good stuff about it. So definitely will give it a try. Seen so many k-dramas already haven't found any that excite me anymore...so still waiting...maybe Iris? J-drama Pride was LOVE, it had exceeded my expectations so definitely recommend for anybody that likes romance and good looking guys!

Speaking of Meteor Shower I’ve been watching it for some time now and quite disappointed with how they shot the b-day of Yun Hai, unlike in Taiwan version its one of the highlight of Meteor Garden even K and J version makes outstanding adaptation but the china version is such a garbage it was rashly and poorly done and didn’t make justice on the MT saga. I say this because its one of the highlight of the story. It brings to mind how touched Dao Ming Si is when San Shi gave the cookies as her gift and indirectly declare war against Dao Ming’s mother. But I can’t deny that Yun Hai and Yu Xun make a good pair, they were so young and full of life. If you have much time to be idle make this in your list and have the headache comparing the versions….lol just be accommodative on the story I’m trying that now since I accept the challenged to watch till the end.

Anyone going to Bumbershoot this weekend in Seattle? I'm planning on going on Monday and I always have this excitement/terror of going to giant music festivals. I'm so excited to see musicians I adore, but I'm terrified that they're going to suck. I went to see M83 last year and it was BY FAR the worst concert I've ever been to. I think the singer was afraid of speaking in English, and it's all electronic so there wasn't anything to look at.

Ugh, this week has been hectic with the first week of Grad school. I'm glad it's over so normal hours can get started! Plus I'm still having problems adjusting to the time zone, along with the fact I'm sick. Thank deity I have a four day weekend to do homework and try to recover! With how I feel I don't even think I'm going to work out today. Love reading about My Fair Lady by the way! I'm not sure I'd have the patience right now to watch it, but it's quite fun to read the recaps.