What?!

^exactly!.... wth?!?

JSA a musical adaptation? Ewwww.

In dramatic, large orchestral movement, the actors will sing --

North Korean soldier: Your shadow! Your shadow~~ Your sha-a-a-a-dow is on my si-i-i-de.

South Korean soldier: I will ste-e-ep back. (Softer, melodic tone) You and I are the same...the same...the same. Just a man...a man...a man. Circumstances have brought us to-ge-e-e-ether as enemies...but you could easily be my bro-o-o-ther.

NKS: (echoing softly) Bro-o-o-ther...

**I will gladly let the musical creators take that without any charge!**

Really, a musical? I loved the movie, its one of my favorites, but I can't see it as a musical, that's just too weird, it feels like it would be taking something away.

How do you create a musical based off a movie that's suppose to be a serious drama??

@6....

While I'm skeptical of this production, there are some great musicals based on serious novels/stories like:

Les Miserables
Miss Saigon
West Side Story
Sweeney Todd
Evita

WEIRRDDDDDDD

too weird.

@4 - that was HILARIOUS - if the musical ends up being like that, props to you and that would just be too funny!!!!!! =D

miss saigon worked with the whole love story thing, and same with west side story. sweeney todd was about revenge. evita was about love for a country. and les mis was about revenge, with love, with revolution in the background.

i saw jsa long ago so if i remember correctly, it's just about a friendship and who shot whom or fired the shot...*STILL WEIRD*

if it were a PLAY rather than a MUSICAL - then maybe i wouldn't think it was so weird

I think it could work...

Thanks for the JSA highlight, JB. The best intro to Korean movies. Hollywood remake and now Korean musical, well.. not bad at all.

No updates on Lee Byung Heon's new movies?

I, for one, am excited! and might learn korean just to watch it.

@4 cans

that was AAAAAAHHHHmaZIIIIIIINNG! :D

i think that a musical could actually work for JSA. it has a beautiful storyline, and adding the music will give the seriousness a lighthearted undertone.. i really really enjoyed this movie when i first watched it during my Lee Young Ae phase.. and didn't even realize i was watching LBH!

I love this film and I love the musicals! It seems a little weird, but thinking about it, perhaps it is not a bad idea. I have seen a lot of musicals based in sad histories, and some are very good works (Blood Brothers, for example).

@ 4: :))

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