Nooooo!! I really like the "We Got Married" concept! It would have been really fun to watch the hijinks happen between a younger actor marrying an older actress. It could also be because I am in totally withdrawal from Hyun Joong and HwangBo's fake marriage. One of my ultimate favourites! Actually, I just loved "We Got Married" in general. Like you Girlfriday, now I am intrigued by the show. Definitely checking it out just to see if it'll have a hint of "We Got Married" in it.

The "That's Why I married an Anti-Fan" sounds interesting too. I think I shall also look that up.

I'm also not complaining about the whole Lee Seung-gi to Cha Seung-won switch. Although I still do like the whole younger actor to older actress idea, but still, I think I'm gravitating towards Cha Seung-won more. Ah well, any Hong Sisters drama choices end up making me happy anyway! :)

Well, why don't they patent the "cancer", and "contract marriage", the "evil monster-in-law" as well ?

I really wanted to see Lee Sunggi in the next Hong sister's drama.
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Ooohh!!! Ssangchu couple!! They were my fave!!

i also don't think they should be plagiarized. i'm looking forward to this drama, no matter who they cast (well, that may be a lie)

What the heck!!! No matter what as GF said this is a HONG SISTERS drama, for goodness sake, so I'm still on board. They have known to re hash old plots to new ones before like the fantasy couple. So I don't understand the plagiarsm accusations since the drama hasn't been aired yet.

Maybe if Queen of Reversals didn't last forever and a day they could have done a drama for this web toon.

What can I say, it's not another high school musical drama so I don't care. Whoever gets to the trend first. ...aaannnddd go!

yup... too many repetitive things can be found in one drama to another drama...
it might be considered plagiarization if they copy the same characters, same scenes, same background, same lines...
anyway... this is HONG sisters, i belive they are creative enough to create something daebakkk

yay im so happy this drama is still gonna air

Plagiarism when it comes to dramas is an ambiguous thing. So many of the concepts used have just been rehashed material ---- the main difference is HOW they make it different, that extra something to make it special. When it comes to the Hong sisters, they manage to hit the mark many a time. Now all I can say is, Drama, fighting! ~

ACK! Fake marriage/contract marriage are one of my favorite tropes and I SO wanted to see how the Hong sisters would put their on spin on the whole thing. The meta that was supposed to be written into the drama with the whole WGM angle was going to be fantastic, imho. I'm saaaad they'll rewrite that concept. So very sad.

Nooooo! I love younger guy older girl pairings! Then adding the fake/marriage concept? Something....I'm a bit tired of to be honest BUT handled by the Hong sisters? Yes yes yes! And now....no no no? Oh......

I swear my WGM addiction is just as bad as my drama addiction. Perhaps it's cause WGM is nearly as dramatic as a drama? Lol...

...i'm sure its just publicity! whatever, but as drama addict, we know its far from plagiarism. They might have the same plot, but I doubt its the same masterly skilled writing from Hong sister. Anyway, same with gf, whats with the big shift from LSG to CSW and I think instead of the actress being the noona now its the other way around. And the idea of fake marriage! well I'm getting intrigue...

plagiarism? blah blah blah. i don't care enough

and omo, wgm is my second best 'something to watch' after dramas.

so? whatever, i'm in !
just do not change so much the original plot for encounter this non-sense publicity

love the fake marriage concept, WGM is one of my favorite shows so a drama version would be awesome...love how girlfriday put up my favorite WGM pairings, Lettuce and Khuntoria couple♥

Anyhow, i`m SUPER HAPPY that from this incident came CSW to the rescue (*sort of~)..."Gukkie..i wanna brand name handbag to go,please..." ;P

There's a saying in the writing world: there are no new scenarios because every scenario has been done - it's how you tweak the story and the twists that make it good or bad. This fake marriage to real love story not a new concept, nor is younger man/older woman, which is what a lot of people have already pointed out. It seems sort of, dare I say it, petty and jealous for them to slap out the plagiarism angle. I suppose it's publicity for their web show, though.

But you know this could actually be good for TDOA. It could actually make it a better. At least I tell myself that because I like the Hong Sisters. I do hope they use Lee Seung-gi again very soon, though. There's just something about him that always makes me smile.

a WGM-esque drama done by the Hong Sisters would have been amazing. too bad about the accusations, that plotline is a potential crack drama in the making. (another writing project for moi? but I already have so many... T_T)

I just Wish it was Kim Sun Ah rather than the other actress. She might be cute but Sun Ah is compatible when it comes to Cha Seung Won!!!!

I don't think Hong Sisters' work can be said to be plagiarized, but they have to work hard to gain some respect in the industry.

First, they are gifted as far as mixing things up. This could have come from their growth and experience out of being writers of variety shows. But they have to begin writing original stories. All of their dramas were accused of plagiarism at one point another, and this happens because Hong Sisters take bits and parts of other work and combine it as one. They do a very good job this, but people are getting annoyed by the fact that there are no original work in their creation.

This usually show up in Hong Sister's ratings, as they tend to do poorly, especially in recent years. Hong Sisters are heavily criticized in Korea for not being able to move outside of their comedy writing style evident from their variety show days. I think this is a bit of over criticism, but I do agree that they need to focus on new things.

More and more, grabbing bits and pieces from other people's work and putting it together as one will be criticized. Because while they have been able to avoid plagiarism in legal sense, it becomes very difficult to argue in their favor from the viewer's point of mind.

I'm one of the few who like this non sibling Hong Sisters over the real Hong Sisters in Korea. I do like their writing flow better than the real Hong Sisters. But I agree, they need to stop taking bits and parts of pieces from other projects and create something new.
Because if they can't do this, they will only continue being successful in the foreign market, idol dramas, due to the fact that fans aren't aware of where they got their work and due to the fact that the viewers haven't seen the originals so it comes off fresh.

I was very disappointed with YAB and MGFINTFox.
I enjoyed the finished product of YAB, but they took so many parts from older projects, and that was annoying. MGFINTFox was just horrible, they took parts from older projects than failed to make it at least as good as YAB. It's time for them to create new things.

Stab me if you want but I don't like the "yes cheph" girl.
My reality sucked big time. When I watch drama, I want to see pretty people. looking at her just like me looking into the mirror or over my window or starring at people who stand in front of me in Mcdonald.

I read from some source that CSW was actually the intended lead male actor in the drama and not LSG; so CSW was also kinda puzzled by all the rumors that he's "substituting" LSG (not that it has been finalized that he'll join the crew).

If CSW is the lead, cannot see actress GHJ playing opposite him. I don't feel she is strong enough. Have only seen her in Thank You and Pasta and am not convinced.

My personal favorite is KSA (great together in City Hall) and I would love to see them in another series.

However, I can see Kim Ha Neul of My Girlfriend is an Agent holding her own with CSW.

Honestly, I don't like the idea of casting GHJ from the beginning, Now that the lead actor switched from LSG to CSW, It's obvious; I'm not the only one that oppose it.

hmm... I smell another Harlequin style romance. But I totally like! haha

I hope they didnt switch up the storyline too much;
Ssangchu couple and Mania couple were my favorites from WGM season 1 (and R&B couple season 2). It doesnt even seem like that long ago...

:( Time flies.

They obviously put way more effort into their first drama, Choonhyang, than the later ones. Their dramas HAVE been getting worse as the years go by..they really need to pull their energy together and try again like they're writing for the first time.

loved "A" couple: crown j and seo inyoung
and then adam/petite couple: son gain<3 & jo kwon
still hoping they will cast a younger actor.
not really a fan of cha. maybe baek seunghyun? someone relatively unknown?
p.s LOVE gong hyo jin, great choice. esp. loved how played her character in the movie Family Ties

May I ask that you not write in slang any longer- 'meta'. Hmm.... as an English woman I have no idea what that means.

i am VERY VERY excited if they play off the "we got married" concept. I think it's very intriguing how they can put this as a drama!

i mean first, "you're beautiful" with an idol band, which became a HUGE hit playing off the "idol" theme and now a fake marriage reality show concept???

it's gonna be amazing :D

I will watch this one if it's going to be Ms Gong and Mr Cha. If it's Ms Gong and Mr Lee, then I won't be bother.

Yongseo!!! Oh, I miss the Yongseo couple, even though they haven't left yet.

Aaah, love love fake marriage.. Khuntoria in wgm already re-enacted some kdrama scene from bof, kim sam soon, full house, yab..
Yab 'youre the star bla bla' never fail to make me laugh when used by khuntoria
Love joongbo, adam and junjin couple...
It would great if hong sister make fun other k-drama scene...

oh no dramabeans...you used ssanchu pic. Now the crazed jongbooers are gonna spam your blog !!! get ready to deflect their insanities!

WGM compared to the other reality shows is really the most similar to a drama in that it has a main couple forced to live with each other, and main couple is forced to participate in games, activities and whatnot to make them appear closer, as to gain the audiences love...and for the most part it is really a loosely scripted show with the main couple doing ad-libs...but usually they have to appear to "like" each other even though that might not be the case...so yes WGM is just another drama repackaged as being a reality show!