Lee Seon-kyun returns with new drama
by girlfriday
So, good news / bad news. The good news: The Voice returns to dramaland! Wheeeeeeee! The bad news: It’s YET ANOTHER medical drama. Whaaaaaaa? So not only do we have Song Seung-heon and Kim Seung-woo each in their own medical dramas due out this spring, but now Lee Seon-kyun is joining them too? Are the tv doctors having some sort of pissing contest with the tv time-traveling princes?
The new MBC drama is called Golden Time which doesn’t strike me as a very doctory title in the least. Sounds like a retirement community where they play a lot of pinochle. It’ll be a reunion with PD Kwon Seok-jang who directed Lee’s last drama, Pasta. The drama takes place in a surgical ward at a general hospital, and Lee Seon-kyun will be playing a top-notch surgeon with a cold demeanor. GUH. If there’s one mold television refuses to break, it’s that damn tv doctor one. We’ll call this one: McVelvet.
Adding to the uphill battle, Lee Seon-kyun has some pretty hefty tv doctor shoes to fill… HIS OWN, because he starred in 2007’s White Tower, which is considered by most as the med-drama gold standard (though it might have been surpassed by the more recent Brain). But the funny thing is, with the Pasta PD, I’m picturing more of a bossy shouty Chep in a white coat. Er, the other white coat, screaming “AGAIN!” wielding scalpel instead of chef’s knife. But let’s be real… I’d watch Lee Seon-kyun recite the alphabet, so…
Golden Time will premiere in late May or early June on MBC, following Light and Shadow.
Via Newsen
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1 Cam
March 12, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Whhoooo! Welcome back, Lee Seon Kyun ~ That's great for him to be back to the K-Dramaland, of course :) ;)
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2 Ace
March 12, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Hahaha! Can't help laughing at the genre. Seriously? Again? How many times do I have to say that this year? :)
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diorama
March 12, 2012 at 12:28 PM
*facepalm* Kdramas, meet bandwagon. I have to think that it's terrible business strategy for the networks - I mean, deluging viewers with five different medical dramas at the same time does not make sense. Who's in charge here?
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kbap
March 12, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Hey, Bandwagon, don't leave without shaking Kdramas' hand! (Okay, that was a pretty terrible attempt at being funny right there. But I'm getting there.) WOW, another one? If these all air at around the same time, am I gonna switch through every channel just to find doctors wielding the same scalpel? Oh well. It is Lee Seon-kyun. I'll probably watch it, just for the sake of Mr. Voice. :) (But really. At least some more rom-com, as long as it's not that crappy, would make me happier than yet another cold and precise doctor who eventually grows a heart. With the help of a girl. And marry. And have kids or something. The only thing I'm trying to watch that's medical is Late Night Hospital, just 'cause there's only ten episodes and the surgeon's a boxer. Hee.)
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3 djinni
March 12, 2012 at 10:30 AM
the voice... sigh. all i gotta say.
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4 fab
March 12, 2012 at 10:36 AM
McVelvet it is!
I hope the leading lady is a nurse... Dunno why.
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5 DramaticTeacher
March 12, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Wow, the doctors I know in the hospital are old+bald+married.
But then, if they were like Song SeungHoon and Lee SeonKyung, hospitals couldn't handle the lovesick patients.
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Pipit
March 13, 2012 at 1:15 AM
I know! Nobody IRL looks half good as those doctors in Brain!
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6 suitfetish
March 12, 2012 at 10:43 AM
So an ambiance-heavy medical drama (like Pasta) with Lee Seon-kyun playing a cold professional? Sounds like a working idea, really.
We've had several fun off-beat doctors (like the cuddly Pil-Joo line) so I'm hoping Seon-Kyun brings his A-game. Which is being seemingly intimidating and cold but actually a little off-beat under the prickles.
McVelvet pretty much sums it all up though!
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7 all4movies
March 12, 2012 at 10:47 AM
I didn't like Pasta and couldn't get into White Tower, so I'll probably pass on this one.
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8 cherkell
March 12, 2012 at 10:53 AM
HUMINAH HUMINAH HUMINAH! About time this boy got back in front of my eyeballs on a regular basis -- I'm sick to death of his mattress commercial playing 24/7. Give me the Real Deal!!! :)
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shel
March 12, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Ha! You make me laugh. I could listen to this guy all day, talking about whatever, though. Even mattresses.
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9 canxi
March 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM
I am not gonna lie. When I saw his picture and read the title I gasped so hard I actually CHOKED.
I might have died if I didn't get it together at "medical drama" hahahaha!
So excited, I don't watch a lot of medical dramas (only OBGYN,Brain, and God's Quiz (which is medical crime investigation) so I'm still OK with them.
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canxi
March 12, 2012 at 10:57 AM
ignore this! D: or delete it, I hit "submit" accidentally I think.
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10 canxi
March 12, 2012 at 10:56 AM
I am not gonna lie. When I saw his picture and read the title I gasped so hard I actually CHOKED.
I might have died if I didn't get it together at "medical drama" hahahaha!
So excited, I don't watch a lot of medical dramas (only OBGYN,Brain, and God's Quiz (which is medical/crime investigation-more crime than scalpels) so I'm still OK with them. I just wish...they weren't so serious. C'mon...Korea needs a Scrubs.
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11 WM
March 12, 2012 at 11:14 AM
"Golden Time" might refer to the "Golden Hour", the medical term used for the period of time when it's critical for a patient to get care; the idea is, the faster the patient gets medical intervention, the higher the chance of survival.
I'll watch this only because of The Voice. Hopefully it'll be good enough that I'll stay for other reasons, too. Still, I'm with you...I'm going to be yelling, "Yes, chep!" whenever he gives an order to an intern.
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canxi
March 12, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Ah with that, this drama sounds like it'll be super serious. )'=
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Ani
March 12, 2012 at 3:26 PM
That's what I was thinking since there was a Grey's Anatomy episode that focused on "the Golden Hour".
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im_eve
March 12, 2012 at 4:53 PM
true this, as i'm in that field hehe
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12 Saima
March 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM
hmm, so Brain is good? Dunno due to the casting brouhaha I just wasn't interested in the show. I guess I'll have to check it out when time permits.
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Gene
March 12, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Brain is excellent. The lead actor Shin Ha Kyun is so brilliant in his role. He is a Korean Gary Oldman. Brilliant, brilliant drama way better OBGYN.
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Min
March 13, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Hmm I may watch Brain... I watched OBGYN for the pretty SJK hehehe, so I ended up fastforwarding a lot of it...
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13 Arhazivory
March 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Well at least its not neurosurgery. -_-'
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14 sjkwifey
March 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Why oh why can't drama writers come up with a new idea instead of just flogging a dead horse. Surely there are more new and different professions in the world to base a character on, how about a drama based on the conflicts of paleontologists or the perils of restaurants inspectors, I dunno, something new and innovative. On a side note, I love you Mr. Voice for coming back to dramaland because I've been missing your husky and dulcet tones.
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15 Kaleido
March 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM
I am not sure about another medical drama.. if they want to make another medical drama... why can't they make a drama about nurses instead.. and have the voice be a male nurse... that will be quite funny... anyway.. i am just not sure all these medical drama...
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16 myra
March 12, 2012 at 12:40 PM
I liked his voice way before I knew he IS 'the voice'....by the way I thought that after Light and shadow Lee jun ki's drama Arang was supposed to air....
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17 Noelle
March 12, 2012 at 1:08 PM
ABOUT FLIPPING TIME! Love this man.
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Noelle
March 12, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Damn it! I knew I should of read this before post. Another doctor show. Why? I don't get it. If they were gonna do another doc show they should of made the lead different then all the other genius/top-notch/cold/Darcy doctors in every other drama that's gonna be coming out.
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18 Dav
March 12, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Erg. I don't like medical dramas, but Lee Seon-kyun - yeah, I'll watch anyway. Sigh.
But FFS, drama scene, pull it together. I want choices in what's on air.
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19 Beekinga
March 12, 2012 at 2:13 PM
So docs are the name of the game nowdays Seoul way. No sweat. God knows if this is going to be good, mediocre or bad, the one thing for certain is the amount of glee I get reading about all this bric a brac dramawise in this page. All the pens that pan out here are absolute must reads, agree or not with their point of view (there have been a couple of things I've said "they liked that?" And some others I found myself coming out with "but I found it awesome!"
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20 Mama J
March 12, 2012 at 2:53 PM
GF, I love you forever.
Are the tv doctors having some sort of pissing contest with the tv time-traveling princes?
hahahahahahah
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Webfoot
March 12, 2012 at 11:38 PM
Same here. That line deserves to go into the Golden Javabean Award.
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Tamago
March 13, 2012 at 7:13 PM
So, when are we going to get a time traveling prince who becomes a doctor in the present day?
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21 Amanda
March 12, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Not that I'm one to be pointing fingers or anything, but man does he look older in that picture!
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Isabelle
March 12, 2012 at 3:43 PM
No, the voice never ages
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22 phjfever
March 12, 2012 at 4:19 PM
i like him since CP but pls Korea, enough of medical dramas, half of the time i can't even look at those bloody gloved hands, etc. I'm scared of blood period :(
I'll definitely watch the one with SSH Dr Jin but this one not sure!
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23 ruky
March 12, 2012 at 7:54 PM
I say LSK......I SCREAMED YES!!!!.....then, medical drama and SCREAMED NOOOOOO!!!!....I have had enough medical drama for the year.Give me something different like Pasta or Rom Com that actually makes me laugh
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24 ripgal
March 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM
No drama can touch or has ever come close to White Tower's standard. Brain was decent because of Shin Ha Kyun's mindblowing performance, but White Tower? It's an unreachable threshold.
As for this... I'll check it out just for The Voice. But seriously, what's with all these medical dramas these days? o_0 I'm watching jTBC's Syndrome right now, and it's uhhhh... crap!
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creidesca
March 13, 2012 at 6:17 AM
ripgal, how far are you into the series? I would consider the drama more of a medical thriller than a medical drama like Brain.
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25 unsavoryplatypus
March 12, 2012 at 9:20 PM
I'll watch him anywhere. In a plane, on a boat, with a goat. In a box with a fox. Anywhere.
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subject
March 13, 2012 at 3:21 AM
lol. great comment!
And I do the same. LOVE to the core LSK!
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lynnza79
April 2, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Or weaving basket! Hahah anyone remember this?
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26 hamsandwich
March 12, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Ha ha, McVelvet...
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27 A-M
March 12, 2012 at 11:05 PM
haven't been tempted to watch a k-drama medical drama yet...but hearing that he was in one and that he will be in another, I might have to dip my toes in. Yum. Sort of up there with Alan Rickman and Tim Curry for me in terms of ear candy.
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28 Zelda
March 13, 2012 at 1:44 AM
thank you GF,
must go and get one stethoscope !!
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29 jeankaycee
March 13, 2012 at 3:42 AM
yay for this!
the voice is back!!
love to see him back!! ^_^
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30 Cabbage
March 13, 2012 at 4:55 AM
If there is a show-down, SSH wins King of the Mountain as a time-travelling doctor!
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31 Nheony
March 13, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Hahaha!! love the McVelvet. Can't kdrama PD's and writer come up with a quirky fun loving doctor? His flaw would be that he is too trusting and he gets too involved with his patients... but then again where would the drama be in that.
Better yet -- I wish he'd be like House.
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lynnza79
April 2, 2012 at 7:01 AM
Yah.. I've been thinking for mcvelvetin a role similar like house maybe? Tho i dun mind mcvelvet jumping up n down in frustration like in petty romance seconds before he gave the backhug to the heroin ;-)
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32 Diana Hansen
March 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM
the power of lee seon kyun is that i would watch him reciting the alphabet too, i'm in just to have another drama with mr. voice!
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33 Diana Hansen
March 13, 2012 at 9:54 AM
besides, i am a retired nurse so i like that stuff anyway!~
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34 Momos
March 13, 2012 at 10:03 AM
LSK aka The Voice??? One hundred times YES....
Can't get over his gruffness in Pasta.
Yet, medical drama? IDK, never watch one except for Thank You, is it even considered medical drama,,, got the hottie for the manly doctor turn Guardian angel ahjussi.
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35 more
March 13, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Is Brain Really as good a white tower??
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36 azile
March 14, 2012 at 12:13 AM
All of my favorite actors have dramas coming up and they are ALL medical dramas. As much as I want to watch, I'm not sure I can handle 4 shows with the exact same concept, no matter how much I love the leading man.
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37 liz
March 15, 2012 at 9:53 AM
is he the guy in coffee prince?
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38 Lenita
March 17, 2012 at 5:49 AM
"...I’d watch Lee Seon-kyun recite the alphabet, so… "
lol same here! so let the scalpels reign!
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39 Sajen
March 26, 2012 at 5:44 PM
to me which one to watch is easy it's Lee Seon-kyun as he is a great actor and I'm a straight male but I'm not ashamed to admit I love his voice, how I wish I had a voice even remotely like his
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