I miss Salaryman. T__T
after watching such an awesome, fast-paced and CRAZY GOOD drama like Salaryman... both Fashion King & Love Rain are so boring and bleh. lol

i think Wed-Thurs night dramas are more suited for me. *hops off wagon*

it is very beautiful i love the first episode very much although i watch it without subtitle and i don't understand Korean language and cannot wait to watch the second episode so beautiful scene and story
and jang geun suk acting was perfect i just wonder why you don't love suk in korea am from Egypt (middle east) and i adore him he is my idol he is very talented-in acting and has beautiful voice and mary me mery good drama jang geun suk and moon geun acting was very good and you are my pet was so funny but any way i trust that japnees fans will not let love rain down

I watched the episode and.... aside being pretty (VERY pretty) to look at, this drama nothing more special......

Yoona'S character just look too plain and dead. I mean JGS is all LOVE looking to her and she is like, there a wall.

Guess the pd wanted her to be delicate and pure and all and she end up a boring pretty tree to look at.

I hope her character from future be more alive. Actually I think it'll be. And has amazing Lee Min Sook, so I'll give this a chance.

But the first episode was too slow and boring, pretty but boring.

For people saying Yoona is better here than You are my destiny, I disagree I prefer her character from You are my destiny much more than her dead character here.

i saw this coming. No surprised there

I watched love rain, I love the actor it has but plot wise I feel really empty. Might watch the drama later when it is over and just watch the highlight.

oh I know everyone hates it but I absoultely LOVED Mary!!!! and I loved JGS in Mary!!!!!!! He was awesome!!! but I feel I may be absolutely alone in this..... :(

The first episode may be kind of slow but I'm expecting the plot to pick up and for the ratings to increase. Jang Geun Suk even said that the romance in the 70s portion is a bit slow but the 2012 portion is much faster-paced in comparison (and is said to feel like a completely different drama). I'm hoping that people will give the drama a chance and not just judge it based on low ratings for the first episode.

I also read too much of the 70s spoilers so I know pretty much everything that's going to happen but I don't know that much about the modern portion. Still I am enjoying the series so far:)

geez...some people are being so harsh. Remember it's only the first episode! u can't really judge it based on that. give it a chance before u start bashing.

Its too early to tell.

Yoona is talented young actress. She just need some time and guidance. There are few good idol turn actress that is good like Uee and Eunjung and even Suzy.

I believe that an actor or actress, besides from a good script and a guide from the Director, you need to have a good sparing partner in a drama/movie. A good partner will help you to bring out the best in you.

I hope that JGS can do that with Yoona.

Your summer scent reference kind of makes me want to watch it.. I guess, I will watch it in the future when I'm in mood for something... Moody.

JGS's head has gotten to big for his hat. His arrogance irks me. Remember watching his special a few weeks back, he is just popular in Japan and he called himself Prince of Asia !!?? In Love Rain news conference, he said he will do a dance with Yoona if ratings reached 40++ ? Maybe nobody wants to see them dance..... I'm a fan of Yoona but frankly speaking, I switched to Fashion King halfway. Besides nice settings.....reminds me of the Brady Bunch...nothing to talk about. Hope the ratings will pick up soon

Would choose to watch Fashion King over Love Rain any day.

I think I'll check it out with my aunt over spring break. We like cheesy kdramas with beautiful colors/scenery :P.

Its just the first 2 episodes.

I haven't watch it yet. Is Yoona an exemplary actress here? PD raves about Yoona's excellence in acting...I have to see this before I make further comments.

I trust Keun Suk's acting. I know it will be good.

I'll wait and see...

Aw I think I'll check it out anyways, I'm a sucker for old school melo dramas and some of my fav dramas were from this PD.

Random note but does anyone else reckon the male lead in Light and Shadow reminds you of Jang Dong Gun?? I seriously keep getting them confused in pics lol

I hope Love Rain will have the mood of Will It Snow at Christmas or Autumn Tale. I just love the emotions in those dramas. And the soundtrack too should surpass the Waltz collection of Spring Waltz.

It's a good drama. People should stop whining and just watch it. JGS fighting!

I think Korean taste(as well as international taste) regarding kdramas has been changing for the past years, and with recent off-beat, different dramas bringing new content and redoing clichés in innovative ways while making it big(like Salaryman, Padam Padam, Flower Boy, now with the King 2 Hearts, to put the most recent examples), this "classic" styled dramas are going to suffer. I wasn't particularly interested in Love Rain even when JGS is in it, seems like more of the same. Apparently I wasn't wrong with my initial impressions...

Huh? The way people talk here is as if You're Beautiful was such a ratings monster. Hello highest rating for that drama was only 11.9%

He is not that famous in korea its all about hype. His company has good connections with korean media, so they keep hyping up his name. He is famous in Japan, but that's about it.

His arrogance annoys the sh!t of me. He is always so full of himself and that is his major downfall.

As much as I like JGS, I'll pass.

Here's the thing if Yoona wasn't beautiful she wouldn't get casted in drama's at all. As a SNSD fan i have to be honest her acting isn't great this is her what 3rd or 4th drama and she still gives me the same expressions. Yuri who just debut as an Actress is giving her character life and she is actually doing better than Yoona in giving off the actress feel. The drama has a nice plot may not be too original but i think it would have done better if seasoned actors like maybe song hye kyo paired with someone like won bin or something idk and to top it off they give her JGS who is also not that great of an actor sort of the blind leading the blind. I still think they could have a chance of higher ratings once the drama switches to the modern part but still it would have been better with a different lead because both need strong actors to carry them

The comments here are very odd. I'm on the side of the people who have experience watching shows and are willing to be patient.

As for the acting, these guys are still young. There is room for improvement. People are already discussing the mains picking a bad role when their counterpart characters haven't even entered the scene. Everyone thinks that acting is static and not dynamic? Anyone else see You Are My Destiny? Yoona's acting improved so much -granted it was over a long time, but there was improvement. As far as Jang Geun Suk, let's give more than 1 episode to throw Love Rain in the bin with Mary Stayed Out All Night and You Are My Pet.

Aren't you going to recap Love Rain puhleeaaaseee javabeans or girlfriday or other authorss????

no recap??? I'm a bit disappointed with the rating and the choice of not recapping it coz i can't accept that the story is passe !!.. (DENIAL QUEEN!)

I'm a big fan of the Endless Love Trilogy so I'll give it a try even though (unbelievable!) first time to see a drama without checking recap first.

Hmm, giggled when the episode started out with the Love Story theme song. It kinda tips its head as to what kind of 70s Love Story it wanted to be. ;)

I love Yoon Seuk Ho's melodramas, but frankly they don't really fit the tastes of contemporary Korean viewing audience anymore. To put in perspective, Summer Scent and Spring Waltz were single digit performers, and his company's production dramas (Snow Queen, When At Night) did poorly as well. They're primarily made for the Hallyu audience (Summer Scent was a huge hit in Japan, Snow Queen was popular in China), and you can think of it as a marketing vehicle to hit the okasan audience for Jang Geun Suk and Yoona. To be honest, Winter Sonata was considered a mild disappointment when that came out as well. It only became famous after its second life in Japan.

But . . having said that, I LOVE YOON SEUK HO's melodramas. Japanese audiences went nuts for his dramas, because his style meshed well with the mid-90s Golden Age of Renzoku. There's gorgeous scenery. There's young actors who kind of "non-act" through their scenes, to as to suggest a sincere naturalism. Bland has never been more passionate and realistic! Much like a Won Kar Wai film, it's sadness made pretty, color coordinated melancholy, all hermetically sealed in a world full of poetic, self pity. I love it. I crave it. I'm so happy when it rains! The storyline is besides the point. It's just choreography to get you to the next pretty scene.

For fans of Yoon Seuk Ho, there's a compelling gestalt he uniquely achieves in his melodramas. The ying and yang of the world simply exists through the lovelorn eyes of his characters. It is as if the natural world is a canvas for love. That is how children love fairy tales, and he brings that fairy tales into the melodrama format.

I'm not a fan of Yoona or Jang Keun Suk. I'm window shopping for the kind of drama I will watch during my free time....as a consumer (or viewer) in this case... I watched episode 1 and I have decided not to watch...

episode 1 of any drama is like the shop window of a store. you entice people to come in and buy the product.

No recap? I'm quite surprised because I thought we would at least see a recap for Episode 1 for the sake of JGS.

*Hoping to see one sooonnnnn*

Although I don't plan to watch this (just not interested), I'm really surprised by the low ratings. :O I hope for the PD's sake that it picks up as of today.

Honestly, I think Yoona would have done so much better if they didn't keep pushing the lead role to her. She may be huge as an idol but you've got to understand that the audience for kpop and kdramas are totally different and just because you're great as an idol doesn't make you great as an actress.

I think Yoona's acting is okay at best(and that is me being generous) plus when I read that JGS was casted as her beau, I cringed just thinking what other things can possibly go wrong.

Though if I can give the drama something, it's the fact that it is shot so beautifully and the scenes kinda feel dreamy and warm, and I had that floating feeling in my tummy watching it(I love when that happens!)

According to TNmS, the third episode of Fashion King got 12.3% nationwide ratings.

Anyways, I feel sort of psychic because I've had serious doubts about this drama ever since I heard that this drama was going to be headed by Yoon PD, Yoona and Jang Geun Seok. Despite everyone else around me buying into the hype, I held on to my predictions that this drama would be a flop/get low ratings. Lo and behold...I was right. Several other people, including Javabeans, I think, also expressed their concerns about whether or not this "analog" romance would resonate with todays' viewers. I think it's safe to say that sentimental dramas, makjang/melo dramas, and tragic dramas are out of style. Current drama trends veer towards comedy, fusion sageuks, and whimsical magic (49 Days, Secret Garden, Rooftop Prince, etc).

Love Rain probably did poorly because of the "trendy young stars" headlining it. Sorry, but I don't think Yoona and Jang Geun Suk were ready to carry such a huge project on their shoulders. Son Ye Jin and Jo In Sung were able to make this sort of cliche storyline work beautifully in The Classic. Most dramas headlined with young stars tend to do poorly in the ratings department (Heartstrings, Dream High S2). Notable exceptions would be Dream High S1, Boys Over Flowers and You're Beautiful. Generally, dramas that appeal to ahjummas do the best in ratings. Unfortunately, it seems like our ahjummas aren't in the mood for sappy, sentimental, slow-paced dramas.

Anyways, this drama bored me to tears. Despite the beautiful surface, there's not much substance. The storyline is so cliche, the characters are bland and one-dimensional, the dialogue is cheesy, etc. Based on the preview clips, I find the modern characters' interactions to lack chemistry as well. I just find it really hard to believe that this is supposed to be a star-crossed, significant romance, one that the 70s characters NEVER forgot, when all it's based on is moony-eyed silent stares.

One thing you need to have if you're filming a melo is leads that can act. They carry the drama for god's sake. Last melo I watched was Miss Ripley and I genuinely loved it exactly because of some kickass acting that was going on there. I love JGS and I would continue to watch for him because he's pretty to look at (and the drama in general is pretty to look at) but Yoona is the problem for me. I can't feel anything coming from this girl; she's wooden(she was terrible in the umbrella scene) Damn, and I hoped this would be at least ok.

Just watched this drama this morning. I give a credit the ways scene of the drama was captured since its really beautiful and alive. about the plot, well, I imagine that if so ye jin cast the drama as lead actress, it will be better than yoona. I am not so ye jin's fan but I loved how she delivered her role in the classic and other melo type such as summer scent and love concerto. I'm not familiar with her previous works, but I feel she is so wooden. she is pretty, but its all I can see. maybe, she wants to act as an innocent, pure lady but its failed and all I can see just a blank stares from her eye. I think this drama is too heavy for young actress like her and maybe she should start as a co-star instead of lead. for JGS, I give a credit the ways he look at yoona, so lovely and passionately. but, after drama and drama, all I can say, same expression. Frankly, I feel like watched Hwang Jini where the way he delivered his love to Ha Ji Wo just like he's doing in HwangJini, more than 6 years ago where I enjoy watched him on that drama, but not in this drama. It is too early to assume this drama will be one of other drama that has good PD and scriptwriter but end up with poor ratings. let just hope this drama will receive a good review from the audiences.

the 'season' drama era is over?

No matter what I think jang kuen suk has a great talent ESP to show his eye expression in the drama. I'm cheering for you. Hope someone can recap this. I am a big fan of dramabean and will be very disappointed if dramabean doesn't recap this drama.

If you haven't seen it,then you should not just.Jks really did great job in acting.Yoona was okay.The story was slow but it was still a interesting one.I personally hate Jks fashion sense and someone his behaviors.But that's doesn't mean we should bash him.

I just finished watching Episode2 without subtitles but still it is quietly good though.

Just for people who want to see the recap of Episode 2 Love rain, i attached a link to that.

You need to see JGS and Yoona's dancing! It's just more than lovely♥♥♥♥

http://www.vingle.net/posts/2646-Love-Rain-Episode-2-Recap-part-1#

I'm glad that TOP didn't accept this project.

i love his new hair-cut :) so much for what i've expected. love rain is very beautiful, maybe because i love being classic, but it's more on the essence of what really LOVE RAIN is all about. kinda sad about the rating, otoke? where are the jang geun suk oppa's fans? the drama is so appealing, maybe the other drama too. but let's still support jang geun suk oppa's drama! this is a different side of him, and i love it wholeheartedly. fighting sukkie! the writer, the director, the staffs, the casts, REALLY DID A GREAT JOB doing this drama! i feel the love, i feel how deep the story is. I LOVE IT! about the acting of the lead female, it's better and of course jang geun suk is a great actor, especially seeing his old movies. let's not talk things awfully for them, it's kinda depressing if you are in their shoes. Fighting LOVE RAIN! whatever rating it is, i still believe in the STORY OF THIS DRAMA :) in addition, hoping that in the end, no one will die and let the love continue by their offspring :) GO GO GO! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

I'm not too shock. I had hold my hand down to stop myself from pushing fast forward. I love JGS, but the story is meh, and the main lead is too cringe worthy to watch. Well we never know it might turn around. But for me, i'm done, i gave it chance it didn't grab me...

his hairstyle these days since you are beautiful & mary stayed just turned me off, i liked his image when i first saw him in lovers in prague as the younger brother of Joon? something actress LOL i kept interchanging names of these celebs so bear with me! now with this drama his hair is long again it just doesn't look good on him! don't get me wrong i like him a lot & i consider myself one of his avid fans but nah that hair ought to be re styled!

also i'm liking lights & shadows it's good entertainment and so happy it continuous to get the ratings it deserved!

yeah me too i miss a lot eye candy band, i cant wait what will be the next drama for the tvn chanel

Actually this is not surprise to me at all. Who ever was in charge of publicity/advertising fail miserably. There was no real hype about this drama at all, and now is reflected on the rating.
JGS needs to pick better roles, stronger, action pack roles. Something that viewers can go "ohh wow never though JGS can play that kind of role"....He has been focusing too much on the Japanese market for the last couple of years that I feel like he has in some way neglected his Korean fan based, well that my personal opinion. JGS has the potetial and talent to become an serious young actor, but he wasting away by picking very radom roles.
As for Yoona I just can't stand her, not even as a singer. The girl is just a pretty face, she looks at the camera and is like nothing is there, she gives blank stares, which drives me crazy.
On the other hand, the cocept of the story is not bad is basically "star cross lovers" they meet in the 70's in college and for some reason they get seperated, 30's something years go by and they meet again. Then we have their kids meet and fall for each other, so basically destiny is redeeming itself. I think the PR did an awful job in trying to target the audience, terrible move if they were baking on JGS and Yoona idol appeal. Sorry Rating done.

Someone should fire the music director on Lights and Shadows. The series is set in the 70's. Why is Son Dam Bi singing all these 80's English songs? If only the music director did a little research. Hate to be a perfectionist, but we expect better from K-dramas.