Fighting the urge to watch this video while at work because I’m so ready for a new year and new dramas! Do. Not. Click. Boss. Is. Watching. Me.
#confessionsofadramaaddict

That's a lot of dramas to look forward, but i am annoyed at some pairings like Mr. Sunshine not only because of LBH's scandals but I can't picture him romancing KTR, he's so old in his late 40s and she's in her mid-late twenties, he's like her uncle.

Radio Romance is also a turn off because KSH is so young for the role, but I can't pass on this, since i am a fan of KSH, they already held the script reading.

About the Noona Who Serves me food i read that Son Yi Jin and Jung Ha In are offered the roles, I hope they accept it's a good pairing.

Glad that Yeo Jin Goo passed that drama, at least one actor did a good move, although I would've watched it too if he didn't pass. i read that both WDH and Joy has confirmed thier roles.

I wish it will be easy to watch Kingdom....sigh.

I totally agree with the issue with Netflix. And I think my slump this year was partly due to them grabbing all the dramas and refused to show them on time. It takes the hype from the dramas, and the thrill of live-watching and discussing.

That being said, I'm really bummed that we couldn't have Wise Prison Life recap, because I found the drama so rich and there.are.so.many.to.talk.about! (I know there's the beanie page but nothing beats recap!). There are dramas I found fun to binge, but when Netflix took all the dramas that I don't want to binge and simply want to live-watch. :(

I am interested in Mother (the writer, LEE BO YOUNG, the plot, the characters, the directing etc. I am very excited for it) , Mr Sunshine (the production value, the acting, KIM TAE RI, the costumes, YYS, the plot line sounds interesting-I do not have high expectations, I just want to see what happens with it), My Ajusshi (the writer, IU with Jang Ki Yong loveline hopefully I liked them together in her music videos, the cast, I like healing dramas), Kingdom (BAE DOONA, the writer, plot, zombies, production etc.), Beauty Inside (the plot, potential cast, more exploration of themes), Pretty Noona who buys me food (the director, SON YE JI, JUNG HAE IN, Noona romance!!)-hopefully there are more to come

I really can't watch those YT vids: this vlog format discourages me instantly to watch or to listen.
It spoiled all the year in review feature for me, since i found very little interest to the articles wrote by beanie guest.
Thankfully Mary's global review saved the month and prevented me to totally give up on the site.

My picks for next year:

Fingers crossed that 2018 will be the year of Signal 2!

Also i'm very excited about Voice 2 (only if Lee Hana is still the lead) and Kingdom.

I'm looking too for Mother though i don't expect a drama of the same quality as the original japanese masterpiece, but rather a korean's reflection on maternity which is rare to see treated in k-dramaland with young children especially.

Netflix made me discover what became my favourite drama of this year: the j-drama Erased and made available Million Yen Woman which i wouldn't have watched otherwise.
Also Argon, Misaeng, Secret Forest deserve to be known outside the community of the k-drama watchers and that's exactly what's happening with more people getting interested in asian productions after confirming that Netflix has a lot of foreign little gems.
So i'm happy for the exposition they gave to show who wouldn't have been noticed otherwise.

Though i agree: binge watching is lonely and soesn't leave much space for discussion ....

I'm really looking forward to Four Men, for Oppa, of course, and also the rest of the cast is good , just praying it will be good, please be good!

I'm not sure what I feel about Radio Romance, I love both Yoon Do-joon and Kim So-hyun individually, I don't know how I'm going to like them together! I don't get bothered by age gaps usually but her being 18 and playing someone who's 25, I'm not sure it will be believable!

Mr. Sunshine.. hmm.. I don't read celebrity news so I don't know much about Lee Byung-hun's scandal(s) but I'm not really a fan of him and I haven't watched anything of Kim tae-ri, still I'm kind of excited for this show for Yoo Yeon-seok and Byun Yo-han (it's been ages since the last time we saw him), I'd watch anything for those two!

I'm looking forward to less hyped drama such as Laughter In Waikiki (love the casts, and the premise sounds good to start the year), That Man Oh-soo (because it's Kim So-eun's new drama, please drama at least be something watcheable!), My Husband Ok Jak-doo (if Kim Hyun-joo accepts!) and Children of The Small God for early next year. Looking forward to Mother as well, but I think this drama will take time for subs to be released.Oh Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food too. LOL actually there are a lot.

For now I'm enjoying Hwayugi a lot, although at times I keep thinking what I'm watching actually! LOL. Anyway I'll be checking the rests too, especially there are many veterans making a comeback next year and I can only sincerely pray their drama will be the good ones!

"Pretty Noona" is the one drama I'm looking forward to. It's my favorite PD Ahn Pan-seok, Son Ye-jin and JTBC...
Ahn's name alone sells it. He cast accordingly and has freedom to do his thing with JTBC.
Take your time 👍.

"My Ahjussi" (TVN 2018). Lee Sun Gyun and Oh Dal-soo is good enough.

Next is my kickass girl Kim Ok-bin and Kang Ji-hwan in "Children of The Lesser God" OCN. (Feb 2018)

"Should we Kiss First" (SBS Feb 2018). Kam Woo-sung has been MIA-ing for a long time and his leading lady is Kim Sun-ah. I approve of this pairing!

Another weekender "My Husband Oh Jak-doo" with Kim Hyun-soo and Kim Kang-woo. Don't know what the heck it's about but I love the leads. (MBC Feb 2018)

I'm 60/40 with "Live" for Jung Yumi and Noh Hee-kyun otherwise I'd passed on it. I'm not sure I can handle this PD. (TVN March 2018).

I don't know what to expect from "Return" other than Go Hyun-jung is in it. PD meh, writer is new, leading man (don't care for) and I'm tired of legal/cop dramas.
(SBS Jan 2018)

I think the locals won't have a problem tuning in to watch Lee Byung-hun in "Mr Sunshine" even with his playboy reputation.
I hope Kim Tae-ri will do well in her first drama.

Not Korean but work of a Korean:
Director Park Chan-wook -BBC miniseries of John Le Carré’s "The Little Drummer Girl."

Silly me. The translation of Monkey / Journey to the West that I read way back in my student days was much shorter than the one JB is reading. The translator said he skipped a bunch of redundant / repetitive chapters.

i think someone mentioned it earlier, after your first vlog -- i also am having trouble "catching" the names of the drama TITLES and also some actor names, as the two of you speak so fluently (to our ears, FAST).

it would be nice to have the titles in captions (with cute type and colors like on variety show captions)...
*winks*

tho i'm certain it is easier said than done, since i have no idea how such things are accomplished.

but it would be nice for some of us who can't hear quickly enough, i had to back up a few times to catch the title or name that you were referring to...

In an ideal world, there will be no exclusive license thing and the streaming sites can choose to carry all the titles they want. They'll just compete on quality of subs, original content, and the community. Like, Viki and DF have different vibes and maybe if you prefer the fan discussion in one, you'll subscribe there.

I'm mainly excited for Kingdom because a.) BAE DOONA <3<3<3 but also b.) Joseon zombies! I'm bummed that Netflix has snatched it though, I want to watch it the second it comes out.

Other than that, Mother is looking really promising because I love Lee Bo-young, and also because it has the same writer as The Handmaiden, which is one of my recent favorite movies. Now that Woo Do-Hwan is up for The Great Seducer I think I might give it a try, because I'd love to see him in a leading role. I do hope we get to see Yeo Jin-gu in another drama in 2018, though, because I think his acting is great, he just seemed too young for this sort of part.

My dear ladies, sorry for the late Merry Christmas!.

As much as I love your VLogs, would it be possible to edit a little window with the Drama you are talking to while you are talking about it?, and would it be possible to put timestamps in order to use them both as an index and as *well* timestamps to go to the Drama we are interested?.

Sorry if I am being nitpicky, since English is my second language and my ear is not as developed as I would like, I get lost easily and sometimes I think some pointers could help me.

SIGNAL 2 WAS CONFIRMED?

!!!!!!!!

I wish I could watch Hwayugi because Lee Seung-gi is amazing, but Oh Yeon-seo and I started off on the wrong foot. I watched her in a 50 episode long makjang that drove me nuts. Whatever. I could always rewatch My Girlfriend is a Gumiho.

I don't hate Netflix for streaming dramas just because I already pay for Hulu and Amazon Prime, as well, so, I don't want to pay Viki or Dramafever (btw, what was the other one Javabeans named?) to see some of their premium member dramas or get decent quality. However, Netflix should stream dramas that are from the previous cycle if they really want to expand their services. It'd be easier to binge for latecomers!

Except for Hwayugi, I'm actually not looking forward to many of the 2018 dramas - except for Mystery Queen 2. A lot of them have aspects that I look forward to, but they also have a few things that I'm really skeptical about or have plots that currently sound too vague to draw my interest.

Not looking forward to it, persay, but I am also curious about Pretty Noona who Buys Me Food.

I get your point about netflix and the problem of not being able to watch shows at the same time as they are aired! On another note, I am eagerly waiting for Mr Sunshine as well!

i always watch these when i'm folding laundry--HUGE incentive to actually...do...laundry.......

time to go put up a load!

I totally agree about Netflix ruining kdramas. I've even tried to find a place to leave comments about it, and Netflix doesn't make it easy for you to give them feedback. We should organize a mass drive about it. Maybe Twitter?

mmh... i don't know about Netflix. I'm actually kind of thrilled that they have some kdramas. But since I'm from germany and netflix germany puts those dramas out with german subtitles (Yay!) i can finally show one of my favorite dramas (Bad Guys) to my family and some friends who don't speak english (Well, let's face it. German subtitles on viki aren't that great. Because there are a lot of subbers who do that to improve their german and aren't native speakers the quality of subs vary a lot. And most of the time it's quite painful for a german native speaker.) Maybe they will understand my kdrama-addiction a bit better after watching it. I'm hopeful^^

That is some serious Netflix beef! I was almost amused by it, except for the frustrating parts of the beef itself.

I noticed that Woo Do Hwan is the Great Seducer now, but that was also posted here previously!

Also I just have to add what popped into my head with regard to the ickiness of age gaps mentioned. In I'm Not a Robot (which I LOVE!) Jo Ji Ah and Doc Hong Baek Gyun are 18 years apart! :-O I know some viewers think the Doc is creepy but I find him endearing.