Korean dramas, like all good stories, are designed to take us on a journey. We experience the highs and lows with the story's characters, and often, we feel their feelings...
I chose to rewatch Answer Me 1997 for this month's theme post because, like the characters in the drama, I think of when I first watched it as a much more...
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
There’s something about this concept of dramaland catnip that really appeals to me—the tropes or elements of a drama that lure me back in...
javabeans: It seemed a natural progression to follow our favorite drama bromances with our favorite female friendships, since next to romance, it’s often the heartwarming depictions of friendships that...
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016!
girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
javabeans: Did everyone like the first Top 10 feature? I can say I thoroughly enjoyed it... in that capping my workload to just 10 entries (...ish) is really working for me.
girlfriday:...
After the longest development tease ever, PD Shin Won-ho and writer Lee Woo-jung of the Answer Me franchise (that'd be Answer Me 1997 and Answer Me 1994) have finally announced that the...
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You can only pick one: Ultimate love triangle
by DB Staff
You can only pick one, and boy the pressure is on. The DB team will answer a new prompt in each post, and you're invited to do the same in...
Tags: A Piece of Your Mind, Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1997, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Oh My Ghostess, While You Were Sleeping, You can only pick one
How dramas use nostalgia
by missvictrix
Korean dramas, like all good stories, are designed to take us on a journey. We experience the highs and lows with the story's characters, and often, we feel their feelings...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Answer Me 1997, Boyfriend, City Hunter, editorial, Go Back Spouses, Heirs, I'm Sorry I Love You, Valid Love
[Revisiting Dramas] Does Answer Me 1997 stand the test of time?
by LollyPip
I chose to rewatch Answer Me 1997 for this month's theme post because, like the characters in the drama, I think of when I first watched it as a much more...
Tags: Answer Me 1997, Theme of the Month
[Dramaland Catnip] When the hero falls first
by girlfriday
Strong Woman Do Bong-soon There’s something about this concept of dramaland catnip that really appeals to me—the tropes or elements of a drama that lure me back in...
Tags: Answer Me 1997, I Hear Your Voice, Jealousy Incarnate, Plus Nine Boys, Propose, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Strong Woman Do Bong-soon, Theme of the Month, Twenty Again, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
MBC lines up fall rom-com No Sex and the City
by girlfriday
Yup, you read that right. I don't know what the appeal of Sex and the City would be without the sex, but apparently we're going to find out. A new...
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Answer Me 1997, Fated To Love You
Answer Me PD returns with new tvN series Prison this fall
by girlfriday
This is a welcome change. As much I like the Answer Me franchise, I do think it's time for the creators to branch out and do something new, so it's...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Answer Me 1997, Smart Prison Living
Top 10 favorite drama girlfriends
by DB Staff
javabeans: It seemed a natural progression to follow our favorite drama bromances with our favorite female friendships, since next to romance, it’s often the heartwarming depictions of friendships that...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Age of Youth, Answer Me 1997, Dear My Friends, Dramabeans Top 10, Ex-Girlfriend Club, Fantastic, featured, Heartless City, High Society, I Need Romance, lists, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
Top 10 gateway dramas to hook your friends on
by DB Staff
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016! girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Boys Before Flowers, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Descended From the Sun, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, I Hear Your Voice, lists, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Nice Guy, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Dramabeans Top 10: Korean dramas about friends-to-lovers romances
by javabeans
javabeans: Did everyone like the first Top 10 feature? I can say I thoroughly enjoyed it... in that capping my workload to just 10 entries (...ish) is really working for me. girlfriday:...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Bubblegum, Dramabeans Top 10, Ex-Girlfriend Club, featured, I Need Romance 2012, Jealousy, Let's Eat 2, lists, Persevere Gu Hae-ra, Personal Taste, Plus Nine Boys, Propose, She Was Pretty, The Producers, The Time I've Loved You, Twenty Again
Answer Me franchise returns this fall with same parents, new year
by girlfriday
After the longest development tease ever, PD Shin Won-ho and writer Lee Woo-jung of the Answer Me franchise (that'd be Answer Me 1997 and Answer Me 1994) have finally announced that the...
Tags: Answer Me 1994, Answer Me 1997, sequels, Sung Dong-il