Sly and Single Again
What better way to kick off our new Theme of the Month series than to celebrate one of the many reasons we find dramas so addictive (...
javabeans: Sooooo, we've been wanting to bring back the "If You Like..." series of reviews, where we take a theme or motif and recommend other shows like it. We really...
javabeans: If American comic book-dom is perpetually confronted with the question “Who’s better, Superman or Batman?” then dramaland is equally confronted with the question... “Who’s better, Superman or...
Since I've had a lot of requests for drama recommendations following You're Beautiful, I thought I'd put this up as its own post. I may be spotty with some of...
Scriptwriters Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jung-eun
With SBS's You're Beautiful ending this week, I thought I'd like to take a look at the brains behind its wonderfully addicting appeal. I've compiled...
What would happen if the descendants of Joseon-era Robin Hood-like hero Hong Gil Dong were alive today and secretly carrying on his legacy of punishing evildoers and helping the poor?...
2007 was a rich year for drama-land. There was something for everyone, whether your tastes ran toward dark thrillers (Devil), intense dramas (White Tower), heart-warmers (Thank You), off-the-wall eccentrics (Mixed-up Investigative...
How should one convey bad news in writing? By creating a buffer first. Avoid traumatizing your audience with the bad news all at once, but instead cushion the blow so...
[And thus begins the year-in-review series for 2008 dramas! This'll be a four-part series, and I'm honored to have three lovely bloggers -- Sevenses, thunderbolt, and Dahee_Fanel -- offering up...
Like MBC before it, KBS has also released its list of year-end acting award nominees.
And while Hong Gil Dong (above) wasn't the most prominent drama featured among the contenders (...
[Dramaland Catnip] The angst and thrills of dramaland’s reunited lovers
by javabeans
Sly and Single Again What better way to kick off our new Theme of the Month series than to celebrate one of the many reasons we find dramas so addictive (...
Tags: Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, Emergency Couple, Green Rose, Hong Gil Dong, Joseon Gunman, My Secret Romance, She Was Pretty, Sly and Single Again, Theme of the Month, Uncontrollably Fond
Dramabeans Top 10: Korean dramas whose endings are better left unwatched (trust us)
by javabeans
javabeans: Sooooo, we've been wanting to bring back the "If You Like..." series of reviews, where we take a theme or motif and recommend other shows like it. We really...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 49 Days, Big, conversation post, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, God's Gift – 14 Days, Gu Family Book, Hong Gil Dong, lists, Mi-rae's Choice, Rooftop Prince, Surplus Princess, Vampire Idol, Who Are You–School 2015
Thing vs. Thing: Comic book heroes of sageukland
by javabeans
javabeans: If American comic book-dom is perpetually confronted with the question “Who’s better, Superman or Batman?” then dramaland is equally confronted with the question... “Who’s better, Superman or...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, conversation post, featured, Gaksital, Hong Gil Dong, Iljimae, Jeon Woo-chi, Return of Iljimae, Strongest Chil Woo, Thing vs. Thing
Romantic-comedy drama recommendations
by javabeans
Since I've had a lot of requests for drama recommendations following You're Beautiful, I thought I'd put this up as its own post. I may be spotty with some of...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Family, Coffee Prince, Dal Ja's Spring, Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, Fantasy Couple, Full House, Goong, Hong Gil Dong, My Girl, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Soulmate, The Last Scandal of My Life, What's Up Fox
Profile on Hong Sisters writing duo
by javabeans
Scriptwriters Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jung-eun With SBS's You're Beautiful ending this week, I thought I'd like to take a look at the brains behind its wonderfully addicting appeal. I've compiled...
Tags: Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, Fantasy Couple, Hong Gil Dong, Hong sisters, interviews, My Girl, scriptwriters, You're Beautiful
Hong Gil Dong’s descendants carry on the crime-fighting legacy
by javabeans
What would happen if the descendants of Joseon-era Robin Hood-like hero Hong Gil Dong were alive today and secretly carrying on his legacy of punishing evildoers and helping the poor?...
Tags: Hong Gil Dong, Kim Su-ro, Lee Beom-soo, Lee Shi-young
Finding merit in the mediocre [Year in Review, Part 4]
by javabeans
2007 was a rich year for drama-land. There was something for everyone, whether your tastes ran toward dark thrillers (Devil), intense dramas (White Tower), heart-warmers (Thank You), off-the-wall eccentrics (Mixed-up Investigative...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Star's Lover, Beethoven Virus, Bulhandang/Robbers, East of Eden, Gourmet, Hong Gil Dong, I Love You, Iljimae, Love & Marriage, On Air, Rivals, Strongest Chil Woo, Tazza, The Last Scandal of My Life, The World They Live In, Three Dads One Mom, When Night Comes, Who Are You? (MBC), year in review, year in review 2008
A grump reviews 2008 [Year in Review, Part 2]
by thunderbolt
How should one convey bad news in writing? By creating a buffer first. Avoid traumatizing your audience with the bad news all at once, but instead cushion the blow so...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Beethoven Virus, Bulhandang/Robbers, Conspiracy in the Court, East of Eden, Gourmet, Hong Gil Dong, I Love You, Kingdom of Wind, La Dolce Vita, On Air, Rivals, Strongest Chil Woo, The Last Scandal of My Life, The Painter of Wind, The World They Live In, Three Dads One Mom, Who Are You? (MBC), year in review, year in review 2008
Witterings on 2008 dramas [Year in Review, Part 1]
by Sevenses
[And thus begins the year-in-review series for 2008 dramas! This'll be a four-part series, and I'm honored to have three lovely bloggers -- Sevenses, thunderbolt, and Dahee_Fanel -- offering up...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Beethoven Virus, Gourmet, Hong Gil Dong, Iljimae, The Painter of Wind, year in review, year in review 2008
KBS nominates (practically everyone) for acting awards
by javabeans
Like MBC before it, KBS has also released its list of year-end acting award nominees. And while Hong Gil Dong (above) wasn't the most prominent drama featured among the contenders (...
Tags: awards, Hometown of Legends, Hong Gil Dong, Jang Geun-seok, Kang Ji-hwan, Kim Ji-soo, Lee Hana, Lee Jong-hyuk, Park Min-young, Rivals, Sung Yuri, Women in the Sun, You're My Destiny