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Just finished Queen In Hyun's Man, and I'm agreeing with everyone here that the show was amazing. Absolutely beautiful ending, I honestly had no idea how it was all gonna turn out until the very last minute. I loved that the past storyline was just as compelling (if not moreso) than the present day stuff, and I also loved how much of an intelligent, badass character the main guy was. He didn't make dumb decisions, he figured stuff out on his own, he was proactive. All great stuff. I was already a fan of Yoo In Na from her other roles and her work on Heroes and I already knew Ji Hyun Woo from IY2, so it was great watching them in this. Immediately after finishing the series, I had to check out his confession and her eventual acceptance on YouTube, which kind of put a great capper on the series as a whole. So yeah, everyone should watch this series, it's great.
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I had a question for any native Koreans here. I was listening to a podcast talking about k-dramas and they mentioned A Gentleman's Dignity, which I've been watching and for the most part enjoying so far. One thing they did mention intrigued me, though. They said that the show is currently doing really well in Korea, and one of the main reasons being that the lead male actor, Jang Dong-Gun, is basically the biggest movie star in the country. Now, I had never heard of him before the show, and I think he's been doing a decent job in his role so far, but the podcasters compared it to someone like George Clooney deciding to do a TV show again, and that they couldn't think of another star male or female bigger than him right now. Is this true? Is the actor really that big, and if so, what else should I watch him in?
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Jul 2, 2012 19:33
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I'm glad I watched Boys over Flowers, the second half of it was much better than the first. I still prefer the Japanese version of the story though. I've started on My Lovely Sam Soon (I missed Hyun Bin :3). Why do they call her chubby I don't get it. She looks perfectly fine to me, she just has a natural round face and they gave her a bad haircut and baggy/boring clothes.
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Merope posted:I'm glad I watched Boys over Flowers, the second half of it was much better than the first. I still prefer the Japanese version of the story though. Because it's the Korean Bridget Jones
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I know, but she's not really chubby, she seems to have more of an athletic build rather than delicate and model thin like the other main female char. Renee Zellweger got herself properly chubby for the role. I mean I'm not sure if they are only trying (and failing) to create the idea of chubby, or if in Korea that body type is actually considered chubby. Merope fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Jul 8, 2012 |
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Jul 8, 2012 08:49
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El Graplurado posted:각시탈!! This! Ever since I saw 제빵왕 김탁구 (King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo) and I can't stop laughing when I see him so serious. I just want to give him some warm bread. My 2 cents on recent dramas: I've also been watching 닥터 진 (Doctor Jin) which essentially owns if you like medical dramas. First episode involved some weird stuff that involves a brain and a fetus. Watch it. It's fun. I couldn't really get into 청춘불패2 (Invincible Youth 2) because it just seemed like they were running out of stuff to do mid-season and the whole strike kind of ruined it. That and the abrupt destruction of 무한도전 (Infinity Challenge) kind of killed my saturdays. 패션왕 (Fashion King) had pretty much the worst ending I'd ever seen and the show flipped-flopped so much that I only watched it just to finish it. 발효가족 (Fermentation Family/Kimchi Family) was actually pretty good. The beginning kind of dragged but it picked up real quick and if you are a fan of typical Korean drama twists (ie someone gets cancer, someone dies, someone kills someone, revenge on something, looking for missing whoever, etc) then this show is for you. 식객 (Gourmet) is an only but a goody. Basically if you like cooking shows, you'll love this show. It's pretty sad (think like Futurama Fry's dog waiting for him kind of sad) at a lot of parts but the show itself is really fun. Plus, it's food. It tastes good when you put it in your mouth.
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Does anyone know what the following clip is from ? Miss A covering Wondergirls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4lg2iBPuIc Deep in the comments one person was adamant that it was an MV, but seems odd to shoot one completely live and without Suzy. Feels like it's from something bigger and would like to see more clips. Failing that, anything along the lines of this kind of performance would be nice to see... I like the usual pop shows, but this seemed nicer (even with the iffy sound mix). I think Beautiful Concert is along similar lines, but no back line musicians from memory?
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Jul 8, 2012 19:34
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The pHo posted:Does anyone know what the following clip is from ? Miss A covering Wondergirls Looks like it's some show (possibly live event for something but I have no idea since I don't have Korean TV  ). But it's called 아이콘. Just copy and paste that into YouTube and a I know there is a talk show (I guess you can call it that? It's more music than talking) that interviews a lot of artists called Chocolate. That's pretty good too for live performances without lipsyncing. It's hosted by Kim Jung Eun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-eun). I really like that show and it's well worth watching. edit: For the sake of copy and pasting Chocolate. 김정은의 초콜릿 Cizzo fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jul 9, 2012 |
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Jul 9, 2012 01:07
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It's MBC Icon, which is a mid-day music program airing on Saturdays (if it's still airing).
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Cizzo posted:Looks like it's some show (possibly live event for something but I have no idea since I don't have Korean TV Unfortunately Chocolate stopped airing a year or so ago. Yoo Hee-yeul's Sketchbook is the only late night music show surviving, I believe.
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Jul 9, 2012 06:55
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Archer2338 posted:Unfortunately Chocolate stopped airing a year or so ago. Yoo Hee-yeul's Sketchbook is the only late night music show surviving, I believe. This makes me really sad and makes me really upset because I wish Korean TV shows were more readily available on DVD or something.
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Jul 9, 2012 07:00
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Sorry, could've sworn I thanked you guys for the info about Chocolate and Icon. I have some Chocolate from a silly big SNSD pack I have, so I'll definitely check that out. While we're on music, I think that new Sistar record is going to be my Summer track this year. Despite the fact that it's pretty much rained nonstop here in UK for the last 3 months and we're denied a Summer for about the 5th year in a row now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94NkawRzEgc Shame the release is very remix heavy, but still a lot of fun anyway. New T-Ara record is pretty good, title song the strongest by far. Not amazingly keen on that SNSD Paparazzi track yet, but it might grow on me. I started with SNSD 'newest stuff first' then realised their first records are the best by far.
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The pHo posted:While we're on music, I think that new Sistar record is going to be my Summer track this year. Despite the fact that it's pretty much rained nonstop here in UK for the last 3 months and we're denied a Summer for about the 5th year in a row now. I didn't really like Sistar's previous songs, but something just clicked with me for their last two releases, Alone and Loving U.
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http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/mbc-labor-union-announces-end-to-strike-normal-broadcast-on-the-18th Related to this thread: quote:After a half-year of uncertainty, the MBC labor union has announced an end to the 170-day strike, the longest in broadcast history. I am sad that they didn't achieve what they set out to do, but I don't blame them, a man's gotta eat. Hopefully things work out for the better. Looks like I'm going to have to start watching the HaHa vs. Hong Chul arc for IC, since the conclusion is what they're probably going to air first. If kshownow decides to sub it on a regular basis (I can' see why they wouldn't it's one of the most popular shows in Korea) now would be a good time to jump in, considering the only option to watch previous episodes is a mess and new IC eps would have have to start fresh.
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Lyer posted:http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/mbc-labor-union-announces-end-to-strike-normal-broadcast-on-the-18th Just a heads up- this week's IC episode was half catching up on past events and news with the members and rerunning the highlights of the past Haha v. Hongchul eps. No new footage of the HvH series is what I am saying. Also Lee Nayoung is guesting next ep!
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Jul 23, 2012 05:52
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Maybe one of the native speakers could shed some light on the most recent "1 Night and 2 Days" episode Boosay posted. In the episode the members sing a song that goes something like "5x1 is something, 5x2 is something else". They kept plugging in seemingly random phrases for the "something" part and called it the multiplication song. Is this like the Gag Concert martial arts sketch where they play on the last syllable?
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I've been watching a bunch of shows lately so I figured I'd share some thoughts on them. You're Beautiful - So after My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox and Greatest Love, both of which I pretty much loved from beginning to end, I thought the Hong sisters could do no wrong. Well, that sentiment pretty much ended with this one, which I had major problems with. The main character is even more of a doormat than your typical k-drama heroine, the main guy is a complete douchebag for 99.8% of the series and I didn't understand why the girl pined over him AT ALL It didn't help that Jung Yonghwa was the third point of that love triangle and a perfectly likable, decent dude whose entire character arc is getting his heart broken. Also didn't help that the end of the series was every supporting character telling the main guy what an idiot he was for just letting the girl go, and only after half a dozen scenes of this and 10 minutes of contemplative thinking did he finally do something about it. I won't even get into the very weird and awkward gender issues played off for comedy (one of the characters thinks he's turning gay and it slowly drives him insane over the course of half the series). Just a huge mess of a show for a variety of reasons. Big - The series just ended today, and I'm sad to say it's another Hong sisters show that ultimately disappointed. I was quite enjoying this rather light romantic comedy for the first 14 episodes or so (the two lead actors are just so darn likable and had great chemistry together), but they really dropped the ball in the last two episodes. There were so many potential avenues for the story to go at the end there, and the show didn't go in any of them, literally just giving us 2 episodes of stagnant padding followed by 5 minutes of actual ending which still didn't resolve a lot of plot stuff. So close to being great! Ghost - The show started off with a bang for the first 4 episodes or so, and then promptly slowed down to a glacial, plodding pace. I was excited for a cyber-suspense thriller in the vein of 24 or something, but after the first 4 eps, I don't think the writer had anymore story left in them, so he turned back to the main plot and just stretched things out as long as he could. 16 episodes in, I'll probably stick with it till the end, but yeah you can basically skip this one. A Gentleman's Dignity - From the writer and directors of Secret Garden, it certainly has a similar feel to it, despite being mainly older actors. Just a very straight-forward relationship drama centered around 4 friends and the women in their lives. There's not much plot going on here, but all the characters really grow on you, and that's what keeps me invested. The show's well-written, the characters and situations feel more believable than most k-dramas, and you really root for all of the characters to find happiness. My only gripe is the character of Meari, who comes off as a wacko stalker-type and whose actress is forced to burst into tears literally every episode. Hopefully it sticks the landing.
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Yeah, You're Beautiful seems to be absolutely huge on the internet and I could never understand why. I watched maybe half way and just could not keep waiting for something likable to happen.
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qbert posted:Ghost - The show started off with a bang for the first 4 episodes or so, and then promptly slowed down to a glacial, plodding pace. I was excited for a cyber-suspense thriller in the vein of 24 or something, but after the first 4 eps, I don't think the writer had anymore story left in them, so he turned back to the main plot and just stretched things out as long as he could. 16 episodes in, I'll probably stick with it till the end, but yeah you can basically skip this one. Been burning through this one lately, I'm on episode 8 right now I think. It's been enjoyable so far, but I'm not able to burn through it like I do with most series, usually can only get through about an episode a night, instead of burning through 2-4. Dunno why, I just seem to have a harder time keeping focused watching this series.
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Here's one for the natives - as everyone is undoubtedly aware, there was a bit of a cockup at the olympics the other night where someone somehow used the South Korean flags for the DPRK women's team. Not being one to miss up an opportunity, a company put out an advert in the press today to capitalise on this.  The catchphrase should be 'You should have gone to Specsavers'. I typed it into Google Translate and it gave me 'John to be nice to go to x'. Naturally, I don't trust GT as far as I can throw it, but curious as to the accuracy of the translation into Korean?
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Since everyone loves some T-ara drama: CCM made an announcement that they're GOING to make an announcement on the 30th regarding T-ara, and the typical fan reaction to this is "  " because nothing CCM/Kim Kwang Soo says or does is ever good news. It's pretty funny, because if JYP, YG, SM, etc said they had some big news about one of their groups, people would be excited and NOT expecting poo poo to go down.It also doesn't help that just the other day, some drama appears to have happened within the group regarding Hwayoung getting injured and being unable (unwilling?) to preform during their concert. Translated tweets from some of the other members seemed to indicate they were disappointed in Hwayoung's lack of determination and putting them in a difficult position to rework the concert around her injury. The meaning behind their conversation hasn't been clarified, but it's hard to see it as anything other than that. Let's look at it this way, in a "best case scenario" sort of deal; The girls are constantly stressed out and overworked, constantly fighting to keep their jobs and they get more attention for their horrible agency and the problems that happen around them than the fact that they're a very talented and popular group. Then another problem arises while preparing for a big concert and it forces the remaining members to scramble and work that much harder or look that much worse. A breaking point is reached and things are said because everyone's just so drat frustrated.
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And going through all this while also integrating 2 new members, one of whom is a 14 year old girl KKS randomly picked off the street. I can't imagine what that announcement is, they've just had success with their latest mini album/the tour. KKS is an insane rear end in a top hat.
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The allkpop article made it really confusing to parse out what exactly the insults were based on their translation of the tweets, but I found a link that made things much more clear. http://oniontaker.com/post/28131098948/trans-120725-t-ara-situation No idea what the context of the situation was, but God it was dumb of the girls to do it publicly over twitter. And seriously? 5 separate twitter accounts hacked simultaneously? C'mon, CCM.
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Gonna repost what I posted on another forum: http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2012/07/t-aras-hyomin-and-boram-fuels-fire.html Looks like the netizens are siding with Hwayoung. I can't really blame them. Just because Eunjung and Soyeon etc performed with broken bones or whatever doesn't mean it's normal. If she's refusing to do it, good for her. Though I don't see how this situation can end well. That performance was a hilarious disaster, by the way. Best part was Hyomin covering Hwayoung's part and literally writing the lyrics on her hand since she didn't know them.
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T. Mascis posted:I can't imagine what that announcement is, they've just had success with their latest mini album/the tour. KKS is an insane rear end in a top hat. I wouldn't be surprised if he's going to announce his engagement with Dani. Why CEOs can't be as awesome as JYP?  
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Jul 28, 2012 19:55
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I also like the Lee Soo Man approach where he basically never interacts with his artists and lets his army of experts handle all the work.
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Now this is Korean drama I can get behind.  I think that the other girls are just utterly frayed by being drat near worked to death for years and this is just the straw that broke the camels back. They're probably just lashing out at whatever they can.
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I'm going hog wild for T-ara implosion. Especially like how Boram is giving her poo poo when she's probably the least talented in the group; well until the CEO threw a 12 year old in the mix.
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doomisland posted:I'm going hog wild for T-ara implosion. Especially like how Boram is giving her poo poo when she's probably the least talented in the group; well until the CEO threw a 12 year old in the mix. I totally agree - as useless as Hwayoung is (and as awful as rapping in k-pop is as a general rule), Boram's the only one down there with her. I'm kind of sad, though, because the more popular members in T-ara are usually great variety guests. I'm hoping this isn't the end of the group as a whole, even though I think it probably is.
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The pHo posted:Here's one for the natives - as everyone is undoubtedly aware, there was a bit of a cockup at the olympics the other night where someone somehow used the South Korean flags for the DPRK women's team. Pretty bad failure, the Subject-verb location is completely wrong. I honestly did not know what the gently caress I was supposed to be getting from the ad until I saw the English message (you should've gone to specsavers) down there. Specsavers should be in front of all the Korean. Also, agreeing qbert on A Gentlemen's Dignity. Really likable (if a bit unrealistic) characters that make you root for them and watch the show. Maeari (echo in Korean) is actually my favorite. Yeah, stalkerish, but the show makes you feel so bad for her
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I had a feeling that would be the case. I'm sure it was a marketing guy who decided to put Specsavers at the end of the sentence as it would make sense to English readers (otherwise they might not have guessed it was supposed to represent their catchphrase). Nice to know easily done work is still regularly screwed up in 2012!
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Statement's been released. Hwayoung's out of the group and presumably out of CCM. They've voided her contract, leaving her free to go wherever she wants. Best part? quote:“We wish to impress upon the fact that this has nothing to do with the ‘bullying’ reports surrounding T-ara. Although the staff of Core Contents Media stayed up into early morning discussing with the T-ara members who all wanted to stay with Hwayoung, we apologize in saying that we could not forsake the arguments of the staff members.” Blame's been pinned on Hwayoung, making her out to be a problem that all the staff were complaining about. Shine on, Kim Kwang Soo.
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Jul 30, 2012 05:25
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By claiming he received complaints from "19 staff members" about Hwayoung and using that as his excuse for kicking her out, he's just trying to protect the reputations of the other members and trying to paint them in a positive light. Acting like they argued for her to stay, so he can try to make it look like the nameless staff are to blame, rather than the members that were harassing her. Pretty pointless though, their reputation is completely shot and with good cause. Seriously, he could come up with something a little more plausible. What would an idol even have to do to get complaints from that many staff?
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"We wish Hwayoung the best, but seriously the entire staff hated her and complained about her shittiness." Stay classy, CCM! I actually like Hyomin, Eunjung, and Jiyeon, too. But I just can't stomach supporting their agency.
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I want to at least keep liking Hyomin, but right now I have no idea what the hell is going on and I have a feeling I'm going to end up hating her before this is all over. Hwayoung just tweeted "...진실없는 사실들" which, if I'm translating right, means "That's some bullshit right there."
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Now to wait for the fallout this week. edit: ha her tweet has gotten over 12k retweets, drat. Also Hwayoung and CCM trending world wide. doomisland fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Jul 30, 2012 |
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I'm wondering if the other members will leave any more cryptic tweets. I also wonder what impact this will have on Hyoyoung. AND I'd like to see if any other idols comment on the issue or maybe Hwayoung will lash out and tell it like it is now that she's free to do so. At the very least, this whole thing's pretty much made everyone forget about Nichkhun's accident, so he's gonna be feeling good right now.
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They'll get packaged together in stories about how the pressure might be a bit too much on these idols and they're starting to crack. Everything related to CCM is nonsense though, they are trying so hard to blow up the one success that they have.
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