It seems like forever but ladies, I am back!!! Though not exactly in a good shape with the sore throat, runny nose and indigestion.
Was feeling perfectly fine until the 3 hour wait in the BA lounge...must be the free wine and chips that did me in.... sufferrring... feeling pretty wooozy rite now but I just thot of popping a I am home note before I sleep *shamelessly waiting for the warm welcome,,,heh heh*
Losing track of all the drama but I will catch up soon. Hope my bandwidth can catch up with me. LOL.
PS: thanks for constantly chattin on the blog and so I dont feel so lonely out there :) Its good to have something to look forward to..though it may sound a little pathetic to some when I say I am dying to get back to my blog :P Heee
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Playful Kiss Episode 1 Review (or better put..thrashings)
Just finished the first episode of Playful Kiss and my verdict of episode 1 is that it stinks sky high. I couldnt believe HOW INCREDIBLY BORING the first 30mins was. The remaining mins were not any better, but just more in tune with the manga. On the whole, it was so nonsense, unoriginal, waste of time and film and repeat - boring.
To tear it down simply, they overdid the "romanticising" portion to a point it was irritating. How old do they think the TV audience tuning in are? 6years old? White horse, garden of eden, pony tails and elves? What the hell???!!! Give me a break. Secondly, I hate the amount of makeup they put on KHJ. Are they trying to turn him into a pretty GIRL?!!! He is fine as he is, we like him as a guy, not some bloody doll up Barbie-Ken version. Just stop decking him in tons of eyeshadow and lip gloss for heaven sake. It's showing up soooo badly on Tv. Plus the script of him correctin the love letter is sooooooo WAY OUT OF CONTEXT. A bright guy as brillant as him, and looking at everyone else with disdain will never ever bother to take the time to read the letter. He will most prob dump it into the trash in real life. So what will trigger him to read the letter? It's so out of character. Plus, the main character is sort of antisocial but he is not mean nor arrogantly obnoxious, so the manga character will never humiliate Oh Hani so publicly with her bad results either. He may say it to her in private but not in front of the student body and teacher. Which is why I am still in favor of the Taiwanese version where he just cast the letter aside and not bother with it till later when he actually develop feelings for the girl. Everything the korean version has done just borders on disbelief and illogical.
Thirdly, during the vending machine scene and classroom scene, I felt as if I was watching a bad remake of Goong (Princess Hours). The rolling down of the leggings, the bunch of not so bright art student gathering together, the sterotyping of fat people = daughter of some pork shop. And I was even more horrified to see the ending with the bears. it IS EXACTLY the same as Princess Hours as I had earlier suspected. Where is the fresh ideas? Why are the shadows of a previous successful drama sneaking in all over? Why must it be piggy pack on something else? Doesnt the director has anymore new tricks up his sleeves? It really grinds my nerves to see how a very good manga got remake into such a lousy first episode. It's almost shameful to say.
I am hoping hope against hope that the following epsiodes will be better and only episode one is a MAJOR LET DOWN. I think it is grossly unfair that the heat is on KHJ now to carry the show, rather than a good script. I couldnt shake off the feeling that the Taiwanese script is way way much better and more realistic just for the starting episode. I was hoping Korean version could come up with something matching or better but I am fairly disappointed by what I have seen today.
I know I sound very critical and dismayal but because I am since this is such a highly anticipated drama by many. How can they ruin it so badly for the premier airing? If they cannot do a better job than the Taiwanese version which was done rather well, then they should leave the manga alone and attempt something else if all they want to do is copy the "quality" and "vision" of Goong. Plus I am harsh because I would hate it when someone ruin my manga for me. Dont adapt the manga if you cannot stick to the story development. There is no white horse in there stupid, and no one at that age still dreams of prince charming as a white horse in general.
All said and ranted, I am still rooting for KHJ. If the drama dropped its viewer rating, I can only blame it on the productor, the script writers. I think the cast are trying their best to protray what was dish out to them....
I am crossing my fingers for better sequel episodes but hey, at least I know I have one less drama weighing on my mind as I wander around Scandinavia next 2 weeks.
To tear it down simply, they overdid the "romanticising" portion to a point it was irritating. How old do they think the TV audience tuning in are? 6years old? White horse, garden of eden, pony tails and elves? What the hell???!!! Give me a break. Secondly, I hate the amount of makeup they put on KHJ. Are they trying to turn him into a pretty GIRL?!!! He is fine as he is, we like him as a guy, not some bloody doll up Barbie-Ken version. Just stop decking him in tons of eyeshadow and lip gloss for heaven sake. It's showing up soooo badly on Tv. Plus the script of him correctin the love letter is sooooooo WAY OUT OF CONTEXT. A bright guy as brillant as him, and looking at everyone else with disdain will never ever bother to take the time to read the letter. He will most prob dump it into the trash in real life. So what will trigger him to read the letter? It's so out of character. Plus, the main character is sort of antisocial but he is not mean nor arrogantly obnoxious, so the manga character will never humiliate Oh Hani so publicly with her bad results either. He may say it to her in private but not in front of the student body and teacher. Which is why I am still in favor of the Taiwanese version where he just cast the letter aside and not bother with it till later when he actually develop feelings for the girl. Everything the korean version has done just borders on disbelief and illogical.
Thirdly, during the vending machine scene and classroom scene, I felt as if I was watching a bad remake of Goong (Princess Hours). The rolling down of the leggings, the bunch of not so bright art student gathering together, the sterotyping of fat people = daughter of some pork shop. And I was even more horrified to see the ending with the bears. it IS EXACTLY the same as Princess Hours as I had earlier suspected. Where is the fresh ideas? Why are the shadows of a previous successful drama sneaking in all over? Why must it be piggy pack on something else? Doesnt the director has anymore new tricks up his sleeves? It really grinds my nerves to see how a very good manga got remake into such a lousy first episode. It's almost shameful to say.
I am hoping hope against hope that the following epsiodes will be better and only episode one is a MAJOR LET DOWN. I think it is grossly unfair that the heat is on KHJ now to carry the show, rather than a good script. I couldnt shake off the feeling that the Taiwanese script is way way much better and more realistic just for the starting episode. I was hoping Korean version could come up with something matching or better but I am fairly disappointed by what I have seen today.
I know I sound very critical and dismayal but because I am since this is such a highly anticipated drama by many. How can they ruin it so badly for the premier airing? If they cannot do a better job than the Taiwanese version which was done rather well, then they should leave the manga alone and attempt something else if all they want to do is copy the "quality" and "vision" of Goong. Plus I am harsh because I would hate it when someone ruin my manga for me. Dont adapt the manga if you cannot stick to the story development. There is no white horse in there stupid, and no one at that age still dreams of prince charming as a white horse in general.
All said and ranted, I am still rooting for KHJ. If the drama dropped its viewer rating, I can only blame it on the productor, the script writers. I think the cast are trying their best to protray what was dish out to them....
I am crossing my fingers for better sequel episodes but hey, at least I know I have one less drama weighing on my mind as I wander around Scandinavia next 2 weeks.
Tags:
Playful Kiss
Baker King OST Part 5 by Super Junior
Baker King has really some good tracks. Will share more when I return but here's the final treat for the day.
Super Junior Kyuhyun - Hope is a dream that doesn't sleep/ 희망은 잠들지 않는 꿈 OST Part 5 Dwnload
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K-Music
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
My Girlfriend is Gumiho OST Part 1
02 여우비 (Acoustic Ver.) Dwnload
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K-Music
Playful Kiss OST
A present before I head off to my trip.... LOL!
For those who are as excited as me, here's the OST track for Playful Kiss (Mischievous Kiss)! I dont care, call me shallow or a sucker for eye candy....I canx wait to watch Playful Kiss!!!!!!!!
For those who are as excited as me, here's the OST track for Playful Kiss (Mischievous Kiss)! I dont care, call me shallow or a sucker for eye candy....I canx wait to watch Playful Kiss!!!!!!!!
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K-Music,
Playful Kiss
"Baker King, KTG aka Bread, Love and Dreams" drama series on hold probable due to strike...
Source Hancinema
The labor union of Korea's broadcasting staffs, actors, singers, and artists announced late on Sunday that they will "refuse to participate in any of the 13 outsourced shoots indefinitely until the major broadcasting companies resolve unpaid wage problems and guarantee that there won't be any relapse of the situation".
The boycott decision was made on Aug. 27 in an emergency meeting of board of representatives. The body will hold a press conference on Sept. 1 to release all schedules they're firmly rejecting to participate.
According to the press release, all subcontracted dramas and shows are to take hiatus until the wage issue is resolved. Consequently, viewers inevitably have to go for weeks without KBS 2TV's popular soap opera "Bread, Love and Dreams", SBS' "Giant", "I Am Legend", and MBC's "Gloria", and "Kim Soo Ro".
The labor union of Korea's broadcasting staffs, actors, singers, and artists announced late on Sunday that they will "refuse to participate in any of the 13 outsourced shoots indefinitely until the major broadcasting companies resolve unpaid wage problems and guarantee that there won't be any relapse of the situation".
The boycott decision was made on Aug. 27 in an emergency meeting of board of representatives. The body will hold a press conference on Sept. 1 to release all schedules they're firmly rejecting to participate.
According to the press release, all subcontracted dramas and shows are to take hiatus until the wage issue is resolved. Consequently, viewers inevitably have to go for weeks without KBS 2TV's popular soap opera "Bread, Love and Dreams", SBS' "Giant", "I Am Legend", and MBC's "Gloria", and "Kim Soo Ro".
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K-Drama
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