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Spring dramas
Apr. 18th, 2010 09:12 pmCan't say I approve of the kdrama fansubbers who want you to pay for early subs...ugh, puleez.
Cinderella's Sister, kdrama 1-2! The mother marries into a wealthy family, and favors her new daughter over her own child, Eun-jo...so it seems. I wish the upcoming conflicts weren't so painfully obvious. The good daughter likes a young man who works for her father, but the man's heart went 'doki-doki' when he saw Eun-jo's flowing hair. The mother is only using the father for money and security. I kinda want to see the Eun-jo's 'cinderella' transformation, but don't want to bother with all the drama. There's no comedy and ugh, the inter-character conflicts don't sound interesting or new. I might stick it out since Moon Geun-Young's performance as Eun-jo is good. She plays the bitter, angry child well, and she won me over in 'Painter of the Wind'.
Personal Taste kdrama 1! Jeon Jin-ho is an accomplished architect while Park Gae-in is a budding furniture designer. Boy meets girl, boy and girl hate each other, throw in some complicated love triangles....I'm sure boy and girl will end up together. It was a fairly light-hearted show. It was not as humorous as it could have been. Through some unimaginative 'gay' situations, Gae-in (haha, gay-in) thinks Jin-ho is a homosexual man, runs into money problems, and lets him move in. He's using her because of her father's house. I'm guessing that they are relying on Lee Min-ho's hot looks rather than original writing to lure the viewers. There were a few fun moments, but I can't say that I'll continue to watch this.
Sunao ni Narenakute 1! A jdrama about a group of young adults who become friends via Twitter. One day they all meet in person. This is similar to the jdrama, Love Shuffle, where a group of young adults meet, love triangles, and real life troubles are revealed, etc. As for the characters, there's an impotent magazine editor whose large female boss manipulates him into being her arm-candy (barf); A gravure (former gang-member?) photographer pretending to be more successful than he is; a part-time teacher who has a student after her plus 2 of the other twitter-friends interested; a suicidal, maybe-pregnant stewardess; and an unsuccessful medical equipment salesman from Korea pretending to be a doctor. Juri Ueno, Eita, Tetsuji Tamayama, one member from TVXQ, and some other female actor are in this drama, so its got star power going for it. It lacks the bravado, comedy and charm that Love Shuffle had, and tries to be more serious. I suppose it is. Not fun. The production and pacing are great, so if you are in the mood to watch characters with highly dramatic problems, this is for you.
None of these really made me jump with joy, but if I do find myself itching to watch a drama, I'd probably go with Cinderella Sister.
Cinderella's Sister, kdrama 1-2! The mother marries into a wealthy family, and favors her new daughter over her own child, Eun-jo...so it seems. I wish the upcoming conflicts weren't so painfully obvious. The good daughter likes a young man who works for her father, but the man's heart went 'doki-doki' when he saw Eun-jo's flowing hair. The mother is only using the father for money and security. I kinda want to see the Eun-jo's 'cinderella' transformation, but don't want to bother with all the drama. There's no comedy and ugh, the inter-character conflicts don't sound interesting or new. I might stick it out since Moon Geun-Young's performance as Eun-jo is good. She plays the bitter, angry child well, and she won me over in 'Painter of the Wind'.
Sunao ni Narenakute 1! A jdrama about a group of young adults who become friends via Twitter. One day they all meet in person. This is similar to the jdrama, Love Shuffle, where a group of young adults meet, love triangles, and real life troubles are revealed, etc. As for the characters, there's an impotent magazine editor whose large female boss manipulates him into being her arm-candy (barf); A gravure (former gang-member?) photographer pretending to be more successful than he is; a part-time teacher who has a student after her plus 2 of the other twitter-friends interested; a suicidal, maybe-pregnant stewardess; and an unsuccessful medical equipment salesman from Korea pretending to be a doctor. Juri Ueno, Eita, Tetsuji Tamayama, one member from TVXQ, and some other female actor are in this drama, so its got star power going for it. It lacks the bravado, comedy and charm that Love Shuffle had, and tries to be more serious. I suppose it is. Not fun. The production and pacing are great, so if you are in the mood to watch characters with highly dramatic problems, this is for you.
None of these really made me jump with joy, but if I do find myself itching to watch a drama, I'd probably go with Cinderella Sister.
