If you’ve lurked here long enough, you should know these two truths about me: one, not having a daughter is one of the biggest regrets in my life, and two, I watch a lot of Cdrama that I never finish reviewing. Thanks to my old friend nonski who happened to drop by, I’m now inspired […]
Crash Landing on You: Learning Hangul
I told you that one of my new year’s resolutions was to learn to read Hangul, didn’t I? Well, it came in handy during today’s episode of “Crash Landing on You.” I saw what Seri did here. She used the first syllables of each book to spell out her message. I didn’t need subs to […]
Crash Landing on You: On Dan, Mothers and Squints
I’m responding to @ulanlagi’s comments here so I can access this easily. This Yoon Se Ri character, I love her never-say-die / fearless / can do attitude, which is a total opposite of her mindset when she went to Switzerland. Not once did she say that she will die in NK, but she always spoke […]
Crash Landing on You: Eps 9 & 10 Open Thread
I’m opening this thread so you can all post your comments, theories, observations, rants, and raves. I don’t mind spoilers…I love them, actually. So if you discover who ordered Seri’s kidnapping, spill the beans here. I originally thought JH’s Dad was behind it. But now, I’m leaning towards Dan because of the “visuals.” One of […]
Crash Landing on You: The Timeline
I’m going to transfer the timeline here for easy access. I’ll edit what I originally wrote here: Crash Landing on You: Comparisons with Memories of the Alhambra JungHyuk was in Switzerland in 2007 since that was the year on his application form; he registered for the school year of 2007-2008. That was 12 years ago […]
Crash Landing on You: Trope Alert, part 3
I’m obsessive-compulsive and I’m annoyed with myself that I didn’t finish my trope compilation of Episode 6. The first half is here: Episode 6 And here’s the other half. 1. SungJoon as the resident evil, albeit an illegal resident evil The reason I’m ambivalent about SungJoon is that there’s a guy more depraved than him, Cho […]
Crash Landing on You: Seri’s Choice
From the start, I believed that a theme of this kdrama would Seri’s choice…and I didn’t mean the brand name. From my first post on CLoY: To me, then, that will be the crux of this kdrama: her choices. For her, it’s always been important that she makes her own decisions based on what’s good […]
Crash Landing on You: Comparisons with Memories of the Alhambra
I don’t know about you, but when I saw the flash of lightning and heard thunder outside the window, and then saw Hyun Bin standing outside in the rain, I had flashback of “Memories of the Alhambra” (MoA). I thought that HyunSeok was going to spring out nowhere and slash him with that sword again. […]
Crash Landing on You: Four Options
Do you know why this was such a tricky question? Because the correct answer was “none of the above.” She was messing with him, big time. There was actually a FOURTH option but she wanted him to figure it out himself. Let me explain. SR: Now, we have three options. Number one. Pretend nothing happened […]
Reply 1988: Fan-Made Videos
@Agdr03, I remembered that Suntaek shippers made this for a soompi contest. You might enjoy it. @hafunohane made this video in consultation with a handful of shippers. A list of scenes we wanted incorporated was made. I only requested that we use an instrumental music so we could at least hear some of the […]
Crash Landing on You: Ten Last Things
In Episode 3, she told him to talk to the tomato and say 10 nice words to it each day when she was gone so it would grow nicely and not wither. And in Episode 8, she tells him 10 nice things too, so he’ll go on living nicely, and not wither away, when she’s […]
Crash Landing on You: Eps 7 & 8 Open Thread
I’m opening this thread so you can all post your opinions, interpretations, theories, raves, and rants here without having to wait for me to post my analyses. Some housekeeping notes: We’re all qualified bitches here. None of you requires babying or spoon-feeding from me because you’re all more than capable of thinking for yourselves. But […]
Crash Landing on You: Episode 6
Ha! You didn’t think I forgot Ep 6, did you? I’ll combine my review and my trope-recap here. 1. The tsundere hero Jung Hyuk’s cold rejection of Seri’s request for a souvenir photo must hurt her badly. But we knew that it was all for her own good. He didn’t want to show any affections […]
Crash Landing on You: On Proust, Updated
I suspect that the primary reason many of you lurk in this blog is because you’re searching for somebody who sees kdramas through a different pair of spectacles My custom-made glasses. One eyebrow perpetually raised. Since there’s lots of new lurkers to this site, let me roll out my usual welcome mat, and a blunt […]