It’s been years since I watched that first season of “We Got Married Global,” starring Ok Taecyeon and Guigui so I was delighted to see this picture of Guigui on my tumblr feed. source: http://guiguiwuyingjie.tumblr.com/post/178382633549/20180922-gui-gui-updates-her-instagram-gui caption: Secret job in Beijing. #jorya Awwwww… she’s still as cute as ever, my Guigui. If ever you’re going to watch […]
The Ghost Detective: Fetch, part 2
My good friend @staygold asked this: I was curious why the cola can stopped after hitting Da Il’s foot in the tunnel. Was it because it was twilight zone of a tunnel? Or because he is finally accepting that he is a ghost. I’m writing my response here so it’ll be easier to read by […]
100 Days My Prince: Explaining HongShim’s Lies
Episode 4 was so disorganized and lacking in logical flow that I wanted to bitch-slap the writer and director for the mess they’re making. Sure, this is a comedy but the raison d’etre of any comedy is to elicit laughter. How can I view this show as amusing when it leaves me befuddled and frustrated? […]
The Ghost Detective: Fetch
Every time I hear YeoWool say “fetch” in Episode 4, this image from Mean Girls pops up in my head. “Fetch” here meant “Cool!” or “Awesome! or in Korean, “Daebak!” One of the girls was trying to make it into a popular word or buzzword, so she’d interject it in the conversation until the Queen […]
The Ghost Detective: The Ghostbusters
A poster in another kdrama forum I used to frequent asked if the title, “Ghost Detective” implied that Lee Da-Il is a ghost who is a detective. I replied that there were four ways of interpreting that title. I suggested that — There are four Ghost Detectives here. 1. Lee Da Il because he’s a ghost-apparition […]
100 Days My Prince: Cringe Comedy
If this Episode 4 was supposed to be comedy, then I must have been the only viewer in the whole wide world of internet who didn’t appreciate the humor. The only scene that drew a smile from me involved the leeches. Like the CP/Lee Yul/WonDeuk, I didn’t see that coming – or to be precise […]
100 Days My Prince: Fan Service
Starting Episode 4, I’m going to use my fan-service-o-meter to rate the show. It will detect whether an actual plot development has occurred in the episode or the scenes are arranged to gratuitously titillate fan girls. I haven’t finished my design yet. But this is one option. lol. It functions like my bullshit-o-meter which I […]
Devilish Joy: Episode 4
I’m not going to dispute that there are serious flaws to the plot. However, I’m sticking with this kdrama because I can still make some sort of sense of the writer’s intent with the romance. This isn’t meant to be a realistic story in the same way an Impressionist painting isn’t meant to depict people, […]
100 Days My Prince: If WonDeok Winks at You…
How could this tavern owner resist his winking?? What would YOU do if he were to wink at you? gif credit: leekangdoo’s tumblr Me? I’d wink back for sure. credit: giphy 😉
The Ghost Detective: On the Suicide Theme
This post will be talking about suicide. If you are struggling with this issue, then this kdrama and my blog post on this episode may not be right for you. You may want to watch the show with a trusted and mature friend. Hugs! What I like most about this kdrama is that it treats […]
100 Days My Prince: 138,658 Hours
Shout out to @soyabeancurd, et al. I was informed that subbers (Bless their hearts!) made an error and didn’t account for the different way time was kept in the Joseon period. While the Western world divided the day into 24 hours, a day was only segmented into 12 in the Joseon method of timekeeping. Thus, […]
100 Days My Prince: Sketchy Plot, Handsome Actor
This is one of the reasons I can’t come out of hiding and legitimize my kdrama addiction. Many of the plots are utterly sophomoric that I’m embarrassed to have wasted my time over them. Unlike most fangirls, I’m too much of a bitch to ignore shoddy plot for the chance of ogling at and mooning […]
The Ghost Detective: Ep 3 and 4
Before I start talking about the suicide theme in another post, there are details in these episodes that are noteworthy. 1. The mystery of 1am. The time is important in the story. In Episode 2, when Lee DA IL pulled himself out of his muddy grave, his watch showed that it was almost 12:55am. In […]
The Ghost Detective: A Warning (No Spoilers)
After watching Episodes 3 and 4, I’m convinced that The Ghost Detective is not a simply ghost story but an allegory on suicide. I view the Woman in Red as a silent and invisible killer that suicide is. And at the end of Episode 4, we’re seeing a suicide cluster. Ever since that Hwayugi’s episode on […]