My dear friend @phikyl knows that I like analyzing kisses for the sheer perversion heck of it so this one is for her. She isn’t watching the show at the moment so I’m leaving this here for her to read later. I have a rubric for what constitutes a satisfactory kiss. First, the mood. The mood […]
100 Days My Prince: Random Notes on Ep 9
Displacement. What to do when you’re guilty of crushing on your best friend’s husband? 🤩🤨 You can daydream about the next best scenario. Your daughter who’s your mini-Me can walk down the aisle with your best friend’s son who looks just like her husband. 👰🤵 KkyutNyo displaced her unacceptable and “traitorous” feelings onto a more […]
100 Days My Prince: What I Learned About Love From Episode 9
Here’s my list of things I learned about love in this episode. 😂 What’s on your list? 1. Prosopagnosia, or the inability to recognize familiar faces. Prosopagnosia exists in kdramas because love is blind. I dislike that I had to learn how to spell this long word because of kdramas so I’ve broken down the word to […]
100 Days My Prince: More Dubious Characters
Huh? Did I miss the memo? How come I didn’t know that this foolish guy was Minister Kim’s son? Are there any more undisclosed familial relationships among the characters? Also, there’s something about this guy JeYoon that I find dubious. @dcuu, you said that there a poll conducted by the official tvN account asking who the […]
100 Days My Prince: Who’s the Baby’s Daddy?
People think MooYeon was the father based primarily on two things: 1. the flashback in Episode 7 where 16 years ago, he held the future Crown Princess, the young SoHee hostage and threatened to slash her throat if Minister Kim didn’t call of the search for him. Minister Kim pointed out that he was his […]
100 Days My Prince: Ep 8’s Swoon-Worthy Moment
This scene is swoon-worthier than the shoe scene. Don’t get me wrong. It was sweet of him to give her a pair of plum blossom shoes. He even staged an “event” which is a hallmark of all kdramas. Frankly speaking, there’s something about “events” that I find theatrical and overblown. However, I’ve come to accept […]
100 Days My Prince: The Barley Field
There were so many interesting things to observe about that moment in the barley field that I’m going to devote this long post on that short scene. Hahaha. Sit back and watch me obsess over trivial things… First, live by the sword arrow, die by the sword arrow. Every time I saw Mooyoung assassinate someone […]
100 Days My Prince: On Becoming WonDeuk
Gradually and quietly, the Crown Prince Lee Yul had become WonDeuk. In the barley field, HongShim wanted to confess that he wasn’t WonDeuk after all. But he preempted her confession, saying that he already knew what she was going to say. WD: I already know what you want to confess. I know that you were […]
100 Days My Prince: Episode 7
My reason for watching “100 Days My Prince” instead of “Where Stars Land” summed as as video: “Never gonna give you up” by Rick Astley. Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you ********************************* Frankly speaking, I stuck with this episode because of the actor Do […]
100 Days My Prince: Or Where Stars Land??
Oh no! 🤦♀️ Which one should I watch and review first?? KyungSoo or Lee Je-Hoon? Doe eyes or sharp nose? Sageuk or contemporary? Nam Ji-Hyun or Chae SooBin? Country mouse or city mouse? Fight scene or meet cute? I was bored out of my skull with Lee Je-Hoon’s last kdrama “Tomorrow, With You” so I […]
100 Days My Prince: Ep 6’s Swoon-Worthy Moment
I thought this floating wish lantern was very sweet and thoughtful of JeYoon. credit: seoinsguk’s tumblr But nothing beats saving the girl from a deadly avalanche of cannellini beans, of course. credit: liveasbutterflies’ tumblr Only in kdrama-land do scenarios like this happen. Really, it was much easier and more logical for WonDeuk to move them both out […]
100 Days My Prince: Romance and Cinematography
Sometimes an OP gushes about the cinematography of a kdrama when all she really means is that the landscape is beautiful. I think it’s a misconception that does a disservice to a cinematographer’s craft. He doesn’t only film bamboo groves, rapeseed fields, and distant horizons for beauty. He also chooses colors, lighting, texture, and a […]
100 Days My Prince: Episode 6 Review
Another solid (relatively) episode. Phew! I was thisclose to dropping this sageuk last week because of the half-assed writing and execution of HongShim’s confusion over WonDeuk’s identity. But I’m glad I explained it to my 8 blog followers and readers. Noteworthy things: 1. The reunion of MooYeon and YiSeo/HongShim. I’m glad the writer didn’t prolong the […]
100 Days My Prince: Ep 6’s Twisting Straw Scenes
I’m not finished yet with Episode 6 but I had to post this funny scene. This scene when they were twisting straws… is the sageuk’s style of paying homage to that iconic pottery scene from “The Ghost.” With Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze canoodling while making pottery.