One thing I forgot to mention in my last review is the reverse Cinderella story found in the first episode of the show Did you notice how in the first episode, especially before MaSung got hit by that truck, some things felt oddly familiar? Like you’ve seen the same scenes before. All the important elements […]
The Ghost Detective: Eps 1 & 2 (With Spoilers)
You’ve been warned: this post contains spoilers. Hurry up! Watch the first two episodes then come back to read my comments. This is turning out to be a good kdrama. (But don’t fail me now, screenwriters!) ****************** Move over Lovely, Horribly! I’ve found my new horror kdrama sans annoying female lead with a haggard face […]
Bitch Talk: It’s Raining Dramas
For the first time in ages, my calendar is booked with kdramas from Monday to Sunday. Oh joy! My viewing schedule is tight to maximize my month-long vacation from work and travel: Mon + Tues: My 100 Day Prince (tvN), Lovely Horribly (KBS2) Wed + Thurs: Devilish Joy (MBN), Ghost Detective (KBS2) Fri + Sat: […]
100 Days My Prince: First Impressions
Oh dear! I signed up for a romcom so this show had better not switch into a melodrama. I’m trying hard to find humor in the opening scene but it certainly looks inauspicious with the Crown Prince (or is he already the King by then?) holding out his hand for droplets of rain and then setting […]
Lovely, Horribly: Just Horrible
I’m dropping Lovely, Horribly for a number of reasons. What passes off as lovely isn’t enough to overcome the horribly written female lead. First, the plot has deteriorated to a tedious see-saw of misadventures that I’ve lost interest in sitting week after week to see what new disaster will befall Eul Soon and Phillip Yoo. […]
100 Days My Prince: My Couple Cellphone Cases
To commemorate the upcoming sageuk, I’m unveiling new couple cases for my cellphones. They feature a Royal Couple with ceremonial robes. While I’m blogging on the sageuk, the King cellphone case will protect my personal phone from damage against scratches and drops and the Queen cellphone case will surround my work phone with durable plastic […]
Devilish Joy: Eps 1 and 2
One of the memorable and quirky rom-coms I’ve watched is Fifty First Dates which starred Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. Sandler’s character, Henry is a man who enjoys his numerous one-night stands until he meets the girl of his dreams, Lucy, who retains only one-day worth of memories. That was how I remembered that movie: […]
100 Days (Husband) My Prince: Hyped Up
I’m so watching this rom-com sageuk. As someone who enjoys dressing up in corsets and hoop skirts for Renaissance fairs, Colonial days, and Civil War reenactments, I always look forward to indulging in a bit of time travel in my kdramas. I get excited over historicals but I avoid melodramatic and overtly political sageuks. Fair […]
My ID is Gangnam Beauty: Ep 2
“You Have to Be Pretty From the Start”. The title of the episode can often can relay that theme of the episode, and this is one of those moments. For one long hour, we the viewers are given different perspectives on beauty and what it means to be beautiful. There’s the obvious implication when the […]
My ID is Gangnam Beauty: Ep 1
Kang Mirae is no Julia Roberts. At first, I had high hopes of this kdrama showing us how the Ugly Duckling blossomed after plastic surgery and transformed into Miss Pretty Woman or Miss Congeniality. But eight episodes in, I’m now pulling my hair in frustration that the heroine is still pretty much a wuss that […]
Kdrama Recommendations, part 2
Hi there, ladies! I bought a laptop just for my drama viewing and blogging purposes, and I’m still getting the hang of it. Please bear with me. I’m trying to see if I dictate my blog. hahaha. (Nope, it’s too much work. Rats. I knew I should have bought a Mac.) To Sansukini, You wrote: […]
Lovely, Horribly: Episode 1
This is for Alekaonu at soompi who tagged me to review this. I rushed through 6 episodes yesterday, my friend. You owe me a face mask to revive my bugged-out eyes. I want the snail essence face mask. ********************************** I should rename the first episode’s title to “Slovenly, Crazily” because at this point, there’s nothing […]
The Witch’s Love: The Male Witch
First off, I’m not going to swayed by the second lead, that writer dude played by HongBin. I remember him from the Moorin School kdrama. And he is such an eye candy…if you’re 25 years old. So, nope. I’ve been done that path too many times to recognize the sadistic twists, ugly dead-ends, and writer’s […]
Kdrama Recommendations?
Okay. Let’s cut the chase because I’ve only a month for kdramas. Hopefully, I can delay my next departure. Le sigh. What kdramas can you recommend? Last night/early morning, I binged on Lover’s Witch… or was it Witch’s Love? I’ll post my comments there shortly. I also watched the trailers of Mr Sunshine (I downloaded it […]