As requested by @Growing_Beautifully and @Fern. 🙂 I’m still working on my review. Meanwhile, let’s enjoy Zombie’s dance. Gif credit: kdram-chjh’s tumblr. Thank you for these great gifs of Cho Jin Hyuk dancing. credit: kdram-chjh’s tumblr
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: @JT7’s notes on the Mystery Man
Thanks, @JT7. These are her notes. I’m just adding screenshots and some comments here and there. ************** I did a quick rewatch of certain parts while folding the laundry. I realize the show gave us many clues wrt various characters that I missed out during the first watch, because my initial approach was to watch […]
Tale of the Nine-Tailed: Eps 5 & 6 Open Thread
The thread is now open for comments, analyses, rants and raves. “Hi!” credit: liveasbutterflies’ tumblr If you have any mythology, urban legends, and folklore to share, it’s better if you post them here: Tale of the Nine-Tailed: @GB’s Compendium of Urban Legends I don’t mind if you double-post here and in the “Urban Legends” thread. […]
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: Ep 3 Highlights
In a nutshell, Eps 3 and 4 were a delight to watch. I didn’t see a scene in either episode that needed a tweak or rewrite. This is the romcom that I need nowadays. I’m reposting some of my comments on the Episode 3 Open Thread here. Although the scenes are self-explanatory, I’m writing them […]
Tale of the Nine-Tailed: @GB’s Compendium of Urban Legends
I’m reposting @GB’s research notes on Korean urban legends, folk tales, and superstitions here for easy access. THANKS, @Growing_Beautifully!! I’ll add random gifs in a bit. @GB, if I missed a comment something, please tag it by replying to that comment, so I can find it. ********************** Notes on Urban Legends After 2 episodes, I […]
Bitch Talk: October Dramas??
I have two dramas on my plate right now: 1. Zombie Detective every Monday and Tuesday • Starring Choi Jin Hyuk (“Pride and Prejudice”) and Park Joo Hyun (“A Piece of Your Mind”) It still has 4 more episodes (or 2 weeks) left. 2. Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol every Wednesday and Thursday • Starring […]
Alice: Eps 11 and 12 Questions and Answers; Grade
1. Why am I still watching this? Because I wanted to know who this “Teacher” was. 2. Who’s the “Teacher”? It was the Catholic guy. In Kdrama, every time there’s a Catholic guy among the suspects, the Catholic guy is the bad guy. This anti-Catholic bias is insidious in kdramas, and pop culture. And I’m […]
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: Ep 4 Open Thread/Rewatch Thread
Tomorrow, @agdr03 and I are doing a “rewatch” of Episode 4. Saturday, Sept 16, 6:00 am EST (my time) 9:00 pm in Sydney, Australia (agdr03’s time) 11:00 am in the UK. (Fern, do you think you can join us?) 6:00 pm in Singapore, Philippines, etc. 5:00 pm in Indonesia 3:30 pm in India But go […]
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: Ep 3 Open Thread/Watch Thread
I’m joining @Agdr03 as she watches this episode. We’ll do one of our famous running commentaries. Like sportscasters watching a soccer game, we’ll shout GOOOOOAAAAAAL! everytime we see a cute episode. Goal = relationship goal You’re free to join us. By the way, lurkers who are butthurt (you know who you are), I’ve already blocked […]
Tale of the Nine-Tailed: Eps 3 & 4 Open Thread
The thread is now open for comments, analyses, rants and raves. Gifs from last week’s episodes. Ahhh. So that was Zombie from “Zombie Detective” was doing with air freshener. credit: yesdrama’s tumblr Watch him do that eyebrow trick a hundred times in this drama. credit: yesdrama’s tumblr The umbrella homage credit: ohsehuns’ tumblr And this […]
Tale of the Nine-Tailed: Ep 1 First Impressions
I’m not going to lie about this: Episode 1 was a “Goblin” deja-vu. Let me list down the scenes and ideas this drama ripped off from “Goblin.” I’ll limit myself to 15. 1. Jiah’s parents meet a car accident with no one in sight. Euntak’s mom meets a car accident with no witnesses. 2. Male […]
Zombie Detective: Eps 7 & 8
Another week, another entertaining and successful resolution in Zombie Detective. I like how an abbreviated schedule (12 episodes, instead of the regular 16) forces the story to be tight. The key background info and emotional content are delivered as needed. There’s no detour and red herrings. Every line and scene either reveal something about the […]
Record of Youth: Eps 9 to 12; OSTs
The thread is now open for comments, rants and raves. JT7 is the current bingo winner. Here’s the new bingo card. I’m surprised that there’s no fried chicken PPL yet. Let’s enjoy the shows! ************************* Here are the OSTs. The English translations are all from https://kgasa.com/ 1. “Go” by SeungKwan (Seventeen) . I found a dream […]
Zombie Detective: Eps 5 & 6
For viewers who are easily sidetracked like me, the references to other kdramas in this show is such a catnip that the mystery of Zombie’s death and Santa Killer’s identity fall by the wayside. Me: Who’s Santa? What’s going on? Huh? First, let’s get the pop culture out of the way, shall we? Episode 2. […]