For Throwback Thursday, I’m retrieving another long post from my “Warm and Cozy” days. I’m posting it here for two reasons: One, to show how chemistry between actors sometimes involve the imagination of the viewers, and two, to show that even after four years, @agdr03 and I haven’t changed much. I’m posting her reaction to […]
Throwback Thursday: Warm and Cozy: On Timejumps and Cellphones
I wrote this about the ending of another lesser-known Hong sisters’ romcom, “Warm and Cozy” (2015) For Throwback Thursday, I’m retrieving it from soompi. You don’t have to read this, but if you want to know how the Hong sisters do endings, then you might want to slog through 100000000000 paragraphs. lol. Who am I […]
Hotel del Luna: Subbing Confusion #2
My friend, @agdr03, brought this to my attention. I thought CS was honest too when he said that ‘no, I don’t feel anything for you’ to MW’s question of ‘do you think your Yeon Woo?, do you love me?’. Did you watch this from Kissasian, @agdr03? I’ll give you the Viki version. First, the background: […]
Hotel del Luna: Fun Facts
I’ll work on the King Ghost connection later today after my morning jog. It might take me quite a while so I’m going to throw all these trivia that I’ve gathered while watching Episode 6. Shout out to my old soompi friends who are visiting this blog. *********** 1. “I hate to be poor.” If […]
Hotel del Luna: Ep 5 Subbing Confusion
Subbers are human so I don’t blame them when they occasionally flub the translation, especially in a Hong sisters kdrama. The ambiguity is purposely built into the script. So, I’ll try to explain the ending of Episode 5. This is the Viki sub (at 97%) of the dialogue between Manwol and Chansung after the wannabe-bride’s […]
Hotel del Luna: Ep 6 Interpreting Ma GoSin’s Words
Here’s my interpretation of her words, “Their fates from a distant past have met. He would have to take care of her so that she suffers less.” @flying_tool and @Growing_Beautifully commented on them. First, let’s go back to the scene. I’m taking the subs from Viki. Sanchez gets a digital photo album to show the […]
Hotel del Luna: @GB Explains the Two Leaves
Thanks @Growing_Beautifully! I wasn’t getting the two leaves so I’m glad you explained this. I’m posting it out here for easy reference. I hope you weren’t pressured to write me a term paper. My responses are included. ****************** The Leaves 1st Leaf It was a leaf that flew from MW’s past into CS’s present and […]
Hotel del Luna: Ep 6 The Lakeshore vs the Beach
To me, the scene at the lakeshore with the Captain is the mirror-image of the scene at the beach with Chansung. It’s the mirror-image because the two scenes resemble each other but in reverse. I’ll explain the dialogue when Manwol is sitting at the beach. MW: (talking to herself) Whether the sun is blazing or […]
Hotel del Luna: Episode 6 Reincarnation?
Is Changsung the Captain’s reincarnation? The Captain is a cutie, lol. What do you think? The arrival of his ex-girlfriend, who looks exactly like the princess from the past, combined with Manwol’s melancholy at the end lend credence to the general opinion that Changsung is the Captain reincarnated. But I’m not convinced of that because […]
Hotel del Luna: Episode 5 Notes from the Dead
As I said in The Ghost Roundup, all the ghost encounters are like road signs to understand Manwol’s progression toward her ending. They’re her life lessons or, to be more precise, her death lessons. The Mayor from Episode 1 “How can living things not know their own sins?” “I was also crazy like him and […]
Hotel del Luna: On Shipping
Ever since Reply 1988, I’ve trademarked this: I ship scripts, not couples.™ There’s an shipping skirmish about Manwol’s past love: whether it’s the Captain of the Guards or Yeonwoo that she was romantically . Well if it’s any help, my vote goes to the Captain. In Chansung’s dreams, the Captain was singled out for a […]
Hotel del Luna: The Grudge-Holding Tree in Eps 3 and 4
I like @growing_beautifully’s comment here. I agree. Man Wol is rather full of herself … she alone, (she thinks), is be considered as someone unique or to be remembered. She claims the moon is the same for a 1,000 years, that although there were 48 managers “They’re all the same people. It’s useless to count.” […]
Hotel del Luna: Episode 4 The Ghost Roundup
All the sassy and smart bitches here probably already discerned that all of the ghost that Chansung encountered so far are related to Manwol’s history and self-awareness. Let me round them all up. The Mayor (from Episode 1): He was a corrupt man who had other people killed. His soul was full of vengeance and […]
Hotel del Luna: Episode 3
Things that made me go hmmmm…. 1. His declaration At the end of the episode, did he declare himself already? Huh? MW: Why did you…see that? CS: I know, why is it that I can see you? I’m afraid that I might have to pay the price. Jang Manwol-ssi. After I began to see you, […]