[Discussion] City Hunter

Abs, did you like Bad Boy a lot? I have been very hesitant to watch it because I read too much about the episodes and I'm spoiled for the ending. I know it goes a little wonky at the end.

Too bad we can't force you to do "Abs watches Dramas with her Parents" for every thing you watch!!!! Mwuahahahaha!

I am splitting this over 2 posts, 'cause I'm not allowed to post 5 pics in one ^^

>mother's favourite City Hunter scenes - part one<

She told me last night that her list of favourite scenes is growing, but then she rattled off what's on there so far::

#1 - the kiss


#2 - on the stairs, knocks hat off baddie - then beats him up


#3 - YS grabs NNs hand from behind (plus holding her a little later in that scene)

Another Sunday rolls around, and mum and dad show up for the next installment of City Hunter

Having had a rough weekend, we agree to just watch the one episode tonight. I read them the review I posted here, and subsequent comments (which they love btw), and we settle ourselves in for episode 13.

YS & NN coming out of the lift, with their shopping trolley of goodies, and mum says 'awhh, look, that's so sweet - they look just like a regular couple!', we had to watch the first scene a couple of times, because mum wanted to confirm that their trolley was deliberately smashed into 'how'd Jin Pyo know that she'd chase after the tomatoes anyway?'

YS, smashes the glass and hauls NN out of the way, while Jin Pyo demonstrates he has the power to kill her at any time. mum says 'oh, yeah - that's right, you can recognise his dad - on a bike, with his helmet on - but it took you 10 flipping episodes to recognise YS was the City Hunter!!!!!!' [arf arf arf] 'awhhhh - they both don't want the other to be hurt because of them' following the 'to do' in the car when YS actually shouts at NN to 'shut up!' [mum commentating that it's unusual for him to loose his rag and shout at her]. He carries ALL the shopping in, and she says 'that's such a man thing, your Dad does that, always takes all the shopping, wont have any help'

Mum really enjoys the bit between YS & NN when he's being all 'as long as you're OK, you think that's everything is fine?!' and she's all 'why can't I be someone who can protect you' then into 'you think I'm really cool right now eh!?' - awhhhh, it's so sweet, I hope she doesn't get hurt!

The fact that the prosecutor's dad just lies through his teeth at every turn, is really frustrating - and they continue to feel more and more sorry for the prosecutor - being taken off the case, faced with blocks at every turn, and his dad being exposed as a baddie. Poor guy. When he uses the bug to trap YS, mum can't get her head around why he's still gunning for him - why can't he see that the CH isn't bad, and just join together with him?? my gym?!]

ajussi's discovery of the mother is met with relief, but it's a shame the other bodyguard is so oblivious to the fact that it's ajussi not YS that likes her. Mum think the 'nerd' co-worker is really well cast 'I mean, come on, just look at his competition!'

and then - of course - there's the startling attack on ajussi! mum kept saying (like a mantra) throughout this sequence 'he's not dead, he's not dead, he's not dead, he's not dead'. Then we watch as YS panic turns into a mini melt down, and he smashes the mirror in frustration. The shot of his eyes was met with 'Is that Yoon Sung?? He looks like a totally different person!
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It's a shame for NN when she finds out the truth of the prosecutors dad. During the whole sequence between the dad and YS on the bridge, my mum keeps urging YS to remember that he's not a bad person, that he's always been the rescuer - that he can't possibly kill him, he's not like that - but the more pressing problem now is that the prosecutor will think YS killed his dad - any chance of them joining forces is fast disappearing.

Noooooooooo.

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and by way of forewarning. As dad is now working away from home, they said that from this week on we'll only be able to watch CH together every other weekend. I had to take my mum in hand when she sheepishly suggested [i]she could still continue to watch it - 'no mum, we are watching this all together with dad!'. The compromise being that she and I will continue to watch it together for a second time (she's on episodes 5&6 tonight), and when she's caught up to where dad is, we will watch something else together!

Hello everyone. I'm still enjoying watching City Hunter, we've only got three eps to go! Oh no what will we do????

Jeanie asked me what I thought of Lee Jin Pyo, evil dad or handsome ahjussi? I got to say that I think that he's a bit of both especially when he's wearing black!! The last shot of him back to back with YS was just the best. The next few days will be the longest of my life as Abs won't let me watch anymore until a week on Sunday. Can you believe it? What sort of a daughter have I got!

hehehe! Mother/Daughter squables! Potato/Potahto!

The dynamic between Yoon Sung and Jin Pyo is intense and puzzling to the last...but it never becomes boring. That is for sure. I love Yoon Sung's conflict and how well paced this show is at revealing hidden mysteries and truths in a way that keeps things popping. Not only to we get to watch the characters be surprised but then the writers turn around and surprise the audience as well! I love it when a show doesn't treat it's audience as stupid.

And speaking of...might I make a suggestion? If you have enjoyed the intensity and adventure of City Hunter, you should try A Tree With Deep Roots. Without spoiling anything; This show centers around King Sejong of Joseon who created the Hangul alphabet that Korean's use today. He created their written language. He was one of those incredibly creative and rennaissance Kings who come along every great once in a while and advocate for the arts and sciences, for literacy and progression, for a peaceful solution to country and people. The writers of this show have really pulled out all the stops to place a very creative, tense and well written mystery into this mix of this King's reign. It is crazy good!

absOmma wrote: It's a case of bamboo down her fingernails to give me anymore info and then she probably wouldn't.

Hang in there! No one ever promised the ride would be a smooth one. One thing you can be sure of is, you will never be bored. 1/2 the fun is in the discovering! But I'm sure I don't have to tell you. Reading abs recaps and your excitement brings back how it felt when we were all watching and posting here like crazy! (before the russian hacker deleted our original thread.) Good thing though...We were a bit spoilery in our discussions at the time. This is the one Kdrama where when it was all said and done...I wanted a season 2. Not because they left loose ends but because I just didn't want City Hunter to end. Your daughter picked a perfect drama for you to start with!

The COME ON YOU GUYS, WORK TOGETHER sentiment is how I felt about YS and Prosecutor. They were working towards the same goal but couldn't see eye to eye on the method to get there! Every interaction was so frought with tension and possibility!

When do you get to watch the next episode?

Oh guys this is not good. I come back from work and do I cook the tea, do the ironing, tidy up the garden? NO I head for the computer to see what's being going on today! Good job "hubby" is away, things will have to change when he gets back. Anyway, you're so right about YS and the Prosecutor they definitely should get it together and work as a team. But the script writers have done an excellent job as casting them as rivals and the way that they stare each other out, WOW! The contest of who's going to look away first! NOT ME. In fact I think that we should lobby the production teams of Kdrama so that YS and the Prosecutor could have their own drama series - fighting off crime all over Seoul. Yep that would do it for me.