Aug 6, 2012

So far so... good?

Well, first episode wasn't the best. This whole thing looks a bit like a b-class movie - everything is less sparkling, the music is annoying and a plot seems to be all over the place. You can see that this drama had lower budget than those the most popular.



But, even if there are some flaws, I'm not dropping it. From the positive side: Yun Jung Hoon's english is PERFECT, he should teach a few korean stars how to speak english fluently (especially So Ji Sub, I love this man but his supposedly australian accent was horrible). Another thing - his acting, as always, is very good - he fits the role of an asshole obsessed over money - loved the scene with a journalist's butt. I think I will like the main female too - as for now she is a bit naive, but it seems she will go through a major character developement soon.



So far this drama is not what I normally watch, but since Yun Jung Hoon is in it, I'm giving it a chance to surprise me.

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Aug 6, 2012

....

Oho, lots of drama this time. Linda, no drugs please. Why doesn't anyone notice it already? I feel so sorry for him!



And please don't let Peach lose her baby. She looked so happy when she received her maternity pass. I don't think it would be treated correctly in this drama, either..



I liked that it was Doctor who saved Haru and not Nakaji. But his chances seem slim, anyway.

Haru's student is getting on my nerves. How could he be so cold and just watch? And as far as I know Haru, she still won't tell on him. If she knew what he's doing to her brother that would be another tale..



But the relationship between Haru's mom and Nakaji's dad is just TOO clicheed. I guess Nakaji's dad will have to die so Nakaji and Haru can be happy together without being siblings. Great.

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Aug 6, 2012

Funny scenes. ;D

Is it just me or was the first part of this episode extremely boring? Only recaps and monologues.. Except for the bathroom scene. That was outright hilarious. xD



The second part was funny, though. The random music player, the sleeping tree song, the egg and especially Ba Ool and Hyun Woo! They are always incredibly funny together. Hehe. ;D



And he nearly kissed her in the end! But seeing as he didn't get to finish I guess they'll be interrupted again. Hmpf.
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Aug 6, 2012

Musical Episode? ;)

Thank god he stopped them kissing! I just hate that couple. -.-



And poor Ba Ool, how can the swan girl be so horrible? She makes it look like she does nothing wrong while she's in a relationship with two guys, one of them an open relationship. Urghs.



And I really want Kang Hyeok and Eun Bi together. He's perfect!



Will they all turn out to be siblings or something? I think at least two of them will. I hope it's Eun Bi and Chi Soo. :P



Seeing Chi Soo's dad in the tub always looks kind of creepy. He's great when he has clothes on, though. ;)
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Big Episode 16
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Aug 6, 2012

Omg no

I can0t stand that ending- really sucks!
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OMG

That kiss was the best part of the entire episode! *-* It was even more sudden than I expected. I knew it was gonna come because I had seen the scene in videos on youtube, but I thought they were gonna have some sort of transition to get to it. It was so... wow... it must be one of the best kisses I've ever seen in asian dramas. I wonder how he's gonna explain this... I hope he doesn't get too melodramatic.
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This is just hilarious

The funny scenes in this show are absolutely hilarious XD Whenever something serious is about to happen BAM they totally mess it up and add a joke lol

The ending was so interesting though *-* I think from now on they're going to start being proper rivals. Also, is it just me or do they keep adding scenes similar to Secret Garden...? This ending, his method of seeing her without telling her the real reason (or him being completely aware of it himself), those lines in the bathroom... many many similarities.
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Aug 6, 2012

the not so romantic vacation with Oska

This episode is a concentrate of funny lines and the perfect stage for Oska to shine in all his over the top vainglory.

My mom laughs every time he's on screen, and I with her.

She's warming up to all the side characters too, and she keeps on enjoying this drama immensely. She actually clapped at RaIm slapping Joo Won.

"You deserved it, super jerk!", is what she commented. Dear mom.



At that point, I truly wanted to know her opinion on something I ask myself almost every time I watch a k-drama.

- "why do you think we enjoy a love story between a good girl and a cosmic bastard? In real life, we would stay well away from such a man."

- "mmm... because we know he's going to change?"

- "possibly. Do you think the fact that Hyun Bin is like a ton of hormones walking on legs, has anything to do with our leniency?"

- "it sure helps... a little."

- "right, a little."

- "Ha! I know it! The higher he climbs on his mountain of prejudices and arrogance, the louder is his falling thud going to be. I can't wait!"



This being said, she also noticed that Joo Won's the one who kept on watching back in search of RaIm while biking down the mountain, while Oska only thought of winning the race.

Little details are at times louder than any speech.

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Aug 6, 2012

Rattlesnake mother appears

You will laugh, but I was a little on edge about watching this episode with my mom. It is one of my favourites, but it also contains the most disturbing scene in the drama for me: Joo Won throwing clothes at RaIm's feet and stating she's not worthy of even being thought of as his toy mistress.

When I saw it the first time, I truly wanted to cause Joo Won physical pain, and until now I can't think of it without shivering.

That same scene, however, is also one of the most sensually charged and revealing, and this is what my mother focused her attention on.

Although condemning Joo Won's behaviour on basically everything he does and says, she agrees with him on one thing only: RaIm's badly dressed.



me: "she's poor. How can he humiliate her for the fact that she can't afford things?"

mom: "it's not a question of money. She could just wear a pair of normal jeans and a white T-shirt, it would be classier. He's not criticizing her poverty, he's blaming her lack of propriety."

I can't contradict her: that's the main point of the episode, mirrored perfectly when Joo Won's mother appears at his house and suggests RaIm is there to collect money for her "services". And not surprisingly, Joo Won's appalled too, now that he hears it from the mouth of somebody else.



Mom laughed out loud at the Kim's family lunch. She commented on how perfectly chosen the two sisters are: Oska's mother is the essence of vanity and shallowness, just like his son. And Joo Won's is a modern Lady Catherine de Bourg, haughty, unreasonable, obnoxious and materialistic.



For those who may have forgotten or overlooked the exchange between the two sisters, here's how it starts:



Oska's mom: What were you talking about?

JW's mom: Does anyone here have a chatty mouth except for you?

Oska's mom: Is it not possible to get plastic surgery on that attitude?



Oska's mom: It's lame without my Woo Young. [...] I just talked to him, he said he's in Jeju island, not in Thailand.

JW's mom: He's like that. Doesn't even know where he is.



Hahahahaha. Oh my. :D

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Could it get any better?

Ok this is really getting amazing *-* both those guys are starting to show some real feelings for her. And the passive guy is finally waking up! Yay! I don't like him paired up with Eun Bi, but it makes the story soooo interesting :D Chi Soo and Eun Bi have such an amazing chemistry, even when they are faking it XD They were so cute when they were pretending to be a couple ^^ lol
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Romance in the air

This is another good episode. My favourite parts were when Park Tae In started working and bought the dress for her and when she wore the dress and went out for a picnic with him...great, great story so far!
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Aug 6, 2012

the ole switch a roo

wow the flower shop has messed up the flower ordering. so what will happen to the supposed couple now????
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Aug 6, 2012

happy endings

i cried when her best friend got married and moved out the house. i mean they did everything together and moved in together it like being sister almost. i guess it hard to see your best friend move on with life get married, have kids etc....
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Aug 6, 2012

Youthfulness

This drama makes me feel nostalgic and I'm not even from that era!! I'm right now experiencing my days of youth being the ripe age of 17, but why does this drama make me feel so much older than that? In a way it may be because living in this age, my generation has more knowledge and experience in the areas concerning the opposite sex, but back then it was kind of hush-hush, you learned as you grew. There is this sense of innocence that oozes out of this drama which my generation doesn't seem to have. Maybe in Korea it does, but as for my generation in the Western world it doesn't.

But YoonJae and Shiwon are totally adorable!! I hope they end up together. The scene from 2012 kinda hints that they are but I couldn't help noticing that YoonJae is sitting awfully close to YooJung (I think that's her name, its the girl who switches the guy she likes all the time). I love how this drama is set up like sort of a mystery drama. The watchers get the characters pasts and from that and the scenes from 2012 they have to figure out who is the couple that made it from 1997 to 2012.

I also really like the sheep noises that are randomly put in during funny scenes. I burst out laughing as soon as I hear them.

The only complain I have is that there isn't enough secondary character scenes. Its just a bunch of Shiwon and YoonJae. I'm not complaining because I like their storyline, but the ohter characters are also pretty important to this drama. It's only the second episode so I hope that they get more into the secondary characters.

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Aug 6, 2012

Please no more romance and love triangles.

Aw, them working together was so cute. And Doctor's co-workers are horrible. Incredible.



The baby in Peach's ultrasound was way older than 12 weeks by the way. If she had had an abortion at THAT stadium, it would've truly been nothing less than murder.. Glad she kept the baby. Hope she'll stop drinking now. -.-



I still feel bad for doctor, but I really hate the romance part of this drama. It kind of feels embarrassing, no matter if it's Haru oder Doctor confessing. I just don't like it.



Also Linda gets way too less credit. I hope they find out about his boss soon and stop it! Now he has to do that horrible stuff again, he should've just let her try her luck with Nakaji. Nakaji would've declined and maybe figured it out.. :/



Poor Haru's brother, too! They're just using him.. and hurting him. :(

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