I love Minhyuk to pieces but I’m laughing that they’ve cast a Seoul drummer to be a Busan singer.
(Not that he’s necessarily originally from Busan because of his mysterious early life when his family was still alive, but still. I’m deeply amused.)
Me: *does daily search for The Good Wife casting news*
Me: *sees pics of Joo Sang Wook pop up in the latest feed*
Me: *gets super excited because JOO SANG WOOK is cast in TGW?!?!?!*
Me: *reads article*
Me: *realizes it’s just agency stuff with Kim Seo Hyung who’s starring TGW and thus the false positive as they talk about her upcoming role*
Me: *vaguely disappointed*
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Guess who gets to come in a couple hours earlier than scheduled for a staff meeting tomorrow?
Guess who’s scheduled to close tomorrow and then open on Saturday?
Guess who’s already done that three weeks in a row and this makes it her fourth?
Guess who never gets enough sleep on Fridays?
LP made an innocuous tweet about how Minhyuk looks like such a man now (instead of a squishy cute puppy like usual) and I’ve been flooding her with those High Cut pics (and pecs, heh). I’m such a good friend.
Here’s your daily The Good Wife casting news update: Jun Suk Ho has been signed on to play what I’m thinking will be the Matan Brody role. At least he’ll be a prosecutor (aka ASA) trying to negotiate the power play between Joo Ji Tae’s (aka Peter Florrick) and Kim Tae Woo’s (aka Glenn Childs) characters.
Fans of Misaeng will recognize him as Kang Sora’s resident bully (or one of the bullies) from Sales Team 2. The Good Wife will be his second drama.
Hi! what was your first drama ever :)?
My first drama was Boys Over Flowers because I wanted to see another adaption of Hanadan. While I still prefer the jdrama, I’ll always be fond of the “gateway drug” that has led to my current addiction.
What is your dream role for handsome oppa?
Something where he gets to speak. And stay alive through the whole drama. And has a healthy and successful relationship with his love interest.
You’d think that wouldn’t be much to ask, but…
As for a specific role? Hmmm. The lead in a modern remake of the Scarlet Pimpernel would be ideal because then he could show his charming foppish side and then also his serious acting chops. Which he does have, dammit, despite the way Dramaland has treated him.
I feel so torn about CBA’s ending. I really liked Gi Tak’s character so I’m not sure how I feel about his ending. Also, I don’t know if I want to continue with Monster. I’m not sure if my attention span can handle 50 eps. Takes so long for the happy.
WARNING: SPOILERS
I thought the ending was incredibly moving (and from what I could tell, kept reasonably true to the source material). But it’s only now (after the recap has been put to bed) that I’ve realized he not only violated the first rule (not to reveal yourself) but the second as well – no revenge. I didn’t really notice (or think about it) originally because I was so caught in the emotion of Da-hye realizing the truth, but he took revenge on Suk-chul. He made it so Sul-chul, the man who killed him, was also killed. Primarily so he wouldn’t kill more of the people Gi-tak loves, but it’s still revenge, y’know?
So that means he must have been fully aware what he was doing. In order to protect the people he loved, he made the noble sacrifice (and I mean that sincerely, not just in a sarcastic “noble idiot” kind of way). He realized that by sacrificing himself and the life he lived – all the memories of him and his past, ceasing to exist – he would be able to give his family/loved ones a better life than he was able to when was alive and still a part of his consciousness.
I’m of the opinion that Seung-jae would not have survived his wound, so in addition to giving Yi-yeon and Da-hye happier memories without him in it, he also saved Seung-jae’s life – literally. With Gi-tak no longer existing, there’s no reason for Seung-jae to have been stabbed in the first place.
I’m still a little confused about some details about how certain things could have happened once he ceased to exist (such as the epilogue – would there have been a need for a photo of young Da-hye? Did she have a happier childhood and maybe get adopted by someone who didn’t run into her with a car because she was chasing after her brother, since she never had one to begin with? But those are just details, I suppose). But I’m very satisfied with his ending, because he got to be the man he never could while he was living – all while in a woman’s body.
As for Monster, I totally understand being overwhelmed by its length. I found the drama really starts to pick up once you’re past the first couple of high-melodrama episodes and starts to reveal the fun I’ve come to expect from this writer. Of course, there’s still all that revenge stuff, but honestly I kind of forget about it until it’s brought up because of how much I enjoy the spy stuff. Also this writer is responsible for the two (out of three) 50+ episode dramas I’ve stuck with, so I have reasonable expectations that it will keep my attention to the end.
Also I realize that not everyone adores Park Ki Woong to the extent that I do, so there’s maybe additional motivation on my end to see it through.
I’ve got 45 mins to kill until I return to the chair of doom and get my hair washed/cut.
I’m opening this up to an AMA or whatever because y’all have my undivided attention since browsing magazines isn’t appealing right now. If you send a message/ask, I’ll answer!
The Obsessive Dilettante 