Over-thinker. Easily distracted by shiny things. Oooh. Shiny.
I know W was good, but I’m still not going to watch it because I have other shows I’d rather spend my time on. The post was more me going “oh man I’m so out of touch with the drama community because somehow my tastes this year have been aligned to unpopular shows that not many are watching or talking about.”
side note have you ever seen cruel city? it’s really amazing so far!!
I’ve seen it!
He can continue to be charismatically terrifying for the rest of his life as far as I’m concerned.
I download the episodes, but I’m sure if you’re willing to watch on whatever dramacool/gooddrama/etc site, you should be able to find it.
Pssst – don’t forget, peeps, that you can still try and request it on Viki and Dramafever!
Yay, I’m glad I could help! ^_^
Downloading and watching raw isn’t for everyone.
You might be thinking that the obvious connection is LJS –> Woobs –> Soo Hyuk.
BUT
Yoon Sang Hyun starred in Gapdong which also starred Kim Ji Won, which is a shorter (and stronger!) connection.
IU in Lee Soon Shim is the Best which also starred Jo Jung Suk.
OR
Lee Yoon Ji in King 2 Hearts which also had Jo Jung Suk.
Those are the most direct but I could probably find more that had a few extra steps.
Maybe.
I downloaded the eps but just haven’t had a chance to check them out yet. It’s hard for me to find time to watch more than a couple of dramas at a time, and I’m already committed to Monster and in love with Squad 38, so that doesn’t leave too much space for another drama in my life right now.
I’ve already tempered some of my expectation once Nana was cast, since even on cable, I doubt they’ll let her be a kick-ass bisexual morally-grey investigator.
But the central premise is the affair and Yoo Ji Tae’s character cheating on her and dragging his family into a scandal. Nothing from the teasers indicates so far that this will be drastically different from the American version and the fact they’re playing up Yoon Kye Sang’s character pretty hard as a main lead seems to indicate they’re willing to have that “old flame” be rekindled.
Part of the fun of this drama might be the Korean take on an intelligent, spirited woman who refuses to accept her husband’s scandalous ways and will fight to have a life on her own. I’m sure there will be societal blow-back (and I betcha Park Jung Soo aka Jackie will have plenty to say about being loyal to her husband).
I think I’m just encouraged by the fact that Jeon Do Yeon, a huuuuuuuuuuuge name in Chungmuro and who could probably take any role she wanted for the rest of her life because everyone would be falling over themselves with giddy joy that she signed on to their project, specifically agreed to take on this role because of how much she liked the American version (of course I bet the money is nice, too, considering she’s broken records for being one of the highest paid actresses in a drama).
Maybe I’m being blindly naive, but I don’t think they’ll be changing things up too much. I feel like there’s a lot of respect for the original version, and what I’ve read from statements from at least the actresses, they’re all excited to portraying such awesome roles.
I’ve heard it’ll be on Dramafever starting Monday.
But if you have access to VIU, it’s already available there.
The Obsessive Dilettante 