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Jo Bok Rae – “You Can Cry” (Entertainer OST)

Dramaland Forecast: June 2016

Previously: JanFebMarApr – May

Completed:

  • Nothing yet! Still watching!

Currently Watching:

  • Vampire Detective – why does the show still not really care that he’s a vampire? It’s Vampire Detective – VAMPIRE!!! But I still really like it because I enjoy stylish crime procedurals and the Scooby gang are so much fun to watch.
  • Monster – it’s not great but it’s not terrible and the cast makes me happy. Just don’t ask me to explain the plot because I’m pretty sure not even the writers know what’s going on any more.
  • Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho – okay so I haven’t touched an ep in weeks but I still consider it to be on the “watch” list just because.
  • Dear My Friends – *cries* my aunties ❤

Skipping/Dropping:

  • Entertainer – there were glimpses of goodness, but it’s nothing that I haven’t seen many times before (even from the same director!) and combined with the fact that the chemistry was lagging between characters and the music wasn’t more compelling than any other non-music-centric drama, I decided I didn’t need to waste my precious drama-watching hours on this.
  • Lucky Romance – originally I was thinking I’d check this out predominately because of how much I enjoy watching Lee Soo Hyuk, but the teasers have reminded me how quickly my patience is exhausted for Hwang Jung Eum’s standard acting-style and I’m not sure I want to deal with that, especially when I already have more than enough dramas to fill my time right now.

I’m going to finish this show one day, I swear:

  • Six Flying Dragons made it to ep 28. Progress!

Upcoming dramas of interest:

  • W this was only vaguely on my radar since it’s from one of the writers I always want to like more than I do (I swear it’s just me and I totally agree she’s worthy of being beloved by everyone), and I’m also generally iffy about Lee Jong Suk. I like him in smaller, supporting roles, but for shows where he’s the lead, he just doesn’t keep my attention. *ducks to avoid the flaming pitchforks* However the news that my fave bodyguard has been cast as a (wait for it) bodyguard definitely pushed me over the line from “maybe” to “okay yes we’ll check it out for sure.” It may be shallow, but honestly the casting is rather excellent in general (despite my weird taste in leading men) and this writer does craft excellent dramas, especially when they involve the wibbly-wobblines of time travel.
  • Police Unit 38 or Squad 38 – nothing really new to add except the teasers are as slick as you’d except from OCN and I’m looking forward to seeing Seo In Guk playing a con-man for the good guys.
  • Doctors – I generally avoid medical shows, so I’m not sure if I’ll actually pick this one up. But I did see the stills from the first shooting and really loved Park Shin Hye’s style, so I might watch it just to see her kick ass and be awesome – while, uh, also healing people…yeah… I make no promises though, especially since I’m not a fan of the writer.
  • Goblin – Gong Yoo returning to Dramaland? Oh, yes! KES as the writer? Oh, dear. At least tell me she’s gonna have a co-writer to help rein her in because I want to believe in the DotS and City Hall KES (both dramas where she had a co-writer) and not the chaos she creates when she’s left to her own devices. Fingers crossed that the only hell I’ll have to endure is the one in the script and not because of the script.

As always, any drama not listed means I have nothing new to add since the last mention and/or it’s not something I care about enough to add to the list. 

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Ailee and Truedy – “I Can’t Live Without You” (Entertainer OST)

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Jung Eunji (A Pink) – “A Love Before” (Entertainer OST)

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Gaeko (Dynamic Duo) – “Send Me Your Pictures” (Entertainer OST)

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Kang Minhyuk (CNBLUE) – “I See You” (Entertainer OST)

thesaratea
replied to your post “You can fill a drama with idols, but it’s gonna be the indie…”

what show?

Entertainer, with Ji Sung.

It’s not… very… good. I mean, I didn’t have high hopes walking into it, and it’s not expressly terrible, it’s just… not good. This writer has disappointed me previously so I’m not surprised there, but I am surprised that the directing feels “off,” too. It also doesn’t help that I still don’t, no-way no-how, buy Minhyuk as a brooding high school student, especially one younger than Hyeri. I like them both independently, but together there’s just no chemistry, and there’s no chemistry with her and Ji Sung. I don’t know what’s going on with that because, again, I’ve liked her in previous works, but maybe she’s just not a strong enough actress to rise above a mediocre script and a director who’s just phoning it in, apparently.

Why is why, when I realized I was having a hard time forcing myself to pay attention, I was going to give up on the show and put it in the “dropped” bin, I was pretty much bowled over when Lee Tae Sun arrived and his character suddenly made me believe in everything again.

I had been expecting him to play a role similar to himself – a punk rocker with the crazy outfits. I thought he had been cast to lend an air of authenticity to the drama’s show. But apparently the dude can act, because he’s nothing like his punk rocker frontman self (well, at least as far as I can tell, since I’ve only watched performances and don’t know him personally, y’know?). So now, in my mind, this is a story about a single dad who had a kid when he was super young, and now is ready to break free from the mediocrity of just surviving on the one talent he has – music – and become something that he won’t be ashamed of any more, to make his son proud.

Also all the while smiling like giant beams of sunshine.

(Hence all the spam earlier this morning, because I was idly watching while doing other chores and wanted a drama I knew I didn’t have to play close attention to, then all of a sudden I’m trying to figure out if I can squeeze in the latest ep before I go to work. All because of this indie punk rocker who is a better actor than most of the people on this show.)

banghae:

Have you ever been wrongly accused in your life? I reacted the same way as you in the beginning. ‘How could he do that with such an innocent face?’

But..he was falsely charged.

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Han Yeo Soon – “Lost Child” (Entertainer OST)