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KDrama Addicts Anonymous (thread 3)

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boatyardblues · 27/01/2019 18:56

A quiet corner of MN for serious addicts of Kdrama, or the Kdrama-curious. Most of our viewing is drawn from Netflix and Viki, but the more seriously addicted have other sources, including dramabus.

Previous Threads, with discussion of what we’ve enjoyed and what to avoid:

First thread

Thread 2

Here are some suggestions for shows that we’ve enjoyed - those marked with an asterisk are more uniformly loved:

Because This Is My First Life (Viki)*
Black (Netflix)*
Chicago Typewriter (Viki)*
Don’t Dare to Dream (Netflix, or as Jealousy Incarnate on Viki)*
Fight For My Way (Drama bus)*
Healer (Netflix)*
His Master’s Sun (Netflix)
I Hear Your Voice (Netflix /Viki)
Last Train to Busan - film (Amazon Prime)
Live (Netflix)
Love from a Star (netflix)*
Pinocchio (netflix)
Prison Playbook (Netflix)*
Goblin (Viki)
She Was Pretty (Dramabus/Netflix)
Something in the Rain (Netflix)
Strong Girl Bong Soon (Netflix)
Suspicious Partner (netflix)*
W (Viki & Netflix)*
What’s Up With Secretary Kim (Viki)*
While You Were Sleeping (viki)

We have some lovely occasional posters who have lived in Korea, are Korean or have Korean partners/family members who pop in from time to time to provide the context for some of the more baffling cultural references.

If you want to know your oppas from your unnis try this helpful guide to Korean terms of address and honorifics.

We are generally fans of all things Korean, so equally happy to talk about Korean cookery, film and kpop when the mood takes us. To get to grips with the lingo, try dramaloveaddicts.proboards.com/thread/24/korean-word-day?page=1

If you want to join us down the kdrama rabbit hole, welcome! Pull up a chair, say goodbye to early nights and get stuck in…

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bettys · 24/02/2019 11:37

Well that's The Last Empress done and dusted! It was a fun ride and even though the ending wasn't what I would have chosen they did the best with the situation. It was a little flat without CJH but I did tear up at one point Blush
I hugely enjoyed:
CJH in bodyguard mode with special credit for unnecessary swimming scenes.
The Empress Dowager's marvellous facial expressions.
Shin Sung Rok - I will have to invent a special sub-genre of oppas just for him.

Next!!!

bettys · 24/02/2019 11:49

Just looking for my next binge & I notice Netflix has added some new titles

The King 2 Hearts - another modern day imperial family. Not sure I'm ready for royal shenanigans but it does have a young Jo Jong Son in it

The Scholar Who Walk The Night Joseon vampires ooh goody!

Hospital Ship

The Emperor Owner of the Mask

bettys · 24/02/2019 11:51

That should be Jo Jung-Suk bloody autocorrect

Bea · 24/02/2019 12:07

I'm still plowing my way through
The Rebel
D day
Vampire Detective
17 but 30

Don't think I should add anymore till I'm done with this lot!
There's just too much!..
Bettys.. I've watched bits of hospital ship... Think it's ER/Casualty at sea!... You can confirm for us! Grin

bettys · 24/02/2019 13:07

I know what you mean Bea, I have on the go:
Romance Is A Bonus Book
Touch Your Heart
Radiant (only sticking with this for NJH & hoping it's going to lift)
Secret
Tunnel

The first 3 are weekly eps though. I read recaps of The Rebel as it was dragging Blush
Netflix seems to have added tons more kdrama since I started watching last June

boatyardblues · 24/02/2019 13:59

I’ve installed the Netflix app on my phone & dowloaded the last 2 eps of Coffee Prince to see me through this evening. If the hotel free wifi is OK, I should be able to crack on with something new whilst I am away.

I’m getting a bad feeling about a rushed ending with Coffee Prince, so I’m keeping everything crossed it’s not a stealth turd in extremis - you know, the kind that strings you right along and shits on you right at the end after many hours’ invested time.

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bettys · 24/02/2019 18:30

Aweeeeee I am so loving Romance Is A Bonus Book !

Apart from some of the clothes choices. Adore the burgeoning friendship between Ms Seo & Dan-I and really want the Gangnam Leopard to join in too.

bettys · 24/02/2019 18:43

There is some deliciously hammy acting and suspect special effects in Scholar Who Walk The Night so I am rather enjoying it! Grin

Bea · 24/02/2019 19:15

OOOO!!! It's quite good i'm stuck in the middle of all these miscellaneous dramas as it's stopping me from peeking at Romance... it sounds like a really good one,,, can't wait to see lovely Toasty! Grin

bettys · 24/02/2019 19:30

You will love Toasty in this Bea. Boatyardblues was wondering if he was veering into smug territory but I really like his character in this

bettys · 24/02/2019 20:03

Bea out of your list I think you should concentrate on 17 but 30 as I found it just carried along really sweetly and is rather uplifting Smile

Bea · 24/02/2019 21:52

Oh bettys!... You are my personal kdrama adviser! 😂...
Dh gone away for a few days... 🤣😁😁😁... I might just say hello to Toasty!... ❤️

boatyardblues · 25/02/2019 00:41

You will love Toasty in this Bea. Boatyardblues was wondering if he was veering into smug territory but I really like his character in this

I have been gently manipulated into liking him by the scenes of him tending his sick father.

I want Ha-Rim and her new potential squeeze (deliberate vagueness) to progress. They both have a fierce intensity.

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Bea · 25/02/2019 11:08

"gently manipulated"... By Toasty LJS!... Fnar Fnar! Oooer missus! 😂😂😂😂😂❤️

bettys · 26/02/2019 09:16

!!!! KLAXON !!!!

Fight My Way is now available on Viki ! This is your last chance boatyardblues to be converted to PSJ Wink

Some shots of him in London [[https://www.soompi.com/article/1306178wpp/park-seo-joon-talks-about-visiting-london-and-builds-hype-for-his-new-film
here]], he basically came to watch a football match (ok he did have a fashion shoot too but he is such a bloke)

Viki seems to have freed up some access to previously unavailable dramas. Here are a few from my (very biased) list that I will be making a bee-line for:

Manhole - man goes down a manhole through time to try and make his relationship work. It's better than it sounds and has the VERY beautiful Kim Jaejoong in.

Matrimonial Chaos - slice of life drama about 2 couples with Bae Doona

Chief Kim - office comedy with Namgoon Min

Queen For Seven Days - Joseon romance with Yeon Woo Jin from my oppas list and her that gets to snog all the hot guys (Park Min-Young)

Go Back Couple - couple go back in time to save failing marriage, with Son Ho Jun & Jang Nara

boatyardblues · 26/02/2019 15:10

Thanks for the heads up Betty. I will start it when I get home.

I downloaded a ton of stuff to watch on my phone on my journey home. Looking forwards to some peace & quiet after a couple of very busy days.

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Bea · 26/02/2019 19:44

Bettys! 😍👍❤️

Just started watching Blood! Enjoying so far! But lo and behold! Who appears but lovely Jung Hae In... Lovely Colour Blind Police Officer WYWS! 😍

Bea · 26/02/2019 20:08

... Blood! And its got bad guy from K2 and bad reporter mum from Pinnochio... Is the acting pool very very small in Korea?? 😉😂

boatyardblues · 26/02/2019 20:46

I watched the first episode and a bit of One More Time on my trip home. I think it’s the same ML as Just Between Lovers, at risk of being typecast as a ruffian dropout. The trick is a Groundhog Day-alike rerun of a bad day.

Looking forwards to getting stuck into Fight My Way.

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bettys · 26/02/2019 20:58

Same hair different guy I think.

Fight My Way is in my top 10

bettys · 26/02/2019 20:59

but Secretary Kim has slipped out 😱

boatyardblues · 26/02/2019 20:59

Eh?

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boatyardblues · 26/02/2019 21:03

Same hair different guy I think.

OMG, you’re right. Mortificado! Blush Which leads me on to a related point. IMDB is absolutely shit for non-Western stuff.

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bettys · 26/02/2019 21:03

Sorry not clear, Secretary Kim is no longer in my top 10 Grin

But at least I've still got a PSJ in the top 10

boatyardblues · 26/02/2019 21:05

Whoop whoop!

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