Sadly I'll have to put Camellia on hold while I try to catch up with the ongoing dramas the last week. I'm so looking forward to the Lunar New Year holidays so that I can catch up with Black Dog and Diary of a Prosecutor. Work life balance is crucial! Love Crash Landing Am I... Continue Reading →
Yup, bearcatchong has already written a good review on Extraordinary, but yours truly really has itchy fingers that still need to type this out. So bear (pun intended) with me. 😛 If you are still considering whether to watch Extraordinary, here's a simple pros-cons (or watch-don't watch) analysis for you to make the final decision:... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Kim Ji-young (Jung Yu-mi) resigned from her job to take care of her daughter. On the surface, she seems to be alright, but she also appears to envy those women going to work and would feel disturbed when she heard people talked about her enjoying life with her husband's money. Ji-young also tries to... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Jae-hoon (Kim Rae-won) broke up with his fiance one month ago, and was still upset. He would get drunk every night to wake up every morning with a hangover. On Sun-young's (Gong Hyo-jin) first day to work in the same company as Jae-hoon, Jae-hoon happened to witness Sun-young breaking up with her cheating boyfriend... Continue Reading →
The premise of "recycling" a character in Extraordinary is one convenient way for the narrative to wrap itself up nicely. Since all characters in a play, drama, novel, manga, etc are all part of an artist's or creator's work, they also form part of the creator's subconscious. So while Ha-roo may be axed midway in... Continue Reading →
It's a new year new decade, perfect time to resume the weekly recap! The past few months had been pretty hectic and I hadn't been watching too many dramas. I was however, sucked back into the black hole known as K-variety and had been watching Running Man and 1 Night 2 Days Season 4. The... Continue Reading →
I am starting to think Crash will see Se-ri home only after ep8 -- 50% of show in North and remaining in South (fair, that). Given that she doesn't seem to have much luck going across the borders. Not that it is EASY to, especially with Commander Cho being overly interested in thwarting all of... Continue Reading →
This drama honestly could have been much better in the story-telling, but alas. I pretty much liked the first half of it, but unfortunately I had to stall watching it weekly due to work, and only picked it up again just before it finished its run. My interest waned despite marathoning the last few episodes... Continue Reading →
Storyline (including spoilers): Lee Sun-sim (Lee Hye-ri) was an ordinary employee of Cheongil Electronics who was just in charge of running errands and making coffee for her colleagues. Cheongil Electronics supplied some of TM Group's home appliance product such as the vacuum cleaner. When TM Group tried to further reduce the unit price of the... Continue Reading →
Leverage is a very straightforward type of show. Don't expect too much out of it, and you will enjoy the thrill of the action, as Tae-joon leads his band of scammers on Robin Hood type missions. The heist operation is the only reason why Leverage is watchable. Even when faced with a strong adversary, and... Continue Reading →
It's not wrapping up the year properly for me without revisiting all the dramas I've watched in the year. At the turn of December I had the impression that I dropped a lot more dramas than I had previously, and I didn't have much recollection of what I'd watched this year *gasp* So a check... Continue Reading →
Sorry, I know that bearcatchong has already given the final review of Extraordinary, but heh, as usual, I am the tortoise of the trio and only started watching it. Correction: I am binge-watching it. To tell the truth, the debut did put me off a little, mainly cos of Kim Hye-yoon's rather green behind the... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: When Go Ha-neul (Seo Hyun-jin) was in high school, her teacher died while saving her from a traffic accident during their school trip. She later learnt that her teacher was just a contract-based teacher not covered by any insurance plan, unlike those permanent teachers. She could not understand why her teacher could risk his... Continue Reading →
Pegasus market, based on the webtoon of the same name, is simply a wacky and stress-free show to watch. Yes, there is topic of money laundering like other corporate in kdramas but it is not the main focus of this drama. Here, you can just expect the unexpected for each episode. The drama was about... Continue Reading →
Every year Dramaland experiments with different genres and/or mashup, and as bloggers we experiment with different ways or themes to present what we've watched for the year (although sab will disagree as she admits she's too lazy to recall, lol). Though this list is by no means exhaustive, here's presenting the cats' (or a bear's)... Continue Reading →
I initially wanted to write individual reviews for these 10 Korean movies that I had watched over the past 6 months, but it was difficult for me to find time to watch and write the reviews. Therefore, I decided to only write short comments (and may include spoilers) for the following movies. Don't worry, this... Continue Reading →
Story in a Nutshell Set in the sleepy town Jinyeong, Lee Seon-woong (Lee Seon-kyun) is a seasoned prosecutor who is contented with dealing with small cases in his hometown. We follow his and his colleague's daily lives as civil servants in this suburb town far from Seoul. The case that introduces us to this quirky... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Profession baseball team Dreams Club is ranked last in place in the current baseball league season, with even fewer wins than the previous season, so the general manager quit as a result of the club's bad performance. The club then appointed Baek Seung-soo (Namgoong Min) to be the new general manager, who then quickly... Continue Reading →
