My Lovely Kim Sam-Soon
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lesbiassparrowI started this even though I was tempted to go for the full out angstorama that Autumn Tale promised to be. Those Four Seasons ones are always dripping with the good tragedy. I don't know why but I find myself using the ff button a lot even though I've heard really good things about it and it has some excellent scenes. I, horrors, have even ffed through Daniel Henney scenes! (But only the ones with the annoying Secondary Female, Hae-Jin)
After having to put up with the actress who plays the Evil Secondary Female Lead in 'What Star are You From' I really don't like her very much in this one either. She's all mopey and whiney - admittedly she had to part from her one true love because of cancer but still she grinds on my every nerve. And I fluctuate between really liking the heroine and wanting to biff her over the heat for moping over the hero, whom I DO NOT LIKE AT ALL. The actor is cute, but the character really annoys me so watching the heroine droop over him is very irritating. Hence the judicious use of the ff button. Anyway he and annoying Secondary Female more or less deserve each other and can go and breed annoying babies for together all I care. Their combined self-absorption could sink the Titanic even without a helpful ice-berg.
Actually this is one of those dramas where I much prefer the subsidiary characters, especially the mad chef at restaurant and the floor manager lady. Not to mention the secretary of quite scary mum and her love of boxing.
ETA: WTF? Did I really need to see a scene with the hero's ears being cleaned lovingly by the Secondary Female Lead? Really???
ETA 2: Okay, given that I hate the hero and his poorly chosen girlfriend, Hee-jin, and their irritating smugness and all over gittyness, I do not see how I can be delighted by any ending that doesn't have him eaten by bears while Sam-soon and Daniel Henney run off and have a linguistically challenged relationship that revolves around madelines.
ETA 3: You know what I really hate about the hero and Hae-Jin? It's that they don't bloody care about hurting other people's feelings until they realize that they might feel something for the other person or it's not doing all well in their relationship. Then they care. Pair of self-absorbed twats neither of whom actually have any human empathy that I can discern. I HATES THEM BOTH, I DO.
ETA 4: And just when I thought I couldn't despite Hae-Jin and the hero any more I find out she is comes up as 'princess of laughter' on his mobile phone. PRINCESS OF LAUGHTER. Between that and her annoying smirks that I am supposed to find charming I am hoping that it is *both* her and the hero who are eaten by bears. I am also annoyed that I hate Hae-Jin so much that I have to ff through all of her scenes which means ffing through pretty much all of Daniel Henney's scenes.
After having to put up with the actress who plays the Evil Secondary Female Lead in 'What Star are You From' I really don't like her very much in this one either. She's all mopey and whiney - admittedly she had to part from her one true love because of cancer but still she grinds on my every nerve. And I fluctuate between really liking the heroine and wanting to biff her over the heat for moping over the hero, whom I DO NOT LIKE AT ALL. The actor is cute, but the character really annoys me so watching the heroine droop over him is very irritating. Hence the judicious use of the ff button. Anyway he and annoying Secondary Female more or less deserve each other and can go and breed annoying babies for together all I care. Their combined self-absorption could sink the Titanic even without a helpful ice-berg.
Actually this is one of those dramas where I much prefer the subsidiary characters, especially the mad chef at restaurant and the floor manager lady. Not to mention the secretary of quite scary mum and her love of boxing.
ETA: WTF? Did I really need to see a scene with the hero's ears being cleaned lovingly by the Secondary Female Lead? Really???
ETA 2: Okay, given that I hate the hero and his poorly chosen girlfriend, Hee-jin, and their irritating smugness and all over gittyness, I do not see how I can be delighted by any ending that doesn't have him eaten by bears while Sam-soon and Daniel Henney run off and have a linguistically challenged relationship that revolves around madelines.
ETA 3: You know what I really hate about the hero and Hae-Jin? It's that they don't bloody care about hurting other people's feelings until they realize that they might feel something for the other person or it's not doing all well in their relationship. Then they care. Pair of self-absorbed twats neither of whom actually have any human empathy that I can discern. I HATES THEM BOTH, I DO.
ETA 4: And just when I thought I couldn't despite Hae-Jin and the hero any more I find out she is comes up as 'princess of laughter' on his mobile phone. PRINCESS OF LAUGHTER. Between that and her annoying smirks that I am supposed to find charming I am hoping that it is *both* her and the hero who are eaten by bears. I am also annoyed that I hate Hae-Jin so much that I have to ff through all of her scenes which means ffing through pretty much all of Daniel Henney's scenes.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:05 am (UTC)Ahem. Samshik is a bit of an ass. No one can deny his ass-osity. You can tell from the way he angrily undresses and redresses. But it's ass stemming from emo. So I guess that makes it better? I dunno.
THIS IS THE ONLY KDRAMA I HAVE SEEN ALL OF.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:08 am (UTC)Normally I am tolerant of the ass-hattery of leads in Korean dramas but I just want to kick this one. And the ear-cleaning scene was a bridge too far as far as I am concerned. I see no romance in cleaning people's ears.
I have a wee Samsook plushie. If only I had an emo male lead to bash over the head whilst drunk.
Date: 2007-09-12 07:10 am (UTC)BUT HE'S SO CUTE WITH THE CHILDRENNNNNNNNNN.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:15 am (UTC)And how have I never hear of crackchat?????
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:17 am (UTC)This is one of my favorite dramas, don't fast forward! *criez*
And yes, we like to ear clean. I don't know why and it could be bad for your ear but Korean mothers always insist.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:20 am (UTC)I can't help the ffing: it reduces my rage at the hero a little bit. And stops me throwing things at Hee-jin when she appears on the screen.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:18 am (UTC)This is one of those that everyone seems to love, but I can't work up an interest in.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:34 am (UTC)Only, you know, not...
I feel my tendency to be incredibly picky about kdramas is compensated by your willingness to watch virtually every one you see.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:37 am (UTC)In general I am not a very discerning viewer, but I'm a bit disappointed by this one.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:52 am (UTC)Also, I was too busy hating Sam Soon's ex-boyfriend.
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Date: 2007-09-12 07:57 am (UTC)I hate most of the men in this. It is a bit disturbing really.
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Date: 2007-09-12 03:25 pm (UTC)It just made me so ANGRY. But it gets better, trust me. Episode 9th rocked my world.
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Date: 2007-09-12 05:32 pm (UTC)It's not just breaking it off with her (which I understood), but then he wants continue working for him without even thinking that it would be humiliating for her and then interferes in her life endlessly. The scene where he says he never even liked her 1% and she should look at herself to see why that was made me want to kill him. Alright, he's conflicted but he's still a complete jerk and I seriously don't see that much difference between him and horrid ex-boyfriend.
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Date: 2007-09-13 04:12 am (UTC)There's lots of individual moments I like in this show and I find it's well done and acted (apart from the actress playing Hee-jin. She grated on me eventually in 'What Planet are You From' and I find myself in much the same situation in this). But I find all the men with the exception of Henry such unpleasant and unbearable jerks even when I am supposed to find them endearing that it just doesn't work for me. :(
Plus I am tired of everyone calling the heroine fat and old. She's only 30 and they can only make her look even a bit overweight by sticking her in unflattering clothing.
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Date: 2007-09-13 06:50 am (UTC)I am interested in reading an opposing opinion since this one is a favourite of mine. It's been a while since I've seen this so I can't even remember much of what I thought originally! (had a check of my picspam) =--- I said Hee Jin was dumb because she said felt nothing when she was with Henry! Now that is impossible! Although I didn't think there was much to Henry's character apart from being nice and extremely pretty.
WORD on the fat and old. She wasn't at all fat..she actually looked pretty hot when she was dancing.