Something sweet on the brightly lit street, in the snow-fluttering winter night.
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Soundtrack Favorites: Mad Soul Child
It's still incredible to me how I discovered Mad Soul Child - Dear, one of the most beautiful and haunting songs. I don't remember how I came across this song (I still have not watched The Man from Nowhere), but I do remember discovering Mad Soul Child - Breath from TEN OST. Breath has the same haunting tone as Dear.
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Soundtrack Favorites: Every Single Day
I fell in love Every Single Day - Echo from I Hear Your Voice OST the summer of 2013. The new drama, Pinocchio, from the PD-Writer team of IHYV brought Every Single Day back. I am loving the new track, Every Single Day - Non-Fiction. I can hear some similarities between the two tracks. Every Single Day is a popular all-male band formed in 1997. They appear in other drama OSTs as well, such as Gap Dong and Cheongdamdong Alice.
The two songs have lovely lines in their chorus:
Echo
You come to me step by step
Deep heart, deep thoughts, your deep voice
Deep heart, deep thoughts, your deep voice
I hear it, I hear it
Non-Fiction
I know you can’t trust anyone now
I’m not trying to tell you the truth
I know I can’t protect you anymore
I’m not trying to tell you the facts
November 30, 2014
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Heartless City: Stunning Soundtrack
I am currently in love with Heartless City OST, definitely one of my all-time favorite soundtracks. Listening to the OST takes me back to the drama right away.
Such a beautiful and captivating song.
The instrumentals are great too. My favorite instrumental: Undercover, so riveting and mesmerizing.
The Man is my second favorite and reminds me of Mr. Nobody OST. Memories of the Past and 그날밤 are also memorable.
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Heartless City: Mesmerizing Noir
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| Contemplation. |
Shi Hyun aka Paksa (Doctor's Son): an extremely memorable anti-hero
The featured image: I chose this image because that's the Shi Hyun that sticks to me the most: contemplative, jaded, a bit sad. (Unrelated: Shi Hyun's 45 degree profile is remarkable, from his eyebrows to his nose/)
These screencaps speak for themselves.
November 7, 2012
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Can We Get Married? First Impression
I checked out the first 2 episodes of Can We Get Married? because of the cast. The leading man is Sung Joon from White Christmas and Shut Up Flower Boy Band. I really liked Sung Joon's genius character in White Christmas and was impressed with his portrayal of the stoic character despite it being his first role ever. I haven't finished Shut Up yet but from the 4 episodes I've seen, he is also very good in there. I saw Jung So Min in Bad Guy and Playful Kiss and I think she's a very promising up-and-coming actress. I find it amusing that Kim Young Kwang is also in this drama with a supporting role. Sung Joon, Kim Young Kwang, Kim Woo Bin, and Lee Soo Hyuk were all in White Christmas together and I like all of their characters. Kim Young Kwang, Kim Woo Bin, and Lee Soo Hyuk reunited in Vampire Idol as, what else?, hot vampire idols. Sung Joon starred with his first leading role in the well-received Shut Up and Kim Woo Bin went on to do the screechy A Gentleman's Dignity. I heard his talent was wasted there. As Kim Woo Bin is gearing up for his first leading role in School 2013, Sung Joon and Kim Young Kwang reunite in Can We. I say White Christmas is a new-stars potpourri.
Main Couple Jung Hoon and Hye Yoon
The drama opens with Jung Hoon (Sung Joon) proposing to Hye Yoon (Jung So Mi) and Hye Yoon says yes. Hye Yoon is a temperamental, straight-talker teacher while Jung Hoon is gentle and soft-spoken. Jung Hoon is almost always the first one to try to make up when they fight. Hye Yoon is a bit of an annoying character in that, while while she is honest and stands up for herself, she can also be too straightforward and assume the worst in a situation. She is frequently the one who who starts a couple fight. All of these are fine but there is one scene that makes her truly unlikable for me.
In episode 2, when the couple are fighting, Hye Yoon was all like "If you love me, you will kneel in front of me to prove it to me." I really really dislike these kinds of "if you love me, you'll do blah blah blah" or "to prove your love for me, you'll have to do blah blah blah" talk. I don't these kinds of relationships are healthy. You don't have to follow the orders of your love to prove you love him or her. Making your beloved one do something to prove his or her love is even more despicable.
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| Poor puppy Jung Hoon kneeling. |
Ki Joong and Dong Bi
Ki Joong (Kim Young Kwang) is a confirmed bachelor and opposes to traditional institutions such as marriage. Ki Joong and Dong Bi (Han Groo) have been dating for 5 years and they have consummated relationship a long time ago: The viewers are introduced to this couple while they are engaging in foreplay but Dong Bi's breaking a lamp ruins the mood for Ki Joong. In the beginning of their relationship, both were okay with just being lovers but things changed. Dong Bi now wants marriage.
This couple is the most exciting to watch for me. Sung Joon and Jung So Mi have chemistry, but I don't think it's as much as Kim Young Kwang and Han Groo's. I am also sometimes turned off by Jung So Mi's character so it's harder to get invested in their relationship. Dong Bi is not a better character than Hye Yoon though. She was so heartbroken after the break-up that she was absent from work for days without any notice and so she was fired. Now, she was really sick so I guess she did have an excuse, but it's not much because it's not that she can't physically make the call, she's just completely forgotten about her job. That's Dong Bi's problem; she can be too absorbed into love and it makes her to drop everything else in her life.
Ki Joong has his share of character pitfalls. While his desire to live outside the norm is understandable, and maybe even commendable in that it represents individuality-a thing not emphasized enough in Asian cultures, his attacks of the people who do not do the same or fall back to the traditional (like Dong Bi) deserve criticism. He says that people who neeed things like marriage are weak, which is simply not true. Individual strength is not only evident in solitary; you can give a part of yourself to someone and still retain your individuality. As soon as Dong Bi reveals her wish for stability and a family, Ki Joong drops her like a hot potato, claiming he doesn't need such a dependent girlfriend. Independence is essential in a relationship, so are understanding and emotional support. He doesn't try to understand or be considerate of Dong Bi's wishes.
I hope Ki Joong and Dong Bi will get more fleshed out and their story will realize the potential as we go on. They have an interesting and awesome set up. I hope the production team will emphasize character growth and chemistry greatly in this couple's story. As you can tell from the length of what I've written for this couple, they are the couple I'm most invested in.
Some Side Characters
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| Oldest daughter |
-Hye Yoon's older sister is experiencing some problems in her marriage. She married an already-married plastic surgeon and now karma is coming back to get her because she found out her always-straying husband has been cheating on her with a car model.
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| Cheating bastard |
The Crazy Mother
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| Who else? |
Even though her oldest daughter married such a bastard, she's all proud of the "accomplishment" and pretty much reminds her daughter what a great mother she is for pushing their marriage forward. Whenever Hye Yoon talks about individualism and her happiness, the mother brushes all of that aside and tells Hye Yoon happiness doesn't matter and money will cover everything! It doesn't matter if you don't love the guy or the guy is a cheating jerk who disrespects you, as long as he's wealthy, that's okay. Given the history of Asian countries's gender inequality and the fact that even modern Korea doesn't have gender equality, this show is very backward and fosters existing stereotypes and subjugation of women. Now, I know that the show is only in its beginning so it might change, but I wouldn't bet on that. The premise of this show is can the main couple get married in spite of a greedy, meddling mother: you can count on the mother to be like this through most, if not all, of the show.
If you consider yourself a feminist or you just simply cannot forgive this kind of offense, then it'd be best for you to avoid this show. Despite this big turn-off, I'm still going to continue to watch Can We for the secondary couple and Sung Joon. I have started to fast forward all the scenes with the mother. I'm here to see the cute. There's some good kissings in both couples: Jung Hoon and Hye Yoon - sweet and gentle, Ki Joong and Dong Bi - hot and intense. What? I can enjoy this and ignore the rest you know!
November 5, 2012
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School 2013 First Teaser
I'm really looking forward to the fifth season of School, School 2013. This is mostly because dear Kim Woo Bin is going to be in it. I just watched the first teaser and I'm happy to say that this drama is looking very promising in the heart department. A high school drama is just simply not a high school drama without the right tone, sincerity, and heart. Because it is such a tumultuous time of growing up and transitioning from child to adult, a depiction of such time without any sincerity will not connect with the viewers. I'm really excited. I don't like Kim Woo Bin's hair cut in this drama though. It doesn't suit him; he needs a hair cut that exposes his forehead. Well, I hope everything's going to be good.
I really like how all the characters are talking (probably about high school time) in the teaser. I didn't understand what they were saying but I still felt the emotion it evokes - melancholy. School 2013 premieres December 3rd.
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I have a fixation on beautiful darkness. Okay, that was a little bit melodramatic, but it's true. I really like haunting and dark songs. Here are some songs on the top of my list.
Mad Soul Child - Dear
I conjure up images of whispering ghosts whenever I listen to this song.
Mad Soul Child - Breath (숨결)
This is a different kind of hauntingness. If Dear was eerie and ghostly, this one is just darkness in a less spooky way.
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
This one tells a story, and it's a story of a a doomed pair of lovers.
Bjork - Scatterheart
I like the first minute. The never finished the whole song.
Lenka - Like a Song
I don't like this one as much as the others.
Mad Soul Child - Dear
I conjure up images of whispering ghosts whenever I listen to this song.
Mad Soul Child - Breath (숨결)
This is a different kind of hauntingness. If Dear was eerie and ghostly, this one is just darkness in a less spooky way.
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
This one tells a story, and it's a story of a a doomed pair of lovers.
Bjork - Scatterheart
I like the first minute. The never finished the whole song.
Lenka - Like a Song
I don't like this one as much as the others.