mastodon 4.7.2Back in pdx. Hanging on, watching kdramas.
On the morning walk, spouse tried to shake cherry blossoms off a tree to take a #kdrama style video selfie of us. Reaching up to wiggle the branch with one hand and holding the phone with the other while attempting to keep my much shorter self in frame unfortunately changed the genre from romance to comedy. 😆🌸
Decided it was Jang Hyuk time again, so I watched A Beautiful Mind #Kdrama
The story was a kind of clunky amalgam of Dr. House, Lie to Me and a sentimental hospital show, but I really enjoyed it. Even though it didn’t hold together that well, the bits & pieces were great. I liked that Park So-dam’s character was cute & sparkly without being childish, I liked the hospital crew, and JH was funny and heart-wrenching as usual.
Next Jang Hyuk watch? Maybe Shine or Be Mad? The Client?
I started #PrincessAurora #Kdrama without knowing anything about it but I have now learned that the writer was notorious for randomly writing characters out of the show. So I guess all those folks I thought would reappear at some point … won’t be doing that 😂
Watching #Kdrama Falling for Innocence (순정에 반하다) and it’s pretty good so far (though predictable) but this haircut… why?
#PrincessAurora #Kdrama is full of toxic attitudes but then there’s amazing stuff like the three sisters getting so upset that they ALL have to be put on IV drips so I can’t stop watching.
His theories are not improving
#PrincessAurora #Kdrama
More life advice from #PrincessAurora #Kdrama
Wrongest sentence in #Kdrama ?
Was looking through Kocowa for things to add to my watch list and … how is this a category? 😂 #Kdrama
New favorite #Kdrama aphorism
Went to a tulip farm today. Thought of you @hanktank61@NerdJoy.social because they had a lot of fake Netherlands stuff decorating the place 😛 #pdx
Sigh. I have seen Choi Soo-Jong in two #kdrama roles - the general in Korea Khitan War and Jang Bogo in Emperor of the Sea (still watching) and absolutely loved him in both, but his other sageuks don’t seem to be available anywhere ☹️
Venerable adage from #BridalMask #Kdrama ? Or is he making up agricultural metaphors on the fly?
Some typical #PrincessAurora #Kdrama philosophy
Emperor of the Sea. #Kdrama
51 eps - Choi Soo Jong as the righteous Jang Bogo and Song Il Guk as his lifelong enemy/soulmate are fabulous & I loved the scope and pace of the story. Some good side characters. Madame Jami's hair styles.
Negatives: The comic-relief characters were even more OTT and annoying than they usually are in these old sageuks, there was a lottttt of sword fighting, and I couldn't stand the FL, who spent half of her scenes staring in dumbfounded surprise.
OK @bougiewonderland@freeradical.zone I wanted something silly so I started watching #BridalMask #Kdrama
First episode was quite entertaining 😛
EVERYBODY DIES 😭
(except the incredibly annoying FL sigh)