Month: August 2017

Let’s Play: K-drama Dream Brunch

Do any of you have a go-to ridiculous ice breaker question for when you’re getting to know new people? Like “If you were on a deserted island and could bring only one book with you, what would it be?” (An unabridged Oxford English Dictionary, obviously. That thing can be used as kindling to start fires to stay warm. If you bring a book to read for pleasure, it’ll just turn soggy and useless in the first rainstorm anyway.) Aside from “What superpower would you choose?” (anyone who says invisibility is creepy and automatically off my friendship list, FYI), my other favorite get-to-know-you question is “If you could have brunch with five famous people from any time in history, who would you choose?” It’s so interesting to hear justifications for different answers.  But now that I’ve been blogging for several years, I want to adjust the question for my online K-drama-loving buddies. This one’s a toughie, and I’m excited to hear your answers! Which K-drama Characters Would You Invite to Brunch? But first, some rules (because …

Strongest Deliveryman and Manhole Reviews

Well, despite being in a deep and dreadful drama slump for several weeks (and getting increasingly bored with Bride of the Water God), I managed to rouse enough energy to try out a couple of NEW new shows. With lots of busy stuff going on in real life, I gravitated to the new comedies—Strongest Deliveryman and Manhole—first, though I’m still trying to build up the courage to try out Save Me. Can any of these break the recent drama curse? Strongest Deliveryman Food delivery is no laughing matter. What it’s about: Choi Kang Soo (Go Kyung Pyo) and Lee Dan Ah (Choi Soo Bin) are hardworking delivery people who clash when they start working for the same restaurant. They also get tangled up with a couple of rich kids, Oh Jin Gyu (Kim Sun Ho) and Lee Ji Yoon (Go Won Hee). Episodes watched: 4 First impressions: I like it, but I’m not in love with it. At this point, I’m sticking around for our central characters, all of whom have some interesting little quirk …

When Akshaye Khanna revealed why he would not star in Vinod Khanna`s biopic

Actor Akshaye Khanna says he doesn`t look like his late father and actor Vinod Khanna. Asked if the `Mom` actor would like to essay his father`s character in a biopic, Akshaye told IANS over phone from Mumbai: “To portray any real life character, you have to look like that person. I don`t look anywhere close to my father… Not an option.” Vinod Khanna died in April 2017 after a prolonged illness at the age of 70. The actor was admitted to Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital in the first week of April after reportedly suffering from severe dehydration. Asked if he wants a biopic to be made on his father, Akshaye said: “I haven`t ever thought about it so I can`t say. But I think biopics by nature, I suppose as accurate as they can be, the better for an actor. “It`s very challenging as well as risky for an actor to portray a real-life character because you are portraying some one who actually existed. So, it becomes really difficult.” Akshaye feels that one must …

All the Ridiculous Reasons I’m Not Watching Any K-dramas

I’ve already finished waaaaay more dramas this year than last year, but I’ve finally hit the first big drama slump of 2017. I’m watching exactly one drama right now (more on that later), and I just can’t seem to muster the energy to watch any others. Here are all my terrible justifications for skipping out on everything airing. Currently airing (or very recently completed) K-dramas (in alphabetical order) Bride of the Water God: The only show I’m actually watching right now. I’m embarrassed to admit that the only reason I bothered is that it looked so bad that there was no way it would disappoint me. Look, I don’t know either. I never said it was a good reason. Criminal Minds: Where even does one watch this? I probably would have tuned in for Lee Joon Ki and Moon Chae Won, but then mediocre viewer reviews started to roll in. No way am I expending effort tracking down a mediocre show—especially if I have to watch it on some skeezy site that crashes all the time and is …