The Most Dissapointing Korean Dramas

There are so many Korean dramas out there and obviously there will be the great ones...and the awful horrible ones...

I have seen a lot of dramas.. and I am really picky as to what korean dramas I will continue on with since there are just too many to watch that I only give a particular drama a max of 2-3 episodes to win my heart and to continue on.

I have dropped so many dramas (I give up really fast >.<)... but the ones I am going to talk about today are the ones where I stuck around for more than 10 episodes because I saw so much potential in it...too bad it really just became a hot mess..and I curse and felt so cheated that I actually stayed on for so long with the drama to see it just crash and burn....


Big

 Ahhh...Big...you had SOOOO much potential!!! with every episode I felt my soul died a little... it started out with such a BANG...and it was so fun... too bad it lost it's way and just waffle it self into a horrible ending...

Written by the Hong Sisters (writers for  both 'You're Beautiful' & 'My girlfriend is a Nined tail fox'), It's a story about how the souls of our main character (played by the handsome Gong Yoo) and an 18 year old kid got switched... and this uncovers birth secrets and of course laughs as to how an 18 year old teen adjust in a 30 year old man's body...

The first few episodes were so funny...and at the same time heart warming...but as the story progresses, the more draggy and ridiculous it got... the characters started making stupid bad decisions (to of course drag the story to 16 episodes) and there were so many loop holes to the story... I gave up half way, but I went back again to watch the last episode in hopes for at least a decent ending for this story ...but NOOOO... they gave such a half-ass illogical ending ever in Korean drama history...I went WTF when i finished it...it was just so ridiculously awfully written.

The Hong sisters dramas were always fun and may not be as well written as many other dramas, but It always had Heart... and that little something that made me become huge fans for all their written works..but oh my gosh... this drama was definitely their worse work...and I just felt like the writers changed half way because the 2nd half of this drama was just so not Hong sisters like...urghhs...Big was so bad....

Had loads of potential..but fizzled...

Rating: 3/10


To the Beautiful You

 

 

SM produced an eye-candied pack youth-idol drama... It is a remake of a Japanese manga (which had a Japanese and Taiwanese drama remake as well)

I really had high hopes for this drama because I LOVED the Japanese version of it... and the cast for this Korean remake looked really promising as well (except Minho..who cannot act...at all..but hey his pretty at least =_=)

So, Its about a girl who disguised herself as a boy and then went to an all boys high school....sounds ridiculous? yes, but that means hell loads of funny situation will arise..which would mean a Super FUN and interesting light hearted drama!!!

But...sigh... this drama really missed the mark... It tried to be all Melodrama which did not work for this story at all...it just became soooooooooooooo boring and sooooooooo fake...geez...

I stopped quite early with this drama because I just could not stand how boring it was...it was REALLY pretty and the cinematography was stunning...but other than that...it was just a *yawn*

Rating: 3.5/10


Flower Boys Next door

This drama was really good actually...and I finished the whole series...but it was disappointing because yet again... it became so damn boring after the half way mark..

The story is about a shut in girl and how her interaction with the hotties (who are her neighbors) helped her come out from her shell...and how she also changed the hotties ...

It's a simple story...but the characters were really well written (It's a TvN drama...so no surprise that their characters have depth... really love the works of TvN)... and the way it was shot was beautiful...

It was really perfect..but then..it just lost it's momentum half way..and it just went on and on and on with the same problem/ plot point... and it just seemed like a drag ...still entertaining... but sooo long winded... gosh... why did the characters suddenly become such fickle minded kids when in the start of the drama they were such smart adults...blah

Rating: 6/10


Boys Before Flowers

Ahhhh...the Overly Hyped Korean drama that can't decide what style it wanted to be...

I have watched the Taiwan, Japanese and China version of Boys over flowers ... and when I heard about the Korean version..I was all HELL YA HALLELUJAHHHH... because the other versions were quite good...

Let's just say I had a problem with the main girl (Geum Jan Di acted by Koo Hye Sun) ... She's suppose to be the typical poor girl but what I loved about her (from the other versions) is that she was really strong willed and a fighter for what was right....but in the Korean drama...she just acted like a little whiny fickle minded girl who was just weak and irritating(How she was written in the korean version was just not how she is suppose to be!!!!)... I really tried to like her..really.. but I just find her hell of annoying with one second going 'I AM A STRONG PROUD LADY' then later on crying and whining about some random shit and the boys must SAVE her....like in every freaking episode someone must save her!!!...seriously girl GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!!!

And I had a problem as to how half way through it went from a "bubbly fun" tone to a "melo- emo violin background music" tone... it's like it had bipolar or something....

It was pretty yes...but it was badly written and some of the acting was soooooooo awkward and horrible... geez... I can't believe how famous this drama got...so over-credited....but SO SO SO bad (OMG the ending...was just...so so BADDDDDDDDDD...)

Rating: 3.5/10



Secret Garden

Ahhh secret garden.... I actually liked this drama a lot.. It had the same formula again, with a strong willed poor girl vs. a rich asshole with some past trauma/family issues...but it was entertaining and yet again shot beautifully...

What really made me pissed about this drama was it's ending... like seriously What The F*ck... like seriously.... It was so stupid that I refused to accept it... NO NO NO... That ending didn't happen!!!

But all in all it was an enjoyable drama... (I know the main actor is handsome and romantic..but seriously the way he treat the main girl in this drama is so rough and borderline 'harassment' ...but hey...all fangirls had no problem with that=_=... as the saying goes : "you are NOT freaky if you are handsome..." ).. with plot holes here and there...and a horrible horrible ending... but oh well...sigh...can't' have everything right~

Rating: 6/10

Meteor Garden/ Hana yori dango/Boys over flowers

Ahhhh....Meteor garden....My very first Taiwanese show and I LOVE IT....

I remembered watching it with my parents, and we had soooo much fun watching it, and its the 'idol drama' which made me so interested in Taiwanese dramas (sadly now the standards of Taiwanese dramas are not very good T_T)

It's an adaptation from a famous Japanese manga 'Hana yori dango' which means boys over flowers. It's a very cliche kind of story, but I think it is one of the classic stories that establish the Poor girl Rich boy romance drama storyline that we see so much of these days.

So basically the story is about a Poor but Hardworking girl who somehow ended up enrolling into an elite only super Rich people only high school. She's the only 'lowly' class student there but she tries her best to not be noticed and peacefully graduate, well until she stepped onto the toes of the 'F4'. F4 which means 'FLOWER 4' (Pftttttt *rolls eyes* ) are 4 super duper Rich, famous and Handsome high school seniors which controls the school, and once you are targeted by them, you basically get bullied and outcast-ed by everyone in school until you quit school.So yeah, main girl is determined and take all the bullying, main hot head rich F4 guy falls for her, then another F4 guy too falls for her, then lots of bling bling and drama and what nots...hehe

So that's the summary of it, and even though it sounds like a story soooo overly done, but It is fun to watch and damn, the guys are hot!!!:P..... And, it is such a popular story until there are multiple versions of it, there's the Taiwan, Japanese, Korean, China and I think there was an Indonesian version of it as well (not really sure).

Ok, the first version was the Taiwanese version, and I think it is one of the versions that stayed really true to the manga....yes the production value wasn't that great, but hey, It was in the 90's and taiwanese dramas that time wasn't that well known yet. And I can't say anything bad about this version since it was the first version, the characters were lovable enough, and story flow was ok (the last few episodes kinda dragged)...so yep:D...plus this was THE drama that introduced Taiwanese dramas to the world (it was the talk among everyone that time!! it was like the Winter sonata that made Korean dramas famous)

 

The next one to follow was the Japan version 'Hana yori dango'. I think it was the best adaptation out of all because the acting and production was really good.... the main actor does not really fit the image of the character, but hey, he can act, so it was kinda convincing anyways even though he was one of the shortest out of all the other actors. Plus the main actress was soooo lovable, she was not overly overdoing the 'OMG,I'm poor AND cute AND totally awesome!!!like duh I'm the main actress'.... And the story was so well done and the pace was consistent (that's what I love about Japanese dramas, since it has only 9- 12 episodes for each series, they can't really drag the story, but only focuses on the important ,exciting parts!)...

And the OVERLY POPULAR version was the Korean adaptation 'Kkotboda Namja'... I had such high hopes for this version since I'm a big Korean drama fan, But I think this version was SOOOO over rated!!!!! The production was really really good since they had the budget for it, cinematography was awesome as well...but the storyline was like WTF AM I WATCHING!!!
Main girl was so annoying in this version, I'm not sure If it was the main actress trying to be overly cute OR that the director asked her to be like 'hey go overly cute and annoy the hell out of everyone!!'.....arghhh...Main girl in this version was SUCH a damsel in distress, and hell no man, she is NOT SUPPOSE to be such a person!!!...other than the main girl, the story was soooo 'korean-nized'...with all the super duper over sentimental drama in it...urghh...like DUDE, this is an adaptation FROM a manga...it's suppose to be Fun and Fluffy and Crazy...But NOOOO...let's just make it super drama with all the bling bling....sigh...
But it was popular, mainly because of the super handsome cast, well it does has the Most handsome F4 out of all the other versions....but meh....story still sucked...and the ending was horrible....my reaction was    0_o...   dafug did I just wasted my time watching....

There was a China version as well, but I only watched the first episode and then gave up. Not sure if it was good but I just hate the voice overs in Chinese dramas, It sounds horribly fake and I just could not finish the drama. But I did heard that this version was not bad as well.

Well yep, so all versions are different... I loved the Japanese the most for it's storyline and acting, Taiwanese one for it being the ORIGINAL one and it had so much different characters and side-stories, and the Korean one for ONLY it's really pretty Production value...plus the actors were nice to look at as well:P

Hehe... So yep, one manga and more than 4 different countries adapted it... so popular!!

The only other manga I could think of for having such a huge success is 'Hana Kimi' with a Taiwanese, Japanese and potential Korean version that is coming out soon (there's a China version as well, but it hasn't aired yet even though it was suppose to be aired last year, not sure what is going on with that)... so yep...excited for that !!!:D

For the Love of Hallyu

Hallyu...means 'Korean wave' , which means the popularity of Korean music/ celebrities/ dramas/ movies out of Korea (overseas)...

Korean entertainment is super duper popular,it's not only popular in Asian countries, but it has now 'infected' the western world as well , and not only Asians love it, every ethnicity is enjoying it as well. So what makes it so popular and infective? is it the 'guyliner' where male celebrities wear, or is it the addictive pop music they produce, or is it the more conservative and colorful culture of Korea mixed with the industry which makes it a breath of fresh air compared to American entertainment?

I got drown by the 'hallyu' when I was 12 years old, which was when the insanely popular drama 'Winter Sonata' was aired on TV. I remembered me, being so unfamiliar to the Korean entertainment, would laugh at the Korean language (since it sounds so rough and weird to me that time) and the super cheesy love story line of Winter Sonata......but after a few episodes of that drama, I got sucked into being a Korean addict  ...I remembered going out to video shops to buy the whole DVD set of the drama, and even picking up 2-3 other Korean dramas...and yep, that is when I was officially stuck in the 'hallyu'.

Winter Sonata

I guess what made me an addict was the story line, because it was mostly centered around LOVE, and me being a teenager then LOVED those kind of cheesy love triangle sob stories, plus all the actors and actresses looked soooooo GOOOOD!!! they had awesome fashion and what nots...how could I resist being an addict!!!

Soon, I got hooked on Korean songs, mostly drama OSTs (original sound tracks) first, then slowly got hooked to K-pop. At first it was weird since I could not understand the language (which I still don't now anyways, thank god for subtitles and translations!!), but after awhile I just got so in love with the way the music sounds. The melody was so different, sad melo songs were soooooo sad and touching; while happy pop songs were so addictive with all their 'hooks'.

Few of the popular K-pop groups (2pm,wonder girls,2ne1,big bang,shinee,girls generation)

Then I fell in love with the 'idols' of k-pop because they were so different from the usual celebrities which I used to follow (american/taiwanese ect.). The way they present themselves were so respectful (due to the korean culture) , and there were variety shows which let these idols to show their true personalities (or true 'on stage' personalities anyways), they were funny and clearly you could see how hard they work on stage.

So yeah, hallyu has infected sooooo many people, half of the people I know are die hard korean fans , and I see no reasons why NOT to be a hallyu fan. Well, maybe the insanely pretty male celebrities (who wears make-up nowadays...but why not, it does make them look more pretty) make some people cringe and call them girly...or maybe its the language that makes it difficult to appreciate k-pop/drama.... but hallyu is growing strong, It has invaded so many countries now and gained so many fans all over the world...so yep, sooner or later everyone would be to some extend been 'soaked' in the hallyu:P

I have followed the Korean entertainment scene quite closely for a long time yet I am not a die hard fan of any K-pop groups or K-drama...I'm greedy and I LOVE too many of them to choose a few to be a die hard fan:P....so yep, I shall continue to be drown in hallyu:)... it's just too fun to not be:P

Why 4minute??

Ok i'm a kpop fan...and I love kpop to bits...I don't understand korean,but who says you would need to understand the lyrics to enjoy the song...yes lyrics are the icing on the cake...but what the heck, I'm happy enough with the deliciously good cake:D

I don't really blog about kpop BUT I just got to rant about something k-pop-ie...So I'm gonna talk about 4 minute.

They are the cool girl group who debuted strong,fierce and unique years ago...yet, they've just been stagnant all these years,being just THERE in the k-pop industry.....and until now...the only girl i know from that group is freaking Hyuna...the others...are just there at the background.

Their other label mates under CUBE like B2ST and A-pink (I know, kpop grp names are just always weird...) have done a great job so far and have made a name for themselves in k-pop land...but WHY...oh WHYYYYYYYYY must they promote only ONE member of 4minute like crazy and ignore the other 4!!!Like Hyuna is having 70% of the face time in their new released music video "volume up"...

All i see is her face...then boom she's touching her body...then flash to another member *oh...ok i'm guessing this member is...* then BOOM...to hyuna again...*wait what, this is not even her singing part...ok nvm...*....then flash to another member *oohoooh i know this member,she's damn good at singing...oh gawd she's pretty...she is so..* Boom ...FREAKING HYUNA AGAIN!!!! WTF!!!

seriously...I'm not a big fan of 4minute ,yet their new song is quite good and catchy...but oh hack why must they be soooo "hyuna-fied".??

I just feel so bad for the other members of the group...I mean they are as talented,have great personalities and they are pretty too...but why must they always show Hyuna!!! (I don't HATE her,but she is WAYYY too overrated...yes she is pretty , really good in variety shows and is sexy....but why is she always in my face touching her body and is TRYING to be SOOOO slutty...*and she is not as good a singer or rapper compared to the others:( *)...

Ohhh...I just got to say that I'm getting so sick and tired when k-pop groups try to promote only ONE member...and they keep on shoving them into your face till you get so sick of them...and then this weird hatred towards that supposedly "face of the group" member burns like wild fire...GAH

Okie...I'm done bitching on Hyuna...hehe, I still Like her...but 4minute really is not a GROUP to me...it's just 'Hyuna and 4 others that are there who sings and dance but heck I don't remember their names' kinda thing...oh well:)

seeeeeeeee...even in the pictures Hyuna is always in the middle=_=...but damn I love their fashion:P