Music Video

I have always liked music videos. That is why I was such a sucker for some clips back in my.. erm... younger days. I never had any cable TV, no computer but I had two, maybe three music shows on TV (2 movie shows as well), so I watched it every time. I could fake illness just to stay home and watch it. Maybe it's because I like stories and movies I developed some liking for film-like MV. I like when it has a storyline. I like when professional actors appear in it. It's really hard in Europe, because actors think they are gift from gods and MV is below their  semi-divine nature. Bullsh*t, my dear Artists, you're just self-absorbed egoists with your egos bigger than our Galaxy. (Meanwhile... in the Galaxy far away, Palpatine still looks wrinkled bad, and Luke still is this retared farmboy...)

That is why discovering Korean entertainment came like heavensent. 

First: they are not afraid to experiment. Second: they have actors who appear in MV and turn it into the masterpiece. Peggy from DA pointed me to some video that was even released on DVD, it's almost 30 minutes long, it's practically a short movie itself. There are shorts shorter than this.

Do I have some fears about hmm... short things?? Nah...

JJY: interview

I'm on my way to translate it.
http://enternews.sbs.co.kr/article
Article is from 2010-07-05

Edit: I will do it once a bus comes...

내가 미쳤다고...

Yes, yes, I'm crazy... Because cutting out 40 seconds of the footage I've seen over 50 times makes me one hell of a crazy person. But, I also cut I Love Movies with the fragment of Iggi. That is why I don't really care if I'm crazy or not. I can be seen as one for all I care. Right now, right here, I'm myself, no one else. Not some nice lady on the bus (crap, I'm not a lady at all), not a normal teacher (I bet my students have their own opinions on that matter).

Plus, tomorrow I will present the review of Lovers Vanished. I hope, at least, but for that I have to watch the movie again. Since it's a bit heavy, and I finished my wine leftovers, I would vote for Queen Seon Duk re-watch. Which episode I stopped at? Hmm... 25th? I guess so...

I Love Movies

This is the title of a movie show I'm watching every week, along with Joint - Movie World, and of course Entertainment Weekly. This week's shows were sad, especially EW and I Love Movies, because of Park Yong Ha's death. Kim Hyun Joon didn't joke as always. And, what captured my heart even more, there was not so short footage on my special Angel, River in I Love Movies, showing Running On Empty, Stand By Me and My Own Private Idaho. I guess they somehow knew about the July significance to me, July 21st, to be exact. No, they couldn't know. But it was so great to see an interview with JJY, and then out of the blue, at the end of the show a beautiful part for River. Good to know somebody remembers him still.

Plus, in EW there was a short report on Kim Namgil-nim. About the military and episodes 16, 17 of the drama.

Manhwa: first try

   It's called "World's Mysteries" (세계의 미스터리). Right now, I have 13 volumes, but uploading the first one, all of them. If you like it, I can give the rest. But it's not original, only translated. I'm on my way to look for Coffee Prince. And two others KNG has mentioned once. But I lost that interview, dammit!
Damn, Im clueless about this. I read Goong once (in English), but it was sooo damn boring, and deviated from drama so much I hated it.
If you want something, maybe I can find. I'm good at finding things, I should be a detective or some dog at the airport.
Please, Mr. KNG, can you be lost in the future?
My brain's not working anymore...

Iggi: Press Conference - June 29

As if I ever stopped. Nope. Not with this guy.

Hell, I'm here, I'm still here, no chance to go for a movie premiere. Plus July 15 is another deadline. Or it will be, if military can't be persuaded with some charms. Maybe I should give my statement on this? I think they will comply with my ardent plea. Begging rather... Aishh, well, if not, what is left apart from waiting and patience? And learning Korean...

And I crave for ice-creams. Really. Vanilla flavor. I went to some nearby store and took a quick glance, but I didn't buy any... Must it be my strong will.

Or empty wallet.

'이끼' 정재영:

http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010062917350657197 

Reading Korean

For those who can read Hangul, but did not experience reading a whole book in Hangul^.^

This is the whole set of novels for download.

If anyone is interested I can upload some manhwa, but since I have no idea what's hot and what's not in that department, I can choose badly. Because relying only on the number of downloads close to the file, may lead to some porn.

Actually it's really good to start reading in the language we are learning as soon as possible. I know it's tiresome, I know it's boring sometimes, but believe me, nothing builds up vocabulary better than this. You can watch drama/movie, sure, but with Korean spelling that may turn out tricky. Reading and finding new words really helps.

The whole set of those books is called 오로파. It's a fantasy genre. So it should be easy. 

Kim Jae-wook says Kim Nam-gil "like a time bomb"

Yes, finally this interview. It's very long, but I decided not to break it in two separate posts, just put the whole in one. Interview from before the premiere.

And the way he holds the mic is just...

An award for good girls^^

Yes, for you. For passing the quiz^^

OK, award is for me. Because it's KNG. I was wondering which news I should put up here and which shouldn't, but it was around March. Then my lappie decided for me and crushed. So I was left with nothing. All my precious links and bookmarks. If it did the same thing now, I would throw it through the window. OK, I live on the first floor and the earth is like 1 meter below my window. Aigoo, I was trying to be a bit dramatic. That is why I'm presenting them now.

I will report more news, well, not that new news (isn't it redundant?...) tomorrow, cause I shouldn't have open this bottle of wine on empty stomach.
But it's all your fault, sweetie!

Bad Guy: 나쁜 남자 : new pictures. Again.

 It's because although I'm not convinced to this drama, I'm very convinced to the main leads. I really do hope this will have some change. Some, I don't know, ... change. I need to re-watch all the episodes once more and then I will write some more on it. Because right now, apart from acting, I can't really tell.

See? Even Gun Wook is sceptical about it? 

KNG said that originally, they wanted to make the drama movie-like, but they had no time for editing it. If the drama started in August, it probably be put into practice, even if they shot all episodes long before this date. But, SBS played everybody around, including actors and director (not to mention us, pissed off viewers, and devoted... ekhem... you know), so we got a whirlpool of inconsistent news.

And now they are forcing everyone to push off their own limits, good, kill your players, if the only aim is not a good drama and good shape of your actors, but a profit.
SBS... damn. No wonder I had such a good time watching Handphone. The protagonist was working at SBS, and I couldn't pity him in the end. By the way... KNG had a cameo in it, and in the credits he was even separately named. This is what it means to be recognized. A hilarious, great 15 minutes.
Speaking of which... His appearance in Personal Taste is accounted on DramaWiki. I have no idea why, since his agency stated it was an accidental cameo, not planned. he was just caught on camera while they were shooting the scene in the restaurant.
Man... So this things actually happen...