Love Rain (Kdrama)

I better comment about this drama before I see episode 5 tomorrow...the start of seeing scenes in the 2012 setting.

First I would like to praise this drama for making me love the 70's. That setting was so surreal. You know, I even felt that I should have been born on that era. Well..I only felt that but I'm happy being alive in this era. It was so cool in the eyes, and since they filmed that part in autumn, the colors were just fantastic. The university (which was in Daegu from what I read) setting made me want to study there. SIGH.

Jang Geun Seuk's 70's role is an art student. Mahn, I wish I was an art student. Okay, but I didn't like his hair. So old school. LOL It was old school anyway. But his character made me want to punch him or slap him. Yeah, he's super fine but HELLO...I am kind of tired of the plot about characters being martyrs of love just because of a friend. If I made this review last week I may have exploded with more hate sentiments about Seo Ihna. Now since I got to see the other episodes, well all I have is empathy for him. I did fell for him at one point. I dunno about his 2012 character. Hmmm...

Yoona...I really liked her in the drama "You Are My Destiny", and I thought she deserved to be the mascot of SNSD because she exemplifies beauty in simplicity. But don't blame me if I hated her because Seunggi said she  was his ideal woman, ARGH! But no matter how I remember that, I can't help but adore her meekness in this drama. She really belonged to the 70's.

Can't forget to note that Donguk was cute too! Teehee!

Oh well, what's left to know is what happened in between...Ihna went to military and Yunhui went to America to get treated...after that we move on to 2012. So what's left is the middle, I'm sure we'll get the details as the drama progresses. But it's a given, Ihna and Yunhui did not end up with each other. Now it's up to their children. Ahhhh...destiny. So is this another "You Are My Destiny"? LOL

So far I loved the drama even if it made me angry and sad. Let's see how it will develop from here on.

Bring back the 70's!!!!!!

Man From the Equator (적도의 남자) (Kdrama)

A.k.a. The Equator Man.

I've skipped again for the nth time some dramas I needed to review and decided to post about this recent drama that got my attention. I wouldn't blog about it right away if it did not make me interested with it.

It has a huge competition with The King 2 Hearts airing on MBC and The Rooftop Prince on SBS topbilled by Hallyu stars Lee Seunggi and Park Yoochun respectively. You'll really say that the drama Man From the Equator can lose to the ratings battle since the previous actors mentioned have a young and large fanbase. Who do we have in this drama I'm reviewing? We have Uhm Taewoong, Lee Jun-hyuk, Lee Bo-yeong and Lim Jeong-eun.

For a young viewer like me who is a Kpop fan, I'm not really familiar with the actors here except for Taewoong-oppa who I regularly see on my most fave show 1박2일. This is the first time I'll really see him act in a serious drama. Have heard bits of pieces about him before about his role as General Yooshin in Queen Seondeok from my friend, but no more about his acting.

I was really watching The King 2 Hearts online via iMBC and I was happy at first. It has no subs but the video was clear. But the lagging was always there. I was happy to be able to watch Seunggi's new drama. But since the episode wherein he'll marry Ha Ji Won's character was aired when it lagged big time...I did not sulk. Because I don't wanna sulk while watching the said event. LOL I decided to give up watching it online and try watching it some other time with subs. I still need to get ready. LOL

So I decided to give this drama a try since it going to be aired on KBSWorld, my #1 Kdrama source. I am not really happy watching via streaming so it's a good thing to have KBSWorld on our TV. I also wanted to see some serious Uhm Taewoong acting.

So episode 1. We see some conflict already on the beginning and then POOF...flashback 15 years ago. Wee see younger version of Taewoong and Junhyuk played by Lee Hyun Woo and Siwan of ZEA respectively. Ohhhhhh....Lee Hyun Woo looked familiar at first...I thought he looked like Donghae of SuJu. Then I looked him up and realized he's Hong Changdu from God of Study! A drama I loved too! Gaaahhh!

It's supeeeeer dramatic! I've just watched the first 2 episodes and my heart aches for Seonwu's character. Lee Hyun Woo has captured are hearts. he's so good in this drama! This boy has a bright acting future ahead of him after this. Next week we'll see the older characters already so we'll have to say goodbye to the young characters soon. Huhu!

This drama has the makings of a drama Filipinos would really love. The lost son, the rise from the poor, the love triangles (or square), the lies hidden for long and rivalry between two friends etc etc. Well, I still want to give this a try even though the plot sounds cliche. It might have a good twist by the middle.

Whew! Seonwu fighting!!!!!