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[Meat Jun]

This is the MBC drama that will replace Fashion 70s. First episode to be aired on 10/17. It is still showing in Korea.

Cast:


Suh Young Ji (25) - Actress Han Ji Hye (Sweet 18 )
Kim Joon Woo (31) - Actor Kim Suk Hoon (Ode to the Han River)
Jung Ah Mi (29) - Actress Song Sun Mi (Letters to the Parents)
Choi Do Kyung (28 ) - Actor Kwon Oh Joon (Match Made In Heaven)

Outline:

This is a drama about unmarried people and how their expectations change when looking for someone to date and when looking for someone to get married to.

(Disclaimer: I obtained this from the official website, but the plot may change as the story continues to unfold in Korea.)

Photo credit to MBC.

[sumz1]

After watching the first 2 eps., this is looking like a cute one just to enjoy for entertainment.

[PeggyB]

This drama is also showing in California. I can't make up my mind about this yet. Not sure this oddly assorted group is all that attractive. I do like the gal who was Ahri in Letters to Parents. she is a good actress. The guy from Han River looks more lively and certainly more attractive here. He does not match too well with Han Ji Hye in my opinion. She has grown past her cute stage. Now she has to act and she is not there yet. The second actor is new to me ....and, sorry.. but I don't care for him.

I think I have been able to watch several very fine dramas and films lately and therefore anything on a lesser scale is at a disadvantage.

Peggy

[Meat Jun]

I thought this was a cute drama. Nice to have a change of pace after watching Fashion 70s, Rebirth and Lawyers which are all heavier dramas.

I agree with Peggy that Han Ji Hye has to learn how to act. I thought I was the only one to think she was not there yet.

I saw Song Sun Mi in another drama which I believe may be a weekend drama on my trip to Asia recently. I think the drama was called War of the Roses or something... can't remember. It starred Choi Soo Jong, Choi Jin Shil and Ryu Jin (Summer Scent). That was the first time I saw Song Sun Mi (before Letters to the Parents was aired -- I don't really watch Letters to The Parents as I have decided to watch some other types of programs beside K dramas). She might be a new actress. In War of the Roses, she was married to Ryu Jin. Seemed like an interesting drama.

I think Song Sun Mi is okay. I haven't decided if I like or sympathize with her character more or with Young Ji more.

My prediction is Ah Mi is going to lay eyes on Jung Woo later but he seems to like Young Ji more as she is different from other rich girls he has met.

[sumz1]

[PeggyB]

'Wars of the roses' has just begun here in Cal. I can't watch it yet because I am finishing the final episode of "Breaking Up..." I don't know the little actress who is playing the lead altho her face seems familiar. I do hope she will end up with her boss. He is a charmer. His features are not splendid but they are saved by his eyes. They are so soulful.. like a King Charles spaniel puppydog. He is a successful singer as well as actor. Was in 'Pearl Necklace'..What a depressing drama that was.

One of the lead actresses in Wars of the roses was the lead with Ahn Jae Wook in his famous 'Star in my Heart'. that was about ten years ago I think. she was married to his friend,a baseball player. Now divorced after a very violent and unpleasant parting of the ways. she brought her two children to California I think for some time. She has lost her radiance by what I saw in the beginning of this drama. However she seems to be playing a housewife with little charm so maybe that is the look of the character.

Peggy

[Meat Jun]

[X]

I'm really liking this drama so far. Like Meat Jun said, it's nice to have a lighter and more comedic drama.

[PeggyB]

Meat Jun,

re Choi and divorce. All I remember is what I saw on some of the Korean TV news shows. I think the husband was the original one to step out of line. There were arguments and fights. then she did have the second child but nothing improved. There were graphic pictures of Choi and her brother after they were beaten up and her house trashed by the husband. Very messy situation. she then went the divorce route and came to US to provide a calmer place for the children. I do not know if she returned to Korea to live or just to work. It has all been on TV and written about in the Korean press and this must have been late 2004..I think.

Peg

[Sam-soon]

Kbfd will flip again when they see This

[Meat Jun]

I think this drama is quite funny.

I want Youngjee to end up with Jung Woo, and Ah Mi with Do Kyung. There is just no "chemistry" between Jung Woo and Ah Mi in the drama. He doesn't seem too interested in her except for her background (educated, rich and has a good job). She is the same way. She wants to marry him so she can look good in front of others.

The actor who plays Do Kyung (Kwon Oh Joon) may not be good looking but he is a good actor and is pretty funny. I like his facial expressions.

[sumz1]

[sumz1]

After watching last night's episode, I am feeling that YJ should not be so cozy with AM. It is very uncomfortable to watch how YJ is tormented by her feelings for JW knowing that AM really likes him, too. She readily accepts the gift of books, the cell phone, pampering at the Spa, etc. from AM while feeling a bit of a betrayer to their friendship because she cannot help liking JW. She should level with AM and tell her how much she likes JW, too. And she should let AM know that she wants to continue to see him without feeling bad towards her--and let the chips fall where they may.

JW is a problem too because he hasn't made it clear who he would rather be with. He needs to tell AM of his feelings for YJ, and tell his parents that AM is not the one for him as he has feelings for someone else--and deal with the consequences.

AM is a sweet and generous person and is sorely wanting to be part of an accepting family to fill the void from her own strained family history. I think AM doesn't see YJ as her competition because there's a chasm in their dispositions; i.e., wealth, education, achievements, and professional status, and JW's family likes her.

[Meat Jun]

[sumz1]