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Post by xelaevoli unlogged on Oct 29, 2004 8:17:12 GMT -5
Knov1 - You seem to know a lot about Korean dramas, have you read or heard anything about this one?
It just started last night (replaced Prince's First Love) and so far I'm not terribly impressed with it. I'll give it a chance, but I'd really like to know how it fared in Korea.
I missed the first few minutes (overlapped with MPC) and wonder what happened to her adoptive family in Ireland.
Anyway, just curious about this drama.
(BTW, for anyone else reading this - I'm not in Chicago but get Korean TV from a paid satellite subscription.)
Thanks!
Melissa
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Post by xelaevoli on Oct 29, 2004 8:40:56 GMT -5
Also regarding the lead actor - wasn't he in Damo? I am less than impressed with him in the first show - needless to say, I'm disappointed with his part in the plot line and I certainly hope they don't show any more scenes.
I colored the text black so that others couldn't read details if they didn't want to - to me it was a surprise to see this in a Korean drama.
I was shocked to see they had an "erotic movie" scene. I was like whaaaaat? Granted they didn't show anything, but still the perception is there.
Melissa
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Post by Knov1 on Oct 29, 2004 15:04:39 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I don't know much about this drama. All I really know is who works in it. It didn't really interest me so I didn't pay much attention to it. And yes, Kim Min Joon did work in Damo.
Ireland has an erotic scene? That's interesting considering it's a MBC drama. I mean.. some dramas do have scenes like that but they're usually SBS dramas.
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Post by xelaevoli unlogged on Oct 31, 2004 11:39:12 GMT -5
Well, it was not a "true" erotic scene in the full sence of the word. The lead girl was fully dressed, as was the Damo guy on top of her, but it was made known that a porn movie was being made.  There were some un-MBC comments that transpired during the scene that kind of surprised me. It's just a weird drama, but I *may* watch it this week to see if it improves. So far, it falls WAY below my expectations for a K-drama. If this is the way Korean dramas are headed, I won't be as avid a fan. Melissa |
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Post by Choko on Nov 1, 2004 2:15:03 GMT -5
"Ireland" is my best Korean drama in 2004.  Unfortunately, I think, you can not understand the symbolic meaning of this drama unless you have fluent Korean language skills. Those lines seem to be a kind of metaphysical poetry, and the picture is also meaningful. It is totally different from childish Korean melo dramas. For that reason, there are some clear divisive responses between enthusiastic minority and indifferent majority. Its TV ratings are just over 10% on average. Critics regard this drama as "cult" and "masterpiece" but the majority of people said "I can not understand  " I enjoyed this masterpiece (or artistic drama), but I do not recommend it to you. It must be too difficult for Non-Koreans to understand the symbols and situations. |
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Post by xelaevoli unlogged on Nov 1, 2004 14:40:20 GMT -5
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Post by jenny on Nov 1, 2004 16:33:04 GMT -5
It is totally different from childish Korean melo dramas. Hey!  I like those childish melodramas!  My life is so unbelievably hard, I like to escape to the unrealistic happy-marshmallow Kdrama world, where the biggest controversy is someone wanting to marry a divorced woman. |
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Post by xelaevoli on Nov 5, 2004 23:26:22 GMT -5
Jenny, I'm with you there. My life is so stressful that I look forward to the "fluff" of the Kdramas. Maybe that's why I was surprised with the content of Ireland. The show still isn't a favorite, but it's a little better after the first episode - though definitely not "marshmallow" material. Melissa |
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Post by I like Ireland on Nov 6, 2004 7:18:55 GMT -5
"Ireland" is my best Korean drama in 2004. Unfortunately, I think, you can not understand the symbolic meaning of this drama unless you have fluent Korean language skills. Those lines seem to be a kind of metaphysical poetry, and the picture is also meaningful. It is totally different from childish Korean melo dramas. For that reason, there are some clear divisive responses between enthusiastic minority and indifferent majority. Its TV ratings are just over 10% on average. Critics regard this drama as "cult" and "masterpiece" but the majority of people said "I can not understand " I enjoyed this masterpiece (or artistic drama), but I do not recommend it to you. It must be too difficult for Non-Koreans to understand the symbols and situations. I'm much surprised on coming across an 'Ireland' thread here! Few people noticed it! I come from Viet Nam.Unfortunately,i haven't known Korean yet,so, like you said ,it's difficult for me to totally understand 'Ireland' or 'ROYOW'. I just watched those great dramas with English subs. BUT I respect them indeed!!! |
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Post by Korean 40000000 on Nov 9, 2004 7:30:43 GMT -5
the drama wasn't that popular in Korea despite it was very unique and well-made. It seemed like mature or old women couldn't understand the real meaning of it or couldn't get into it because it was very different from normal Korean drams. but young people fell in love with it so there is a cult-following. Peace and love  -crazy boy from Korea |
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