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Post by galacticchick on May 11, 2004 11:43:44 GMT -5
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Post by jacques on May 11, 2004 12:23:58 GMT -5
Hyun Kyu's malady (ma-lady, get it?  ) is unfortunately a common phenomenon in Korean dramaland, and apparently all over Asia, according to our resident experts, where family ties are the ties that BIND  . Meddling relatives who've got nothing else better to do and get in your business. Do you guys remember when Hye Ran was leaving for country? They packed that girl up and it's not like she got pregnant and is carrying some forbidden fruit or what. That is just sooo wrong. Hyun Kyu's problem is he needs to choose between his dysfunctional family and the love of his life. Then again, if happy endings happened too fast, we wouldn't have a series to talk about on these here boards!  |
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Post by Lucy on May 11, 2004 12:43:38 GMT -5
Let's see, what could it be? I think I'll call it "spoiled rich boy fever." I mean, please. Poor Hye-ran is the one who fell on her sword and left town, and she's keeping busy. We see her working two jobs delivering newspapers and wiping down counters in a restaurant. She stops occasionally to ponder sadly but always pulls herself together and throws herself back into her work. She doesn't know anyone where she is and can't even be with her family!! Meanwhile, Hyun-kyu has quit his job like the immature person he is and run off to find her at any cost, which will ruin the huge effort she's made to put some distance between them. Hye-ran is the one making the greatest sacrifice, yet he thinks he's being made to suffer unduly. All he is doing is thinking of himself before anything else. He has his whole family begging him to come home. His selfishness is of phenomenal proportions and he makes it out to be some kind of virtue. He has no appreciation for what Hye-ran is going through. I'm out of patience with him and with the HK/HR "blighted love" storyline and fast-forward through all their weeping and mooning about. Now that he's collapsed from exhaustion and, I suppose, some kind of opportunistic infection, I say let him get some bed rest and some perspective. Surrender, Hyun-kyu!  Hmph. Nuff said, I guess. |
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Post by KathyD on May 11, 2004 22:52:14 GMT -5
Methinks he suffers from the infamous male malady "The Peter Pan Syndrome" where he cannot grow up, do anything that involves being adult and without his "Wendy" to mother him, cannot survive! Therefore, he MUST dash off to find "Wendy" to bring her home -- after all, without "Wendy" what good is Neverland -- oops I mean JOYLAND -- to him??? Kathy (Who is so far behind in PHILA but still reads this message board religiously!!) |
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Post by jacques on May 11, 2004 23:00:35 GMT -5
Methinks he suffers from the infamous male malady "The Peter Pan Syndrome" where he cannot grow up, do anything that involves being adult and without his "Wendy" to mother him, cannot survive! Therefore, he MUST dash off to find "Wendy" to bring her home -- after all, without "Wendy" what good is Neverland -- oops I mean JOYLAND -- to him??? Kathy (Who is so far behind in PHILA but still reads this message board religiously!!) Keep it up Kathy!  Say what?! Peter Pan syndrome?!! Don't tell me he's gonna want to turn Joyland into Neverland a la u-no-who!! Coz thas gonna b one whole other drama! ;D |
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Post by Lucy on May 12, 2004 10:40:56 GMT -5
Good analysis, KathyD! HR as Wendy--never thought of it that way, but you're right. And the fact that your theory makes Hyun-gyu look even worse is just bonus in my book. (HK, or HG as I think I'm going to start spelling it, is on my frowny  list lately.) |
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Post by WinterBallad on May 12, 2004 13:17:01 GMT -5
I agree with the HK/HR love story romance. It's about wearing thin. Their together, not together, together again, not together again. They didn't put that much emphasis on MJ/YJ when she was trying to land him into marriage.
I guess the writers are going to stretch it out a long time. After awhile it gets really boring watching them moping, and crying, and looking like a boulder is sitting on their heads.
Come on you two, snap out of it. And HK forget HR already! She's made her choice, forcibly I might add; but it is her choice.
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Post by redstone911 on May 12, 2004 14:13:46 GMT -5
I agree with the HK/HR love story romance. It's about wearing thin. Their together, not together, together again, not together again. They didn't put that much emphasis on MJ/YJ when she was trying to land him into marriage. I guess the writers are going to stretch it out a long time. After awhile it gets really boring watching them moping, and crying, and looking like a boulder is sitting on their heads. Come on you two, snap out of it. And HK forget HR already! She's made her choice, forcibly I might add; but it is her choice. I wonder how this relationship is playing out in Korea...whether people there really care or not...... I never saw them as that appealing, anyway...definitely can't hold a candle to Chan-hyuk and Hyo-kyung in FIRST LOVE! Not even close! |
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Post by TheBo on May 12, 2004 15:02:07 GMT -5
Was exactly is HK sick with? Is it a broken heart? Is this what it feels like when doves cry? Hah! Prince! I knew it seemed vaguely familiar. Seems the Swarming has begun. That tired, tired feeling one gets toward the end of a soap run, when you just want it to get resolved, already. Sort of like we felt most of the way through "Wife." I'm ignoring these two twits (actually I always kind of ignored them, just like I ignored the incredibly selfish Na-young and her even more incredibly selfish boyfriend/husband on Yellow H). I am more interested in what happens with everyone else, with ANYONE but them. Bo |
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Post by Lucy on May 12, 2004 15:44:35 GMT -5
Yes, it's Prince, and it's more apt than one realized at first.
"Maybe I'm just like my father--too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied
Why do we scream (?) at each other?
This is what it sounds like--when doves cry"
OK, not an exact fit, but the business about being like his father is good, and Hye-ran is kinda like his STEP-mother . . . .
So let me revise it:
Maybe I'm just like my father, In-hwan
Maybe you're just like my stepmom
She came from the wrong side*
Why do we always cry buckets?
This is what it sounds like when Peter Pan cries
*of the tracks
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Post by TheBo on May 12, 2004 15:54:11 GMT -5
Maybe I'm just like my father, In-hwan Maybe you're just like my stepmom She came from the wrong side* Why do we always cry buckets? This is what it sounds like when Peter Pan cries *of the tracks Hah! Very good. I think they cry because they are BABIES. Snort. Snort. Bo PS - I eliminated your double post, Luce--I can't figure out how people do that, but I decided to (carefully) clear them out because I JUST CAN'T STAND IT. |
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Post by Lucy on May 12, 2004 16:04:46 GMT -5
double post? Hm. Didn't notice. I think it's because I kept getting a "too many connections" notice and then I tried posting again later. You wouldn't think a Korean-TV-show fan board could *have* too many connections all at once . . . . |
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Post by jacques on May 12, 2004 16:36:39 GMT -5
double post? Hm. Didn't notice. I think it's because I kept getting a "too many connections" notice and then I tried posting again later. You wouldn't think a Korean-TV-show fan board could *have* too many connections all at once . . . . LOL!!! That happened to me once, too: the screen came up with the message: too many connections, try later! Musta been a record day for kbc!  You gotta hand it to them tho'--Korean dramas are now aired all over the US--from Honolulu to LA to Chicago to Austin to Philly to NY/NJ--but THIS kbc site is DA BEST by far, as the fans from aforementioned cities on this board can attest!!! ;D Go kbc (makes Korean obeisance bows )! |
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Post by jacques on May 12, 2004 16:44:41 GMT -5
Yes, it's Prince, and it's more apt than one realized at first. "Maybe I'm just like my father--too bold Maybe you're just like my mother She's never satisfied Why do we scream (?) at each other? This is what it sounds like--when doves cry" OK, not an exact fit, but the business about being like his father is good, and Hye-ran is kinda like his STEP-mother . . . . So let me revise it: Maybe I'm just like my father, In-hwan Maybe you're just like my stepmom She came from the wrong side* Why do we always cry buckets? This is what it sounds like when Peter Pan cries *of the tracks Hold up you guys! What if Hyun Kyu sees in Hye Ran his own deceased mother? After all, he never really knew her--certainly wouldn't be the first time a guy goes for the girl that reminds him of Mom (remember Oedipus ;D, for an extreme example). And think about it (as someone during Emperor Wang Gun's time would say--This is Heaven's doing! ;D), his only connection with his dearly-departed mother is this girl who is the daughter of the man who ran her over! Karmic justice, probably. Divine consolation, I think so. |
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Post by redstone911 on May 12, 2004 16:47:44 GMT -5
Let's see, what could it be? I think I'll call it "spoiled rich boy fever." I mean, please. Poor Hye-ran is the one who fell on her sword and left town, and she's keeping busy. We see her working two jobs delivering newspapers and wiping down counters in a restaurant. She stops occasionally to ponder sadly but always pulls herself together and throws herself back into her work. She doesn't know anyone where she is and can't even be with her family!! Meanwhile, Hyun-kyu has quit his job like the immature person he is and run off to find her at any cost, which will ruin the huge effort she's made to put some distance between them. Hye-ran is the one making the greatest sacrifice, yet he thinks he's being made to suffer unduly....... I believe that a man (or woman) who loves someone else with a deep passion (assuming that applies to HR/HK), whose existence...or it seems, whose reason for living, stems from maintaining a close, meaningful relationship with his beloved...I don't think can be expected to think objectively or rationally, as the case may be.....Take away what is most important in his life, and he may lose a lot more...like his will to live...... Perhaps it might be difficult to fully understand...unless one has been in a similar situation...or personally knows someone who has...... |
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) is unfortunately a common phenomenon in Korean dramaland, and apparently all over Asia, according to our resident experts, where family ties are the ties that BIND 
. Meddling relatives who've got nothing else better to do and get in your business. Do you guys remember when Hye Ran was leaving for country? They packed that girl up and it's not like she got pregnant and is carrying some forbidden fruit or what. That is just sooo wrong. Hyun Kyu's problem is he needs to choose between his dysfunctional family and the love of his life. Then again, if happy endings happened too fast, we wouldn't have a series to talk about on these here boards! 
Say what?! Peter Pan syndrome?!! Don't tell me he's gonna want to turn Joyland into Neverland a la u-no-who!! Coz thas gonna b one whole other drama! ;D
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You gotta hand it to them tho'--Korean dramas are now aired all over the US--from Honolulu to LA to Chicago to Austin to Philly to NY/NJ--but THIS kbc site is DA BEST by far, as the fans from aforementioned cities on this board can attest!!! ;D Go kbc (makes Korean obeisance bows