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Post by redstone911 on Jun 14, 2004 9:16:59 GMT -5
It seems to me that main characters Yu-jin and Min-jae are really unique and do not represent any typical group of people in Korea, even among the wealthy class....Min-jae, stepson of a multi-millionaire corporate honcho...although popular in school (due to his friendly, low-key nature), only had one "real" friend (who was struggling financially), probably never dated during his college years (Hye-sung recalled MJ never had an interest in women.....) and in his twenties...only fell in love once before he got married, and it wasn't even to his wife, married Yu-jin to get over a broken heart.... Yu-jin, whose family is also wealthy, never loved anyone but Min-jae... spent her teen years and beyond hoping Min-jae would take an interest in her....became very friendly with him when both reached adulthood...also noticed that Min-jae hardly took an interest in other women, which kept her hopes up...probably kept giving him hints all during that time.... Finally made her feelings known to him just before she reached 30 only to be disappointed at his reaction, that he was in love with someone else....When she realized that the other party (Hye-ran) wasn't interested in Min-jae, she hatched her own little scheme to insure that there was virtually no chance of HR and MJ ever getting together.....But was sure to be there to pick up the pieces of MJ's broken heart...heheheheh... Deliver us from these women, O Lord!
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Post by XB70 on Jun 14, 2004 10:09:21 GMT -5
Look at In-hwan...desperately wanted to marry his first love...only to be swatted down by domineering mother...(I don't know the percentages of people wanting to marry their first love, but it must not be that high)...is forced into an arranged marriage (but apparently his wife really loved him before they got married and she was terribly disappointed when he didn't return that love ....)...It is likely that the huge investment in Joyland made by Mr. Lee (father of In-hwan's wife and Myung-joo) was made at his wife's behest, in a major effort to win her husband's love....It failed miserably......
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Post by Tao of Steve on Jun 14, 2004 10:23:02 GMT -5
Look at In-hwan...desperately wanted to marry his first love...only to be swatted down by domineering mother...(I don't know the percentages of people wanting to marry their first love, but it must not be that high)...is forced into an arranged marriage (but apparently his wife really loved him before they got married and she was terribly disappointed when he didn't return that love ....)...It is likely that the huge investment in Joyland made by Mr. Lee (father of In-hwan's wife and Myung-joo) was made at his wife's behest, in a major effort to win her husband's love....It failed miserably...... In-hwan's wife convinced her own father to invest in Joyland...if I recall, the Lee family were among the biggest stockholders...that would explain why Myung-joo hates In-hwan, Soon-young, and Min-jae with a passion!
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Post by redstone911 on Jun 14, 2004 11:23:42 GMT -5
There are two sets of wealthy sisters represented in this drama... Yu-jin and Yu-kyung, and the other pair is Myung-joo and Hyun-kyu-oma.
I notice that Yu-jin and Hyun-kyu-oma bare some strikingly similarities in their relationships with their husbands...they apparently loved their husbands before marrying them, and expected to be loved in return...both suffered when they felt they didn't get what they wanted.......On the other hand, Yu-kyung and Myung-joo, while not as apparent, are also similar in some ways....Both Yu-kyung and Myung-joo excelled academically, and both also married, divorced, and remarried....although in Myung-joo's case, I think she sees marriage more as a means of fulfilling her other goals and ambitions in life....She doesn't strike me as the romantic type or as family-oriented.....But Yu-kyung, to some degree, does have that sense of family....
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Post by Papa Bear on Jun 14, 2004 15:44:30 GMT -5
There are two sets of wealthy sisters represented in this drama... Yu-jin and Yu-kyung, and the other pair is Myung-joo and Hyun-kyu-oma. I notice that Yu-jin and Hyun-kyu-oma bare some strikingly similarities in their relationships with their husbands...they apparently loved their husbands before marrying them, and expected to be loved in return...both suffered when they felt they didn't get what they wanted.......On the other hand, Yu-kyung and Myung-joo, while not as apparent, are also similar in some ways....Both Yu-kyung and Myung-joo excelled academically, and both also married, divorced, and remarried....although in Myung-joo's case, I think she sees marriage more as a means of fulfilling her other goals and ambitions in life....She doesn't strike me as the romantic type or as family-oriented.....But Yu-kyung, to some degree, does have that sense of family.... It is possible that Myung-joo could have been influenced by what she saw in her older sister's marriage, and came to the conclusion (in addition to the fact that people with her status often make love a secondary issue in arranged marriages....) She's attractive, intelligent, ambitious, and a Type-A personality.....She could be a dangerous foe to those who underestimate her.......
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Post by Mac the Knife on Jun 14, 2004 18:04:23 GMT -5
It is possible that Myung-joo could have been influenced by what she saw in her older sister's marriage, and came to the conclusion (in addition to the fact that people with her status often make love a secondary issue in arranged marriages....) She's attractive, intelligent, ambitious, and a Type-A personality.....She could be a dangerous foe to those who underestimate her....... So true...I was dazzled when she first showed herself...very attractive woman...but not someone I could fall in love with.....Yes, I agree that for those like Myung-joo, marriage is more a stepping stone to getting what they really want in life, which is more money and power!
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Post by jacques on Jun 15, 2004 5:25:28 GMT -5
It is possible that Myung-joo could have been influenced by what she saw in her older sister's marriage, and came to the conclusion (in addition to the fact that people with her status often make love a secondary issue in arranged marriages....) She's attractive, intelligent, ambitious, and a Type-A personality.....She could be a dangerous foe to those who underestimate her....... Which goes along with my theory that Myung-joo aka Aunty Evil is the Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan of the OMR melodramatic series with all the personality traits, though admittedly, not as torrid a love life. ;D
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Post by Mac the Knife on Jun 15, 2004 13:17:58 GMT -5
Which goes along with my theory that Myung-joo aka Aunty Evil is the Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan of the OMR melodramatic series with all the personality traits, though admittedly, not as torrid a love life. ;D My "secret contacts" at KBS tell me that deep within their vaults are tapes showing the "uncensored" scenes of Myung-joo's past and present life ...heheheheh... "Torrid" is too moderate a term to describe it, and I would call it anything but "love".... Alexis Carrington's got nothing on this lady!
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Post by Lucy on Jun 15, 2004 13:26:53 GMT -5
Remember that movie "Black Widow"? The tagline was, "She mates and she kills." That's probably what happened to Auntie Evil's husband #1.
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Post by TheBo on Jun 15, 2004 13:52:08 GMT -5
Yes, I agree that for those like Myung-joo, marriage is more a stepping stone to getting what they really want in life, which is more money and power! My, my, here we go again. How tiresome. "These" women! So scary when they are competent. But, oh, how we need them... I'm not picking on you, Mac, I just happened to see something particular in your post to which I want to respond (along with this thread's ludicrous, archaic assertions about the danger of competent women). I disagree that Myung-joo does not love her husband. I think she loves him very much; we've seen lots of phone conversations pointing to that. I think he's the same type of rapacious, ambitious person that she is, and they are ideally suited to each other. Otherwise, he would not trust her to handle these very important deals for his/their company. Bo PS - I TOLD you guys, you don't have to hold your hands like that. We won't hurt your special parts--really.
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Post by Elbs on Jun 15, 2004 13:53:30 GMT -5
ooh, and the female praying mantis devours the male right after they mate....
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Post by TheBo on Jun 15, 2004 14:13:09 GMT -5
ooh, and the female praying mantis devours the male right after they mate.... Hah! Good one, Elbs. Bo PS - Lucy, I'm glad you reminded me! Remember, we planned to rent that movie to bring to the get-together to provide helpful instruction on how to evade the clutches of evil women... (LOL)
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Post by jacques on Jun 15, 2004 15:30:08 GMT -5
Remember that movie "Black Widow"? The tagline was, "She mates and she kills." That's probably what happened to Auntie Evil's husband #1. That movie starred two of my fave 80s actresses--Theresa Russell and Debra Winger! Plus, there were scenes filmed on the Big Island at Volcanoes and Punalu'u. Too bad we don't see too much of the OMR cast shooting abroad. Min-jae couldve taken Yu-jin on that long overdue vacation to Thailand, or HK and HR jetting off to Hong Kong for the weekend! Not even Auntie Evil gets to back to LA to check up on her "investments." Man, these characters are seriously overworked (and overwrought ;D)!
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Post by jacques on Jun 15, 2004 15:38:13 GMT -5
ooh, and the female praying mantis devours the male right after they mate.... Yum! ;D I hope she has a good glass of shiraz to go with that (or being a femme fatale, she might prefer the whole bottle? ). Yeah, yeah, we memorized Kipling's female-of-the-species-deadlier-than-the-male quote. ;D Too bad, Evil Aunty Myung-joo doesn't have a nemesis, like a Malbong gone-over-the-edge, for example. I swear the look she gave Mean Grannie Oh in the hospital ward by Yu-jin's bed was positively deadly! Think about it--two soignee, sophisticated dames, veritable "ladies who lunch" shouldve been allowed to go at it mano a mano. Or is that kind of physical contact reserved for males and females only?
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Post by redstone911 on Jun 15, 2004 19:39:11 GMT -5
That movie starred two of my fave 80s actresses--Theresa Russell and Debra Winger! Plus, there were scenes filmed on the Big Island at Volcanoes and Punalu'u. Too bad we don't see too much of the OMR cast shooting abroad. Min-jae couldve taken Yu-jin on that long overdue vacation to Thailand, or HK and HR jetting off to Hong Kong for the weekend! Not even Auntie Evil gets to back to LA to check up on her "investments." Man, these characters are seriously overworked (and overwrought ;D)! Yeah, we have OMR characters visiting China, New York, Orlando, Germany, Eastern Europe, maybe even California...but all we get are scenes in rooms with maybe a poster of whatever country they're in, or just them leaving or arriving at the airport...I have flown into Kimpo Int'l Airport a number of times, but I wonder if the airport scenes we see are from the one in Inchon, and not Kimpo.... On the other hand, in FIRST LOVE, we are treated to lovely scenes of Lee Seung Yun strolling through Paris...and Park Sang Won is there as well....Not bad for a weekly drama.....Seeing those scenes actually inspired me to visit Paris in 1998....I never had any real desire to go before........
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