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Post by kiparang on Aug 6, 2006 15:01:27 GMT -5
Let's just say this, folks. Prime Minister of Vietnam made a special request to the Korean government that KHJ be invited to the state dinner party honoring him. You don't do that for an average actress. And just before the dinner party formally began, his entourage composed of high-ranking officials mobbed her to get her signature. Korean officials had to persuade these Vietnamese gentlemen to go back to their seats, saying that everybody will get her signature after the party. A rather funny scene, isn't it. And two out of the three major broadcasting corporations in Korea, that is MBC and SBC, had once an all-out war to get KHJ to participate in their mega project: "Daejanggeum"(MBC) and "Toji"(SBS). These mighty corporations don't usually do that for an average actress. Not in Korea.  |
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Post by djanggum on Aug 6, 2006 16:17:23 GMT -5
i think it means that lee young ae is an excellent actress while KJH is an average actress ohhhh sorry ok... i thought they said LYA was an amateur.. lol  |
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Post by Fan on Aug 8, 2006 4:57:20 GMT -5
I can sense a lot of pride when u highlight the Vietnamese Prime Minister and his entourage's admiration over KHJ and i respect that, but i think you can't really oversight and doubt the preference of millions of fans from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea? etc. over LYA too.
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Post by curlyshue on Aug 8, 2006 6:45:10 GMT -5
yeah your're right FAN! PEOPLE didn't just get mesmerized by LYA for nothing, there should be something in her, or about her, that causes all these hullabaloo don't you think kiparang? and its not just in korea mind you, its across asia! i heard LYA is being called "Asias's sweetheart" or "Asia's pure beauty." oh yes she's a beauty inside and out, most definitely! you can tell by the way she speaks and carries herself... move on kiparang! move on! ;D |
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Post by kiparang on Aug 8, 2006 12:41:16 GMT -5
Yes, let's move on. That's what I have been urging people of this thread to do since a few postings back. But some people wouldn't listen and kept on saying belittling remarks about an actress about whom they know so little. My previous posting was a somewhat 'moderate' response to these unwarranted remarks. Because of them I was tempted for a while to say something a little bit serious:something which could lead to major disillusionment on the part of quite a number of people. Thank God, I refrained myself. After all, we need a dream or an illusion or whatever to make life somewhat bearable. That is the reason we watch movies and dramas, isn't it? So, folks, let's move on.  |
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Post by Fan on Aug 8, 2006 22:32:21 GMT -5
It was never abt KHJ vs LYA wasnt it kiparang? This was so apparent fr the way you took yr parting shot..... ie with tonnes of insinuation over YA.
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Post by djanggum on Aug 10, 2006 18:21:49 GMT -5
Yes, let's move on. That's what I have been urging people of this thread to do since a few postings back. But some people wouldn't listen and kept on saying belittling remarks about an actress about whom they know so little. My previous posting was a somewhat 'moderate' response to these unwarranted remarks. Because of them I was tempted for a while to say something a little bit serious:something which could lead to major disillusionment on the part of quite a number of people. Thank God, I refrained myself. After all, we need a dream or an illusion or whatever to make life somewhat bearable. That is the reason we watch movies and dramas, isn't it? So, folks, let's move on. I'm sorry you took it that way kiparang.  It's not that I wasn't listening to you... it's just that I respect your praise for KHJ, but it seems like the winner was already chosen between LYA and KHJ as this thread was made...  I'm also sorry if you thought the comments were unwarranted, but those comments were praises that I shared about LYA. Based on events, I considered them to be true and it was just my opinion, that's all.. ^^ It's ok to argue about something, but I don't take it seriously .. Even if you consider certain comments to be bettling, please understand the fact that no one knows everything, and it is not easy to change the views of everyone  |
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Post by Double on Aug 12, 2006 2:29:36 GMT -5
Hey kiparang,
I will support you to the end, even I love to watch the show DJG. I love KHJ to the end.
Please everyone I have no hard feeling against LYA but if your compare this way. I sure defend KHJ all the way.
I also strongly believe KHJ will do a better job than LYA if she in the role DJG. Not happy can alway come and find me but dont insult my KHJ. I will stand for her all the way
Double
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Post by grid on Aug 28, 2006 14:02:41 GMT -5
why refrain yourself kiparang? might as well say those things that you think will disillusion a lot of people. Let their world crumble!Showbiz after all is a world of illusion. Out with it! LYA never claimed she was perfect nor gentle. Nor KHJ for that matter.Even if you confirm rumors about YA, building up your credibility by saying you're an "insider" of the Korean entertainment industry, so what? Like you, people will believe only what they like to believe even when facts or "reliable inside information" are presented to them. So even if you say the worst or the best about LYA or KHJ, i don't think anybody will change their perceptions about both actresses. Selective perception works, even in trivial matters like this.
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Post by LeSLie on Aug 29, 2006 4:09:10 GMT -5
Double, Kiparang already move on so PLEASE! Please stop making quotations like "this will be better than this" because i hate to hear such things. PLEASE, if you wanted people to spare KHJ, learn also to spare LYA. could you do that for millions of fans of LYA just like me?
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Post by djanggum on Aug 29, 2006 9:43:18 GMT -5
I just think that statements like " i will always defend 'input name here' over another person" isnt really necessary because it's not really a forum for comparing two actors/actresses. ITS ABOUT DJG so please my advice is that those people create/join a forum that praises the same things that they are interested in... and that is why i joined this forum |
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Post by kiparang on Nov 10, 2006 18:33:38 GMT -5
Folks, after some soul-searching I decided to bring this thread back. But it is not to continue my alleged feud with LYA fans (I never intended any feud with anybody), but to bring attention to the fact that at long last in October, "Glass Slippers," one of Kim Hyun-joo's major dramas and one of the most riveting K-dramas in recent years, was released for American viewers by YA Entertainment/yesasia.com.
You can finally see for yourself what Kim Hyun-joo is really like, and what an enchanting actress she is. And maybe understand why Daejanggeum director/producers wanted her so much for the role of Janggeum. But to understand their infatuation with Kim Hyun-joo fully, you probably also need to see "Sangdo(The Merchant Prince)," a great historical drama in which she gave a mesmerizing performance as the enigmatic daughter of the main lead's archenemy, and which was also directed by Lee Byung-hoon, DJG's director. "Sangdo"(2001/2002, MBC) and her next project "Glass slippers"(2002, SBS) catapulted KHJ, a relative newcomer, to major stardom.
"Glass Slippers" is a well-written and well-acted drama with brilliant sountrack, which reached the phenomenal ratings of over 40 percent. Not only KHJ but five other major players and various less characters all deliver marvelous performances. To pique your interest I am going to give a brief synopsis(but no spoilers) of the drama.
GS is a story of two sisters who got orphaned and separated when the younger one(KHJ) was nine years old. After separation, the elder sister is soon united with their grandfather, a super-rich business tycoon, who had disowned his only son(their father) for marrying a woman he does not approve and now in search of them after learing his son's tragic death. After being separated from her sister in a crowded market in a provincial town, the younger sister gets hit by a truck. The truck driver who hits her has no license and in panic picks her up, and thus begins 16 year-long life on the run with his horrible family.
She not only loses her memory but also gains a new name. She suffers all kinds of hardship life throws in her way, but her biggest problem is her adopted family, especially the daughter, who truly is a young woman from hell. So basically, she is all alone in this world and does not know who she is really, but she tries to be optimistic, maintaining a brave front despite many difficulties. The adopted family now lives in Seoul, operating a seedy restaurant in a slum. After working as maid in the restaurant for many years, she finally joins her grandfather's company as a contract worker. In fact, she works in the same department with her sister, who has been searching for her desperately all these years. Will these two loving sisters recognize each other at last?
Complicating things are two totally different young men who adore her: a US-educated handsome manager whom her sister loves, and a gangster who is absolutely devoted to her and rescues her from peril time after time. The scheming daughter of her adopted family now has a design to present herself to the tycoon as his long-lost granddaughter. Meanwhile, a major scheme is brewing against the tycoon inside his business empire.
The forty-episode drama is one of the most riveting K-dramas, a cliffhanger after a cliffhanger. It depicts well the Korean business world as well as the seedy underworld in which the gangster operates: The several fight scenes are realistic and well-excecuted. The drama is not only entertaining but also very moving, helped by an absolutely awesome soundtrack. It is well worth your time and money. (By the way, I have no relation whatsoever with YA Entertainment/yesasia.com. ;D)
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Post by lyaism on Nov 11, 2006 22:04:51 GMT -5
DJG fitted LYA to a "T"
Thats all.
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Post by clarelovesjijinhee on Nov 11, 2006 22:09:48 GMT -5
There is only one person who could play DJG and that is the very beautyful, stunning, wonderful actess Lee Young-Ae.
The whole cast of DJG fits to a "T"
Clare
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Post by kiparang on Nov 12, 2006 3:05:46 GMT -5
Thanks, guys, for participating in this thread. You guys are helping me in preventing what I have to say this time from becoming a series of long monologues. (That would be too embarrassing, wouldn't it?) Because I am going to be here for a while until I have said what needs to be said about "Glass Slippers." (Then I will be gone, for I am a busy man.)
"Glass Slippers" stars two fine actors as Sun-woo's(the younger sister) suitors: Han Jae-suk and So Ji-sub. Han Jae-suk plays the role of the handsome manager of Sun-woo's department, who falls in love with her in spite of his status as de-facto betrothed to her elder sister, Tae-hee. You emphasize with him because of his tortured soul; he is so torn between his love and his obligations. HJS also showed fine performance in "Four Sisters" and "All about Eve," another must-see K-drama.
I have to go. I will talk about So Ji-sub in my next posting.
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It's not that I wasn't listening to you... it's just that I respect your praise for KHJ, but it seems like the winner was already chosen between LYA and KHJ as this thread was made... 
