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Post by cyuser on Mar 9, 2006 16:43:36 GMT -5
Hello, god replaced the damned cursed love that I want to kill by k.o (hope you know which one I mean) on KBS! It's darn good so I hope kbc will show that drama someday in the future. Hello, God just started for TAN viewers this week. It's too soon for me to give a thumbs up or down yet. (It replaced Knocked out for us.) M Lucky you! But I heard Golden apple is great aswell .. I guess you can't have both
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Post by Ducky on Mar 9, 2006 17:07:07 GMT -5
Lucky you! But I heard Golden apple is great aswell .. I guess you can't have both What do you mean...can't have both??? War of the Roses, Rosey Life, whatever you call it is ending too...so we'll have another open slot
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Post by Alexa on Mar 9, 2006 19:19:01 GMT -5
When does Knocked out by Love end?
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Post by Ducky on Mar 9, 2006 19:57:14 GMT -5
When does Knocked out by Love end? If my math is right, KO'd by love ends next week on Wednesday (3/15/06) and will be replaced w/ "Golden Apple" also, according to "The Schedule""Hello God" will replace "The Rose Warrior"
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Post by mikey on Mar 9, 2006 21:43:23 GMT -5
I’m watching “Golden Apple” right now, and while it’s not exactly what I’d call an action-packed series, I’m nonetheless enjoying it immensely. It’s set in small-town South Korea, circa 1960, and although it’s perhaps a little slow paced, it features a thoughtful plotline and some wonderful characterizations. I think you’ll all like it.
The little girl shown in the photo (center) absolutely steals the show. Honestly, she’s maybe the most charming child actress I’ve ever seen. Downright amazing! And you’ll discover that the young actress who plays her strong-willed older sister is pretty amazing, too.
Also a real delight, of sorts, is the town’s ruthless rich dude, played by the great actor Lee Duk-hwa (the former “Archfiend” from “Age of Warriors”). Nobody, I think, can play a tough guy quite like he can!
The first episode, though, may drive you crazy a bit. There's way too many child actors to comfortably absorb all at once. But bear with it, because by the end of Episode 2, I think you'll be drawn in.
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Post by donilpark on Mar 9, 2006 22:30:10 GMT -5
Oh, yes, couldn't agree more. She's such an adorable little girl. And yes, the girl who plays the eldest sister. They are all really really good.
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Post by Ducky on Mar 10, 2006 23:16:50 GMT -5
Well, it looks post-apocalyptic because it is post apocalypse! Wouldn't you agree that Korean war was an apocalypse for Koreans? The third largest war in the history of humanity (third only to WWII and WWI) that reduced (South) Korea to something like the second poorest country in the world. According to the Hawaii board this show starts around 1967, not too close to the war. If this show really does start in '67 does that qualify as a historical drama??
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Post by mikey on Mar 11, 2006 12:26:47 GMT -5
I wouldn’t call this a “Historical Drama,” since it seems to be entirely fictional. It’s more of a period piece, I think.
And yes, you’re right. I had guessed a “1960” date (based mainly on the automobiles they were using) but shortly after I wrote the above, I watched that evening’s episode and they did identify the start date as 1967 (since one of the lead characters had gone to fight in the Vietnam War).
Even if it starts out in 1967 (what, like 15 years after the Korean War?) it still looks as if life in rural Korea was awfully hard back then. Most of the residents of this little Korean community appear to work as sharecroppers, toiling away on a wealthy family’s farmland (which seem to consist primarily of apple orchards – perhaps giving us the series title “Golden Apple”).
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Post by Ducky on Mar 11, 2006 15:27:29 GMT -5
I wouldn’t call this a “Historical Drama,” since it seems to be entirely fictional. It’s more of a period piece, I think. That part was a joke, I have pre-1967 history and I'm not historical... at least I don't think I am...
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Post by ovaridedis24 on Mar 11, 2006 15:39:21 GMT -5
Hello, god replaced the damned cursed love that I want to kill by k.o (hope you know which one I mean) on KBS! It's darn good so I hope kbc will show that drama someday in the future. Hey hey!!! Nice use of the that fine title there CY USER!
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Post by mikey on Mar 11, 2006 16:19:20 GMT -5
That part was a joke, I have pre-1967 history and I'm not historical... at least I don't think I am... Sorry, I'm really dense sometimes. Remember, though: for a lot of kids nowadays, the Vietnam War might just as well have happened sometime during the Dark Ages.
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Post by mikey on Mar 12, 2006 22:49:01 GMT -5
Here’s a brief intro to “Golden Apple.” I’m going a bit by memory here, so forgive me if I got a detail or two wrong!
Based in mid-1960’s small-town Korea, “Golden Apple” features the conflicts between wealthy, ruthless landowner Park Byung-sam and a few of the poor sharecroppers who toil on his land. Although he’s a secondary character, the show really hinges around Park, who is running a tough election campaign for a seat in the Korean senate. He’s a hard-liner, and is running under the banner of Korea’s ruling, right-wing political party.
His son, Park Jong-kyu, is a college student who’s recently returned from Seoul. He seems like a good guy, and he sympathizes with the anti-government student protestors - earning himself the wrath of his dictatorial father.
Kim Chun-dong is one of Park’s sharecropper workers. He’s generally a decent man, but he married an astonishingly nasty woman after his first wife died. His new wife loathes the country life, and she seems to have nothing but contempt for Chun-dong. She’s currently having an illicit affair with senatorial candidate Park – an affair that, having just been accidentally uncovered by some of the schookids, is now public knowledge.
Chun-dong has four children (ages here are approximate):
Kyung-sook (age 14). She’s smart, strong-willed, and tough. She’s essentially taken over the mother role for her younger siblings.
Kyung-ku (age 12). As the class president at his school, he’s a quiet, hard-working student.
Kyung-min (age 10). He’s a skinny kid who seems to nonetheless be the school bully. He beats up the son of a high-ranking local police official, which gets himself into some real trouble.
Keum-shil (age 7). She’s the only child of Chun-dong’s new wife, and therefore the half-sister of the other children. She’s a sweet little girl - quite unlike her evil mother.
Not much really happens in the first three episodes, which seem only to introduce us to the show’s many characters. Come the very end of episode #3, however, a huge event takes place that finally sets the show’s main plotline into motion.
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Post by TheBo on Mar 13, 2006 17:14:26 GMT -5
Thanks, Mikey, that seems like a good intro without giving anything away. Good job.
Bo
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Post by MisterBill50 on Mar 15, 2006 21:31:38 GMT -5
It sounds like it should be a good series to watch, and I'm looking forward to it! Does anyone know if it starts tomorrow (Thursday), or next Wednesday?
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Post by cyuser on Mar 16, 2006 17:55:12 GMT -5
Hello, god replaced the damned cursed love that I want to kill by k.o (hope you know which one I mean) on KBS! It's darn good so I hope kbc will show that drama someday in the future. Hey hey!!! Nice use of the that fine title there CY USER! Good one! I hope you didn't apply copyright for this one. I don't wanna get my arse sued
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