tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post3249975867461385185..comments2023-07-26T16:50:23.302+05:30Comments on The Pink Bee: Empress Ki 2013Avahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-40745462967599624992016-07-13T22:14:22.251+05:302016-07-13T22:14:22.251+05:30Try Rooftop Prince. It is ultimate!Try Rooftop Prince. It is ultimate!Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-76065292574567180112016-07-13T13:05:21.562+05:302016-07-13T13:05:21.562+05:30No, military (or other government) service is not ...No, military (or other government) service is not mandatory for women, but all the men have to do it unless there's a solid reason not to. <br /><br />I have to admit there are very few character actors I can now recognize - just a handful, and most of them from cinema, though there's Choi Mink Soo (who also played a very brief role as Lee Min Ho's old guru in Faith), who was mindblowingly good in 'The Blade and the Petal'. <br /><br />Oh, I have to get back to my Korean dramas! As soon as this season of Masterchef Australia is over. :-)Dustedoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614804804521341182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-90370311547605778352016-07-11T21:19:04.358+05:302016-07-11T21:19:04.358+05:30Yes. Most actors do TV or Movie interchangeably an...Yes. Most actors do TV or Movie interchangeably and are usually singers as well. Though many stars say that they make music videos only for fans.<br /><br />Helga usually fills me in on what the stars are doing. She likes following gossip. :) That is fun. Philip Lee is an American, so I am not sure he doing military duty. But most actors do go in for it. I wonder if the women are also required to do military duty. <br /><br />Now that I have about 4-5 series under my belt, I am able to recognize character actors who are repeated. Just like Ramu Kaka, Helga told me there is an old man who is in all the series. I do not recognize him yet, but will do so soon I am sure.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-57056300785919090092016-07-11T12:53:43.585+05:302016-07-11T12:53:43.585+05:30Yes, they seem to be much more discerning in the n...Yes, they seem to be much more discerning in the number of assignments they take on (in the case of Phillip Lee... I wonder if he's on military duty? Male actors - like, currently, Choi Siwon - tend to drop out for a couple of years midway to do their military service). I also find it interesting that unlike Indian actors, where there's a pretty definite division between film actors and TV actors, there is less of a divide in Korean actors. You see pretty much the same people in both media. Some more in TV and less in cinema, or vice-versa, but mostly fairly evenly spread. Dustedoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614804804521341182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-87471183431713149182016-07-10T20:50:55.639+05:302016-07-10T20:50:55.639+05:30Thanks for the recommendations. When I look at th...Thanks for the recommendations. When I look at the filmography of most Hallayu stars I find that they have done very few series. Lee Philip has done no further work after Faith. Ha Ji Won also has very few credits despite being a top star. Unlike our Indian stars who have movie credits for years.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-39383211877160682502016-07-10T11:35:17.840+05:302016-07-10T11:35:17.840+05:30Hehe. So glad your son has also jumped on to the b...Hehe. So glad your son has also jumped on to the bandwagon. Shared joy is greater than the sum of its parts! :-D<br /><br />I've only seen three other movies of Joo Jin Mo, two of which are historicals: Musa (The Warrior), which I found to be very bloody and violent; A Frozen Flower (probably the most erotic film I've ever seen; I also found it quite heartbreaking). The third film of his (and he looks really gorgeous here, as a modern man) is 200 Pounds Beauty. It's about a woman singer who's got a fantastic voice but because she's very fat, ends up only singing playback for a prettier 'singers' - until she undergoes plastic surgery and comes back under a different identity. Here's a brief clip that includes a song from it:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJMkP69ua0c<br /><br />(P.S. A TV series Stuart has recommended very highly to me stars Joo Jin Mo: <i>Punch</i>).Dustedoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614804804521341182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-5834106178470113102016-07-10T11:25:17.462+05:302016-07-10T11:25:17.462+05:30Joo Jin Mo looks very handsome and is a really rea...Joo Jin Mo looks very handsome and is a really really good actor. I just loved the way expressions flitted across his face. I think I will catch some movies that he was in. Can you recommend any?Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-23245588257462979282016-07-10T09:02:49.413+05:302016-07-10T09:02:49.413+05:30It is an epic! I thought you had recommended it to...It is an epic! I thought you had recommended it to me. Maybe it was my mother. On my current trip to Thailand, we watched some episodes. It was really captivating. This time round my son was also bitten by the K-drama bug. So now it is three generations that are hooked to them. :)Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2988261872663157660.post-63542976396086332262016-07-09T13:15:16.427+05:302016-07-09T13:15:16.427+05:3051 episodes! Wow. It's been a couple of months...51 episodes! Wow. It's been a couple of months since I watched a Korean drama, but I've never had the courage to try anything beyond 24 episodes. I just know that if I get started, there'll be no staying away, and that'll be the end of any reading, writing, social life, etc. :-) But I have heard that some of the best sageuks are fairly long ones. <br /><br />I've heard of Empress Ki and did want to watch it - both for Ha Ji Won and Joo Jin Mo (whom I've seen in several films, never in a drama - he's really good!) but not managed, so far. Your review makes it sound like something I <i>should</i> watch. Thank you for this, Ava!Dustedoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614804804521341182noreply@blogger.com