I watched this lakhorn a long time ago (its from 2013) ,and it is a very charming lakhorn with funny scenes,cute romantic relationships and also forbidden love.I love the main-characters very much and there are a lots of drama too. It was my first time watching Son and Pang on-screen too, both of them delivered with a natural and sensual chemistry!

This is a crazy train-wreck,but i remember really enjoying it.I also became a great fan of Son Yuke after this lakhorn,he is sooo damn handsome and charming!And the way he kissess his heroine was OOOOOOOOO damn swoony..!!!!!

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Time has finally come for me to review this Hit of a K-drama that has been a sizzling force across Asia,starring the great stars Lee Min-ho and Gianna,"Legend of the Blue Sea" is a paranormal romantic drama where Gianna plays a mermaid and Lee Min-ho a charming con-artist. They are reincarnated soulmates that has to overcome obstacles from their past lives and fight against a tragic fate to finally have their happy ending they have so much earned for.

This drama reminded me of another Gianna starrer,which is "You Who came from the Stars" with 20% of the same cast,having paranormal obstacles (while "Blue Sea" takes up mermaids with super powers,"Stars" take up aliens with super powers) and having reincarnation in it. Hundreds of kisses and hugs from me to this gorgeous and epic love-story of Joon Jae and Shin Chung,that i will never forget!

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We all got very disappointed when the heroine in "School 2015" didn`t choose the love-interest we all preferred (he too was the son of the director).So in "School 2017" i was so delighted to know that the main-characters would end up together before watching it.Eun ho is a very different heroine who lives life as it gives you, and always stands up for herself and others.Being the daughter from a poor family who sells chickens,she is very determined to follow her dream of being a webtoon artist. In Geumdo High School we get into the lives of students who has to overcome the stress of being ranked by their exam grades,and facing the difficulties of being a teenager in a combative,corrupt system.A mysterious troublemaker in the school known as "Student X" rebells against their rules.(Soon enough we also get to know the true identity of X).The turbulent son of the director, Tae woon is a very self-centered bad boy who hides a great heart and deep scars, and will soon against his will find himself fallen under the spell of love when it comes to Eun ho. With all the sly schemes from the villians in the school,Tae woon and Eun ho will have to face obstacles in the war among them."School 2017" is a very lovely and enthralling story about friendship,loyalty,violence,rivalry,jealousy,justice, finding the courage of following your dreams,being brave enough to over-come your fears and the true wonder of first love. Tae woon and Eun ho is a couple that love each other with all their hearts, being partners in crime and friends to lovers, we all enjoy how the mighty Tae woon falls madly in love with Eun ho to the point of not caring about his pride. I love both of them so much that it ached in my heart in every scenes with them together, their chemistry are so natural and electric that i just swooned.You guys will love the way Tae woon stubbornly woos Eun ho, fighting for her heart. A drama that presents every aspects of life, and characters we all can relate to,"School 2017" is a drama you can`t miss!

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I am glad i started watching this after all the hype when i saw it on Netflix. I got hooked instantly and fell in love with the main-leads and the whole cast. Its a light hearted rom-com with wonderful leads that carries this show. Tae Moo is a full of himself but cold business man that gets forced into blind dates by his grandfather. He never expects to meet the lovely and carefree Shin Ha Ri who is in disguise of her bestfriend. And he does eventually fall madly in love with her and pursues her so wonderfully, stubbornly fighting for her heart. It was just soooooo lovely. I love him. Underneath the cold businessman was a caring and gentle soul.

I also love his grandfather by the way, ahh that man made me crack up a lot of times with the way he was so invested in the romantic soap operas he was watching. Shin Ha Ri is a lovely fun heroine that lighted up the screen, i have seen this actress in "School 2017" and i just love her screen presence so much. She had great chemistry with her male lead.

Again, i am glad i picked this up. Made my days much funnier and bright.

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Palms on Love tied to Passion for Revenge.

We have all the tropes her for a angsty and trainwrecky romance! Separated lovers, FL being the appointed Concubine of ML´s father and FL wanting to avenge her family. 24 episodes of trainwrecky twists and turns. Full 15 episodes of our heroine cutting at Hero`s soul, breaking his heart again and again. The main leads looked good together though, and their acting was top notch. I loved how intense their fights were in the beginning , and how bitterly hurt the hero DongFeng was but still could not help but have her near him, protect her and care for her. Ah, angsty love at it finest.

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Sweet Sweet Revenge!

This year has been filled with delicious sexy revenge c-dramas and i have been here for it! Fatal Allure was a must watch for me since we have Dai Gaozheng and Hong Xiao co-starring in a revenge drama romance. I loved every ep of it, and i love the way Dai Gao`s character was a sharp hero, though he was deadly...he would rather cut his right arm off than ever hurting his beautiful tortured heroine. I love that he stood by her side the moment he knew her true identity, poor smitten fool could not live without her. And the kissess were omg smoking! Felt like he was literally sipping her lips!!

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"Everytime i look at the Moonlight throne, I see the person who ordered to kill my father sitting there.But he is the same person who made this whole land peaceful.For me, the matter of the country must be more important than the torment,the revenge and even the matter of the heart." -Teetayu

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OH MY GOD! I never expected this lakhorn to wring out so many emotions from me."Mongkut Saeng Jun" (which means:"The Moonlight Crown") is a epic action romantic drama that revolves around the Moonlight Crown of Panjarat where the recent regent of the crown Konjanat will kill off both the queen and king to steal the throne for himself. He uses his fatherless nephew, the wild-hearted Teetayu (played by Andrew Gregson) and already from the start planned with him that he would make princess Sisira Sojirat Thisanamawadee (played by Rita Jensen) fall in love with him to secure the throne.Teetayu hates the royal family,especially the late king for killing his father and has no regrets over deceiving Sisira,but it becomes his own downfall when he realizes that he has sincerely loved Sisira all along.In all this chaos of betrayals,murder and greed we have the battle of wills between princess Sisira and Teetayu-learning to overcome their demons,surrendering to their love for each other and finally coming to terms with where their loyalty lies. It is a saga of honor,duty and love...every decision bad or good has its consequences.

This lakhorn starts out very strong and ended with a more clearer and strong message. Every 14 episodes of the lakhorn was worth it,and the magic between Andrew and Rita on-screen was so fiery that i longed for their every moment together.Rita`s portrayal of Princess Sisira is well done.She made me sympathisize with the character despite her not standing up for herself half of the time.I am more used to FL´s fighting their own battles,but Sisira`s trauma is simply to much to bear for her fragile mind.She lost both parents,her country is in turmoil and there are enemies everywhere.Then she has the love of her life Teetayu tormenting her in every way he can by forcefully marrying her because of his stubborness,revenge,pride and jealousy.Andrew Gregson is one of the best actors i have ever seen and he did such a darn good job portraying the wild and bitter Teetayu.He could be barbaric,rude and so illmannered that you just wanted to slap him.He had the countries absolute worst reputation and it didn`t get better when he was woking for the villain all along.But he has the soul and heart of a warrior deep rooted inside him.In there lay a honorable man.He couldn`t stand watching his uncle destroy the country and realized early on that loyalty and gratefullness for your country is more important than any other emotion.He is a fearless tiger ready to fight against his own blood for rightness.He is a hard man that gets slayed by his love for Sisira,even in the moments of hatred for her he still loved her desperately.The same goes for Sisira.Teetayu and Sisira met in the most wondrous circumstances and they manage to overcome all the obstacles between them in this hard journey.Every moment was worth it,and i got to cry and swoon and laugh together with them.

Then we have Teetayu`s three loyal musketeers.Damn how these guys were funny and how they stood by Teetayu`s side the whole time.We have the courtesan Jataree who loves Teetayu unhappily,but places his happiness above all else.I loved this badass woman!Then we have the cute elephants Teetayu used to talk with ,LOL.Those moments were so wonderful!Not Vorarit portrays Sisira`s bodyguard Manasing who gets his own character developement.He is the bodyguard who have loved the princess all his life,and it turns into a sick obsession that becomes his destruction.We have also the cold-blooded solder/killer Mayadin played by Big Sarut who will come to love Kanyapak until his last breath.I absolutely loved his character!He was so fascinating and merciless as a killer!Then we have the cause of much heartbreak, the evil selfish nang rai Kanyapak played by Joy Rinlanee who tried everything to possess Teetayu.This woman really scared me since she was capable of even murder for him.She is evil..but such a tragic character. We get high load of political intrigue,action,angst and romance to pleasure our eyes.Andrew and Rita did incredible job as a on-screen couple and with their portrayals of their characters.I will say that i have completely fallen for this drama and have no idea how to get over it.

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"Kehas See Dang" (which means:"The Red Mansion") is a lakhorn that has been remade several times.The latest version stars the veteran actor Andrew Gregson as the socially awkward doctor Ruj Rujiroj who comes home after 15 years to the Red Mansion after his step-mother dies. The painful reminder of her shameful past makes Ruj despise his step-sister who he becomes legal guardian to,the lovely Araya played by Mint Nutwara. Tension arises every time they are in the same room and it becomes a strain for Araya to live in the Red Mansion she has lived in her whole life,especially since she can`t come to terms with his unresonable hate for her mother.Both are still undenyably attracted to each other and Ruj clearly can`t keep himself from falling for her over the course of time.We also have three nannies of Ruj`s and a loyal lawyer who wishes for Araya and Ruj to marry someday.

This lakhorn is so LOVELY! It was surprisingly nice watching Mint and Andrew co-star on-screen and Mint had much improved on her acting here.I have quite become obsessed with Andrew`s acting and his dynamic presence on-screen and he really did a remarkable job as Dr Ruj.The way he walked,watched,ate and talked fit the stoic character of Ruj perfectly!I was amazed since i a lot of times forgot that Andrew even portrayed him.We get introduced to lot of fun and romance in this story.The hate to love relationship between Ruj and Araya was so sweet and entertaining.It was so romantic watching Ruj fight for her to come back to him to the very end.He was so sweet in his declarations of love and told her that she is only his,not Charlie`s or Pakanai`s.Such a romantic and possessive praek,i adore him!We have another destructive Nang Rai in form of Sowwarot (played by Charm Irvin) who is Ruj`s ex-girlfriend that never knew what she really wanted but loads of money.I quite liked her close (but kinda toxic) relationship with her father,it was them together against the whole world. This lakhorn is nicely done and well executed.The Red Mansion had such beautiful nature around it.I really enjoyed the scene where Araya showed Ruj the Lotus Flower place on the river,such a beautiful place!

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I have now finished watching all the three versions of the classic lakhorn "Roy Marn" about Bee who gets forced to take her cousins place as a bride against her most hated enemy Mark.I have reviewed all the other versions and its clear for me now that i actually loved the original 1990 version and 2011 versions much more.This version starring Pock Mittiraroch as Bee and Bandit Saokaew as Mark was very much likable and fun to watch,but it lacked the deep passion and longing in the other versions.Pock portrayed a great Bee but she wasn`t entertaining in the way Margie and Ben Pusit pulled it off in their versions.Bandit is a decent actor who makes a very gorgeous Mark,while Boy did a incredible job as Mark but for me Tua from the 1990 version is the original Mark.No one can pull of the character of Mark better than Tua.This version`s Mark was made more gentle and serious without all that arrogance the other versions of Mark has shown.One more interesting thing is that Mark and Bee fall much earlier for each other,even before Marks wedding to May.I also love how jealous Mark is every time Bee spends time with Athit.The actress who played May in the 1990 version plays her mother Vijatra in this version,also May is portrayed less evil in this version since she is very victimized due to the kidnapping and rape on her wedding day which was caused by the very obsessed Chansan.One negative thing more is that this version also focuses much on the relationship between Mark`s friend and the woman who got cheated by her husband together with the bitchy Wiyada and in my opinion their scenes were so boring and unnecessary.Bandit and Pock make a great couple together,only wished for more romantic scenes with them together instead of her always leaving him all the time which got them separated second half of the story.

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We have all been used to angry and mean male-leads hell bent on revenge towards the poor innocent female-leads throughout many epic slap-kiss lakhorns.In "Ruk Ter Yord Ruk" (which means:"Love You To The Tip of Love") the tables have turned where we have the fiery heroine Amwika (played by Pat Napapa) who gets heartbroken with grief over her pregnant sisters suicide death because of the man who used her and then left her.By some misunderstandings Amwika thinks the guilty man is the rich heir Sakan Santiwas (played by Por Tridsadee) and wreaks her thirst of revenge upon him-doing everything in her power to destroy him.

Ah,i love the revenge trope.Its so dark,addictive and dramatic and only high-lights the main-leads chemistry.I am not surprised that Por and Pat were one of the greatest koo-jins during the middle 2000s because their on-screen chemistry was on fire every second.Sakan Santiwas have been misunderstood and abused his whole life by his foster-brother Sakon (played by Grate Warintorn) and his foster-mother who never let him forget that he is a unwanted child into the family.The only kindness he got is from his fosterfather,he has otherwise lived a very lonely life.As soon as Amwika came into his life it became turbulent and he couldn`t help but fall for this woman who threw her hate at him in every turn.He was no doormat and gave the trashing she deserved when she went too far,but mostly he chased after her like a love-sick fool sometimes...just letting her lash out her vengeance on him.He was alright with loving her despite all her insults.He was man enough to overcome her hate with his everlasting selfless love..and thats why i think Sakan such a worthy hero.Amwika drew her every breath with her revenge,her love for her sister pushed her for it.After all the chaos she did,i know she deep down knew that Sakan was not at fault or else she would never have been able to give her heart to him.

(Ps:This lakhorn can not be found anywhere with Eng subs.But there is a trailer with Eng subs that can be found in Youku.com)

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I had nothing to watch while checking out some Youtube videos and then saw this and decided to watch "Roy Adeed Hang Ruk" starring Bie Sukrit Wisedkaew and Mew Peerot Yaapin in which they acted for the first time.It is a very dramatic lakhorn with many over the top moments and has the tropes i usually like which is the hate-love relationship between the main-leads.There are many repetitive dialuges and much push and pull which made some scenes pretty hilarious when they were meant to be serious.Since Bie and Mew both were acting for the first time it was very hard to buy into the naturalism in their acting.They couldn`t act naturally and therefore a certain depth was missing in their characters (Bie did a much better job in his later 2007`s version of "Hua Jai Sila".Bie plays the rich business tycoon Tonnarm who loses his fiance early in the story and blames the female lead Meen for being the murderer (when it was only a car accident).At every turn he tries to make her suffer but in turn loses his heart to her for her gentle and tender beauty and patience.Eventually he can`t stay away from her and hurts both of them because of his rage of jealousy and the misunderstandings that keep them apart,there is also one obsessed gold-digger who wants to claim Tonnarm at every turn.I hope they will make a remake of this lakhorn someday!

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"When we were eighteen,we fell in love,loved each other,cried,ran away,knelt down.And turned our backs at each other countless of times.I thought it was a pretty dream.But you ended up being a nightmare."

-Kim Tan

With the best cast,the best dialuges,expressive characters,interesting relationships and beautiful and epic love-story.."The Heirs" are one show i will never forget.I watched this one with great attention,both laughed and cried with the characters.Watching Lee Min-Ho and Kim Wo-bin co-star as nemesis,their epic performances are one thing i unlikely will ever forget.Everything intruged me,and i found a lot of these characters passionate,and i rooted for them with all my heart.We get to watch them fall in love,suffer,battle,fight through obstacles and grow up in the imaginary Elite world they live in.

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"If I could stop the time so we can stay together forever, I would even sell my soul.Because it's so hard for me to feel this way.I had once wished that I had never met you.But even if I could turn back the time, I would meet you again. We would have the same arguments again.You would have fallen in love with me again.I would love you again." ~Cheon Song Yi

Sometimes i wonder if it`s only dramas that can make me so emotional like this,unlike reality.This romantic fantasy drama was a major hit in South Korea and received immense popularity across Asia,starring the great korean stars Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun as the made leads,they instantly brain-wash you into this one amazing impossible Love-story..ahh one of the greatest.I adore both the hero and heroine.Fate was always behind them,and it was time for them to madly fall in love with each other.Song Yi was a very self-loving actress from the start,but really came to be a worthy heroine.Her crazy humor just made me laugh out many times and i just rooted for her with all my heart.As for Do Min-joon (remember the actor from "Dream High",oh he was such a sweetheart),how could you not fall in love with him,when he is the hero every girl wish for.He was doomed when it came to Song Yi already from the start..the power of love.I also very much adored the second male-lead Hee-kyung played by Park Hae-jin are very irresistible too with his charming Golden Boy looks and attitude."My Love from the Star" will make you feel every possible emotion you can feel,ladies and gentlemen!..and get ready for it!

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I don`t know what to say.I came into this drama knowing what to expect,but couldn`t imagine how hard it would hit me to the stomach."Stairway to Heaven" is a classic of its own,that takes over the list of star-crossing love-story over all other love-stories that have been aired in Korea and throughout Asia.Every 20 episodes is worth it...you live into their world of splendid happiness,pain,heartbreak,grief,hate,jealousy and bitter-sweet love that easily destroys the individs "Stairway to Heaven" is surronded by.The cast is simply amazing,and in my mind Choi Ji-Wo and Kwon Sang-Woo and Shin Hyun Joon are the true stars in the drama,all of their performances are heartfelt and expressive.All of them shined together on-screen,and delivered amazingly.By the way,i found the main-characters Jung-suh and Song-joo very beautiful together,wheww what a mind-blowing chemistry they have!!!

Jung-suh (played by Choi Ji Wo) is an admirable heroine with her heart on her sleeve.Every man easily could fall in love with her,as her beauty is inside and out.Her strength and bravery and care-free nature is what lures Song-joo into her net,he is her beloved child-hood friend..and her lover and soulmate.Even falling into the clutches of amnesia,her heart still belonged to Song-joo.

"From the moment i saw you,i thought you were Jung-Suh and that thought hasn`t changed at all...I look like a crazy fool,huh?I think i am gonna go crazy,I don`t think i can live anymore!What should i do?What do i have to do?Do something to me!" - Song Joo

Song-joo (played by Kwon Sang Woo) is a hero to die for and i love him so so so much.The actor playing him is so deliciously handsome,and showed the eternal love and longing Song-joo have towards Jung-suh so well that i cried for him.He can`t live without her,and we all root for him to find his beloved Jung-suh again,after she was so cruelly taken away from him.

"I...I`ll wait here.If you still haven`t sorted out your feelings after going in...then when you come out,don`t look at me and just go.If you...If you have some doubts and come back to me...I won`t let you go until i die.Even if you hate me...I still won`t let you go". -Tae Hwa

Tae-hwa (played by Shin Hyun Joon) is the step-brother of Jung-suh and is one of the best supporting characters i have ever stood upon.His soul is so haunted and lonely..and lives and breathes only for Jung-suh.Its so heartbreaking watching a second male lead love the heroine this much...and i kinda hated the pain he went through with his unrequited love for her.I believe that Jung-suh loved Tae-hwa more than she love herself,but not in any romantic way.

The younger actors of that time Park Shin-hye,Baek Sung Hyun and Lee Wan played the younger versions of these characters very well,and i have to say that Shin-hye and Lee Wan indeed has got the better chemistry in their characters,which surprised me.I understood why they got their own drama later on in "Tree of Heaven" two years later with the same director.I also recommend that drama,which is a heart-shattering tale as well.I also have to mention that the OST´s of "Stairway to Heaven" are extremely beautiful and catchy,my favourites are "That`s the only One" and the song about Tae-hwa`s unrequited love for Jung-suh "Heaven`s Memory".

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