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I quite like Drama Go Go Go. I mean, it's nothing new, but it's enjoyable. All of the main characters have annoyed me at some point though, lol. It's only subbed up to ep 21 so i'm currently waiting for the rest of the eps to be subbed, which is frustrating. Actually, Miss Rose is on my list of shows to watch. What do you think of it?

I can only watch Taiwanese shows on Viki, Korean shows don't work in Australia, lol (except Full House 2, and i'm assuming that was only because it was a co-production). I was watching a Tw-drama over the weekend, & then i got to episode 21 and realised the rest of the eps (there are 28 overall) aren't subbed yet! I hadn't thought to check because the show's already finished, so i just assumed they were all subbed. So now i'm just twiddling my thumbs til they are, lol. Oh, i just finished the korean drama What's Up Fox. I'd definitely recommend it, it's very funny. And consistently so, too. So many of them start off really funny and then get too angsty, but this one is actually pretty good the whole way through. Although, it does seem to pick up and drop storylines and characters in an odd way. It doesn't affect the show, but it's just something you notice.

Hey, how's it going? I saw your review (from last year) on the What's Up Fox page and agreed with everything you said. I just finished watching it, and while i think it was flawed, it's still a hilarious show that i would recommend to people. So i gave it a 9 too. But... we never found out what was on Byung Gak's bum! Do you think the writer's just forgot about that running joke in the end?

The Cheongdamdong recaps weren't done by Girlfriday or Javabeans, and i always find that the other recappers aren't as funny. I tend to just read the last paragraph with their opinion in it, rather than the whole recap. I'm so glad JB/GF are doing Level 7 Civil Servant, the recaps are hilarious.

I'm actually considering just reading the Dramabeans recaps for Level 7 Civil Servant and not even bothering watching it, lol. Their recaps are better than the episode anyway. I'm surprised that none of their recappers are recapping Iris 2, actually.

I think that's the problem with streaming shows, you can't fast forward. I'm watching Level 7 Civil Servant at the moment, and i seriously want to shoot the main girl's parents whenever they come on screen, but i can't just skip forward because half the time, the video doesn't fully load first and if it does and i do skip forward, it will end up buggering up for some reason anyway, lol. Actually, i probably wouldn't recommend Level 7 Civil Servant. Like, i'm watching it because i started it so i'm gonna finish it, and it does still have some funny scenes, but overall, when it's finished, i won't be thinking "i'm gonna tell everyone to watch this".

Oh, Iris 2 isn't very good? That's a pity, simply because it's aways annoying when the sequel isn't as good as the original. With Level 7 Civil Servant, i have mixed feelings about it. There isn't much chemistry between the leads, and the spy stuff is so stupid. Like, they're all idiots, lol. How did they become spies? And we still don't know if Gil Ro is legally a spy, cuz they said he had to take an oath in front of the Governor or whoever, and he still hasn't. The leader guy doesn't even know Gil Ro is working with them. And we're losing the hilarious scenes. I don't know if it's just that there aren't as many, or if i just don't find them as funny as i should. Oh my god though, whenever Seo Won's parents come on screen, i want to shoot them. Those scenes are so boring and unnecessary! And we still have 8 episodes left. It would be better if it was only a 16 episode season.

I like how the two leads act together though, when they're happy. Like, when they went to the snow, and he kissed her on the forehead and then took a photo of them. That was him forgetting that he was conning her and just enjoying her company. I found it so funny when the Secretary found him in Song Hye Gyo's room, and they just stared at each other.

As for new shows, i'm not watching much at the moment. I have What's Up Fox on my hard drive but i never seem to have time to actually start it. Have you watched the last couple Running Man eps? I love it when they go overseas because the crowds are crazy. And they all love Kwang Soo, lol. I wish i got to see them film, it would be so awesome.

Yeah, Eunji's character is kind of all over the place. And in ep 6, she tells Song Hye Gyo that her 'brother' is just using her for money. And then later, just cries and asks why that was so bad. Like, are you listening to yourself? Oh, and the best friend, Kim Bum. He was really weird in ep 6 as well. He actually thought Jo In Sung was gonna kill Song Hye Gyo, and actually cried over it. But then 2 seconds later, he's totally fine and has apparently forgiven Jo In Sung for the irrational things he was angry at him over. I think it might be the editing that makes things seem odd though.

Oh, and in direct contradiction with what i said before, 2 things that frustrate me even though i've come to expect them? Time jumps where the characters meet after being separated and act as if they've had no contact when they could've been talking on the phone and emailing and skyping and any other numerous ways of keeping in touch. And also, scenes where characters get really awkward because they almost kissed, even though they've been dating for a while and they've both declared their love for each other several times and it would be perfectly normal and natural to kiss in every other world but Korean drama land.

And it happens so often too. Like, if you know you have to fill 16 episodes, either don't get your characters together too early, or have enough plot to freaking fill those 16 episodes. I don't understand how it happens. Well, i understand it. But whoever started the trend of writing episodes as they're being filmed was an idiot, lol

Hey, you're watching The Winter, That Wind Blows. I don't like that title, lol. But i'm really enjoying the show. It's only 5 episodes in, but Jung Eun Ji's character is already threatening to blow the whole thing! I'm not looking forward to when Song Hye Gyo finds out that Jo In Sung isn't her brother. She's going to be utterly heartbroken. It's taken her so long to actually trust him! But i actually want it to happen sooner rather than later because if she starts having romantic feelings for him while still believing he's her brother, its just gonna be creepy. But if she doesn't find out for ages, and doesn't develop feelings for him either, then it's all gonna be wholly on his side. And that won't be as good. So i'm looking forward to watching it play out.

I know! I can't believe they killed Jeremy! I didn't know they were going to, so i was totally surprised. Cuz i figured he'd come back to life because of the ring, but then they said he was supernatural now as well, and i was like NOOOOO!

It looks like Klaus is gone for good though, was he even in this episode at all?

At the end, when we saw Shane lying there in the forest, you automatically knew that it was Silas pretending to be Shane, but then of course Shane has to be awake enough to say Silas's name, just in case the audience hadn't caught on to who he was, lol. He's totally brainwashed Bonnie, i don't know how that's gonna end.

I think Elena is going to regret burning her house down. All of her stuff. Photos, everything that belonged to her parents, sister, brother. All gone. When she gets her "humanity" back, she's not gonna be happy.

Javabeans and Girlfriday each give their opinion of the show at the bottom of the recap - http://www.dramabeans.com/2013/02/flower-boy-next-door-episode-16-final/. I find i agree with Girlfriday more than Javabeans in most things, but in this case, they both pretty much say the same thing.

I don't know when i became their spruiker, lol. The reason i posted the link was because i think you'll agree with everything they say. I know i pretty much do. But only read it after watching the last episode.

I dunno about that, there was a lot of fighting before they decided they liked each other for real. I really liked it when they'd accepted their feelings and worked with each other when the body swaps happened though.
As for Flower Boy Next Door, the girls at Dramabeans.com said a similar thing. They're always looking for a show that subverts the usual cliches, so when they hope a show will, and then it doesn't, they get disappointed, lol. I find that i don't mind as much because i just always expect it. It's a Korean drama, when do they NOT have a trillion cliches. I'm just happy that i now consider Park Shin Hye an actually good actress instead of someone who i really wasn't sure about, lol

It looks like you enjoyed Secret Garden. I found i liked it at the beginning, and then it dragged a bit in the middle and i was a bit bored, but then it got better. And some things were just ignored and not answered, so that was a bit stupid. But i think both actors did an awesome job. And i liked Oska with the younger singer because the singer kept telling him he was gay and every time, Oska was like "what does that have to do with me?", lol. He was so clueless. Plus, that was Lee Jong Suk as the singer, and that was when i decided i was gonna follow his career.

She totally didn't mean for them to overhear her, she was surprised when she saw them there. I think Jin Rak just saw the situation and realised he could use it to help her with the whole "push Enrique away" thing. With the voice overs, they made it seem like she'd planned it, but how would she know if and when they were gonna show up? So i'm looking forward to next week to see what happens. Last week next week!

Hey, have you seen that they're gonna make a spin off of Vampire Diaries called The Originals, that focuses on Klaus. And it's gonna have Rebekah and the werewolf girl from this season (Phoebe Tonkin). I'm not quite sure how I feel about that because it means that we're definitely not gonna get a Klaus/Caroline couple. Not if he's gonna be on his own show :-(.

Oh, and the ending of the latest episode! I didn't expect Katherine to show up! How did she even know that they were looking for the cure?

Dude! You have to watch the latest eps of Flower Boy Next Door! I need to scream with you! Note: that will make sense when you've actually seen them...

Oh. Do Hwi! They're trying to get us to actually care about her, urgh. I really hate her, i don't want to see her redeemed, i just want her to go away, lol.