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alexandral(This entry is ranty in parts, I am fulfilling my monthly rant quota :D)
I just checked the soompi forums because I was waiting like mad for "The Painter of the Wind" drama to finish. Soompi forums thread for "The Painter of the wind" is another reason why I don't often venture into soompi forums, unless for the pictures. And it is not even a long thread, but it has it all:
If you think that your fandom or your forums are crazy, how about this, and all in a short 80 pages thread:
- Shipper War with the capital "S", magnified by the fact that one ship is a girl/girl and one ship is a girl/a man considerably older than she, with mutual offensive remarks and offensive remarks to the characters and the actors.
- People insisiting how HORRIBLE the drama is because it is not faithful to the book. I can relate to this very well because I am usually a book purist , especially if I have read it first and liked it. But guys - how about the rest of us who don't have a chance to read the book (in Korean) and like the drama? And why would you want to watch something that you don't like and post in the place where people who DO like it are likely to go? May be a personal blog is the better place for it?
- allegations that SBS (network) is tampering with the official boards
- allegations of name-calling
- conspiracy theories (the director prefers one actor to another and he made the writer to re-write the script!) OH HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DIRECTOR!
Gosh, it is a good thing that Soompi forums are far from the reach of Fandomwank.
********** Spoilers look away *******
No-one died, but eveyone is alone. Some say it is like "Iljimae". I can live with this and imagine the future developments YAY!
********** Spoilers end ****************
But at the same time soompi is a wonderful resorce for pictures. I found an excellent photoshot of the "The Painter of the "Wind"'s lead, Moon Geun Young:
I just checked the soompi forums because I was waiting like mad for "The Painter of the Wind" drama to finish. Soompi forums thread for "The Painter of the wind" is another reason why I don't often venture into soompi forums, unless for the pictures. And it is not even a long thread, but it has it all:
If you think that your fandom or your forums are crazy, how about this, and all in a short 80 pages thread:
- Shipper War with the capital "S", magnified by the fact that one ship is a girl/girl and one ship is a girl/a man considerably older than she, with mutual offensive remarks and offensive remarks to the characters and the actors.
- People insisiting how HORRIBLE the drama is because it is not faithful to the book. I can relate to this very well because I am usually a book purist , especially if I have read it first and liked it. But guys - how about the rest of us who don't have a chance to read the book (in Korean) and like the drama? And why would you want to watch something that you don't like and post in the place where people who DO like it are likely to go? May be a personal blog is the better place for it?
- allegations that SBS (network) is tampering with the official boards
- allegations of name-calling
- conspiracy theories (the director prefers one actor to another and he made the writer to re-write the script!) OH HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DIRECTOR!
Gosh, it is a good thing that Soompi forums are far from the reach of Fandomwank.
********** Spoilers look away *******
No-one died, but eveyone is alone. Some say it is like "Iljimae". I can live with this and imagine the future developments YAY!
********** Spoilers end ****************
But at the same time soompi is a wonderful resorce for pictures. I found an excellent photoshot of the "The Painter of the "Wind"'s lead, Moon Geun Young:
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Date: 2008-12-04 07:15 pm (UTC)AND I CAN IMAGINE WHAT SOOMPI can do with an angsty drama of multiple shippings. I also always scared to venture into the actors' threads. The insanity is so high that I tend to feel sick and this affects my liking for the actors in question.
On the other hand, I am so happy with the recent developments in "The Kingdom of the wind". I am going to catch up on it now that PoW is over.
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Date: 2008-12-04 07:18 pm (UTC)EoE is just too darn long. 50 eps plus most likely an extension? I can't pay attention to it for that long!
KotW is just so consistent so far - I love it. Plus, the soompi thread is actually nice.
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Date: 2008-12-04 07:52 pm (UTC)NOOOOOOO! And I bet the brother number 1 gave up and now has someone else healing his wounds. BOO.
KotW could have been better if it was 16 eps long, or 20, I do quite a bit of FF. But EEEEEEE! Kissing! In a Korean period drama!!! I wonder why it doesn't do so exceptionally well in ratings, though. I long period drama - this usually something that does well in ratings.
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Date: 2008-12-04 07:54 pm (UTC)Re: Bro N1 doesn't have anyone healing his wounds yet but I bet it will happen...
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Date: 2008-12-04 07:57 pm (UTC)But I wanted Moo Hyul to marry Yeon!! And unite the kingdoms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2008-12-04 08:05 pm (UTC)Well, at least he is only spending time with Yeon :)
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Date: 2008-12-04 08:09 pm (UTC)Well, at least he is only spending time with Yeon :)
Yep, but there are all these ominous lines in synopsis about him eventually letting go of good things in exchange for power.