alexandral: (Bleach - Zangetsu)
alexandral ([personal profile] alexandral) wrote2010-06-15 04:14 pm

Summer's desire episode 3 : they all are crazy, aren't they?

"Summer's desire" is this Summer's guilty pleasure. There is so many things wrong with everyone in this drama, but I am obsessively watching it on viikii as soon as episodes appear; I also can't stop thinking about the characters, so may be the drama is not all just guilty pleasure:

The cap below is, in my opinion, something that describes the whole drama in one shot: Luo Xi is obsessed with Xia Mo, to a very unhealthy degree, but she is in love with someone else (Ou Chen), only she thinks she is not because she has huge scars from her childhood and she is afraid of commitment.

It doesn't help that Ou Chen is a spoiled rich man (whose upbringing included him shooting at various people with arrows , and no-one ever stopped him from doing so) who has got used to getting everything just the way he wants, even when he end up damaging his own relationships. I think Ou Chen is not beyond repair because although he has fits of "you belong to me" rage, he is also shown as someone who can be a giving (and even easy to manipulate) person, so far it has been as if he is saying one thing and doing another. But we will see.



Luo Xi is clearly a basket case, though. He speaks about death and suicide as easy as you and I speak about having a cup of tea and tells these kind of things to his girlfriend : "You are a poison to me..." . I wouldn't have minded if he said something like once or twice, but these are almost the only things he tells her. Theirs is a weird relationship, it has no "normal" couple interaction at all. They either kiss (in a very hot way) or he tells her she is poison.



I mean, in normal circumstances I would have thought of the cap below "OMPH! Hot! Sexy! Biting", but add to the equation the fact that they are doing it right in the front of Ou Chen, and everything becomes weird . Plus Xia Mo is doing it mainly for Ou Chen's benefit (she wants to push him away) anyways:



Ou Chen has to stay undressed and wet, he looks much prettier this way:




He should angst, hit things with his bare hands and bleed more often too:

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2010-06-15 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a very odd one. :D All three protagonists are not at all nice. Have you watched "Que Sera Sera" - there is something in "Summer's Desire" that reminds me of QSS, only with a lot more cliches and strange things going on.
intermezzo: (Toma:)

[personal profile] intermezzo 2010-06-15 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
QSS is on my list, too. I need to catch up with a lot of dramas. Le sigh.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2010-06-15 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I am also through just a half of QSS - I really like it, but it is not an easy to watch drama "Summer's desire" is slightly like a certain kind romantic novel as well. But something is drawing me into it. :D
intermezzo: (Gong Yoo: sunglasses)

[personal profile] intermezzo 2010-06-15 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I've heard that. I need to finish The legend, and then I'll either watch Invincible Lee Pyung Kang or Tamra the Island. I need something a bit more cheerful this time around because when Road n. One starts, it's going to be plenty angsty as it is and Bad Guy is, well, you know.

BTW, have you started Coffee House yet? it's wonderful. Seriously, you should watch it asap.

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2010-06-15 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Invincible Lee Pyung Kang" : I have heard it is very fluffy, but "Tamra" is a happy story as well. I am going to watch "Tamra" as soon as I am up to speed with Dong Yi (I want to wait for the end with "Coffee House") .Please tell me Bae Soo Bin gets an OTP with Dong Yi's lady-investigator friend????

Bad Guy: I am so loving it. Kim Nam Gil is my number 1 at the moment. :D
intermezzo: (Dean - Lemme think)

I always talk TOO much, gah!

[personal profile] intermezzo 2010-06-15 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I was waiting for the director's cut version, but I'm not sure if I can wait or if it's available at our usual places.

Re: Dong-yi. She certainly seems interested in him, but I'm not so sure where tptb are going with him. I'm up to date with all the subs released by WITHS2 (22 eps. I avoid Viikii; I don't like watching stuff online, no matter how good subs are) and so far? He has no love storyline which is starting to irk me. Chunsoo needs some lovin'! I REALLY hope there's going to be a King Sukjong/Dong-yi/Chun-soo triangle, which I think is a lot more interesting than the triangle with Lady Jang, BUT if that indeed happens and fails (bound to), I think Chunsoo will eventually end up with Dong-yi's friend. I hope he gets his happy ending too. Oy, that's just my gut-feeling. I'm still completely spoiler-free.

WORD on KNG! I love him. Dude, I have no idea how I'll cope when he starts serving too. >_> The withdrawal will be awful!
Edited 2010-06-15 18:35 (UTC)

Re: I always talk TOO much, gah!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2010-06-15 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
In my ideal world, I would have liked Chun Soo just to stay as a brother figure with Dong Yi and develop a quiet romance on the side with her friend. I think Chun soo needs some loving and happiness too.
intermezzo: (AWWWW - the Ice age 2)

Re: I always talk TOO much, gah!

[personal profile] intermezzo 2010-06-15 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Anything...anything can happen, don't despair. Nothing has happened with Dong-yi yet and I'm not even sure it will. If he stays the good oppa he is, if he develops some feelings for her, then gets heartbroken but falls for Dong-yi's friend...I'm cool with whatever happens. ^^

I just hope BSB lands another role as THE male lead soon, possibly in a romcom. I'd be happy if he were paired with Han Hye-joo again (there are sooo many shippers who would die happy if that were to happen and if they finally, FINALLY were to see them getting together onscreen), but if it's not her? That'd be ok, too. As long as he gets the girl at some point in his career. LOL

Re: I always talk TOO much, gah!

[identity profile] alexandral.livejournal.com 2010-06-16 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
I am really keeping my fingers crossed here.

That'd be ok, too. As long as he gets the girl at some point in his career. LOL

he did get the girl in "Angel's Temptation", though, in fact he got two (even three). :D The ending is more complex than straight-out-romantic, but the ladies were mad about him. It was a really high ratings drama too.
Edited 2010-06-16 08:05 (UTC)