Well, well, well...this is rather unexpected. I hadn't said anything earlier for fear of jinxing myself (as I often do when I try to bite off more than I can chew), but I had hoped to recap a drama all on my very own in addition to the one I am co-capping with the lovely and marvelous KMuse (Producer). Except the one I had been planning on recapping was Masked Prosecutor, and here I am, changing my mind late in the game. Not that I didn't like Masked Prosecutor, episode one had me very entertained (once I could finally watch it) but, yeah, didn't inspire me as far as writing about it. Too much revenge and politics involved. Blah. This drama on the other hand, this one had me all fired up and just itching to dish with you all. So, I find myself 5 episodes behind the proverbial 8-ball, but ready to take on the challenge of playing catch up because this drama is just that good and totally worth the effort.
Let's get you all up to speed then, shall we?
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The Producer Ep 1: Lights, Camera, Action!
And.....we're off! After much hype and anticipation, episode 1 of The Producer has finally aired! Welcome to the first installment of our recaps here on TCA. Kmuse and I will once again be co-capping. So, how much did you miss us? ;) I, for those of us that haven't "met" yet, am Dongsaeng, and I will be the odd one this time around, taking on the odd numbered episodes while my partner in blogging takes the more even-keeled route.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Hyde, Jekyll, and I Episode 5 - Board The Seo Jin & Robin Ship
I am still on the mend from earlier this week when I had a very unpleasant bout of the flu so this post is going to be short and sweet and mostly full of my thoughts and impressions so far. Impressions such as why I am kind of bored with our leading lady. Does this drama remind anyone of another Hyun Bin drama? (cough cough - Secret Garden - Cough). And many more, so lets just take a quick dive into episode 5.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
My Secret Hotel Episode 9 - So Many Questions. So Much Frustration
This episode was chock full of questions and few answers. Personally, this blogger is getting a bit frustrated with the character development of the three leads, as well as the romantic story as a whole. What is going wrong? Why am I not connecting in like I want to? To try and answer this question, let's go through this episode and throw out some of the questions I am sure everyone is asking. I can't be the only one out there cranky at the leads.
DISCLAIMER:
I am having the hardest problem blogging this episode. Could be lack of sleep. Could be my anger at Sang Hyo for not being the character I had hoped she would be. Could be I am distracted by the surprisingly sexy body of Sung Gyeom. Whatever it is, please forgive my lack of wit in this recap since I seemed to have misplaced it. To make up for it, I surfed the web (trying to avoid having to watch the episode) and found all kinds of miscommunication cartoons. Because if there is one thing that this drama excels at, it is miscommunication...........and they are much funnier than I am. Especially at 2 am.
My favorite melodic vocal moment came when director asked Hae Young why he married Sang Hyo. He replied (in his oh so very very sexy voice) "The first or the second time? The first time because we were madly in love. The second time to win back the woman I am madly in love with." WOW Swoon moment. Why can't Hae Young seem to say anything like that when Sang Hyo is actually around. For the love of Pete, say that and Sang Hyo is bound to fall at Hae Young's feet. Or more likely she will misunderstand and think he is just saying that to save face, or because he likes to hear himself think, or for a ton of other reasons. This girls ability to make up problems is legendary.
Then we finally get the flashback we were waiting for. What went wrong in Vegas? Did they have a horrible fight? Did Miss Buttinski ruin their marriage (that is my running theory)? In flashback we see that Hae Young leaves her with no words, only a plane ticket in her name: destination New York, and an address. I guess Sang Ho goes into a her depressed stupid place, since the time lapse indicates she sits on the floor "waiting" for days, until she finally passes out. Really? That was the extent of your "great love"? No phone call, no communication, no anger? Sigh... I am really starting to get pissed off with the writers for creating situations that just don't make sense. Seriously? Who can even relate to that kind of extremity.
But the true magic happens as we watch Sung Gyeom brood, staring into the mirror, while in the shower....phhttt Don't get me wrong, the guy has some amazing eye candy from the neck down, but who stares at themselves in a mirror while showering? What hotel provides creepy mirrors in the showers? That is one step away from having rotating heart shaped beds and mirrors on the ceilings. But I digress, here we are brooding, showers, lots and lots of exposed skin... and the visuals go on, and on, and on.
Finally Sung Gyeom goes back into the bedroom and even Hae Young is taken a back. Hahaha he starts an argument about how Sung Gyeom must never work since he must spend all his time working out at the gym to have that body. Sung Gyeom just smirks as he lathers lotion into his abs........Ummm you sure are taking your time with that lotion there boy. I am pretty sure he is enjoying one upping his rival, but it is short lived when Hae Young comes over, looking down his nose at
Sung Gyeom, and calls him short. HAHAHA These two are hilarious. Why do they have so much chemistry with each other and so little with our leading lady.
Does our dim heroine think that dating and kissing Sung Gyeom is the way to prove that she has a real marriage with Hae Young? It is going to come across as a marketing ploy which will be horrible for the hotels reputation. What about the three month divorce curse that was the whole point of starting the publicized wedding? If she gets divorced now, how does that continue to help the hotel? I am willing to accept the insanity of a forced remarriage pushing our OTP back together. But what is the point when it only ends up pushing them farther apart. When we have Sang Ho making out with Sung Gyeom as a cliffhanger then obviously we have a problem with the writers selling me on our OTP.
My Thoughts:
The writers are dropping the ball on character development this week. I need to believe that this could somehow be real people dealing with these problems, but instead I get a lot of situations that came across as false. Why wouldn't Sung Gyeom be more upset with Sang Ho's selfish actions? If my girlfriend married someone else and went away on a honeymoon, I would be a tad bit pissed. Also why would Sang Ho ditch the marriage ruse when it was saving her career. Why would you sit alone in an apartment and not TALK with your husband about why he has to go to New York. So many things were just stupid and frustrating to me today. I know that the writers are somehow going to turn things around, but while they take their time in doing so, I am losing patience and interest. Crossing my fingers that things pick up next week. Until then I will at least go back and enjoy the brooding shower/mirror scene since that was sexy and funny all at the same time.
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DISCLAIMER:
I am having the hardest problem blogging this episode. Could be lack of sleep. Could be my anger at Sang Hyo for not being the character I had hoped she would be. Could be I am distracted by the surprisingly sexy body of Sung Gyeom. Whatever it is, please forgive my lack of wit in this recap since I seemed to have misplaced it. To make up for it, I surfed the web (trying to avoid having to watch the episode) and found all kinds of miscommunication cartoons. Because if there is one thing that this drama excels at, it is miscommunication...........and they are much funnier than I am. Especially at 2 am.
Question #1 Why Don't we have 60 minutes of Hae Young narrating romance novels to us viewers? I have to imagine that there are a lot of women who would tune into listen to him talk about heaving bosoms and chiseled jawlines.
I don't know why, Hae Young's voice
in the opening scene was swoon worthy. The longing, the huskiness, so
much sexy vocal overload for this poor blogger. It is almost jarring
when the rest of the cast speaks because I want to yell at them to shut up
so Hae Young can vocally brood some more.My favorite melodic vocal moment came when director asked Hae Young why he married Sang Hyo. He replied (in his oh so very very sexy voice) "The first or the second time? The first time because we were madly in love. The second time to win back the woman I am madly in love with." WOW Swoon moment. Why can't Hae Young seem to say anything like that when Sang Hyo is actually around. For the love of Pete, say that and Sang Hyo is bound to fall at Hae Young's feet. Or more likely she will misunderstand and think he is just saying that to save face, or because he likes to hear himself think, or for a ton of other reasons. This girls ability to make up problems is legendary.
Question #2 - What Happened in Vegas?
Poor Soo Ah is in her bed crying about her boyfriend's disappearing act (he ran when he realized that he could not keep her while living in poverty). Soo Ah tries to receive comfort from our cranky leading lady, asking if she thinks that her boyfriend will be back? "If he comes back I can forgive him, even if it takes a while." (Awww. Soo Ah is just a tad simple minded, but she can be sweet sometimes as well.) Rather than console her, Sang Ho bitterly says to dump him, "they never come back. Move on". Hmmm I think I am starting to see what went wrong with your first marriage. And guess what, it was not him, it was you.Then we finally get the flashback we were waiting for. What went wrong in Vegas? Did they have a horrible fight? Did Miss Buttinski ruin their marriage (that is my running theory)? In flashback we see that Hae Young leaves her with no words, only a plane ticket in her name: destination New York, and an address. I guess Sang Ho goes into a her depressed stupid place, since the time lapse indicates she sits on the floor "waiting" for days, until she finally passes out. Really? That was the extent of your "great love"? No phone call, no communication, no anger? Sigh... I am really starting to get pissed off with the writers for creating situations that just don't make sense. Seriously? Who can even relate to that kind of extremity.
Question #3 Why Can't the OTP (one true pairing) be Hae Young and Sung Gyeom?
The one highlight of the episode came about when due to a mix of jealousy on Hae Young's part, the two men ended up spending the night in the same suite. What followed was the most hilarious and immature show of male posturing that I have ever seen. When Sung Gyeom picks a bed, Hae Young scoots onto the bed forcing the director to end up on his lap. Hahaha My expression was probably similar to our 2nd leads. Who does that? This was also the scene that I mentioned earlier where Hae Young waxes poetic about his love for Sang Ho.But the true magic happens as we watch Sung Gyeom brood, staring into the mirror, while in the shower....phhttt Don't get me wrong, the guy has some amazing eye candy from the neck down, but who stares at themselves in a mirror while showering? What hotel provides creepy mirrors in the showers? That is one step away from having rotating heart shaped beds and mirrors on the ceilings. But I digress, here we are brooding, showers, lots and lots of exposed skin... and the visuals go on, and on, and on.
Finally Sung Gyeom goes back into the bedroom and even Hae Young is taken a back. Hahaha he starts an argument about how Sung Gyeom must never work since he must spend all his time working out at the gym to have that body. Sung Gyeom just smirks as he lathers lotion into his abs........Ummm you sure are taking your time with that lotion there boy. I am pretty sure he is enjoying one upping his rival, but it is short lived when Hae Young comes over, looking down his nose at
Sung Gyeom, and calls him short. HAHAHA These two are hilarious. Why do they have so much chemistry with each other and so little with our leading lady.
Question #4 - If you got married for the hotel, then doesn't it look bad to break up with the "love of your life" two days after the wedding?
Seriously? There is a major plot hole here if we are supposed to believe that Sang Ho is ditching her marriage two days after the actual wedding. Does she think no one is going to check up on their marriage (especially with Miss Buttinski in the mix)? Does our dim heroine think that dating and kissing Sung Gyeom is the way to prove that she has a real marriage with Hae Young? It is going to come across as a marketing ploy which will be horrible for the hotels reputation. What about the three month divorce curse that was the whole point of starting the publicized wedding? If she gets divorced now, how does that continue to help the hotel? I am willing to accept the insanity of a forced remarriage pushing our OTP back together. But what is the point when it only ends up pushing them farther apart. When we have Sang Ho making out with Sung Gyeom as a cliffhanger then obviously we have a problem with the writers selling me on our OTP.
My Thoughts:
The writers are dropping the ball on character development this week. I need to believe that this could somehow be real people dealing with these problems, but instead I get a lot of situations that came across as false. Why wouldn't Sung Gyeom be more upset with Sang Ho's selfish actions? If my girlfriend married someone else and went away on a honeymoon, I would be a tad bit pissed. Also why would Sang Ho ditch the marriage ruse when it was saving her career. Why would you sit alone in an apartment and not TALK with your husband about why he has to go to New York. So many things were just stupid and frustrating to me today. I know that the writers are somehow going to turn things around, but while they take their time in doing so, I am losing patience and interest. Crossing my fingers that things pick up next week. Until then I will at least go back and enjoy the brooding shower/mirror scene since that was sexy and funny all at the same time.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
My Secret Hotel Ep 4: They Really Weren't Kidding About this Whole Secret Business
Helloooo and welcome back. Sorry this is late. I didn't get it finished before the holiday weekend, and so I'm playing catch up now. My apologies. But let's get started, shall we?
First, I want to give you the "who is she talking about" nickname rundown, so that as we go along, we're all clear on just who is being referred to.
Our boot-clad Urban Cowboy I call ROKer Ranger. ROK (Republic of Korea)-er Ranger, you know, like Walker Texas Ranger. Cheesy, stupid goodness, huh? ;) Only, Chuck Norris has got nothing on this guy. I love this guy.I call this one Ms Picasso because in one camera shot, she totally looked like a Picasso painting. With the hair and then the distorted look of her face...well, I tried to screenshot it, but you'll just have to take my word for it I guess. She totally looked like a Picasso painting. And because "Whore" just seemed too mean, even if deserving.
Lastly, this is Ms Buttinski, because, everywhere we turn, she's butting in to the relationship between our hero and heroine. I'm convinced she played a major role in their breakup. I don't think she's quite evil enough for a total evil nickname though. She seems harmless enough, just way too involved and causing problems where problems don't need to be.
Now that that's all cleared up, onto the recap!
When we left off with episode 3, the writers were doing their darndest to make us think that our gorgeous hero was the culprit behind the mysterious murder of Mr Ice Pick McCreepy from Creepytown. They even go as far as to show him in flashback with said ice pick pointed directly at, and mere millimeters away from, the man's ice-like heart.


Top that off with the "evidence" - something small and mysterious pulled from the hero's wallet found beneath the corpse. Without even seeing it, I'm pretty sure I know what it is. Sure enough, it turns out to be a picture of Sang Hyo back from the couple's "good old days". Now, just why would groom Hae Young be carrying around a picture of his wedding planner in his wallet, hmm? That's the question that ROKer Ranger has to ask. Not being necessarily the sharpest tool in the box, he wrongfully assumes that groom fell for his wedding planner while she was his wedding planner instead of her being a part of his past. But that's okay. The guy still gets points for his sheer coolness and comedic relief. I love this character. He's fun in Surplus Princess, and he's fun here too. Pulling double duty, yet keeping his two characters so vastly different and completely entertaining. My ahjumma visor's off to you, Ahn Kil Kang.
Our hero's only concern, as he begins his story, and as we see later in the flashback, is for Sang Hyo. All thoughts are on her and her protection in this investigation. RoKer Ranger even asks him in surprise why he, the murder suspect, is concerned more for her than himself even under these circumstances. We get some of their story – how they met in Vegas 7 years ago, and after just a short few weeks, he proposed. The wedding though was apparently done more as a joke, was never registered, therefore never legal, and ended less than 3 months later. *Side note: doesn't seem so "jokey" on his part...just sayin'* Later on in the episode we see more of the breakup, at least how it relates to the picture he carries with him. We see her sitting at a table looking at the picture of them taken together on the day he proposed and crying. She tears the picture in half and next thing we know, he’s running into a now empty apartment. She has left and all he finds is the torn picture. He obviously takes the half with her image on it and treasures it over the next 7 years, even as he is walking down the aisle with another woman. After his interrogation and consequent clearing of suspect-status, we see him literally cradling the photograph in his hand, but then eventually setting it on fire and letting it burn. All while I gasp and cry out, “no! Don’t give up yet!” That’s okay though, I’m sure they’ll take a new one together once their love is sufficiently renewed ;)
All the angst of our Hae Young being Prime Suspect #1 is soon laid to rest though as RoKer Ranger let's the poor guy off the hook after toying with him, and us, for a bit.
Then the investigation continues. If I was some crime/mystery show with cool graphics, I'd put up all of the people being interviewed with all of their pertinent information/reasons why they could be the killer. But, I'm not. So I won't. But envision it as you go along. It makes it much more CSI-y. Two things important to mention though is that the death occurred between 10pm and midnight and that it is suspected that it was a hotel employee who was the murderer. Let the interrogations begin!
One by one the employees are brought into a conference room with RoKer Ranger and asked the same question - where were you between the hours of 10pm and midnight? All have varying excuses, some better than others. It quickly becomes evident to us viewers as well as our dogged detective that these walls truly do hold many, many secrets among the people who work there.
When Sang Hyo’s turn comes for interrogation, all RoKer
Ranger wants to know is who she likes between Hae Yeong and Director Seong
Gyeom. This is where I get slightly unsure of his intentions. We’ve seen how he
wrote in his notebook about how she, Sang Hyo, is his style and beautiful. Is he
hitting on her in some strange, convoluted way? Trying to figure out what her
type is? Or is he just curious because there is obviously something to be
curious about going on between her and both men? Either way, it’s hilarious and
seeing her confused face when he asks her is priceless. As is her eventual
reply of pleading her right to not answer. What was even more butterfly-inducing
though was when she learns that she is not even a suspect because Hae Yeong has
given her an alibi already – she was talking in the garden with Director Seong
Gyeom at the time of death. She is shocked to find out that Hae Yeong had come
back to the hotel that night, on the eve of his wedding and wonders what it was
all about. Obviously he was coming back to her, but does she put all this
together? Certainly she has to suspect as much, right? It gets her thinking and
wondering though and that is good enough for me at this point.
Let’s talk about Director Seong Gyeom for a moment. Now, I
vary slightly from Kmuse here. I honestly don’t find him to be all that creepy.
At least not in a sexual harassment kind of way. My only issue with him at this
point is that he seems to really enjoy playing the ladies against each other.
He comes across as really liking the attention and knowing that he is so
popular. Okay, but let’s be fair, wouldn’t we all? Who doesn’t want to be the
object of affection for multiple gorgeous people? I mean, really. So yeah, he
comes across to me as a tad cocky, but he’s changing. This improvement is most
noticeable the night they go out for drinks.
He and Sang Hyo are heading out when Ms Picasso butts in and
invites herself and the security guy along. While there, she unabashedly hits
on the director. It starts out a little more subtle, but soon becomes full on “whoa!
I can’t believe she just said that!” when she starts talking about blindfolding
and tying him up with the tie she gave him and that he is wearing. Giving a man a tie is apparently the same as claiming him as your own. Didja know that? Well, now you do. So be careful, ladies, in who you choose a silk leash for. As the very uncomfortable and sexual-harassment-tinged drinks come to a close, Ms Picasso asks Director to take her home, which he readily agrees to, much to my utter shock and disdain. He quickly then shows us that he's got some taste and decency after all though, as he shuts her in his car and waves as she is driven off, choosing instead, of course, to go with our leading lady. Good choice, bro, good choice.
When they reach Sang Hyo's place, she invites him in, all coyly, for some ramen noodles, informing him how her noodles are the best. Seems innocent enough, until at the next scene where they are sitting outside a convenience store eating noodles and he looks a little disappointed and bamboozled. It would seem as if he had hoped that "ramen noodle" was code for something else, huh? Tricky little tricksy fox Sang Hyo - I'm proud of her! She proves that you don't need to be all overt and whore-y like Ms Picasso in order to toy with a guy ;) After noodles, he walks her home. She's just come in the door when Director calls her. She's obviously all flattered and soaking up his attentions, especially when, after going through the nightly check to make sure no creepy ice-pick wielding ghosts are hanging about, he leads her to look out her window where she then sees him standing there. Okay, okay, admittedly it doesn't take a whole heck of a lot to get me all fluttery, but that was definitely one moment that had me all filled with squeeees. Insert the "I wanna look out my window and see a gorgeous, rich, sexy guy standing there looking up at me" whine here.
Okay, yeah, so I'm running out of time here. I gotta speed this last little bit up.
Two more main scenes I want to mention.
One - the scene where HY is at work and thinking about the phone conversation he had overheard Ice Pick Ice-y Corpse having when he was running around at the hotel looking to confess his undying love for SH that fateful night before the wedding. He was threatening someone. Specifically, he threatening to tell this mystery person's son something. HY is trying to decide if this is information that he should be sharing with the investigator when, suddenly, he gets a call informing him that his beloved SH is at the police station. Thinking she is being suspected, he runs off to save her and claim her innocence. See, look, this boy is ALWAYS running off or back or here or there for this girl that is his ex. How can you not love that? I know I sure do. I love it a lot. He rushes to the police station, basically barging in yelling, "she's innocent!". One of the cops says "oh look, it's the first suspect" which SH overhears and freaks out over.
Turns out that she was only there to pick up Dead Guy's personal belongings since he has no next of kin or friends or anyone to take his box of dead guy stuff.
Turns out that she was only there to pick up Dead Guy's personal belongings since he has no next of kin or friends or anyone to take his box of dead guy stuff.
SH doesn't leave the police station with just the box of stuff though. No, now she leaves also with thoughts of her ex possibly being the murderer. She is driven with enough curiosity about this to don Dead Guy's stuff and sneak into his car. She kinda stinks at this disguise/sneaking business though as she is clearly seen by the officers up in the police station who are very amused by her and her "cuteness". Anyway, synopsis here is that she gets into his car, "makes" him drive by "threatening" him with a back scratcher (how adorable was his smile here as he laughed at her?!?!),
and they drive off to have a conversation in a park. The conversation all boils down to him being hurt that she would even consider that he might have been the killer. He's all broken-hearted as he lobs a "you still don't really know or understand my true self" in her direction and walks off, leaving her sitting there looking like, well, she just had a dose of cruel reality lobbed her direction. The picture of just what went wrong in their marriage is ever so slightly beginning to take form here.
and they drive off to have a conversation in a park. The conversation all boils down to him being hurt that she would even consider that he might have been the killer. He's all broken-hearted as he lobs a "you still don't really know or understand my true self" in her direction and walks off, leaving her sitting there looking like, well, she just had a dose of cruel reality lobbed her direction. The picture of just what went wrong in their marriage is ever so slightly beginning to take form here.
The last scene I wanted to talk about is when Ms Buttinski again involves herself in the relationship between our star-crossed ex-lovers. She writes this scathing article about the corpse at the wedding which sends everybody scrambling. It's a PR nightmare for the Secret Hotel and fingers are pointing at SH. The solution? Well, first she starts out by taking on full responsibility and offering to resign. That's not good enough though. No, instead, she must plan another wedding, because for some reason, getting the two hitched without a dead body this time will make everyone out there forget about the dead body at the first attempted ceremony. The logic is stupid, but the effect is there - she's not off the hook yet as the wedding planner for the ex. Crap. Crap crap crap crap crappity crap.
Now, a few "clues" to point out. Go on ahead and add them to your notepad as we try to piece together the mystery.
These two
This necklace
These suspicious characters and incidents
Something fishy is going on for sure. Secrets, secrets and more secrets. I'm curious to see how everything starts to unravel and piece together, how about you? Good luck with this one Detective ROKer - it seems as if you have your work cut out for you.
Stay tuned for KMuse's recap of this week's episode 5 coming soon!
Something fishy is going on for sure. Secrets, secrets and more secrets. I'm curious to see how everything starts to unravel and piece together, how about you? Good luck with this one Detective ROKer - it seems as if you have your work cut out for you.
Stay tuned for KMuse's recap of this week's episode 5 coming soon!
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
My Secret Hotel Episode 3 - How to Romance Around a Tragedy
The mystery part of the drama (Who murdered Ice Pick McCreeper?) takes the forefront as our hero gets a reprieve (he seriously did not seem broken up that the wedding was off) and the heroine becomes the focus of her coworkers death. Who killed McCreeper? Why are there so many secrets in The Secret Motel. Why is it called "The Secret Motel"? Is it wrong that my mind raises straight to mistresses, hidden children, and idols in hiding? At least a few of our questions will NOT be answered this episode (laugh...... it is a secret after all) but we do get some fun scenes as we go through the "who done it" journey.
My awesome friend Patty pointed something out last week in regards to the feel of this drama. My Secret Hotel is the Korean John Hughes meets cult classic movie "Clue" 80's style drama that we did not even realize we had been waiting for. The music (notice the techno beat and the emotions that the main theme song bring every time you hear it), the quirky side characters (Cowboy Cop, Bad Hair Frenemie), and our very own Korean Molly Ringwald (Yoo In Na), all combine to create that feel of a great romantic character driven 80's comedy. My nostalgia for my childhood must be kicking into high gear because I can't get enough of this drama.
Before we were even able to pick a nickname for the creepy ice pick carrying coworker, he is dead. Yup, we officially have our murder victim and it is Mr Suspicious Creepy McCreepster himself which makes me a tad bit sad since he was quite adept at being sinister and suspicious. Now we can start to question who, in the long line of suspects, murdered him. Was it Colonel Mustard with the Ice Pick in the Ballroom? Hahaha.
Enter the high profile crime detective Kim Geum-Bo (aka. Urban Cowboy Cop, love his fancy decked out boots and torn jeans.) who is one trail of the murderer. Geum Bo shakes things up as his loud personality shakes everyone up wondering why he is always winking? Does he know everyone's secrets? I do believe I recognize this rebel cop. He is played by Ahn Kil-Kang who is doing double drama duty for TvN, also playing my favorite witch in Surplus Princess. Just when I think I have him pigeon holed he changes his style channeling Miami Vice. Yup, he is just proving my 80's cult classic theory. Congrats Ahn Kil Kang, you win my award for favorite side character in a drama/or dramas as the case might be.
I believe that my ears started bleeding at one point from listening to the high pitched wails that the female second lead, Yeo Eun Joo (Lee Young Eun), emitted forth in one of her many tantrums. It is always a relief when they make the fiancee, who is about to get dumped, truly horrible. Then I, the viewer, don't have to reflect on the jerk move of almost leaving her at the alter. The writers have succeeded spectacularly at making Eun Joo unlikable and you almost wish that she had been the one slapped during her post wedding rampage. Blaming poor Sang Hyo for her wedding woes, she demands some kneeling and apologizing satisfaction. Of course Hae Young interferes and tries to keep his wayward bride from striking a second time. Things were quickly getting out of hand when our, (kind of hot if you like that type of look) puts Eun Joo in her place and sending Sang Hyo away from slapping distance. Eun Joo seems highly impressed by Sung Gyeom's strong presence, but Sang Hyo is just pissed at seeing his supposed rival.
And let the competition for the fair Sang Hyo's affections begin! Hae Young loses no time in flexing his proprietary "she is mine" muscles (even though no one knows that is what he is doing yet) when he meets his pretty boy nemesis Sung Gyeom. He even vocally warns Sung Gyeom to not do anything for Sang Hyo, you know, since she is his. But the threat was lost in translation and went totally over his fiancee and Director's heads.
Driving back from the hotel, the ever annoying Eun Joo, is full of chatter over how masculine and perfect Sung Gyeom is. Hae Young gets crankier and crankier as Eun Joo remains oblivious, the nail in the jealousy coffin is when she comments that the director is perfect for Sang Hyo. Hae Young pulls over and promptly goes into a rage destroying all the flowers and balloons covering their car (remember they were supposedly going to be married at this point before the murder). I could not stop laughing at the way his rage was expressed, very amusing moment.
Oh snoopy, stalker, reporter girl, you are all that is wacktastic in a "I will randomly insert myself into the plot even though my character is just kind of here to create havoc" way. I personally want to know how she knows these two were married. Was she an uber stalker even way back when? And more importantly, did she have anything to do with the eventual demise of their marriage?
Not that I think Hae Young is the actual murderer, but the writers are doing an excellent job of creating doubt. From the lost wallet, the maybe confession to wacktastic stalker girl, to the flashback of Hae Young being all sexy protective and putting McCreepy in his place, all signs are pointing directly at our hero. Hmmmmmm, I don't think that I have actually seen a drama where the lead is put in prison for murder and still got the girl? Do you think we will see the writers jump out of the box, douse the box in gasoline, and then light it on fire? Somehow I doubt it, but you never know... could be kind of amusing.
Ice Pick McCreepy, you were creepy in life, yet that is nothing compared to how creepy your ghost is after your demise. I have a feeling I might wake screaming from nightmares induced by your blue tinted apparition. I actually liked that Sang Hyo kept imagining her coworkers ghost everywhere. It kept the suspense part of the plot front and center throughout the whole episode and even helped move the plot along during the long stretches of story without the OTP being together. Which leads into my rant of the day.
Don't get me wrong, I loved this episode very much. However........WHERE WAS MY OTP (one true pairing) ACTION DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE EPISODE? We get one small scene with the two of them together, and while it was really cute, it did not satisfy my romantic needs. I needed more longing stares, I needed hitched breaths and cheesy 80's style repetitive Secret love music. Instead I got a whole lot of Sung Gyeom putting the moves on his subordinate. It is a good thing that I don't drink, let alone attempt the "Sung Gyeom says something that could be construed as sexual harassment" game, because I would be 100% sotted at this point. From comments ranging from, "You are beautiful", to "take off your pants", he ran the gambit on words you should not say to a female employee. I know it was meant to come across as 2nd lead romantic, but to me it definitely had a "my boss is a perv" vibe instead. It does not help that I just don't like Namgung Min to begin with. His character in "I Need Romance 3" enraged me with his neanderthal personality and I think my dislike for his previous work is coloring my feelings for him in this drama. I will give him props for his beautiful hair this time around, but that is all I am willing to concede. Death to the 2nd lead since I need my sexy Jin Lee Han to get the girl.
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My awesome friend Patty pointed something out last week in regards to the feel of this drama. My Secret Hotel is the Korean John Hughes meets cult classic movie "Clue" 80's style drama that we did not even realize we had been waiting for. The music (notice the techno beat and the emotions that the main theme song bring every time you hear it), the quirky side characters (Cowboy Cop, Bad Hair Frenemie), and our very own Korean Molly Ringwald (Yoo In Na), all combine to create that feel of a great romantic character driven 80's comedy. My nostalgia for my childhood must be kicking into high gear because I can't get enough of this drama.
Before we were even able to pick a nickname for the creepy ice pick carrying coworker, he is dead. Yup, we officially have our murder victim and it is Mr Suspicious Creepy McCreepster himself which makes me a tad bit sad since he was quite adept at being sinister and suspicious. Now we can start to question who, in the long line of suspects, murdered him. Was it Colonel Mustard with the Ice Pick in the Ballroom? Hahaha.
Enter the high profile crime detective Kim Geum-Bo (aka. Urban Cowboy Cop, love his fancy decked out boots and torn jeans.) who is one trail of the murderer. Geum Bo shakes things up as his loud personality shakes everyone up wondering why he is always winking? Does he know everyone's secrets? I do believe I recognize this rebel cop. He is played by Ahn Kil-Kang who is doing double drama duty for TvN, also playing my favorite witch in Surplus Princess. Just when I think I have him pigeon holed he changes his style channeling Miami Vice. Yup, he is just proving my 80's cult classic theory. Congrats Ahn Kil Kang, you win my award for favorite side character in a drama/or dramas as the case might be.
I believe that my ears started bleeding at one point from listening to the high pitched wails that the female second lead, Yeo Eun Joo (Lee Young Eun), emitted forth in one of her many tantrums. It is always a relief when they make the fiancee, who is about to get dumped, truly horrible. Then I, the viewer, don't have to reflect on the jerk move of almost leaving her at the alter. The writers have succeeded spectacularly at making Eun Joo unlikable and you almost wish that she had been the one slapped during her post wedding rampage. Blaming poor Sang Hyo for her wedding woes, she demands some kneeling and apologizing satisfaction. Of course Hae Young interferes and tries to keep his wayward bride from striking a second time. Things were quickly getting out of hand when our, (kind of hot if you like that type of look) puts Eun Joo in her place and sending Sang Hyo away from slapping distance. Eun Joo seems highly impressed by Sung Gyeom's strong presence, but Sang Hyo is just pissed at seeing his supposed rival.
And let the competition for the fair Sang Hyo's affections begin! Hae Young loses no time in flexing his proprietary "she is mine" muscles (even though no one knows that is what he is doing yet) when he meets his pretty boy nemesis Sung Gyeom. He even vocally warns Sung Gyeom to not do anything for Sang Hyo, you know, since she is his. But the threat was lost in translation and went totally over his fiancee and Director's heads.
Driving back from the hotel, the ever annoying Eun Joo, is full of chatter over how masculine and perfect Sung Gyeom is. Hae Young gets crankier and crankier as Eun Joo remains oblivious, the nail in the jealousy coffin is when she comments that the director is perfect for Sang Hyo. Hae Young pulls over and promptly goes into a rage destroying all the flowers and balloons covering their car (remember they were supposedly going to be married at this point before the murder). I could not stop laughing at the way his rage was expressed, very amusing moment.
Oh snoopy, stalker, reporter girl, you are all that is wacktastic in a "I will randomly insert myself into the plot even though my character is just kind of here to create havoc" way. I personally want to know how she knows these two were married. Was she an uber stalker even way back when? And more importantly, did she have anything to do with the eventual demise of their marriage?
Not that I think Hae Young is the actual murderer, but the writers are doing an excellent job of creating doubt. From the lost wallet, the maybe confession to wacktastic stalker girl, to the flashback of Hae Young being all sexy protective and putting McCreepy in his place, all signs are pointing directly at our hero. Hmmmmmm, I don't think that I have actually seen a drama where the lead is put in prison for murder and still got the girl? Do you think we will see the writers jump out of the box, douse the box in gasoline, and then light it on fire? Somehow I doubt it, but you never know... could be kind of amusing.
Ice Pick McCreepy, you were creepy in life, yet that is nothing compared to how creepy your ghost is after your demise. I have a feeling I might wake screaming from nightmares induced by your blue tinted apparition. I actually liked that Sang Hyo kept imagining her coworkers ghost everywhere. It kept the suspense part of the plot front and center throughout the whole episode and even helped move the plot along during the long stretches of story without the OTP being together. Which leads into my rant of the day.
Don't get me wrong, I loved this episode very much. However........WHERE WAS MY OTP (one true pairing) ACTION DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE EPISODE? We get one small scene with the two of them together, and while it was really cute, it did not satisfy my romantic needs. I needed more longing stares, I needed hitched breaths and cheesy 80's style repetitive Secret love music. Instead I got a whole lot of Sung Gyeom putting the moves on his subordinate. It is a good thing that I don't drink, let alone attempt the "Sung Gyeom says something that could be construed as sexual harassment" game, because I would be 100% sotted at this point. From comments ranging from, "You are beautiful", to "take off your pants", he ran the gambit on words you should not say to a female employee. I know it was meant to come across as 2nd lead romantic, but to me it definitely had a "my boss is a perv" vibe instead. It does not help that I just don't like Namgung Min to begin with. His character in "I Need Romance 3" enraged me with his neanderthal personality and I think my dislike for his previous work is coloring my feelings for him in this drama. I will give him props for his beautiful hair this time around, but that is all I am willing to concede. Death to the 2nd lead since I need my sexy Jin Lee Han to get the girl.
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