If Hotel King was Game of Thrones...

Yo all. Watching the drama Hotel King made me realize that its character's personality and/or destiny, was similar to some characters on the show Game of Thrones, which I really like. These are my personal assumptions, so you can agree or disagree as you like. Peace!

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[Review] Kdrama - I Need Romance 3

I Need Romance 3 is a romantic comedy about a 33 year old woman who doesn't believe in love anymore and a 20-something year old (I suppose he's 26) who believes in pure love. This is the third season of this drama, but is unrelated to the previous two because every season has a different cast. In INR3 Shin Joo Yeon, a successful woman in the marketing environment, is played by Kim So Yeon. She has had various relationships and all ended badly, and because of this reason she came to the conclusion that true love doesn't exist and all men are the same. Her ideas are about to change when Joo Wan, played by Sung Joon *swoon*, comes back to Korea. Joo Wan was the child Joo Yeon had to look after when he was little. He used to call her Shing Shing, while she always called him Sweet Potato because he had a face like a potato and in her opinion was ugly. When Joo Wan comes back and calls Shing Shing to inform her that he'll come to stay at her place, the woman treats him badly on the phone. She doesn't want to live with an ugly guy and younger. The guy doesn't give up, and when he meets Shing Shing by accident when he's doing a DJ session at a party (he is a musician/composer of famous singers), he is more eager to find out why the woman changed over the years. He sees she feels lonely and helpless, but he doesn't pity her because he realizes what the woman lost is faith in her feelings and that she's now only calculating things with her mind. His goal is make her see that she can love again and that she can be loved by somebody like him despite he is younger than her.

When I first read about this drama, I wanted to watch it. But as usual, I've only started it when it ended. I am happy I watched it because first, it was very delightful and more kinky compared to other dramas I've watched from the main networks that have those boring peck on the lips between the main leads... blergh. On this drama every action was realistic and the actors had chemistry with each other despite they are ten years apart (!!). Second, it was shorter. Usually a drama lasts for one hour straight, but this was less than 50 minutes long and things happened fast. Let's just say I don't mind an episode being long, but sometimes they drag things... Third. It was a light drama to watch. Cheerful. It tried to portray relationships and the problems of people in their 20's, 30's and 40's and it succeeded. I felt so close with some of the leads too. Sad it finished but it's possible next year there will be a 4th season with a different cast so I'm hopeful. Fourth... look at Sung Joon, isn't he the cutest? And the Shing Shing/Potato couple is funny and youthful.

Review [KDrama] - Emergency Couple/Emergency Man and Woman

Emergency Man and Woman or simply Emergency Couple (응급남녀), is a Kdrama airing right now on tvn (Fridays and Saturdays) starring Song Ji Hyo and Choi Jin Hyuk. They play Oh Jin Hee and Oh Chang Min, a divorced couple because of various misunderstandings. When they married, both of their families were against their wedding. This problem soon influenced their life as a couple. Things went wrong and after one year of marriage, the two divorced. They met after six years at a common friends' wedding, and later they find out that they are both inters at the same hospital (they are medical students). Chang Min tries hard to have his ex wife out of the hospital as soon as possible, but Jin Hee proves she's a good doctor and impresses their other team mates and chief, Doctor Gook, who later develops a liking in OJH. While having to be forced to stay together, the ex couple starts seeing things of one another that they didn't before, and it seems like sparks may fly again... To make things more complicated, Chang Min's wealthy family (and his annoying but funny mother) try to match him with rich girls such as Ah Reum, the daughter of a minister who is also an intern at the hospital. What will happen? Are Oh Jin Hee and Oh Chang Min to be a couple again?

This drama is brilliant. Besides the medical stuff a la Greys, there's funny lines and cute moments between the characters. It was love at first sight, and I hope it ends well (as it should, since it's a rom com).

[KDrama] Cunning Single Lady

Yesterday night I gave in and I watched a new Korean drama that started on Wednesday on MBC, "Cunning Single Lady" (앙큼한 돌싱녀). It stars Lee Min Jung as Na Ae Ra and Joo Sang Wook as Cha Jung Woo.

Cunning Single Lady starts with the flashback of how Ae Ra and Jung Woo met. The man was a hard working student and always used to eat at Ae Ra's restaurant. On her mother's suggestion, the woman starts dating the man despite he wasn't very good looking back then. She keeps supporting him in everything he does, but things change a little after the two get married. Jung Woo quits his job and his wife isn't happy about it. Their relationship gets worse as Ae Ra starts working again (she was a housewife after she married JW) and her husband's new project isn't progressing as he thought it would. The two end up divorcing because of Ae Ra, because she doesn't want to wait until someone will finance her husband's project.

After three years, Na Ae Ra lives with her best friend in a little apartment. She has a stable job but she hasn't found the man of her dreams yet. Casually, she finds out that her ex husband Jung Woo has become a chaebol because of an application he invented (that really exists!). Ae Ra can't believe her eyes but she has to accept she and her ex are now strangers. Fate wants that Jung Woo has to help Ae Ra clarify a little detail with some awful men (Jeez, most of the times the men on this show treat women very badly). After all is cleared, her ex husband prompts her that next time he won't help her anymore.

It won't be easy for Na Ae Ra to get her ex back. On her ex's side, we have the dark and mysterious Kook Yeo Jin who is the daughter of the biggest investor of Jung Woo's project. The woman seems to have lost her husband in an accident, and is possible she now sees his "spirit" in Jung Woo and this attracts her towards him. There is also somebody who likes Na Ae Ra (well not yet but I'm sure he will), that is Yeo Jin's alternative brother, Seung Hyun.

This drama started off very well and has good premises for the future. I was caught by it since the first scene... I will keep watching for sure. Airs on MBC on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21.55.

[KDrama] - Protect the Boss

 Protect The Boss 보스를 지켜라 is a 2011 drama starring Ji Sung and Choi Kang Hee.

It deals about a rascal boss called Cha Ji Heon, who somehow dislikes his job and is always late or unattentive when it comes to it. His father is very disappointed in him because he would like his son to become the next chairman. His troubles are about to end when Ji Heon's cousin Cha Moo Won, who also works at the same company but unlike his cousin is good at his job, appoints the unlucky but bubbly No Eun Sol as Cha Ji Heon's secretary.

Eun Sol and Ji Heon find out that they have "history" when they meet each other again. The two, infact, had previously met and the man had been threatned by a gang and the woman had protected him. JH doesn't want ES as his secretary and tries anything to make her quit. Soon he realizes that she can help him with his problem, his fear of the crowd. He quickly develops feelings for the woman and has to face his cousin who also likes ES, in a man-to-man battle to win her heart. In all this mess there is also Ji Heon's ex, who tries to mess with ES because she can't accept that both cousins like her who comes from a humble class.

Protect The Boss is a witty drama with funny scenes where the evil people don't look like they are evil nor mentally well themselves. Basically, the older people act as if they were five. It's quite funny how the younger guys seem smarter. Above all, I think Eun Sol can represent the usual real life girl. She is smart and tries to be a realist. She is also able to protect herself and is indipendent, unlike the other protagonists who are from a high class.

A problem I find in this drama, is that despite the actors in it are very good, the storyline doesn't seem to catch one's interest much. I'm on episode 10 right now and I feel bored to go on. This drama didn't have the effect others had on me, where I found myself at 1am still wanting to watch. I believe I am going to at least finish this one, but it won't be in my top ten for sure. Will update this post once I am finished with all the episodes!