Favourites of 2013

I’m sorry to inflict yet another best-of list on you but I figured it would be good for my swiss cheese memory to jot these down for posterity.

It’s been a year of many firsts: my first year of K-drama watching, of blogging, of tumblr-ing (is that a word?), and of meeting a lovely community of fellow drama obsessives (that means you!) which has been totally awesome.

I wish everyone lots of love, happiness and many more good dramas in 2014!

Favourites

These worked for me in all the ways that matter–heart, story, substance and execution–and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend every one of them. In no particular order:

Who Are You? post-mid point check-in

Zzzzzz

Why has this show become a total drag?? It’s been stuck in a holding pattern for at least four episodes. It’s so listless it can’t even muster up the enthusiasm to deliver a decent cliffhanger.

Where did it all go wrong? Who Are You began as an enjoyable ride. It didn’t try to hard, wasn’t aiming for depth and didn’t take itself too seriously.

I treated it like the little engine that could: it didn’t have the A-list actors, a big budget or any hype. But it was entertaining despite these limitations. The show was content to be middling without any pretensions, which I admired. There’s nothing worse than a show that over-promises then under-delivers–Gu Family bull anyone? 

The stills from hell and other news

My headspace is rather limited this week so this is a cheat post of bits and pieces of interest in dramaland of late.

The worst promo stills ever

Ji Sung, fit for ogling here. Not  in the Secret stills

The worst promo stills I’ve ever seen were released this week. I ran away screaming trying to poke my eyes out.  I’m not gonna post it  and I’m not even going to link to it, so just Google “Secret“, “Ji Sung” and “chokes” if you want to see what I’m talking about.