What I am not watching now..

After ‘Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi’, I haven’t been watching any drama. Well, the lack of time was one, but also, there really wasn’t anything that interest me.

‘New Heart’, a medical drama (this genre is quite ‘in’ at the moment) which replaced ‘Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi/ Legend’ starring the rather cute Ji Sung (who just finished his military service, and was last seen in ‘Save the Last Dance for Me’) and Kim Min Jung (‘Fashion 70’s’) is supposed to be rather good…but still I don’t feel quite drawn to it enough to watch. It has one of the higher ratings at the moment and I believe there are plans to to extend it from 20 to 24 episodes. Maybe it’s because I don’t quite see the chemistry between the 2 leads. Btw, Lee Ji Hoon (last seen in ‘Hello! Miss’) also made an appearance for a few episodes.

‘Hong Gil Dong’ replaced ‘In Soo is Pretty’. With Kang Ji Hwan (last seen in the ‘Capital Scandal’) as the male lead, it should have gotten me pretty excited but I caught glimpses of it…and it’s err… a little weird. This is a fusion/ historical drama (but apparently based on real historical figures). How weird? Well…it has Kang Ji Hwan wearing sunglasses in the drama. It also starred Sung Yu Ri, whom I wasn’t too impressed with in the ‘The Snow Queen’ with Hyun Bin. But you know what, I think the tomboyish type of character is very trendy now…judging from the popularity of Yoon Eun Hye in ‘Coffee Prince Shop No 1’ and Lee Ji Ah in ‘Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi’. Seems Sung Yu Ri has been receiving rather good comments about her acting in this drama.

Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae teamed up in ‘Robbers’, which replaced ‘Lobbyist’. Unfortunately, the ratings hasn’t been good. I’m not sure why as it seems Jang Hyuk (last seen in the critically acclaimed ‘Thank You’) is putting in a great performance as usual. And Lee Da Hae shed her cutsie image in ‘Hello! Miss’ (thank goodness!) to portray a young widow with a daughter. But haiyah…even Jang Hyuk couldn’t entice me to watch this. Maybe I want a change from the usual heart breaking, heart wrenching drama.

One of the most anticipated drama this year, ‘Bad Love’ starred Kwon Sang Woo and Lee Yo Won. It was the comeback drama for Kwon Sang Woo after the bombed ‘Sad Sonata’, (not to mention having had lots of bad luck and bad press in the last year), all his fans were eagerly waiting for this drama. And with Lee Yo Won (who was good in ‘Surgeon Bong Dal Hee’), the drama was bound to be a runaway hit right? Wrong! It has been languishing in low ratings for most of the episodes, mostly below 10%. Sigh… I blame it on the writer. Seriously, this is meant to be a tissue box drama right from the start, but as someone on soompi said, we just don’t feel for the characters. Btw, I feel kinda of sorry for Kim Sung Soo. I think he’s rather good looking and his acting isn’t too bad (I’ve seen worse in some leads) but he rarely has the chance to be the lead and I think they are going to kill off his character in this drama….so I think I’m going to give this a miss. Ok..maybe I’ll watch the last episode.

And no…I’m not watching either of them.

So, besides waiting for new dramas, what does that leave me? Well, one drama or sitcom has caught my eye and attention.

‘Unstoppable Marriage’.

So I guess I may start on it tonight. Good thing Chinese New Year is coming and I should have some free time to catch up. ^^

So what are you watching?