Five Reasons You Should Watch Full House (No, not that Full House.)

[topazera]

Okay, so flist, you may or may not know that I'm currently in love with asian dramas. It's like American TV, but much crackier! And since they have a set amount of episodes, they never have a chance to fall off-track and become terrible! Seriously, it's so great to just a 12-16 episode season to watch of pure fun.

If you're new to dramas, I'd have to recommend you actually start with Hana Yori Dango as that's the show that hooked me. It's a recent classic for reason! However, there have already been great pimp posts about that show... so here's one about my current show that needs more love/fandom: Full House. It's about an aspiring writer, Han Ji-eun who, through a series of plot twists, winds up sharing a house with Young Jae, a famous actor.


You should watch Full House if you like:
1. Terrible Amazing Amazingly Terrible Fashion. While Young Jae can't quite compete with the ~outfits~ put together by Chuck Bass or Domyouji, he does like to expose at least 30% of his chest at all times. And, as far as they go, it's a very nice chest. :D


(That lime green crocheted v-neck is still seared on my retinas.
Btw, all ~looks~ come from just the first two eps. XD)

2. Han Ji-eun is both adorable and not afraid to kick some ass/be generally immoral. Like, conning some celebrity (...okay, it's Young Jae) she just met out of some money because she really does need it! Or headbutting him in the face. Also, her profession is an "internet novelist" which is just how you put "fanfic author" on your resume. She's one of us!


(Yes, Han Ji-eun will headbutt you in the face and chase you down in three inch heels.)

3. Couples who aren't too cool to like playing on a swingset. Seriously, the main couple enjoys psedo-dates would make many 13-year-olds say "Please, that's so lame" but are really adorable activities.


(Examples: learning to ride a bike, going ice-skating and, of course, playgrounds.)

4. There's a scene in which both our male and female lead try to make the other nervous by stripping off some clothing. It's as awesome and hilarious as it sounds!


(Two words: strip chicken.)

5. You need the sweet, sweet crack that only asian dramas can provide. Trust me, you do.


(Warning: Do not watch for the plot.)

ALSO: You might recognize the actor who plays Young Jae from his infamous rivalry with our very own Stephen Colbert. RAAAAAIIIIN! ...This brought me so much joy.

If you're interested in downloading this, or any other, Asian drama, you should go join [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]. It's an awesome community that's provided me with many hours of entertainment. <3

Coming up next, icon posts. And why you should go watch Nodame Cantabile, because I'm going to be flailing about that one too. It has more plotty elements in addition to the adorablity and crack. Pfft, if that matters to you or something! ;)

Comments

[fairchilds.livejournal.com]

I was going to reply to one of your comments about how you've only watched one K-Drama, so I need to come in and recommend you because I LOVE K-dramas. Not the sappy cancer ones though. The hilarious plane-taking, always has a resort-episode one with Gossip Girl like characters!

For K-Dramas, Watch:

Coffee Prince (I saw all the recs for this, it is truly a thing of beauty)

Princess Hours (I swear, I wanted Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick to do an Americanized version of this. It has horrible fashion too, but it takes place in a pretty, pretty palace.)

Boys Before Flowers (I know people are going to hate me for this, but it's better than the Japanese one. Btw, the guys dress better than Nate and Chuck on GG, I SWEAR, and they up the ante on the supporting cast, such that sometimes you go off rooting for another couple when you're bored with the main one.)

My Girl (Classic. this is an example of good plot writing. The characters and storyline never stray for one second)

Sassy Girl Choon Hyang (WATCH FOR THE UNIFORM. IT's PINK.)

And of course, another classic, My Name is Kim San Soon. (all these are comedies by the way, I never watch the sad ones with cancer.)

I noticed your Hana Kimi icon. If you haven't watched the Taiwanese version. DO NOT. Do NOT for one second watch any Taiwanese dramas, except for It Started With a Kiss and even that one's pushing it because it only gets awesome in the last 3 episodes. ALSO I LOVE NAKATSU.

[topazera.livejournal.com]

Oh man, thanks for all the recs! I'm definitely always on the lookout for what I'm going to watch next.

The hilarious plane-taking, always has a resort-episode one with Gossip Girl like characters!
Yes, that's it exactly! Why would I spend my free time watching a sobfest when there's so much cracky hilarity to be found? :D

Coffee Prince: Oh man, I just started watching this a week or two ago! I'm so in love with it. I actually just posted a pimp post along this lines of this one for it yesterday. XD

Princess Hours: And that's the show I was debating on downloading before I picked Coffee Prince Invoking Leighton and Ed is a good way to rec anything. LMAO, I love all the crossover between asian drama people and GG people. <3

BoF: I feel like I'm never going to be able to give it a fair shot, since Hana Yori Dango was my first drama. Also I keep on hearing negative things about the writing consistency... but then again, I do watch GG. I have heard that the Soujiroh equivalent has a Chuck Bassian creepiness too him which YES, DO THAT. Plus, fashion. IDK, it's a toss-up.

My Girl, Sassy Girl Choon Hyang, and My Name is Kim San Soon are all shows I've heard the names out. Good to know they're cancer-free! I've seen little clips of Sassy Girl Choon Hyang in a vid on YouTube and it looked adorable from those 10 secs!

Do NOT for one second watch any Taiwanese dramas
LOLOLOL! That's a STRIDENT warning! Are they all too sappy and/or angsty? None of them have really caught my eye, though I've recced MARS so that one is on my list.

Thanks again for taking the time to rec me stuff! I definitely find dramas appealing for the same reason you do, so this is great. *goes to restructure my list*

[fairchilds.livejournal.com]

They're not sappy or angsty--- they're just plain boring and draggy and they try too hard! And the ACTING. GOD-AWFUL. The girls try and act cute, and the guys act cool all the time and it's just really gross. I tried so hard to give the Taiwanese Hana Kimi a chance because, bless its heart, I loved the Japanese one so much.

Coffee Prince and Princess Hours have the same lead girl. For me, it was such a shocker to see her in Coffee Prince where she plays such a boyish character because, like the title says, she was this kickass princess-by-marriage in Princess Hours. And she really grew as an actress.

I would say that both the Domyouji and Soujiroh equals in Boys Before Flowers emulate Chuck Bass, in 'tude. Their style is comparable, but they make less fashion faux pas.

[topazera.livejournal.com]

They're not sappy or angsty--- they're just plain boring and draggy and they try too hard! And the ACTING. GOD-AWFUL.
Ugh, thanks for the clarification! So far, acting is the only reason I haven't continued watching a drama. I mean, I know I'm in it for the crack, but it has to be convincing crack! I do love the Japanese Hana Kimi, but honestly I think that would just make me a harsher judge of other adaptations.

For me, it was such a shocker to see her in Coffee Prince where she plays such a boyish character because, like the title says, she was this kickass princess-by-marriage in Princess Hours.
Ooh, that makes me even more excited for Princess Hours. I've developed quite a thing for Yoon Eun Hye and it's tough for me to imagine her as the 'princess' type. I think I may have found my next kdrama. ;)

[fairchilds.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's interesting! I think the impact would be greater if you saw her go from Princess Hours to Coffee Prince but either way she's a great actress. She's so likable and adorable and in Princess Hours she brought a great deal of depth to her character (because initially I passed her off as a this act-cute schoolgirl)