Hearts in my eyes!

[firthgal]

OH GOD, THIS SONG:

So beautiful, and MAN did it make me think of Betty/Armando. Seriously, dudes, this could totally be their anthem. Anyway, hearing Big Kenny doing the harmony just made me realize how much I miss the glorious freak show that was Big and Rich. WHY DID THEY HAVE TO BREAK UP? WHYYYYYYY? They were my favorite, gosh darn it! And whenever I see either of them doing things without the other, it just depresses me. Except for this song, because Big Kenny sounded amazing, and I've come to realize that I freaking love Big Kenny when he's harmonizing with just about anyone, but Big Kenny solo? Eeeeesh, totally not my thing. I love his voice like crazy, but I guess I just don't dig his style when he has no one there beside him to reign him in. And with John Rich, it's kind of the opposite problem. John is so dang boring on his own and he is in desperate need of Big Kenny's eccentricities. Seriously, THESE MEN NEED EACH OTHER. WHY ARE THEY NOT TOGETHER? John is busy making the rounds on celebrity reality shows while Big Kenny is busy making weird music and traveling the world, and just... I NEED THEM TO GET BACK TOGETHER. I can only listen to two albums so many times before they stop being shiny. I need more, damn it! *sniff* Although if Big Kenny permanently joined Jaron and the Long Road to Love, I totally wouldn't mind.

In other YouTubing adventures, I came across this Secret Garden vid, which features Oska/Han Tae Ssun, and... I will not lie, I shipped the crap out of these two when I was actually following this drama, and had the show focused on them just a little bit harder, I would have probably followed this drama all the way to the end:

It kind of breaks my heart that the Korean culture is so against exploring homosexual themes (other than in Personal Taste, but, surprise surprise, the only person that didn't get a happy ending was the gay dude), because OMG these two would have been epic together, and Oska would have been far more interesting had his story been about angsting over his feelings for this young man who managed to catch his attention, instead of Oska endlessly angsting over the girl that the show failed to make me care about, and a romance that tried way too hard to be epic but was in fact failtastic. Bah. I know, I know, Secret Garden was about Gil Ra Im and Joo Won, not Oska, but their angst tortured me so much that it sucked all the fun out of the drama for me. And I was in mad love with Oska until his stupid romance story got so damn tiring. Ugh, Secret Garden, you started out so good! So many people adore you! I feel obligated to finish it simply because it's become a bit of a pop culture show in Korea, to the point where other dramas are already referencing it, but the aaaaaaangst! And evil meddling mothers! My heart can't take it. Honestly, if there is one cliche that I just can't stand and will instantly make me lose interest in an otherwise awesome drama, it's the evil meddling mother (or grandmother) of a rich boy. AUGH, I HATE IT. SO MUCH. It's unnecessary and lazy and overdone and freaking annoying. Er... anyway, my original point was: OMG, PRETTY.

Comments

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

Hah I never finished secret garden either, and I got pretty far in, It just stopped being fun anymore. I really loved Oska he was funtimes and also lulz. I liked Oska/Seul but I would have been happy with Oska/hipster kid too. Its too bad the series couldnt maintain its awesomeness and just devolved into senseless melodrama, sadly I've seen it happen to many a kdrama. its a cultural thing i guess, same with the meddlesome mom's. cause filial piety is a big thing in asia so it makes sense imo that family will be a big part of main character's lives.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't mind meddlesome families when they are in it for the child's happiness, but when it's for their own selfish reasons? Ugh, I hate it. Like, I don't seem to mind when it's the parents of the poor characters, because they seem to be worried for their child as opposed to being hellbent on controlling every single aspect of their child's life. What I really love is when the mother worries, but eventually accepts the child's choice because she wants him/her to be happy. That is believable to me. But when the mothers become the ultimate villains and just keep creating obstacle after obstacle for the couple, I just can't stand it. I prefer my couples to have internal conflicts rather than that nonsense, but yeah, it's just a given if I choose to watch a drama about a rich guy falling in love with a poor girl. And when the girl is rich, then it's usually the father (or grandfather) creating all the obstacles, but they seem to come around a lot sooner than the mothers/grandmothers for some reason.

Haha, I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one who couldn't get through Secret Garden. What kills me is that it started off with so much promise and I loved it so much, but augh, the melodrama, I couldn't take it anymore. I tend to avoid melodramas all together, so it was a bummer that Secret Garden turned into one as opposed to the quirky romcom that it started out as.

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

Yeah pretty much exactly, it started out as my IDEAL drama almost with the intensity between the actors and then the hilarity and sharp dialogue and the crazy hijinks and man it was so so fun but then it turned into 90% of other kdramas out there and I just hated it, This is my main problem with kdramas is they always seem to get melodramatic even if they dont start out that way (and many of them do). That said they are more emotionally intense than jdramas but I still prefer jdramas although I havent watched any in a while either.

speaking of jdramas, have you seen Love Shuffle? I think you would really enjoy it. Its about these group of young people, who are unhappy with their current relationships or lack of relationships you could say and so they do a shuffle and switch partners every week and its really fascinating and hilarious and has to of my favorite couples in all of asian dramas. its a great show, with twists and turns and laughs and romance and I cant recommend it highly enough really. you can find downloads for it at the ourhour and jdramas comms on lj.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Ooo, no, I haven't seen that one! I think the only Jdramas that I've seen are Hana Yori Dango and the first few eps of Nodame Cantabile. I'll have to check that one out.

[maybe.livejournal.com]

I think Secret Garden is one of the most overrated kdramas around. lol It started out with so much promise, but I was out about halfway through. And I'm glad I didn't finish because after hearing about the senseless melodrama they added in - thanks but no thanks.

[rectherapyfreak.livejournal.com]

Awww I love Secret Garden sorry to hear it did not please you. :( I feel this drama made Oska's relationship almost as main as the OTPs. Really my favorite part of the drama is the stupid track suit. Also I do enjoy me some melodramas!

I was watching 49 Days today and I believed they referenced Kim Joo Won from Secret Garden. I love how I'm starting to recognize actors/characters when they are mentioned in dramas. Actually like when Kim Jooo Won says Gil Ra Im ie like Kim Tae Hee to him. I was so pleased I knew who she was!

And yea..meddling selfish rich parents are annoying...

[euphonious-glow.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm reminded of why I loved Coffee Prince so much! It kind of explores the gay love theme, and the "evil meddling grandmother" isn't really like that at all.