— First look at Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer (설국열차) @ naver.

Okay, I’m intrigued.

6:22 pm  •  29 April 2013  •  15 notes

I love thee, OhBoy!

12:36 am  •  29 March 2013  •  22 notes

—Behind the scenes @ High Cut (x)

Mommy…

11:50 am  •  8 January 2013  •  105 notes

Just to cap the accolades Song Joong-Ki received last year—

Wrote last week (the day before the results were published) that making Gallup’s yearly poll for the movie actor of 2012 would be achievement enough for SJK. It’s the type of polls that favor established actors, and not only must you draw support all across the demographic groups, you need to be perceived as a “movie actor”. So I was stunned that he came second, behind Lee Byung-Hun. That’s the best record for a 20+ actor since Sohn Ye-Jin in 2008 (#2). And likewise with Moon Chae-Won in the TV actor category, his leading lady in A Werewolf Boy, Park Bo-Young, placed 8th and was the youngest actress on the list.

In another industry poll, this time by Herald Business, he made the ‘Big 30’ in pop culture, the power leaders who dominate(d) the field (and include the likes of Lee Mi-Kyung, head of CJ Entertainment). At #11, he wasn’t just the youngest actor on the list, he was the youngest, period. (Unless you count Big Bang at #16 or the indie band Busker Busker at #23.)

Scary? I’m just a fan, and I find it intimidating. But this isn’t something that just fell into his lap, and I trust him to navigate the tricky waters with the same judgment, work ethic, and discipline that got him this far.

6:40 pm  •  5 January 2013  •  12 notes

Update on the DVD front:

• There isn’t going to be any director’s cut, the powers that be only have plans for a premium edition, at least for the Korean market. (Everyone expects a Blu-Ray release for the Japanese market, with more substantial extras.)
• Song Joong-Ki, Moon Chae-Won, and PD Kim Jin-Won have taped interviews for the DVD in early Dec., based on questions submitted by the fans. 
• All three also taped an audio commentary for the finale/episode 20 last Thurs. Someone actually saw them in the studio (was there on another business, but when s/he saw who was behind the windows, s/he stopped to watch for a few min.), and said that it looked so much fun (“incessant chatter”), it made him/her want to buy the DVD (and drop by DCgall to share the story).
• If writer Lee Kyung-Hee is conspicuously absent, it’s not due to any lack of affection. She and the cast shared an extraordinarily close relationship based on every account I’ve seen, but I think she’s the one who’s most worn out emotionally (and physically) and she’s taking some time off to regroup. She’s only given one interview (the only writer to be interviewed by Cine21 for their year-end drama retrospective), and she said that being forced to change the title broke her so much, she wasn’t able to write for two weeks. No wonder SJK said it felt incredibly cathartic to see the original title in the final credits (the penultimate still in the finale).

6:38 pm  •  5 January 2013  •  39 notes

re: the KBS awards: 

Anonymous asked you:

Really? I am pretty sure that Song Joong Ki was already seated by the time Moon Chae Won finished her speech.

My mistake, and you’re right, he was back in his seat just as she was wrapping up her speech. Looks like the camera caught him as soon as he returned. I’d only read the fan accounts on SJK DC (half of them live from inside the hall) for the initial recap, and everyone was so antsy about him, I got the impression it took him longer. That, and nothing else was registering (ie. I wasn’t paying attention to the screen) from the moment I heard he was ill.**

Another account on MCW DC was much more specific. Said that it looked funny because as she was returning to her table, she bowed towards “Choco” (Kim Young-Chul, her character’s father on-screen, was seated behind Lee Yoo-Bi at another table), all 90 degrees, but with SJK, it was a fist bump. 

**In case this makes it sound like he’s coddled, he’s not. He’s no hothouse orchid, temperamentally or otherwise, but it’s because he isn’t that everyone was a little upset to learn he wasn’t well enough to fully enjoy the event.

(fanpics by sososo @ SJK DC)

6:35 pm  •  5 January 2013  •  33 notes

maudesuzelle asked: hi, is it okay for me to share the fan's account about SJK backstage at KBS Drama Awards at soompi? thanks :)

Go ahead, but you might want to share the updated account & correction.

6:34 pm  •  5 January 2013  •  1 note

Nice Guy cast - kbs drama awards 2012 (best couple, netizen award, top excellence male and female award)

(Source: shura)

7:03 pm  •  2 January 2013  •  2,732 notes

—Song Joong-Ki backstage (on stage?) @ 2012 KBS Drama Awards;
fancam by 핑크 as posted to SJK DC

I have no idea how they managed to get tickets (not like they were on sale, and KBS is much more restrictive than MBC and SBS), but a handful of fans @ SJK DC got invited to the awards last night and reported back with a few things that weren’t caught on camera (network cameras anyway). Such as,

• SJK really looked under the weather (said he was coughing a lot);
• he kept looking at Gwang-Soo after he lost the supporting category, and although LGS tried to put his mind at ease and mouthed him he was fine, he went over to his table (the Nice Guy cast got two tables, with the main trio seated right in the middle of the hall) and patted him on the back;
• the reason he was nowhere to be seen when it was Moon Chae-Won’s turn to accept the Top Excellence award was because he was still backstage and the fans said it looked like he was struggling to keep his emotions in check, with one of his managers trying to comfort him. Said he actually got back to his seat later than MCW Correction: he returned to his seat just as MCW was wrapping up her speech and they shared a fist pump when he did she got back to their table. 

The fancam above was taken after the awards, with the winners getting ready to take their group picture on stage. If you can identify half of the actors in the fancam, well then, you know your k-dramas. :) SJK is shown

• shaking hands & hugging Nam Ji-Hyun, who played his baby sister in Will It Snow On Christmas and won the youth category last night;
• receiving congrats from Choi Daniel, then a hug from Kim Young-Chul aka Eun-Gi’s father :) who also won last night (for a daily drama, but he’s practically a fixture at KBS so it’s more like recognition for all three dramas he’s done this year);
• being introduced to someone Moon Chae-Won brought over, but no idea who he is (family member? a director she’s worked before?);
• getting a phone call then passing it over to Gwang-Soo;
• head-locking Joo Won on stage;
• receiving more congrats from Uhm Tae-Woong who sought him out;
• laughing over something Shin Hyun-Joon told him.

All told, the awards were also good business for KBS, with the network winning the night (14.3% for Part 1 and 13.9% for Part 2; AGB Nielsen-based) opposite the Drama Awards at SBS (7.3%) and the Gayo Daejun at MBC (7.4%, 8.8%). Highest-rated moment on KBS was for the Best Couple category, @ 21.1%. They made a big deal out of Song Joong-Ki’s erstwhile crush on Hong Eun-Hee (who presented the award and happens to be married to Yoo Joon-Sang, one of the hosts & big winners of the night), which I thought was cheesy from the moment I saw the press release, but it seems to have done the trick.

1:36 am  •  2 January 2013  •  61 notes

If last year’s Producers Award at SBS was pure euphoria and emotions (for me; I think it was just plain emotions for him), yesterday’s triple crown at KBS was much more sobering, though I can’t quite explain it yet. It pained me to hear him admit he was ill (which probably explains why he skipped the photo zone before the awards). Said that he always collapses from exhaustion after a project, but with Nice Guy, he was more or less physically fine after he was done and he figured it wasn’t going to be the case, until he woke up yesterday morning ill and that’s why he looked puffy at the awards. It seemed like a manifestation of what he’s going through as he takes stock of not just an incredible year but also his career and his life (his contract with his current management is due to expire this month and he’ll be graduating next month). And the gravitas just got to me, I think that’s about all I can explain at the moment.

8:44 am  •  1 January 2013  •  34 notes