Korean Dramas/Actors

Jav_sol wrote:
I thought capri pants were women attire. Before K-dramas I'd never seen a guy wearing them.

Aren't capri pants cut off mid-calf? His were lower. Just above the ankles.

tabemonster wrote:When men wear them, they aren't called capris. They're called "cropped pants."
Or so I've heard. :hehe:

Semantics.

I thought they'd be called "knickers" for a guy.

bmwracer wrote:
Semantics.

I thought they'd be called "knickers" for a guy.

I thought knickers were shorts. :headscratch:

Wynter wrote:
And only ONE of them could pull it off. :beaten:
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:hehe: yea for real :hehe:

tabemonster wrote:

When men wear them, they aren't called capris. They're called "cropped pants."
Or so I've heard. :hehe:

yea for it to be Manly the name change :hehe: I don't think any man would like be going around saying that they're wearing Capris now would :beatyou: :mrgreen:

Wynter wrote:I thought knickers were shorts. :headscratch:

Wiki: In the United States it is also used as a short form for Knickerbockers, a type of golfing pants

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Jav_sol wrote:
I thought capri pants were women attire. Before K-dramas I'd never seen a guy wearing them.

In K-dramas, it's often difficult to tell men and women apart. :hehe:

Kijinnmaru wrote:
In K-dramas, it's often difficult to tell men and women apart. :hehe:

You mean in J-dramas. There is an obvious difference in K-dramas. Thank gawd.

Wynter wrote:You mean in J-dramas.

Only if Johnny's are involved. :mrgreen:

Wynter wrote:
You mean in J-dramas. There is an obvious difference in K-dramas. Thank gawd.

Unfortunately not. :sweat: Effeminate seems to best describe most K-drama actors; even their "bad boys" look like crying young women with some peach fuzz that's suppose to be facial hair. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Only if Johnny's are involved. :mrgreen:

Japan has an effiminate male sub-culture, so that could be their excuse. :hehe:

Kijinnmaru wrote:Unfortunately not. Effeminate seems to best describe most K-drama actors; even their "bad boys" look like crying young women with some peach fuzz that's suppose to be facial hair.

I'll have to disagree based on the dramas I've seen. In comparison to Japanese actors (generally speaking), Korean actors (generally speaking) are much more masculine and attractive. Give me a Korean man over a Japanese man any day.

Unless, of course, the man in question is Nagase Tomoya or Takenouchi Yutaka. :beaten:

Wynter wrote:Unless, of course, the man in question is Nagase Tomoya or Takenouchi Yutaka. :beaten:

What about Abe Hiroshi? :P

bmwracer wrote:
What about Abe Hiroshi? :P

He's a step below the two on the attractiveness scale, but definitely a step higher on the talent scale.

Wynter wrote:He's a step below the two on the attractiveness scale, but definitely a step higher on the talent scale.

So that makes them even. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
So that makes them even. :mrgreen:

Nooooo...

Regarding those golfing pants,,,the cutoffs. In UK they were just for golfing at first and they were called 'Plus fours'. I don't know why. Then they became a fashion and were always a heavy tweed and worn for walking and general tramping over heath and heather. I vaguely remember something called 'Plus tens' but it's slipped away from my memory what they were for exactly.
Always, men wore a flat golfing cap, and the fashionable plus fours for walking also had a matching flat cap of the tweed material.
They definitely were never called knickers in England.

Men are...correction..... were... peacocks from the middle ages...

Peggy

I wish there was a Kdorama forum with the interest in Kdramas reaching such heights. Wyn chan, don't you think you have the time to start one? :hehe: I've looked at a couple but they do not have the structure of Jdorama with indexes to the dramas with their cast pictures and member reviews.

Reluctantly I reached the end of Dal Ja's Spring. And I have to make room for another idol on my overcrowded idol shelf. Park Chae-rim is certainly cute and even a great actor. I love the way she can open her eyes to portray that innocent look so common in very young kdis after they stuck their fingers in the pie....But with Park Chae-rim it is a totally charming quizzical look when she cannot figure out what or why something is said or happens.
I even ended up loving the fuzzy hair style that I dissed when I first started the drama.

Although the ending was a foregone conclusion, it did nothing to hinder the enjoyemnt of how the train reached there. Also adding to the charm that this
drama managed 3 romances at once even interlinking them periodically in interesting ways.

Spoiler — click to reveal

What bothered me in this and many other kdramas is the sudden resolution of the romance at the last gasp of the drama. It would be far more satisfying to give at least a few minutes portraying the happy after life when the couples finally get together. The only drama I've seen something like this was in Prince's First Love when the couple spent some good time togheter in the canoe after they finally realized their love. And as long as I'm ranting, why do so many Kdramas make the couples wait long times like 3 or 4 years of separation before the end. Of course Pride was guilty of this nonsense too.

9/10 One point deducted for the last reason in the spoiler.

PS: I need another Park Chae-rim drama naturally only of the romance/comedy happy ending genre. Any suggestions?

ralphm1999 wrote:PS: I need another Park Chae-rim drama naturally only of the romance/comedy happy ending genre. Any suggestions?

OMG RALPH!!!

My sister's Number 1 favourite korean actress is Chae-rim, and as a result I have ALL of her dramas in circulation. Looks like I'll be sending you another package!

Wynter wrote:

I'll have to disagree based on the dramas I've seen. In comparison to Japanese actors (generally speaking), Korean actors (generally speaking) are much more masculine and attractive. Give me a Korean man over a Japanese man any day.

Unless, of course, the man in question is Nagase Tomoya or Takenouchi Yutaka. :beaten:

Well chosen, Wyn-chan.
And I totally agree for the most part the Korean men are considerably more macho.
For example:
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