K-Drama: "Rooftop Prince"

Like I said in the last post, I already watched three K-drama last week. I also already written review one of the three k-drama that is "Fashion King". Now, I will write review K-drama "Rooftop Prince".

Before I tell to you about my opinion, I will give you the synopsis of this drama. The synopsis source from here. 

K-drama "Rooftop Prince" has themes of time-travel. This drama is story about Joseon era (300 years ago) and Seoul in 2012. 

In Joseon era there lived the Crown Prince, his name Lee Gak (Micky Yoochun). When he is ready to marry, Lee Gak wants to marry a beautiful woman. Bu Yong (Han Ji Min) dan Hwa Yong (Yung Yoo Mi) are sisters. Hwa Yong, the older sister wants to marry Crown Prince Lee Gak, but her father makes it clear that younger sister Bu Ying will marry the Crow Prince. Hwa Yong is so upset, she uses an iron to burn Bu Yong's face, pretending it was an accident. Now, Bu Yong carries a big scar on her face. Eventually, older sister Hwa Yong marries Crown Prince Lee Gak. Time passes and are now adults. Younger sister Bu Yong is now a smart woman, good with needlework. Older sister Hwa Yong is uneasy that her husband, Crown Prince Lee Gak, and Bu Yong get along well, One day, Crown Prince wakes up in the early morning. He finds that Hwa Yong is not next to him. He feels something strange about the situation and calls for an eunuch. At this time, an eunuch comes running to the Crown Prince and informs him that Hwa Yong is found dead in a pond. Lee Gak suspects that his wife's death is not by accident. He puts together a team to investigate his wife's death. When the team awaits to interview a witness, a group of assansins appears and chases them. Crown Prince Lee Gak and his men are chased to the edge of a cliff. The group jumps off the cliff. The Prince from the Joseon era travels to the future with his entourage Song Man Bo (Lee Min Ho), Woo Yong Sul (Jung Suk Won) and Do Chi San (Choi Woo Shik).

While in Seoul, when Park Ha (Han Ji Min) was young, her father remarried and Park Ha gained older step-sister Hong Se Na (Yung Yoo Mi). When their parents left for work, older step-sister Se Na despised having to take care of her younger sister. One day, while younger sister Park Ha sleeps inside a truck, the truck suddenly departs. Even though Se Na sees the truck leaving, she turns around and pretends that it isn't happening. Time passes, younger sister Park Ha is now living in America. While, Park Ha sells fruits as a sidewalk vendor, Yong Tae Yong (Micky Yoochun) sees her and feels a connection with Park Ha. Yong Tae Moo (Lee Tae Sung) appears in front of Tae Yong. They are cousins. The following day, the two men boards a yacht. While the boat is sailing, they have a small fight and Tae Yong falls into the water. His cousin doesn't attempt to save Tae Yong and actually attempts to hide evidence that he was there. He then jumps into the water and swims away. At this time, younger sister Park Ha receives a phone call that her family has been located in South Korea. Park Ha travels to South Korea and learns that her father has just passed away. At her father's funeral, Park Ha meets her step-mother and older step-sister Se Na. Park Ha has no memory of how she was separated from her family. Park Ha settles down in Seoul. One night, when she comes back to her rooftop room, she discovers four men with Korean traditional clothing sitting in her room. The four men with Korean traditional clothing from Joseon era come to Seoul 2012 after two years Tae Yong went missing in New York. 

If you want to know what will happen to the four men with Korean traditional clothing from Joseon era after they come to Seoul 2012, you must to watch this drama. Hehehe.. ;)

It turns out, Lee Gak has a same face with Tae Yong. Because of that, Lee Gak suspected as Tae Yong who is grandson of CEO. He claimed to be Tae Yong, but Tae Moo doesn't trust Tae Yong still alive beacause he had believed that his cousin had died in New York. Tae Yong feels threatened when he hears the news that Tae Yong has started working at tha company. If Tae Yong is still alive, the position of CEO will be given to him. So, Tae Moo wants to open disguise of Lee Gak. What will Tae Mo doing to open disguise of Tae Yong? Is it will be successful? Watch this drama! So, you can know what will be happened. ;)

One day, Crown Prince Lee Gak sees Park Ha's step-sister Se Na who is the spitting image of his late Crown Princess Hwa Yong. He is convinced the two are, in fact, the same person. (That time, Lee Gak doesn't know Se Na who is Park Ha's step-sister.) Therefore, Lee Gak trying to approach Se Na. He thinks if he can married with Se Na, he and his entourage will be back to Joseon era. Lee Gak planned to marry with Se Na, it's make Park Ha to be jealous. Then, who will Lee Gak choose? Se Na or Park Ha? Hhhmmm.. I think you really want to know. But sorry, I will not telling to you. Your should watch this drama by yourself. Hehehe..

It's enough for me to write the synopsis K-drama "Rooftop Prince". If I don't stop now, I will write all story and you will not watch this drama. Hahaha..

Now, I will to write my opinion about K-drama "Rooftop Prince". In my opinion, this drama is good. I like it, but it's bored on the middle episodes. I like the romantic scenes on the recent episodes. ;p

I don't like Tae Moo and Se Na who are the antagonists in this drama. The antagonists are so cruel. I know it must like that, but it's so sucks. Sometimes I want to slap them. Hahaha..

Thank you for read this post. I'm sorry, my English is so bad. I hope this review is good for you. :)

Details

• Title: 옥탑방 왕세자 / Oktabbang Wangseja
• Also known as: Attic Prince
• Genre: Fantasy, comedy, romance
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-21 to 2012-May-24
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday Night 21:55
• Original Soundtrack: Rooftop Prince OST

Synopsis

A prince from the Joseon era, Lee Gak, is catapulted 300 years forward into the future in Seoul 2012 with his entourage, which includes Song Man Bo, Do Chi San and Woo Young Sul, when he tries to investigate the suspicious circumstances which surround the death of the girl he loved. In the present, he finds a girl who looks exactly like his beloved crown princess...

Cast

• Micky Yoochun as Yong Tae Yong / Lee Gak
  • Choi Won Hong as young Lee Gak
• Han Ji Min as Park Ha / Bu Yong
  • Jun Min Seo as young Park Ha / young Bu Yong
• Lee Tae Sung as Yong Tae Moo
• Jung Yoo Mi as Hong Se Na / Hwa Yong
  • Kim So Hyun as young Se Na / young Hwa Yong
• Lee Min Ho as Song Man Bo
• Choi Woo Shik as Do Chi San
• Jung Suk Won as Woo Yong Sul
• Ban Hyo Jung as President Yeo
• Ahn Suk Hwan as Yong Dong Man
• Park Joon Geum as Yong Seol Hee
• Lee Moon Shik as Pyo Taek Soo
• Song Ok Sook as Gong Man Ok
• Kang Byul as Lady Mimi
• Guzal Tursunova as Becky
• Na Young Hee as President Jang
• Kim Dae Hee as Bang Soo Bong
• Kil Yong Woo as Left State Minister (Bu Yong's father)
• Kyun Mi Ri as Left State Minister's wife (Bu Yong's mother)
• Maeng Sang Hoon as Park In Chul (Park Ha's father)
• Kim Yoo Suk as king
• Kim Hyung Bum as Hong Nak Hyun
• Ahn Sang Tae as Corporal Ma (cameo, ep2)
• Song Jae Hee (송재희) as Park Ha's blind date (cameo, ep8-9)

Production Credits

• Chief Producer: Son Jung Hyun
• Producer: Kim Yong Jin (김용진)
• Director: Shin Yoon Sub
• Screenwriter: Lee Hee Myung

Source from here

K-Drama: "Fashion King"

Minggu lalu ada tiga K-drama yang telah tamat ditayangkan di Korea Selatan dan saya pun telah selesai menontonnya. Salah satu drama yang telah tamat itu adalah "Fashion King".

Drama ini bercerita tentang Kang Young Gul  (Yoo Ah In) seorang desainer muda yang sangat terkenal di Dongdaemun. Ia memiliki bisnis meniru pakaian-pakaian dari brand terkenal kemudian dijual di pasar Dongdaemun, bisa dibilang tiruannya atau KW-lah kalau kata orang Indonesia.

Tokoh utama wanitanya bernama Lee Ga Young (Shin Se Kyung) seorang gadis yang berbakat mendesain pakaian. Ia bekerja di Jo Boutique, awalnya butik itu punya ibunya Lee Ga Young tapi kemudian diambil alih oleh Madam Jo (Jang Mi Hee). Pada suatu malam, di butik dan juga tempat tinggalnya Ga Young terjadi kebakaran. Kebakaran itu terjadi sebenarnya karena ulah anaknya Madam Jo, Shin Jung Ah (Han Yoo Yi). Tapi Madam Jo memutarbalikkan fakta itu, dan melaporkan Ga Young sebagai penyebab kebakaran itu. Lalu ia pun dipecat dan diusir dari butik.

Setelah luntang-lantung, akhirnya Ga Young menemukan konveksi kecil milik Kang Young Gul. Kebetulan konveksi itu memang lagi mencari orang dan Ga Young pun melamar kerja di tempat Young Gul tersebut. 

Ternyata Ga Young ketika masih bekerja di Jo Boutique, ia pernah mengajukan beasiswa ke sekolah desain di Amerika. Dan ia pun berhasil mendapatkan beasiswa itu, tapi Ga Young bingung karena tak punya uang untuk beli tiket ke Amerika. Lalu, Young Gul memberikan hadiah tiket pesawat ke Amerika buat Ga Young.

Setelah itu apa yang Ga Young lakukan di Amerika?! Silakan tonton saja drama ya. Hehehe.. ;)

Selain Young Gul, ada tokoh pria lain yaitu Jung Jae Hyuk (Lee Je Hoon) seorang pengusaha muda yang bekerja di perusahaan besar dunia fashion milik orangtuanya. Jae Hyuk jatuh cinta dengan Ga Young padahal ia baru saja balikan dengan mantannya Choi Anna (Kwon Yu Ri). Sayangnya Ga Young jatuh cinta bukan dengan Jae Hyuk tapi dengan Young Gul. Jika ingin tahu tentang lingkaran percintaan itu, silakan ditonton drama ya. ;)

Okelah, cukup sudah saya kasih bocoran K-drama "Fashion King" ini. Kalau ingin tahu ceritanya secara keseluruhan, silakan ditonton saja dramanya di dramacrazy.net. :)

Sekarang, saya mau beropini tentang drama ini. Sejujurnya saya tak suka dengan ending drama ini. Mungkin karena saya sudah lama sekali tak menonton drama Korea dengan ending drama yang sedih dan tragis. Terakhir saya nonton drama dengan ending sedih, ya drama "Sorry, I Love You" dan itu sudah lama banget kayanya jaman SMP/SMA dulu. Saya pun nonton karena diputar di stasiun TV Indosiar. Hahaha.. Tapi harus saya katakan endingnya ngga banget, sangat aneh buat saya, agak maksa, dan cukup buat saya sedih sama Young Gul.

Hal yang tak suka lainnya dari drama ini adalah tokoh utama wanitanya, Lee Ga Young. Entah kenapa saya tak suka dengan peranan dia yang menurut saya plin-plan, yang tak bisa bertindak tegas, terlebih tegas pada perasaaannya. Ayo dong jadi cewe tuh harus tegas, jangan mau semuanya juga. *Bagi-bagilah buat saya. Hahahaha..*

Selain hal yang saya tak suka, tentu ada dong yang suka. Walaupun, saya malu juga buat mengakui itu. Hahaha.. Terkadang saya suka dengan tokoh Jung Jae Hyuk, tapi terkadang pula saya sebel dengan tokoh itu. Terlebih ketika di episode terakhir, saya sebel banget sama Jae Hyuk. *Cakep sih, tapi nyebelin iiihh..* Menurut saya, si Kang Ga Young cukup oke juga lama-lama. Hehehe..

Kalau buat saya drama ini di tengah-tengah agak membosankan, karena jujur saja saya sempat males gitu mau lanjutin nontonnya. Hehehe.. 

Sekian review saya tentang K-drama "Fashion King" ini, semoga bisa menjadi masukan sebelum menonton drama ini. Untuk dua drama selanjutnya akan saya review secepatnya. :)

Details

• Title: 패션왕 / Fashion Wang
• Genre: Romance, drama
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-19 to 2012-May-22
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday Night 21:55
• Original Soundtrack: Fashion King OST

Synopsis

Fashion King tells the story of young aspiring designers in Dongdaemun Market as they dream of success, and the relationships, love, and challenges they face along the way.

Kang Young Gul has never had any goals or dreams for a bright future until he meets Lee Ga Young. Together they work towards their dreams.

Cast

• Yoo Ah In as Kang Young Gul
  • Seo Young Joo as young Young Gul
• Shin Se Kyung as Lee Ga Young
  • Kim Sae Ron as young Ga Young
• Lee Je Hoon as Jung Jae Hyuk
• Kwon Yu Ri as Choi Anna

Jo Boutique

• Jang Mi Hee as Madam Jo
• Han Yoo Yi as Shin Jung Ah
• Cha Seo Won as Miss Go

YOUNG GIRL

• Go Soo Hee as class leader
• Ra Mi Ran (라미란) as sewing machine 1
• Jang Eun Bi (장은비) as sewing machine 2
• Ra Jae Woong (라재웅) as Chil Bok

J FASHION

• Kim Il Woo as Jung Man Ho
• Lee Hye Sook as Yoon Hyang Sook
• Yoon Gi Won as Secretary Kim
• Kim Byung Ok (김병옥) as Director Kim

Other

• Lee Han Wie as Hwang Tae San
• Shin Seung Hwan as Jang Il Gook
• Ki Eun Se (기은세) as Soo Ji
• Yoo Chae Young as Bong Sook
• Lee Yoo Joon (이유준)

Production Credits

• Producer: Choi Moon Suk
• Director: Lee Myung Woo (이명우)
• Screenwriter: Lee Sun Mi, Kim Ki Ho

Jogja dan Sheila on 7

 

Jogja, 19th - 20th of May 2012

K-Drama: "K-POP - The Ultimate Audition"

It's time for me to review another K-drama. The title of K-drama is "K-POP: The Ultimate Audition" or "The Strongest K-POP Survival", that is the last drama I saw. Honestly, I had misunderstood with this drama before I read the synopsis. I think that is a reality show about Kpop and boyband. Hehehe.. But after I read the synopsis, eventually I know "K-POP: The Ultimate Audition" is a drama.

Hhhmmm.. In my opinion, this drama is mixture of K-drama "You're Beautiful" and "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince". Why I can say that? So, you must watch this drama. Hahahaha.. Alright! Because I'm kind, I'll give you a little story from this drama.

"K-POP: The Ultimate Audition" has three main roles, there are Kang Woo Hyun (Park Yoo Hwan), Ji Seung Yeon (Go Eun Ah), and Kwon Ji Woo (Kwak Yong Hwan). Kang Woo Hyun is the leader and most popular member of idol boyband, M2. He acts like a sweet person, but he is actually arrogant.

Ji Seung Yeon plays classic piano at a music school in England. Because Seung Yeon decided to play Beethoven in her own way, she kicked out from the school. On her flight back to Korea, Seung Yeon flies by a same plane with Woo Hyun, who is returning to Korea after a concert in England. In the plane, Seung Yeon vomited on Woo Hyun's shirt. After landed, Woo Hyun told his manajer to find Seung Yeon. Unfortunately, his manajer doesn't find her.

Back in Seoul, Seung Yeon stays at Kwon Ji Woo's house and does not tell her parents that she is back. Seung Yeon and Ji Woo are bestfriend. Ji Woo is trainee at Sunny Entertainment that is a management company of M2.

Sunny Entertainment decides to overhaul boyband M2 with new members. The old members will be "graduated", but fans of M2 oppose the idea and demonstrate outside of Sunny Entertainment's office. Nevertheless, Sunny Entertainment still holds an audition which Ji Woo takes part in. Due to being nervous, Ji Woo fails his audition.

Because of audition video posted on the internet, many fans of M2 complaining about that audition. They felt the result of audition is worse. Jang Hyun Suk (Hong Kyung Min), CEO of Sunny Entertainment, holds a press conference and announces that they will pick new members of M2 through fan voting.

Then, who was elected to the members of M2 are Seung Yeon, Ji Woo, Kim Hyun Seung (Song Se Hyun), Park Ki Bum (Tagoon), Jang Tae Kwon (Maeng Se Chang), Han Dong Woo (Jo Yoon Woo), Yoon Jae Ah (Jin Hyuk), and Kang Chang Min (Kevin).

Seung Yeon has some secrets and only some people know about her secrets, there are Ji Woo, Jang Hyun Suk, Ji Woo's grandmother, and Team Leader Han Jung Eun (Park Hyo Joo). The first secret is no one knows if Seung Yeon is a girl. She pretended to be a boy. Woo Hyun and others member of M2 Junior except Ji Woo didn't know if Seung Yeon is a girl. Another secret, Seung Yeon is niece of Hyun Suk.

Woo Hyun falls in love with Seung Yeon, but he knows Seung Yeon is a boy. So, he feel strange with him self. This situation is like Choi Han Kyul in the K-drama "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince". It turns out, Seung Yeon also falls in love with Woo Hyun. In the K-drama "The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince", Go Eun Chan also falls in love with Choi Han Kyul. And then, if you want to know what will happen between Woo Hyun and Seung Yeon, you must watch this drama. Hehehe..

Besides romance of Woo Hyun-Seung Yeon, in this drama tells of the struggle toward M2's debut. So many obstacles that must be passed this group, both from internal and external. If you want know what are the obstacles, my suggestion is you must watch this drama. Hahaha..

I think it's enough for me to give you a little spoiler. ;p FYI, this drama be supposed until 16 episodes, but the production company reduce it to be 14 episodes. I don't know what the reason changed it.

In my opinion, the drama is not good and not bad too. But, it's okay if you want to find something entertain, you can to watch this drama. :)

*NB: Sorry, my English is so bad. I'm still study to be better.
 

Details

• Title: K-POP 최강 서바이벌 / K-POP Choikang Survival
• Also known as: The Strongest K-POP Survival
• Genre: Music, romance
• Episodes: 14
• Broadcast network: Channel A
• Broadcast period: 2012-Mar-19 to 2012-May-01
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:50
• Original Soundtrack: K-POP - The Ultimate Audition OST

Synopsis

Ji Seung Yeon dreams of becoming a hip-hop legend and unexpected events set her on the path to achieve just that, although there is an added obstacle - she has to dress up as a boy in order to join a male idol group. In the process, she meets Kang Woo Hyun, the leader of the popular idol group, M2, who captivates fans with a killer smile that masks his rude and selfish personality.

Cast

• Go Eun Ah as Ji Seung Yeon
• Park Yoo Hwan as Kang Woo Hyun
• Kwak Yong Hwan as Kwon Ji Woo

M2 Junior members

• Song Se Hyun as Kim Hyun Seung
• Tagoon as Park Ki Bum
• Maeng Se Chang as Jang Tae Kwon
• Jo Yoon Woo as Han Dong Woo
• Jin Hyuk as Yoon Jae Ah
• Kevin as Kang Chang Min

Sunny Entertainment

• Hong Kyung Min as CEO Jang Hyun Suk
• Park Hyo Joo as Team Leader Han Jung Eun
• Lee Sang Joon (이상준) as Jang Suk
• Ali (알리) as Teacher Park
• Shin Seo Kyung (신서경) as Lee Soon Yeon

Other people

• Kim Eun Jung as Ri Ah / Oh In Young
• Kim Young Ok as Ji Woo's grandmother
• Kan Mi Yun (cameo)

Source from here

24!

Amazing Day With L'arc~en~Ciel

Entah apa yang harus saya ceritakan di sini. Saya sangat bahagia bisa melihat penampilan salah satu band favorit saya dari SMP. Musik yang selalu saya dengarkan sejak SMP hingga saat ini. Ya.. Hari Rabu tanggal 2 Mei 2012 kemarin saya menonton langsung penampilan dari L'arc~en~Ciel. Saya menonton paling depan dan melihat atraksi Hyde, Ken, Tetsu, dan Yukihiro secara dekat. Seperti mimpi tapi ini tidak mimpi, ini benar-benar saya alami sendiri. Saya lihat mereka langsung dengan mata kepala sendiri. Rasa merinding bisa melihat langsung. Selama ini hanya saya lihat di video-video youtube.

Playlist yang dimainin saat konser cukup menarik dan banyak yang saya suka. Berikut playlistnya konser kemarin dan yang saya bold adalah lagu yang saya suka:

1. Ibara no Namida
2. Chase
3. Goodluck My Way
4. Honey
5. Drink it Down
6. Revelation
7. Hitomi no Junin
8. XXX (Kiss)
9. Fate
10. Forbidden Lover
11. My Heart Draws a Dream
12. Seventh Heaven
13. Driver's High
14. Stay Away
15. Ready Steady Go
16. Anata
17. The Fourth Avenue Cafe
18. Link
19. Niji

Sayangnya Laruku tak memasukkan lagu Dive To Blue dan Blurry Eyes, padahal saya mengharapkan mereka menyanyikan dua lagu itu di konser ini. Hhhhmmm.. Semoga saja saya bisa menonton konser mereka lagi dan menyanyikan dua lagu itu. Amin. :))

Sejujurnya, saya bingung mau cerita apa tentang konser Laruku ini. Saya sungguh terpesona dengan penampilan paman-paman ini. Mereka yang sudah berumur 40 tahunan, tapi masih berstamina kuat dan memberikan performance yang memukau. Hyde masih tetap cantik. Terlebih lagi ketika dia berbicara dengan bahasa Indonesia. Lucuuu bangeeett.. Gemeeess.. Hehe.. Sama ketika Ken kasih hadiah sebuah suling ke Hyde, dan Hyde mencoba memainkannya namun tak bisa. Lalu dia pun memunculkan mimik kesal dan pura-pura mau mematahkan suling itu. Kyaaaaa.. Banyak hal menarik yang terjadi selama konser dan mungkin sudah banyak artikel yang menceritakan itu, bahkan sudah ada videonya di youtube. Karena itu saya tak mau menceritakan lebih detail.

Saya cuma mau memamerkan kebahagiaan saya bisa melihat paman-paman itu. Saya suka melihat ekspresi semua personil yang senang dan bahagia, mereka seperti senang dengan penonton di Indonesia. Terlihat dari senyum mereka yang sumringah dan penampilan mereka yang lincah. Saya sukaaaa. :DD

L'Arc~en~Ciel, thanks for coming to Indonesia. I hope we'll see again soon.