Hyun Bin for Samsung SmartTV CF

For those who are clueless what CF's mean, I wiki-ed it for you. It stands for Commercial Film. CF's are especially popular and viral in South Korea.

Hyun Bin (My Name is Kim Sam Soon) clearly is today's most bankable actor. His successful drama, Secret Garden helped him land a lot of CF's left and right. Big brand names in Korea sign him as ambassador notwithstanding his upcoming military service in March. We won't be seeing much of him for another two years!

He was adorable on My Name is Kim Sam Soon, really fun but I love him more on Secret Garden where he plays a rich department store chaebol who falls for a stuntwoman played by Ha Ji Won (Memories of Bali). If you think the usual i-love-you-to-death-despite-the-social-difference-it's-you-and-me-against-the-world, think again. The drama has another take. It is such a breath of fresh air. NO CHEESY MOMENTS. Less and less on that. More on witty lines and a unique plot. The best plot on rich man falls for commoner girl plots Koreans love so much. Every episode was entertaining. The kind of drama that does not revolve around the lives of the leads but also interjects those of the supporting characters. It's even the first I watched without the usual love triangles/squares yet had enough conflict to get you watching for more.

Now that's it ended, all we see are commercials of the characters we can't get enough of. Hyun Bin is the new face of Samsung's SmartTV. Samsung's 3D TV. Hyun Bin shot not only one but two version's of the CF.

Drama version. 
I don't understand what their saying
But still cracked me up. Oh, Secretary Kim!
Waiting for English subs!

Smokin'! Nuff said.

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Not Another Korean Remake

Why oh why? Why a korean remake of It Started With A Kiss? I super loved that series. It's in my top favorites list!!! The list that contains dramas I occasionally watch over and over again. Why???

Haven't we learned from previous remakes? Highly commercialized, bad casting and bad acting? Okay. So Boys Over Flowers is an exception. We all know how phenomenal it was. The thing is, Lee Min Ho CAN ACT. Whereas Kim Hyun Joong (the lead actor of ISWAK korean version), as my best friend puts it, cannot act to save his life. Let's say he is a bit appropriate for the role. What with his poker face he constantly wears around and the air of indifference. But that's exactly the issue here. All he knows is the poker face act. His character in this drama is not all about poker face all the time. ISWAK fans will agree on this. Ugh. I just hate this. Another highly commercialized drama remake. I'd know. It comes from the same company behind Boys Over Flowers.

Then again, I'm pretty sure I'll watch the drama anyway... out of curiosity. My best friend and I hope we'll be pleasantly surprised instead getting sorely disappointed.

It's not a competition.. but I doubt this pair can at least deliver the onscreen appeal of Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin. Their team up worked wonders. No. It's not just about them, it's the whole cast. Why else would fans strongly demand 2nd season and.. a 3rd season.

I pray they casted the right people for each role. ISWAK had long, long episodes but it as far from a dragging drama. Each episode was super fun. It's not just Ariel Lin and Joe Cheng. As I've said, each character played by the cast came to life and became real which was the main reason why, fans like me, OVERREACT OVER A KOREAN REMAKE! 

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