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It occurred to me that a few people who might be interested in this may not have seen it yet, and so I bring you the trailer for the Korean adaptation of Antique Bakery. I am told by those who know such things that it's actually much gayer than the manga. (Which, actually, is kind of interesting. With Korean dramas, you usually have to interpret a hug as kissing, and a few pecks as a makeout session. But the movies? Not so conservative... At all.)

Anyway, trailer:

I have to say, even though I'm not very interested in the movie, the trailer is addictively cute (I think it's the music) the food pr0n looks amazing, and that's the first time I've ever thought Joo Ji Hoon looked attractive at all. (Yes, I know, heresy, but I've never understood why he's so popular.) ~~The Very Very Gay baker is cuter, though.~~ If nothing else, it looks much more entertaining than the Japanese adaptation. How anything with Fujiki Naohito and Abe Hiroshi managed to be dull is something I'll never understand.

Meanwhile, I'm thinking of starting a drinking game for anytime someone says Yoon Eun Hye should have been cast as Makino in the Korean Hana Yori Dango. Seriously, did she even audition? And, frankly, I can't picture her in the role. I like her, but in 24 episodes of Goong and 4 of Vineyard Man, I've seen her stand up for herself exactly once. For about 7 seconds, and then it was back to the cutesy protesting. Still, I have 12 episodes of Vineyard Man and all of Coffee Prince to watch, so my opinion could change. If nothing else, Vineyard Man is already a vast improvement over Goong.

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Ehh, I don't see it this way but YMMV. The story is really all about Makino, after all, not the F4. The only reason Meteor Garden worked as well as it did (other than the story being good) is that while F4 couldn't act, Barbie Hsu could.

Kdrama fans seem to be pretty invested into their actresses so whenever the casting for things comes out, there are plenty of people who are excited for the heroines being cast because it's a fave actress. Just see the people partying in the IRIS thread when they found out Son Ye Jin was cast as the heroine, and that stars Lee Byung Hun, one of the biggest Korean stars and whom I've seen plenty of people fanatical about. Or see the people currently driving me nuts in the EoE thread with the nonstop Lee Da Hae fangirling. I think GHS's biggest problem is that she is stepping into an iconic role and she doesn't have an established fanbase (I read there were people tearing out their hair in a similar way when both YEH and JJH were cast in Goong for the same reasons. Let's hope she is good and wins over people the way JJH and YEH did, if for nothing else but because I want to enjoy the Hanadan-Korea in peace).

I do see some disgruntled people thinking whoever is playing Domyouji is not cute enough.