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[meganbmoore]

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.

Comments

[fivil.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer, downloaded vol one of the manga in giddy excitement, read and was beyond disappointed. For one, it was confusing, had some vapid stuff (even for yaoi/shounen ai) and I just wasn't feeling any of it at all. Just goes to show, I do love my slash but this Japanese yaoi/shounen ai business rarely makes me go "ooh yay!". Funny how that goes.

But I think the movie might turn out okay, I expect that cast of actors to flesh out the characters so I might actually care about them.

Edit: re:YEH, honestly I think people just want her in any drama. Anybody who didn't love Goong, loved Coffee Prince, so she's got a huge amount of fans.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I've had the manga recced a few times and, given who some of the reccers are, might check it out eventually, but it isn't quite a priority.

YEH: My problem is that she's cute, and they rely on that to carry entire dramas, but in a way that I find cloying instead of cute. Not her fault, but the fault of behind the scenes people who don't know "cute" and "cutesy" aren't the same thing.

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

You might want to check out the second volume - I dunno, you might still not like it, but personally I was a little underwhelmed by the first volume but thought that after that it was really adorable and hilarious. (Granted I am kind of biased in favor of Fumi Yoshinaga, though - I'm biased in favor of anyone who manages to more often than not fit female characters into BL series and make them REAL characters, rather than just token females, and she even manages some exploration of feminism and the challenges facing women now and then.)

[fivil.livejournal.com]

Hmm, perhaps. Like I said, I found it a little confusing to be honest - something about the style of the manga didn't really gel with me, but maybe it's something I have to grow to enjoy. Did like the art so that's something. :)

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Antique Bakery isn't yaoi or shounen-ai. It's a story about people working in a bakery and one of them happens to be gay.

[fivil.livejournal.com]

Sorry, was just using something I'd heard it described with. Regardless of genre, still didn't like it very much.