The BumbleRabbit Archives

Good morning, Erin. Progress report on the BTS shows you wanted me to watch: I started the reality show for a K-pop group called IVE because they did a short arc where they played out a satirical version of Transit Love . I had no idea who these girls were, but I was thoroughly entertained.  I also watched a YouTube compilation of all the Jeff and Annie romance moments from Community . For Valentine's Day. So…admittedly not the best evidence of my devotion to your recommendations—but I swear I’m going to watch them! Soon! …soon-ish! …-ish! ANYWAY—I watched Gyeongseong Creature , because I’m newly a fan of the dude from Secretary Kim (because he was so funny in Dream (which, as it so happens, I’m going to make my family watch in a few days for my birthday, which will be quite the thing)) and…really, who can say no to Princess My Name ? Like, aside from all the times I’ve done exactly that.  Point is, it looked interesting enough to spend a weekend on, so I did just that. And ...

Good morning, Erin. So, this one is kind of a chicken-or-the-egg deal. I’ve been watching both My Demon and Welcome to Samdal-ri since they debuted on Netflix—despite not being particularly enthused by the trailers—pretty much exclusively because of the lead actresses in both shows: Kim Yoo-jung in the former, and Shin Hye-sun in the latter. And, predictably, making my decisions based on who I want to swoon over for 16 episodes has resulted in me finding myself not having as much fun as I want.  Now, of the two ladies, I was particularly excited to see Kim Yoo-jung, because I loved her in 20th Century Girl but—for reasons I will never be able to conjure—had not taken care to track down anything else she’d been in. So you can imagine how disappointed I was when I grew increasingly tired of My Demon as the weeks wore on.  I felt a similar (but lesser) disinterest in Samdal-ri , but I’d also found that I quite liked the actor who played the male lead. I didn’t like his chara...