Dramas Over Flowers

We’re here, we’re here, we’re really here! We look back at what was up in Dramaland in September, and look forward to what’s coming up in October 2019. Paroma was away scoping out our spiritual home, the Yak Cafe (a real place!), so we invited our good friend and Dramabeans’ writer Helen to join us. She brings along fresh opinions, a fresh accent, and a lot of insight into the vagaries of Dramalan...

TIME STAMPS: 00:01:33 - Live-action Mulan revisited 00:04:50 - Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung 00:26:39 - Love Alarm 00:34:54 - Melo is My nature 00:42:06 - Hell is Other People 00:45:09 - The Great Show 00:51:20 - A Moment at 18 00:59:46 - Class of Lies 01:01:14 - Welcome 2 Life 01:06:20 - Hotel Del Luna 01:11:33 - Level Up 01:21:13 - Watcher Anisa's reviews: Rookie Historian: http://www.dramabean...

We have a new guest! Fangirl JustMe joins us to chat about current headlines. whether on screen romances can last off screen, and what she's excited about from the upcoming batch of September dramas! List of September dramas here: https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/september-k-drama-premieres/ TIMESTAMPS: NEWS 02:22 - Gu Hye-sun and Ahn Jae-hyun divorce and make sure we know all about...

Well hello. We have here the long awaited Long Yak discussing all our new watches and happy endings from July. Enjoy. (Timestamps below!) Designated Survivor: First Thoughts - http://bit.ly/DesignatedSurvivorFI Time Stamps: 00:04:25 - Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung 00:21:50 - Designated Survivor 00:23:51 - Hotel Del Luna 00:37:29 - Level Up 00:46:09 - Watcher 01:02:58 - Class of Lies 01:13:32 - Se...

We round up news from July and look forward to the dramas that August brings. TIMESTAMPS: 03:48 - Kang Ji-hwan under arrest for sexual assault 09:14 - Korea and India collaborating on a sageuk about Heo Hwang-ok 17:40 - Agency 51K taking a hard line against sasaengs 21:11 - Yoon Yeo Jung And Han Ye Ri To Make Hollywood Debuts 23:57 - Mulan trailer discussion (book rec: Girl King) 32:49 - Actress J...

Warning: This Long Yak is Long. Brace yourself. Use the timestamps below responsibly. TIMESTAMPS: -- Non-Korean -- 00:02:09 - Dark 00:02:45 - General & I 00:04:40 - Well Intended Love 00:08:54 - Always Be My Maybe -- Korean -- 00:11:08 - Angel's Last Mission: Love 00:29:59 - Perfume 00:35:30 - Arthdal Chronicles 00:49:07 - Abyss 00:55:42 - Secret Life of my Secretary 01:14:22 - Search: WWW 01:28:3...

Some news and lots of new dramas to check out in July. To help everyone keep track of the massive list, we have compiled them with helpful summaries and interesting notes on our blog: https://akdramapodcast.wordpress.com/2019/07/04/july-k-drama-premieres/ Link to Rimi's article on YG: https://seoulbeats.com/2019/06/yg-to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/ TIME STAMP - 01:09 - Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-k...

Some news and some new June dramas! Welcome back to What's Up in Dramaland. NEWS 34:00 - Jang Ja-yeon update 11:00 - Kim Woobin spotted by fans 13:00 - Jian84 creates racist webtoon 18:43 - Kang Haneul discharged and cast in a romacom! 19:55 - Kim Go-eun, Lee Min-ho in alternate world fantasy drama 24:32 - Hyun bin, Sohn Ye-jin team up for new drama 25:58 - So Ji-sub dating seriously JUNE DRAMAS 2...

With a shorter list than usual, here's our Long Yak. We discuss the final leg of Her Private Life and some leftover thoughts on He is Psychometric before moving on to newly airing dramas: Abyss, Secret Life of My Secretary, and Angel's Last Mission: Love. Also watch out for a comeback of Saya's infamous Aje gags towards the end. (You've been warned.) TIMESTAMPS: 06:48 - Her Private Life (Spoiler f...

We bring you some updates to the Burning Sun controversy, the tale of Park Yoochun's expulsion from his agency, our anticipation of Ji Chang-wook's next project, and some discussions of Korean multiculturalism. Plus the new dramas of May and what we expect from them! (00:10:53 - We move on from the Burning Sun update to other news.) —Awesome Patrons who support us— Egads Steven Blackmore Lia W. Ki...

We’re back with another Yak! We discuss the dramas we’re currently watching and how Paroma’s recommendations cannot be trusted. (Recorded on 28th Feb) TIME STAMPS: 00:03:35 - Her Private Life 00:33:48 - My Fellow Citizen 00:43:14 - Beautiful World 00:53:35 - He is Psychometric 01:03:59 - I picked up a celebrity 01:08:33 - Rec: Playlist global —Awesome Patrons who support us— Egads Steven Blackmore...

We decided to do a special deep dive into the Seungri scandal, and to help us discuss the revelations of the last few months with empathy and knowledge, Rimi and LollyPip join us on the podcast. Both are ardent Kpop fans. Rimi is also a lawyer, and she sheds some light on how the law works in such cases. Follow them both on Twitter - Rimi: @_payodhi LollyPip: @LollyPipKD NEWEST UPDATE: A woman cam...

Hello! This Yak we wrap up two romances we loved and gush about a thriler/romance that we can't get enough of. We also talk about the fallout of the current scandals for 1N2D and if the alpha-hole trope is finally dying in Kdramas. TIME STAMP: 00:01:17 - He is Psychometric 00:12:42 - Legal High 00:20:21 - Ms Temper and Nam Jungi 00:25:57 - Touch Your Heart/ Reach of Sincerity 00:47:07 - Romance is...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of our new series, 'K-dramas meet...'. This is a special one. We collaborate with the amazing hosts of The Riz Test Podcast (@theriztest), Sadia and Shaf, and discuss the history of Islam in Korea and how modern day Muslims are represented in the rare dramas we spot them in. Follow our co-hosts on Twitter here: Sadia - @educ_research Shaf - @shaftag —Awesome Patron...

We're unpardonably late this month (thanks to my ear infection), but here's the Yak that should have come out in early March. We talk about the two romantic comedies that caught all the eyeballs in Feb, and give our final (somewhat scathing) thoughts on the ending of The Last Empress. We could have gone on (Min Yoo-ra could have taken up another hour), but we took pity on you. XP TIME STAMPS: 00:0...

February News & Upcoming Dramas! We cover the Burning Sun scandal plus charges against Jung Joon Young & Seungri. We discuss the post dramafever landscape and At&T's future plans for streaming in the US. Also stay tuned for news about drama announcements and what's releasing in March! TIME STAMP: 00:00:00 - Seungri & Jung Joon-young charged in sexual assault and corruption scandal 00:12:35 - AT&T'...

Hey guys. In 'What's up in Dramaland?' you can listen to our commentary on industry news and our speculations about the next lot of upcoming dramas. TIME STAMP: —-NEWS 01:47 - Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (a.k.a. Something in the Rain) leads to be reunited 04:21 - 3rd season of Voice and 2nd season of Laughter in Waikiki confirmed 06:34 - Strong Woman Do Bong-soon getting US remake 13:40 - SBS an...

Our Long Yaks are getting the tiniest bit shorter. You get the drama reviews and discussions here, while news and upcoming gets its own episode under "What's Up in Dramaland?" Thanks to all our patrons for helping us realise some of our ideas! Check out the planning notes for this month's episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/making-of-yak-24378787 kfangurl's article on Boyfriend/Encounter -...

First Long Yak of 2019! Time Stamps: 00:01:17 - Anisa's paper on Korea CURRENTLY WATCHING DRAMAS -- 00:09:07 - MY STRANGE HERO 00:26:52 - BOYFRIEND/ENCOUNTER 00:39:21 - THE LAST EMPRESS 00:46:21 - MEMORIES 00:56:43 - JUST DANCE/DANCE SPORTS GIRLS 01:00:16 - TOP STAR YOO BAEK 01:09:47 - MY AJUSSHI 01:13:54 - RED MOON BLUE SUN 01:20:20 - TIMELESS 01:25:24 - MEN ON A MISSION 01:28:51 - YOUTH OVER FLO...

Hey guys. This is our farewell to 2018 episode. We go over all the dramas we've loved and hated with a passion. And some more that fell outside that strict category. You can tell us about your 2018 watchlist in the comments below, on twitter (@dramasoverflow), and through email (dramasoverflowers@gmail.com). Take a look at the free bonus episodes uploaded on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/d...

In our last Long Yak of 2018, we cover a bunch of recently completed dramas, express our expectations of newly airing ones, and notice a strong theme of ableism in Korean Dramas lately - if a male lead isn't perfectly perfect in body and mind, he can't be a hero. Join us in our #DecemberDramas one-tweet review festival on twitter (@dramasoverflow) or email us at starsinourpocket@gmail.com. Also, c...

This month we start off by discussing the sudden shut down of DramaFever, what this means for the international viewership, how and when the licensing wars started in the KDrama world, and how fans access dramas when official channels are unavailable. We also talk about the Canadian sitcom, Kim's Convenience, which totally counts as a KDrama in our hearts! (Everything with a * below has a link you...

Anisa and Paroma get "greenfields" (Rimi) and "Sicarius" to come tell us why Kpop is invading the world, and how things work behind the scenes in the Korean music industry. (Links under the timestamps) TIME STAMPS: 00:02:43 - Woes of Being a Kpop fan outside US 00:04:13 - Is Kpop a genre? 00:07:01 - Are Drama OSTs Kpop? 00:11:17 - How did you two come to this fandom? 00:16:59 - What is a Bias? 00:...

Hey guys! The Long Yak this month covers some new dramas and some that we just finished. We don't have the news or upcoming segments in this one, but we'll definitely do them next Yak. Let us know your thoughts on whatever you're watching right now! TIME STAMPS - CURRENTLY WATCHING 00:06:18 - Familiar Wife 00:16:50 - Terius Behind Me 00:27:04 - Heart Surgeons 00:31:01 - Life 00:36:13 - Full House...

We've been talking a lot about Full House on our podcasts and we wanted to let you in on what got us started. This is the audio commentary we recorded over a month back when Anisa introduced Paroma and Saya to the wonders of Rain's interesting shirt designs and Song Hye-kyo's penchant for pigtails. All of our original reactions are captured here for posterity. XD This commentary is synchronised to...