#Byung Chan

[kdram-chjh]

VICTON 빅톤 'Virus' MV

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnm0YD1uDa

[jeon6yeon]

Joint Security Area (2000) Dir. Park Chan-wook

[sonyejingifs]

First look at Son Yejin and Lee Byung-Hun in No Other Choice dir. Park Chan-Wook (2025)

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Set-up of a fictional movie: A squad of South Korean soldiers and a squad of North Korean soldiers discover these unnatural monoliths on their respective sides of the DMZ. Both monoliths are identical to each other and they seem to have been sculpted by someone. When the soldiers approach the monoliths, they end up being teleported to an unknown location.

(Note: later in the movie, it’s revealed they are in an ancient, underground city on Mars).

While trying to find a way back home, both squads are attacked by what appears to be alien monsters (think something along the lines of the Xenomorphs). The survivors of both squads are then forced to team up in order to stand a chance against the monsters and find a way back home…

(Part 1 of this poll series)

Current cast:

TBD

[dreamingkdrama]

Kim Ga-On

Appreciation post

Drama: The king's affection

Status: Side character

Portrayed by: Choi Byung-Chan

Side character, but he can make a big impression. He is the kind of mysterious character that appears to be bad guy but you hope that he is a good guy. He is cute, brave, great fighter and has the best whump scene in the show.

[toastinthegrass]

Joint Security Area 공동경비구역 JSA (2000) dir. Park Chan Wook

[abduloki]

GI JOE ROLL CALL !

Got excited watching the end credits of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. GI JOE is in the house y'all.

For those who are not familiar, back in the 80s, before there was the Avengers, there was GI JOE. They fought COBRA which is like Marvel's HYDRA which try to overtake the US government from within and so a secret task force, GI JOE, is form to hunt them down.

Both GI JOE and Transformers are in the HASBRO Universe. Both of them were two of the most popular animated series in the 80s. And they have crossed over numerous times in the comics later on.

There were two GI JOE movies in 2007 (Rise of Cobra) and 2013 (Retaliation) starring Channing Tatum. And a reboot in 2021 (Snake Eyes), starring Henry Golding.

While a crossover is indeed happening on the big screen, it is unclear if the existing Transformers franchise will link with either of the existing GI JOEs of 2007 or 2021, or a completely new one that we will see in the foreseeable future.

[cloysauce]

@ younger self, it's mr all-in and ms summer-scent doing a movie with mr lady-vengeance. 🥹

[sloshed-cinema]

Joint Security Area [공동경비구역 JSA] (2000)

A picture really does say a thousand words. The final image of Park Chan-wook’s DMZ character study perfectly sums up the relationship between its four central characters as well as the overall tone that it sets in examining the human consequences of such a specific and thoroughly enforced piece of diplomatic work. The monochrome photograph captures Sgt Oh’s wry expression, Pvt Jeong grinning as he marches in the background, Pvt Nam against the wall and Sgt Lee moving to block the lens. There’s an irreverence hiding in plain sight here, a secret pact which Park teases out over the course of this military thriller. But even more brilliantly, the taking of the image itself served as a character beat earlier in the film. While it’s not the first time we meet Sgt Oh, this is his first true reveal, making the choice to hand a tourist’s hat which has blown over into the DPRK back over to the ROK. He’s stiff and militaristic, but capable of making humanistic gestures, we see here. Throughout the rest of the film, he is perhaps the levelest mind in the room. Though fervent in his dedication to the DPRK in his words, Oh seems to value the lives of those he cares about more when things get tense. He uses this zealotry to purposefully, perhaps, sabotage a cross-examination when Lee looks about to break and perhaps damage his future, and as we come to learn about the confrontation which sparked the investigation and film, Oh works to protect his brethren on the southern side of the border even after his comrade is shot. He’s a good man. They’re all good men, on some level. The central idyll is like a warm blanket were it not for the knowledge that this is doomed to fail violently, nightly gatherings of camaraderie. But we come as an audience to enjoy their time together goofing off and swapping cigarettes and stories. It’s a connection not seen anywhere else in this world of strict and arbitrary ceremony and custom. Even the woman investigating the incident, Swiss negotiator Maj Jean, is separated from her intimate connections, her father’s past as a North Korean general weaponized and herself distant from him. Everything is defined by this line in the sand, and yet four men found a way to step across it. If only for a moment. Neither Lee nor Nam escape the fallout, and Oh can only find the release of discharge. It’s a moment in time, a snapshot.

Director Park uses flashbacks and perspective to spool out the different potential truths at hand before revealing the full facts of the matter. It’s well-executed, but not exactly anything novel. What is more interesting is his effortless as usual command of visual storytelling through editing and motifs. Borders are at once very important and completely frivolous, as exemplified by the concrete band defining the split between the two territories. ROK soldiers line up in drills to shoot moving targets from a model version of this setup, but those same soldiers from both sides will in other instances line up to swap cigarettes and hunt rabbit in a whole different kind of war-game. Our secret friends become increasingly juvenile during their duties, early on making threats about shadows crossing the border, which escalates to a spitting contest. They can’t even maintain a straight face when on duty facing off against one another, which makes their later face-to-face encounter at deposition, when there can be no falsehood, all the more heartbreaking. Later, mulling her options, Jean walks back and forth on that line like it’s a tightrope, balancing geopolitical consequences. Park is never twee or kumbahyah, we should all just get along about it: klaxons warn of imminent invasion and the ROK border defense react, our central quartet mull the consequences of invasion and how they would have to shoot each other in such a scenario. He's not naive, but Park does arch his brow at the theatrics of it all.

Underneath all of this is a heavy layer of queer subtext. It’s almost full-on text, just have an orgy! The one thing holding this film back. Nothing’s perfect. But there’s a definite longing between these four, especially Nam and Jeong. The secrecy of night can hide these normal interactions which the outer world condemns. Further overtures are made and blissfully received as Nam witnesses a mirror being flashed from across the border and practically exits this plane of existence. Jeong enjoys the arts and receives his birthday gift rhapsodically. Coded messages—the passing of a Yankee lighter, whistling—take the place of conventional conversation. The memento of the landmine fuse intertwines intimacy of that first meeting with danger, a Very Queer Thing. Nam paints a dark line under his eye akin to Oh’s scar in homage to him. That’s right, I’m going full tinfoil here, this will DEFINITELY fit into my Grand Unified Gay Theory come hell or high water.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says 'Commie' or 'bullet'.

A car with a diplomat flag on its hood appears in a scene.

Someone names a nation.

BIG DRINK

A flashback begins.

CGI(?) birds? Are birds real?

Song Kang-ho whistles.

[mikeladano]

MOVIE REVIEW: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Review written Nov 9 2009, rediscovered 2023, and posted unaltered. G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Directed by Stephen Sommers I am a hardcore GI Joe fan, but only Real American Hero and its continuations. As such I am very critical of some of the liberties taken with the characters in this movie, but in the end I was pretty satisfied with the movie. Read on! Rise Of Cobra is interesting in…

[kpoptimeout]

K-Pop Debuts and Comebacks for the Third Week of February (Feb 13-19 2023)

Feb 13

0WAVE - off this

Hip hop crew 0WAVE is back with another vibey banger.

KEY - Killer

SHINee's KEY returns solo in this retro synthpop bop!

LIMELIGHT - Honestly

Rookie trio LIMELIGHT debuts in this upbeat pop track!

tripleS - Rising

Jaden Jeong's newest produced group following LOONA and onlyoneof makes a powerful and unique debut.

XG - Left Right

AVEX's Korea-based Japanese girl group XG drops a high-budget MV for their follow-up track.

Feb 14

STAYC - Teddy Bear

Popular young girl group STAYC is back with another refreshing and unique track!

Feb 15

PURPLE KISS - Sweet Juice

Talented girl group PURPLE KISS continues their unique dark yet delicate sound in this comeback!

Feb 16

No releases.

Feb 17

Lee Byung Chan - Snowman

Soloist Lee Byung Chan shows off his delicate and smooth vocals in this track!

Feb 18

Poetree X Kim Hyunchul - Belated Love

Veteran Korean singer Kim Hyunchul collabs with indie artist Poetree to release this newtro track that calls to both early 90s and current alternative pop sounds!

Feb 19

Jeong Dong Won - Forever

Trot wunderkind Jeong Dong Won drops a touching song thanking fans!

What is your favourite release of the week?

[bonniehooper]

Top Picks of 2023

My Top 12 Favorite TV Shows - #9: Business Proposal

Show Premiered: February 28th, 2022

Show Ended: April 5th, 2022

Started Watching: September 2023

[icomehereforthefics]

Me rewatching GI Joe and absolutely fucking loving the 2nd one just cause of Stormshadow is very on brand tbh

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Set-up of a fictional movie: A squad of South Korean soldiers and a squad of North Korean soldiers discover these unnatural monoliths on their respective sides of the DMZ. Both monoliths are identical to each other and they seem to have been sculpted by someone. When the soldiers approach the monoliths, they end up being teleported to an unknown location.

(Note: later in the movie, it’s revealed they are in an ancient, underground city on Mars).

While trying to find a way back home, both squads are attacked by what appears to be alien monsters (think something along the lines of the Xenomorphs). The survivors of both squads are then forced to team up in order to stand a chance against the monsters and find a way back home…

(Part 2 of this poll series, link to previous part)

Current cast:

The main protagonist is the squad leader of the South Korean soldiers (actor: Lee Byung-hun)

[diamantdog]

this park chan-wook fan is excited. if you haven’t seen his other movie with lbh, joint security area, i highly recommend it. i think it’s one of pcw’s ~easier~ movies.

[toastinthegrass]