#jung joon ho

[no-where-new-hero]

From now on, showtime! is legitimately the most underrated show I've seen so far on my kdrama journeys. Despite being a fan of fantasy shows and looking out for genre recommendations of all types, I'd never have even heard of it if I weren't determined to watch everything PHJ was in, and he's not even the best thing about it. He's barely in the top three best parts about this show. It's a fabulous ensemble comedy, it's a meaningful but not overblown past-life second-chance love story (it's what TOTNT was doing between Yeon and Jiah but more realistic), it's about forgiveness and trying again and true personal growth and sassy ghosts and letting the intrusive thoughts win sometimes, all with a very passable script, good direction (the lighting director deserved an award), and a kind of like...classic feel to it? It reminds me of older dramas somehow, in its sly and humorous approach to recognizable tropes. Anyway, if you have any interest at all in speculative kdramas (especially if you want something less epic than the Love from the Star/Goblin/Tale of the Nine Tailed/My Demon brand) i really recommend it.

[destiny-in-the-universe]

This is a joke but I feel like I’ll have to carry this particular fandom’s back. Do any of you still exist?

We’ve got a grand total of three fics, two of which are mine, and the other is an author who I’ve not seen trace of in a while. I’m writing the fourth and will continue but uh, did anyone ever watch a K-Drama called From Now On, Showtime?

Like, did we just never get a fandom? Please. I’m on my hands and knees. Look at my state right now lmao. I’m fixating again on K-Dramas and seemingly this series has all but two people in its fandom.

I will still yap about it but I’m curious.

[softforkanej]

lee jung-jae is my biggest hear me out. no i will NOT elaborate 🗣️🗣️

[ourwhisperingtorment]

Squid Game Season 1 Cast

[kawaiistargirl001]

[salayy]

I really enjoyed the camera work and overall cinematoprophy of Squid Games 2. Especially the first 2 episodes. It felt like a noir kdrama. I know the first season was dark too but i do like the grittiness of this season.

Shoutout to the entire crew.

[clubartaesthetic]

I have nothing appropriate to say

[krisantium]

Ever wonder why the show puts Lee Jung Jae, Lee Byung Hun and Wi Ha Joon as the three main casts (even tho the screen time of the later two were not even 50% of the total show)?

Yes, because the whole point of the story revolves around those three.

And I'm sorry if this gonna break many people's heart but the dynamic is not like what you all are talking about.

First off, let me talk about Frontman and Gihun. Well, the shipping is fun and games until it becomes annoying because it's not just game anymore but the whole fandom totally misread their dynamic. Inho is there to break Gihun. Inho is there trying to prove his point about the world. Inho sees himself in Gihun. No, no, Inho never sees hope for humanity in him, he is just waiting for the wall to crack. He aims for the wall to crack. And the crack happens. And if you were not too busy misreading his psycho stare as the look of love or admiration towards Gihun then you will remember their conversation right before the rebellion. Inho proves himself right. He sees Gihun as just another corrupted man who thinks he is the saint. The moment he said that he will risk his comrade's life for what he thinks as a greater good is the moment Inho won. Mission accomplished. And he is not proving anything to anyone, including Gihun. Only himself. Gihun is so much like his old self and he desperately wants to justify the person he has become.

Because if he's not careful enough, he is going to see his own wall cracking. If there is small string that could still connect himself to sanity, it's his brother. It's Junho. The scene where Inho, the ruthless frontman, the coldest human being on the show had PTSD and the image he saw is his brother asking him "why" speaks volume. For a moment, he questions everything. He questions himself and his decisions. For a moment, he is Inho. If he is what he is now then why seeing his brother's face shakes him so much?

So he needs to re-reasoning himself and he sees the potential in Gihun. He basically hunts the man down for years to put him in the game again while making sure that someone is keeping his brother away from the island and from him. Gihun is the consolation while Junho, the distraction.

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama May 2024 💚

1/5: Frankly Speaking with Go Kyung Pyo, Kang Han Na. 12 episodes; rom-com.

4/5: the Atypical Family with Chun Woo Hee, Jang Ki Yong. 12 episodes, fantasy, romance, action.

11/5: the Midnight Romance with Jung Ryeo Won, Wi Ha Joon, So Joo Yun. 16 episodes; romance.

13/5: Crash with Lee Min Ki, Kwak Sun Young, Heo Sung Tae. 12 episodes; thriller, mystery, comedy.

13/5: Dare to Love Me with Kim Myung Soo, Lee Yoo Young. 16 episodes; rom-com.

15/5: Uncle Samsik with Song Kang Ho, Byun Yo Han, Lee Kyu Hyung. 16 episodes; business drama.

17/5: the 8 Show with Ryu Joon Yul, Chun Woo Hee, Park Jong Min. 8 episodes; thriller, psychological.

22/5: Not Very Strong, but Attractive Homicide Squad with Park Se Wan, Kim Dong Wook. 12 episodes; mystery, comedy.

24/5: Bitter Sweet Hell with Kim Hee Sun, Lee Hye Young, Kim Nam Hee. 12 episodes; thriller, mystery, comedy.

24/5: Connection with Ji Sung, Jeon Mi Do, Kwon Yul. 16 episodes; thriller, mystery.

Many new dramas! And so little time...

[dragonsareawesome123]

Angels in America (2024) dir. Shin Yucheong

[exohoesworld]

THEY ARE INSANE OH MY GOD !!!?!?!?!!

[deepestconnoisseurmoon]

Parasite (2019)

Dir. Bong Joon-ho

[sidethatyoudontknow]

I see some people call the salesman gong yoo which I'm not gonna do bc I'm used to not and uncomfortable with using the actors real name for shipping and fanfic

I like to keep real life and fiction apart and I think some people should too

Yk it's literally the same feeling you get when someone is shipping you with your friend out of funsies but its actually making you uncomfortable(you might also think "its not bad but also not good just weird"), that's probably what the actors feels too when they see those content about them

[nickmikeoneshot]

And if I don't meet you no more

In this world

Then I'll, I'll meet you in the next one

And don't be late, don't be late

[army-in-the-stars]

[memientom0ri]

Analyzing the metaphorical connection between Squid Game/Round 6 and the movie Parasite.

Before we begin, it is important to know that these two films are different metaphors for social inequality in South Korea; a social factor that is caused by:

• Gender discrimination: women receive 36% less than men;

• Racial inequality: immigrants face difficulties.

• School bullying: 15% of students report it.

• Stress and mental health problems.

Now let's analyze the metaphors of the two works and how they resemble each other, despite the different ways in which criticism is portrayed in both.

SQUID GAME:

The metaphor in the form of social criticism shows us how human beings subject themselves to absurd situations when there is no other option, and how those above the lower class have control over that class and over society (politicians, millionaires, businessmen, among other important positions).

Here are the points I gathered to write my review:

• Games portray the need, fear about society and (de)valuation of life. Players both value and devalue their lives as they choose to continue playing, even when they see people die, because the combination of the need for money + greed (this greed that equals the lower class to the upper class, showing us that some of those who are above were also inferior), does not make them want to stop because the world out there will humiliate them, devalue them and kill them little by little, just as it happens in the game.

• No matter how superior you think you are to someone, whether it's due to intellectual, social or racial level, within the game everyone is humiliating themselves equally because they need the same thing: money (representing not only the literal money that the lower class needs, but also social validation, the minimum of respect, to be taken seriously).

• The real world is no different from the game: politics controls society as the boss and guards control the game; work (or lack thereof), represented by sadistic games, is necessary to obtain money and social validation.

• Bad people are just as sadistic as the controllers of society and the game. Since, in both seasons, bad people were responsible for sowing chaos among the players, killing each other before the games even started. People in society don't care if you need it as much as they do (even if they are in the same social class as you), they will walk all over you if they have the opportunity.

The sadism of the upper class.

The controllers watch the players kill each other and are killed during the games with class and tranquility, not lifting a finger to help. The villainy of the series represents how those above do nothing to change (even though they could),because they don't want to give up their money, because they don't care, because they've been consumed by greed for a long time.

• We are > always < being controlled by someone above us.

In both Season 1 and Season 2 we see 456 approaching and becoming attached to Player 001 (the first being the old man, and the second being Inho), both Bosses of the game infiltrated among the lower class. I observed this detail as a suggestion that there will ALWAYS be someone above controlling those below, even people in our daily lives. It is unconscious, but it is a form of submission; we obey those above us because it is moral to follow the rules. From teachers above students, parents above children, to bosses above employees and politicians above citizens.

I am passionate about the way film directors manage to fit these criticisms in such creative metaphors. It's like in The Matrix; which suggests that we all live in a control system, with the metaphor of Artificial Intelligence. It's so different from Squid Game, but at the same time the same.

In 2022, Lee Jung-Jae won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor for Squid Game. The series received 14 nominations in total and won 6 (including Best Director).

Lee Jung-Jae made history by becoming the first Asian man to win this award.

PARASITE:

The metaphor here is less "fantastical" than in Round 6, leaning towards the more realistic side of the critique.

A poor family is hired to work in the house of a rich family, but it is not as simple as it seems. Tired of extreme poverty and a difficult life, The family devises a plan to gradually infiltrate the wealthy family one by one, until they are all working in the house.

They begin to take over the wealthy family's house as time goes by, but the film wanders through situations where social criticism masterfully made by Bong Jon-Hoo, it surprises and terrifies us in the face of such inequality.

The place where the poor family lives is well below the streets above, and they have to go down very long stairs to get there (it is interesting because it metaphorically shows how the lower class is so far below, that they live in a place where the sun barely touches).

At a certain point in the film, the poor family finds a man in a terrible situation, living hidden below the house of the rich family (once again, there is always someone below, even below the lower class. It can always get worse), and when they find this man, the mother of the poor family does not even listen to him, picks up the phone and says she is going to call the police; this scene suggests a lack of empathy that can be present even in the most needy. She did not even think that she herself could be in that man's place if she had not gotten a job in the house of the rich; she forgot that she is also inferior, but, as I said, there will always be someone worse off; and that is when people feel superior, even knowing that they are not.

Just like in Squid Game, in Parasite we see social inequality represented in two uncomfortable, different but equal ways.

Players vs. Bosses / Poor vs. Rich = Us (society, lower class) vs. Them (politics, industries, corporations, digital influences, upper class)

Below = Players / Poor family

Above = Bosses (001, guards) / Rich family

Metaphor: poverty, financial need/validation/respect = Games / Job in the rich house

Metaphor: politics, industries, companies, millionaires = Boss/001/guards / Rich family

The series and film have been widely awarded and recognized for their metaphorical perfection and cinematic work.

In 2020, Bong Jon-Hoo won the Oscar for Best Director, Best Film, Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay for Parasite.

There is a lot of xenophobia behind the industries, so it is important to remember and highlight the victory of these great artists. Korean cinema is incredible, but it is undervalued.