Two Weeks (Koreandrama) TRAILER

I'm starting to look forward to the premiere of this drama more and more, and this trailer is pushing me even harder. I think Lee Jun Ki looks great and the storyline is starting to make more sense to me than it did a few weeks ago when I posted the information for this show. They're giving August 7th as the premiere date, and it's supposed to air on Wednesday and Thursday.

Two Weeks Info

Title: Two Weeks
Screenwriter: So Hyun Kyung ( 2009s Shining Inheritance, 2011s  49 Days)
Start Date: August 2013
Starring: Lee Jun Ki and Kim So Yeon
Premise: Jun Ki plays Jang Tae Sang, a man falsely accused of murder, and on the run, while his daughter's health suffers from leukemia. The show is supposed to span two weeks as he tries to save his daughter's life.

I'm interested in how they're going to format this show. Will each episode be like one day out of his journey? Will it be like '24' countdown every hour?
Based on his performance in AaTM, Jun Ki has gotten better and learned more skills, but being a fugitive and having a very sick child makes for a high intensity and highly emotional story. I don't know much about anyone else in this drama. However, knowing that the writer is So Hyun Kyung, does give me hope that the story will be very touching, since 49 Days had me puffy-eyed for about half the episodes. Maybe they will combine to make a great show to watch. I guess I'll have t add this to the  'Try/Watch' Drama List.

Arang and the Magistrate (AatM) First Impression

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I started watching this show when it came out and was interested in seeing Jun Ki again after his army service. I even intended to post about it:

'Arang and the Magistrate' (AatM)

Wasn’t sure I was going to watch this show even though I’ve seen  Jun Ki and Min Ah in one other shows, 'My Girl' and 'My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho'. Jun Ki although cute, wasn’t very impressive skill wise in his show, and Min Ah has already starred in a supernatural show. How is a supernatural seguek supposed to work out?? What made me give this a chance so soon? The comments I’ve seen posted in various places about how much people liked this show.

I had to stop the first episode half way through because, no matter what happens in the next thrity minutes, I will be watching the second episode. AatM did two things successfully and quickly to capture my attention. The first is the visuals. So far I’ve seen the Korean version of Olympus and the colors costumes and setting are in a word : sumptuous, I want to see more of this world the show makers are setting up. The second thing that they’ve done is to make my think about the world in a different way. I’ve seen gods holding the world on the palm of their hand, hoisted onto their backs and so on, but this is the first time I’ve seen a god “water” the world that grows from the back of a lamb. The ultimate Chia Pet.

I wonder what other quirky little twists this show has in store, and I’m anxious to find out.

But then, I would get caught up in other shows like 'Queen of SOP' and '3 Golden Men', and before I knew it, AatM was coming to it's last couple of episodes!

Finally, I decided to sit and watch episode 5 yesterday (yes...pathetic how far behind I was considering I saw the premiere), and NOW? I have to say that no matter what, I will probably finish this show in the coming weekend. It's as if the writers kicked the show into high gear after episode 4. There are points in the episode that I'm sure it's the end, because it's a great place to leave me at a cliff hanger, only I hit the time bar and there's twenty minutes left. In those twenty minutes we're swept farther away and the actual cliff hanger has me hitting the button for the next episode with haste.

This show is actually just in time for Halloween, meaning it's a little scary. I stopped at the end of episode 7 last night because it was already pretty late and I was watching alone. I didn't want to watch something that would creep me out too much before bed. The music doesn't help either, menacing and gripping, ethereal and sweet, it does it all.

TGIF! I can't wait to pop the corn tonight!!! Happy Watching :)