Student Trials and Flower Knights

The holiday season is near and what better way to celebrate than with young, pretty people dying? Okay, I may have picked the theme for this week a bit haphazardly, but I believe that the fresh talent of"Solomon's Perjury"and the pretty boys of pretty-boy sageuk"Hwarang"still qualify as good Christmas presents for many. We also have"Goblin"and its homoerotic salt shaker, so Dramaland has been slow, but definitely not boring.

Flowery Sageuk

The pretty boys of"Hwarang"will be with us onDecember 19thand the drama has itsfirst teaserout. As you may have guessed, it has pretty boys in it training prettily. Pre-produced dramas have not been doing well, so I always wait for a good one. I would hate to see the method blamed for bad concepts and execution, so let us hope that this series will be pretty beyond its boys.

Organized Teen Anger

I briefly introduced"Solomon's Perjury"last week and now the series has two teasers out. Thefirst oneis all text and thesecondfeatures some scenes and words by the original author of the novel this is based on, Miyabe Miyuki. I cannot say these are great first impressions for anyone aside from existing fans of the original, but I know better than to trust promotion in Dramaland by now. The series has also releasedscript reading photos.

Upcoming Drama Goodies

Idol actorLhas beencastin MBC's"Monarch"while idol actressSunhwahasjoined"After Spring". In more casting news,Song Ok-sooktakes oncastaway drama"Missing 9". "While You Were Sleeping - 2017" has found its lead, but is still inearly production."Goblin"has releasedconfusing postersand there aremedia goodiesfor "Drama Special - Pinocchio's Nose" andalso forweb drama "The Birth of a Married Woman". Web drama"Love for a Thousand More"hasvideosout as well.

Followed Dramas

"Entourage"remains frustrating and I have lost hope after half a series. I am not sure whether pre-produced Korean dramas are test-screened and I am not sure which answer would be the saddest. "Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim" might go down power play road and I am not too happy about that either. Not every drama season has its gems, I suppose.

Written by:Orionfrom 'Orion's Ramblings'