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How Many Stars Will $25 Million Get You?
82 Commentsmatteo in News | 11 Jun 2008 - 11:20 PM
MBC has invested nearly $25 Million into its new drama East of Eden. Now you’re asking yourself what $25 Million might get you? Well first off it’ll get you a laundry list of stars. Song Seung Hun (Summer Scent), Yun Jung Hoon (Sad Love Song), Park Hae Jin (Marrying the Mafia II), Jo Min Ki (Iljimae), Lee Da Hae (My Girl, Hello! Miss), Lee Yeon Hee (One Fine Day), and Han Ji Hye (I Hate You, But It’s Fine), as they have all been signed to be in a new mega budget drama.
As far as the plot…well it’s your standard clichéd Korean drama. The drama will be about two men whose fates are crossed from the day they were born. Song Seung Hun’s character witnessed his father’s death and seeks revenge on the man who did it, Jo Min Ki. Unknown to everybody is the fact that Song Seung Hun’s younger brother, Yun Jung Hoon, was switched at birth with Min Ki’s son, Park Hae Jin……..see I’m already lost and I’m only half way through this plot. Jung Hoon becomes a prosecutor to help seek revenge with his brother, but what happens when he’s not real brothers with Song Seung Hun, but rather the real son of Min Ki.
WTF?! I haven’t even mentioned any of the fine ladies in this drama yet! What the hell were the writers thinking about when they came up with this plot?! I bet they thought they could come up with any damn plot, then stick a bunch of high profile actors in there and make a hit. Let’s hope it turns out to be a hit…you’d think with $25 Million you could get a fresh new story…guess not. MBC’s East of Eden will air in Korea on Mondays and Tuesdays in August.
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11 Jun 2008 - 11:26 PM1. ~Loco_Roco~
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...what?!?!? lmao That plot is confusing! >.< and where do the ladies come in again??? *shrugs* it sounds like it could be okay but that’s waaayyy too much money being invested.
11 Jun 2008 - 11:30 PM2. Somone there... (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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Meh. Stairway to Heavem, Winter Sonata… has some factors that were cliche. But they were goooooood.
Became a hit and made you cry (well, pft, I dont know who you are personally so I dont know if youre gonna cry >:O)
11 Jun 2008 - 11:31 PM3. ChiChi06
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Ya i was lost . . . and still am!!!
11 Jun 2008 - 11:34 PM4. AsianStyle
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i got lost at the start of the plot…>.<
so confusing =l
11 Jun 2008 - 11:39 PM5. jinheex
Website: http://www.myspace.com/childishlovex
Jung Hoon will probably turn his back on his “brother” and kill him. The ladies will shout, “OWNED”, and take Jung Hoon to a motel.
The End.
No, I’m jk. This drama better be worth it though. They spent a lot for another drama.
11 Jun 2008 - 11:41 PM6. sLaVe
Website: http://www.xanga.com/slavegirl01
This drama sounds soooooo goooooddd… I wonder where the girls come in thought. Lee Yun Hee and Lee Da Hae are pretty.
Song Seung Hun is cute too.
-sLaVe
11 Jun 2008 - 11:44 PM7. bitterkoekjes
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tsk tsk all of those stars in one drama… what a waste…
11 Jun 2008 - 11:45 PM8. crystal199187
Website: http://crystalluvgd.blogspot.com/
de plot’s too confusing!!!
if it’s a hit,then maybe i’ll give it a try…
11 Jun 2008 - 11:52 PM9. k-addict11
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EGH, had to read the description twice to understand it
K-dramas need new ideas
Stop with this whole switch-at-birth thing >.<
I bet that the ladies have somethign to do with love-triangles.
11 Jun 2008 - 11:55 PM10. trashstar
Website: http://paint-pops.net
another bad plot. this is why i’ve switched to japanese dramas.
12 Jun 2008 - 12:02 AM11. shrimpychopsuy
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sounds like a filipino drama, too many turns and twists…and drama. damn when will i find a good romantic comedy?! any suggestions?
12 Jun 2008 - 12:18 AM12. kerochan
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confusing!=_= regardless,i’ll watch it because lee da hae is there. XD
12 Jun 2008 - 12:31 AM13. crazyfrog
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ok.the plot lost me at about the 3rd line…
12 Jun 2008 - 12:40 AM14. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
ehh??
hahaha
i almost got lost at the switching at birth part hehe.
hope its good. these ARE some good actors in the mix you know.
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 12:48 AM15. mana
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sooo pricey…
The plot is easy to understand:
2 brothers want to revenge for their father’s death. But it turns out the younger brother is the enemy’s son.
12 Jun 2008 - 12:53 AM16. ~Loco_Roco~
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^ See!!! Now why is it so simple when mana explains it!!! friggin complicated dramas…*grumble* >.<
Now I’m more interested because I understand.
12 Jun 2008 - 02:07 AM17. fiz23
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they waste tooo much money!! just give to charity then…dont use too many of popular actress….it will turn bad then O_O
12 Jun 2008 - 02:30 AM18. ohgeeze.
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Shoot, everyone’s going to watch it because of the A-List actors in this drama. I’d watch it.
But, yeah 25 million. A little overboard.
But that’s what MBC wants.
Good ratings.
12 Jun 2008 - 03:08 AM19. aretta
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hope it success cuz i’ll laugh hard if it’s failed!!
12 Jun 2008 - 04:25 AM20. Bluecat
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so many famous aCtors and actresses but
HUH?
12 Jun 2008 - 04:25 AM21. ulrine (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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ok,i sometimes am a sucker for romance and romantic comedy! don’t get mewrong Koreans are the best in the genre, the circumstances in which the characters find themselves into it’s always amazing and funny as hell…
however, i wish they could change their themes, topic for once…it’s getting boring. I don’t feel like watching dramas anymore n it frustrates me as hell…i was so passionate!
i feel like i already know the end ! and of course I am always righT
n e body feels the same ways as i do?
12 Jun 2008 - 04:28 AM22. marmar
Website: http://www.myspace.com/marmar7
what the hell? the plot is hella confusing..i’m only watching this because Lee Yeon Hee is in & I love the girl. Plus I read she’s the girl that Song Seung Hun has a thing for but in the end he’ll end up with Lee Da Hae.
& i like LYH & SSH’s chemistry in the “m.net love song” mv…
but i think i’m gonna be lost with this storyline.
12 Jun 2008 - 05:21 AM23. photogeneric
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It reminds me of Star Wars for some reason.
I’d want to watch it, still.
I’ll let it give me the benefit of the doubt. d0=
But really, where are the ladies? haha. The picture makes it seem like it’s all about the girlies. d0=
Isn’t East of Eden a famous short story or something like that?
12 Jun 2008 - 05:47 AM24. nikeg
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im watching it solely b/c Lee Da Hae!!, Lee Yeon Hee, AND Han Ji Hye are in it.
12 Jun 2008 - 06:03 AM25. junsufan (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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confusing. O_O
Nvm, i’ll watch it for Song Seung Hun. What an eye candy. :D
12 Jun 2008 - 07:24 AM26. steviewonder06 is gay (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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12 Jun 2008 - 09:45 AM27. Nozomi
Website: http://www.myspace.com/dowarnette
sounds good i want to know what happens after finds his older brother isn’t his older brother. Will he switch sides and be with his father?
12 Jun 2008 - 10:11 AM28. HPDANM
Website: http://aethiopeia-community.co.nr
MBC is going to make an “Iljimae” leaving Korea with two “Iljimae’s”
and they’re going to star Lee Seung Gi, too…Lee Jun Ki vs. Lee Seung Gi, of course, its LJK…
Sometimes high-profile actors in one drama is not good…though, I’ll probably watch it, I just might get bored…I don’t like dramas with so many actors in it…
and this isn’t kpop…not that I’m complaining…ahehe^^
12 Jun 2008 - 10:57 AM29. aikomidori
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No one cares about the plot anyway. As long as they throw in a bunch of high profile actors it’ll get high ratings. Probably.
12 Jun 2008 - 11:41 AM30. jasr357
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what? i did not get that! it’s kinda complicated. i’ll try to read it again. =)
12 Jun 2008 - 11:46 AM31. jasr357
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ok i already got it…. uhmm… not that interesting… it seems kinda like the devil by ju ji hoon, i haven’t watched east of eden (obviously) but i think the plot of the devil is simple & better? =)
12 Jun 2008 - 12:05 PM32. H8erade
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How did they come up with the figure 25 million, is that just for the actors ?
12 Jun 2008 - 12:43 PM33. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
@steviewonder06 is [not] gay
go do yourself a favor, and get a life.
anyway, hopefully this drama doesn’t bomb lol.
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 01:13 PM34. steviewonder06 likes PENIS (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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ROFL!!!! u wrote stevie [not] gay!! ROFL!!!!11
i have a life, how else would i be living?
so y don’t u do urself a favor and go to a gay bar
12 Jun 2008 - 01:21 PM35. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
^ you are a sad sad being.
I don’t even know what i did to you so maybe you just go off somewhere.
What did i do to you? You think it’s funny that you’re doing it. One thing is for sure, i’m really not going to go and start crying in a corner just because of your comments. I’m a boy first of all so none of the crying is needed. Damn, you seriously have no life. Yea you’re living but for what? These dumb comments? Maybe you should get your head checked since you like to judge people without knowing who they are. I’m not gay so whatever gave you that idea is nonexistent.
see what happens when SOME unregistered users come here. =[
its sad.
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 01:51 PM36. steviewonder06 likes masculine men (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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i’m actually a happy being. happy happy :D
u didn’t do anything to me, but u could ;]
i dont want u to cry, i want u to hold me with ur strong arms.
well y don’t u tell me what u are living for?
12 Jun 2008 - 01:55 PM37. LuCiF3rAnG3l
Website: http://www.myspace.com/swt_azn_gal
hmmm sounds like every other korean drama smashed together >_< I’m already lost and confuse….this is gonna be one of those long boring ones that I’m probably gonna end up fast-forwarding the whole thing.
12 Jun 2008 - 01:58 PM38. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
^ sorry bud, but i don’t like guys. If you do, then there’s no problem just don’t come near me with that. I think you’re sick in the brain though.
Wanna know what I’m living for?
I’m still young, I have plenty of things to live for.
I’m living for a family with two kids and a beautiful wife. I’m living to make a living for myself and to become somebody. I’m living to stay away from people like you. I’m living to take care of the sick. I’m living because I’m keeping myself alive. There, that’s what I’m living for.
So why don’t you do yourself a favor a go bother someone else instead of trying to ruin MY life.
ugh, just go somewhere okay? you’re really annoying…like spam. bad spam. -_-
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:01 PM39. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
oh yea, if you are some old guy, or over 18, then you are a pedophile.
case closed. ewwwwwwwww.
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:06 PM40. steviewonder06 likes feminine men (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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don’t come near u? why not?
wife? not a husband? or are u the husband and the other guy is the wife?
u’re living to make a living? what do u mean become somebody, r u not somebody now? unless now u r a nobody, which is sad.
u’re living becuz u r keeping urself alive? waht a coincidence, so is everyone else.
spam tastes good, thanx for the compliments.
12 Jun 2008 - 02:06 PM41. steviewonder06 likes feminine men (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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nope im not over 18, are u? becuz im fine if u are.
12 Jun 2008 - 02:14 PM42. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
I was talking about SPAM as in Internet SPAM you idiot.
I was talking about a wife as in a WOMAN and not a TRANS but a NATURAL WOMAN. DO YOU NOT GET THE DAMN POINT? When i say become a somebody, I mean becoming someone that has a good job like a doctor and getting paid and living a good life with a wife and MY kids. obviously if i want two kids, it means that my wife is a woman. I’m not planning on adopting any kids at all.
and just because you say you’re over 18 doesn’t mean it’s true. Pedophiles can lie about their age. ewwwww. Someone in AKP should block this retard seriously because its like email spam, just so annoying. I’m seriously kinda scared now, because i feel stalked and no one is doing anything about it. -_-
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:16 PM43. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
*just because you say you’re under 18, it doesn’t mean it’s true.
even if you weren’t i wouldn’t even waste my time because i am not gay.
damn….
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:21 PM44. ~Loco_Roco~
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^ I’ll save you Stevie lmao
Anywho, there’s this one drama that I LOVE but I always forget the name. It takes place in a different time period and it has warriors and stuff. That was awsome lol
12 Jun 2008 - 02:24 PM45. steviewonder06 likes feminine men (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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i know u’re talking about internet spam, but i’m talkin about spam u eat. Idiot.
Natural woman, but she looks manly right? like a butch woman, like she looks like a man.
doctors don’t have good jobs. they get hit with lawsuits left and right and theyre overworked. Most doctors complain about their job. what if ur wife is infertile, epsecially because she’s a man.
who knows maybe ur the one that’s over 18 and u’re the pedophile. u do realize allkpop doesn’t care about u.
steviewonder u sure u’re not gay? i’m really picking up a gay vibe from u.
12 Jun 2008 - 02:25 PM46. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
^ is it Hong Gil Dong?
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:27 PM47. ~Loco_Roco~
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^ Yeah I think that’s it!!! lol My memory sux >.<
Usually when a drama is “bad,“ I’ll watch the first episode and then skip to the last. That way when I see the last episode I ask myself, “hmmm…I wonder how that happened.“ and then I’ll watch the other episodes with more interest.
12 Jun 2008 - 02:34 PM48. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
^^^^ I’m definitely sure I’m not gay.
If she’s a natural woman, in my opinion, i don’t think she’ll look like a man. my goodness. Doctors actually do have good jobs. If they don’t do their job right, they get hit with lawsuits. duh. I know that even the good ones get hit with lawsuits too but that’s most likely because they aren’t careful with themselves and the medication they prescribe to their patients. Doctors do have good jobs especially if you are a specialty doctor like a cardiologist, neurosurgeon, and etc.
I’m not over 18, i don’t really look over 18 and i’m 15. Yea i know how old i am. You’re the one freaking me out and stuff, that’s why i called you the pedophile. I’m seriously about to call the police. You’re sick.
-Stevie=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:41 PM49. steviewonder06 likes feminine men (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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how r u sure u r not gay? have u ever kissed another guy? if u haven’t how do u know u won’t like it?
well by nature she is a woman, but she still looks like a man. Basically she’s like a man with a vagina.
If u’re aiming to be somebody why stop at doctor? why not own ur own business? they have way better job, and u don’t have to go through 10 yrs of school. doctors suck.
how do i know what u look like, u could be lying about ur age to seduce me.
Stevieisgay=]™
12 Jun 2008 - 02:47 PM50. steviewonder06
Website: http://www.myspace.com/Perfection90210
^ You’re sick.
end of story. I don’t lie about my age. Maybe the reason i’m not gay IS because i’ve never WANTED to kiss a guy or do anything with one. you are seriously sick if all you like to do is try and stalk me. And yes you kind of are stalking me by trying to get into my life like that. And so what if i want to be a doctor, I’m not you haha i’m DEFINITELY NOT YOU. You can own your own business as a doctor you retard. ugh. GO AWAY.
-Stevie=]™
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