God's Quiz 4 Review

Title: God’s Quiz 4

AKA: God’s Quiz Season 4

Genre: Medical, Crime, Mystery

Episodes: 12

Broadcast period: 2014-May to 2014-??

Cast: Ryu Duk Hwan, Yoon Joo Hee, Lee Dong Hae and Kim Jae Kyung.

“Korean University Hospital's Forensics Office is authorized to and responsible for conducting independent investigations of rare diseases and related events.”

After passing out on the street, Han Jin Woo (Ryu Duk Hwan) has been in a comatose state for almost a year. Kang Kyung Hee (Yoon Joo Hee)  barely managed to save him by pulling strings everywhere, and has taken care of him ever since. Stressing out because of her job, and worrying about Jin Woo, her current case is driving her up the wall. The Forensic office has had a cut down and now only has very few doctors working there. When Jin Woo wakes up everyone is ecstatic, and he immediately wants to work again, but is still confused about why Kyung Hee refuses to tell him who the surgeon for his operation was.

Back as the perfect duo, Kyung Hee and Jin Woo work cases again, but for some reason people are following Kyung Hee, and her sunbae from her past seems to have to do something with it..

Compared to the other seasons this one was the most normal one, and yet most likable. For the first time, we have a good ending to the miserable lives of these people, and we have a happy everyday happening, even though the world is completely crazy and freakish. We can actually see these people have a normal life instead of being too focused on the murderers and their victims - not that they forget them though.

I also like that their pasts come into play, as we meet some people we completely forgot existed in the first place. And another love story... Kyaah!

Okay, I won’t spoil, but this is one good season and I really EXPECT another one.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Kamji's Verdict
One thing that I have noticed, and it could just be me, is that there was a general lack of chemistry in the team dynamics. That is just what I felt. It didn’t seem like this team was really as close as in previous seasons. Even though there was some great cases touching on some really important and dark and scary subject matters, even though the people involved in most of the cases touched me in some way, I really do think this season was the flattest yet and that’s really sad. But because I’ve watched all the other 3 seasons right after each other, and I gotta say the previous seasons were awesome, so maybe my expectations was a little too high. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it, and of course watching the familiar characters was joy and happiness enough for me. Looking forward to season 5 (C’mon OCN).

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Panda & Hedgehog Review

Title: Panda and Hedgehog

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 16

Broadcast period: 2012-Aug to 2012-Oct

Cast: Lee Dong Hae, Yoon Seung Ah, Choi Jin Hyuk and Yoo So Young.

Go Seung Ji (Lee Dong Hae) with the nickname ‘Hedgehog’ is a talented patisserie working for a man he calls ‘Grandpa’ though they are not related. While searching for a con artist who had cheated him he bumps into a girl wearing a panda costume, making him sure that she is his accomplice. The girl in the costume is Pan Da Yang (Yoon Seung Ah) also called ‘Panda’ is the owner of the small cake shop called Café Panda, but is on the verge of bankruptcy mainly due to her incompetent patisserie. In the need she turns to her sister who works for the Saint-Honoré bakery franchise, so that she will keep the café open, and keep the memory of her parents. When Da Yang puts up posters of job recruitments for her café, Seung Ji spots it, and decides to go and work there so he can get the money back, but also to stop being a nuisance to Grandpa.

The two end up joining forces to compete against the Saint-Honoré…

I have had this drama on my computer for a very long time (over a year), and I have not been able to watch it more than 10 min, mainly because I have a problem with most SM Entertainments idol actors. No offence but they all overact and are all basically pretty faces that got a role. That said, the star in this drama is Dong Hae. I mean all the other actors are so not worth your time, and Seung Ah just has one thing that fits in this drama… her face. She LOOKS like a panda, and that is all that is worth mentioning here. Jin Hyuk tries to do something, but I kind of get annoyed with his face, as if even when smiling I get confused - but weirdly enough he has one gorgeous smile. Besides the cast not living up to my expectations, I loved that Dong Hae exceeded them. I actually watched it to the end because of him, and I liked the drama very much to be honest. Though it really is easy to figure out, and you inevitably roll your eyes when they announce the ‘twists’.

So is it worth your time? Yeah, it is really good :)

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Skip Beat Review

Title: Skip Beat

AKA: Extravagant Challenge

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 15

Broadcast period: 2011-Dec-18 to 2012-Apr-01

Cast:  Ivy Chen (Young: Deng Yun Ting & Chen Shi Ying), Choi Si Won, Lee Dong Hae (young: Mini Bin), Bianca Bai, Jin Qin, Ada Pan, Allen Chao, Frances Wu, Bu Xue Liang, Dong Zhi Cheng, Li Yi Jin, Zhang Ben Yu, Cindy Song…

Since an extremely young age Gong Xi (Ivy Chen) has dedicated her life to her boyfriend Bu Puo Shang (Lee Dong Hae). All she wanted was to satisfy him and help him with everything. Bu Puo Shang left his family in order to pursue his dream of becoming an singer and Gong Xi followed him. Since then she had been like a maid for him. He would hide that they lived together and everyday he would care less about her and ignore her more and more. He started considering her less as a friend and only used her. One day Gong Xi witnesses Bu Puo Shang talk badly about her while with his manager and her whole world collapses. She vows revenge. She decides to take revenge by becoming even more successful than him. She somehow manages to join an agency where she starts her small but quickly recognizable career as an actress, where she also meets Dun He Lian (Choi Si Won). Dun He Lian is a famous actor who recognizes her potential and ends up somehow being friends with Gong Xi.

So why did I watch this drama? I don’t even remember, was is because of Si won? Probably.. There is one thing I really hated about this drama. So they dubbed Donghae and Siwon’s voices. Seriously I hate that so much! I get it they are famous so it means a whole lot when they shoot a drama and they get like extra lots of views and yeah even I watched it. But it’s just so bad. The drama itself was pretty alright even though the story is a bit weird. Like Gong Xi dedicated her life to taking care of Bu Puo Shang, ehmm..? What I really liked about it was the actor-stuff. They showed a side of acting we maybe don’t often consider. And it was pretty cool how they showed what it takes, that it takes talent and the talent was really visible. So I actually did enjoy it but at the same time I was thinking it’s a bit ridiculous but I guess I could bear it. 

☆☆ / 2 stars out of 5

♥♥♥ / 3 hearts out of 5

Bunji's verdict

I bet you saw my rating and thought “what a bad drama”, well it is not. At least not as bad as the idea you have it to be. It is okay honestly it just ends off and without a real ending. I at one point was very captivated by the story but it just bores you unless you are interested in showbiz. It had a lot of ‘manga moments’ as I would call them, but it did not flutter my heart as the moments usually do. Though one thing did happen though: I wanted to watch a Siwon and Dong Hae drama, due to their acting. Kind of made me interested.

So watch? If you have watched or read Skip Beat you  might be a bit disappointed, but if you are an E.L.F you might just love this.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 4 stars

♥♥½ / 2½ out of 5 hearts