Tajja / War of Flowers [SBS, 2008]

Tajja / Tazza / War of Flowers [SBS, 2008]
Broadcast period: 2008-Sep-08 to 2008-Nov

cast :
Jang Hyuk
Han Ye Seul
Kim Min Joon

synopsis (so far) :
the drama is about someone who is good at cheating in gambling.
based on the movie of the same title that aired in 2006 but announced with a different storyline.

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tazza

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ok, that's probably a bit soon to launch the topic but i was so excited when i read the info that i couldn't take it any longer. why ? mostly because of the cast! i, unfortunately, didn't see the apparently successful original movie but it seems that we can hope for a serious action/crime and... romance based drama.
i am unreasonably expecting something really great from that upcoming show that should depict Jang Hyuk (that i still have to see in this year's movie "Dance of the Dragon") as a revengeful gambler or so.

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I am super super excited for this! How could I not be with one of this year's hottest casts? w00t

Take a look at the new promo pics if you don't believe me..

Credit: coolsmurf

I hope it'll be a hit, but people might be too busy watching East of Eden. Frankly, I prefer Tazza's eye candy.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm waiting to watch the drama.. it seems really exciting specially the cast Hopefully Jang Hyuk will do better than in Robbers..

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Same :p
Hope a better development than in Robbers.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:02 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i actually liked him in Robber (whether his acting & character), as in everything i saw him previously (Than You, Please Teach Me English, Windstruck, Volcano High). i honestly cannot say he is a great actor but find him to be better than most of his generation.
i am more anxious about Han Ye-Seul which i loved in Fantasy Couple but find from average to weak in Gumiho & Miss Gold Digger (but there, i should rather curse the script).
anyways, it cannot move my high expectations for that show.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Even though Tazza is going up against MBC's big hope of 2008, East of Eden, I really think it's still an easier slot than having to compete with Beethoven Virus and Kingdom of the Winds in the Mon/Tues slot.

Or put it another way, it's very possible that East of Eden may not be a good show. And that after two weeks or so, which is the head start it has on Tazza, a lackluster buzz may allow Tazza to get a fair shot.

Casting Jang Hyuk as Go Ni will definitely work. He can do suave and silly, and he can do hungry and wolfish. Kim Min Joon will be solid as a competing character. I think Kim Gab Soo -- who seems to play either sageuk officials/royalty or gangsters -- will be playing a kind of mentor character or High Roller Godfather kind of guy. If so, it'll be a treat.

Asking Ye Seul to match Hye Soo is kinda like asking Jang Geun Seuk to play Jumong, but it looks like she's not playing the Madame. I hope the writers carefully fit the role for her rather than the other way around. Although I think she's the weak link in the casting (and I think potentially she can bring the show down a lot if she's especially bad here), this show ought to be a lot of fun.

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

OOO! A gambling drama. So great. Now I am looking forward to this too.

Took a peak at the cats and looks promising. I haven't seen Han Ye Seul on screen yet but all others were familiar. Jang Hyuk yaaah. I love him since Thank You. Haven't seen Robber yet but I sure will smeday.

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Oh... I hope this one get's subbed, I love han ye Seul since I saw Fantasy Couple.

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Sorry to ask this here...
But was the 2006 movie this drama is based on any good?
Is it something like Count of Monte Cristo plot?
Thanks.

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i finally managed to watch the movie and it is too damn good!
the funny part is that i was mainly excited by the project because of the cast but seeing the movie really raised my expectation on the script while lower my attraction for the cast... yeah... the original cast fits that well! so, i understand why they broadcasted everywhere about the story being different...
hopefully, that will not be the mess the jdorama based on My Sassy Girl was.
oh... and it is not a "Comte de Monte Cristo"-like. the movie, at least.