Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Well usually those high school pics are real and somehow they appear for all the actors. I tell you I would be afraid of those korean "terror" netizens if I were a star ...usually nothing against surgery but I hate it in Korea because everyone is starting to look the same. Just look at those not so successful young wannabe actresses (I don't mean PMY), they really all have the same face features.
Once again, thanks to coolsmurf for the pix and videos, and just in case you guys haven't checked it out yet, http://coolsmurf.wordpress.com/ is a fantastic blog about Korean entertainment specializing in Park Min Young!
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
WroW wrote:
Well usually those high school pics are real and somehow they appear for all the actors. I tell you I would be afraid of those korean "terror" netizens if I were a star ...usually nothing against surgery but I hate it in Korea because everyone is starting to look the same. Just look at those not so successful young wannabe actresses (I don't mean PMY), they really all have the same face features.
A lot of those high school pix of other stars at least resembles them in their current form But with PMY's one, it doesn't look anything like her. But who knows though, it might just be a horrible photo of her, and I'm sure we've all had one of those before
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:27 am Post subject: ... Post Rating: 0
kobe23 wrote:
WroW wrote:
Well usually those high school pics are real and somehow they appear for all the actors. I tell you I would be afraid of those korean "terror" netizens if I were a star ...usually nothing against surgery but I hate it in Korea because everyone is starting to look the same. Just look at those not so successful young wannabe actresses (I don't mean PMY), they really all have the same face features.
A lot of those high school pix of other stars at least resembles them in their current form But with PMY's one, it doesn't look anything like her. But who knows though, it might just be a horrible photo of her, and I'm sure we've all had one of those before
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Note to Kobe:
KBS will be running a 8-episode HORROR(with romance! gotta have romance in K-drama!) anthology. Not sure if anybody is subtitling this, but I think you'll be interested in this series. (And, well, do people really need subtitles for horror?!?)
Park Min Young will be the star of the first episode, which will run this Wednesday. Apparently, she plays Naruto . . .
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
And here are some (non-scary) caps of Park Min Young from last night's episode: (Click for bigger pix!)
Credit goes to ilsses
I'm really looking forward to watching this whole series (not just the PMY ep!), and really hope someone would be kind enough to sub it. There's also a possibility that Mr. X might be reviewing this, so keep your eyes peeled over at Twitch!
A very positive review with a lot of praise for our Park Min Young
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But the new Gumiho, played by the lovely Park Min-Young of 거침없이 하이킥 (Unstoppable High Kick), has no wig, no corny masks or awkward make-up. Just KBS’ predictably top notch CG, including all those nine cute tails. There are certainly a few awkward spots, and you can’t compare this to a movie production (particularly because of time constraints), but the results are satisfactory. What Park Min-Young’s Gumiho represents, instead, is the most humane, the sexiest and most feminine fox with nine tails of them all. Maybe sexy is not even the right word, although young Park is certainly very pleasing to the eyes. It’s that air of maturity, turning from innocent young woman to a femme fatale ready to kill those who wronged her. Park looks a lot more confident in her delivery than she’s ever looked before, with the kind of maturity her past work was probably hiding. She’s one to look out for in the future, for sure.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Review's kinda eye rolling (also the Asian ghost story itself fits easily into the censors of normal TV when it's done well), but I'm definitely looking forward to the new series nonetheless.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
What?! I know her English name is Rachel (she apparently uses that name in her cyworld), but had no idea she went to high school in Pennsylvania. Do you know how many years she lived in the US? Because I saw a clip of her speaking English in High Kick, and whilst her accent wasn't bad or anything, it's not exactly something to write home about.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
She attended middle school in Korea, and then she (with her older sister) came here when she was 13. (Wording seems interesting. That might imply that her entire family didn't come here, meaning she might have lived with only her sister or relatives. Maybe older sister went to Penn State or U-Penn? And is Park Min Young a Steelers fan?!?)
She wanted to become an actress, so she returned to Korea at 17, and attended university, majoring in acting. Rachel Park? Yup, that's a solid Korean American name.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
So how did you find out all this information about her? Are you having a crush on her too? j/k
Yeah Rachel Park sounds really.......safe. Not too flashy and not the type of name people will tease you about. I've always wondered why Korean stars don't anglicize their names like the way Hong Kong stars do? It sounds so much better and is easier to recognize by not only Western audiences but Asians too. I mean, are Americans gonna remember a name like Lee Byung-Hun even if he proves to be a great actor in Hollywood films?
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
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So how did you find out all this information about her? Are you having a crush on her too? j/k
I think I have a soft spot for any Korean actor who came from the States (or the West), because it reminds me of high school, which was located in kind of a Korean enclave. Many of my friends were from Korea, and quite a few K-pop future idols were classmates. For example, when I heard Park Min Young's English, I immediately thought she attended school here in either late junior high or freshman year in high school.
Also I respect that PMY took a very difficult route to make it. She would have to work twice as hard as everybody else in high school (and she probably struggled to get into a decent high school, given that she probably didn't take standard exams) to get into a decent university. Also, she would have lived long enough in the States to feel somewhat removed, especially with boys, from her classmates. Jun Ryeo Won talked about feeling that way when she joined Chakra. Eric's even like that too; there's a matter-of-fact swagger that quietly but firmly reflects his American upbringing.
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I've always wondered why Korean stars don't anglicize their names like the way Hong Kong stars do?
But, that's where Taiwanese/HK/Mainland culture is kind of an exception in Asia, albeit a very large exception. If you pick up that a Korean actor has an English name, that actor could be Catholic or have spent some of their life in the States. Otherwise unlikely they'll adopt a Western name to accommodate. Also, from my experience, even if they have an American name, they'll usually sign with their original name.
So, yeah, that's how Hallyu really differs from the HK Wave. Taiwan and HK tends to be much more casual about Western acculturation, and if you're of that descent, it may initially confuse you how Koreans are about it. Especially since they do such a wonderful job adopting elements of our pop culture. In effect, we'll sell you as much as Our Brand as you want, and we'll make it really accessible. But it's still Our Brand. If you're buying a Samsung, you're buying Our Brand. If you're watching Sam Soon, you're watching Our Brand. If you like that actress from I Am Sam, you're crushing on Our Brand. (And yeah, even my dad thought she was pretty. I didn't have the heart to tell him that her face was literally "Made in Korea." )
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...usually nothing against surgery but I hate it in Korea because everyone is starting to look the same. Just look at those not so successful young wannabe actresses (I don't mean PMY), they really all have the same face features.
But with PMY's one, it doesn't look anything like her. But who knows though, it might just be a horrible photo of her, and I'm sure we've all had one of those before 
