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Post by mara on Jun 26, 2016 16:18:21 GMT -5
As per poodlepal's recommendation - copied from another thread:
poodlepal:
"Does anyone want to watch "Unusual Family?" I'm up to episode 11, and the plot is just kicking in.
It's very Unusual indeed, like nothing you've ever seen!
There is a rich, medium and poor family.
Round-faced Dad plays Round-faced Dad (medium family). Curly-haired, bespectacled Granny plays herself in the poor family. Each family has one shallow girl, the poor family has an angelic daughter with two potential boyfriends (one of whom she accidentally stole something from), and the two richer families have hot sons! Yes, completely unique, LOL!
No, seriously, it seems cute, and so far nobody has been hit by a car, carried on someone's back or had a transplant, but there's time!"
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Post by mara on Jun 26, 2016 16:20:50 GMT -5
asianwiki.com/The_Unusual_FamilyIt's a 35 minute 100 episode + daily drama like we used to watch on tv and then online - it's currently running on KBS1 and can be seen on KBS Youtube site. I watched the first four episodes so far.....seems like it's watchable.....parental and grandparental generations have many familiar faces.....
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Post by mara on Jun 26, 2016 18:17:06 GMT -5
Finished episode 5...I'm confused about the farming/poor family's relationships. Granny is the mother of Dani? And granny of the bratty girl who steals other people's things....How is Samwol's mom related to Granny - DIL? And what happened to her husband and Dani's father? Accidents have been mentioned....
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Post by poodlepal on Jun 27, 2016 20:39:29 GMT -5
YAY! This is a nice show, try to get dodger to watch it. Many b----es for him, hopefully they'll send someone to Russia.
Anyway, I'm up to 26. It got lighter as it progressed from the beginning to now--dad's ghost hasn't made an appearance!
Family #1: Poor family. Granny (played by Granny with glasses) has a daughter and daughter in law. Dad is dead. Granddaughter is a total brat. Dani is our hero, dedicated to mulberries and Korean produce. She has a boyfriend from. . .
Family #2. Slightly richer family. Boyfriend works at Home Shopping Club. He has an uncle with a little girl (widowed or abandoned, can't tell yet) and a brother. Bro is a farmer and uncle is a cop.
Family #3. Rich family. Two children, one is a film maker and the other is a spoiled divorcee. The daughter is throwing herself at Dani's boyfriend, but she can have him--Dani is obviously meant for the son of the family. There is also another maiden aunt who is meant for the cop uncle with the little girl.
So far, very cute. At episode 25, there are no dark secrets, just beautiful couples flirting with each other in various situations. Of course, we have 100 to go.
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Post by mara on Jun 27, 2016 20:58:08 GMT -5
I finished ep 6 today...I have figured out the poor family - Dani is Granny's daughter and Granny treats her like dirt....that sort of surprised me but I am sort of assuming that the late son, Dani's older brother, was killed in the rainy car ride we see in the first episode and Granny holds that against her....so Dani's older brother is the late father of Samwol, the brat....
Anyway the only real problem is I have to watch this on the computer which is how I watched the other KBS dailies. I prefer to watch it on my Roku with Youtube but the esubs don't show up correctly and I miss half the dialog....
It's up to dodgerman.....
Do you watch one episode a day, seven days a week, poodlepal?
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Post by poodlepal on Jun 28, 2016 12:25:13 GMT -5
No, Monday through Friday, just like we used to. I have a Smart TV, once in a while the subs are not great but usually they're OK. Last night they were acting up a little bit. They completely forgot about the accident and dead dad--it's all about who's flirting with whom at the Home Shopping Channel in the 20's episodes. Wonder if that subplot will come back.
The only problem I see is that there is a bit of Melody of Love ridiculousness when longterm friends don't seem to know each others' siblings.
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Post by poodlepal on Jul 14, 2016 8:31:54 GMT -5
Is anyone else watching? If so, what are you up to on 7/14?
This is one of the lightest shows I've seen. There is no other subplot other than people falling in love, Korean style. No secret parents, no transplant (yet), no random household of random people with no bearing on the main plot (like we saw on the Single Mother drama). Just three families of grown children falling in love.
Note: According to this show, there are no other families. Every person falls in love with someone from one of the other two families, in what is an incredible coincidence. 3/4 th of them work together, too.
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Post by mara on Jul 14, 2016 8:41:16 GMT -5
Sorry, poodlepal, haven't yet gotten much past Ep 7 or 8.
dodgerman and I just started a new 20 episode drama yesterday - it looks cute, why don't you check it out.....Beautiful Gong Shim....
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Post by poodlepal on Jul 14, 2016 18:13:51 GMT -5
Skip ahead to 30 or so. Basically: Poor Family's Dani is dating Medium Family's Yunjae Yunjae is being chased by Rich Family's Hyeri Dani is flirting/fighting with Rich Family's son They all work at Home Shopping Club, which is owned by the Rich Family
Poor Family's Samwol changed her name to Sara Lee and became a cake--I mean, a Home Shopping Hostess. She is flirting with Medium Family's Second Son, who is a grocery delivery boy but she thinks he's rich
Rich Family's Aerobics Aunt is flirting/madly in love with Divorced Uncle from the medium family who is a cop
That's it. Three families dating each other. No random characters, no mystery parents. Anyone could jump in at any time and not have missed that much. Oh, there is some plot over the nice Rich Dad being voted out by the board of directors, but it's not much.
I'll look up Beautiful Gong Shim. If I can watch a 20 episode long show, it's now or never.
Also, check out Five Enough. I saw episodes 1 and 2 and was very impressed.
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Post by mara on Jul 14, 2016 18:36:41 GMT -5
.......I'll look up Beautiful Gong Shim. If I can watch a 20 episode long show, it's now or never..... You can do it, poodlepal....we miss you!
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Post by mara on Aug 19, 2016 13:03:47 GMT -5
poodlepal, have you given up on us? We will be starting new dramas next week and the week after.....anything you might want to watch with us?
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Post by poodlepal on Aug 30, 2016 11:56:17 GMT -5
I haven't checked here in a long time. Still going with Unusual Family myself, hitting the slow point. It's a very odd show in that everyone know who their biological mom and dad are. What are you watching next? I can't promise I'll keep up, but if it's not violent, I can try.
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Post by mara on Aug 30, 2016 14:54:43 GMT -5
I haven't checked here in a long time. Still going with Unusual Family myself, hitting the slow point. It's a very odd show in that everyone know who their biological mom and dad are. What are you watching next? I can't promise I'll keep up, but if it's not violent, I can try. On Sunday/Monday we are starting two dramas - One is Bad Guys asianwiki.com/Bad_Guys_(Korean_Drama) and the other is Stairway to Heaven asianwiki.com/Stairway_to_Heaven_(2003-South_Korea-SBS)I would assume the later is not violent.....please try, we miss you!
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Post by poodlepal on Sept 19, 2016 21:36:54 GMT -5
Oh, this drama is getting so good! It stretches the imagination a bit that, for example, a woman's boyfriend wouldn't know the niece that's like a sister to her, or that a Korean could pass as a Korean-American and nobody thinks its odd she doesn't have some sort of an accent, but it's not as ridiculous as Melody of Love. There's no dark element that I can see at all, no Mr. Sa, father who died in prison, everyone knows their parents and as of yet, no transplants. It was a little slow at first and a little repetitive with the chili paste, but it's picking up nicely. Hope it doesn't decompose in the home stretch.
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Post by mara on Sept 20, 2016 9:46:27 GMT -5
Glad you're enjoying, poodlepal....miss you..... What episode are you up to? Honestly can't imagine going back to a long daily drama.....sorry...
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