Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Heirs: Episode 6 - 15. I've found the source of Kim Woo-Bin's evil


so i'm more than halfway through the series, and out of no where, Kim Woo Bin's character changes his hair style from the high, slick back, perfectly plastered wave to a more shaggy, so-korean, side swoop bang that justin beiber blatantly ripped off from the koreans.

evil Kim Woo Bin's hair in the beginning of the series

and wouldn't know you it? his character becomes a little more likable, and he's a bit more open and kind in his interactions with cha eun sang. thus, obviously, the source of Kim Woo Bin's evil is his forehead. 

once his beautifully botoxed, pretty plastic forehead was shielded by a curtain of his lusciously dyed korean-red-orange#39 hair (that's the color on the dye box that every kpop star uses, obviously.), all the evil was gone from his pale precious face and all that remained was a surgeon's cutout of a mug that just yearns to be loved.

this story line makes perfect sense. 

especially the part where LMH runs up behind cha eun sang and rips her ponytail holder out of her hair, freeing her long mane of korean-red-orange#39––a public declaration that she's worthy to be seen with him (when her hair is down). the slow-mo effect of that scene made it all the more painful to watch amazing. 

i've noticed LMH has a rather abrupt and sometimes violent way with his co-star actresses. it used to bother me a lot when i watched Boys over Flowers how he threw Jandi around and yanked and pulled her here and there. i thought it was the character, but i'm starting to think it's just LMH's interaction with women in general. 

gentler, my lovely plastic pony. no need for such violence when everyone's so beautiful. 


LMH aside, i like KWB's character more now that his bangs have been let down and his evilness has subsided. i think they should have done this sooner (like when KWB came to CES's coffeeshop and confessed he was feeling lonely and wanted company…this could have been the opening for really sweet moments and more development between the characters love storyline---tasty cheesy moments instead of that cheap spraycan cheese Heirs has been shoving down our throats). 

Heirs needs more subtle sweet moments (allowing for storyline development) and less drastic, abrupt "i love you, i must protect you" scenes. KWB's character is ripe for exploiting the typical arc of: he's a bad boy on the outside because he comes from a broken home, but on the inside he's a sweet and sensitive teddy bear and he only shows that side to a special someone (cha eun sang!!). 

i think that character arc would draw in a lot more viewers' sympathy for KWB and explain more of why he likes her so much. because right now, it's a very empty story of LMH likes her, KWB likes her. you're not sure why and you don't really believe it because there's so little development between them.

there's enough collagen to go around, boys. but, i must say CES (played by Park Shin Hye) has a rather natural-looking, pretty face. 

there's a softness and actual movement in hers that many other kdrama stars don't have--AND I HATE IT. 

i hope she doesn't tweak anything else. she should take advantage of the fact that she can move her eyebrows and learn more facial expressions other than just crying. 


hana, dul, set! press play.






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