GIRLS' GENERATION 1979 eps. 1 & 2 discussion post

[giriboy.livejournal.com]

SYNOPSIS: Story is set in Daegu, South Korea during the 1970's. Lee Jung-Hee is in the 2nd grade of high school. She has a bright personality and is the second daughter of a family who runs a toy factory. She and her friends go through adolescence.

• CAST: Bona (Cosmic Girls), Lee Jonghyun, Chae Seo-Jin, Seo Young-Joo, Yeo Hoi-Hyeon, Min Do-Hee
• DIRECTOR: Hong Seok-Ku
• WRITER: Yoon Kyung-Ah; based upon the novel by Kim Yong-Hee
• NETWORK: KBS2
• EPISODES: 8
• RELEASE DATE: September 11th – October 3rd, 2017
• TIME SLOT: Mon. & Tues. 22:00

WATCH AT: dramafire | fastdrama.co

hopefully there's enough people watching this to warrant a discussion post! i haven't finished the second ep yet but i really loved the first: the music direction is awesome and the chemistry between the cast is really good. my fave side character rn is bong-soo

SOURCE: asianwiki

Comments

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Shit I read "girls generation" and thought this was about soshi 😢

[hpn88.livejournal.com]

I just literally watched the 1st 2 episodes
Its feels like the Reply series - its a cross between 1997 and 1988
Its cute - but the writing for Jung-hee needs to make her a little less annoying - there is a way to show immature but loveable (aka Hyeri in 1988), but they aren't hitting it on the nose yet with the character

also dong-moon is the best

[mattemate.livejournal.com]

i like it so far! this drama is making me thankful for not being a female in s. korea during this time though..

[musicnkisses.livejournal.com]

Min Dohee's career 😂😂😂
I remember her leaving her group and the blind items about her. She hasn't done anything of interest since Reply.

That said I will visit this show when it ends in 3 weeks, sounds like a Reply series.

[giriboy.livejournal.com]

honestly? i don't know when this happened but i'm so ready for dad!youngchoon. he's so sweet with the little girl, oh my god :( i already knew i couldn't handle jonghyun with kids but like, bring it! i'll attempt to have some semblance of chill! young-choon's basically several cliches stacked on top of each other (local, neighbor gangster—check; but reformed because of his kid [?]—check). idc, i love it. this is the first time i'm not constantly cringing at jonghyun's acting too so... i'm good w/ it for now, so long as it doesn't veer into after school special-territory, or whatever. (oh, btw, any guesses on youngchoon's age? mine's 23~25)

junghee is cute, imo! buuut i have a problem with all the dream sequences as narrative. it seriously confuses me, tbh, and it's not necessary. her crush with jin is boring me already, tho i think it'll be dissolving in next week's episodes. it makes sense that she's wary of the seoulite girl (hyejoo) and i'm super glad the writer is already thawing that out, or was. i don't know if jin's crush on her'll change anything

the scene where hyejoo and junghee were singing & dancing on the way home was such a cute scene. more of that, pls

dongmoon and junghee's bro are great. i love their friendship. and omg the lovelines in this drama are so ??? confusing, i really can't tell where anything is going, right now

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I'm really liking this show a lot. Basically every character has a crush on another character who doesn't like them back and that's funny to me. It does make it interesting because I have no idea how any of these love lines are going to go.

Her family confuses me--the aunt isn't actually related to her, right? Because how they talk to her, how weird the dad is around her tells me they aren't, but I need that backstory. Also the db recapper made me laugh because she was like "oh, the dad gave the cookies to the aunt because he knew she would give them to Jung Hee and that's how he shows her he cares!" umm, no, her dad doesn't care about her at all and was giving the cookies to the aunt. Her dad sucks.

Once again, I'm so happy Jonghyun isn't playing a high school student like I originally thought. I'm digging him in this role as the grumpy handyman who cutely interacts with his sister? daughter? whoever she is. I laughed when his gangster past was revealed but I enjoyed his fight scene.

The high school kids are great, it's fun to see a drama in a time frame that isn't common. I'm digging the music a lot. It's weird for me to think that this time period my mom was a senior in high school haha. I laughed at the drill sergeant PE teacher, that actress is hilarious in everything to me, she's exactly who I would have cast for that role. I hate all the scenes of the teacher beating the kids as punishment, even if it's historically accurate.

Oh Dong Moon. I'm very much not implying that she has to like him or anything, but she was a jerk to him right from the beginning when he had done nothing wrong? He even got his heroic rescue overshadowed by her fantasy of Jin saving her (that shot with them floating high above the water had me totally cracking up). Jin seems too boringly perfect right now, it's pretty obvious that the note Jung Hee found was supposed to be in Hye Joo's bag, yes? Her sleeping with the umbrella made me laugh, but girl, don't be so obvious with your crush!

I'm just happy that we're getting more girl friendship dramas right now (with this, AOY2, and 20th Century Boy and Girl coming up), I love them. I'm hoping that Jung Hee and Hye Joo grow closer (hopefully she doesn't shun her because of a boy) and we see more of Jung Hee's friends (and less screentime for the bullies please). Right now I like the 8 episodes because there will hopefully not be too much filler, but I'm sure in 3 weeks I'll be bummed it's already over.

[songchoding.livejournal.com]

I really like the show so far! This show kinda reminds me of "Sunny" tbh, there's just something about these kdramas set in the past that I just love! (although the sexist comments and the strict teachers are just terrible). Other than that I'm loving the retro vibes of this show, making me wanna go out and buy a neck scarf lol

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

the opening scene really reminded me of sunny! i love that movie sfm

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

this show is so pretty! i also love the music - it's like the reply series where the setting and the music almost become characters of their own. junghee definitely isn't as sweet and caring as deoksun, but i'm looking forward to watching her grow through her friendship w hyesoo. their scenes have been the highlight for me so far.

i saw some comments complaining about jonghyun's acting but he's not really that bad? (he's been far worse lbr). the entire cast apart from the veterans are quite green, which is fine. i find seo youngjoo and jo byungkoo (junghee's bro) and junghee's gfs to be the most natural. dong-moon is super cute, i knew it would be him to save her (jin oppa's imaginary rescue was hilarious), i think she will slowly change her mind about him. i like that he seems genuinely concerned for her. her impending heartbreak upsets him bc she'll be hurt, not bc he thinks there'll suddenly be a chance for him.

the dad needs a good punch in the face, and i'm so not here for the impending drama with the helper (?) and him when junghee's mum finds out they've got smth going on. since we already know that the women from the factory are going to go missing (ugh this storyline) i think she might end up a victim :( youngchoon is a question mark rn - i'm not sure how he factors into everything. it sucks that her family (and presumably alot of the locals) treat him with suspicion, they're all ~he's not one of us~. typical of the period but still not nice. he's super cute with the kid!