MDL Discuss - School 2015, Who Are You

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Kpop video fanproject; Stories of a kpop fan

We have made and successfully delivered video fanprojects to artists before; it is time we spend some time on ourselves. 

Super Junior 6th comeback; Fanproject

This fanproject is held by Lea (@foxypumpkin15) and Mika (@heenim382) and is dedicated to the 6th comeback of Super Junior.

Running Fan Project

This is a video project dedicated to the current RM cast (Yu Jae-suk, Gary, Ha-ha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Lee Kwang-su & Song Ji-Hyo), but also to anyone who has worked hard to make the variety show what it is today (Song Joong-ki, Lizzy, PD, Screenwriters etc).We will of course try our best to deliver the finished video to at least one of the cast/crew members (most likely through twitter, as we usually do with vid-projects), but there are no promises made that this can be done. Have in mind that this is all for the fun of it, and for us to create something together with other fans of Running Man.

Spellbound

"Female leads in horror movies can't seem to fall in love. Strange, isn't it?"

Spellbound, aka Chilling Romance, is a Korean horror movie.. Or was it comedy? No.. romance? Right, Spellbound is a movie of mixed genres; a type of story that isn't too common. Yeo-Ri is a woman who, much similar to the movie The Sixth Sense, sleeps in a tent in her apartment to avoid the unpleasant company of ghosts at night. Jo-Goo is a man who performs magic on stage; little aware of the fact that he is soon to be thrown into something that most of us would call a nightmare.

Usually when a movie includes extremely pale children and tall women in desperate need of a haircut, it's the type of movie that will leave you hiding behind your pillow, but not this one! Or well, not this one for about 90% of the time. That 90% delivers your favorite K-drama theme; not so socially acceptable woman meets incredibly handsome man, and soon comedy and cute scenes are to follow.

The comedy relief is, well, an actual relief. Lee Min Ki and Son Ye-jin did an amazing job on portraying the main characters and some of the scenes were very funny. This is a movie for everyone, even for those who aren't quite found of scary movies (but do cover your eyes when there is obvious creepy music or dark scenes around the corner! You have been warned.)

I can't pinpoint what it is, but I feel as if something was missing in the storyline. But as a Lee Min Ki fan, I'm overall satisfied with this movie!

★★★★☆

White Christmas

"The story I'm about to tell is about my fight with a monster.

I had to become a monster myself for 8 days to fight it."

  

The Korean drama White Christmas is played out in an empty school; except for eight students, a teacher, and a psychologist. Each character receives a letter, all carrying the same message; one claiming that each of them are guilty of killing a previous student. The scenario becomes worse, as they realize that one of them is a serial killer. The question is, who?

When I first read the summary of this story I was struck with the impression that it would be another Battle Royal type of story; a few students, a few weapons, cue creepy music aaaaand killing time, let's go! Oh how wrong I was (luckily, I would have gotten nightmares otherwise).

This story is a psychological one. Now before you back away without giving it a chance (at least that's what I usually do when there is a psychological theme), trust me on this one; it's worth the 8 hours and 40 minutes that it will take you to watch the entire series. The main question that leads the entire story is "Are monsters born or made?" focusing on whether those who sin are simply born that way or if they are pushed into sinning as a results of their surroundings, and if the later is true, should they be guilty of their actions or can society be blamed? These are questions that the students ask themselves over breakfast, not aware of the fact that they are soon to take part in an experiment; Can they, some of Korea's best students, be pushed into murder and thereby become monsters?

As psychological as it seems, luckily the story is over all easy to follow (except a few loose ends), the characters are interesting and, though sometimes slow, the storyline pulls you in and leaves you pondering on the true origin of 'monsters'.

★★★★☆