[MBC] Medical Top Team - Kwon Sang Woo, Jung Rye Won [Start 9 Oct, Wed/Thu]

dauswq · Post time 5-6-2013 11:47 PM

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dauswq · Post time 5-6-2013 11:47 PM

Kwon Sang-woo considering Age of Feeling

Kwon Sang-woo (Yawang) is busily eyeing his next drama project, and rumor has it he just may be the new hero for Age of Feeling. He’s not a final lock and word is that he “has received the offer but has not been confirmed,” with his reps being a bit coy about his decision.

This is good news in that I was starting to wonder whether the show was going to move forward. I’d been intrigued by the premise of this “romantic period action noir” drama and thus bummed when Lee Jun-ki, who was previously in contention, decided to take a different drama instead. But now the drama has got a broadcaster and a timeslot, so all systems are go.

Age of Feeling is set in 1930s Shanghai, and based on a manhwa by the same artist-creator who wrote the Damo manhwa, Park Hak-gi. The description is rather vague—we center around lives of young people and their “love and friendship, patriotism and ambition”—so we’ll have to wait for plot particulars, but it is an unusual setting for a Korean drama, and one that I hope gives it an extra kick of intrigue. The characters will span multiple nationalities—Korean, Chinese, Japanese—and I expect those politics to play a part.

The drama’s time frame is during the Japanese occupation, which may bring to mind last year’s occupation-set Gaksital, but the locale is different enough that I really don’t expect this to be much like that one. First off, no bridal-masked superhero, so there’s that. And while I wouldn’t have picked Kwon Sang-woo over Lee Jun-ki for this drama, given that Lee has already picked a different project I think I can warm up to the idea of Kwon in a period action-melo. I can picture him settling into the period look, and I do prefer him in melo roles (his crying is pretty epic; he and Choi Ji-woo should have a cry-off), so despite not jumping up and down about him, I’m not bummed either.
Age of Feeling will be a Wednesday-Thursday drama airing on KBS beginning in November.

dauswq · Post time 5-6-2013 11:48 PM

Kwon Sang-woo in talks to join Medical Top Team

Kwon Sang-woo is on the hunt for his next drama, and you can add Medical Top Team to the top of the list, as he has announced that he is considering taking the show and is currently in final talks. That sounds a lot closer to being confirmed than the last drama he was considering, period action series Age of Feeling, which makes me sad because that drama sounds cool but seems to be struggling to find a hero. It should just pull a Gaksital and cast a non-headliner in the lead, then be so great that he becomes a headliner because of it. C’mon, is that so hard? Now all you have to do is be awesome.

Ahem, but this post isn’t about that drama. Back to Medical Top Team, the new MBC medical show that has attached the PD of sageuk-romance mega-hit The Moon That Embraces the Sun, Kim Do-hoon. The very literal title is exactly what the show is about: a Dream Team comprising top geeeeenius doctors in various branches of medicine, telling stories of their struggles, ambitions, and daily lives being genius doctors. Yaaaawn. Oops, did I say that out loud?

But c’mon, Kwon Sang-woo, you’re killing me with your drama choices. I was all primed to be excited about that other one, but I’m just about medical-drama’d out. Unless the show is working a special angle, they tend to all bleed together in my mind. Kwon would be playing a smart, handsome, confident surgeon whose forthrightness gets him mistaken for a bad boy type, though he’s actually warm and kind and perfect, yaaawn. Oh I did it again, didn’t I?

The decision is not yet final, but it’s sounding like there’s a pretty good chance he’ll take it. The drama will be a Wednesday-Thursday show that will follow Two Weeks, which puts its premiere all the way in October.

dauswq · Post time 5-6-2013 11:52 PM

motip dpt 2 offer sekaligus?

dauswq · Post time 5-6-2013 11:58 PM

have nothing against a good medical drama. It depends on the story, the writer(s). Heck, how many seasons of ER, Grey’s Anatomy or House did I watch?
So I will try this, at least the few first episodes.
One thing I noticed: The actors who do Medical Dramas are often those who are losing steam in the popularity department. Or those who slowly enter ahjussi land… Not a question of talent, really and that’s sad.

sedihnye komen ni....

dauswq · Post time 5-6-2013 11:59 PM

New drama alert: From Moons and Suns to Medical Top Team by javabeans | March 30, 2013 | 46 Comments

Your reaction to this news may be dependent on (1) how much you liked romance sageuk The Moon That Embraces the Sun, (2) how much you thought the directing was one of its assets, and (3) how starved you are for news about new dramas. But bottom line: We’re getting another drama from the director who brought us last year’s smash hit drama Moon/Sun, PD Kim Do-hoon (also of Royal Family), who’s teaming with writer Yoon Kyung-ah (of Brain and God of Study).

The new show is a medical series tentatively titled Medical Top Team, which is a moniker I’m hoping gets swapped out quickly for a catchier, perhaps less literal, one. ‘Cause it’s billed as a “top team,” and that’s exactly what the show is about: a team of “genius doctors,” with each team member hailing from his/her own branch of medicine. Because if dramaland has taught us anything, it’s that mere talent is worth piffle when you could have GENIUSES instead. Among the fields represented: cardiothoracic surgery, internal medicine, general surgery, and anesthesiology.

I suppose that PD Kim’s involvement on its own brings buzz to this project, since Moon/Sun topped 40% ratings and came close to hitting 50% at its height. No matter what you think about the story itself, that’s a pretty remarkable achievement and MBC will be eager to see if he can duplicate the experience. On the other hand, these phenoms tend to be like lightning in a bottle; you just aren’t going to be able to consciously reproduce the same result. And I dunno about you, but it was bad enough watching Joseon royalty act like petulant adolescents hung up on first crushes; my tolerance level for that level of juvenile dramatics is pretty much nil when it comes to medical professionals who have a job to do and responsibilities to uphold that transcend teenage angsting. So we’ll see if dramaland will welcome yet another medical drama into its ranks; we’ve got so many so far that this one will have to bring something new to the table to capture interest.

Medical Top Team is courting a Wednesday-Thursday timeslot later this fall on MBC, with October or November as hopeful premiere dates. It plans to begin courting a cast once initial scripts are completed in April or May.

ayushuhada04 · Post time 6-6-2013 08:40 AM

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oppa sang woo...........

menarik ni...........okay...masuk list.........

limau · Post time 6-6-2013 10:19 AM

oooohhh tambah hero lama yg encem ni

kakJAHku · Post time 7-6-2013 01:33 AM

minat jugak Oppa ni..Btw..konfem ke?

eddlisa_uyuk · Post time 7-6-2013 01:36 AM

rancak dia nih skrg.........hihihi
tgk muka pun asyik ingat nak nangis je

kakJAHku · Post time 7-6-2013 01:48 AM

eddlisa_uyuk posted on 7-6-2013 01:36 AM
rancak dia nih skrg.........hihihi
tgk muka pun asyik ingat nak nangis je

dah lama x minat dia ni..dulu2 pnah minat gakla..
kembali minat sjak tgk King Of Ambition..
Antara Hero Korea Tua yang still mantoppp

dauswq · Post time 6-7-2013 02:02 PM

Kwon Sang Woo to return to the small screen as a surgeon for new drama 'Medical Top Team'

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[size=0.9em]Actor Kwon Sang Woo is set to return to viewers with a new drama!

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[size=0.9em]After playing double roles as twin brothers in his previous work 'Queen of Ambition', starring alongside Soo Ae and TVXQ's Yunho, the actor will return as a surgeon this time through 'Medical Top Team'.

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[size=0.9em]He'll be playing the role of 'Park Tae Shin', who is a genius in the field of surgery, but is often misunderstood due to his rash comments and attitude. However, underneath the exterior lies a soft-hearted man.

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[size=0.9em]The filming will begin in August, and the drama will premiere in October on MBC!