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K-Drama: 고양이는 있다 (My Dear Cat)


KBS Daily Drama: Family, romance, comedy. Mon-Fri on KXLA 44.1 from 8:24p–9:00p. Begins Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Eng Subs.

(Follows: Melody of Love)

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Also known as: Goyang-ineun itda / There is a Cat / I Have a Cat / A Cat! Meow. (Previously known as: 고양이는 있다! 야옹 / Goyang-ineun itda! Yaong (There's a Meowing Cat).)
    


Chief Producer: Jung Hae Ryong
Producer: Kim Dong Hwi (김동휘)
Director: Kim Won Yong
Screenwriter: Lee Eun Joo
Music Director: Lee Chang Hee (이창희)
Episodes: 100+
Broadcast network: KBS1
Began in Korea: 2014-Jun-09
Air time: Monday to Friday 20:25


SYNOPSIS (Asianwiki) class ul
Yang-Soon (Choi Yoon-Young) aspired to write a novel, but her father's death led to her giving up her dream and, instead, work as a reporter for a magazine.

By chance, she brings home a stray cat. She takes care of the cat even though she has allergies to cats. One day, a man, Chi-Woong (Hyun Woo), appears and insists the cat has an owner who is looking for the cat. Chi-Woong then takes the cat from Yang-Soon.

Chi-Woong went to law school mainly to satisfy his father. He realized in law school that he didn't want to become a lawyer and dropped out without telling his family. He now struggles to become a photographer and supports himself by woking for a private detective office. A clients requests that they find his cat. He faces Yang-Soon once he locates the cat.

Through their meeting, Yang-Soon and Chi-Woong discover a family's hidden truth.
CAST & CHARACTERS class ul
Main Cast
    Choi Yoon Young as Go Yang Soon
    Hyun Woo as Yum Chi Woong
    Choi Min as Yoon Sung Il

Go Yang Soon's Family
    Dokgo Young Jae as Go Dong Joon
    Lee Kyung Jin as Han Young Sook
    Park So Hyun as Han Eun Sook

Yum Chi Woong's Family
    Lee Jae Yong as Yum Byung Sook
    Seo Yi Sook as Hong Soon Ja
    Choi Sung Min as Yum Chi Joo

Yoon Sung Il's Family
    Hwang Bum Shik as Yoon Noh In
    Kim Seo Ra as Yoon Jung Hye
    Go Won Hee as Shin Ji Eun

People in Volcano Building
    Jun Hyo Sung as Han Soo Ri
    Kim Young Jae as Shin Se Ki
    Yoon In Jo (윤인조) as Choi Do Hee
    Go Do Young as Joon Ah
    Ban Sang Yoon (반상윤) as Hwang Tae Soo
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For an opening episode, it wasn't too bad. Too early to tell how it will develop. We have all the usual (and terminally boring) basic "daily characters" accounted for and present. I do like the actress who plays the lead—along with a cat that is interesting and solid looking. I usually don't like to watch animals in fictional TV/movie productions because animals (especially cats) do not like to follow stage directions! They are forced in one way or another to behave in a manner acceptable to a bunch of humans whose main goals are $$ and a completion deadline.

It will take some time to get the drift of this drama and whether it is one of those rare interesting ones. Until then...
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I've watched the first four episodes and I still don't know what to think. It's unfolding very slowly, which could be ok, but so far no one has grown on me. However, so far it's unlike any I've ever seen.
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So far I am enjoying this show and I can only hope that they can maintain all the fun elements till the end. Unlike Melody of Love that started out fun. Such as all those early misunderstndings and what not but sadly by the end they simply dragged out the last few episodes. Still knowing how these characters seem to work right now Yang Soon is going 2 be having this great personality that seems 2 be almost happy and what not also she is quite good at her work but soon this frantic search for the cat and not to forget the most important thing ie love is slowly going to bring her down and she may become a bit boring. Still she did keep her awesome personality in all her previous dramas so here is to hoping that she can still do so. Glad to see her finally as a main lead of a drama. emoticon
She is still quite fun to watch at the moment.
Each of the characters that have appeared so far seem to be fun and interesting so far. Please note that I just finished watching episdoe 6. But I am unsure if all of you are with me over here (as you did catch up near the end with me in Melody of Love) So please read with caution incase you are not. Still I will try to not give to much away to be on the safe side just speculations on my end hopefully.

I am guessing that the person who works at the coffee shop and is writing a novel may in truth be Yang Soons father. Don't know what exactly he is doing there at them moment if that is the case. (But there has to be a hidden or long lost parent in every Korean Drama so I picked him out of the obvious suspect pool.)
So from what I have gathered so far about her dad is that he was in Debt (Which the banks have apparently decided to forgive but not his friends from whom he took out loans from) and he is supposedly dead. (Yes we all know how a supposedly dead parent shows up alive some point in a drama such as My Bittersweet Life/The Woman of Our Home, You are the Best (though to be honest it may be considered a reverse or something)] SO he is now with a well of woman not sure what there arangment is over here. Are they actually living together or is he just working at her coffee shop. Am a bit unclear in this at the moment if someone can clear that up will be much obliged. Anyway it would make sense that if somehow they came to some sort of arangement that she or her father cleared up all his loans (Bank Side) that is why the bank has forgiven the family (Otherwise why would a bank be willing to give up on his loans and why would he be sending Yang Soon money every month there has to be more to this story)
The woman has her husband missing (has he run away with her belongings or was he missing via accident) if so was she trying to commit suicide and the author stopped and saved her. Thus she feels thanfull to him. Clearly if he is the father she doesn't seem to be aware of his past completly. Perhaps they both tried to commit suicide due to their issues his debts and her loosing her husband (in whatever capacity it was) yet to tortured souls rcognized each other and saved the other thus now they help each other out. Her with his financial problems and he with moral support. I can understand why her daughter hasn't warmed up to him.

Then comes the actor wanna be. Not sure what to make of him at the moment (also is he the male lead or the 2nd one.) Apart from Yang Hoon I have not been able to place who is supposed 2 be who in this drama. The same can be said for another drama that I am watching ie Two Mothers.
Still he seems to be a bit childish. Though I did enjoy him going over the lines from My Love From Another Star a Few Episodes back. (This would be the first time that I have actually seen someone using lines from another show (different company) though I guess KBS must have come to some sort of agreement with them for they clearly used a reference from Dream High in that show.)

Watson (Hyon Woo) is fun to watch yet he seems a bit young 2 me to be the male lead. Lets see what happens by the end of this show we stil have a long way to go.
Scrouge his father hates cats for some reason. Still he seems to be a bit more mature than the other guy so its hard for me to decide who to root for at the moment.
Its fuuny to watch how none of his family really knows that he is a loan shark. Also unlike other loan sharks who we usually see live well of lives he runs one just like a miser. Spending only on what he deems fit yet his word seems to be law. Therfore I feel sorry for his family at the moment. Living such a hard life not being able 2 do what they want (The eldest has to go to law school just because his dad thinks he is real smart) and the youngest gets blamed for almost everything and is blamed for what not. I am guessing that he goes to the same school as the other girl (whoes dad is missing).

Anyway thats all for now from my end. Does anyone else like the names of the offices that are being rented in the old grandads building. Sherlock and Wonder Woman emoticon
Also I wonder that by the time the show ends will we even have the cats discovered once again. I really hope that everyone finds their cats or is that just supposed to be some sort of metahphor. emoticon
Either way till next time hope to hear from all of you soon.
Sorry that i couldnt do more on Melody of Love but for some reason I am having trouble with the net also my system also crashes at times so I am unsure when I will be able 2 respond to any further posts or do them on my own. SO let me apologize in advance once again.
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Thanks Spam King,you`ve cleared up a few things. Some of the characters and situations have been a little confusing. I wonder if there might be a connection between the loan shark and the missing dad who owed so much money before he disappeared.
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Thankyou for your kind words and compliment sadly I am not sure what exactly I cleared up. Most of it were my own speculations such as the author being Yang Soons dad but the probability is quite high. Most of of my guesses may very well be quite of the mark and I myself am quite unsure of who is who in this show. Was therefore hoping that some of you knew the answers to those questions.

As for the missing father (you are referring to Yang Soons correct or the missing son-in-law of the rich grandfather [he does also have a daughter]) At first I thought the same thing in regards with the loan sharks. But at the moment I am a bit unsure. I mean if it was Scrooge who the money was loaned then he would have come to collect what he was owed in some manner or the other. Yet if it was the people Watson took it from then it makes sense they way they act. The father may have run away to protect his family from them. After all they did say that some people ran away even after writing and signing a promissory note. So I have high doubts that it may be Scrooge at the moment. (But come to think of it I just recalled him saying that there was a person with whom he failed to collect so you may not be completely wrong will just have 2 rewatch yesterdays episode once again to verify that)

Also we wouldn't be introduced to two random Loan Sharks for nothing so I guess your points do have merit to them and will have to further watch to find them out.
It certainly will be interesting when Scourge discovers that Watson borrowed money from the other loan sharks and when they discover who is father really is. Though interactions between them wont be necessary as the debt as been cleared already. Yet I somehow believe that contract that Watson signed with his mother is going to bring this up soon.

Also maybe Scrooge doesn't like cats because the person who owed him money tried to pay him in Kittens? That would certainly make him a better chance of being Yang Soons dad. Still I am surprised that he wasn't able to collect from her family in someway. Perhaps he did and that will become an issue when she meets up with Watsons Dad for some reason (being introduced to the family in someway) she recognizes him (as he came to collect) so she will then try to break up with Watson for no apparent reason and all that. It maybe that while he did collect so as it wasn't money he can't really use it when he needs it. Such as meat is nice and all but one can't spend it. It certainly will be interesting to see how these two families interact when they do bump into each other.

I certainly see a lot of chances of these characters meeting up. For instance Watson to pay back his debt to his mother will certainly need to do some more part time jobs. This way he can do what he likes doing (photography) and at the same time get paid such as also working for Wonder Woman as their new photographer. Unless they only hire females for their team (Maybe they are biased towards the other gender emoticon )
Since I can see the misunderstandings that are bound to arise by today's episode. The Red Heads camera is missing. Yang Soon is going to wrongly assume that Watson stole the camera (Once a Thief always a thief in her books) So they will confront him and it will turn out that he has a camera (not sure if that is the same make and model as I am not a pro) Accusations will fly. Hopefully the matter will be resolved (unless the camera gets damaged) Yang Soon will be mortified when she realizes her mistake and to make up for it he may get a job with them.

Frankly while I still feel that he is quite young compared to Yang Soon I can see them come together as a couple. As they both have a few things in common. For instance being in debt and how hard it is to cover it. Working multiple jobs and what not.

I wonder if the Author really is Yang Soons dad and if that is the case does he know that she works for Wonder Woman. I guess him winning that competition may allow them to finally meet up once again. Does anyone recall when he exactly went missing or died. Since it would be interesting if they met up if neither recognized each other or it was that one did and the other didn't. Perhaps that is also another reason why he is hesitant to mail his book to them. Also it maybe that the book has got his personal story in it and that is why he doesn't want people to realize who he is. But that this is the closest way that he can still feel connected to his former family.

Oh well that's all on my end for the moment. Have 2 leave early over here but it was nice to see that this site is still going well. Glad to hear from all of you and would love to see and read some more of your comments. So till then take care and be happy. emoticon
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     Well far here in the Los Angeles viewing area (KXLA) we are up to episode #6 @ Tuesday night (July 1st,and I'm up to episode 8 on You-Tube. And I'm watching both where possible. So far I like the writer for Wonder Woman Mag. "Yangsun" the most.
     I still haven't figured out the man who runs Watson detective agency yet or his employee the photographer who is the son of the loan shark. Of course I like the back-story of him quitting college to be a photog and not telling his thug of a father.
     
     But I still don't see any chemistry between the photog and Yangsun yet. From the dialog in the episodes I've seen so far I thought that from the arguments between Yangsun and her mother, and her aunt that Yangsun's father was dead? And that in the Yun family (the buildings owner) that his daughters husband was dead also?
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I`m also having a hard time sorting out who is dead,disappeared,or is in the U.S. There are now two cats missing,waiting to be found.
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It is quite true we need to keep a score card or something to keep track who is currently in the world of the living, Dead or just missing. Though to be honest that can still be a bit hard at times.
Still this is what I have managed to surmise so far.

Yongsuns father is still alive. He is the author who works at that coffee shop with the grandfathers (the one who lost his precious cat) daughter. But for some reason his family thinks that he is dead. I have a small theory why that maybe the case. Will bring it a bit later. Granted it may not make a lot of sense but then again a lot of things that happen in drama don't seem to make a lot of sense to me at times. Will love to hear what you think about it.

Next is the father in the Yuns (if that is what the other family is called, where the grandfather is the building owner and what not). His current status is a bit confusing to me. It seems that he is dead but at the same time he could also be simply missing. I am blaming the current confusion on the subs and the actions of the people around. On one hand the grandfather hired Sherlock to locate him so it seemed that he was missing but a few episodes later he tells his daughter to move on and tell her daughter the truth that he is dead or something. I may have remembered it a bit wrong as I usually watch it at the re-run time and at that time I am quite tired and sleepy so it is quite possible that I either remember wrong, misread the subs or simply forgot what was said. If that is the case please forgive me in advance.
For the sake of this being a drama and all I am going to presume that he is dead until proven otherwise.

Not sure who is in the States at the moment. Perhaps that person who wants to be an actor his family.

Since I have already forgotten some points that I had to make let me start out with the mystery behind the Authors case. (or should we be calling him something else I can't recall his name at the moment and I get the feeling that is going to come back and get me at some point.)
The reason that I think that his family thinks that he is dead because he has faked his death. Why most probably to avoid and hide from the debt collectors that were after him. How. Simply by pure chance and luck. Somehow he got involved in an accident most probably with he husband of the woman he is currently is working with. Sadly this accident was fatal so he ended up dying. Seeing his chance to save his family he leaves some sort of identifying markers that indicate that the dead person is him. (The other person was not identifiable otherwise that's why he could pull it of) Such as he left his ID card on him and maybe some other thing which his family could recognize him. Now he also found some money on the man so he used this money to pay of the banks. (Yes for some reason I still feel that he paid of the banks that is why I feel that they would have cancelled their loans to his family. Perhaps I am to cold because otherwise if I was running a bank I wouldn't cancel what someone owed me even if someone in their family passed away) (I do have responsibilities to others as well and that money needs to go to the proper people so I simply can't let it go.) Granted it is a drama so it may be possible.
Now by chance he is found by the Yun family and he goes to help them out of guilt or perhaps he doesn't know that he is working for the family whose son he killed by accident (more likely of the two scenarios). Boy will everyone be in a shock when this revelations is revealed.

At first when I heard that Sherlock was searching for someone I presumed that it might be Youngson wasn't sure why that was the case but simply because the meeting was being avoided. For instance when she wanted to meet him he had left town and when Sherlock asked Watson who he suspected he was avoiding the question as if to delay the meeting. Though to be honest why the grandfather wanted Sherlock to locate her wasn't making a lot of sense to me even then. Glad to see I was proven wrong in that regard.

So the score so far is that there are two cats indeed that are missing. Just like the two fathers. Hmm maybe that is more than chance.
But lets see what may happen. The Author is going to submit his story to Wonder Woman (not knowing that his daughter works there) and he is going to win it. This will allow the father daughter to meet up finally but not without all the drama that comes with it. For instance somehow he will find out that his daughter works there when he has to go and collect the reward. So to avoid the meeting he will be making excuses not to go and get it for some reason or the other. Thus the reunion will be stretched for another few episodes. Perhaps she (Yongsun) will come over to the house or shop for some reason and over here they will get to meet. When they do that they will be in shock so not much will be said. But they will meet up privately to clear up somethings on their end etc... Though I guess for all that to happen we may need another 40 episodes or so.

There are a few more ideas that were buzzing in my head sadly while typing this post they simply flew out. So if I can recall them I will add them in a new post and all. Till then take care and hope to hear from all of you soon. What do you think of the points that I brought up are they possible or have I simply seen to many dramas that I am talking total and utter nonsense. emoticon
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     Well we now know that Yangsun's father is alive and well and working at the other families cafe,which will make for a cozy relationship later on, but I still don't feel any chemistry between Yangsun with any of the main male characters yet.
 
     And usually by now in these daily K-Dramas the main female and male leads would be paired off for life by now and for the rest of the series? So what's the big mystery that's still keeping that couple apart until now in this daily?
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