SeoulPodcast #86: All ta What Sack?
Podcast January 29th, 2010
Guest
Hwarangi – ALTAWATSAC
News
PD Diary not guilty of playing fast and loose with the truth re: Mad Cow
Kang Ki-kap “not guilty” and Grand National Party is not happy
Translators to Sue Truth Commission
Hwaseong Universal Studios
New foreign-language school admissions rules making some hagwons obsolete
Korean students to be exposed to essay questions.
Protesting teachers cleared of charges
This winter has been bad for insurance business
Foot and mouth all over the place in Korea
Korea’s sex industry (or, ewww… another reason not to date an ajossi)
More on the Yongsan redevelopment
Evictees in the struggle of their lives
Technology
iPhone+KT= good business
SK Telecom meanwhile pins hopes on ROIKorea has fastest internet connections
Online Shopping Remains an Ordeal in Korea
Hardware versus Software
Things that make you go Waaaah?
Government to turn off lights at 7 so employees go home, fuck more, and make more Koreans.
Reporter has difficulty not laughing while reporting “Go home, make babies” news
The pink parking spaces were just the beginning
It’s the Hub of the Week– CG
This one’s for Joe– latest in the series on marketing Korean food to the world@PresidentLee on TwitterOooops No he’s not (Hankyoreh)Somewhere in Seoul Cool to go – The War memorial. So says Korea.netFoul-mouthed teacher encapsulates what’s wrong with education here
Maybe this is what Tablo’s brother meant about leaking test answers
‘Ajumma’ Adopt Stylish New Life
Is This the End of Outback Steakhouse In Korea?
Singer arrested for smoking marijuana while in hospital
Ex-Pat Community
Killer of ESL teacher in Japan has fan clubs on the internet
Time Wasters
Video of one of Green Day’s “craziest fans” kissing member on stage
Guide to Asian Emoticons [VIDEO]
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February 3rd, 2010 at 6:34 am
On the Hyundae movie. I saw it in a theater in Toronto. The FX were good. The family story I think would be hard for a western audience to follow. I lived in Korea for 4 years and even I had a hard time making heads and tails out of the relationships between the characters. And parts were just darn irritating. Women screeching and whapping men. Men screeching and whapping women. And that was before the disaster. Korea hoped this movie would promote its skill with fx but it gave a very negative portrayal of Korean family life. Everyone just yells and hits all the time.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Since when does a movie need to portray “family life” of any country in a positive light? If it tried to, I would be disappointed that the story was not realistic.
Seeing different types of relationships is what makes watching foreign movies interesting. People in Toronto, especially, wouldn’t find it strange. Sure, you lived in Korea for 4 years, but were you in a Korean family?
February 9th, 2010 at 4:31 am
Don,
There are many excellent Korean movies that play abroad that don’t portray Korean family life in a positive light. Tale of Two Sisters comes immediately to mind.
However, my point is with Hyundae the human moments were confusing and plain irritating. I fear viewers would come away with less of an impression of Korea’s ability with CGI and more of a negative first impression of Korean family life.
And I think Toronto audiences who go to see an FX disaster film would find the screeching hitting ajummas bewildering.