Comments on: LOST TV Drama Draws Korean Criticism Again

By: kanunt about naver

kanunt about naver — Tue, 15 May 2007 01:42:21 +0000

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By: [GI Korea] LOST TV Drama Draws Korean Criticism Again - USFK Forums

[GI Korea] LOST TV Drama Draws Korean Criticism Again - USFK Forums — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:51:54 +0000

[...] [GI Korea] LOST TV Drama Draws Korean Criticism Again Published: Mon, 07 May 2007 06:27:02 +0000 The Korean netizens are at again criticizing the depicting of bridge in a recent episode of the television drama LOST: A rather poor substitute for Korea’s historic Hangang Grand Bridge shown in the American television series "Lost" has provoked intense feelings among some Korean watchers. In the 18th episode of the third season of "Lost" which aired [...] Read More… [...]

By: jion999

jion999 — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:46:55 +0000

I remember Hollywood made a film about Korea once.

James Bond series “Die Another Day”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Another_Day

Koreans got angry and held protests in front of major theaters.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200212/200212310024.html

Koreans were not satisfied with the movie because……

“the film’s bad guys is a North Korean”.
“the movie depicts South Korea as a developing nation”.
“an American officer issues orders to the South Korean army as if Korea was not an independent country”.

etc etc

I believe even if Hollywood makes any good film about Korea, it could not satisfy Korean’s inflated pride.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:51:45 +0000

toru,

I would have to say Hollywood has been much more kind to Japan than Korea. A lot of that had to do with Kurosawa’s influence from all his films that have been seen in the US. Korean films are slowly starting to penetrate the US market but not nearly as widespread as Japanese films. Plus you look at the number of big Hollywood films with a Japan theme, Lost in Translation, Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Notes from Iwo Jima, etc.

I can’t think of one Hollywood film with a Korean theme outside of some of the really old Korean War films and MASH if you want to consider that a Korean themed series.

me,

That is a good idea, maybe I will bring this picture out of retirement sometime.

By: The Marmot’s Hole » Korea Blog Aggregator

The Marmot’s Hole » Korea Blog Aggregator — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:59:08 +0000

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By: me

me — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:58:53 +0000

You missed an excellent chance to use this bridge in your Korean Finder series

You could of said Korea Finder #241

Then just sat back while people claimed to of seen this bridge in Pusan or someplace

It would of been cool

By: toru

toru — Mon, 07 May 2007 08:55:00 +0000

haha I kinda feel sympathy for them because when I watched “Heroes” on NBC, I felt really weird.

Especially, when one of the heroes, Hiro and his friend Ando go to Japan, the whole set looked really funny and surrealistic to me.

Besides, their Japanese sound way too funny. No offense. Considering Ando(James Kyson Lee) is a 1.5 Korean, he speaks very good Japanese. To me he speaks typical Korean-Japanese though.

These minor things bugs people sometimes, so I kinda feel sympathy for them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masi_Oka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kyson_Lee

But I don’t necessarily express anger. It’s just how it is. Japanese have been portrayed as typical stereo types in Hollywood movies for decades. I guess Japanese are no longer sensible about this kind of things.

Or mayby because things are getting better in Hollywood lately. Say, “The Last Samurai” and “Letters from Iwo Jima”.