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SNSD and K-Pop Fanboy/Fangirl |OT|
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filler said:
I can't be the only one who finds the concept of anti-fans and forums completely ridiculous. Why would you spend your time talking about a group you don't like?
Tristam said:
Ranking time! Here's mine:
Taeyon - Cute and amazing singer, nice personality
Tiffany - Beautiful and good singer, i like her relationship with Taeyon
Sooyoung - Great personality and also beautiful. the closest to the classical beauty I think
Yuri - Hot!!! and funny. Decent singer
Jessica - Great singer and mildly bitchy, I don't find her as physically attractive as the others though
Yoona - Very pretty and easy going, but unfortunately not a good singer
Seohyun - Good singer but a bit boring otherwise. Probably different in real life though...
Sunny - good singer but personality wise I feel she tries too hard sometimes and not as natural as the others (i haven't watched IY though)
Hyoyeon - same as sunny but not a good singer. She seems like a genuinely nice girl but I find her a bit annoying with her not so subtle pranks
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Even better writeup on the utterly shameful Tablo controv... No, that's not it because he didn't do anything wrong... Well, I don't want to use the word "atrocity" but what else do you call a year-long, completely unprovoked smear campaign that leaves the most successful and intelligent rapper in the country a frightened shell of his former self?
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2011/julaug/features/tablo.html
Just disgusting what they did to him.
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2011/julaug/features/tablo.html
Just disgusting what they did to him.
Netizens are crazy and always will be. It's really sad and definitely an interesting facet of Korean culture - had to write an essay on the subject for University last year. Tablo's case is horrible, but there are a lot more out there as well. A lot of which lead to suicides (Choi Jin Sil is the most high profile case, as well as the former president, Ro Moo Hyun) or cause the person being attacked to flee the country (Jay Park - who had a petition made about him asking him to kill himself after the MySpace controversy). It's not limited to just big time celebrities either. Pretty disturbing stuff.Salazar said:
Korea definitely has a sheep-like culture where people follow the trends that are popular at any given time be it in sports, fashion, or even ideals and opinions. So when people band together and start saying one person did something, a lot of people will follow. Most netizens are young and in Junior to Middle school as well. That coupled with the anonymity of the internet and a disconnection from the consequences of their actions and words they say things which they would never say offline.
So just got done with episode 17 of IY and something that really threw me for a loop was the whole dumpling eating scene. Sunny makes a cutesy face and Taewoo says that is something a Japanese Idol would do. Then the fat one says, "Hey, we also have a black man at the table."
Yuri then throws on her hood and says in English, "You die" straight to the camera. This is followed by a couple of "what up yo", ending with the oh no you diddin head shake along with the snapping of the fingers. And everyone at the table cracked up. They even edited it so her words come on screen and they put in the laugh track. I haven't seen such blatant stereotyping since Shananae in that TV show Martin. Is this because contact with black people is limited and mainly through American TV shows? If so, then its kinda forgivable and makes sense but I still refuse to believe all Korean's stereotype black people this much.
This is just unfair because of those turrible bangs Hyo's got going on. Its like comparing these two pictures...
And I'm just throwing in this last picture because well...its awesome.
Yuri then throws on her hood and says in English, "You die" straight to the camera. This is followed by a couple of "what up yo", ending with the oh no you diddin head shake along with the snapping of the fingers. And everyone at the table cracked up. They even edited it so her words come on screen and they put in the laugh track. I haven't seen such blatant stereotyping since Shananae in that TV show Martin. Is this because contact with black people is limited and mainly through American TV shows? If so, then its kinda forgivable and makes sense but I still refuse to believe all Korean's stereotype black people this much.
Alta1r said:Compare and contrast part 2:
This is just unfair because of those turrible bangs Hyo's got going on. Its like comparing these two pictures...
And I'm just throwing in this last picture because well...its awesome.
i remember someone posted some awesome perfume vids in the old thread (Dice?), but I can't find them anywhere, all I can find is the short preview version of nee.
anyone have linku? especially nee and the one with them running around through this weird colourful stage type thing.
anyone have linku? especially nee and the one with them running around through this weird colourful stage type thing.
MightGoThere
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milkham said:
Read somewhere that it's Min from Miss A, don't know how reliable that is though.
milkham said:
I vote Tiffany.
Someone prove me wrong
Ranvier said:
I honestly don't think they even conceive of it as stereotyping black folks; its just a terribly (occasionally amusingly) gauche hiphop posture that they've been kind of trained in but not raised in. I think it gets amplified in variety shows because there's almost an expectation of caricatures and imitations. Which are intrinsically suspect in, say, English or American discourse, but are pretty standard (or seem to be) in Korea. I remember an interview show when Soshi (Sooyoung, I think) absolutely ripped on an Italian woman's accent and the way she spoke Korean. It was kind of awkward for me, but everyone laughed it up - I think that's just the way it goes, at least on tv.
Running Man's writer. *Bow*
East Asian countries are highly isolated culturally and so their manners might come off as more careless. I don't sense any superiority but actually cluelessness in regards to other ethnicities.
I thought she was mocking her absurdly annoying voice rather than accent. Then again I can't speak Korean and hadn't even noticed what type of accent she had.Salazar said:
Yeah I don't think it's superiority; that's their stance towards other Asian countries, not Western countriesvordhosbn said:
And yeah Christina I think it was? She's famous for her voice and accent, it's part of her image. She's famous in Korea and is a regular on the show Chit Chat of Beauties.
Sooyoung's impersonation is spot on, by the way. Her accent in Korean is still as if she was speaking Italian so it sounds really grating.
Baby Milo said:
Erm no... She either looks damn good, or damn good while looking cute/dorky.
Honestly I couldn't tell you by number, but it's best to watch through in order. A lot of the best moments are when running jokes reach their peak. I really wouldn't advise skipping through.
Alta1r said:Compare and contrast part 2:
Hyo looks damn good there. She always looks better when she isn't doing her HUGE smile. =P
Ranvier said:
I think it's cause they're going for air time. An impersonation that was politically correct, aka not doing anything stereotypical and being normal and just like errbody else would have been pretty boring and probably cut from the show.
For the record, ridiculously turrible RDR bangs Yoona >> any version of Fiona.
rooflapimp
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I haven't done a ranking before. Here goes...
Taeyeon - Goddess. Nothing more to say.
Tiffany - Almost as much of a goddess as the above.
Jessica - Has grown a lot on me lately. Can come of as bitchy, but it's kind of hot... One of the best singers in the group.
Yoona - The most naturally beautiful in the group? Probably. Seems like a fun person as well. Can't really sing though.
Seohyun - Has improved a lot for me. Good voice, cute personality.
Now it gets more tricky.
Sooyoung - Meh. She's okay.
Sunny - Has dropped way down. I don't really like how she always has to act super cutesy whenever the camera is on.
Yuri - I'm a bit indifferent towards her. Seems a bit childish, in an annoying way.
Hyoyeon - Goblin. Okay not really, only compared to the others.
Taeyeon - Goddess. Nothing more to say.
Tiffany - Almost as much of a goddess as the above.
Jessica - Has grown a lot on me lately. Can come of as bitchy, but it's kind of hot... One of the best singers in the group.
Yoona - The most naturally beautiful in the group? Probably. Seems like a fun person as well. Can't really sing though.
Seohyun - Has improved a lot for me. Good voice, cute personality.
Now it gets more tricky.
Sooyoung - Meh. She's okay.
Sunny - Has dropped way down. I don't really like how she always has to act super cutesy whenever the camera is on.
Yuri - I'm a bit indifferent towards her. Seems a bit childish, in an annoying way.
Hyoyeon - Goblin. Okay not really, only compared to the others.
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