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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: Ajumma exercise about to storm the world! |
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Arirang seems starved for content. After they do music videos trumpeting the virtues of Korea and then do a short newscast trumpeting Korean industry and politics and then interview some foreigners who will only say glowing things about Korea ("I love kimchi! Soon everyone in America will eat kimchi! There can be no doubt about it!"), they turn their airwaves over to corporate promo videos. The latest is something called "dipda"
http://www.dipda.co.kr/
Basically it's a plastic version of that spinning disk you find in parks that ajummas love to jump on and just go to town, spinning one way, spinning another way...
The video Arirang runs is just priceless. Like, "you know how boring top notch gyms are? What with all those weight machines, tvs, young women bounding around, the vast variety of activities, well now you can buy a $10 piece of plastic and spin spin spin your way to the body of a greek god!"
What's really sad is how hard they try to make this stupid thing look fun and interesting. "Hey, buy two and then you can play patty cake with your husband!" |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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After over 7 years of "watching" Arirang, I have yet to figure out who, exactly, their target market is. Everyone with bad taste, I guess. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
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| Arirang seems starved for content |
After over 7 years of "watching" Arirang, I have yet to figure out who, exactly, their target market is. Everyone with bad taste, I guess. |
Their target market is members of government and chaebols. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
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| Arirang seems starved for content |
After over 7 years of "watching" Arirang, I have yet to figure out who, exactly, their target market is. Everyone with bad taste, I guess. |
You've been watching for seven years?
They're striving for the Hanson market, people!  |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Atavistic wrote: |
| Hanson wrote: |
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| Arirang seems starved for content |
After over 7 years of "watching" Arirang, I have yet to figure out who, exactly, their target market is. Everyone with bad taste, I guess. |
You've been watching for seven years? |
Over 7 years, thank you very much. 
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| They're striving for the Hanson market, people! |
It's so painfully satisfying at times, though, like a serious "The Office" or something. Cringe-worthy.
My faves:
- The Elvis-Costello-lookalike with the weird manerisms and poetry narrating one of his "A Day in the Life of a Weirdo in Korea", or something along those lines. Creepy.
- The narrator for all docu-pieces about Korea: "This proud tradition brings peace to the Peninsula while spiritually guiding the Korean people to a better tomorrow..."
- The new series with a young gyopo and a young North-American (kinda looks like Stiffler from American Pie) discussing Korean customs, language, food, culture. Brilliant stuff! |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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After 5 years here is my favorite (courtesy of Arirang News):
Monday: Government warning economic slowdown next quarter. 6 Party Talks continue with deal imminent.
Tuesday: Exports at all time high.
Wednesday: Government warning economic slowdown next quarter. 6 Party Talks continue with deal imminent.
Wednesday: Exports at all time high.
Thursday: Government warning economic slowdown next quarter. 6 Party Talks continue with deal imminent.
Friday: Exports at all time high. |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Let's not forget weather, with all them mercurys moving and that percipitation we experience. |
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Jeju Rocks
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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As of January 1st, Arirang has no longer been broadcast in Jeju-do.
I do miss their news because the BBC was pulled a few years ago and I don't get CNN. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
- The narrator for all docu-pieces about Korea: "This proud tradition brings peace to the Peninsula while spiritually guiding the Korean people to a better tomorrow..."
- The new series with a young gyopo and a young North-American (kinda looks like Stiffler from American Pie) discussing Korean customs, language, food, culture. Brilliant stuff! |
Love 'em!
"Rank Korea" is always great too: make up some bullcrap praise towards Korea, add a foreigner willing to agree and you're golden! |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Hanson wrote: |
- The Elvis-Costello-lookalike with the weird manerisms and poetry narrating one of his "A Day in the Life of a Weirdo in Korea", or something along those lines. Creepy.
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Careful there Hanson! I had a poster here take offense to a comment that I made about that guy . |
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Faunaki
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know about you guys/girls but whenever I do the ajumma exercise after my right side and back hurt. What's going on here? Is it just me? |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| I don't want other things but I do find it good that they translate korean dramas.... |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
| After over 7 years of "watching" Arirang, I have yet to figure out who, exactly, their target market is. |
South America and the Middle East, and anyone else unlucky enough to have it as a channel on their satellite package. |
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