More Men Who Make Me Watch Drama Against My Will: Hot Bods Edition

Smiles aren't the only thing that make me watch dramas.  Sometimes I'm a lot more superficial and I watch a show just because I know that there will probably be a shirtless or brooding shower scene, and that actor has a hot body.  This just might be the most shallow post I ever will write, but you all know you've got your own list of hot bods.  Also, who wouldn't appreciate this list, because... yes.

Sometimes those shows are awesome, and it's not a problem at all that I started it out just for that one actor and how well he takes care of his body.  But sometimes, pleasure is mixed with regret as I wonder if that one shower scene was worth the 16+ episodes of crap.  That's a slippery slope, we won't go there, we'll just remember the minutes of shirtlessness, flexed arm muscles, and chocolate abs.

New Drama (and old neck crush) Alert: Love Cheque Charge AKA Happiness Voucher

My baby faced manly man is back, aka George Hu, in a new drama that is coming out soon called Love Cheque Charge... um ok... or Happiness Voucher.  Always excited for a George Hu drama... not that I've watched every drama he's been in yet (there is no way I am going to sit through 13ish episodes of Park Shin Hye dubbed over into Chinese.  No way!) but I've loved him in every drama I've seen him in, and have watched some just for him (like all 72 episodes of Love, Now just for him) so this is exciting.

 

53. Love, Now 真愛趁現在 (2012) Taiwanese

George Hu, Annie Chen, Bobby Dou, Harry Chang, Vivi Lee

Drama Rating: 6.5/10     Neck Score: B

Because it was too hard to wait on both Just You and Love Around, I decided to watch this one.  It was daunting at first because there are like 75 episodes, but they are only 45 min each, so it is not so bad.  But man, George Hu and Annie Chen have some amazing chemistry.  They were so good in this one that Love Around was basically just banking off of their already established chemistry and popularity (not that it wasn't a good show on it's own too).  This one has the very basic set up that Annie is a workaholic who never takes breaks, so her boss/ex-boyfriend/brother figure and family trick her into thinking she has terminal cancer to get her to take a vacation.  But she happens to bump into George, who has been looking for her ever since their senior year of college when he fell in love with her on site.  Because he saves her from being hit by a car, and loses his suitcase in the process, she has to switch rooms and never sees the "just kidding" letter so continues on the vacation thinking she is going to die.  Then angel face George, who is already in love with her, swoops in to make her dreams come true and it gets really steamy in the first few episodes (like make out by episode 4).  But since it's all based on a lie, not hers but her families, then everything gets messed up and misunderstandings happen.  That's just the situation that sets it up, and since it's so long so much more happens.  It also tried to trick me later and I had to stop ellipticalling because I was so confused and crying at one point, but everything works out well and none of the crap lasts for too long, really.  It doesn't drag, it just keeps going for a long time, with all sorts of ups and downs.  Still, I might like this one more than Love Around, but that's hard to say, because I loved that one too.  Basically George Hu is hot.  The end.

52. Love Around 真愛黑白配 (2013) Taiwanese

George Hu, Annie Chen, Jack Li, Elleya Tao

Drama Rating: 7/10     Neck Score: A+

When I realized that Taiwanese dramas only go once a week and that I had to wait to watch more Just You, it prompted me to start watching this, which started around the same time.  George Hu is hot.  He has a sexy voice, face and when I read his bio, that only made him sexier.  He is like manly and cute/baby-faced at the same time while Aaron Yan is sexy and cute at the same time.  I mean George Hu looks so cute and baby faced but oozes sexy manliness at the same time.  HOW?  He plays the son of a former gangster in this one, and meets Annie Chen when she is dumped at his hotel when she catches her boyfriend cheating on her on his birthday.  Having just been recently dumped himself, he stands up for her and punches her boyfriend.  Then they become friends, helping heal each others pain.  They also figure out that she's the Radio DJ that he is constantly calling because of his ex-girlfriend.  He is the sweetest man in the world, but also super savvy because of his gangster background.  He protects her, and sneakily helps her when her radio station is in danger because of funds.  Then we have childhood friend and nerdy accountant played by Jack Li.  Love him.  What I like about the plot is that the romance is really realistic.  She over thinks everything, and everything is awkward.  They are friends who fall in love.  Nothing super formulaic or cheesy.  It does get a little hookie at the end when the family drama tries to ruin everything, but they both stay so cool that even the stupid noble idiocy thing doesn't work.  Loved it.