The Appearance in “Come to Play” of Park Yoochun and the Ripley Cast Falls Through… Why?
The appearance of the main leads of the MBC’s new Mon-Tues drama “Ripley” has fallen through and that is attracting attention.
According to multiple drama affiliates on the 3rd, Kim Seungwoo, Kang Hyejung, Lee Dahae, Park Yoochun and such Ripley’s main cast have examined appearing in “Come to Play” from the middle of last month in anticipation of the first airing of the drama.
Even Kim Seungwoo, whose possibility of filming “Come to Play” had been uncertain due to his filming of “On a Rol,l” had made it so that he’d appear in “Come to Play.” While discussing the appearance of the 4 people, however, the Ripley cast received the answer from the producers pf whether it would be okay for them if only the 3 excluding Park Yoochun could appear. The affiliates explained that in the end, the entire cast had decided to treat the appearance in “Come to Play” as something that never happened.
Park Yoochun, who has withdrawn from TVXQ and is now active as a member of JYJ, has switched into acting after, and is receiving attention by being cast on the level of leads in last year’s KBS 2TV’s “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” and this year’s “Ripley.” However, after his dispute with his management agency, Park Yoochun, despite the continued appearance in dramas, is hardly able to appear in variety programs of the 3 (main and public) companies, including MBC. Even when he was the lead in “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” it was difficult to find him in KBS’s variety programs.
At this, there are some speculations as to whether the former agency SM’s influence has been at work. However, even within the same broadcast company the positions are different, such as between the variety department and the drama department. The other broadcast affiliate did not spare his criticism, saying “Does one need to be wary of and catering to the mega-entertainment (T/N: literally, attempt to read one’s mind in order to do what he wants) even for the promotion of the drama of their own company?”
At this, an affiliate of “Come to Play” explained: “Because there was already much material already filmed that are waiting to be aired and so it was not easy to adjust the schedule, the Ripley team came to be unable to film Come to Play.”
Oh shut the bs!!!!!
It’s freaking obvious that bloody SM has a hand in it and you producers are cowards!!!!
You can say that again =_=…it’s so obvious!!!! I mean how else is everything that could go wrong be going wrong? Two bad they probably don’t have proof…otherwise they can sue the BS out of SM
¡I SECOND YOU; MY GIRLS! It is as obvious as the day light. ¡SME’S STINKY ASSES HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS BLOCKING!
im not even as angry at sm as i am with these broadcasting companies…why are they letting themselves be controlled by SM..wtf and if my understanding is correct these tv stations are public companies they are owned by the people..why are they using people’s money to do SM deeds
that is why I was thinking, how come public Television stations (funded by the government) can be influenced by private companies? this is bewildering. JYJ, fighting! AKTF!
¡SME; just a group of greedy MOBSTERS!
dang!!! how can they? their own site? they won’t allow their own cast to be in their own variety show? I just don’t know who’s pulling their LEGS!!!
I better bring my JYJ frying pan and bash it on their heads for them to wake up!!!
i believe Come To Play is within the entertainment dept of MBC. it’s quite different from the drama department. same with the other stations. hence, JYJ was able to perform for the KBS Drama Awards.
……….
its such an understatement to say that I’m furious
I will refrain from ranting here…but god it is frustrating, esp when they keep giving excuses and excuses. Think the viewers are all idiot dont you?
Are you f***ing kidding me??!! How much longer are they gonna keep doing this BS? This makes the legal system look like a joke and gives SM so much damn power!! Seriously these producers are so afraid, its ridiculous. I think what pisses me off the most is the lies…their lies are just infuriating!!
LOL!! I like that “Ripley’s” cast/producers decided to make the appearance “all or nothing.” As the boys keep branching out, incidents like this will happen more and more, with a wider public seeing what we’ve known from the beginning — the excuses are all BS.
seriously. i’m glad the mbc drama department can see with their own eyes the unjustice system WITHIN their own MBC company. and i’m glad they chose to stay beside yoochun.
I am really happy about this too. I like this ‘all or nothing’ approach. Maybe this is what will attract more people to watch Ripley in the long run because the competition is tough.
yes, I’m so glad they stay beside Yoochun too and i know this will bring more attention from audience and this is more effective than other promotion. I bet this drama will have high ratings…
Yoochun fighting….
me too…happy see chunnie have support all entire cast like SKKS..that approve lot of think..and make the drama feel more ..interesting?? i cant wait to watch this drama.
It´s true? I can believe it!
“…whether it would be okay for them if only the 3 excluding Park Yoochun could appear… ” when I read that… God! I want to cry!
No, It can´t be! I need to think positive! I need it for my own peace!
Ah! I need something to calm me down! Maybe watch fancams of JYJ concerts.
From what I understood, the entire production decided not to appear after that suggestion from ‘Come to Play.’ It was implied in the next sentence. ^_^
‘The affiliates explained that in the end, the entire case had decided to treat the appearance in “Come to Play” as something that never happened.’
If this is true, and there really was an offer that only the other three cast members could guest, the whole excuse of “Come to Play” becomes complete BS. Not that it isn’t already.
that’s the problem… they have planned to be in the variety show…
even the cast who has a hectic sched tried to arrange to be in the show…
Even Kim Seungwoo, whose possibility of filming “Come to Play” had been uncertain due to his filming of “On a Rol,l” had made it so that he’d appear in “Come to Play.”
but for the reason that yoochun is one of the cast, the variety show department requested to exclude yoochun from appearing… that’s making yoochun an outcast of the group. 😦
that’s why in the end… the entire case was treated like it never happened… 😦
Ah, I read @Amy’s comment as saying that she thought the other cast members would still guest on ‘Come to Play.’ Reading it again, I got it wrong.
Call me selfish, but I’m actually glad that for this instance, Ripley went ‘all or nothing.’ They could have chosen to make Yoochun an outcast but they didn’t.
What makes me sad is the fact that Yoochun would never get the exposure he deserves to in the dramas he’s in. 😦
Oh, sorry for my confusing comment… English is not my native language ¬_¬
And yes! I´m happy that all Ripley´s cast decided not to appear in the show.
My negation goes for how someone could suggest such a low thing!
i was so pissed when i read this..
im just so thankful to the whole cast that they backed yoochun up on this..
yeah, much material ¬_¬
pffft yea right =///////////////////// geez louise first u say that can the 3 come w/ chunnie, and then the’re like oh it’s because of the schedule blah blah. WHATEVER >___________________<
oops, come withOUT yoochun D:
WTH!!!!
-_- they should stop with the bs, or at least bring a new (lame) execuse, really the same thing was said by Qtv…
@masi
that’s right, let’s all bring our JYJ fryung pan and bash it on their heads for them to wake up. Really good said.
How can they… I can’t even…
I have no words for my disgust. We ALL know why they aren’t going to appear on ‘Come to Play’ I don’t know who they’re trying to fool.
Cowards, that’s what they are, cowards!!
They are truly making the korean court system look like a joke.
true..big joke for korea legal system!!..i am speachless!
I think so too. Like seriously at this rate who cares about the Korean justice system?
Have a few corrupt company heads here and there in all fields (Medical, Drama, News, Politics, Music etc.) that don’t listen to the laws at all….
They are making their own country a joke!
yes it’s really big joke….it’s seem that entertainment company has more big influence in S.K than law so when court take an action for those entertainment world then it’s just like a small matter for them
it’s really pity
WWTTFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stupid stupid stupid
This is so unfair!!! =S.. But one thing that kind of made me happy is that they decided not to appear altogether!! They could have easily said to Yoochun that they have to let the drama be known an appear just 3 of the leads! but they did not! so i’m glad they are kind of supporting him! =).. i really hope Ripley goes extremely well so they regret not letting the cast appear on the variety shows!!
The affiliate of “Come to Play” made it sound like it was the cast members fault for not being able to film.
pfftt…
“The affiliates explained that in the end, the entire case had decided to treat the appearance in “Come to Play” as something that never happened.”
GOOD FOR THEM!!! We all know why this is the case. It doesn’t take a genious to figure it out. JYJ family, do we all have our frying pans ready? ^__^
my frying pan it’s been out and ready!!!
i need two frying pans with two hand…big one!! grrrrrr!
Wth? I’m so sad.. I really want to see him on v.show. 😦
Oh. I $ee Ripley’$ production/ca$t team. I perfectly under$$$$$$tand why you did thi$. Gotcha! ;D
By cause these problems with the drama crews they’re gonna make people not even want to put the members in their drama…which seems to be what they’re trying to do. Why does it seem its getting a little worse everyday.
But these problems are minor compared to what the boys bring to a production. They bring in viewers, they bring in sponsors. I’m sure the coverage of this incident will get them just as much publicity as an appearance on the show itself.
And they are good at what they do! They are not getting these jobs on their name recognition alone, which gives the production credibility along with the publicity.
I don’t think it’s getting worse, I think it’s getting a lot more attention. This is exactly what needs to happen.
if Ripley gets to 30 % range.. that’s a smack to everyone’s face.. and then the whole cast keeps the bargaining agreement that without Yoochun.. they’ll not appear.. all the other 3 actors are seniors and popular.. they dont need the publicity of the variety shows.. its the variety show who needs them.. if the variety shows rating comes crashing down.. then they’ll be force into a situation to invite them to pull ratings and advertisers.. so there is hope.. i just want to see the other 3 leads openly support Yoochun and publicly detest the blacklisting efforts..
Don’t worry, as long as the dramas they star in got major ratings and sell well, the boys will be in more dramas. Appearing in a variety show is just a mean to advertise, but if without advertisement the drama still does well, then the Drama Department won’t give two shits about it. It’s proven by the success of SKKS and Mozart, and many things that JYJ touched. So as long as we support them, they’ll be fine, there are a lot of producers pursuing JYJ in the acting department.
Yes, You are so right !!! Without publicity “SKKS” huge success everywhere ……However, the entire casts of “RIPLEY” were kind & very supportive of YOOCHUN….It’s just A BULL appearing on the variety shows, who needs them anyway….JYJ’s FAMILY FIGHTING FOR JYJ WITHOUT HESITATION AT ALL !!!!
that’s true
DO THESE BROADCASTERS HAVE ANY NATIONAL PRIDE???
IT’S JUST ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL AND SHAMEFUL WHAT THESE CHANNELS ARE DOING!!!!
I HAVE BEEN PATIENT WITH S.KOREA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT I CAN’T ANYMORE….
I.HATE.SOUTH.KOREA.AT.THIS.MOMENT!!!!
(goes in my kitchen and gets my pan)…O_O -_______________________-.
This is really disgusting and really embarrassing. How can they act like this…they are truly bullies.
O________________o
COULD SM BE MORE OBVIOUS????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, they could. But then they’d be fined.
That’s my first thought too:
“While discussing the appearance of the 4 people, however, the Ripley cast received the answer from the producers pf whether it would be okay for them if only the 3 excluding Park Yoochun could appear.”
I repeat your statement kanu0688:
Can they be any more obvious? Jeez
Please can someone tell me who the courts have appointed to keep track of all the times sme prevented or blocked our beloved JYJ from performing??? they R sooo obvious, they don’t even care if they R flaunting it in the face of all of SK.!!! when R they gonna pay for all the disrespect they show for the ruling of the court of SOUTH KOREA???
“The affiliates explained that in the end, the entire case had decided to treat the appearance in “Come to Play” as something that never happened.”
I applaud the cast of Ripley for sticking together!!
JYJ FIGHTING!!! JYJ FAMILY FIGHTING!!!
i feel its so evident as well. idk why JYJ isn’t getting their $20000 dollars or something, everytime they’re getting blocked! i guess no concrete evidence. ARGH.
Its KEPA in the works too. Idk if i should make the same analogy, but Jay Park was only allowed to appear on music shows AFTER he had a formal apology. Grr, do they want JYJ to apologize too and begg on their knees while they’re at it?!
im sure that this is exactly what they want. well…they want to basically back JYJ into a corner to where they have no other options. but if they’re waiting for an apology before we can see JYJ, then i won’t be expecting them on shows anytime soon because they ARE NOT wrong and they don’t have anything to apologize for. i feel like jay park shouldn’t have apologized either but, then again, he doesn’t have the fan base that JYJ does…maybe he felt it was just the best thing for his career.
I don’t want JYJ to apologise to these DAMMED ASS !!! JYJ do not do anything wrong ….. SME is the one should apologise for making them did the “SLAVERY” works…..That’s it !!!!
Anyway, who cares, showing on local TV music programmes or not !!! Look at JYJ, without appearing on TV , still get popularities in every part of the world….The JYJ’s Fans in Taiwan wanted JYJ to start from beginining again, don’t looked back…Anyway with these blocking they get more attention, love & supports from people who sympathised with JYJ all over the world….
i would burn these tv stations down if i hav a chance..
they are cowardssss
Count me in!!!!
omg, yoochun… Why all of these happened to u again >_< remind me when yoochun didnt appear in skks end party. He was the only one that nt turn up.
I really appreciate all the rest of 3 main lead that decided nt to appear in 'come to play' programme.
I believe Ripley will receive lots of love n attention by the media, viewers n all yoochun's fans.
Ps. Yoochun fighting!! We r all behind u…
Bullshit MBC. If kbs could make JYJ appear in guerilla date, u could def make a space for park yoochun to appear in come to play. Thank u to all the cast of Ripley. I hope now they get the gist of what is happening to JYJ. And I really hope chun’s ahjumma give mbc hell.
cant they see? It is SM who needs the variety shows to promote their artists.. most of their artist cannot even act to land a decent role for a drama without SM working it out for them.. if SM pulls their artists from the variety shows then let them.. it’s their lost.. they dont have any other venues to promote so it’s them who lives and die with variety.. but entertainment companies can always get an artist not from SM .. i see a lot of more talented idols from other companies (with no ties with SM)
So why are they so damn afraid,,
I know…shinee, snsd, and suju are not the only artists out there. Right now I could name a ton of groups just as famous as them. So why are the TV stations afraid?
I think its more than that. Its a common knowledge how this big companies would bribe their way buy offering the higher up on those tv station, and with SM’s case prob with stocks. Its so sad. and Fckd up.
How embarrassing. How embarrassing. Kinda obvious what happened here.
I’m glad Ripley decided on an ‘all or nothing’.
WTF??!!! Seriously that is just BS!! Stupid, cowardly TV stations, can’t they grow some balls!? Damn this just sucks thank goodness that the Ripley cast decided not to show up without Yoochun. JYJ Family, remember we have to be strong and protect the boys! SME just got even lower.
JYJ Fighting!!! JYJ Family Fighting!!!
stay strong yoochun….who cares whether or not to appear in come to play!!! as long as u do a good job in your own projects and show others what u can do…that’s all it matters!!!! stay strong!!! cassie and jyj fans knows that u already succeeded that’s what all it matters! hwaiting oppa 🙂
Pissed! I need to secure a JYJ frying pan too! Or rather a flying pan that land on whoever comes in JYJ way.
this is too much. when are they going to stop all this bullshit ? what a shame!
dude..chunface is THE LEAD ACTOR. how can u exclude him??!!!
make no sense at all..
and stop giving lame excuse. blah la wei!!!!
That’s right, keep questioning these drops people! Help more and more people wake up to what’s going on.
The day is going to come when the lame ass excuse will be of no help whatsoever. At that point in time, the legal system will be the avenue to change all this. If these broadcast companies aren’t careful, they may find themselves in a lot more hot water than they ever dreamed of.
Let’s hope so. And even though they don’t find themselves in hot water, hopefully JYJ’s upcoming success makes them come crawling.
If they end by canceling JYJ appearance, then do not make any publication news. These television station keeps asking JYJ to come and gives hope to JYJ fans, but at the end they cancel it.. You make the fans are more disappointed…
excuse my language… but what a bunch of bullsh*t…
& props to the whole cast for making a statement by not appearing on the show at all… how much more ridiculous can this get?
Yoochun doesnt need these variety shows, and i hope the drama does really well. Lee Da Hae is no stranger to controversy; Kang Hyejung is Tablo’s wife, am sure she knows the underhand drama that goes on too; and am sure Kim Seungwoo, as a serious actor, understands the situation pretty well, and he is a solid actor. They don’t need this, but i hope that yoochun/JYJ can upstage all these shady dealings (dramas, concerts, etc), so that JYJ can receive all the love they deserve and more.
this is really the lowest of all bullshits…!
jeezzz….! how much longer are they gonna do this shit???
it’s good the ripley’s casts are sticking together..and yeah, i’m praying that thru this, the entertainment people (starting with the ripley’s casts] will slowly back JYJ and YC and be one with us fans in this fight…surely, they too felt now how these coward broadcasting companies are backing JYJ into a corner giving the lamest excuses i ever heard in my entire life..
…i so love their “all or nothing”, “treat the case like it never happened” attitude…
I’M RAGING!!!!!!!
this is soooo irritating, pissing, annoying, etc
SMe needs to DIE!!
they need to fail, they need to fall, they need to go bankrupt!!!!
this just proves that SM is all the MORE insecure and scary of JYJ!!!
SMe are threatened, not just music-wise anymore!!!!
if they prevent the Ripley cast from appearing on Come to Play because of YC than it proves that Yoochun (along with Jaejoong and Junsu are/) is influentially relevant and important to Korean media!!
if SM continues blocking than sooner or later, they are going to negatively affect the Hallyu Wave and ruin Korea’s image.
Can’t netizens and the public see how SM is being selfish to the point of harming and ruining their country instead of helping the economy and world relations?
(it’s just like how Avex is selfish from allowing JYJ to raise money for Japan Relief)
Excuse me while I pick my face up off the floor…
“At this, there are some speculation as to whether the former agency SM’s influence has been at work.” ~ No need for speculations, we all know what is going on and the obviousness is beyond ridiculous.
I read this somewhere: “Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats” -all of these “victories” that SM thinks it having by preventing JYJ from appearing on programs are going to be the very thing that brings them down from a legal and public perspective.
Ripley and Yoochun will be just fine without this appearance. And thank you to the cast for being “all or nothing”.
OMG O_o, i could just go off on a really long rant right here right now, but jeeze SM, at least don’t be so obvious in showing South Korea how scared you are of these three men
i’m glad the production team decide to not apperas in the variety show at all instead of excluding yoochun.
but at the same time i’m worry bout this drama promotion coz they do need all varies of promotion way to promote this drama n gain more viewers….
just hope thta w’out promotin, this drama can do well like SKKS or else… no one want to take d boys act again…coz oroduction co. need to be in win-win situation..
i hope that k-drama lovers will support this drama n show to those BS people that even w’out promoting we still love n able to gain high amount of viewers thus can lead to more casting of our boys in drama/film production in future.
Don’t you think this matter is somehow funny and confusing. All company are greatly follow sm decision although they know if they air JYJ@yc on any show,the ratting will become higher.
sometime I think they just use the sm name or the dbsk cases to make no appearance of JYJ’s member in their show. By alll mean I got the feeling they don’t want to broadcast JYJ at their own channel and just use the issues to cover that up..
oh shut up, mbc.“Because there was already much material already filmed that are waiting to be aired and so it was not easy to adjust the schedule”. adjust the schedule? Ripley will air on YOUR OWN TV!! it just the same reason when JYJ being cancelled for appeared in QTV, even after their held promotions, advertised it and even followed jyj whole days. and when the show were ready to broadcasted, they cancelled it with the same ‘we have many show waiting in lines and couldnt fit ‘JYJ’s realTV’ show to our shceduled’.
jeez, if they still can fit ‘rival’ artist to their show. why cant they invited their own drama cast? all the casts are well known actors n actresses, these serial have been anticipated by many, the leading cast, yoochun is so success toward SKK and his CF (personal and with JYJ), and he’s a part of a group that gather lots of awards n attention from their successful albums and world concert n they even appointed OKTA goodwill ambassador. and u cant even adjust YOUR schedule to let them be in your so many variety program??? SUCH A BS MBC!!! SHAME ON U!!!!
Thank the cast of “Ripley” for standing together as one and not excluding Yuchun. They are good people; and Yuchun should not have to apologize to the other cast members, but he probably did anyway 🙂
Yuchun and Ripley cast, Fighting!!!!
ฺBoo ya~
…I’m surprised. I’ve seemingly reached a state of absolute tranquility where I have no need for reassurance that things are going to be okay. The tomfoolery that certain parties are engaging in no longer faze me. I almost have a sort of “bring it on” feeling. o__o
Was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn stärker. Better known to us in paraphrased English as that which does not kill us makes us stronger. Can I say our boys epitomize that?
For all the crap that has been flung at them, they’re still standing up straight and looking in the right direction (that is, FORWARD, not backward, and certainly not downward). And thank you, thank you to the ever growing population of human beings with their heads screwed on straight! 😀
the whole reason that broadcaster doesn’t yoochun on the show it cause they are scared that sme artist will be no show on their programs.
Stupid bullshit reason given by Come To PLay PD duh~~~
i’m glad that the entire main casts refused to
appear in the show without Yoochun.
that shows solidarity.
the pd of the show is so full of BS…
I’m so thankful to Yoochun’s cast colleagues for backing him up and refusing to go to “come to play” without him ! At least now JYJ are surrounded by loyal, considerate people and true friends.
I so hope Ripley’s audience rate will be skyrocketting and that it will have good review, just to show to all these haters that even without promotion the drama can do well.
SMBC back at work… -_-… Stupid Cowards~!
There are just so many coincidences that JYJ activities cannot slot into the schedule. You must be crazy to think our IQ is the same level as yours. Cowards.