A Real Man Is a Fake Man

There is show called ‘Real men’ in Korea. The show about 10 celebrities went to military service and show how they acclimate in there. They have to go each different positions in Korean military in every season. The goal is to introduce Korean military service and gives reminisce to discharged people.  Therefore, They used format in reality show. However, It seems like that a lot of Korean men sneer at this show. They think it is not ‘real’ military.

What a lame story to tell. I’m not trying to sneer at who sneered at this show. I’m just trying to explain how reality show works. Furthermore, They always have argument in a Facebook which is unnecessary. Let’s put it simple. TV show doesn’t have to be real. Even if it called ‘Real men’ or ‘Reality show’.

There is alway people who saying ‘I was in that force but that is not real. I worked twice harder.Don’t make it look easy’. It is one of most common criticism about this show. However, They know that every man should go military service in Korea. What makes them easy to say ‘Don’t make it look easy’?. We all know that is not  real. It is not a big deal that you went to same force. There is at least thousand people who were in that force and don’t say anything.

Let’s pretend that they cover a ‘real’ military. It is going to be boring. Trust me, I’ve been there. Who would watch that boring show in sunday night?. A show must make money in order to survive from broadcast station. If they covered a ‘real’ military, I don’t think they survived. They couldn’t even try pilot episode. I think.

You don’t have to believe the media. It’s not about just this show. You should know or understand that there are always some of fakeness in it. So, you to say “Oh, it’s not a real military. you must stop making this show”. It is never going to be a reason. If you think that is not real, I would ask “why not?”. Chill out. Just have fun. If you take reality show to a discussion , you have to stay all night doing pointless argument. Let’s not go there.

There is a lot of argument going on about this show. It caused from lots of discharged people. To be honest, It is hard to watch how pointless it is. Furthermore, Korean audience has tend to take the media too seriously. I just want to say one thing. Relax, have fun. That is what the media ultimately exist for. I’d rather give compliments to celebrities or casts who work hard for this fun.  

How i became a media geek

I love media. You can simply call me a media geek. I always watch different media and observe them. It is one of my passion for my life. I even own the largest online reality show fan community in Korea. You might wondering why or how I became a media geek. 

10 years ago, I was a high school student who liked computer game. One day, I turned on TV and i saw afro haired woman. She was very pretty. She was giving advice to 10 different girls and yet she was very charismatic. I quickly became a fan of this show called ‘America’s next top model’. At that time, I spent a lot of time doing internet so i decided to find out more about this show. Unfortunately, There wasn’t enough information in Korean websites. Therefore, I decided to search American websites. Luckily, I could find a way to download the show. I watched every season of it and i decided to make a fan community for it. That was one of biggest steps in my life. 03.19.2006, My community started ambitiously. 

I loved movies as well. I don’t know why but I always wanted to share my opinion about movie with others all the times. I joined a saturday movie watching club from school. Every saturday, if I watched a movie i needed to share my opinion in somewhere. When i found community called ‘Djuna’, I screamed. There was a lot of professional movie reviews and there was  a discussion board as well.  They used a lot of difficult words but I was happy enough to study. Since this experience, I started to review or observe every media that I watched. 

Then I became a university student. I was a freshmen who was full of ambition. So I wanted to extend my community to the next step.Therefore, I extended category from ‘America’s next top model’ to ‘reality show in general’. Sadly, I had to go a military service one year after. However, Extension had been made when I was absent from community. ‘Korea’s next top model’ and ‘Project runway korea’ had huge success. So, my community got even bigger.I even got a call from producer of ‘Korea’s next top model’. In 2012, I had a meeting with an executive producer. I could not believe that I gave an opinion to them. This experience was very special and made me want to be a producer. 

I still own a community and I still continue my life pattern as a media geek. Sadly, my favorite shows are ended but my life have not changed at all. There is always a new media coming out and i’m going to observe every single one of them. Hopefully, I could be the one who is going to make a great media in a future.