That exceed any other shows for online Viewership in one day .
The same Drama serial is also breaking record in South Korea itself for TV serial weekly rating with viewership exceeding 30 % of korea household tuning
In Asia , the movies fans are talking about Alien in Love , while in the west ,they are engrossed with Gravity .
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Every week when a new episode comes out, it became the top trending topics on Weibo, For example, as both the male actor Do Min-Joon and female actor , Cheon Song-yi is the top searched keyword on Weibo, in one scene ,the actress is seen wearing a coral pink lipstick ( Rouge Pur Couture shade No. 52 ) by Yves Saint Laurent (YSl ) , weibo’s fans starting talking about it , shortly after , the lipsticks were all snap up at all leading departmental stores throughout Asia . That particular shades itself sold Out across the board with up to 10,000 pieces in Asia , in early january . Another lipstick ; Shade 57 ,with some similarity also started flying off the shelves .
It is not only the cosmetic market that is benefiting from the show’s popularity , it wealth power also affected the culinary world as well
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“Fried chicken and beer” are the heroine’s favorite treat, especially on a snowing day. During the recent Valentine’s Day, many restaurants in China promoted “fried chicken and beer” as their main Valentine dish.
Alien fever triumphs bird flu.
The drama brought on New Found Wealth as the advertisement accompanying each serial broadcast each week shot up ,with advertisers hoping to catch up with the hot trends for maximum customer clicking on their advertisement ,the millions of viewers covering from China to South east asian viewers were mostly streaming to watching online with their portable gadgets . The online streaming each tooks hours as each serial last average 45 minutes per show and viewer were watch average 2 episodes while travelling or relaxing at home . What brought on such popularity was further enhanced as viewer simple shared the video on line using social media and the rating just keep shooting up .
The show is a romantic comedy about an alien who comes to Korea during the Joseon Dynasty 400 years ago. He shifts to modern times and falls in love with an actress. The storyline were written by Park Ji Eun, who works include the drama My Husband Got A Family, which will be produced by Jang Tae Yoo.
The lead role, Do Min Joon, who has a fascinating appearance and has wonderful abilities, comes to Joseon by UFO, and has lived for four centuries by changing his identity, and falls in love with an actress named Chun Song E .He meets a young girl during his early years in Joseon whom he saves from death, but later on she gives her life saving him.
As time goes by, Min-joon is forced to take on a new identity every ten years, as his human appearance never ages.
Do Min Joon (Kim Soo Hyun) is an out of this World handsome Beau , literally. After crash landing on Earth 400 years ago, Min Joon has diligently observed humans for centuries, ultimately coming to cynical conclusions. On top of being a super beau, Min Joon's got enhanced vision, hearing and agility — all the more reason to believe he's superior to everyone on Earth .
in the present he works as a college professor and finds out that due to a comet coming in three months, he will be able to return to his home planet. In the meantime he accidentally meets famous actress Cheon Song-yi, the biggest Hallyu star in Korea, when she moves in next door to his luxurious apartment and also turns out to be attending his classes at college. Song-yi is an obnoxious, entitled attention seeker, someone who became a top star in her teens and never learned how to live a normal life. Min-joon finds out that Song-yi looks like the young girl he fell in love with in the Joseon era. He tries to keep himself away from her, as he needs to leave the planet.