Carla

they just posted a preview of ep 14, the first thing won and sarang do after reading the news is run to each other, guwon says sorry, sarang says he shouldn't say sorry because they didn't do anything wrong. It's safe to say King The Land are playing and twisting all the angsty cliches to give us the healthiest and most green flag kdrama couple.

GW: Sorry, because of me
SR: We didn't do anything wrong
GW: Ofc we didn't
SR: If we're not wrong then why are we saying sorry
GW: You're worried for me this time?
SR: Of course! You're the person I love the most

It's because she's a professional theatre actress who has starred in over 40 musicals. I'm a huge fan of her in the musical Rebecca and Hadestown and she's got an amazing voice https://namu.wiki/w/%EA%B9%80%EC%84%A0%EC%98%81(%EB%AE%A4%EC%A7%80%EC%BB%AC%20%EB%B0%B0%EC%9A%B0)

Man this drama is a solid 9.0 and MDL current rating is ridiculous (if i can be biased i'd give it a 10). Be My Favorite is a prime example of how to adapt a novel with a good premise but had subpar execution in writing to create an adapted series that's true to the spirit of the novel, takes its interesting premise and elevated it into excellent drama writing. honestly it's such a well paced drama that no drama feels draggy, the character development are exquisite and the characters flaws are so lovable 😭 Be My Favorite definitely one of, if not, THE BEST BL series of 2023.

i like the writing of ktl a lot. the writers have made really good commentary about the hotel industry in specific but also in service industry in general. in between the silly flirts from guwon, we have sarang slowly revealing to guwon about the values she cherish in her service work. FL is very ENFP and very relatable to me. Yoona embodies the character well and her micro facial expressions as Sarang are absolutely brilliant. It's only episode 7 but the show really keeps up its reputation as a delicious dessert dish for every weekend evening. I can't wait to keep watching ML and FL overcome all their obstacles together, their teamwork scenes are the cutest.

it is soooooo much better. the og novel story was not as dynamic as the series. the director and screenwriters have truly elevated the novel and made it insanely better. there's much more depth in this series than the novel, especially w supporting characters like pearmai/max

King The Land is definitely better than most negative comments are making it out to be. Of course it's not a revolutionary, never before seen romcom and it has never promoted itself as such. It represented itself as a modern romcom full of cliches and it is delivering just what it has promised. It's a light hearted romcom that's more slice of life feel than WWWSK or Business Proposal. If you are looking for a direct knockoff/copy I would not recommend King The Land at all. King The Land doesn't have a fantasy-esque couple driven plot like See You In My 19th Life so if you want to watch something like that, this drama also isn't for you.

King The Land is its own slice of life romcom with nonsensical romcom scenes mixed with slice of life scene revealing struggles of working within the service sector industry. A lot of negative comments go on about how the humor fall flat, the writing is boring but guess what some of us viewers resonates strongly with the drama. Whether it's the toxic working environment, co-workers shaming someone with lower degree, FL trying not to draw attention to herself in order to fit in, an uncaring (ex)boyfriend so oblivious he doesn't even know he's hurting his partner... these heartfelt slice of life moments in King The Land are also things that resonate with viewers along with the nonsensical comedy and heart fluttering romantic scenes between FL and ML. Chemistry is also debatable thing because it's really subjective to different people. The general consensus from viewers right now is that they have good chemistry but you may not see it and that's also fine.

Regarding the genre and script choice from both leads, Yoona and Junho's previous dramas are both melodrama with heavy emotionally taxing plots and therefore they both happened to want to greet their fans in their next drama to be a fun, lighthearted drama. Junho himself was offered almost 100 scripts after The Red Sleeve (https://twitter.com/Rainie_mikevid/status/1541383399570477057?s=20) and yet he picked King The Land because he wanted to greet you with a bright & pleasant character (https://twitter.com/daisy_talks/status/1669225208186560515?s=20). Yoona also said she wanted to do a bright and pleasant drama next because her previous work was noir genre and she knew fans liked it when she plays bubbly and fun character so she picked this script. It's not reasonable to keep comparing it to their past works because the genre is so drastically different and if you're a fan of one of the actors but this genre of Kdrama is not your thing and I would suggest you to come back and watch it when you are in a better headspace or when you're in a mood for romcom instead of looking for replicas of Big Mouth or The Red Sleeve.

This drama isn't for someone who wants to use too much of their brain, solving, and unfolding any crazy mystery. The actors themselves said they hope viewers can watch this drama while eating something comfortably like the drama itself is a comfort food. I'm currently enjoying King The Land every Saturday and Sunday night with my mom because the drama has the right balance between the funny, romantic, heartfelt scenes and we don't have to think too much watching it.

this movie broke me. im drowning in tears. such a bittersweet film.

You really should. The series bears a similar premise but they explored a lot of things the movie couldn't and the cheating arrangements are also VERY different from the movie so you won't feel like it's an exact copy of the movie. The show makes you easily hooked with each episodes as well because they have more plot going on.

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it's good to get 10%-15% for cable tv drama. revenant is aired on sbs which is free tv drama so their 10% isn't really the same as 10% of cable drama

it's not a noona romance, guwon is one year older than sarang (information from the prequel kakao webtoon that accompanies the drama)

anyone remember which episode/when krist or gawin said it'll start being less angsty/drama/happier for viewers? i can only recall when we were at ep 3 and krist said they don't even consider ep 3 to be "drama" because i'm terrified of the heart breaking angst we'll be going through the next few episodes 😭😭😭😭😭😭

yea thiss ^^^. and the way they've adapted all this into drama is very different though. it keeps me really on edge every week waiting for friday to come because i never know what new things they've incorporated into the drama in comparison to the novel

sharing this at the courtesy of kind user @sunnyrain who's shared this in the comments down below. the translation is really off though so i would just read it to get the general gist https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bk6HDhvcYO0z7QCYs3Smm6Rt_9T9s0Hf/view?usp=sharing

the novel is REALLY different from the currently adapted series so just take these information with a grain of salt tbh.

in the novel, there was a scene where pisaeng said among the women he's dated, several smelled good like cotton candy, vanilla, cherry blossom, other sweet aroma... so i would say that he's bisexual. im not sure if the translation i read was quite accurate or not but there's that.

there's also a scene at chapter 1 where kawi said he's about to witness pearmai get married to a man that doesn't love her because he saw pisaeng dating another woman the day before his wedding. so maybe it's possible in the original timeline, pisaeng was a womanizer who never changed his ways because he never truly met the person meant to be the love of his life (kawi).

in one of the timelines before kawi decides to stop going forward to the future to see the end result, in one alternate timeline, pisaeng dies and pearmai was going to get married to someone rich because her family was broke and she was going to get married to support her family. from this alternate timeline, i would theorize that maybe pisaeng/pearmai marriage initial has something to do with their family connections?

i dont think the drama is adapting these heavy dramatic plot points from the novel (or maybe they will) but those are some information from the novel

yoona already proved her comedic abilities in her cinematic works but i'm so grateful king the land is a project where she could showcase it to a worldwide audience. rooting for my 2nd gen comedians yoona and junho, their bantering is so cute. guwon, sangsik and sarang is definitely favorite trio, there is never a dull scene when all these 3 characters are onscreen.

thank god none of the characters are beating around the bush and episode 4 just has everyone blurting out their feelings and simultaneously everyone heartbroken. i like how mature the characters. the episode should be much longer gahhhhh. kawi's growth is such a staple to the story, i don't feel like the novel was able to cover much on his changes so hopefully this adaptation will enhance the original plot

can anyone confirm whether the thai spoken by kraam and his father at the beginning of the show is another dialect? it just sounds differently

The trailer on Netflix's official Youtube channel is in Thai and Engsubbed so it's highly likely that you'll get both audio options