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For some time I kept thinking, wow, for such a high production drama, they could not find a stunt double that was a girl? they had to use a guy stunt double. Then I realize it was suppose to be a big reveal. Color me disappointed.

yes they are planning a hollywood adaptation

yes please! 100% this!

good, big fan of the guy from goblin and the FL

yeah, I read the books, so I fell in love with the show, but even I think the shows could have been done better.

I still think 24, specially the first few seasons included the best cliffhangers ever shown on tv at the end of each episode. I literally could not stop myself from binge watching each season.

social commentary is your definition of a good show?

Look at cheese in the trap. tons of review, more than double the watchers compared to TKEM. and more than 4,000 comments. Guess what rated 7.8, with lots of that precious social commentary being negative.

Fact of the matter, when a drama is really good, there will be less social commentary, because there is only a few ways you can elaborate when something is good.

Like if a drama is good people will say:
"Great drama!"
"I agree"
"Absolutely loved it"

But when a drama is bad or controversial:
"I hated it"
"I love it"
"This is what I hated"
"Your a troll"
"Your a hater"
"no your the hater"

See? when the audiences are so split, it is natural for a show to have so much comments. A lot of comments or social commentary is not a sign of a great kdrama.

well this is not unique problem to KTEM, most kdrama's even the highly rated ones like Goblin and TWOTM fall flat in certain aspects. But like a lot of Kdramas, the romance and chemistry of the leads, second leads are what makes you stay.

So when the romance/chemistry is missing, there is nothing left to prop up a incomplete story.

this comment area is for both defenders and critics If you can't abide criticism and discussion in an open forum, maybe you should be posting on a KTEM fan site instead where all you will get are yes men/women.

I've followed the prime minister from day 1, and I fell in love with her character because I can understand what it feels like to be in a position of power but constantly disrespected because your a woman. So even tho some of her moves have been diabolical, I emphatize with her. So consider me sad to see her character relentlessly butchered by this writer. Does KES not know how to write women characters?

Yeah Luna was introduced early, with no backstory for so long, I don't feel connected to her character at all.

Shinjae was another character i made an early investment in, but sad to see where his plotting is going,

I've really lost more and more interest in this drama as it heads to the finale, because i'm tired of being force fed the fact that Lee Gon is like the perfect human being, and basically a God and I need to accept KGE as his wife. The romance is so unrealistic and the portrayal of the king as demi god is so laughable. I wish they didn't over glamorize this fact as everyone knows the monarchial system is not suppose to be this powerful, the royal family is just a figure head.

I don't understand how a 7 year old LG, does not recognize his savior is a 6'2, and muscular built guy, and for 25 years, just assumed it was a girl because of the ID tag? For someone supposedly smart, I felt this fact is very dumb.

Because young LG assumes the one who saved him was a girl, eventho it was very obvious it was a guy, but you know he was bleeding, so he can't tell the difference between 6 footer muscular guy and a girl. So he fell in love with his savior.

this is Goblin all over again, where majority of people connect to secondary characters compared to mains.

please no, just 16 is fine, no need to prolong this.

this is what I find confusing, KES does a really good job of making shinjae have depth, opening room for prime minister to have a redemption arc.

But for some reason forgot to give the ML and FL similar treatment Those two just have no depth or character, and it's not just their acting that is an issue.

luna drugs LMH and he collapse

is mystci pop up bar worth a watch?

I had a hunch the prime minister would not get a good ending, and I won't be suprised if they took a dump on shinjae's arc as well They are the two interestng ones in this drama, but i'm sure their arc will suffer to make the ML and FL more stronger lol. ep 13 fail

BTW, if anyone wanted to see a show where TIme Travel, Parallel Universe and Believable romance occurs in a well writen story. Watch Steins:Gate, you will not regret.

lol, got to save it for the BIG reveal. The so called complex twist are really grade 1 level. You should watch GOT if you want good plotting and twist. Or pretty much any korean movie thriller.

so many times yes! I love the prime minister too, her acting, backstory, personality. It's all great.

I also enjoy shinjae for those same reasons.

As for LMH and KGE, yawn, I can't get invested in their romance or portrayal. LMH does a great job of portraying a king who is a douchebag, and KGE does a bad job of portraying a cop, and she's lost all her self respect to prop up LMH to be a godlike being.