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King: 'You know she is a woman, but I don't see her as one...'
Oh boy, you are completely wrong about that!...I think it should be:
'You know, she is NOT a woman, but I see her as one'... we see you falling for her xD xD

The only way I can digest this, is that they made all 3 leads have a cute-derpy side to them which is supposed to endear them to us even more... It's easier to accept SeoJun as a class-idiot from this angle. But it was completely unnecessary. Agreed, SML-logic in kdramas....heh!

I still don't like how they made him into a laughing stock... :/
His classmates don't take the jokes and laughter on him, any further because obviously he' is surrounded by a large group of school delinquents/ friends.
Ofcourse, that makes him appear even cuter to us (his occasional bumbling ways, not being the brightest bulb in the stock)....
But I still have a feeling the changes were made (cool but is also an idiot), just to make Suho look better. Ugh.

Can SeoJun be the Second ML, without making him look like a class idiot...
NOT FAIR. -_- Why do the scriptwriters be doing him dirty like that? :O (typical k-drama logic)
It's okay he doesn't get the girl.... but please don't make him look less, just to glorify Suho T_T

The mom here reminds me SO much of the Do Bong Soon's mom (from strong woman...)

Still waiting for Kim Ji-Won's character to steal Wookie's camera, and disappear...
i spose that was in the original synopsis/ title, and i hope they still kept the idea! :D

The King trying to kill his wife is very reminiscent of Tiger & Rose. The iconic hairpin-stabbing seems to be a parody of the scene in the King's Woman. Irrespective of the equation between the two countries, and its people, I can see the creative-homage that is being paid here to Chinese historical-costume dramas, and I am LOVING it! ^^

Yup, one of the rarer instances where he's good, which goes onto show how uneven and inconsistent he still is, and has miles to go. I really, really hope he can learn from some of the best and deliver solid performances, because he clearly has the potential for it! :D

Same, the attention to detail is impeccable, even if it isn't fully faithful to the webtoon!... But they have done SO much more than what could even be imagined!.. ^^

I have missed a few dialogues myself, because of this reason. Insta clips have come to the rescue! Would like to thank the fandom on behalf of all the 'distracted' viewers. ^^

An actor in his character, can be 'cool, careless & not talkative' in three different ways:
1. with his body language (which is under the jurisdiction of the director),
2. with his dialogues & actions (he will have fewer ones given to him by the scriptwriter)...
3. his emotions (that is *solely* under the jurisdiction of the actor, depending on how he 'interprets' the character)

While, the first two are usually not in an actor's hands, what sets a 'rookie' performance apart from a 'seasoned' actor is the third. His 'distant' personality is adequately built up the PD and his scriptwriters (using points 1 & 2), and nobody has stopped CEW from having visible emotions.

Let's just agree there is a certain 'nuance' to roles where even 'cold, aloof' characters end up 'betraying their emotions' by emoting through their eyes, the corner of their mouths, the tilt of their eyebrows, which doesn't require a whole lot of dialogues or big gestures & actions [that would end up changing the character's personality].

While I am not hating CEW as Suho, because he adequately looks and acts the part, his performance is far from being 'nuanced' or 'profound' for a character with a moderate level of complexity.

Quite on the contrary for me. I have (age-wise) outgrown high school dramas, and haven't watched one for more than a decade now. I am pleasantly surprised how they did away with 'cringey, shouty' FLs, and the other 'tropey' high school stuff, that used to be outright *caricatures* a decade back, and look more realistic now. (angry, exaggerated wall-punching, forceful fish-eyed kisses, etc.)
In fact, I would say some 'adult' dramas have characters that behave with dumber than 'a-high-school-kid logic'.... and I am glad, despite its HS setup, characters don't seem unrealistically immature in the head ( because EACH of the leads did their 'share of growing-up' ahead of their years)... ^^

This article is indeed god-sent for the MDL-newbies to visit some excellent writings here! ^^ Thank you, once again....I keep revisiting this series occasionally, and discover some really wholesome written content (Doumyouji-cookies) ^^ <3

yeah....
*sigh*
T_T

i think the other scene that i absolutely loved in the movie was, when Mike decides to quit his basketball match ONCE again, to chase after Scarlett, through the same corridor he did, 18 years back....he didn't give it a second thought, despite having got a second chance...
wish they kept the same scene of Dae Young walking out of the match midway, to chase after Da Jung.... his realisation at that point looked so profound & touching (in the movie) :/ :/

omygod yesssss!!.... with the glasses, she DOES look Joe Chen....
I also felt the way she cutesy-talks, is very reminiscent of Kim Go Eun (esp her little giggles) ^^

I am in the same boat as you too, but its understandable since
1. Suho is the first ML, so they keep writing his character 'better' so viewers would root for him instead
2. They also keep giving meaningful scenes (in the webtoon) between SeoJun & Joo Kyung to Suho....
3. Suho is the first ML, so he has 'more' screen-time with the leading lady.
They are playing our psychology well...... so of-course being re-routed to divert our support towards Suho...
(I say this because I started with *every* intention to be Team SeoJun, esp since 18 Again, but I am finding it difficult NOT to ship Suho & Joo Kyung) :P :P

NOH. this is NOT fair, why aren't webtoon fans, and Team SeoJun protesting against this? T_T

One more drama, ONE MORE childhood connection trope (in ep4)...wth!? Can we do away with this? It's going to be 2021 soon -_-

Next week's basketball preview glimpses with Hwang In Yeop & Cha Eun Woo in basketball jerseys is giving major flashbacks of 18 Again.... especially since Si Woo the kid looks a LOT like EunWoo :3 :3