Amastris Dratwka

I wonder if this will be simlar to the Doraman, Clinic on the Sea.

The cast is all within the same age range, and I think that PHJ had a bit of a say in this process after all that went done for the drama version. It's not like they're high schoolers. They're supposed to be early to mid-20s so it's not difficult for **actors** to dress themselves up, make-up or otherwise, to look that age considering they're only between the ages of 28-33. It's not like it's a 10 year age difference in what they're supposed to be..AND they are all around the same age so I personally think it will work.

27 episodes in; the acting is wooden; I feel no chemistry from the leads; and it's going into the typical trope of 'he pursues her, his family doesn't like her, her family & his family have poverty issues; he sleeps with her before marriage; rich girl wants him; rich girl gets parents to force him to marry her by hanging his debt over his head; he's not honest with poor girl.." at this point I can see In So getting screwed over, and lots of back and forth...but the acting is not worth going through the melodrama and with 120 episodes it's gonna be a long ride of angst. I'm not gonna bother anymore.

I fully agree. He is so much better than was represented in this drama. I tried to watch it but the quality was just too bad for me to continue on.

For those of you debating if she's dead or not, the doctor diagnosis her with leukemia in around, I'm guessing, the year 2008-09, and gave her a 10% chance to live 5 years. The present time is 2016.

Viki seems to have all of them available and subbed.

I'd like an answer to that one as well.

The 10 year age difference doesn't show here.

This show ripped off so many storylines from other shows. If anyone has ever watched the American movie A Walk To Remember, I dare you to watch the end of episode 1 of this show and tell me the writers here were so creative they came up with the story out of thin air. lol...The show doesn't even try to hide the fact that it's ripping off other shows. There were at least 1/2 a dozen that it pulled from, Twilight is just the most obvious... lol..

This is a long one. I think I'll wait it out and see if someone will hardsub it later on. So far, 3 eps softsubbed and 9 episodes out. There's a long way to go and I'd rather marathon this with the hardsubs.

Sounds even more heartbreaking than The Vow or Propose to You Again.

Hollywood's are nonexistent in my mind. They don't even count. The American mindset really doesn't relate to the characters and unless you have a <3 of Japanese culture and somewhat of a connection to it, you simply cannot pull it off right. It's like the subbed versus dubbed animes or live adaptations. I simply cannot stand any of the dubbed in English. English speakers just don't understand the dynamics of how to present the dialogue. You have to have the emotions behind it for it to really make sense.

Seeing the episode 1 preview, my heart sank. There are such perfect moments in the Japanese movie version of this, and Sato Takeru, who I loved as Kenshin, was still the best Aki there could ever be for me. He does brooding like no other male actor I've seen. The instant unexpected tears. His non-verbal reaction and *sighs* to her voice. His ability to hide, except to Oharu. Oharu's childlike excitement, freshness, and innocence, added to stellar guitar playing and angelic voice that makes Japanese sound like American pop. How could this even come close. I want to cry ever time they decide to take perfection and tear it up and make it into a paper mache version of the real thing.

I mean, we better not miss this kiss scene. That would just be cruel:

http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003440787

So, this webtoon is complete but FNC canceled the contract with the original platform over its launch uncertainty and is now looking for a new platform to air the drama. This is so sad. Lots of Bee Couple supporters have been looking forward to seeing the results of their renewed interactions. What a waste if it's left on the cutting room floor:

http://www.reuters.com/article/brief-fnc-add-culture-cancels-contract-w-idUSL3N1GJ1F2

I had a hard time comprehending the hype over this show now that I've finished it. I actually started it 4 days ago, and never felt a rush to finish it, which is unusual for me. For me, it was going really well until about the 6th episode, when it got utterly repetitive. The constant attempt to pull emotions and tears from me started to get tired. I was right there even after the 3rd time of saying goodbye, but then, that's what this show ending up repeating, the long goodbye. Halfway through I was no longer as invested in the main OTP and became more interested in the 2nd Grim Reaper couple. Bringing in the demon brought back my interest, but not enough to have redeem the fact that there were lots of plot holes, a petty deity, and never understood why people couldn't move past history for sorrow, and leave only to return. That's where it all just seemed at times to give off contrived nonsense as some kind of romantic poetic theme and the show acted haughtier than it should have been during those times. If it stuck more with the rom-com elements instead of attempting the tearjerker, I'd have thought better of it. When any of them go to their spiritual monologue segments, I halfway through I started rolling my eyes. You don't need to beat a dead horse and repeat the most impactful lines over and over again. It's best when they stand alone. I'm honestly sad to say this too. After all the reviews and comments, I wanted to like this more but just couldn't... 7.5/10 for me.

I don't know whether this is good or not, but because of the cast I felt compelled to read some of the comments out of interest as to people's take on it and now I feel it's important for those who have AND haven't seen the original Entourage to get a bit of a postmortem explanation of it:

I never watched Entourage because what it represented to me wasn't appealing. Fact is, Entourage was the American males' retaliation to Sex In The City's fame, and is loosely a Mark Walhberg fantasy life during his "Marky Mark" days and is just that "fantasy". Maybe some aspects could be considered pulling the veil off of Hollywood, like possibly the She-E-Ooos because, frankly, having worked under both female & male Executives in the USA, they honestly have a point that the women are crueler bosses and tend to be like a Sageuk King who fears the success of his generals so eats his own. But let's be clear, the show was a male inspired Meme-tastic Hollywood version of basically a drama of nothingness like Seinfeld. This is what is part of a distinct American culture, and whether the show hits or bombs is based on, largely, whether the "MEMES" are time relevant and people like them enough for them to catch on and spread fire across the country. As an older female, I can say this kind of phenomenon most likely took place at the start up of SNL in the USA. When I was in middle school, during lunch time sitting at the benches with 4 attached tables worth of friends, the conversations of my youth on Mondays & Tuesdays devolved around who could parrot the best memes from SNL: "No coke, Pepsi, Pepsi, CHEESEburger.." "More cowbell"... etc. Entourage is a creation of this type of MEME-tastic seasonal sitcom lifestyle that made a tv show like Seinfeld, based on nothing, become so popular. Entourage is honestly no different:

Watch the whole "honest" trailer for further clarifications on the MEMES associated with Entourage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJLXkxfexrE&feature=youtu.be

Now, I'm not saying that South Korea is devoid of memes and the ability to produce shows based on said subject...however, much like the standard "16 episode" tv series that has never existed in the history of American television and the fact that success of a tv show in the USA is based on your fan-base and how long you can keep it going and how many seasons you can run that at, where the PILOT is the end-all and be-all of your ability to even get an attempt to garner success, the South Korean tv show culture has it's own process that's 180 degrees in difference. On top of that, the USA has no decorum or set of culture "respect" it must adhere to, and whether or not someone gets offended would most likely be random versus specific. What I'm saying is that they can depict illicit interactions with males and females in a way it would never be accepted in Korea even if it was put up on cable TV. It's hard to say how you generate the level of MEMES between American culture and Korean culture to make it entertaining. As I read through the comments, some are fine with whatever "memes" are pushed on the Korean version, for others it didn't translate, and then there are those who don't even have the slightest idea what Entourage was about other than the title is popular in the USA. But, believe me, even in the USA, at the time it was a guilty pleasure for a lot of folks who woke up after it was all over and are STILL asking themselves why they bothered to watch it...

As of today DF is up to ep. 40. It looks like all the other sights are getting their cues from DF since they have the license for it. The other sites update theirs after DF release their subbed version. Based on DF's main page they are releasing subbed episodes at a rate of 2 per WEEKday. That means will have to wait until Monday for episodes 41-42. Then it's 2 a day until Friday. By that estimate we'll see the completed episodes by mid-March.

It's ratings weren't that hot. It's a touchy subject and although most of us really enjoyed and appreciated the chemistry between the OTP, it got a lot of criticism for being really unemotional and detached in every other area. In the end, I think, yes it was supposed to be 20, and the PD didn't specifically announce why they shelved 17-20, but the rest of the characters would have just trashed the place, and thankfully they understood that about this show.

Not gonna lie. Shota is hot af, period.