Amastris Dratwka

I see "melodrama" and I think South Korean makjang. 🥴🤨🙄😏

I just hope that through all of this Song Hye Kyo doesn't leave his side. He needs her friendship more than ever now.

I'm not emotional at all. You seem to be the one who is emotional.

I'm just pointing out the travesty of sentencing guidelines in South Korea. In the USA, unless you're caught in possesion, you cannot be charged for intoxication of illegal drugs but for max 6 months if done in public and caused a nuisance. Hell, if you got caught 3 times doing that in a year you'd get 90 days.. But we're not even talking about that. We're talking about things he did in other countries where pot is legal. We're talking about him being arrested for it the minute his plane lands in Itaewon. He wasn't even in South Korea causing harm to South Koreans. No cop in the USA could pull hair and test it for drugs to charge someone for past use... but they do it in South Korea. I'm not emotional. I'm just stating that the laws in South Korea regarding the use of drugs is over-the-top. Not even other Asian countries demand their citizens toe the line while away in a foreign land. It's up to those countries to prosecute him for disobeying their laws, if any.

I'm pointing out the further out-of-line sentencing structure on ACTUAL physical harm inflicting felons and fraud that goes against the public's funds.

In the US, Wesley Snipes got a 3 year sentence for tax evasion alone, not including 13 other felonious fraud and prostitution charges. He appealed it and was denied and served that enter amount of time.

5 years for multiple women drugged, kidnaped, raped, filmed, and that distributed? Are you freaking kidding me??? In CA, it would be a mandatory minimum of 3 years for EACH case, and tacked on revenge porn time. Additionally, the victims would be allowed to take them to civil court and sue the shit out of them for it all as well.

Kang Ji Hwan on December 5, 2019, found guilty of raping 1 woman and molesting another and sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment, suspended for three years of probation, by the Suwon District Court. Meaning, he didn't serve a day in jail.

"..A 86-year-old Korean theater actor by the name of Sun, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old female student when he was a professor at an art university earlier in April..." She was extremely traumatized by the incident and is in intensive therapy. Authorities say that it was obvious it had been going on for years and saddened that the no one has come forward before this.... but the women are the ones who get stigmatized if they do, so they don't and these men get away with it. But he will only be serving 3 years in jail.

Here's another great headline to elucidate my point:
'Heart Signal' Kang Sung Wook's sentence commuted to 2 and a half years for sexual assault, family curses and makes a scene"

Another one:
"Oh Dal Soo Returning To Acting Following Controversy + Police Explains Why Investigation Ended" He didn't even get jail time, because the statute of limitations expired. So he not only gets away with the crime, but gets to start his career over again.

Another one:
"Court Rules Against Woman Who Accused Jo Jae Hyun Of Sexual Assault In Damages Lawsuit" Another case of statute of limitations being applied. BTW, she was 17 years old when he assaulted her. In my country, you do that to an underaged person, there is NO statute of limitations.

As for the Burning Sun guys:

Jung Joon-young, who served only 5 years of his original 6 year sentence for GANG raping and filming multiple women and Choi Jong-hoon only got 2 and a half years for the same thing merely because he paid off one of the women.

I could go on with more, but this is getting tiring.

Now that a man has come forward recently to accuse Yoo Ah In of sexually assaulting him, where the rape kit came back negative, so likely a lie, it feels obvious to me that the powers that be are going after him due to his popularity coupled with his sexual orientation.

It is ridiculous.
1. He was never caught in possession of drugs. What they found out was that he had been administered drugs by legal doctors.

2. The "illegal drugs" were NEVER taken while he was in South Korea. He did it in other countries. The nations he went to also have legalized marijuana.

3. They grabbed him when he retuned to South Korea and tested his hair and blood at that time. Meaning, whatever was in his system wasn't done in country.

There is one huge aspect of Korean law that's utterly ridiculous. That you have to follow the laws of South Korea, not only in South Korea, but in other nations where the laws are different. Feels more like the laws in communist China than a democracy. As an American, my nation couldn't charge me with a crime like this, I committed somewhere else, ever. Hell, if a South Korean goes to Las Vegas, they're not allowed to gamble there whatsoever because that goes against South Korean laws against gambling. It's like having Big Brother watching over you. Anyone tattles on you, you get arrested for it at the airport as your welcoming committee.

Did he do it in countries where it is LEGAL? Did he do it with a doctor present? Did he do it in the privacy of his own home? Interesting take.

You ARE hurting my home because your poop obviously as garlic smelling & phosphorous levels of toxic as your mouth and would destroy my garden not help it. You don't get to choose what you can or cannot put in my garden. Your dog can't shit there either. There's a huge difference in what you think is and isn't harmless.

Burning Sun Scandal.

No. I'm very clear on Asian culture and drug laws. I think you sound ignorant af.

Look up on Wikipedia "Burning Sun Scandal". Then ask yourself how celebrities who drugged, r@ped, filmed, & distributed the footage to others were helped by cops to cover this up. Then when women came forward, the justice system gave guys like Seungri 3 years for facilitating all this illegal activity within his club, but later it was reduced to only 18 months. I don't remember 1 judge calling what these guys did "reprehensible". Not one time. But they said that Yoo Ah In taking drugs on his own is "reprehensible" and they want to give him 4 years for it. ....I don't think YOU know what you're talking about......

The other person they are prosecuting in this case is suspected to be his gay lover, and best friend. I have a sick feeling about why the justice system want to throw the book at them with the knowledge that if he becomes a convicted felon, he'll never have an acting career again in South Korea.

I don't remember the justice system calling those involved in the Burning Sun Scandal "reprehensible". I'm trying to rack my brain as to why they refer to acts that only serve to hurt Yoo Ah In himself and no one else personally, as "reprehensible". But acts that literally destroyed the lives of various women were covered up by cops and allowed to go on for years, until a few suicides and actions put the spotlight on South Korea by foreigners who started to ask questions, followed by the #MeTo movement. It simply baffles the mind at what South Korean justice finds horrible and what they're okay with... especially when they ended up giving substantially reduced sentences to these gentlemen. Hell, Seungri was given THREE years for his involvement, and it was later reduced to 18 months. But they want FOUR years for Yoo Ah In???? What a freaking joke.

Oh, here's a OTP that I didn't know I wanted in my life but now I do.

Reading some of the comments talking about Asian's view on being a burden to your family & loved ones is just so disheartening, pathetic, and sad. Yeah, understood it's a cultural thing but it's almost like a society that enjoys degrading those considered beneath them, bullying those who cannot defend themselves, and mass self flagellation.

Forget terminal illnesses. How about something like paralysis? Better have money to pay for help. Then no love life or emotional caring for you for the rest of your life. It's like a double whammy of being mortally injured. Why suffer like that for years alone? Hah! Then no one is confused why some of the highest suicide rates are in these countries. So many valid human beings are told they're wasted trash that burdens those who are supposed to care for them the most.

Then here is the REAL kicker. Rather than jumping off a building or a bridge, or in front of a train, or hanging yourself in a closet, why not take the easy, dignified way out with assisted suicide??? Naw... even if you made arrangement to do it in Switzerland or the like, if anyone besides you who are dying helps, they'll be punished by the law upon returning back to their homeland. What an utter smack in the face. Go kill yourself like a dog on the street, but don't ever show any humanity for those perceived as burdens to society. What a depressing societal cultural aspect of life that would be for anyone.

Same as to rewatching. I just finished rewatching and that's why I posted this comment. I realize that if it was just the OTP HL wouldn't have been as great as it was. Tbh, all the actors in HL were so good in their role and held up their part. Sang Yan and Sang Zhi, Jia Xu, and all their roommates. Sang Zhi's roommates. The guys interested in her roommates and her. Her parents. Having her mom Yuan Yi from Love Like the Galaxy here was epic. The dynamic was similar yet much less toxic. Sang Yan's parents were perfect. Sang Yan was dark, black wearing guy who tried to put up a playboy, rebel demeanor...and there were hints of him being a bit of a bad boy...but his teddy bear inside and wonderful family life clouded it all as to make me think that, if that's how the Frost story goes, I couldn't vibe with it. Of course, that's just me... and that's why I said it... Sang Yan's over protectiveness and love for his sister and his commitment and trust in his friendships were everything in HL that pulled it all together... seems simply why having the brother's version would catch the interest at all of the viewers who know nothing about the written work. That's all VM's doing.. had he not molded that "dark & brooding" character into something we liked, no one would have an interest in his story except for Cnetz who read the story in the 1st place and want to see it on the screen. At least, that's how I perceive it from someone who loved HL and knew nothing of the original context whatsoever. ;)

Yes, Cnetz have a very specific taste in what they watch, along with being very opinionated. There's no respect given when I'm being told that everyone else agrees with your view, and who is or isn't suitable based on everyone's view but my own.

I'm not Chinese so I'm not reading the source material. I'm going by what I've already watched, and there are quite a few international fans that seem to feel the same as me... so I don't feel like I'm alone in my thinking, despite what you say.

Of course, Sang Yan's lover has a very unique view of him... as angsty, humorless, goth wearing, stone-face, as you put it... From HL I can really see [sarcasm] how she could come to this conclusion....coming from a well-off family by Chinese standards, with a loving family, a great sibling relationship, and caring friends. All, I guess by Chines standards, reasons to be dark and stoic. ....again, I'll take a pass on that version of Sang Yan.

Well in that case, all the more reason not to watch because Bai Jing Ting doesn't fit that persona in my mind. Even when portraying the angst of his whole family being torn up and apart, he came across more emotional than cold. I don't see him fitting that vibe either.

I had this on my plan to watch but I don't think I'll be watching this. Victor Ma owned this character in the first version. Facial expressions, attitude, delivery of lines. I think Bai Jing Ting is a decent actor but he's too cutesy for the way I want to see Sang Yan after Hidden Love. Even when BJT plays marital arts etc, he's not a gruff and smartass as Victor Ma. There's just no way I can get into it, I think. I'd be spending my time comparing the roles and not enjoying the story. The stills don't help either.

Are you really asking how Sol become friends with Tae Sung? She has to make sure things are handle right. She still has to avoid the killer. His dad is the detective that arrest him and gets him in jail during her teen years. She had a crush on him at the same time, well before Sun Jae. How did her brother and BFF win the lottery in the final timeline? Do we really have to waste an entire episode for them to repeat every point she'll have to "recreate" to make Sun Jae safe, in her mind??? Seriously??? You see her jot down the lottery numbers and make a point of, "...next time..." making her BFF's life EASIER with her brother.... She has a relationship with their 2 kids.... was she not going to make sure she's an AUNT in the last timeline??? Please.... I think the idea you need to see the entirety of each timeline from start to finish to understand is on you. It was easy for me to follow, and PDnim didn't have to waste time on 30 episodes to explain it in detail for those who couldn't follow along as easily.

Oh, and BTW, if we take it to the very end.... her grandmother played a role, and we don't really know to what extent... but she remembers everything as well.

I'm watching My Dearest Part 2, and I'm so amazed by Namkoong's acting. I still remember the first drama I saw him in. That was back in 2011 in 'Can You Hear My Heart'... another makjang. The character Namkoong played back then was a little evil shit. He never redeemed himself. That's when I realized makjang is all about letting evil win over good, and evil gets paid with forgiveness while everyone who is innocent is just a patsy.

Dang, the lead actor in that drama was Kim Jae Won, who was a hot commodity back then. You don't see him in anything anymore. The last thing I watched him in was 'Father, I’ll Take Care of You' and I didn't really like it. But I have to pay respect to him and Ha Ji Won. Literally them in the movie '100 Days with Mr. Arrogant', Kang Dong Won 'Duelist', & Uhm Jung Hwa in 'Seducing Mr. Perfect' are what rolled me into an obsession with watching all Korean movies & dramas I could get my hands on. This was before streaming sites. I had to wait for kind folks to translate then post up on YouTube or DailyMotion. It was ridiculous. People nowadays don't realize how pampered and catered to they really are.... hahaha....

I've been watching K-dramas for decades. Back in the day, I've watched, as an example, What Happened in Bali, Delightful Girl, Choon Hyang, Missing You with Yoon Eun Hye, A Hundred Year's Inheritance, Temptation, and a load of other makjang dramas. I've been conditioned to the outlandish, unrealistic storyline from day one, especially when it comes to those surrounding chaebols. It's just the way it is... So, a rom-com based in dark humor is anything but outlandish to me.

I found the 1st episode funny as hell and speed through watching it without feeling like I need to use the FFWD button, like I mostly do with C-Dramas. By the end of episode 1, I want Hyun Woo to get a divorce. Understanding why it's like pulling teeth for him to actually step up to do it, with the makjang watching backdrop of my personality, I knew what he was thinking with her last statement at the end of the episode without much fanfare. I'd expect him to think that way because it's his best solution and he doesn't have to worry about the fallout. lol.

When watching part 1, think "Gone With the Wind". When you do, remember how many times Scarlett married and then you won't be frustrated by this drama. It's essentially the Korean version of it.

So let me get this straight:
"...According to the accusation, the informant said, “Song Ha-yoon was a senior in Grade 3 while I was a junior in Grade 2 and we knew each other. One day, she called me during lunchtime. She told me to come to the playground with a small house. But as soon as I went there, she started hitting me. I didn’t know why I got hit and I still remember that she slapped me for one and a half hours”.
The informant, a male student who got hit by a female student without knowing the reason, couldn’t do anything because the actress’s boyfriend back then was an iljin (a school bully). The informant talked to Song Ha-yoon’s ex-boyfriend. He also remembered the situation in the past and said, “I won’t stop you from reporting it”...."

So some dude let Song Ha Yoon just stand there and hit him for an hour and a half, and he just took it because Song Ha Yoon's boyfriend was a big bully, who wasn't even there? And their school lunchtime is an "hour and a half", and he doesn't have a clue why she was hitting him? She just slapped him, he took it, and neither said a word until a decade or more later... when this dude is living in the USA and randomly watches and sees Song Ha Yoon was his bully?

This is the case she's denying. This dude put this out there to get traction on her other cases of bullying by making it sound like she got transferred from schools due to this incident. It's not true, but it is true in OTHER cases that she got transferred for school violence involving other people.

So, I wonder if there are groups of people who know certain specifics that agree to engage in bribery or to extort money from celebrities? After what happened to Lee Sun Kyun, media, and bribery/extortion, this kind of crap leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Neither side is good in this scenario. The only thing that comes from this BELATE BS is ruined careers, loss of employment, shunned from society, leading to no way to make a living and no way to show your face -- and the obvious suicide afterward. Every time a situation like this arises, all I can think is "....100,304,304 reason why Korea has the highest suicide rate of all Developed Nations...."