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I met my long lost twin!!!! Because none of these dramas were good either imo

1. Move to Heaven. I got bored mid-way through it honestly. Almost dropped it, just finished it for the same of completion. 6.5/10

2. Navillera. This was quite mediocre. I saw nothing good about this and Song Kang clearly doesn't have the acting chops to lead a story like this. Dropped it around ep 6. 5/10

3. The Devil Judge. This was a convoluted mess of god awfulness. Sorry not even Jisung could save this. 5/10

4. Doom. What can I say about this. It was like my sleeping aid. Everytime I watched it, I felt like I took my sleeping aids. I highly recommend this to insomniacs, it's 100% effective, trust me! 1/10

5. Mysterious Love. Eye candy (the ML is gorgeous!) and nothing else. Bad writing, bad production, bad everything. 3/10

And lemme add another drama to this list:

6. Squid Game. GREAT acting and great score but that's it. The drama starts off strong but becomes shallow and mediocre by the end. They tried to do a deep commentary on wealth inequality but it came off as preachy and try hard. They discard important plot elements without a thought as well and kill off characters as plot device. 7/10

I'd use these words and worse for them because when I criticised Addicted's usage of r*pe and non-consensual advances, I've been attacked by these people. One o them even told me that r*pe is a form of showing affection. It's horrible, these mindless drones should ship themselves to a remote island and never assimilate back into civilisation ever again.

The author of Addicted in general loves to use these tropes. Her other book Advance Bravely is also very problematic and has instances of non-consensual sex and loads of harassment. She should be ashamed of herself because she glorifies and romanticises these acts rather than showing them in a negative light.

HIStory4 is horrible. One of the male lead basically drugs his step-brother and then rapes him. And the comment section rabidly defended the act saying it's not a sexual assault and blabla.

Oh girl if you think Addicted show was bad, you should read the novel. It's HORRIBLE AF.

GH basically kidnaps BLY and then r*pes him just to show his possessiveness over BLY against the latter's ex-gf. It's a horrible read.

What's disturbing about all these non-consensual BS (both in BLs and non-BLs) is that people gobble it up without questioning. For e.g if you criticise Addicted for these parts, you'll have a flock of mindless fujoshis coming up to defend it and attack you. Horrid.

Priest is another horror gem. It's not as robust as the others but there's some super smart plot elements in that distinguishes it from other shows here. Also it has such a mindbending twist that'll leave any viewer shocked.

He was a victim of revenge porn but no one even cared, instead he got cancelled. It's disgusting how his privacy was stripped off of him.

Watched first episode. A very strong pilot episode. Great performance from Han So Hee (watching her in this, it feels like she wasted her talent in the last drama she did which was nothing short of mediocre). Great art direction and cinematography as well, it's nice to see a noir Kdrama where the art direction & cinematography lives up to the genre since those two are two of the most important parts of film noir.

Also can I just say Kim Hee Soon looks so sexy in this lmao

You're 100% right. I feel the same. I don't think he can lead a drama, he gives me a total passive vibe.

Popular Kdramas are usually mediocre. You need to look outside popularity.

It was indeed completely predictable. There was nothing unpredictable about this fr

The performances carries the drama. The writing leaves much to be desired, the finale is especially botched because it does nothing to answer most of the prevalent mystery of the drama.

Some of the characters that are touted as crucial are discarded without much thought throughout. The worst example of this was the sudden death of Hayeon's character, which was nothing but a plot device. Another e.g would be Wi Ha Joon's unnecessary death without tying up the loose ends. None of the mystery surrounding his brother is answered either, which leaves a huge "dafuq?" in your mind.

Honestly it's nowhere near as good as some other survival games type of movie/show there are out there. The commentary on wealth disparity was nice, but they didn't know what to do with that either mid-way through and just discarded it without a thought.

I'd rate this 7/10 at best, mainly for the score and the performances.

This drama has really good potential.

And before anyone rants about another "nOoNa RoMaNcE", no this isn't romance.

I need a Kurosawa in my life.

This isn't even the plot, it's a premise. People on MDL like jumping with judgment quickly. I mean I don't like KES's previous works either but judging from a premise is just stupid.

I doubt he'll stay in this lane forever. I mean if this drama ends up becoming a huge hit, then he gets more opportunities in the future and then he can nitpick on what roles he wants to tackle. Like Jung Hae In, who after hitting it big has been able to explore more types of dramas (DP, Snowdrop etc.). It's all for the good, I'd say.

I agree that KES dramas have been at best decent and most of them have been mediocre, but it'd be foolish to pass up such an opportunity. Anyone could do with a career boost like this. Especially for rising talent like Lee Do Hyun, who's still trying to establish himself in this industry. Being picky about scripts can backfire, and it can alienate you from the industry.

He has the looks/talents but he needs exposure nonetheless. Youth of May did not generate attention, it was a dud in SK. Go check out its Nielsen and TNmS ratings. It peaked at just 5.7% which is a REALLY bad rating for a public network drama (it aired on KBS2).

Exposure and capitalising on opportunities is important. When you reach a level of star power, it gives you more liberty in choosing scripts.

Are you kidding me? What moronic logic is this even? This is Kim Eun Sook and he's starring opposite Song Hye Kyo, the drama's guaranteed hit. It gives him a huge amount of exposure which increases his chances of landing better roles in future.

It's annoying that people want to see the same faces everywhere. Ubiquitousness destroys an industry. Look at the state of Bollywood rn, the same people are in every movie and it just destroys the chances of upcoming talents to showcase their talent. It's great that SK is actually giving younger talents chance rather than throwing the same familiar faces at us in every drama. I certainly don't want to see the same, high established actors like Gong Yoo, Ji Chang Wook etc. in every drama. Give chances to younger, talented actors to shine. I'm glad that SK isn't listening to these mediocre ideas.

Did they upload it again? Last time I checked they had deleted/privated all of the episodes.