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I think I've figured out why this debacle is taking place... let's say Netflix offers a free 7-day trial... a user can sign up, watch the whole series then cancel their subscription. Could Netflix be this insecure and petty? I guess they could!!

So now, in the back of people's minds are the nagging worries:
... if Netflix believes its own service is not good enough to keep subscribers, maybe it really isn't that good?
... is Netflix happy to annoy its paying customers in order to block new users from seeing the whole show?
... is Netflix really that petty and insecure?
... is Netflix happy with churning out dribs and drabs of mediocrity and repeats? Where's the artistic integrity gone?
... is Netflix taking us for granted?

So I'd recommend Netflix just focuses on what made it great, stop being scared, have confidence and *act* like the leaders of the streaming field that they rightly became (or once were?).

K-drama fans all over the world will stick around for the next drama to be released, no need for this nonsense!

Good point, thanks. Those are undesirable drawbacks, I hope studios decide to go back to depending on good old fashioned writers or webtoons that know how to let go once they've sold the product... productions need full artistic control in order to deviate from the source material, for artistic licence and so on. The page often fails in literal transfer to the screen. This is my opinion because I'm not much of a webtoon fan, I'm starting to roll my eyes at any mention of the webtoon holy grail when a new drama gets announced.

It's because they're easy to plan, the ready-made story boards have been pre-prepared, they just have to stage it.... and that lack of care/depth in planning is the reason most webtoon dramatisations are generally less engaging.

Exactly... the continuity gets ruined when broken up. So many reasons South Korea took the high ground in regard to seasons. We should try our best to boycott such dramas, it's better when filmed and broadcast as a single piece of work. If there's a season 2 you can bet that s1 will lag and be pretty much pointless... then s2 comes along, everyone looks, acts and sounds different... and s2 also turns out to be pretty much pointless.

Thanks for this, great article. Looking forward to these (except the season 1s and season 2s, they can all f-off 😉, that's not why we love k-dramas)

She granted your wish, she's stunning in the Netflix/JTBC drama The Interest of Love, absolutely incredible. I'm seeing her in a new light, she's outstanding.

Some good new characters and some funny moments, but not as warm as S1 which had better character and underlying plot developments - the humour of S1 was derived from the narrative, but in S2 the jokes are written first with narrative twisted to accommodate... a bit too much gross-out comedy... and way too much spitting. I don't correlate disgusting with funny unless there's some wit attached. There were also too many 30 minute segments built entirely on simple misunderstandings, which got a bit tiresome.
Although Kim Seon Ho's part was a new character, it was written as the equivalent to Kim Jung-hyun's... and it wasn't a natural fit - they should have adapted more to KSH's natural disposition to create an emotional connection with the audience.

I like the cast a lot, all of them... I'll say why I think it could have been a little better.
Direction was a little lacking. This is a cast of good actors, too often they're left floundering with no direction, standing aimlessly at the end or during scenes etc.
Writing was a little lacking, the characters' words were often too shallow... For example, halmeoni's catch phrase could have been "gwaenchanh-a"... does she ever say anything meaningful apart from "I'm so glad to see you again" and did she have the disposition of a businesswoman that built a mega-hotel from selling rice cakes? Or a sick 92 year old?
We spanned time across the drama but nothing eventful occurred, just a few key moments alone occupy a tiny slice of the allocated time, the remainder is largely pointless, soapy time-wasting.
Writing again... all of the big 'reveal' moments were anti-climaxes, the trick was missed every single time.
Finally, we were promised Son Ye-jin and Youn Yuh-jung and their absence couldn't be overlooked... the setup was intended to be a reunion of Crash Landing On You actors, even some jokes such as Hwang Woo-seul-hye (I love her btw) wishing to take a romantic trip to Switzerland were left in, but had no impact... it was a little bit obvious something wasn't quite right but they battled through. Of course I think Youn Yuh-jung would have added the necessary gravity to halmeoni, maybe she dropped out because the script was lacking, or maybe she and Ha Ji-won clashed in previous work together, it's possible one or both possess superstar egos, not that I'd know.
Saying all that, Ha Ji-won is the sole reason I stuck to the end and gave it 10/10, I'm a fan, I'll watch everything she's in and have seen almost everything - I find her enigmatic, she seems to hide behind a facade, so I often wonder what she's like.

Great, thanks, that'll be next on my list!

And he has that magic ingredient... charisma

I quite liked the previous title The High Priest Rembrary, it was more unusual, subtle and a little mysterious. Oh well, I guess the showrunners know best what title suits it.

Thanks for the tip, I've only seen Start-up, will look forward to this one

Wow, this looks like an interesting and fun story

This looks great, glad it's available on Viki, I love this cast and scenario

Almost totally agree... except I love Im Soo-hyang, she can act, she's smart and she possesses a subtle charisma that grips me every time.
Edit, forgot to add: she's beautiful.

It will appear after it airs in Korea, or at best, simultaneously

I just tore through the first 6 episodes of this totally excellent drama, it's incredible. The acting is first class, the director doesn't leave the actors floundering and the writer conjures captivating situations and dialogue. Really impressed with Moon Ga-young, she's transcended from likeable to virtuoso in this role, it's one of those productions where the whole cast enters a slipstream and effortlessly give their absolute best. 10/10. Quality from JTBC and Netflix. Can't wait for tomorrow!

There aren't any 'hate' comments, some posted critical views, myself included. It's not 'hate', that's just another stupid sns term invented by kids with small vocabularies. A few users dwell on critical views and simply can't accept them - another modern sns phenomenon: shut down all opposing views, preferably with an organised gang of flying monkeys.

Thanks, about 25% of my comments are satirical, I can't stop myself sometimes, the rest are typical fan comments. I managed to stop myself with Curtain Call, rated it 10 and ignored its flaws completely, for personal reasons. Tbh I regret what I said about this - I'm glad Amazon supported the drama after the casting problems; I like Amazon much more than Disney and Apple, so I shouldn't criticise. Their subtitles are excellent too, better than Viki in that regard, although they still make strange encoding choices (international text, should be utf-8) in their Android app. Saying that, I won't delete my comments since they've got replies now, and I still believe they're a fair assessment of the first 5 minutes.

Thanks, I didn't think I was making fun of anyone... if you have time, let me know who please...