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Well, based on recent experience, if it's on ENA... I already love it! Definitely watching.

Re 'The actor will also star in the upcoming series'... Mydramalist says "Paul Who Fell From The Sky" is cancelled? Shame, looked interesting.

bit rude?

Great, good actor with a good screen presence. Is the grim reaper from the underworld then? I didn't know that.

Looked like a good set up... but is it in the 50 episode soap slot?

An interesting story told from the perspective of an ordinary girl, reflective of her humble position in the world and how she got there. It's good, but a little spoilt by the description and title... it's one of those movies where the producers want to sell it, but then... how to describe it without spoiling it? I watched on Amazon and started enjoying it only after the spoilers had dropped.

It's not officially released for us foreigners yet. The film's been previewed around the world in Cannes and other film festivals - I saw it at the London Korean Film Festival. It will probably be available to stream on one of the popular providers in a few months. If you get the chance I think you'll get the best experience at a movie theatre, Google it and something will come up.

Am I the only one who loved it just the way it was? Great film, I'll watch again when I get the chance. Marvellous, many special moments, Koreeda's known for juxtapositions and contrasts - and letting the actors do their thing off script, which makes those moments all the more impressive. Some nice music too that transformed the mood in the scenes where it was used. And captivating cinematography - a beautiful view from a shabby window.

Wow, thanks LB, nice rant! If I'd said it like that... it just wouldn't have been funny 😛

Great! Big fan of Kim Soo-hyun and Park Ji-eun, Little Women was super by the director - I'd love it if actress Lee Ji-eun also signs on

I think your reply is an overreaction to what @antoben83 said. But I know what you mean, I see people on YouTube all the time talking about race-swapping and more under the anti-woke mantra, and 'woke' becomes a slur all on its own, a euphemism for what they mean but cannot say. However, I don't think here is the place for that discussion, it isn't used like that on this page as far as I can tell.

I feel like I'm spamming this chat, I have to stop - one more comment; if we did get that sequel, here's how it will pan out:
Start with a flash-forward to the end...
Have some exciting spy shenanigans, spies finding secrets, spies fighting, spies eating stuff from Subway....
End with the flash-forward scene from the beginning *without* showing what happens (clever stuff!)...
Roll on season 3
Roll on season 4
Roll on season 5
...
At some point Netflix goes bankrupt!

Oh please! You just reminded me of the cringe scene by the sea. I see what you mean!! Another example of Netflix pointless gratuitousness. You realise that My Name is a straight copy of countless gangster revenge movies with the male/female protagonists gender-swapped. She did well for the most part.

They're ok. I agree they're decent, I give Netflix credit where it's due, they raised the bar - my local TV was all trashy 'reality' garbage, trashy variety shows (not like SK: without the fun or decency) and really awful, thoughtless dramas... until Netflix reminded the world that quality is what people like.

But...

As someone else pointed out, their SK productions are slightly different in that they appear to be either influenced or geared towards the American audience - that never works because the audience of SK content wants to see SK, surely?

On a different angle, I watched Money Heist without knowing it was only half of it. I won't be watching part 2, simply because I find it insulting that Netflix thinks it has a carrot on a stick and I'm the donkey. The Spanish version was dragged out for 5+ seasons. No way!

I really think the SK industry is best and doesn't need to bend to fit with Netflix and others, it's vibrant and creative and everything it makes comes from a good-natured baseline. On top of that, the SK model encourages ideas and talent in all areas of productions...

Imagine how much it stifles creativity when ideas presented to the Netflix 'creatives' has longevity and a diatribe in its criteria, the well will dry up and we end up with watery, slightly unpleasant, low quality works with grating music that go on forever. Netflix even has a special expression 'Limited Series' for all-in-one stories, which reveals their business outlook. It's just not to my taste, that's it.

Thanks for the tip, I haven't seen it yet. Will add to my list! Sure, I like their distribution, I think MLN was a jtbc production, not one of their own - it proves my point a bit, agree it was fantastic music and lets you enjoy the memories, just one example of what's lacking in their anaesthetised own-made works.

Nothing against zombies, I've seen so many zombies in my lifetime, including all the ideas in that show, I guess I thought it was trying so hard to be unique.
I also roll my eyes when a J-manga kills off all the protagonists half way. It's so tedious.

I'm happy to ignore content I don't like, but it's disappearing fast. The best show I've ever seen on Netflix is called Altered Carbon, it's an uncompromising, hard hitting sci -fi for adults with mild echoes of Blade Runner. I couldn't envisage them making anything like it ever again, I hope they haven't censored it. It's sensational.
They tried to make a 2nd series and it looked horrible, full of stereotypes, I couldn't get into it.

p.s. not watching Kingdom, what I saw of it was a little underwhelming, made me roll my eyes, sorry! But Stranger is on my list.

Thanks - Bae Doona is one of my favourite actresses since way back, she appeared in a lot of international movies... it's on my list. If you watch the first mini story in Persona, it's just incredible how she becomes her character, she transforms like magic. I hear s3 of Stranger in the works too, I'll make an exception and catch up.

Err.. yay? Blood and gore 🎉
Tbh, sarcasm aside, it's pretty easy to make and easy to tire of. I found Happiness was better than Netflix zombies, because at its centre there were characters. Unlike Sweet Home. Hellbound. Et al.