I am only a few episodes in, but everytime the SML appears, I just want to wipe that annoying smug look off his face ... a castration would not be excessive either. 😬
Yes, nepotism, connections and sex are definitely factors as well in some cases (even via agencies) -- not to say those are the only ways to become successful, obviously. The lucky ones make it through a combination of talent and luck. But for better or worse, a lot of agencies have unilateral control over the careers of their talent and breaking those contracts is very difficult without a lawsuit and money.
That's not really true. A lot of actors/actresses in expensive full-length dramas have accents. That's where voice actors might come in (though voice actors are used for other reasons too). Sometimes they are dubbed over especially in costume dramas, sometimes they just use their own voice (modern). Dylan Wang Hedi is a major example - his accent is extremely noticeable, though he has been working on it. I think Xu Kai also has an accent. Most Taiwanese and HK actors have accents, but many still appear in mainland China productions. There was a period where China even got K-actors onto their dramas (Park Min Young, Ji Chang Wook, Lee Jong Suk, etc.). Some full-length actors don't have a regional accent, but can't enunciate their words and also need to be dubbed over, but still get cast in big productions. There are many reasons why some actors are promoted/given certain roles and others are not, including a lot of agency politics involved. But I don't think accent is a major factor.
What does one do when one like both ML and 2ML? 😜🤣 (Hardships, I know, lol) Zheng Yecheng has come a long way since Love O2O though and his acting is very strong here.
So you're telling me that prosecutor couldn't figure out the last four digits when he had a list of so many combinations.…
He did start with those numbers though. There was a whole scene with the prosecutor going through a list of birthdays and anniversaries etc.
The Audiophile friends were only very close in high school, but because of that incident, the group splintered and most of them basically didn't talk to each other for 20 years and were no longer close, so it's not surprising at all the number remained a mystery for so long. (And we'll ignore the fact that password security 101 is to never use obvious numbers like birthdays anyway, lol)
I'm not saying the show was flawless. There were many things I found annoying. But the crypto password wasn't among them.
The wife got a much kinder ending then she deserved. But it was probably their way to stay connected with what was left of their friend who died.
I also felt like the prosecutor got off too easily. Given everything he did, he should have suffered a lot more with the knowledge that he failed.
So you're telling me that prosecutor couldn't figure out the last four digits when he had a list of so many combinations.…
I guess we'll agree to disagree. I am sure the prosecutor tried the wife's birthday in combination with his *own* number. But even his own number was wrong, so how would he know? And nobody knew about the Friendship Day except the four of them - two of them had even forgotten about the date until they saw the old video, and the insurance friend only remembered because it's the same birthday as his mother's. Otherwise he wouldn't remember either. None of the others would know about the date or think anything significant about a random summer day where the three of them went to visit Jun Seo (dead guy) at the beach. To be clear, the Friendship Day is not the 1882 number that was in the text messages.
So you're telling me that prosecutor couldn't figure out the last four digits when he had a list of so many combinations.…
What I mean is, they entered the wife's birthday as the first four digits -- those would not be the numbers Tae Jin entered. Then they entered the Audiophile Friendship Day as the second set of 4 digits -- and they only figured those numbers out at the beach.
So you're telling me that prosecutor couldn't figure out the last four digits when he had a list of so many combinations.…
The wife's birthday ended up being Tae Jin's numbers -- so he didn't even have his own four numbers correct -- this part wasn't explained though (how Jun Seo changed it?). So the guy in prison only got it partially right. The last four digits that were Jun Seo's would only be known to the four Audiophile friends.
Why the recommendation section has Beyond Evil? Is it same disturbing?? I'm not in a mood for that
It is similar in that both are crime dramas and both are trying to figure who the real murderer is. But it's not as psychological as Beyond Evil. The themes and motivations in Connection are around greed, corruption, revenge, and friendship, with lots of terrible people doing their own bad thing, but I wouldn't really call it disturbing in the same way as Beyond Evil.
I thought they did a surprisingly good job untangling the crazy plot threads and tying up all the loose ends, except for one thing: they didn't explain how the main characters knew Tae Jin didn't even get his own 4 numbers correct/how Jun Seo changed Tae Jin's numbers, or how the other guy knew that four of the numbers was the wife's birthday?
It just started airing yesterday, i always thought it usually it takes a couple of days before they start showing…
I don't know then! I feel like there's usually some kind of algorithm going on. Like maybe it appears faster if the number of reviews hits a minimum threshold but slower if it doesn't, unless x number of days have passed since the premiere? 🤷🏻♀️Reviews definitely don't show up under the actual "Reviews" section until later, even if you can read them when you click on the link at the top.
Zheng Yecheng has come a long way since Love O2O though and his acting is very strong here.
The Audiophile friends were only very close in high school, but because of that incident, the group splintered and most of them basically didn't talk to each other for 20 years and were no longer close, so it's not surprising at all the number remained a mystery for so long. (And we'll ignore the fact that password security 101 is to never use obvious numbers like birthdays anyway, lol)
I'm not saying the show was flawless. There were many things I found annoying. But the crypto password wasn't among them.
The wife got a much kinder ending then she deserved. But it was probably their way to stay connected with what was left of their friend who died.
I also felt like the prosecutor got off too easily. Given everything he did, he should have suffered a lot more with the knowledge that he failed.