The difference between the archery and the sword and the metaphors the writers are trying to give us. Archery was always a recreational and a competitive activity that requires aim and trick shots and some sort of discipline while the sword is all about charging and making your presence felt through force and strong character. Archery in Kdrama historicals are always linked with divinity and nobility , all the palace aristocrats use the bow and arrow, while the warriors and common men use swords maybe it’s a sign of strength but it’s not a sign of wisdom. Will here it’s different. I’m team sword 😎
episode 5 thoughts, and FYI, the gun and shotgun still get the same dogma the gun is considered now to be the first world country way to deal with uprisings and unwanted people while "savages" use primitives' weapons, and i don't need to expand on who is lee tae and who is gye won but those who know KNOW.
After watching a few episodes This feels like the aristocrats vs the enlightened scholars. Or maybe I became too old to have sympathy for any king. Or maybe Lee Tae just lacks the charisma and overall allure of what makes a leader, deepening your voice and walking slowly while looking angry and constipated isn’t what makes you a ruler, it makes you an emo in a failed rock band. I’m cheering for the other team.
It was cute , fun and well unremarkable The leads were cute, the story was ok and friendships were nice, like it’s right in the middle. Nothing I’ll remember and nothing I’ll be attached to. The drama feels like a poster you get after a few drinks then realize it reads “live love laugh”. And you are there like well that’s the most basic thing I got at home but since I got it, why would I throw it out. Well I lived loved and laughed watching this drama but that’s it 5/10
Just like reading a good book with every second line being quotable and inspirational I felt liberated watching this drama. Usually kdrama writers try to force every single issue with a bombastic music and zooming in and out to amplify the moment, this drama did none of that, things happened on screen, and you watched and understood, “ahhhh these are humans too, they are trying to leave their stagnant lives, I too should do better.”
10/10 There are things I’d improve in the drama like crispier casting and some different story lines but even a cynic like me can’t rate it lower because it just hits all the right parts, I was happy warm calm sad depressed cold and HOPEFUL, watching this. Recommended for anyone that like calm dramas and smooth jazz
one of the best I've seen and its really amazing that they address alcoholism while soju is the biggest company sponsoring kdramas, wit that kind of stronghold and koreas drinking problem, this is one of the boldest moves ever
Comfort in the form of Kdrama While this drama kept me warm and light during some extra lonely nights, it doesn’t come without it’s flaws. But first I’ll talk about what’s good,,, The heartwarming well written friendship is better than any romance And this drama delivers on one of the best squads I’ve seen that stick together through everything and always bounce back. The direction and camera work is excellent, the distant camera shots to capture emotional scenes inside the hospital while showing you not only the characters but also the empty nights inside the ER was a nice touch.
The bad thing about this drama was the delayed cliffhangers or completely ignored, it was a new style of writing that wants to tell the viewers that life goes on and not every major change in your life will have an everlasting effect but sometimes they messed the mark and it felt like sloppy editing.
I’ll keep jamming to the squads songs long after today and I’m sure they’ll stay in my heart forevermore
Tomorrow 4.7/10 What can say about this drama, without the leads I wouldn’t even have watched it, the premise as simple as it is, it’s so devoid of imagination/ reality and also fantasy. Simply put, “grim reapers” help suicidal people not be suicidal and live out their life, by the power of nice words! Which is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in my entire life, if you wanted to go the fantasy route, why not make them fight dark demons that depicts depression inside a suicidal persons dreams or nightmares, like any idea would have been better than this. Episode 2 is 59 minutes with 35 minutes of that being ENTIRELY bullying scenes like I was not sympathetic at the end, I was more like annoyed. You don’t need 35 minutes of school bullying scenes to make me know as a viewer that it’s bad. Anyway, the 4 leads are hot and lovable. It’s entertaining but helping an anorexic person by telling them to eat because food is tasty is exactly like telling someone with asthma to breathe since oxygen is free
Lets talk about the drama. I see that its mostly getting praised.I would say that the episodes are hit-and-miss.…
what drives the drama is the trio and their wardrobe and their interactions. anyone with common sense can see that the drama failed every aspect of suicide and self harm, i don't know if its based on a webtoon or 3 different writers writing a less coherent story. it just feels jumbled up and out of loop with what is what in regards to talking about mental illness. but on the bright side you get to see the bad guys pay for their sins, unlike real life. but thats the only cathartic feeling we get when "justice is served" but its not enough to make a drama good. no one is ending depression with 3 minute talk over a fucking piano. if mental health was that easy, i'd talk myself to sleep daily
my favorite cases got to be the eating disorder one and the most recent case of comfort women. the puppy episode was cute and all but it didn't go well with me
this drama is good, even though the premise is so stupid and ambitious, we will stop years of depression within 10 minutes of speaking! yeah no. and what the hell is grim reapers that save lives. they could have just said guardian angels or whatever the hell they want. i have like a million complaints BUT i love every moment of the drama and its gonna be like a solid 8/10
Fill your mind with knowledge—it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.
Pachinko 8.2/10
Endless bounds of family shown through out their endless history is what pachinko is about at its core, but the characters is what moves this drama more than anything. You can feel the passion behind this project and that’s what matters. Plus oh my god, oppa is straight up fire 🔥 in this I usually mess around but the acting skills went from a 3 to a 7 and that made me all fuzzy inside. Highly recommended and can’t wait for the next season
D.P 8.3/10 I first watched this drama when it was released, hated the first two episodes and kept it on hold since I couldn’t be bothered. Yesterday I binged it and what can I say, I loved it. The 2 major themes in this story is toxic masculinity and male trauma. Which if you think about it, the two are very opposite but not really. Just like in real life you can address the flaws and goodness in people. While the show doesn’t shy away from showing the worst in men, it still address the good too, even if it’s like 2%, still there is light at the end of the tunnel.
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming
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Archery was always a recreational and a competitive activity that requires aim and trick shots and some sort of discipline while the sword is all about charging and making your presence felt through force and strong character.
Archery in Kdrama historicals are always linked with divinity and nobility , all the palace aristocrats use the bow and arrow, while the warriors and common men use swords maybe it’s a sign of strength but it’s not a sign of wisdom.
Will here it’s different.
I’m team sword 😎
episode 5 thoughts,
and FYI, the gun and shotgun still get the same dogma
the gun is considered now to be the first world country way to deal with uprisings and unwanted people while "savages" use primitives' weapons, and i don't need to expand on who is lee tae and who is gye won but those who know KNOW.
This feels like the aristocrats vs the enlightened scholars.
Or maybe I became too old to have sympathy for any king.
Or maybe Lee Tae just lacks the charisma and overall allure of what makes a leader, deepening your voice and walking slowly while looking angry and constipated isn’t what makes you a ruler, it makes you an emo in a failed rock band.
I’m cheering for the other team.
one of the worst writings ive ever seen to what could have been the best youth drama
The leads were cute, the story was ok and friendships were nice, like it’s right in the middle.
Nothing I’ll remember and nothing I’ll be attached to.
The drama feels like a poster you get after a few drinks then realize it reads “live love laugh”.
And you are there like well that’s the most basic thing I got at home but since I got it, why would I throw it out.
Well I lived loved and laughed watching this drama but that’s it
5/10
This one was right in the middle :/
I felt liberated watching this drama.
Usually kdrama writers try to force every single issue with a bombastic music and zooming in and out to amplify the moment, this drama did none of that, things happened on screen, and you watched and understood, “ahhhh these are humans too, they are trying to leave their stagnant lives, I too should do better.”
10/10
There are things I’d improve in the drama like crispier casting and some different story lines but even a cynic like me can’t rate it lower because it just hits all the right parts, I was happy warm calm sad depressed cold and HOPEFUL, watching this.
Recommended for anyone that like calm dramas and smooth jazz
and its really amazing that they address alcoholism while soju is the biggest company sponsoring kdramas, wit that kind of stronghold and koreas drinking problem, this is one of the boldest moves ever
bad casting
While this drama kept me warm and light during some extra lonely nights, it doesn’t come without it’s flaws.
But first I’ll talk about what’s good,,,
The heartwarming well written friendship is better than any romance And this drama delivers on one of the best squads I’ve seen that stick together through everything and always bounce back.
The direction and camera work is excellent, the distant camera shots to capture emotional scenes inside the hospital while showing you not only the characters but also the empty nights inside the ER was a nice touch.
The bad thing about this drama was the delayed cliffhangers or completely ignored, it was a new style of writing that wants to tell the viewers that life goes on and not every major change in your life will have an everlasting effect but sometimes they messed the mark and it felt like sloppy editing.
I’ll keep jamming to the squads songs long after today and I’m sure they’ll stay in my heart forevermore
4.7/10
What can say about this drama, without the leads I wouldn’t even have watched it, the premise as simple as it is, it’s so devoid of imagination/ reality and also fantasy.
Simply put, “grim reapers” help suicidal people not be suicidal and live out their life, by the power of nice words! Which is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in my entire life, if you wanted to go the fantasy route, why not make them fight dark demons that depicts depression inside a suicidal persons dreams or nightmares, like any idea would have been better than this.
Episode 2 is 59 minutes with 35 minutes of that being ENTIRELY bullying scenes like I was not sympathetic at the end, I was more like annoyed. You don’t need 35 minutes of school bullying scenes to make me know as a viewer that it’s bad.
Anyway, the 4 leads are hot and lovable. It’s entertaining but helping an anorexic person by telling them to eat because food is tasty is exactly like telling someone with asthma to breathe since oxygen is free
anyone with common sense can see that the drama failed every aspect of suicide and self harm, i don't know if its based on a webtoon or 3 different writers writing a less coherent story. it just feels jumbled up and out of loop with what is what in regards to talking about mental illness.
but on the bright side you get to see the bad guys pay for their sins, unlike real life. but thats the only cathartic feeling we get when "justice is served" but its not enough to make a drama good.
no one is ending depression with 3 minute talk over a fucking piano.
if mental health was that easy, i'd talk myself to sleep daily
the puppy episode was cute and all but it didn't go well with me
Pachinko
8.2/10
Endless bounds of family shown through out their endless history is what pachinko is about at its core, but the characters is what moves this drama more than anything.
You can feel the passion behind this project and that’s what matters.
Plus oh my god, oppa is straight up fire 🔥 in this
I usually mess around but the acting skills went from a 3 to a 7 and that made me all fuzzy inside.
Highly recommended and can’t wait for the next season
8.3/10
I first watched this drama when it was released, hated the first two episodes and kept it on hold since I couldn’t be bothered.
Yesterday I binged it and what can I say, I loved it.
The 2 major themes in this story is toxic masculinity and male trauma.
Which if you think about it, the two are very opposite but not really.
Just like in real life you can address the flaws and goodness in people.
While the show doesn’t shy away from showing the worst in men, it still address the good too, even if it’s like 2%, still there is light at the end of the tunnel.
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming