DramaAjumma

Yes, I think so as well. I'm sure he's getting paid the big bucks to do this. :D

Good idea. I used to like rom coms but I skimmed through much of Dating in the Kitchen. it got sillier and sillier. And after a while there wasn't much kitchen in the dating.

I'm only up to Episode 8 at this point.

Don't hold back dear. Tell us how you really feel. ::D

Tian Guinong is taking advantage of a vulnerable woman and does enough gaslighting that he sounds like the good guy doing everybody a favour.

He's very punchable. What an absolute weasel of an opportunist. He has just enough cunning to be dangerous.

Peter Ho's character here comes across as a smarmy used car salesman. And why is he coveting another man's wife? This will undoubtedly end in tears.

I would have thought that a good show would be watched regardless of the genre.

This is a really really decent adaptation of a classic wuxia story. The execution is confident and cohesive. The vigilante style episodes reminded me of Guai Xia Yi Zhi Mei which is still one of my favourites.
Maybe I'm in the minority but I think the show maintains its quality regardless of whether Miao Renfang makes an appearance or not. The partnership between the Qin Junjie and Liang Jie works for me too.

Superb. A true visual feast.

What do you know? A wuxia drama jammed packed with martial arts. What a rare beast.

Try the Good Detective. It's a male centric show.

Director Shin said that Jin Hwa-young was "an expert on orchids". (Unless of course you're arguing that he's lying about that) She also spent a lot of time in Singapore which is orchid country.

You mean Oh Jung-se? He's a really famous multi-award winning character actor.

My first impressions of the drama. The drama does pick up after the first 15 to 20 minutes.
https://40somethingahjumma.substack.com/p/little-women-2022-first-impressions

Promising start. Lots of potential.

He's always been a stand out for me. Even in the Master's Sun. I liked him more than So Ji-sub.

How do you know it's not realistic? Maybe it's realistic in China. What if this reflects an entirely different cultural context than what you're used to?

I didn't take it seriously and enjoyed it all the more as a result. Seo In-guk and the Cafe gang were the highlight of course. The hijinks largely worked for me and I laughed at most of the jokes even though I'm not a big slapstick fan. On the downside it was probably too long for a one-villain series. This show could have been done in 12 episodes easily. It would have been a much tighter show and less fillery. I can understand why they didn't realise who Gopuri was for the longest time because of the combination of actual leads and red herrings. Besides it's often harder to see what's right under one's nose.

I still don't think the romance was needed (although I didn't dislike it) and the show wasn't particularly enhanced by it. Except there's always a part of me that enjoys watching Seo In-guk romancing his female leads because of his natural onscreen charm. When I consider the entire storyline objectively, I still don't think that the character Jae-hui is really needed. She doesn't bring anything extra to the table. The show would have worked without her -- arguably better without some of her early antics.

It seemed to me that Seo In-guk had a ball while doing this which is why I imagine he picked this up. Even though I've known for years that he's a talented lad, he's comic talents really come into their own here.

Yes.

He's the main reason why I've persevered. Kwak Shi-yang too.

Lagging behind but I'm not sure I like Jang-mi/Jae-hee enough to see two guys fighting over her.