i’m actually obsessed with his voice! although in this drama, his voice is a little off and i think it’s due…
Yes, what I loved about Ever Night was that most of the actors were not dubbed, which is super unusual, and he has a great voice (that I became familiar with due to Ever Night).
It’s not. There is a constitutional monarchy in both dramas but that’s it. In Goong (Princess Hours) the FL…
In Goong, she's not forced necessarily. More like she's pressured/incentivized to do so because her family got to live with financial comfort of she did. No one made her do it.
Don't really watch much Chinese dramas, how good is this one?
I wouldn't say this type of drama is good for new forays into Cdrama. 😅 Wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan (which this is, I believe) are pretty stylistic and culturally/mythologically loaded so they're kind of tough to get into with no exposure or background. It's taken me some time to get used to. Do you like costume/period dramas or modern dramas (for Kdrama, I assume) usually? Pseudo-historical csotume Cdramas can sometimes be a bit easier to get into.
I decided i'm waiting till this is nearly done and then i'm gonna binge the rest all at once. I think it'll be…
Joy of Life is great, but there is not much romance, nor is it very well done. It's more of a twisty, political wuxia drama (with potential for some hinted at sci-fi elements 😅). The ML is fabulous in it, and worth it just for him and many of the other wonderful supporting characters. He's awesome in Under The Microscope, too.
Have you seen Boys Over Flowers F4 Thailand? The best BOFs in my opinion, even though it's fairly low budget and the drama was almost all of the leads' breakout roles.
I read the Goong manhwa years ago, similar premise?
Similar premise how?
I don't think there's been an agreed engagement between the leads from a former generation like in Goong (I'm going off of the drama). I haven't seen this yet, but the Goong premise seems a little more compelling/interesting to me. It made sense to me that the FL would agree to the marriage to save her family from poverty and then get divorced later on (which the prince was all for at the beginning, so they saw it like a temporary transaction, though honestly her family was not THAT poor 😅), whereas here, it seems the FL just wants to boost her image in society and the ML wants to escape being controlled (though not clear how marrying a chaebol marred by scandal would do that)? 🤷♀️
It's a fantastical alternate universe where they play with the premise that the Korean monarchy continued from…
I'm not subscribed. 😭 I've got to draw the line somewhere at the amount of money I put out towards streaming services. I'm thinking I'll wait to get a free trial, then binge it (if it's good, that is; another perk to waiting until it's done airing. I was reminded recently why I wait until a kdrama is done to start it; starting one while it's airing these days is a perilous endeavor because so many don't stick the landing in the second half anymore).
episode was so good but i didn't understand this alternative version of korea..?
It's a fantastical alternate universe where they play with the premise that the Korean monarchy continued from the Joseon period into the modern era. There have been a handful of these over the decades of Kdrama (Goong/Princess Hours, King: The Eternal Monarch, The King 2 Hearts, The Last Empress, My Princess, etc.).
I'm sad this is on Disney cause I'm a sucker for these alternate universe Korean monarchy dramas. 😅
She's a woman so it's ok, God forbid if roles were reversed 😂 Definitely took me off guard as well so out of…
So, true! An ML who had 22 lovers would never fly in a drama. People would boycott! 😅
That's why we never see MLs who are emperors, only the emperor's right hand man (cause then it'd be weird if they didn't have a harem, and a harem viewers would not accept 😅). And honestly we rarely see MLs in dramas who ever have an even an ex. I do wish that would change. It's perfectly normal and fine for a man (for anyone, really) to have dated multiple times by the time he reaches his late 20's/30's and still be a great catch and a great guy.
And while it can also be fine if a guy never dates much or at all and happens to find the one later in life after not dating much, in reality that could pose some potential problems and also potentially be a red flag (maybe even more so than a guy who's dated more than once).
22 padt lovers, however, is a LITTLE excessive. 😂 We'll chock it up to her age! 😉
I think it is a open ending but has more to it because in the end like end end you can hear that the gate opens…
I was getting more into around 17 but I'm at 20 and am getting stuck again. I am struggling. So much of what's happening isn't making sense to me, and I'm struggling to root for characters who feature heavily. *sigh* A visual feast, but I'm struggling with the characters and plot.
I think the Gongs need a more foolproof method for keeping out Wufeng spies. They're apparently hiding under every…
Also, why do Weishan and Ziyu treat Lady Wuji with kindness and trust after she exposed that Weishan had a wound? That gave both Weishan and Ziyu a reason to distrust her, but both after the fact treat her the same as before?! And then Lady Wuji poisons Weishan when Ziyu is at the back hill for the third trial--come again?!
And what was her deal when she asked Shangguan to kill Shangjue?
I'm so confused by her character! 😖
And I guess Weishan told Ziyu at some point that Shangguan was also from Wufeng? At least it's nice seeing Ziyu and Weishan on the same page and communicating better now that he knows who she is.
Have you seen Boys Over Flowers F4 Thailand? The best BOFs in my opinion, even though it's fairly low budget and the drama was almost all of the leads' breakout roles.
I don't think there's been an agreed engagement between the leads from a former generation like in Goong (I'm going off of the drama). I haven't seen this yet, but the Goong premise seems a little more compelling/interesting to me. It made sense to me that the FL would agree to the marriage to save her family from poverty and then get divorced later on (which the prince was all for at the beginning, so they saw it like a temporary transaction, though honestly her family was not THAT poor 😅), whereas here, it seems the FL just wants to boost her image in society and the ML wants to escape being controlled (though not clear how marrying a chaebol marred by scandal would do that)? 🤷♀️
I'm sad this is on Disney cause I'm a sucker for these alternate universe Korean monarchy dramas. 😅
That's why we never see MLs who are emperors, only the emperor's right hand man (cause then it'd be weird if they didn't have a harem, and a harem viewers would not accept 😅). And honestly we rarely see MLs in dramas who ever have an even an ex. I do wish that would change. It's perfectly normal and fine for a man (for anyone, really) to have dated multiple times by the time he reaches his late 20's/30's and still be a great catch and a great guy.
And while it can also be fine if a guy never dates much or at all and happens to find the one later in life after not dating much, in reality that could pose some potential problems and also potentially be a red flag (maybe even more so than a guy who's dated more than once).
22 padt lovers, however, is a LITTLE excessive. 😂 We'll chock it up to her age! 😉
And what was her deal when she asked Shangguan to kill Shangjue?
I'm so confused by her character! 😖
And I guess Weishan told Ziyu at some point that Shangguan was also from Wufeng? At least it's nice seeing Ziyu and Weishan on the same page and communicating better now that he knows who she is.