InspectorMegre

I wish there was an epilogue, I want to know what happened with Ms.Kim's real estate office. I know she is capable but she lacks business "tough" and I do hope she became super successful.

The scenes of them walking together and FINALLY having a real lovey dovey relationship with communication and consideration was THE happy end, really.

I am worried how much longer Mr Kim can be washing cars and staying healthy... and what he did after that...

I know that the kiddo went on to become very successful... I want to see IF he managed to finally let go of Ha Na :) I hope he did :) Her father saved him from getting too tangled up with her, by pulling her out... The kiddo was not letting go ... LOL He really does not have a good taste in women :) yet :)

What a masterpiece drama.

Watching this drama was worth it just for finding this song, played at the end of ep 16. THE LYRICS ARE AMAZING and there is eng sub on them. Wow!!!!

[kpop] 사람이 꽃보다 아름다워 (People Are More Beautiful Than Flowers) - 안치환 (Ahn Chi Hwan) [eng sub]

The lyrics are different on all sites, but I think these are the best https://lyricstranslate.com/en/salam-i-kkochboda-aleumdawo-people-are-more-beautiful-f.html-0
and this video captures the vibe of the song:
https://www.facebook.com/100066479679627/videos/an-chi-hwan-people-are-more-beautiful-than-flowers-english-s/1076531012476571/ it has Korean president in it

Bc that song was made in 1997 and actually addresses all that crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PhqA-cTyk
This video has bigger letters of eng sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYtz1VbjETw

fyi Ahn Chi Hwan is male. There are versions of this song by many different singers, even women, even very slow. I think this is the original.

MDL is notorious for low rating except for youngster-type like stuff, like.... Weak Hero Class types

THANK YOU!!! Omg what a gift!!!! THANK YOU!! the lyrics are amazing and the music and singing is great too!!!!!
there are so many versions of that song online. This is the one from the drama, I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PhqA-cTyk

I feel stupid to leave a comment on ep 11 when the drama ended already.... But for the record: this is such a masterpiece drama...
Mr. Kim was such a dic@ at the start of ep 11, I was just about to start screaming... even monkeys learn... when he messed up at his brother's wash.... when he was walking drunk home I was thinking of YET ANOTHER hospital bill and wondering WILL that man EVER learn.... then ... I loved that he met Kim Bunsanjim.... and I am looking forward to watching ep 12 now :)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Jxuyl0NcIi_9ta3D7gN00e_wmamg0gu
These are just some songs, not all... The one I am looking for, ep 16 final scene walking to lunch, is not on here

DID I FIND THE SONG played during the very very last scene in ep 16 when they walk to lunch? While that song plays, TP voices over, we see the diferent products they traded. It is around min 1:24. At 1:26 it ends and I the signature Rainbow song by JinHo starts. Thanks!

[kpop] 사람이 꽃보다 아름다워 (People Are More Beautiful Than Flowers) - 안치환 (Ahn Chi Hwan) [eng sub] There are so many different versions of this, but I think this is similar or the one played in the drama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90PhqA-cTyk

Oh this video has bigger letters of eng sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYtz1VbjETw

Bravo to Korea for paying off the loans and being economically independent. THAT is an accomplishment. I take my hat down for that.

What song played during the very very last scene in ep 16 when they walk to lunch? While that song plays, TP voices over, we see the diferent products they traded. It is around min 1:24. At 1:26, it ends and I the signature Rainbow song by JinHo starts. Thanks!

I love this song! This singer has a very good voice and sings clearly for most part, he just made false notes only at the very very end of verse raising voice up. I dont like other songs, the vocals are weak.
I like the words in Korean and English. I ask please ppl put BIG clear letters for both Korean and English, this is a chance to learn some Korean while singing along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqogkZ3cTwQ

When that huge bird flew in there and all court ladies just STOOD there like usually ppl stand in front of WTOD, I watched a few more scenes but quickly lost patience and fast forwarded through much of bird stuff... and when I saw Dal I clutching the baby bird while the mama was chasing her, I fast forwarded even faster. My quota for stupidity was well exceeded.

Good point...
Not at the start of the bird landing in the yard scenes, for sure.
After the Queen and her entourage went in, maybe so, I am not qualified to provide an opinion on that bc by that time I was fast forwarding :)

Thank you for your kind words.

I just realized that must be one more practical reason. Kdrama script writers must come up with a NEW script, new characters, new story ... every ... 6-8 weeks. That is exhausting.

So it is easier to just copy in an old story and change a few details :) And based on comments in various dramas, that is precisely what happens :)

Like, recently i watched King The Land because I was doing research and as I was watching it, I said to myself - wow this is so familiar... ??! and I realized it is THE SAME THING as Bon Apettit Your Majesty..... FL is the same actress acting the same way in both dramas, ML is the same kind of guy, there is food, cooking, competitions, it is just that the scenery is different, one is a modern hotel and the other is in Joseon.

A side note: ML from Bon Apettit made it a totally unique drama and a total hit bc he was different from all male leads ever :) He was SOOOO enthusiastic, vibrant, radiant, energetic, so humorously overacting it and having fun acting it as a comedy but still being in the character (it was esp possible bc he was a tyrant Joseon King) so *he* made the drama super special. I guess he must have been stoked to land that role and it showed! :) It did make him a star :)

When an actor looks / feels kinda "i dont care" or even tired of acting, and/or not responsive, esp. to their partner - like super cold self-centered FLs in Eagle Brothers, 3 Bold Siblings, Live Your Own Life, It is Beautiful Now, etc - then the drama goes totally flat. Seeing the enthusiasm from Bon Apettit ML was sooo inspiring and uplifting, it was like a breath of fresh air for the audience

For anyone who is annoyed with body swapping and thinks it was meaningless - well think again.
1. Body swap prevented Dal I from being killed, several times. The only reason she is alive is bc CP was in her body and could defend the body.

2. Body swap prevented them from parting forever. Just a few minutes before the body swap, they angrily dumped each other and were going to part forever, although they loved each other. They had no reason to be meeting anymore, and body swap FORCED them to stay connected and have a chance to "spend time together"

3. Body swap helped them understand each other better. She is a poor "slave in hiding" and he is rich, privileged, public figure TARGET lol

3. Body swap caused impersonation, which added so much comedy. Some ppl wrongly accused it as "gimmick" - but hey that was an amazing, A+ improv comedy. such a humorous addition .... that showcases their stellar keen precise observation and acting WOW skillZ, and also forces you to SEE the characters in more detail - do you think they copied each other well? did you realize more details about how they acted previously by watching them impersonate? - and all that adds so much humor. It was HILARIOUS!
And yeah that had to stop bc it limits their acting to just impersonating, they need to be themselves to show ALL their acting repertoire. And they are!!!!

ML-FL scenes imo are masterful. They both act very well, showing a range of emotions.

The only thing that can spoil that is bad script forcing them into weird stuff, so please script writer - refrain from that :) For example, Dal I and the bird was some of the most stupid plot imo

they have to go back to themselves or else it is too much work for the actors - and for the audience - that ML and FL have to impersonate each other. Impersonating is fun for a while but too many episodes of that would just ruin the drama. The actors would be very limited in their acting.

oh wow indeed! Left Minister Rasputin...
we could never recognize the actor LOL

bc they need episodes :) if it is too simple, it is over in 1 minute :) That is why episodes are created by "anio" plots and miscommunication, not talking, etc.

But, I will argue that "the seemingly simple" kind of drama can have many episodes too, if you know HOW - that route requires creativity and life experience - bc life always has ups and downs that you can show in a drama in an interesting way (one example is Love Scout kdrama 2025 that is rated 9.8 on Viki and 8.5 on MDL, so we cannot say it was not popular to have simple plot!!!!... or Making Family c-k drama 2016 with MDL rating of 8.0.... we do not know how much those dramas made, but high rating probably means a lot of money? - or the legendary Bogart/Bergman Casablanca 1942 movie or Lemon/MacLaine The Apartment 1960 movie - both these movies made awards and tons of money and are considered some of the greatest movies ever made!!!! and the Apartment was a contravesial movie at that time... - and all of these have such super simple plot!!!! sooo simple!!!!! that is totally riveting and keeps you glued to the screen the entire time).

I am now just seeing how lucky I was to watch The Apartment early on in my watching. I had NO idea it was that popular until a few seconds ago when I googled it for this post LOL I watched Casablanca bc I knew it was so famous so I was curious. I was thinking of Casablanca a lot lately because it is so simple and amazing. Thanks for reminding me, I will rewatch both :)

The Apartment and Casablanca are in my measuring sticks for a good movie :) and how you can create a total masterpiece of a super simple plot.

but a lazy / bad script writer never choses that seemingly simple route....

I lack knowledge to comment on WHY this happens.... .. I suspect bc it is too much work LOL .... The "seemingly simple" route would require creativity and life experience.... A new/cheap script writer is probably someone without writing skills and life experience.... and also there might be pressure to not experiment and use tropes that worked before to get the people to watch, i.e. drama is "box office driven" ... After all who cares for drama ratings, what is most important is how much money they make, right? We dont know how much kdramas make but I think high rating means high income?
The western audience is used to meaningless-always-shocking plots...the last good movie that I am aware of in the USA is Idiocracy in 2006... the only series worth watching is Selfie in 2016 but it was discontinued... And now we have billions dollars industry of vertical shorts from China.... And I think the pattern globally is short attention spans and shocking cliff hangers so that is why everyone is trying to make a fast whirlwind of meaningless stuff... But .... I aint watching any of that LOL If I dont see what I like to watch, I will find something else to do :)

As audience, we just see a lazy / bad script writer will just keep churning meaningless wondering roundabout episodes to stall the time

I am put off by relying on a product placement mechanical tool to create 2 episodes and then mentioning it in every episode as the key to entire drama plot. It is low taste to keep trying to "shock" the audience with something so distasteful.

Also, it is purely product placement.

If the idea was to show that our heroine wants to learn about her body and enjoy it, then no pills or mechanical toys will ever do the job...

She better join a yoga/dance/kung fu class to gain strength and elasticity and learn to MOVE, in rhythm, with expression. Like this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGTF4K2Ceco/?hl=en or resembling this as much as possible
https://www.tiktok.com/@olgabery/video/7515125808382381368

Also, as I said, we still do not know if FL likes the ML for who he is, or is just wanting to have fun with a nice body of a nice guy.
Liking him for who he is should be THE KEY point in this drama
unless we want to show that women can get sidetracked by hormones just like men do,
and that ppl make mistakes and fall for hormones when they have no real feelings,
and that it falls apart fast.

The key issue so far:
FL already was hungry and then this yummy morsel ML showed up, and she is confused.

DOES she know if she likes him for who he is? We never saw her think that or say that.

So far she is clear she wants fun with his body and that is what she told him too.

If this drama is about a horny FL who wants fun.... let us see what the messages of the drama will be....

that was kinda ok bc it is realistic IF she really likes him... but we do not know IF she likes him for who he is, or just wants s@x. I totally understand your point
I think in her defense, she already was hungry and then this yummy morsel showed up, and she is confused. DOES she know if she likes him, or just his body?

It got worse later ep 8-9, when she had a porn toy in public and there was like TWO episodes about that and how to use it and I think she ordered it for herself too... etc etc etc That was super .... low taste. If they wanted to shock the audience, ok show the product placement for a minute, but do not make 2 episodes out of it...
and then it was mentioned in every episode until ep 12.

Luckily ep 10-12 had meaningful relationship and romantic scenes eg we saw them helping each other, talking and getting closer as a pair and THEN trying to kiss etc
But still those ep 7-8 porn toy name keeps being mentioned and dragged on and it has become a key point in the drama
Low taste