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This is the first drama with SJK in it that I completed. I started Vincenco a while ago but haven't completed it yet. I think he's good looking (not my type, though), and I understand that he has got many fans. However, I'm not sure if he's a good actor or maybe just not the right fit for this role. He's almost 40 and, while looking younger, he displayed some weird faces during the drama which probably were supposed to look cute and young. Not sure if that's his acting style or if the director asked him to do that. Even the heavily filtered Kim Hye Soo was more convincing at playing a cute girl in her early 20s in Signal despite being 40+ and definitely looking significantly older than 20.

Maybe my problem was LSM who played the grandpa increadibly well. Too well. He had so many different facial expressions, his character felt real and old (despite not looking that old). Next to him, Jin Do Joon just felt one-dimensional, which may or may not be due to SJK's acting. It would have been great if the grandson had had more subtle facial expressions, just like the grandpa.

All in all, I enjoyed the drama until episode 14 or so, especially all scenes with the grandpa. The ending was not my coup of tea.

The drama started promising. Unfortunately, the story lacked substance. 16 episodes were a bit too much for my taste but that's how I feel about most K-dramas. However, the fighting scenes and the action in general did not disappoint me. It was great to finally stumble upon an action drama which delivered the promised action.

Choi Yoo-jin was an amazing female villain. Probably the best developed character in this drama. Song Yoon-ah is a wonderful actress.

That's not quite true. I remember well the drama around Leonardo DiCaprio in the 90s when fans were literally camping in his grandma's staircase hoping to meet him. It was absolutely insane, and the BRAVO (one of the most popular German teen magazines back then) gave those crazy fans a lot of attention and articles. Of course, the BRAVO condemned those fans's behaviour but they didn't stop publishing articles with pictures of that poor grandma's staircase.

I think the main difference between Western and Korean fans is that the majority of Western fans eventually lose interest in controlling their idol's private life once the idol is 30+ years old. Apart from a few crazy idiots, nobody would write angry letters demanding to cancel a 49yo DiCaprio if he decided to marry.

This drama was okayish but watchable if you value romance more than an interesting story. While the beginning was intriguing, I felt the drama lacked ideas for a more solid story as of episode 8. I probably would have enjoyed this drama more if it had had like 12 episodes only.

I'm wondering why, after all those unrealistic scenes, they had to opt for a somewhat realistic ending. That was a bit disappointing.

One thing impressed me, though: Hyun Bin's German pronunciation. It was fantastic. I don't know if he actually speaks this language (with an accent) or if he "just" put effort into an accurate pronunciation. He not only spoke a few relatively long sentences but was also able to convey emotions while doing that.

I think you are right regarding the love marriage but the writers could have put more effort into the future princess's character like they did with the other ones, or they could have made her rather "unremarkable" but still lovely. That would have been more pleasant, in my opinion. :/

The sageuk story was nothing new but I enjoyed the different perspective. The main character is an older queen and mother. She's intelligent and brave but in a realistic, not in a strong woman™ or Mary Sue way. Despite her being a heroine, the drama still felt like "the past", not like fantasy. Kim Hye-Soo did a really great job portraying this character.

The princes had different personalities and their own wishes. They felt like actual people, not like replaceable NPCs. The same applies to some of the concubines and even servants.

I just wished they had put as much effort into the politics as in the characters. The enemy spent two decades to come up with a plan, which gets defeated within less than half an episode. The conflict had been so promising.

One thing really annoyed me, though: the forced romance. I don't know if that one female character was poorly written or if the actress lacked talent but she basically had two facial expressions (grinning and not grinning), and apart from that, she was a stalking Mary Sue with an annoying voice. Very romantic.

All in all, I liked this drama.

My suggestion for people I don't know is always the same: If you have no other drama to watch, simply start watching this drama. If you like it, keep watching it. If you don't like it, drop it. :)

The ML likes/loves the FL but he's not a stalker and too busy as a lawyer to "chase" her. She doesn't appreciate that anyway and prefers to be independent. There is almost no action. The story mainly focusses on investigations and politics.

I've completed the drama, even though I forced myself through basically every single episode. It had a few interesting scenes but that's maybe 10-15 minutes in total. If you didn't enjoy episodes 1-3, you probably won't enjoy the rest either because nothing changes.

I completed "Bad Prosecutor" today and was shocked (like always) when I skimmed my "Plan to watch" list. Waaaay too many dramas, ot enough lifetime left. For every drama I remove, three new ones appear. And like two seconds ago, for absolutely unknown reasons, "Reborn Rich" added itself to that list. :/

To be honest, I found this drama fairly boring. It had a few nice moments but , in my opinion, they are not worth it investing 12h of one's lifetime. If you were not feeling it on episode 2, you probably won't find the rest more enjoyable. Especially the last two episodes revealed that the writers were out of ideas. And the last episode was basically a recap.

I actually liked that Gwang-nam insisted on keeping his private life separate from his professional life, so I hoped that he and Jung-hwan would never become a couple but "just" good friends. Nevertheless, I'm disappointed that the writers did not give Gwang-nam a proper story. They just started with a storyline, and suddenly dropped it as if it had never happened.

The same happened to the other characters. I feel like the writers put more time and effort into Kang Hae-jin than into anything else. :/

So true. He's such a lovely character. In a few episodes, he was about to do something with his life but the writers seem to have forgotten him. I hope he doesn't end up as the fifth wheel. :(

Indeed. While I agree that the writing is not the best, I do enjoy the characters a lot because the actors did a really good job making them feel alive. The writer(s) put effort into the background stories of each character.

The gay ex-husband is not just some gay accessoire but has got a life. He's manly and strong. Being gay is just a tiny aspect of this character, albeit an important detail in the context of this drama because Eun-sang basically saved his life, and now he complements her as a great friend who's not even replaceable by Jin-ho. To me, it's refreshing to see a normal lasting non-romantic friendship between a normal man and a woman. Gwang-nam is one of my favourite characters in this drama.

Jin-ho's boss is also awesome. We don't see him often but whenever he appears, he r aadiates lot of personality. His bluntness is just perfect for Jin-ho and makes the relationship between them thrilling. I love every scene with him.

The only thing that's bothering me in this drama are sudden changes which feel inconsistent, for example, Madame Yoo who is suddenly emotional. Or the steamy kisses between Eun-sang and Ji-ho, and suddenly not even a little kiss anymore. The development of the relationship, the transition from client to boyfriend, could have be explored in a better way, too. And there a few more things.

All in all, I think the characters and their distinct background stories make this drama interesting. In my opinion, whoever wrote this did a good job in this respect. And the rest (e.g. a better dramaturgy) is something, one can learn.

Do they? As for me, I felt that people were "just" concerned. Most of us know how harsh the film/drama industry is. Actors need to be very thin to be regarded as beautiful and to get well paying jobs. It is reasonable to express concerns about an unhealthy weight because, otherwise, it could happen that "even thinner" becomes the new beauty standard like in the fashion industry. PMY looked perfectly fine in her past dramas. If she lost weight because she is/was sick, we hope that she'll get better soon and does not HAVE to stay this thin.

I haven't seen any haters here yet. Yesterday, I read a comment by someone who seemed to be concerned about PMYs weight. I shared the same thought while watching the drama. PMY is cute but when she smiles, her face looks sunken.

Until a couple of minutes ago, I thought I had never watched a drama with her in a significant role before but then I figured out that she had the MAIN role in "Queen for Seven Days". Of course, I knew that she had A role in that drama (I read that up yesterday) but I thought it was some minor role. Now that I know, I do see the similarities between the actresses but if you ask me in a couple of weeks, I would think that they were two different ones. This makes me a bit sad because I think that PMY is a talented actress with a lot of charisma. And in this drama, she has got a wonderful chemistry with the main lead. I DO want her to be healthy because I hope that she'll be in more good dramas in the future. Plus I don't enjoy watching dramas where I feel that the actors have to be extremely unhealthy to meet an extremely unhealthy beauty standard. PMY is not just very slim in this drama, she looks starved.

lol, you are demanding that we talk about the writing instead of the story while also demanding that the "rookie writer" should never get a chance again?

As for me, I watch a drama because of the stories and the characters in it. Of course, I'm aware that the drama was written by someone but I don't care who wrote it. I want to immerse myself into that fictional world. While I'm watching a drama, I want the characters to be "alive".

If I'm unhappy, I enjoy talking about the drama, not about some "rookie writer". Bad writing is bad writing. Just like bad acting is bad acting. Nevertheless, I don't want to join the toxic task force who demand that somebody should not get a second chance ever again just because I didn't enjoy the writer's/actor's/whoever's work. If I don't enjoy something, I drop it and go on with my life.

Regarding the ML, he had never been introduced as an autist. Being socially awkward does not mean that somebody must be autistic. He's an orphan (only child, probably left alone by his father all the time). He was excluded from his aunt's family (many children). Later, his first love left him because she found a "better opportunity". It is understandable that he has shied away from socialising for such a long time because, in the past, everybody hurt him whenever he thought of them as family. He's simply not used to "normal" social interaction. I don't think that the "rookie writer" messed up in this respect.

Haha, yeah, that scene was really nice. I believe he secretly enjoyed the "annoyance".

I agree with Subash267's comment. The scenes with Ji-Ho and Sang-Eun are quite cute. For me, they are entertaining enough to watch the remaining episodes of this otherwise mediocre K-drama. I don't think it's the worst drama out there. I've definitely seen worse where the main leads did not have any chemistry at all.

So true. Her character was introduced as a crazy bitch who could have caused a lot of trouble but suddenly she's so supportive and even nice? Same with Madame Yoo. Unfortunately, that often happens Kdramas in the last few episodes as if the authors suddenly ran out of ideas for the interesting characters in their shows.