If anything k-dramas, make me embrace my singledom MORE, lol :) Some of the relationships portrayed are really unhealthy and/or boring so I never hanker after them.
I can't understand the hype, because I cannot get beyond the first episode. All this "fan-girl-behviour"…
Reply 1997 is a sleeper hit. Whilst it was airing, there was no hype around it all. You should've seen this page, it was like ghosttown, and save me and three others, nobody was talking about this drama - because I had little expectations, I was blown away to how faithful this drama was to that era. It got almost every detail right, to the phone booths to the ancient computers - although I could not relate to fan-service like that, it was still very faithful to that era - that's where the huge appeal came for me.
Obviously after that, everyone started saying how "amazing" this is, and maybe some people were attracted to this for the wrong reasons. This drama is gold for nostalgia and being youthful and terribly silly - it's slice-of-life and authentic as f**k. But I understand not everybody will like that, so it's best if you skip this series^^ Or maybe you will the sequels better - it's fine. Totally fine. Tastes differ!
I am so pleased to reach the 10th episode mark and still be interested in this drama. My cut off-point is usually 10 episodes. Lie to Me, Heartstrings, Secret Garden, She was Pretty, Mask...you name it, and I've probably dropped it. Why? Because I have a high boredom threshold when it comes to asian dramas. Seeing the same out regurgitated sh**, like the hapless love triangle, a drama starting out funny, then the fun being sucked out, nonsensical writing...to reach this stage of this drama, is actually quite rare for me - the last airing drama that I managed to finish is Healer, which ended in February 2015.
Goes to show how much I think this show is a winner :)
Obviously after that, everyone started saying how "amazing" this is, and maybe some people were attracted to this for the wrong reasons. This drama is gold for nostalgia and being youthful and terribly silly - it's slice-of-life and authentic as f**k. But I understand not everybody will like that, so it's best if you skip this series^^ Or maybe you will the sequels better - it's fine. Totally fine. Tastes differ!
Goes to show how much I think this show is a winner :)
It's so nice to be transported back to that time :)
Though maybe we can substitute 'white' to include a multitude of ethnicities?