I'm not the biggest fan of Esther Yu to be honest and I really wasn't planning on watching that one... All the dramas I've seen her in so far, are dramas I loved in spite of her being there instead of because of her being there. She does have a knack for picking up good projects though. Also, the summary was just... meh imho...
But strangely, this is working for me. Esther's dubbing is not as high pitched as usual and for once I don't think the cute act is overplayed. I also think it has a lot to do with the cinematography which is just G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. The work on lighting is movie worthy... I can't remember a single drama I watched in like... forever in which so much effort has been on the light work... It really changes the whole experience. Also the saturation is very lively... It doesn't really feel like this is happening in the real world.
The plot is paper thin, but I'm so caught in the whole gorgeousness of it all that I'm just turning my brain off and watching two hot people in very beautiful places.
In terms of pure entertainment, It's currently a 10/10 for me (just finished episode 12).
Also... Who is styling Esther in this drama? Seriously all her outfits are to die for! And I usually really don't care, but everything is just SO B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L
Anyway that's my two cents... I've decided to completely forget that this relationship comes from a very weird place... People who write that type of trope can't seriously ever have had any siblings because this would be the last thing that would ever come to mind especially since they did spend quite a long time together before they got separated.
But whatev'. Gimme the wattpad scenario, I don't care. I love it. ALso no wonder Mumu would fall for this Gege...
My God, the way he's filmed, it's like they know exactly how to make his hotness burn even hotter than his hotness level, if that makes sense.
Guys, seriously watch the Turkish drama Erkenci Kus / Early Bird - the whole series is available on YouTube. If…
You know... I found back this comment just to tell you that I'm on holidays to my parents and let's just say they've given me some stuffs to do so I thought I'd put this series in the background just to watch a bit and see what it looked liked...
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This series is sooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooood!
Nothing is done and I can't stop watching ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
No choice I guess... I'll have to really sit and watch it properly... I don't understand a single word of turkish so sadly can't follow without watching properly...
Anyway, thanks for the recommendation 🥰
This is really not the time but It's too late now I'm hooked 😡
If you know Mandarin, you will see that the investor's Mandarin isn't great either. She has a weird accent. I…
I'm learning Mandarin so I can't really say to be honest. She speaking in Mandarin didn't shock me... but the English sure did. I guess it's a matter of how familiar you are with the languages used. I don't remember exactly how she spoke in mandarin either but given how there's so many accents, I think it's easier giving a pass to the Mandarin parts for those who are familiar with it.
Ok I "speed watch some last key scenes of the last episodes since I'm cutting it in several parts to watch due to having currently no time to sit one hour to watch a whole episode...
And I think this drama takes the crown this year for most disappointing show ever.
I was so in love with it when it started, I felt that FINALLY here's a K drama that's finally gonna help me get rid of my K drama slump but ALAS NO!
WTF with that memory BS? Like ARE THEY SERIOUS???!!! Also that reunion with SML and SFL at the end? 😡😡😡 Best ending for that couple would have been either they both get a suitable partner that love them or SFL gets a great guy while SML bitterly regrets having let her go. Not them reuniting and hinting at them getting together. I knew it was coming... it still SUCKS though.
Anyway. That's my short rant, because I'm on holidays and the keyboard I'm using isn't as comfortable as the one I've got back home, otherwise the rant would be WAY LONGER.
And here comes again the K drama slump. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm learning Korean, I wouldn't even bother anymore.
Well I really prayed for the preview for episode 13 to be voluntarily misleading but sadly nope... We got all all the good tropes and ALL the bad ones in this drama.
Well at least it finishes tomorrow... and I can start 2026 with another K drama slump. Just great.
It kind of changed hands after the first 6 episodes oddly enough. To some people's dismay or to some people's…
Nah... Thank you for the heads up but I'm no longer in the mood for a thriller anyway... I may give it another try in a couple of months if the mood strikes.
It's not that the show wants to forget they ever existed. It's just a known fact that people go completely into…
I didn't watch neither Our Unwritten Seoul and Spiritfingers. I've heard good words about them... but I also heard good words about Head Over Heels... and my skin still burns from disappointment with that one that I preferred to be cautious.
I've moved both dramas to my mental TWL in 2026. Hopefully they won't be touched by the 2025 K drama curse if I watch them next year.
Haunted Palace... had a strong start and then it settled into basically the 2025 K dramaland standard: Not great, not bad, just meh.
I dropped that one 4 years ago after something like 15 to 20 episodes when I first tried to watch it. It was my very first wuxia. Too many names, knew nothing about cultivation and whatnot.
Definitely a really bad drama to watch when you're not familiar with all the lore of the 3 realms, sects, names, courtesy names and all that jazz.
I tried to read the novels but I HATED the English translations which I found very heavy to read... This led me to start learning Chinese btw. If you hate how it's translated , better read the original version... Though I think I won't be able to read fluently for at least 4 additional years...
BUT it's the holidays, I'm leaving tomorrow so my VERY BIG SCREEN won't be available so I guess this is the perfect moment to give this one another go. At least the special effects, which were pretty ugly from what I remember, won't look as dreadful on a small screen.
It's not that the show wants to forget they ever existed. It's just a known fact that people go completely into…
I really don't understand your comment then. We're at episode 12. The debt issue has been resolved months ago at this point. In fact it was just after Da Rim entered the company. So given the timeline around 5 months ago.
Of course I know people go MIA when people are chased by debt collectors (Seriously 🙄🙄🙄)
At this point the sister should know the situation is cleared and should come back.
Why would I make a comment about her going MIA when she was still being chased by loan sharks? That doesn't make any sense.
It's not that the show wants to forget they ever existed. It's just a known fact that people go completely into…
I totally get your comment, I'm actually the same. I can overlook a LOT of things when I'm mostly enjoying myself but as soon as I start to get overly annoyed that's when my attention just unwillingly focus on the flaws...
I like thrillers on occasion and I absolutely adore Lee Je Hoon since Signal but this one is not doing it for me. The episodic nature doesn't help. I wish I could like it as much as everyone else but something is just not clicking for me.
Fortunately there's 3 seasons. Since I personally really HATE when seasons are added, that really did help making a decision. If I went through with it to the end, I'd feel obligated to watch the second season since everybody said it's better than the first one.
It's not that the show wants to forget they ever existed. It's just a known fact that people go completely into…
Nah carrying a man that size is no problem especially since the ML is quite slim. Women have been known to literally lift cars if their kids were stuck under one in extreme circumstances, people running with broken legs and so on. When it comes to lifting weight it's more about how the weight is spread. If you had to 70 kg with your typical weight lifting 35 kg on both sides, you'd definitely struggle without training but not if it's spread in a whole body, especially since she carried him on his back, that's a no brainer.
The only arguable case would be if the weight was on a smaller body. People with very muscular bodies and a small size would definitely be harder to lift but that is not the case here.
It's been a while I haven't done it personally, but I used to have fun lifting my own father off the ground and see how long I lasted. And he's 172cm, used to weight around 80kg back then. I was 158cm, weighting 58kg and I wasn't even lifting weights (Now I'm heavier, same height, paradoxically appears smaller in size with 8 extra kilos).
People have this image of needing to be buff to lift heavy weights which is just not the case. Of course, I doubt the FL ever trains, muscles are only liked on men in Asia, women just have to starve or work on their butt but I disgress.
For the rest though, I was thinking the same thing. I have a small radiator that I keep at my feet and my God the number of time I got burns from the hot air is ridiculous. The worse is, it wasn't even painful, it's only after that I realized I got burn blisters.
I can't even imagine what it would be for someone running with no protection in a building literally burning.
Smoke inhalation is even worse. One day something got burnt in my house, I had shut off the heat of my cooker peoperly. A small fire started, my god the amount of smoke for that tiny thing was ridiculous. I got rid of the fire myself with a wet clothe that I threw on top of the pot, but I coughed like crazy for at least 10 minutes.
I mean the whole thing was unrealistic for sure yet you insisted on the ONE THING that wasn't. 🤣🤣🤣
That's a very good comment...BUT it doesn't change the fact that it's yet ANOTHER breakup close to the finale.…
The SML is a good guy... They just sold him very badly... Also the way they handled the second couple was terrible... Now they're setting up an open ending with Ha Yeong AND HER MOTHER pestering the poor dude to get together.
He's not in love, let it stay that way and let Ha Yeong find a man who loves her. I mean, how low can your self-esteem can be?
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But strangely, this is working for me. Esther's dubbing is not as high pitched as usual and for once I don't think the cute act is overplayed. I also think it has a lot to do with the cinematography which is just G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. The work on lighting is movie worthy... I can't remember a single drama I watched in like... forever in which so much effort has been on the light work... It really changes the whole experience. Also the saturation is very lively... It doesn't really feel like this is happening in the real world.
The plot is paper thin, but I'm so caught in the whole gorgeousness of it all that I'm just turning my brain off and watching two hot people in very beautiful places.
In terms of pure entertainment, It's currently a 10/10 for me (just finished episode 12).
Also... Who is styling Esther in this drama? Seriously all her outfits are to die for! And I usually really don't care, but everything is just SO B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L
Anyway that's my two cents... I've decided to completely forget that this relationship comes from a very weird place... People who write that type of trope can't seriously ever have had any siblings because this would be the last thing that would ever come to mind especially since they did spend quite a long time together before they got separated.
But whatev'. Gimme the wattpad scenario, I don't care. I love it. ALso no wonder Mumu would fall for this Gege...
My God, the way he's filmed, it's like they know exactly how to make his hotness burn even hotter than his hotness level, if that makes sense.
I speed watched a lot but I'm planning to rewatch everything from the first episode properly once I've finished most of what I'm currently watching ^^
Btw, I don't take friend requests ^^ ^Sorry nothing personal here.
SADLY
This series is sooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooood!
Nothing is done and I can't stop watching ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
No choice I guess... I'll have to really sit and watch it properly... I don't understand a single word of turkish so sadly can't follow without watching properly...
Anyway, thanks for the recommendation 🥰
This is really not the time but It's too late now I'm hooked 😡
He's really unlucky to have signed with them. Hopefully he flees from them as soon as his contract expires 😡
And I think this drama takes the crown this year for most disappointing show ever.
I was so in love with it when it started, I felt that FINALLY here's a K drama that's finally gonna help me get rid of my K drama slump but ALAS NO!
WTF with that memory BS? Like ARE THEY SERIOUS???!!! Also that reunion with SML and SFL at the end? 😡😡😡
Best ending for that couple would have been either they both get a suitable partner that love them or SFL gets a great guy while SML bitterly regrets having let her go. Not them reuniting and hinting at them getting together. I knew it was coming... it still SUCKS though.
Anyway. That's my short rant, because I'm on holidays and the keyboard I'm using isn't as comfortable as the one I've got back home, otherwise the rant would be WAY LONGER.
And here comes again the K drama slump. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm learning Korean, I wouldn't even bother anymore.
Ditch this idiot and come to Mama 🥰
Well at least it finishes tomorrow... and I can start 2026 with another K drama slump. Just great.
I've moved both dramas to my mental TWL in 2026. Hopefully they won't be touched by the 2025 K drama curse if I watch them next year.
Haunted Palace... had a strong start and then it settled into basically the 2025 K dramaland standard: Not great, not bad, just meh.
I dropped that one 4 years ago after something like 15 to 20 episodes when I first tried to watch it. It was my very first wuxia. Too many names, knew nothing about cultivation and whatnot.
Definitely a really bad drama to watch when you're not familiar with all the lore of the 3 realms, sects, names, courtesy names and all that jazz.
I tried to read the novels but I HATED the English translations which I found very heavy to read... This led me to start learning Chinese btw. If you hate how it's translated , better read the original version... Though I think I won't be able to read fluently for at least 4 additional years...
BUT it's the holidays, I'm leaving tomorrow so my VERY BIG SCREEN won't be available so I guess this is the perfect moment to give this one another go. At least the special effects, which were pretty ugly from what I remember, won't look as dreadful on a small screen.
Of course I know people go MIA when people are chased by debt collectors (Seriously 🙄🙄🙄)
At this point the sister should know the situation is cleared and should come back.
Why would I make a comment about her going MIA when she was still being chased by loan sharks? That doesn't make any sense.
It's ok but not mind-blowing.
I like thrillers on occasion and I absolutely adore Lee Je Hoon since Signal but this one is not doing it for me. The episodic nature doesn't help.
I wish I could like it as much as everyone else but something is just not clicking for me.
Fortunately there's 3 seasons. Since I personally really HATE when seasons are added, that really did help making a decision. If I went through with it to the end, I'd feel obligated to watch the second season since everybody said it's better than the first one.
https://kisskh.at/750961-taxi-driver-season-3
That's what you call " a War of Attrition".
She's gonna get him in the end... Just not onscreen.
The only arguable case would be if the weight was on a smaller body. People with very muscular bodies and a small size would definitely be harder to lift but that is not the case here.
It's been a while I haven't done it personally, but I used to have fun lifting my own father off the ground and see how long I lasted. And he's 172cm, used to weight around 80kg back then. I was 158cm, weighting 58kg and I wasn't even lifting weights (Now I'm heavier, same height, paradoxically appears smaller in size with 8 extra kilos).
People have this image of needing to be buff to lift heavy weights which is just not the case. Of course, I doubt the FL ever trains, muscles are only liked on men in Asia, women just have to starve or work on their butt but I disgress.
For the rest though, I was thinking the same thing. I have a small radiator that I keep at my feet and my God the number of time I got burns from the hot air is ridiculous. The worse is, it wasn't even painful, it's only after that I realized I got burn blisters.
I can't even imagine what it would be for someone running with no protection in a building literally burning.
Smoke inhalation is even worse. One day something got burnt in my house, I had shut off the heat of my cooker peoperly. A small fire started, my god the amount of smoke for that tiny thing was ridiculous. I got rid of the fire myself with a wet clothe that I threw on top of the pot, but I coughed like crazy for at least 10 minutes.
I mean the whole thing was unrealistic for sure yet you insisted on the ONE THING that wasn't. 🤣🤣🤣
He's not in love, let it stay that way and let Ha Yeong find a man who loves her. I mean, how low can your self-esteem can be?