episode three really pulled on my heart strings. it was about the acceptance of a single motherhood. not only for han jeongsuk, but also for her son and her mom
after seeing episode 5, i don't mind leads not ending up together. ML caused FL to have major trust and abandonment issues. she found a rebound (SML) who she dumped after seeing ML again (who cared about her opinion more than the ML). i ended up even feeling kind of bad for him since she was never interested in him, only wasted his time. even if leads get together, they might break up over the same issue again
I usually don't give my rating out this early, but this drama getting review bombed after one episode is insane. I encourage others who liked the first episode to do the same
The episodes are released once a week on Sundays. Like most series so I don’t understand this comment. How are…
two episodes per week (and kdrama's eps are way longer). the whole series is released in two months. meanwhile, this series is released in three months
it really bothers me that they're releasing episodes in the speed of snail. if you're going to do kdrama number of episodes, release it like a kdrama. i'm so tempted to drop this solely on the releasing schedule
the issue root is the difference between korean market and international market. let me break this down. korean viewers decide what to watch either based on face value (there are actors with mass following e.g NGM and LJH) or plot line. they prefer to watch slice of life dramas that indicate difficult topics that are somewhat taboo in korea (taxi driver and daily dose of sunshine). in addition to face value, international viewers want to watch something challenging and out of the box. production companies are struggling finding that bridge between 2 markets. last year, they tried to insert hanboks in every drama possible, since koreans are really fond of something i would like to call a historical fiction. however, i found the whole thing unnecessary and so did others. now, they're making two types of dramas - one targeted towards locals (hiring famous writers/directors /actors, so people would tune in) and others for foreigners (usually, lower budget/fantasy/romance), but still missing the x factor.
the other elephant in the room that i want to bring into light is casting. how we went from what we had in late 10's to THIS? now, one actor/actress has to carry the whole drama since they choose the other one based on following, not skills. i have that issue with majority of dramas released this year.
in addition to face value, international viewers want to watch something challenging and out of the box. production companies are struggling finding that bridge between 2 markets. last year, they tried to insert hanboks in every drama possible, since koreans are really fond of something i would like to call a historical fiction. however, i found the whole thing unnecessary and so did others. now, they're making two types of dramas - one targeted towards locals (hiring famous writers/directors /actors, so people would tune in) and others for foreigners (usually, lower budget/fantasy/romance), but still missing the x factor.
the other elephant in the room that i want to bring into light is casting. how we went from what we had in late 10's to THIS? now, one actor/actress has to carry the whole drama since they choose the other one based on following, not skills. i have that issue with majority of dramas released this year.