Kathryn_51

My decision is to keep watching until the 1st "break-up". If it never comes (and the wiki synopsis indicates they will be together through child-rearing), that day may never come.

And I believe you misunderstood my comment re AJH - I said that I enjoy his character in this drama and that I thought he was an excellent actor!

Cinderella/4Knights was the 1st k-drama I ever watched - it was only 16 episodes. The females were crying in every episode - if it had been 50 episodes, I probably would never have watched another k-drama. 😀

I have watched many weekend dramas over the past year and almost all were 14-16 episodes. But looking at it from a distance, they were on JTBC and TvN - cable channels, I believe. The broadcast channels (such as KBS) seem to be the longer format. I watch k-drama primarily on Netflix, so perhaps that explains why I'm not as familiar with the 50-episode dramas.

ALL Disney+ international or just Asia? Actually, I don't like the illegal platforms, so if this a way to hold off on subbing for legal international, I'm okay with it.

Arrghh, I am still waaaayyyy behind on watching this drama, but at this point, I will make the following two comments:

1. I was hesitant to watch because of Ahn Jae Hyun - i disliked his characters/roles in Cinderella/4Knights and Beauty Inside. However. . . . .he portrays my favorite character in this drama. Perhaps it's simply because I enjoy this type of character - the man attempting to live his own life, attempting to honor his mother (I wish the character also honored his step-father a bit more), compassion for Yeon Doo. Maybe it's because this is a doctor (at this point in the drama - hope it doesn't change) who wants to bring life into the world. I finally believe that he is an excellent actor.

2. Fifty (50) episodes!?!?. Yeah - there is a reason apparently based on something-something- Korean-something. But the reason I love K-dramas is the very short (12-16 eps) formula. So, I'm enjoying the story thus far, but this is soooooo predictable: ML and FL finally become a couple (before baby? after baby?) and then they break up. And at that point - I'm out. Maybe if there were fewer episodes, they could spend more $$$ on some decent studio sets (cringeworhty) and location shoots.

Would be interested in hearing other viewpoints on k-drama productions (Studio Dragon is King, apparently), why 50 episodes vs the std. 12-16?. I'm trying to learn/understand k-drama land.

Agree. I'm convinced that was the original plan - proposed as a 20 episode drama but somewhere along the line (during Pre-production AFTER original budget/outline was established) - supposedly because the writers wanted more episodes to "explore" the characters (which never happened), - the studio decided to ask TvN to approve another 10 episodes.

No. They are two separate dramas with very little connection to each other except for the characters. In Episode "21" (1st episode of Part 2"), about 30% of the episode is spent reminiscing and "introducing" the Part 1 characters and their position/status in Part 2 - which takes place 3 years later.

Having said that, I absolutely loved Part 1 and hated Part 2. Other viewers are rather "meh" about Part 1 and loved Part 2. If your time is limited, watch Part 2 only. If you have lots of time to binge watch, start with Part 1 and see if you are captivated or not.

unfortunately SJ is a "Main Role" so she's here to the bitter end. 😭😭😭😢😢😢

Thank you - and that explains my confusion when watching I-forget-which-episode when they talked about 5 grandchildren, or 5 siblings, or whatever. I'm not sure if I can handle the 50 episode arc, but a enjoying the early episodes thus far. Again - thanks you for the explanation.

I'm still on Ep. 4, but isn't ML's youngest sister married to Doctor Cha? This show is VERY confusing. Does MDL need to revise the cast list/names???

ML DID express his feelings to his girlfriend - he took care of her when she was sick; he spent all of holidays with her; he never cheated on her. And for that, he was labeled "mean", and "petty".

And did Yu-ri (the girlfriend) ever express HER feelings???? Nope. She was too cool for that. Too cool to even attempt to discuss her feelings/his feelings.

He's not the bad guy.

Meanwhile. . . .in Deborah Land, her boyfriend never expresses his feelings, he only talks about his family business, he tells her will call her "later" - BUT DOESN"T and finally, he's a cheater.

He's the bad guy.

I didn't watch UC originally but when I found out that my favorite K-drama actor (Yoo In-soo) was going to be the new counter in UC#2, I "binged" over a couple of weeks. Not my usual genre, but also enjoy the two older actors in UC. As for "My 19th Life", I'm also not into reincarnation, but I'll probably give it a try. 😀

I've been keeping an eye on this one because Uncanny Counter 2 is supposed to come immediately after. I think it replaced Arthal Chronicles which was originally planned to come after Nine Tails in the Saturday/Sunday slot.

I think it's called "Nonstop"??? It a song performed by the Oh My Girl k-pop group that Arin (Jin Cho-yeon) is a member of.

Here's YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQSp7_cZRA

You didn't watch Alchemy of Souls??? 180° difference between Gwi-nam (I think that was his name in AOUAD - I can't watch because of the violence, but I've seen some of the clips).

Gosh, I had a totally different reaction. He was still processing what he heard on the radio and the books he was beginning to read. He was beginning to take forward steps and got hit with "you are mean and petty and.. . . .". Those were BO-RA's words, not hers. They both held back talking about their feelings - he, because he didn't think it was necessary (wrong) and she because she wanted to be cool.

You said: "The last thing he could do at that moment is to show her he's serious with her, that he just doesn't know what it meant to be in a relationship; and he bought the books because he wants to genuinely change and be the right man for her." Exactly - he couldn't say those things because he realized she wouldn't believe him.

I hated the whole scene even more because it's clearly a contrived plot device so that the two leads can fight and argue (he will blame ML for losing his girlfriend) and then eventually hook up. Unfortunately, I don't like the FL character and I don't care if she finds true love or not.

Will still watch for Park So Jin, Joo Sang Wook and Yoon Hyun Min who are all 'main leads" and therefor will be on the screen quite a bit. I hope the character of Yu-ri is also on - in a more positive environment at least.

"Bad Mother Yu In-so, the more you watch, the more you fall in love with Ma Seong's Bang Sam-sik"

My favorite K-actor is Yoo In Soo - article provides a bit of story about the character "Bang Sa-sik" plus some still cuts. I can't figure out how to upload the photos on MDL (never have a problem on Twitter).

http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1112081962

Latest "teaser" - I wish they would do English subs. The SONG they play is in English, lol.

https://tv.naver.com/v/34900326

Good to know - unfortunately Yoo In Na and Hwang Chun Sung are two of my least favorite actors. Maybe "Courtesan Joo Wol" will be paired up with "Father Jang Kang".

This has been on my watchlist because of Park So Jin. Sounds entertaining.

Re: the direction of bullet/blood spatters. I haven't watched that scene (because I can't handle the violence) but if there is one thing I have learned w/K-dramas it is this - somethings the director has carefully thought out these things in advance and sometimes they haven't and they don't care.

From the various comments I have read, Pyo has killed too many "innocents" (such as FL's fake sister) for him to be redeemed UNLESS at some point the actual bad guy (whomever that might be but I still believe it is Chan) has somehow altered Pyo's memories and/or reality. After all, they were able to alter (erase) Tae Ra's memories until someone intentionally provided the catalyst to unblock things.

As I mentioned previously, I enjoy reading your thoughts and comments but I'll wait to learn the final ending before committing myself. If my favorite character (Do-jin) dies (or is evil), that will save me several hours of watching.