KevinToronto

If it is not Subway, then it is Quiznos.

I have not been to Korea but what you say does not surprise me. Samsung is no longer the best selling brand because of the Chinese Android competition. And, yes, it is clear that the product placement is for the latest and greatest. I am less than a year into a two year contract, and I am certain that the pressure will start at the one-year anniversary.

This is one of the recipes I started with, https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/jjajangmyeon/comment-page-29. The other is one in My Korea by Hooni Kim. The former uses radish, potato, and onions, with zucchini. The latter has only onions and zucchini, with gochugaru flakes. Obviously, they both have pork.

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It would have been best to delay the announcement by a week, unless there is a cliffhanger ending that can only be resolved by the second season.

While it might seem that Samsung phones are too common in Kdramas, we have to understand that Samsung's revenues represents just over 22% of Korea's GDP, and was the best selling mobile phone brand worldwide for over 10 years until 2023.

If you can get past the first 4 episodes of OTT fluff (think bored entitled Chaebol son having fun), the show settles down into a really nice progression of friendship, respect, and trust amongst a team. There are hints of romance but it is not overt, and if it never happens, the show still succeeds.

I agree with your sentiment about the commentators here. It has been fun and a pleasure to exchange thoughts and opinions with you and others. I look forward to meeting up to discuss other programmes soon.

I am afraid that beat you with the jjajangmyeon. I made the sauce on Sunday, although I slightly deviated from the traditional recipe by using diakon radish, sweet potato, potato, and onions, with a healthy helping of gochugaru flakes.

When the second season starts development will depend on the availability of the other stars, writers, etc.

The article says that he will start filming immediately after his discharge on the 19th. As the first half of the year is not until June 30th, it is not impossible for it to be released by then. Although that timeline does seem rushed.

The important thing to remember is that each of us is an individual with our own tastes and opinions. A programme that I like might not appeal to someone else, and vice versa.

In this case, it is okay not to like the programme, although I would question the need to post a negative comment (such as "I could not get past the first episode") especially when we have reached the final weekend. Just say, it is not to my liking and leave it at that. Why needlessly provoke those who are enjoying it?

I agree with your position, and like you, would have been very hurt if that had happened to me. If the opening to episode 51 had had the two of them discussing the situation, with Hyo Shim saying she wanted time to herself and Tae Ho fully supporting that position, it would have been much better. But we are on the outside, and do not know what amount of pressure was being exerted on the production team to finish things.

Well, the marathon has finished. Was it perfect? No. Could it have been improved? Absolutely. However, I do not think that it was as bad as some have expressed here. Yes, there was a rush to tie up story lines at the end and that did not sit well. The liver transplant story did seem out of place, but I cannot say that it is completely unrealistic. Unless we are faced with that type of decision, none of us can possibly know how we would react and what we would do.

I felt that the opening monologue in episode 51 laid out a lot of Hyo Shim's position in a good way. even if we did not agree with it, we could understand her thought process.

Personally, I think the time skips were required, especially the 12 months in Busan. If Hyo Shim had jumped straight into marriage from her family, she would have been trading a "prison" for a "gilded cage", and that would have made a mockery of "Live your own life". She needed her time alone in order to be able to decide what she wanted. I did note that she and Tae Ho did the same thing during this time: run alone every morning. The two year skip (in England) allowed her to further "live her life", albeit as a married woman. In this case, Tae Ho supported her.

Finally, I liked the "throw-away" comment about Hyo Do being in Paris, presumably with Tae Hee.

Thank you for the Eye Love You recommendation. I watched the first episode as a gentle entry into Sunday morning with my coffee. Wonderful way to start. The FL actor (Nikaido Fumi) has fabulously expressive face, especially the "hangry" one. The ML (Chae Jong Hyeop) is equally good. He played the ML in Love All Play, which is another show I would recommend. I not yet watched Castaway Diva.

I suppose Run On can seem a bit draggy, but as it was one of the first Kdramas I watched, it is a favourite. I especially loved the subtle movie references, like the 2001 Space Odyssey one. And that there was no love triangle.

I am adding Eye Love You to the watch list. Thanks.

I cannot comment about Korea, but when I lived in Hong Kong, cockroaches were everywhere. They could get up to 4 cm long. I lived on the 11th floor and had one "fly" in through the window.

Simple answer: It does not matter. The relationship between the leads could be budding relationship or growing respect. Or it could be both. Regardless, the relationship feels neither forced nor rushed.

I enjoyed reading your list and there are a few that I have added to my "To watch" list. Three series that I enjoyed and would recommend people consider are Run On, One Spring Night, and Emergency Couple.

I will be starting that next weekend; perhaps with a binge to catch up.

The first 4 episodes of Flex X Cop are fluff (albeit) with some important background for later. If you stick with it , you might be surprised how much it improves.

I have not yet started Wedding Impossible, but can recommend Flex X Cop. It started off as a goofy, fluff piece but has progressively improved and got deeper. While the underlying story is not surprising, the way it is slowly revealed is really good. Plus what "romance" there is very much in the background and if nothing happens, the story will not suffer.