Knavery

I wish it were a daily makjang as well to get the episodes out faster. My boss is going to retire before this show finishes airing. And I'm being serious. She just told me she was retiring earlier this week.

Kim So Yeon would make a great mythical creature. She's got an other-worldly look to her at least in my opinion. I couldn't get through season 1 though.

Saw the trailer as it was on the front page of my Netflix. The trailer makes it seem like there will be no comedic relief and so I think that might be it for me, I'll leave it off my lists for now and try to remember to come back after reviews are in.

As things stand right now this is starting to remind me of Best Wedding(?). A Korean drama about a single mom. And while I appreciate the importance of that drama especially in a patriarchal society like Korea... I did not enjoy it. And my thinking is I won't enjoy He's Expecting either.

I think it's a good setup. Right now Hyun Jae kind of has all the "power" in the relationship with Mi Rae. She's his former client. He's seen her at her worst and most desperate. Now she'll see the same and just like he helped her out, she will help him out.

The ex-gf is a bad person, no doubt but a necessary character to balance out the power dynamic between Hyun Jae and Mi Rae. Hyun Jae needs to be knocked down a little in the eyes of Mi Rae, he needs to be humanized a bit and not be seen as Mi Rae's savior.

Now that being said if this drags on beyond lets say another ~4 episodes I'm going to be disappointed.

I've enjoyed it so far. The actress playing the female lead was a good choice.

Definitely looks like him and he's clearly obsessed with Lady Xu just like Shen Yu.

Show is pretty bleak after fast forwarding through what I remembered and finishing the last half. I get there is an alternative ending but they botched that in a rush to get something "happy" out the door. Some basic stuff is forgotten - like the leads stopped the poison from being released but second or third female lead (whatever you want to call her) gets her happy ending with the spoiled prince because she rescued him from the poison gas that never happened.

Episodes 28(?) onwards felt unnecessary. Just felt like squandered potential or it should have been shorter. Instead it was too long while telling too little of a story. Having the leads fall back into a pattern of old habits to stall for time was annoying to be frank.

Nothing much until the last ~10 episodes. We find out she loved the ML's dead brother and then she dies after overhearing the conspirators and trying to warn the prince and princess.

Did the subtitles for this show ever get better? I made it roughly halfway or so and the subtitles were bad at times. Not bad enough you can't understand what is going on but bad enough that it is painful to read while trying to watch the drama.

Might give it a go at some point this long weekend and restart from beginning.

None of these are premiere publications for Hollywood or movies or TV. You would only put these quotes on a DVD sleeve if you had nothing else to put.

The major publications have basically glossed over Lee Min Ho almost entirely. Only acknowledging he's a major character or he's a big star in Korea.

Most of the praise seems to be for Kim Min Ha and Youn Yuh Jung. The scenes that get praise for acting don't seem to involve Lee Min Ho - like Sunja leaving her family as one example of a scene that received praise.

He has his fans to be sure. He's not terrible either. I don't think he stands out and given he's paired with a rookie in Kim Min Ha who is receiving praise... that is telling.

I wish they would have found someone who looked like Lee Min Ho and had the ability to act. The few dramas I've liked Lee Min Ho in have had comedy elements so he could ham it up. But Pachinko has a subtle, melancholy feel and he can't pull it off. He's got the physical looks for the part but not nearly the acting ability to pull off the character.

I like her acting so I'm glad she's getting another lead role.

I think all 3 groupings work well together. We'll see how things go but I think they're off to a good start. I really like the dad of the male leads.

I wish the subtitles weren't machine translated. I think the movie showed off potential and what an ending.

Man I desperately need to know who sang the cover of Fluttering Heart at the end of episode 17. Need to find a youtube or spotify link.

The plot reads like a drama just a year older than King2Hearts - Myung Wol the Spy. The difference is Myung Wol was clearly part comedy whereas this drama does not have a comedy tag.

This is a tough one for me. I like these types of shows when I start watching them but I'm always reluctant to try them. For example I haven't watched Crash Landing On You.

I'm hoping the directing team and Nam Gyu Ri can pull off a special forces commander finding romance with what is probably a semi-spoiled pop star. Often times the background and stories of characters can get lost in a drama and I hope that won't be the case here.

Yeah the ending wasn't the greatest but overall I think this will be my go-to drama when I need a pick-me-up.

He got all flustered when Hari didn't just agree with what he said, he's going to come around.

Whenever he gets flustered or surprised he takes a step back and thinks about the situation and then changes his mind.

You're probably right given it's on Channel 3 and I didn't see anything recent from Push on Channel 3. Ha, pretty interesting they preview their own drama within their currently airing drama.

I assumed it wouldn't be one of the TBAs on his page and that was my mistake.

Anyone recognize the TV show or movie playing in Episode 7 around the 20-25 minute mark as a flashback between a conversation of Sonklin and Saran?

I'm pretty sure the guy is Push Puttichai Kasetsin but I can't place the woman or the name of the show/movie. It looked interesting and I wanted to check it out.

Overall I'd say this show was okay. I liked the female lead and thought she did a good job.