Michelle Topham

I think some people are just "anti-idol", so if an idol/former idol stars in it, they MUST give it terrible ratings. And sure, if the idol can't act, which is true in some cases, I can understand that. But not in Park Ji Hoon's case. He's a superb actor.

And, as far as the drama goes, its very entertaining so far.

Probably. :)

It has massively dropped in the ratings in South Korea, so not too popular there at the moment. Hopefully that will change though as, so far, it's a very enjoyable drama and the performances are superb.

Only problem is, MDL has a limit of the number of people you can block. I hit my limit months ago :)

He wasn't married then. Please stop spreading lies.

Thanks MDL for being just as slimy as you always are. I mean, Jesus effing Christ, anyone who had their private messages released probably wouldn't look so great, eh? So glad I rarely click on MDL articles, because apparently your "writers" are just as big of an a-hole as those on Koreaboo.

Exactly.
Edit: And yes, Unit 731 was the impetus for this, but don't forget the Japanese also carried out human experiments on tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Koreans during their decades long rule of Korea.

It didn't start at Unit 731 in the mid-1930s, with the estimated 200,00 to 300,000 who were murdered by the Japanese there, and it likely didn't end there.

The Japanese' opinion of many other nationalities -- the Koreans, the Thais, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, the Hong Kongese, the Singaporeans etc -- was that they were inferior to the Japanese, so they treated them like they were animals to be experimented on.

The way then that all of this has been depicted in Geongseong Creature is interesting -- tell the truth wrapped in fiction, and people are more apt to believe it.

No, very little romance, and what there is is incredibly forced and does not feel genuine. I wish they had left it out, as it's the only thing that I didn't like about the series. Well, that and the fact that the FL is an idiot :)

This is an absolutely masterful way of showing what the Japanese did to the Koreans. The millions they murdered, the vile human experiments they carried out on hundreds of thousands of Koreans, the devastation of Korea's history, the rewriting of Korean history to suit their own ends. The way the Japanese still insist Korea has only become as successful as it has because of Japanese "help" (regardless that they stole much of Korea's resources, then burnt down half of the country when they eventually left). The way they lied, and still lie, in order to hide their own evil.

All of it presented as "fiction" but it's not remotely. And all of it centering around the "Gyeongseong Creature', when the creature is actually Japan itself poisoning Korea, and destroying everything it touches.

And good for the writer/director/actors for portraying it. And for refusing to let people forget what Korea and the Koreans went through at the hands of the Japanese, and how they survived.

Because unlike the Germans, who have apologized and made amends for what they did during World War II, the Japanese never have. And we all need to remember that.

It's one of the few things I find incredibly annoying about Korean dramas. While western dramas will have the actor's voice over playing as if we can hear their thoughts, K-dramas always have them wandering down the street talking to themselves while everyone around them, apparently, doesn't notice. Weird. :)

Hahaha, good response :)

No cheating, just a really lovely love story with two of the best main characters in a long time. Start watching it. I doubt you'll regret it. It's my fave K-drama of 2023 alongside Crash Course in Romance and Tail of the Nine-Tailed 1938, and I am really, really picky about what I like :)

IMO, it will end with a happy ending. Jin Woo's had too much of a shit life already for the writer to give him a shit ending for this too :) Plus, unlike the woman in the Japanese original, Mo Eun is mature, responsible and an incredibly nice and kind person, and she truly loves him.

I would be very, very, very surprised at this point then if we get an unhappy ending, as there really would be no reason for it -- except incredibly bad writing. And, so far at least, screenwriter Kim Yoon Jin hasn't shown himself to be a bad writer.

Fingers crossed :)

Problem is, there really isn't much of a plot. It's just action, gore and bad visual effects.

Dumbest and one of the most boring things I've ever watched, and I watched all 10 episodes on double speed. Ended up with a headache and wanting my 5 1/2 hours back. Hated every character, couldn't care less about any of them. Won't be watching Season 2.

That's why I'm bored stiff so far and I'm only in the middle of Episode 2. Don't really like or care about any of the characters, except maybe the girl with the guitar, and actively dislike most of them. Hard to stay interested when that's the case.

Exactly :) I watched both The Guest and the first Tale of the Nine-Tailed because someone on MDL raved about them (two separate people), and I wasn't disappointed. Would probably have been months later watching them, if at all, if it wasn't for someone else's recommendation.

Edit: Btw, I do watch a helluva lot of K-dramas, as I'm a journalist who writes about the Korean entertainment industry (and anime/J-pop etc), but I don't have time to watch everything obviously, so recommendations are always a great way for me to weed through some of the chaff :)

Oh and, while I wouldn't say it's one of my faves, just thoroughly enjoyed Gyeongseong Creature this week once the "setting things up" first episode was over.

Honestly, I'm all over the place, so what I like you may not :)

Some I have loved recently are:
Crazy Love (along with Tell Me That You Love Me probably in my Top 3 of all-time)
Crash Course in Romance
Tale of the Nine-Tailed and Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938
Song of the Bandits
Bad and Crazy
Divorce Attorney Shin
Her Private Life
Love to Hate You
Not Others
Old Fashion Cupcake (Japanese, but...)
The Guest
Voice (although I haven't finished it yet)
My Dearest (haven't finished 2nd half yet tho)

and dramas I've hated:
Destined with You
Temperature of Love

Really, the only thing I disliked about GC so far is in Episode 7 where the two main leads are in a life or death situation and stop to have a 3 minute conversation about what to do next. And miraculously, the people trying to kill them stop trying to kill them as well while they talk -- hahahaha. Badly written and very silly scene but, other than that, it's still a super 7 episodes. Looking forward to the final 3 of Season 1.

If I had listened to half of the people commenting on MDL about dramas they hated, I would not have watched some of my favorite all-time dramas. Same goes for, if people listened to me about some of the dramas I hated, they would probably have missed their favorite ones too :)

Hence why it's always a good idea to read the comments, just out of interest. Then watch a drama yourself to make up your mind.