Michelle Topham

Couldn't disagree more. My absolute favorite K-drama of all time, and one of the funniest and cleverest I've watched.

Acting is superb, the entire 16 episodes are beautifully written, the scene in Episode 2 (about 17 minutes in) is one of the best I've seen in any K-drama (and hilarious), the supporting characters are fabulous, and time flies by watching it, it is so damned good.

I've watched it twice, and am about to start a 3rd time. There are some phenomenally good actors in South Korea, but it's hard to beat Kim Jae Wook in this, and Krystal also does a superb job.

He's my absolute fave. My goal is to get to S Korea next year to interview him. Brilliant actor, takes on unusual and always very different parts, has a depth to his performances you don't see often, always surprises and never disappoints. He's so good it's like watching a different person in almost every performance he gives, and he's so damned good in Crazy Love :)

This one -- https://kisskh.at/706923-crazy-love

The main couple are fabulous (and crazy), as are the supporting cast. I rarely watch a drama twice, and I watched this one twice through almost back to back. Kim Jae Wook's performance is brilliant, and Krystal also does a damn good job. Really believable chemistry between the two. Especially as they go from hate to something else :)

Took a dive after Ep 9 and has never recovered. Very poor writing. It's a shame, as I feel sorry for Junho and Yoona having to drag this to the finish line for the last six episodes.

Yep. I lost any hope after the Thailand episode, which was nothing but filler and a massive Thailand Tourist Board advertisement. Been really stupid since then.

Was fabulous until Episode 9. Went rapidly downhill from there with very weak writing. I watch it on double speed now as it's lost what made the first nine episodes so good. -- EDIT: Will say though, Episode 15 is much better written than Eps 10 thru 14, IMO.

Crazy Love. Still my favorite K-drama. That and Hometown Cha Cha Cha. In both, the supporting cast of characters is just as fabulous as the main leads.

No.

I'll give Episode 2 a chance later on today but at double speed. (Watched it while at the doctor's office yesterday waiting for my mother to finish her treatment -- and even in that boring of a situation, other than the first few minutes which were promising, it didn't interest me at all).

I'll drop it after that if the second episode isn't better than the first and yep, the plot is one of the worst-written in a drama in a while.

The screenwriter seems to have had about 6 ideas and decided to shove them all into one episode with little or no coherence to any of them. (Same screenwriter who wrote Let Me Be Your Knight, which was also dismally reviewed).

Yep. She and, I would add, fellow GG member Yoona are superb in any role they play.

Fascinating isn't it how some people are personally "offended" if someone else doesn't like what they like. And then, because they apparently have such a sad life, they go in search of what the other person has rated so that they can slam the things they like.

My recommendation? Enjoy what you like. I'll enjoy what I like. Oh and get out now and again and have a life, as being "offended" by what a stranger says on a social media platform says a lot more about you and your life than it does about me and mine :)

ROTFL, now that's a sign of low intelligence. Thanks for the laugh :)

Same. Bored stiff through most of Episode 1 as it's just not interesting or funny, and I don't like either of the main leads (characters or actors). Will give it another episode but, if it doesn't become a lot more interesting, it will be a definite 'Drop' for me.

Same. Don't like the male lead either though :)

Bored stiff during the first episode. Not interested in either main lead (both dull and bland actors, IMO) and the plot is stupid. Will give it another episode before I drop it but, if it doesn't get any better than the first episode, it's a No Watch for me. As it stands now, a 6 out of 10, and I usually drop anything below a 7.

That's one thing I've disliked about a few K-dramas with similar characters. Someone who is absolutely vile suddenly being "forgiven" or "excused" because of "circumstances". Hope that doesn't happen here, as she really deserves her comeuppance :)

She's a theater actress and this is her first big TV role. She does an amazing job, doesn't she? Hope to see her in more TV dramas in the future, she's so believable in King the Land :)

Many young children of affluent families study overseas and travel backwards and forwards by themselves.

I used to be friendly with an extremely affluent Thai family whose 9-year-old son was being educated at a public boarding school in the UK ("public" in the UK means "private" elsewhere) and he traveled to and from London via Thai Airways by himself most times (Thai Airways allows children over the age of 5 to travel alone as they are taken care of through the airline's Unaccompanied Minor program).

He started school at Eton or Harrow (sorry, can't remember which?) once he turned 13 and, no, there isn't a school in Asia that can compete with schools like Eton or Harrow when it comes to both education and setting an affluent child up for life with "the right international contacts" etc.

Extremely wealthy Asian parents know this, which is why just about every wealthy Thai/Korean/Chinese family I knew while I lived in Thailand had their kids educated outside the country, and most in the UK or the U.S.

Sure, there are decent enough schools in many Asian countries, but most still cannot compete with the best schools in the west.

Take universities, for instance -- almost all the Top 20 are in the U.S. and the UK (15 of the 20 in the U.S. 4 in the UK, with 1 in Canada.

The best Asian university is in China (Tsinghua at #23), the first Korean university to hit the Top Universities list is at #129 (Seoul National University), and there are hardly any in the top 250.

It's the same with schools -- few can compete with western schools in prestige, education and in giving children the chance to create lifelong relationships with other children who will one day grow up to be some of the world's leaders (politics and business) just because they come from wealthy families.

Not saying it's right, but that's the way the world works for the rich.

Not a clue. :) They have always been on British TV shows since the 1960s. In sit coms, on serious dramas, etc (not all day :), but often). Same reason we had a 'Page 3" girl in The Sun, one of the national newspapers -- topless, every day.

That was discontinued when "wokeness" became a thing. A shame really, as it just celebrated the beauty of the human body, IMO.

And some of the women who did it carved out very good modeling careers for themselves.

I even remember watching the movie 'Women in Love' when I was 14 on late night TV, which includes a very famous nude wrestling scene between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed -- full nudity with no attempt made to hide anything. That would likely still never be shown on American TV even today (unless on cable), but it was shown on British TV in the 1970s.

Nudity overall in Europe is not thought of as a big deal like it is in the U.S. (which we don't understand, as you can show extreme violence in the U.S. but not a pair of boobs).

For instance, I currently live in Austria where I often see my across-the-street neighbor sitting in her window naked when it's hot, and where Austrians swim nude at local swimming pools and in the Danube, and when they go to saunas (no towel covering, just nude).

When you move to Austria you're usually warned by a local that you shouldn't get upset if you go to swim in the Danube and half the population swimming with you is naked :) . Nudity isn't a big deal here either :)

ROTFL "the wank over the ages of the cast" -- yep. Incredibly annoying.