Michelle Topham

I'm the opposite. Detested Temperature of Love as it was so slow and dull. Even as a huge Kim Jae Uck fan, I couldn't get past Episode 4 before I dropped it. Worst thing he's starred in, IMO.

Yep, it literally starts with a chase and a murder :)

K-dramas unfortunately tend to veer towards the stereotypical, or towards tropes, instead of choosing a unique way of portraying an idea, so the costume designer deliberately chose "frumpy" to portray a mid-30s woman who has never been married and is still a virgin. I think it would have worked even better if they had had her wear cute clothing instead.

The other thing that bugs me about the dress is why are Korean men's pant bottoms always hovering somewhere above their ankles? Choi Chi Yeol's in Crash Course drive me nuts, as they look so strange and make his legs look short :)

It gets better and better. You really should pick it back up. The chemistry between the two main leads is fabulous, and so cute as they start to realize their feelings for each other. Rest of the story, and side plots, are superb too.

I have the world's best parents, and I think she's a psychopath :) I can't wait to see her get exactly what she deserves. :)

When I watch Crash Course too, it always makes me think how it's deliberately written as a lesson to Korean parents, who are some of the pushiest in the world when it comes to their children's education. (Only one of my Chinese friends has worse pushy parents - and she disowned them years ago :) )

The writer is pointing out, and obviously wanting Korean parents to take notice, that too much pressure can destroy the person you're trying to help, while stepping over that line into the illegal territory can destroy the parents' lives as well.

Hope some of them take note as there's nothing wrong with caring about your child's education, but to the extent these women do it is crazy.

Oh there is nothing wrong with being a teenager, or not having much experience in romantic relationships, as that will come with time. I just find it frustrating when young people are quick to judge a relationship because it doesn't fit into their 'accepted norm'.

In my opinion, being young is when you should be open-minded, as there are so many things to see and learn about, without making up your mind about anything so early on in life.

Sounds to me like you are very open-minded though and that means, from my own experience at least, you will end up a much more intelligent and much wiser person as you get older than those who can't see anything past their own narrow experience :)

And yes, I agree with you on Jeon Do Yeon -- Crash Course is only the second thing I have seen her in, but she is such a phenomenal actress I now plan on watching everything else she has done in her career.

BTW, just in case you're not aware, her next project is Kill Boksoon, which releases on Netflix next month. I can't wait to see her go from kind Nam Haeng Seon to a professional contract killer who never misses her target :)

Finally, you write incredibly well. Just from the couple of posts of yours I have read, I would have guessed you were quite a bit older. Good for you! :)

Awwww, thanks :) And I've always thought it was sad that people get stuck in what is supposedly "appropriate" for a certain age, as it stops them from doing things that may actually make them happier.

I moved to Thailand alone in my early 40s, and had people tell me a) I should be scared or b) I was too old and should "settle down". Needless to say, I still haven't "settled down" as I moved to Austria from Bangkok years after that, and am now planning a move to Japan or Korea in the next couple of years :)

I always think if I had followed what people told me was "appropriate" for my age, I'd be living somewhere in the Midwest, married to someone who bored me stiff, and only seeing the places I wanted to see in YouTube videos. (Nothing wrong with that if that's what you want to do, it was just never appropriate for my personality).

Instead, I've visited another 30-plus countries, learned another language, met thousands of interesting people, had some scary, crazy and weird experiences I wouldn't trade for the world, all while wearing whatever clothing I felt like wearing (sometimes "not age appropriate" - whoops!) and speaking the way I felt like speaking too :)

I firmly believe, if you want to be truly happy, you should never limit your life to what other people tell you is "appropriate" in the society you happen to live in. It makes you "lesser than", IMO, and I never wanted that for my life.

Just like Jeon Do Yeon refuses to limit herself to acting roles that are "appropriate" for a woman in her 50s (and look at what amazing parts she gets because of that), I think women especially should not put themselves or anyone else in a box of "appropriate for age/gender', as that rarely ends well for anyone.

Whether that's dating a guy 15 years younger/older, moving to another country or doing things hardly any of their friends/acquaintances would ever do. Life is too short to kowtow to how others say you should behave :)

Hahaha, you never know. She might. She'll be angry enough, now he's hurt Hae Yi :)

Don't know if this is the clip you saw, but this was released this morning. That choreographed fight is phenomenal towards the end, and easy to see how she got hurt on set while filming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gga0yCtPag

I have been told in online forums several times that I am lying about my age as I can't possibly be that old as I, apparently, "don't use the correct language for someone of that age" (I spend much of my life online, as it's my job, so Internet slang/cultural slang is a huge part of my vocabulary ) Both online and in real life :)

All that has taught me is that many people have weird opinions about things outside their own experience, and many are very narrow-minded, especially when it comes to what's "appropriate" for certain ages. Whatever that's supposed to mean!

Hell, I know some of the most boring people in their 20s and some of the most interesting, exciting people in their 70s and 80s. Age means nothing. It's the person that's important.

Plus, don't forget, there are many people who have never left their own country, (especially Americans who make up a large percentage of many online forums and who have one of the lowest percentages of passport ownership in the world) so many are quite sheltered and so, for some bizarre reason, seem to think the rest of the world behave just like them.

I grew up in Europe and so had traveled to over 30 countries before I was 18. Then we moved to America and, to this day, I know people who have never even left their state.

If some of them traveled a bit more, I think they would quickly see their opinion of how the world should be, and how people of certain ages should behave, is actually in the minority :)

And yep, it is women who shame other women more than men do. Maybe why most of my friends are male :)

I'm only disappointed in her dress as she is stunning in real life, but so frumpy in Crash Course. But... love is rarely about how a person looks, if it's real love, so there's that :)

I think a lot of people commenting about her age, though, are either young (don't forget, a lot of teenagers watch K-dramas) or haven't had much experience in relationships themselves.

I'm always surprised though at the people who say "It's an age difference romance, I'm not watching it", as if age has anything to do with anything. Very narrow-minded.

Maybe that's because I have dated people both markedly older and markedly younger than me, and also have a couple of male friends married to women more than a decade older than them -- and both are in the strongest relationships I've seen.

That's your opinion. It's not the opinion of most watching it though, so there's that...

Good. :)

Jeon Do Yeon is also starring as a professional contract killer in the film Kill Boksoon (on Netflix next month). Just watched the latest trailer, and she looks incredible in it -- and talk about superb reflexes in the choreographed fight scenes.

Plus, there's such a huge difference in personality between playing Nam Haeng Seon and Boksoon and, from the scenes I've seen so far, she's kickass.

And yep, she's absolutely stunning when she's not dresssed in the frumpy outfits and with the frumpy hair they gave her in Crash Course. It's honestly the only thing I don't like about the whole drama. Don't know why they had to make her look frumpy just to be a banchan shop owner.

I rewatched every previous episode over the last couple of days, and was surprised at how incredibly strong the writing was, as there are so many little details I missed the first time through. Details that were hints as to what was to come. It's my favorite drama in a long time and, yep, loved Ep. 13 too.

Me too. Loving every second of it.

Why? It's brilliant. It's a drama that has encompassed everything I love about K-dramas. Superb acting, hilariously funny scenes as well as some that are touching and sad, a cute main couple with fabulous chemistry, and quirky supporting characters.

It's fabulously written, and with an exciting revenge/murder plot to boot. Plus, the people Dong Hee is bumping off aren't exactly the most moral people in the neighborhood so... :)

I'm loving every minute, and have already watched the first 13 episodes through twice. And yep, it holds up even better the second time through, as I noticed a lot of details I didn't see on my first watch.

Nope, Seon Jae is now done as far as Hae Yi is concerned, as he has just turned out to be a weakling who constantly screams and cries, but doesn't do anything against his lunatic of a mother. Hope Hae Yi ends up with Geon Hoo -- he's a good person.

I don't normally post links to articles I've written (detest self-promoters :) ) -- but it's been bugging me for a couple of weeks now, as the scene in the shop in Episode 2 confused me as to Dong Hee loving or hating Chi Yeol (why did he fire the ball through the shop window when Choi Yeol was there?) . So I wrote about it IN DEPTH earlier today once I figured out why -- it might help you make up your mind as to "love or hate", as I have now made up mine :)

https://leosigh.com/does-ji-dong-hee-hate-or-love-choi-chi-yeol-in-crash-course-in-romance-savior-or-destroyer/

That's not really the focus of the story, it's just a side story. A side story I could honestly take or leave, as it's not that important in the general scheme of things. (Love triangle between daughter and 2 boys in her class -- not a huge part of the plot overall though).

Main story is amazing though, the acting is superb (especially Oh Eui Shik as the FL's brother with Asperger's), there are some truly hilarious scenes, and the chemistry between the two leads is phenomenal. Jung Kyung Ho does a fabulous job too as the nerdy math superstar ML you really don't like much at first, but that changes quickly once you realize why he acts like he does.

You should watch it. It's one of the best rom-com dramas from Korea in quite a while (although the comedy is more in the earlier episodes, more drama in the later episodes). Especially as it deals with a romance between older characters, both of whom have been screwed in life through no fault of their own.