The best thing about this oh, so typical lakorn is the opening OST.
After that, it's beautiful people playing stupid games, winning stupid prizes. It wouldn't be a lakorn if it didn't feature a fairly weak FL, a 2nd FL with a personality disorder who messes with everyone she encounters, and ML and 2ML who are equal parts great looking, nutsy about the FL, and fairly stupid. There's not much original story telling going on here (not that you'd watch a lakorn for that reason, anyway,)
It's going to be too long, and it's already too tropey, and I'm only at episode 8.
Very interesting article! I wish I'd paid more attention to television when I was in China in 2003. The only thing I think I got in my hotel room was the news, CNN, and whatever was being streamed on cable (think HBO). I was in a big hotel, and I'm American, so I have no idea what effect that had on what was available to watch. (My hotel room was searched thoroughly every day!)
Looks unhealthy. Wonder if she has an eating disorder...?
She's had a very difficult last 12-18 months, for sure, but I think a lot of it is some deliberate styling for the show. She's meant to look icy, but it's a bit overdone, I think.
I like it, and I'll be watching to the end. Seo Yea Ji gives her usual compelling performance, and when she's in the scene you can't look anywhere else. She's so very thin and so very pale, though.
I like this, but I've watched half of it now, and the steam of the initial episodes is getting lost. Sadly.
Now all that sexy tension is getting diluted by having it happen within a happy relationship. I'm sure that's how it's supposed to go, but it's still a little disappointing. (Yes, I know that's an odd take on the show.)
Quite possibly the worst theme music ever. The singer will not be launching her fabulous singing career with this tune. Then a male takes a shot at the same song. He's worse. Honestly, they're terrible. (The rest of the show is slightly better. )
Insideout91 has a valid point, which they raised politely.
Considering a performer's background and politics, if they're known, provides important context when you're deciding whether you want to watch a drama. It might not matter to you, or to others, but it does matter to some.
It's not that I drop a show so much as it's I get a little bored, start watching something else, and then sort of don't ever come back to the first show. Lately, I've started watching shows in sections, and that's been working out pretty well. That's how I watched "Lady of Law"-- the first five, then episodes 13-25, then 36-40.
The subs of this drama are . . . . challenging. I'm really glad it's getting subbed, but I wish it was being done by someone with a firmer grasp of English personal pronouns. I know Mandarin is non-gendered language, and I wish English was, too, to be honest, but it isn't. The default personal pronoun in this show is "he", which is a huge pain in the butt for a drama where the cast is mostly women.
But the annoying subs aside, I really like it. There's a strong sexy vibe that's refreshing, and the ML is as adorable as puppy. If I were her, I'd teach him how to kiss, though. (I'll do it for free.)
Now if only I could understand what the heck these legal cases are about.
This is an under-rated Cdrama, and although the ending is too soft and a bit vague, show is still much better than an average Cdrama. This is not fluffy, but it's not as smart as it wanted to be -- a very good representation of a FL who is both strong and good, and a ML who starts out like a prick, and later gets a solid redemption arc. Well-worth seeing.
Warning: Unpopular opinion follows! FL's character is a virtual clone of the character in "Koi Wa Tsuzuku". If there are another 5 Jdramas starring this FL, she'll be playing the same cute, wide-eyed, earnest, kind, enthusiastic nincompoop. I'm beginning to think if you've seen one of her shows, you've seen 'em all.
She don't need no men to create magic, in the entire series up till now, I never felt the urge to see ML. Now…
In books, poems, dramas, love isn't selfish. In real life, love is the most selfish thing in the universe. Doesn't excuse crazy jealousy, obsessive stalking or any of the other pathologies that's associated with "love", but day to day, average love relationships, love is selfish as all get out.
After that, it's beautiful people playing stupid games, winning stupid prizes. It wouldn't be a lakorn if it didn't feature a fairly weak FL, a 2nd FL with a personality disorder who messes with everyone she encounters, and ML and 2ML who are equal parts great looking, nutsy about the FL, and fairly stupid. There's not much original story telling going on here (not that you'd watch a lakorn for that reason, anyway,)
It's going to be too long, and it's already too tropey, and I'm only at episode 8.
I'm dying.
Now all that sexy tension is getting diluted by having it happen within a happy relationship. I'm sure that's how it's supposed to go, but it's still a little disappointing. (Yes, I know that's an odd take on the show.)
BL is not my genre, but a good drama is just a good drama, no matter who, and no matter what.
Insideout91 has a valid point, which they raised politely.
Considering a performer's background and politics, if they're known, provides important context when you're deciding whether you want to watch a drama. It might not matter to you, or to others, but it does matter to some.
But the annoying subs aside, I really like it. There's a strong sexy vibe that's refreshing, and the ML is as adorable as puppy. If I were her, I'd teach him how to kiss, though. (I'll do it for free.)
Now if only I could understand what the heck these legal cases are about.
FL's character is a virtual clone of the character in "Koi Wa Tsuzuku". If there are another 5 Jdramas starring this FL, she'll be playing the same cute, wide-eyed, earnest, kind, enthusiastic nincompoop. I'm beginning to think if you've seen one of her shows, you've seen 'em all.