Popcxqueen

I have a different opinion than most of the posters here. Many dramas take awhile to get rolling - that's the way they're written. Classic storytelling unfolds over a period of time. Characters aren't fleshed out immediately, plotlines aren't laid out perfectly immediately, and the endgame isn't apparent immediately - a viewer has to be patient and actually watch to the end to see how things are going to turn out. So many comments on dramas revolve around how pissed off everyone is about how everything isn't already revealed and explained by the third episode, or they're threatening to quit the drama altogether because they don't understand a particular character's actions by the second episode. Character development is often meant to stretch out over the length of the drama, and it honestly it can be very irritating to many of us who are perfectly fine with the "ride" of the drama. And if we as viewers can find the ability to sit with the unknown for a while, we're often rewarded with a masterpiece (Stranger is a huge example of this, and Someday or One Day is an even bigger example!)
I do agree with a few of the commenters here about being more selective about what kind of drama I'll start in the first place and doing a little research ahead of time. For example, I know by now that I don't enjoy high school dramas anymore, so I don't even start them. And I also know that I need to be in a certain mood for a certain kind of drama, and I watch accordingly. Like if I'm in the mood for a romance because I'm feeling anxious in my real life, I don't start a serial killer drama. Obvs.
So while I respect your opinions about dropping dramas (and I've dropped my fair share too for some of the same trope-like reasons - Love 020 I'm looking at you), I've also learned over the years that I would have missed out on some really good dramas if I had dropped them within the first few episodes.
Oh, and one last thing...I agree that spoilers ruin everything, and I still see way too many spoilers on here without a spoiler tag!!

Anyway, thanks for your article.

It's too bad that the subtitles have still not been fixed (or completely redone) for this movie. I normally don't comment on subs, but these were just bad. Also I hope we're seeing the end of the male tsundere trope - it doesn't have much redeeming value left (not sure it ever did) and I'm hoping that we'll start seeing new stories and characters we haven't seen a million times before.

Thanks for the recommendation! I'm on a J-dorama kick right now - what other ones would you recommend?

Also Go Back Couple.

To each their own.

Btw you have the best name and profile pic...it’s my favorite nickname for an animal :-)

Let me know what you end up watching and if you liked it!

Once again I find myself disagreeing with almost all of the comments here. I thought this movie was well-done, and an emotional roller coaster that I frankly wasn't expecting. It starts out with this absurd premise and then moves into totally different territory. So what if it's unrealistic - it's a movie, and that in itself isn't real. It's about how the characters respond to the situations they're confronted with, and I thought they did that well. Honestly, Yoshizawa Ryo knocked it out of the damn park, like he does with everything he's in. I'm not sure what movie the rest of you were watching, but he's a freaking brilliant actor....(and my lord, he's beautiful.)

I agree that Chicago Typewriter shouldn't have been listed under Political. It's set in the Japanese occupation period and the characters interact within that context, but that's about it for political engagement. It's certainly not a political show like "Chief of Staff."

He's not REALLY 900 years old, because he's not human. He stopped aging at a certain point because he's a Goblin.

Have you seen Stranger?

Check AsianCrush and/or Gaga00Lala for their suggestions for GL.

"Off to being dead." LOL! This movie is absurdly and wickedly funny, and the cameos are the best.

They're making more and more BLs so it's not completely unheard of

AGREED!! They really are missing out. But we'll let 'em know. :-)

I got it to work and watched it! It was very good.

As a fellow American who watches a LOT of "foreign content" (almost exclusively) I'm doing my part to convince others to join me. More and more of my friends have started watching only K-dramas this past year, (and nothing else), and I actually see that as a hopeful sign.

Why on earth would that upset you?

The opposite is also true. Suits was an American show first, and then remade into a K-drama. I'm not sure "stealing" is necessarily what's happening.

This is one of the best dramas I have ever seen....in my life. From any country, in any language. It's a masterpiece and should be taught in film schools. Full stop.

So if this was remade to be 'just' like the original, it would be destined to fail - because - each culture has its own uniqueness, warmth-level, ways of making meaning and exhibiting growth. But if this K-drama remake of a TW-drama masterpiece takes the original source material and makes it uniquely Korean, (hopefully without all of the distracting tropes), and says something that needs to be said about Korean culture with this brilliant story, then that could be interesting too.