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Finally I get to watch him in a role where he plays a sympathetic character! Ohhh, I love him here! :)

Aigoo, the ex-wife is a real piece of work, though. I don't care for her, but I find the way they've dealt with her storyline a bit incredible. Like I said I don't think it's so easy for a mom to abandon her kids without a backward glance. Not even when the kid was sick she'd go and see her? No, no, a mother would never be so callous, not even the 1% who are bad. I'm having a hard time believing that aspect of the show. How can lightning strike twice in the same drama?

As for crazy husband ... he is crazy and I wouldn't want to be married to him, but he's funny as hell! lol His wife too. hehe

By the way I'm watching My Precious You, it's really good so far!

It looks like you're really trying to kill me this morning! On my bday! Dongsæng, DONGSÆNG!!!
Kumawo! :p

By the way, even though Sinho and Bori haven't yet started to get on my nerves, I don't like them as a couple. I really can't stand naive, country bumpkin type heroines. I prefer the other chick, Jæra. What about you?

I'm up to ep 5 now! hehe
I just love sad, sexy single dads, do you? :)
Aigoo, KSS is sooo great with the kids. I've already fallen for the guy. Oh, and now I know what you mean about that crazy husband. A loving dictator ... he's the type of person you can't stand when he's around, but miss when they're not there! Wow, the guy is something else! :p

Icy, I loved the first ep! KSS looks so awesome with his kids! I've already fallen for him. And I think he & the female lead already have great chemistry. On to ep 2! :p

I love this drama! It made me fall in love with Cha Seung Won ... that crazy bastard! lol

Nice pic.
Tell me, the second screenshot above ... is it from Missing You?

I don't think it's so easy for a mother to live without her children! :) Why is this such a common theme in Asian dramas? It's fathers who are most likely to abandon their children!!!

I really hope I'll like it too. I hope the romance won't be lame. KSS is looking nice! And finally I get to meet this kid, Song Joong Ki, who everyone loves fangirling over.

I'm watching the first ep now. The picture looks a little old even though it's from 2008/2009! :/
And KSS's character already has 2 kids???? Ottoke?

I saw him for the first time in the movie Sweet Sex & Love. Very steamy movie with a strong message about jumping into relationships with people you barely know. Afterward I saw him in a couple eps of Bad Love, but I dropped it because the story was lame and the female lead was a block of ice. I find most of his dramas unwatchable (for me). I hope I'll love his role in MPY and that for once he gets the girl. I've also added Can We Love? which will air in January! :)
How far along in MPY are you? Because of you I might watch an ep or 2 tonight even though I shouldn't! :p

LOL haunted shoes? #smh ... don't Korean producers have anything better to do?

A lot of dramas were left off the list! I just wondered if there was a criteria for choosing which led to them being left off. It's no biggie though! lol

Curious to know why some dramas were chosen for the overrated category and not others...?
Are only dramas that are deemed 'overrated' by the OP on the list?
Is there a selection committee for the non-standard categories such as best melo, best drama etc?

Oh great! Then maybe I'll get to it sooner rather than later. Hope it stays good. I added it to my list mainly because I liked the male lead, Kim Sung Soo. I've been searching up and down for a good drama with him. Hopefully MPY will not disappoint. Keep me posted! :)

Mars is available on streaming sites. The most reliable ones are gooddrama.net and drama.net.

My dearest Sumi, I always feel so bad toward you! I owe you an apology and a response to that pm from long ago. I did write one, but the damn thing got lost when my computer blue screened! So frustrating ...

Anyway, one day you'll open your inbox and see a message from me. When that will be I can not say because I'm always so busy & there's just not enough hrs in a day to work, watch dramas, have a life outside of drama and respond to everyone. You know what I mean? I'm sure you do since you're a professional too and in the same boat! :)

As for Dokushin Kizoku thx for the rec, chingu! :) It's been getting a lot of good buzz and I'm keeping an eye on it. It all depends on how well the show develops. If it doesn't tank by the end I'll definitely give it a go, esp since I like the male lead.

And I love your description of it, coup de coeur! Oui, c'est tres bon dans anglais aussi! :D

I've missed chatting with you, mon amie! :)

#smh How can you be bored when you're watching so many things at one time! :p

Well if you're looking for heartbreaking endings they're certainly the rule in dramaland rather than the exception, Noona. I personally stay away from them where I can. I prefer happy endings or at most bittersweet endings. There's enough tragedy in real life.

THERE are good romantic dramas out there, but in this genre the good, adult ones are the exception and cheesy, adolescent ones are the rule so you have to really dig them out. Watch the ones I recommended you, they're some of the better ones.

Maybe one day I'll give INR a chance. The latest installment is a noona/dongsæng romance so that should be right up your alley. If there's any reason for me to watch part III it would be because of Sung Joon, but I probably won't watch it. Interestingly I've never seen a full drama with him, but I saw 10 mins of Can We Get Married and I just liked the kid.

Yeah, I can see that (that you watch dramas more for the fun of it). A lot of your drama choices are dramas I personally can't watch because they're just too cheesy/silly for me (this is not a criticism of your preference, just speaking about my own preferences). I do like rom-coms, esp those that veer towards drama (NOT melodrama) ... AGD, City Hall ... the like. I tend to avoid school/young adult dramas since they're often the kind of shows in which just a mere touch of the hand is a huge deal. I'm too old now for that kind of stuff! When it comes to movies, it seems like we have the same taste in that there's no preference for genre. I'm still relatively new to Asian cinema so I'm always looking out for good recs. If you have any favourites you'd like to share, pls do! :)