Josefina

This series really is exceptional. I also thought Lee Joon Gi and Shin Sae Kyeong played their roles so well. They were a fitting choice since Eunsom and Tanya have hardened over the years. Lee Joon Gi was amazing in his fighting scenes and just overall demeanor fit this grownup version of Eunsom so well. Shin Sae Kyeong really brought that divinity and celestial nature to Tanya's character. And this is not to say that Song Joong Ki or Kim Ji Won weren't good, they're all so equally amazing playing these characters. I also loooove Taealha and Tagon. I usually do not like the antagonists, but these two are just so well written. I loved them in S1 and still do in S2 (Mostly Taealha). Even if they burnt down the whole world I would've just accepted it and been like yep, that checks out.

that's kind of the point, both the main leads are sexist and learn and grow out of their previous mindsets.

Completely understandable. I'm very curious to see what they're gonna do with that. It really goes against the premise and it doesn't make sense at all.

I don't think this series was that bad. It surprised me that it had good discussions surrounding homelessness, drugs, addiction, and especially the lack of care for addicts. It was so disheartening that one of the characters couldn't get care for accidentally ingesting drugs since there's zero tolerance. It sort of felt like they packaged these discussions in a comedy show to lighten the load. The series was very silly in between the serious scenes but it was a good watch.

To me it was obvious from the beginning because of the guitar above the entrance door to grandpas shop and the one in viva la vida. I was a bit relieved that Eun Yu also had realised it was her grandpa :) They were similar.

Kang Full is working on more than Moving though. He wrote two movies that were released in 2023, and he has two dramas TBA. He's probably very busy, and it takes time to write a season.

To my understanding it's a very vulgar curse word so it's only used in 16+ or 18+ age restricted series. I feel like it has been popping up more though.

Oooh I'm excited. Scared it will be too much gore though.

Definitely got more common during the pandemic, but I also feel like western producers tend to make shorter dramas like Disney, Netflix and prime. Longer dramas definitely still exist but yeah. It is more common than a few years ago and seasons have kind of become a thing as well.

Yeah, they're both sadly based on events that happened :/ incredibly hard to watch.

An okay series but it was a bit convoluted. Since I made through the whole thing (despite wanting to fast forward a few times) it's not THAT bad.. I really like the core idea and that the main character resurrected the villain. 14 episodes would have been enough, but the ending was still somehow rushed. Too much back and forth. We never found out what happen to Hee-jin's mom, was she lost to sea? Why is Hee-jin suddenly okay with how it turned out? Why isn't she raging mad that they resurrected Seo ji? They never even told her properly that they did that, they just went to celebrate a birthday. I'm wondering if several scenes there were cut.

Oh Young cheol was also an odd one. I'm wondering if he was written by two people who never spoke to each other? He was an incredibly abusive father, but he killed people that had committed crimes. He killed an abusive husband for beating his wife to a pulp, but he did the same thing? His motivation and character was off.

Ahn Hyo Seop also carried his role despite Cha min having zero personality. Cha min wasn't well written. The only real things we know about him are: He's good looking now, rich and loves Go Se-Yeon. At times I found his dialogue awkward and selfish. Telling Se-Yeon who is distraught and putting herself in danger to think of him first because, how can she do all that without thinking of how awful HE must feel? I understand what he meant, but Se-Yeon had nothing at the moment not even her identity, and it just sounded odd for him to say "Think of how this makes me feel" when of course she's doing all this to get her life back. He sounded almost condescending. I just found him to be an odd main character with no proper tangible motives. Also quite odd to keep saying So-yeon is average or not beautiful, when she looks absolutely unique and beautiful now.

The way some things happened were also obvious plot devices which is a shame, the core idea of this series was good but the execution was lacking.

LOVED the ending. Mi sook kept telling Do won the wrong things and never realised what she did wrong. It wasn't Do wons presence that messed things up at all. Mi sook never truly apologized for leaving Min joon and never realised this is what she messed up, it wasn't that she had to protect him but love him and be honest why she failed as his mother. It was never about fate in that sense and Seo kyung proved it by going after Do won. So glad they took that route.

Yeah It wasnt very clear. I kind of understood it was her not liking what she had become (being so stressed and having intrusive thoughts of hurting hae-e, I don't think she actually wanted to commit those acts) that she seemed to accept hae-e and we saw this by her giving her notes when she came back from the hospital. A form of closure and perhaps she finally relaxed, accepting herself that she won't be able to beat everyone and thus accepting those around her as well.

Yeah, I understood it that way as well! That hae-e was trying to stop being a burden and I was waiting for that conversation to happen, but it just didn't. they just kept making her meaner and it made it seem like it was genuine 😅 even though I understand what they were trying to do (I think)

I didn't really mean those kind of age gaps though. 19 and 35+ (or 900 as he is supposed to be in goblin) is different. I mean, in goblin shes still in high school. She's barely mature or has any life experience meanwhile he is a full grown man. 40 and 50 isnt the same kind of a age gap though, and i specifically mean 50 paired with 40 etc. To me as I said in my comment, i never viewed her as being 30s but that she was supposed to be in her 40s. But as I said, this seems to be up to the viewers interpretation since we disagree, which is fine. :)

I thought she was supposed to be late 20s like nearing 30 in the flashbacks since she had won so many awards. I assumed she was at the peak of her career since she was in the olympics team. Most people are late 20s then. That would've made her in her 40s currently. For me it never felt odd with her age and I was actually very surprised to find out she was 50, I truly thought she was in her 40s in real life. Nonetheless, it seems like it depends on how the viewer interpreted it.

And yeah, they do cast them younger but I've never seen this discourse when it's about a man dating a younger woman (and I don't mean your response, it was well argued, i mean people who just call her old and that the age gap was too large) the one that comes to mind is Lee byung-hun (52), paired with Shin min ah (38) in "Our blues". I can't help but feel it's a double standard. Lee byung hun also looks very similar to Jeon do yeon but no one is saying he looks 50 and shouldn't be cast in these roles.

really disappointed that they killed off Dong Hui. Easy solution to a complex issue. Same thing with the biological mom.. Hae-e seemingly hated her guts and the conversation with Seon jae at the swings made it seem like she was gonna cut her out of her life. She was so horrifically rude to her family instead and was dead set on leaving them and then when her bio. mom leaves they just.. forgot this all happened and forgave hae-e? huh? now to me it seems like haeng Seon "will do" as a mom. I really think they should've skipped that storyline, it didn't fit with hae-e at all. It was a good drama and I enjoyed it a lot until the easy solutions at the end.

I really liked the mystery party of it, it was a nice contrast but I also see what you mean.

I thought she was in her 40s (and was supposed to be that in the series not 30) so it didn't bother me at all actually. she did a great job in the series and I wonder if so many people wouldve reacted like this if it was about a man instead.

edit: idk how I remembered altered carbon wrong, he didn't have his original body in season 2 oopsie