first 10 minutes: I love how brutally practical the FL is! So refreshing. Hilarious too haha. I bet this practicality vs sentimentality (love) is going to be an ongoing theme.
someone in the comments said that Chris' English didn't make any sense and sounded very AI generated (which I…
I'm a native English speaker and I didn't hear a problem, it was all fairly understandable, but also I'm not American so I couldn't hear if anything was off. It was just as mildly challenging to understand for me as the usual American accents.
I watch few cdramas, but when I do decide to give them a try, I always find myself rewatching the same ones haha. There are things I don't like about this drama, but there are also things I absolutely love. I keep coming back.
The Story of Ming Lan is almost all SOL, most of the politics is family drama. There is an attempted coup that…
Her mother being a concubine has nothing to do with palace politics. The plotting is mostly surviving her super annoying half siblings and her father's other concubine. And later, her in-laws(This is quite a large part of the story, but it is all family drama, and once again, not palace politics)
It is the most SOL drama I've encountered, but they are still wealthy, so I understand it's not what you want. I watched it for the sets and costumes mostly though (exquisite even by cdrama standards) haha, and the way the scenes are filmed are almost like a stage play.
He stated his age in episode 2, I think it was 34 from memory
mid 30s is a very common age for romcom leads in kdramas.
The ML will have needed to complete his tertiary education, complete that military time that is mandatory in SK, and establish himself in his career as a successful architect. Any younger than 34 and I would be suspending my disbelief. He also stated he was not that interested in pursuing romance. He had, at the time, more important things to do. Like further his career.
The FL was just about to be married. The whole thing starts because she cancelled.
First 2 episodes were kind of average. So far 80% of the story is basically a mix of Welcome to Samdalri and Doctor…
Except the scenario for Samdalri felt way too staged and fake for it to be engaging, and Doctor Slump was just lacklustre all over. This drama is neither so far.
(please note, this is my personal opinion, and I dropped the two dramas you mentioned after two episodes. This one I will continue because I actually like it)
I do agree that the violence played for laughs is in poor taste though. Maybe I've encountered it too many times I've become desensitized? This is not a good thing.
Is there no historical drama which is just slice of life type without having any palace politics? Like this drama…
The Story of Ming Lan is almost all SOL, most of the politics is family drama. There is an attempted coup that happens in the drama, but it only really lasts a couple episodes, and the court politicking is so light it barely counts.
I bet this practicality vs sentimentality (love) is going to be an ongoing theme.
The FL didn't sound like she'd lived in the us for 10 years but that's an unreasonable expectation anyway.
It is the most SOL drama I've encountered, but they are still wealthy, so I understand it's not what you want. I watched it for the sets and costumes mostly though (exquisite even by cdrama standards) haha, and the way the scenes are filmed are almost like a stage play.
The ML will have needed to complete his tertiary education, complete that military time that is mandatory in SK, and establish himself in his career as a successful architect. Any younger than 34 and I would be suspending my disbelief. He also stated he was not that interested in pursuing romance. He had, at the time, more important things to do. Like further his career.
The FL was just about to be married. The whole thing starts because she cancelled.
(please note, this is my personal opinion, and I dropped the two dramas you mentioned after two episodes. This one I will continue because I actually like it)
I do agree that the violence played for laughs is in poor taste though. Maybe I've encountered it too many times I've become desensitized? This is not a good thing.