I think one of the most idiotic examples of Noble Idiocy I have witnessed occurred near the end of episode 11 when brother and sister agreed to conceal the truth about her son’s fathers’ death because of police brutality.
Tencent’s EIGHTH HUNDRED is a worthy addition to its X Theater drama series. This was my first Xu Kai drama and I am duly impressed by his excellent performance. Of course great character actor Ding Yong Dai gave a wonderful performance. I jumped over to EIGHT HUNDRED immediately after I completed Youku’s White Night Theater drama LIGHT TO THE NIGHT with Dylan Wang’s excellent performance. As a crime story I give the nod to LTTN. With LTTN I didn’t figure out how the crime was orchestrated until the end. With EH about halfway through the crimes for the most part have been revealed and the story becomes a cat and mouse chase between father and son. In cdrama crime you knew ultimately the boy was not going to outwit his police officer father. Bad guys never ultimately getaway with crimes.
DOTS (2016) aired around the time I entered kdramaland but I have never watched it. I know it was a phenomenon at the time. Anyway I have only watched two of Song Joong-ki’s dramas: TREE WITH DEEP ROOTS (2011) and ARTHDAL CHRONICLES 1 (2019) along with his QOT (2024) cameo and enjoyed his performance especially his dual role in AC1. KBS’s LOVE CLOUD setting at an airport (WHERE STARS LAND (2018) anyone?) looks intriguing. I will keep an eye out for further developments.
Does anyone remember Ahn Hyo Seop in “Seventeen Going On Thirty” or something like that? He looks 100% different…
Of course I remember. In 2018 in 30B17 AHS at age 24 played Chan who was a high school kid. Now in SOOY AHS at age 31 is playing a character probably around the same age. He is now playing a man. About not looking like the same person well I beg to differ.
For those who stop by here like I just did and see the 490+ episode count… It’s a compilation of the below…
@Jk_adramaobsessed, do you have any information on a upcoming 2026 iQIYI drama: THE MURDER TRUTH? Supposedly it will be a iQIYI Suspense Theater drama. I don’t see an MDL link yet.
Imho: OCN’s DUEL (2017). Available on a number of legal streaming sites. Yang Se-jong was 24 when he gave a tour de force performance in DUEL. He played four roles: good clone, bad clone, doctor and the fourth might be a spoiler so I won’t be specific ( it occurs late in the drama. He was fantastic. He has appeared in a number of well regarded dramas (DR. ROMANTIC (2016) STILL 17 (2018), MY COUNTRY: THE NEW AGE (2019) but I can’t understand why YSJ’s career never skyrocketed.
Through episode 6. I love the balance between serious and comic. Just an observation. Ran Fan Xu (Dylan Wang) really doesn’t look much different in the two time lines unlike He Yuan Hang (PYM). Fan Xu’s demeanor in 2015 is definitely more serious however.
I am a sucker for older veteran/young rookie cops, mystery drama and Pan Yue Ming and Dylan Wang have great chemistry together. This is my first Dylan Wang drama. I loved the first two episodes.
I am doubtful Youku’s LIGHT TO THE NIGHT will be available on Netflix US. I am hoping Youku will provide decent (i.e. human generated not AI generated) english subtitles.
I hve watched through episode 3 and enjoying CASE X DECODED. While fairly standard as police crime dramas go I enjoyed watching Michael Miu MANY years ago so it is good to see him again in a drama. The violence portrayed is fairly graphic however.
Finished. Although I was onboard because of Park Sung-hoon’s casting ultimately I found Lee Ki-taek’s character Ji-soo much more interesting. Well done Lee Ki-taek. I am up for the Ji-soo romantic drama spinoff that he said he would like to try as an actor.
I jumped over to EIGHT HUNDRED immediately after I completed Youku’s White Night Theater drama LIGHT TO THE NIGHT with Dylan Wang’s excellent performance. As a crime story I give the nod to LTTN. With LTTN I didn’t figure out how the crime was orchestrated until the end. With EH about halfway through the crimes for the most part have been revealed and the story becomes a cat and mouse chase between father and son. In cdrama crime you knew ultimately the boy was not going to outwit his police officer father. Bad guys never ultimately getaway with crimes.
Now in SOOY AHS at age 31 is playing a character probably around the same age. He is now playing a man. About not looking like the same person well I beg to differ.
Yang Se-jong was 24 when he gave a tour de force performance in DUEL.
He played four roles: good clone, bad clone, doctor and the fourth might be a spoiler so I won’t be specific ( it occurs late in the drama. He was fantastic.
He has appeared in a number of well regarded dramas (DR. ROMANTIC (2016) STILL 17 (2018), MY COUNTRY: THE NEW AGE (2019) but I can’t understand why YSJ’s career never skyrocketed.
BONUS:
YSJ’s audition for DUEL was so impressive that it was released to Youtube.
You may have to click on the CC for the english subs:
https://youtu.be/lDLJkGejO60?si=XmDMQY1yLaFac3An
Just an observation. Ran Fan Xu (Dylan Wang) really doesn’t look much different in the two time lines unlike He Yuan Hang (PYM). Fan Xu’s demeanor in 2015 is definitely more serious however.
I am hoping Youku will provide decent (i.e. human generated not AI generated) english subtitles.
I am up for the Ji-soo romantic drama spinoff that he said he would like to try as an actor.