D-Day! Excited to see Shin Jae Ha again; he was great in Taxi Driver 2. Need him as ML in another drama.
SJH just had an interesting cameo in JTBC’s other currently romantic drama THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LOVE. Maybe he just walked from one set to the other. Nice to see SJH cast here in a main role.
As an aside the last shipping war I participated in was 6 years ago with JTBC’s ITAEWON CLASS where the question was which gal (Kwon Na-ra, Kim Da-mi) would get the guy (Park Seo-joon). For the record I was supported Kwon Na-ra.
Anyway back to JTBC’s PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LOVE. I am on the Ui Yeong/Tae Seop ship being a fan of Park Sung-hoon. FL Han Ji-min and 2ML Lee Ki-taek are dramatic blank slates for me. I am interested to see how everyone handles their character. One question. At their first date Ji Su told Ui Yeong that since he was older than her he would speak casually to her. In a way he was pulling a con there and I wonder if the age thing was part of his act. If the writer has Ji Su actually older than Ui Yeong I think that is a stretch. The lack of honesty at the first date will have to be dealt with one way or another. Ji Su did look quite sharp as a waiter.
iQIYI’s THE DEVIL BETWEEN US is a ‘Light On’ Suspense Theater drama. Not tagged in the info above.
It is now. Thank you MDL. The only question is how can TDBU be a Chinese ‘original’ story when it is adapted from a novel? I guess one could argue that the novel was a Chinese original story.
A little late but I completed SILENT TIDES tonight. It gave a fascinating account of the World War 2. years in Macau. It was my first Ren Jia Lun drama and he gave a terrific performance. I would like to also congratulate Ma Qi Yue who played businessman Ma Wan Qi. At age 21 he gave a totally believable performance of a young businessman probably around age 30. Well done MQY!
This one's good. Binged the first 5 episodes. Gripping plot and I like the character depth.
Thanks @roddib for your impressions of Tencent’s THE HIDDEN TRUTH. I will take the plunge. I had taken a sneak peek at episode one to see about the quality of the english subs and they seemed to be decent. I watched and liked episode one of the other ‘Truth’ drama Tencent’s THE TRUTH but I am not sure about 30 episodes and it is getting mixed reviews here.
I finished THE GUILTY tonight. It is a worthy addition to iQIYI’s Light On crime dramas. Great performances by the ensemble cast. This was my first Wei Da Xun drama. However I had recently watched Sun Qian’s terrific performance in iQIYI’s THE LEGEND OF THE MAGNATE and Gao Zhi Ting’s nice performance in FRAGRANCE OF THE POMEGRANATES.
Once again a synopsis appears to me to be one big spoiler. Perhaps the synopsis for ABOVE THE WALK could go back to rewrite and be a bit less specific.
5 episodes in, I can't help feeling like I wish there was more police work and less personal lives. I'm not against…
While watching iQIYI’s THE GUILTY I snuck in episode one of THE TRUTH on Tencent. I liked episode one but I am concerned if it has the legs for 30 episodes. THE TRUTH is not a Tencent X Theater crime series drama which tend to have around 12-22 episodes. Not sure if I will plunge ahead.
US viewer here. Since the Tencent Video app on my iPad is showing THE TRUTH on its ‘Coming Soon’ list and is running a teaser with excellent english subs hopefully on Feb. 3 here I will be able to start to enjoy THE TRUTH. Fingers crossed.
I have completed the first three episodes of iQIYI’s THE GUILTY and love it. However, the synopsis up there is kind of strange: 1. ‘seasoned cunning old detective’. Is that referring to Detective Qin Wen? Detective Qin is ‘seasoned’ but hardly ‘old’ lol. 2. ‘three promising university students’. As far as I know there were 2 promising university students: Lu Ming and Xia Xue. 3. ‘coal mine owner’. Is that Ma De Rong? Isn’t he a shipyard owner?
Question about the ‘tags’ above. The info above doesn’t list an original source like a novel or web toon. However in the list of tags there is: ‘Train Accident’. Is this a spoiler? Where does this come from? Not trying to raise a ruckus here. The idea of our ML being a subway train driver I find unusual and interesting. I really enjoyed Jinyoung’s performance last year in little Channel A’s THE WITCH.
For the record I was supported Kwon Na-ra.
Anyway back to JTBC’s PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LOVE. I am on the Ui Yeong/Tae Seop ship being a fan of Park Sung-hoon. FL Han Ji-min and 2ML Lee Ki-taek are dramatic blank slates for me. I am interested to see how everyone handles their character.
One question. At their first date Ji Su told Ui Yeong that since he was older than her he would speak casually to her. In a way he was pulling a con there and I wonder if the age thing was part of his act.
If the writer has Ji Su actually older than Ui Yeong I think that is a stretch. The lack of honesty at the first date will have to be dealt with one way or another. Ji Su did look quite sharp as a waiter.
I would like to also congratulate Ma Qi Yue who played businessman Ma Wan Qi. At age 21 he gave a totally believable performance of a young businessman probably around age 30. Well done MQY!
JTBC’s THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LOVE is the other romantic drama I was thinking of and it is on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list.
FYI. JTBC’s other upcoming romantic drama SOLD OUT IN YOU is now in Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list.
I watched and liked episode one of the other ‘Truth’ drama Tencent’s THE TRUTH but I am not sure about 30 episodes and it is getting mixed reviews here.
This was my first Wei Da Xun drama. However I had recently watched Sun Qian’s terrific performance in iQIYI’s THE LEGEND OF THE MAGNATE and Gao Zhi Ting’s nice performance in FRAGRANCE OF THE POMEGRANATES.
However, the synopsis up there is kind of strange:
1. ‘seasoned cunning old detective’. Is that referring to Detective Qin Wen? Detective Qin is ‘seasoned’ but hardly ‘old’ lol.
2. ‘three promising university students’. As far as I know there were 2 promising university students: Lu Ming and Xia Xue.
3. ‘coal mine owner’. Is that Ma De Rong? Isn’t he a shipyard owner?
I really enjoyed Jinyoung’s performance last year in little Channel A’s THE WITCH.