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different but annoyingly different

just like sweet home and squid game, this was unlike the "usual" kdramas, well the zombie apocalypse part, the highschool romance angst was actually exactly like any other school kdramas ;)

for a zombie apocalypse, it's not usually from a teens' pov. and usually it doesn't revolve around bullying.. but that was it's charm..
was it believable? lol of course not.. those kids never ate anything for 3 days straight, and they barely slept, yet they had enough strength to run, fight and hold back zombies who are known for their speed and power (like those chombies showcased, there's no way those kids could've survived that long)


Tbh prez should use her strength more, I mean if it was a guy chombie he'd have carried them all out and saved the day by now.. prez only threw bully off the roof once..

that bullied girl eating bullied boy.. that's not revenge, he couldn't protect himself she shouldn't have expected him to save her.. she needed to take revenge on her bully.. she should've stayed in the school then found her bully bullying the kids so she'd save them and have her revenge
her revenge against "the whole school" made no sense cuz as those kids showed most of them didn't know either of the bullies or the bullied..

also with cheong san's mom, he should've shown more disbelief, and also she shouldn't have gone there, also where was his dad?
it's like the mom, the fls dad, the bully, the bullied girl, they were all just steps to get the story somewhere.. but they just mostly needed less eps and less reason to drag it out, like that whole flashbacks sequences..

Cheong San didn't deserve this.. the bully was attacking him and he defended himself.. he did not deserve an eye for an eye


The 2 cops are just adopting any kid they find🤣🤡 I was waiting for them to run away with 1 kid now they have 2🤣🤡🤡

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I think the story was really limited, the setting was small (as apposed to My First Client for example) and the progress though uneventful, the ending was not what they wanted it to be.
Park Ha Sun and Ha Yoon Kyung did an amazing job though the little kid didn't have enough force (the kids in Pawn and My First Client were so amazing I was mesmerized by their performance) and I couldn't get that invested.


this is a big issue and a current event in korea, idk if laws are different in each country regarding child abuse, but in beyond the truth they said the law can take away your child even if there was a rumor of mistreatment then you need to prove that you're a good parent, which also seems like a horrible law but here in these korean movies even if there are huge sings of abuse they let them keep the kids! and in the end it results in 2 things, they die or they kill. that's why I didn't think the ending had the impact they wanted. at some scenes the kid seems to be exhibiting psychopathic behavior, even bigger than their line "kids who are abused turn around and abuse other's"

so overall even if the message was heartbreaking and the performance was good, it still felt basic. I couldn't feel the emotinal depth of each fl, or the connection with the kid, so I felt like it was slow but rushed

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this series always talks about important issues and this season was the heaviest but their delivery was lacking. for one thing they repeated their "big" plot too much and they kept repeating scenes, then they added another plot before the last but again they left it and went back to repeating their big plot. so the ending was one big cliffhanger

Han Sung Yun was the only great actor among them, she carried the show alone tbh, the 2nd actress was tooo bubbly that it was too much, the "player" guy was trying too much and the other guy was almost like a background character, he had a story that not all men are "manly" but it was less than a flashback.

so I think the directing this time lacked, though it was better than s2 cuz I don't remember that one ;D

the ost was really nice, a full rnb mood I liked it.

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the actresses were on point, I think Nakashima Mika really captured rock nana's feels and attitude really well, and cute nana was nice too, though for the mls, non of them met my "expectations"
Ren kinda looked cold composed and stoic, but here he was slightly sleazy looking, he did not look ROCK ;) I hate when equal's change the actors (and 2 mains) but I hope he's better there xD

the sismance between the nana's was adorable, and their characters were solid enough but I hated the focus on cute nana's cheating boyfriend ;/ and his new gf just passed "cute" into creepy clueless territory ;)


it was even way way before I got into anime/dramas that I was on love with nana's art style just from googling it, but I never watched the anime or read the manga xD
I kinda liked the aura/feel of it, and not reading/watching it made it more mysterious and deep? (now I tried to google it and the drawings kinda looks, childish? xD but it brings back memories.. I even loved drawing punk rock fashion, I probably still have my drawings with nana inspired looks..)

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I've personally seen freaky friday several times and I believe I also saw the original 70s vr as well, but I might be wrong xD
overall the concept is cute, kinda also like 18 again, it's like kids and parents are from different generations so they see things with a different eye but with these concepts both can finally look through the same view point and understand each other a little more

for me this is the only project from Jung So Min that I enjoyed, ironically it's when she's acting as a man xD that's why I say black listed actresses are bad becasue of type casting..

the plot was boring but I did laugh alot over the silliness of Yoon Je Moon acting as a girl and somin as the dad xD
I especially loved when she chased him and he ran away calling dad xD also yoon je moon dancing to sistar xD

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comedywise it was fun and I laughed a few times, but plotwise it was too basic and convenient

like honestly the blood/wounds making her old again, and accident of her beloved grandson were too linear, but the way they handled the age gaps, the "romances" and the character developments were nice, probably the best in this genre of fantasy age gaps, I think it'd have been as creepy for this 74 year old to "live happily ever after" with a 30+ as it was for mr black that might've actually ended with the creepy old guy and the fl his son's age got together


tbh this was a rewatch and I thought her daughter in law was the one who got sick and she chose to help xD but the relationship development between them at the end was nice though again way too rushed, why did she suddenly decided to talk back xD

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in some ways this drama was a role playing game like each stage of his life he had 2 options and he needed to choose between them.
if he chose to open a restaurant, he'd have been unsatisfied and might've taken it out on his wife for tying him down.
if he chose to stay in france he'd have married francis(?) they'd have both lived happily enough but he'd have had that same hole from not realizing his dream and when his brother died he'd have lived in guilt

tbh I think he was all in all very selfish and self centered, his family and wife always put his needs 1st, his wife was responsible for 99% of his success but he never realized it until it was way too late
he in the end kinda chose to live for the emperor instead of himself/his family or his dream. he cooked becasue it made him happy, he learned becasue he wanted to prove others wrong, he became the emperor's chef to show the world he made it, but was he happy? did he spend enough time with his family? would he have been happier in a small restaurant? would he have been happier in france? would it have been better if he took Takahama Toshiko to france with him before the angst happened? if he wasn't the emperor's cook maybe he'd have taken better care of his wife and she'd have not died so early.. his sons were in the army but where was his daughter? he was not a good father or husband..
and thought TT was a great wife she was too great that he was able to take his hands off of the family matters and live only focused on himself


the title and the promise made me think he'd live a luxurious lifestyle with his family around the emperor, like he'd have been maturer as time went by but he never changed, his house was modest or "rich" enough as his parents were, did being the emperor's chef really benefit him? did he really "save" the emperor? did the emperor thank him? was he "honored".....

also, the ages were really over the place, like sure the actor was around 26 and he was a believable teen (though they only used his shortness to make him young, and he was just short) to 30 year old but later, especially the last ep he reeeaaallly did not look around 50s? especially around the other actually older actors.

anyway, it was interesting to see that time period, and I actually liked it until he cheated with his boss's wife though they seemed to have an open marriage but he lived with them for like 5 years afterwards I started to dislike him then. he was just lucky, he met the right people, the right mentors that even when he had obstacles and hardships it was not that hard for hard work to get him out, unlike the painter who was alone and never achieved his dream

also I never rewatch stuff

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I don't know if it's the writer or the actresses but the ladies in this show were awesome, unlike the usual fls in these types of dramas Cha Mi Rae was not a pushover, in fact she was an independent confident smart well established career woman that wouldn't let anyone mess with what's hers ;p
and as 2nd fls Hwang Ji Hye was slightly clingy but she was not jealous or obsessive, her clingyness and constant confessions were a result of the ml always casually refusing her because he was "always" in love with the 1st fl.
Sa Rang was as crazy as her mom and Director Hwang is sweet as always~

now, plotwise this was horrible and not just because it's a cliche from 2015 but really nothing made sense and every subplot was there just to move the plot.
the reason for their breakup was worse than a misunderstanding and was pure bs. she didn't have enough "confidence" to tell him so she denied both the father and daughter to be their for each other ever since step1 ;(

Han Yeol was not my favorite type of ml but he was not childish or incapable of taking responsibility and even when the drama started he always seemed to regret not starting a family. and she wasn't even "holding him back" or stop him from "achieving" his goals and dreams related to baseball.
also all throughout the drama they show an accident as if that's the reason they were apart -a stupid accident I might add that happened 2ft away from him, like even if it was poring rain, there's no way one would not notice a freaking truck hitting a person ;/ - she just didn't have confidence!

it's like she had no issues with weirdly forcing him to live as her husband/kid's dad for 3 months as a contract but she couldn't tell him she was pregnant!!! and he couldn't do that math ;/
they only did it to have a plot that says "he chose to be her father even when he didn't know he was her dad". like she was unreasonably selfish for wanting to get him back so she can leave her kid and die in peace and she just kept hurting everyone by wanting to leave over and over and over again it made zero sense.
what's more hurtful? your mom/the love of your life leaving you suddenly because she hates you, or finding out that they are sick and in need of a caregiver?
also what's even worse than both is that after she dumps them and dies they find out that she suffered alone ;/

also the villains were too cartoonish and unreasonable.

and so I HATED the plot, the only thing beside the female characters I liked were some sweet family moments and the fact that the 2nd leads ended up together

the song was nice but they repeated it so much it got on my nerve and I never rewatch stuff :)

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some relationships are so toxic and need so much work, it's better to just end it

Koreans yet again treating the non skinny one as someone obsessed with food, beside the poster of only him with food, ppl can be fat without being hungry all the time
And they can enjoy food without being, pigs…

Which goes back to his romance line with the annoying girl calling him a pig every time she sees him… that’s her nickname for him. Pig… even if she sees him she goes “oh there’s pig”, “I just saw pig”.. and he thinks he’s lucky someone “skinny” like her would be interested in him
lol even beside that I really dislike her, she gives off a condescending cocky attitude

And they’re already using fillers cuz ml and fl are just brooding over the breakup

the start was cute but later it became a dragging plot

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This is just so cringe and cheesy, great acting. But sooooo so cheesy

They just kill for fun, slap ppl, strangle ppl, then tell strangers “I met someone annoying and killed them cuz they were annoying”, and they'd reply good for you
There’s zero interest in knowing these characters, all seem sociopaths and psychopaths, there’s no good character to root for, there's no "fear" like a normal thriller
the younger ml keeps "letting her go" and asks here to stop killing like he's asking her to quit smoking...


a normal thriller, ie a bloody lucky day, strangers from hell, the darkness, fear, thrill, anger, mystery, etc are all lost here
or atleast a supernatural genre like devilish judge where she kills for "justice"
it's such an icky characteristic "that person annoyed me so i killed them" ;/

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I always say 12ep dramas get less eps for 2 reasons, either the plot needed less time or the writers knew they can't drag it, and this falls in the 2nd category just like most 12epers..

the premise of it was fun, kinda like A Day, The Call and as some say Kairos (though I haven't seen that one), but that's the problem, the last 2 aired very very recently that it's not just similarities but plain old copy+paste

they started off too strong, for 4 eps, every time they changed the past the future changed, and with that they got new threats, but after 4 times one is like stop with the twists, so now from ep5 till 6 it became a boring political talk blah blah, it was so boring I didn't care anymore and their last twist is one of those "no one will see it coming" thing that's way too obvious......


I LOVED Lee Joo Young and the fact that she was a 1st main lead without her needing to be involved in a love line with the ML, but then it's so obvious she's taking back seat while the guy does everything cuz in her time line she can't do anything but investigate
and the fact that the 2 mains are never in the same space together kinda makes their team work flat.

the OST is nice and so is the acting but the writing is so empty I didn't even want to skip or fast forward cuz by the next time the plot is interesting it'd probably be the last ep

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This kinda reminds me of a detective conan ep, they have a house full of "suspicious" people and everyone is trying to either hide their own petty crimes or stay silent in hopes that the killer will help them get all the inheritance. all the while the killer roams free because no one is actually trying to find them. and by no one I mean the cops...
I get when sometimes the main character needs to find the killer becasue the cops are incompetent, but here they just took out the cops becasue they want the household members to do the investigation alone ;/ the cops barely visited the crime scene ;/

they are only limited to the mansion set and they rarely go out so it is way too limited and the number of eps are short but still too long for this kind of setting and plot.

tbh if you take out all the petty suspects it's pretty clear who the killer is and it's funny when two 20 year old girls are the only ones doing the research. also isn't it illegal to release the circumstances of an ongoing crime to the public and let them help with the investigation?

anyway, again with the ep count it's obvious they knew they can't drag it for 16 or even 12 eps, but tbh they only needed 2

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the only thing I'm staying for is taecyeon's cuteness, his "in love" face is just too cute
I so love how he looks at her and how he acts, “why be shy when I’m not ashamed of my affectionate actions” ~~~~~
But like yes boy, you’re a man who likes your woman, why be flustered and shove her away like cheesy angsty cold mls

I love the "go inside a book" theme, but seohyun's acting is so bad, as bad as her ever changing "baby hair", the plot was cute when she ran away from him but he continued to chase her xD

but overall the angst of it is boring, and every other character is just flat

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12 thirty min eps, sounds short but it was torture

I always say different people different taste but I don't get how they liked this mess.
The fl was cruel. Even worse than jerk mls. She was a tyrant. She manipulated the ml with her broken phone so he works for her. She didn't even let him take a break or go to the bathroom which is a human right. And she was "surprised" he was naive enough to not give up then worse only wanted him when she thought he likes her and made a sense when she again made up stories that he liked someone else. THEN claimed him just because she wanted someone to love her.....


The ml was also worse than naive fls. He allowed her when she controlled his breaks, even kids go to the bathroom if their teacher says no... it's basic nature. Then he finds out she lied to him. But he fell for her cuz what. She's poor cynical and hardworking? While he's rich spoiled and happy?.... and he was even happy with her marking him when she just said she selfishly didn't like him but the idea of him...


She also steals, she was upset and hyungmin taking mls shoes. Not because she cared for the ml but she thought she's the only one allowed to threatened people. Then she sells it and takes the half as if she has any right to that money. She should've atleast returned it to the ml. Just cuz she sells something doesn't mean she owns it...

Sam was the only cute person yet he was always mistreated even by the writers saying he's dumb. And minnie was the only normal person but she was also too clingy


The comedy was meh and the only good scenes were with that cute baby and puppy.
I thought this was short but after watching 6eps while playing on my phone I don't even want to see their romance. The random drug mystery or the fact that the ml is a rich American actress's son...

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WDH HOTNESS

7 for plot
4 for execution
10 for WDH
10 for WDH smile
10 for WDH abs
10 for WDH emotional scenes
10 for WDH sass
10 for WDH charisma
5.5 for fl, she wasn’t bad but most times she wasn’t good
2 for 2ml, only redeemable scenes was with WDH and they should’ve had more instead of him crying over a girl half his age
5 for Johnna
-10 for bathroom jokes and motel scene
5 for editing skills, tho great cinematography, some “teleportation” and jump scenes were confusing


They should’ve focused more on the concept of unlikely familyness, eps 6 and 7 were just useless, and some big plot moves had me



So the dad didn’t abandon him when he was 8, WDH left when he was 18ish

Sure the dad went blank and empty on him but he wasn’t bad and the mom overreacted, agh like seriously it’s not like anyone thought she cheated, or he was gonna leave them or she was hurt and shamed
And she wasn’t gonna leave town, she was gonna kill the kid along…


On another hand, with everything the little girl should’ve had more scenes, also fls life felt sadder and it didn’t make sense why he acted like they’re the same
Her mom abandoned her when she gave birth, then years later went and made another family

2ml did have the trauma of mamas boy but it was pathetic

The mom being suddenly nice and “accepting” anyone ppl as kid replacement but she wasn’t gonna accept her daughter in law
And fl going from marring another dude to randomly not leaving ml and ml hurting her cuz he didn’t want to get hurt

lol I forgot to change the rating, I won’t keep it a 10, it had great promise and potential also saying the dad took him back like he was waiting, and the questionable 2fl and her “mom or lover” yet another weird 12 age gap honestly she was better of with 2ml

The name puns were only fun the first time it was mentioned and I hated the ending like just give us unbelievable happy resolutions honestly his not dad dad was rich enough so was his not lover mom and even 2ml’s mom who was nice when she wanted

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