IM YourOnlyOne

It depends which culture, and how old you are. ;)

I'm Gen-X / Gen-Y, and I side with the three boys. Actually, in every drama, Korean or otherwise, I don't like it when your relatives dictate on what you can and can not do with your life.

- You want to be single? Go ahead.
- Your relatives setting you up for blind dates? They can go to hell.
- You want to marry this person? By all means.
- Your relatives doesn't agree with your choices? Fight back.

Your life. Your love life. Your relationships. Your career. Your business(es).

Your choice.

^_^

Yep. It was a good show, it's in my to re-watch list. They also tried to explain things, both through text and like a class lesson.

I guess they just failed to explain quantum entanglement clearly which became the primary reason it suddenly received a backlash of negative ratings. But beyond that, it's good. Challenging, but definitely very good.

That was a very simple ending. Nothing grande. Nothing sweet. Just the usual … life goes on.

I think the best word is "natural". Their head-over-heels moments are long past, 1 year, it's more than enough time for their relationship to enter the mature phase. The kilig* moment is long gone, what's left is the most important of all … love.

* kilig - Philippine English
adj: Of a person: exhilarated by an exciting or romantic experience; thrilled, elated, gratified.
Causing or expressing a rush of excitement or exhilaration; thrilling, enthralling, captivating.

n: Exhilaration or elation caused by an exciting or romantic experience; an instance of this, a thrill.

* kilig moment n. a thrillingly romantic moment.

Source: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/39521221

Yep, it's weird they made her look far older than her character should be (and the actress is). It's more obvious because they also made the dentist way younger.

I hope they change it later. For now, I'm thinking her being a senior lawfirm partner made her look older because she stopped caring about herself and the stress of the work! Hehe. Maybe once she falls in love …

Their gaps, character and real life, are 2 and 3 years only respectively, but their make ups made them look like mother and son ^^;;

Hmm… I think you got things mixed up between real age and character age.


* ages are international age

The first couple:
- The actor for the dentist is 41: https://kisskh.at/people/826-oh-min-suk
- The actress for the senior lawfirm partner is 44: https://kisskh.at/people/4358-shin-dong-mi

The second couple:
- The actor for the attorney is 35: https://kisskh.at/people/395-yoon-shi-yoon
- The actress for the divorcee is 28: https://kisskh.at/people/17304-bae-da-bin

The third couple:
- The actor for the youngest brother is 24: https://kisskh.at/people/81935-seo-bum-jun
- The actress is 23: https://kisskh.at/people/50277-choi-ae-bin


According to this relationship chart another commenter gave: https://program.kbs.co.kr/2tv/drama/beautifulnow/mobile/detail.html?smenu=1aa59e

* ages of characters are Korean age(??)

The first couple:
- Dentist character age is 39
- Senior lawfirm partner age is 41

The second couple:
- Attorney is 36
- Divorcee is 31

The third couple:
- Youngest brother is 27
- His gaming partner is 25


The first couple:
- They have a 3-year gap in real age.
- Their characters only have a 2-year gap.

The second couple:
- Real age: 7-year gap
- Character age: 5-year gap

The third couple:
- Real: 1-year gap
- Character: 2-year gap

Glad to hear that. Yeah, I've heard a lot of good things about Record of Youth … and it's still in my watchlist (work and finishing other shows).

I'll add Can We Get Married then ^_^ Thank you for the suggestion!

Hahaha, a good choice!

You can always come back after watching. ^_^

Wow, Kim Se Jeong steamy scenes! That's a first! ^_^ More! j/k

Oh, I agree, it is also not about the age per se. It's just weird they chose that route, especially considering the age gap of the actors and characters they portray are not big anyway. The gap with the characters is shorter than the actors! Hehe.

So, if anyone will say "what's wrong if one is older in a relationship", that's not the issue. Better we clarify that before we get thrown under the bus. ^_^;;

Yeah. They did the reverse in this show. They made the actor younger and the actress older. Really weird decision there.

I hope in the next episodes, they'll change it. Maybe they are going after the plot "she doesn't care about her looks but as she finally get serious with love, she took care of herself". Hopefully that's the reason.

Again, this is a major spoiler.

Last warning. ^_^

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Basically, quantum entanglement means that two objects (or humans in the case of Alice) are 100% identical that everything about them is connected in the quantum level (quantum physics). Because of this deep connection linking them, they can share all their memories and experiences.

In Alice, the major reaction was the mother of the ML looks exactly like the girl he eventually liked when he grew up. Not only that, the gf eventually acquired all the memories and experiences of the mother … which made it more … how do you say it … very uncomfortable for many because she practically became his mother.

But, again, the gf is not his mother. Her and his mother are 100% identical in every way, down to their molecules and tomes and quantum level, that the she slowly acquired parts of his mother's memories and experiences.

That's quantum entanglement. They are not the same person. The mother came from a different timeline/universe and the gf is from another timeline/universe. They were not even born in the same time period, the mother was from a far future while the gf was in our present in our timeline/universe. She did not even have the memories and experiences of his mother until later in the series.

Oh, quantum entanglement is a real thing. It is not a theory, it's a fundamental nature of … well nature. It is under quantum physics.

That's basically it. (The actress are the same too btw, so … I hope you don't get trapped in that mother / gf thing.)

As for the time travel … I think you can handle that one. It's confusing at first but the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.

Again, this is a major spoiler.

Last warning. ^_^

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Basically, quantum entanglement means that two objects (or humans in the case of Alice) are 100% identical that everything about them is connected in the quantum level (quantum physics). Because of this deep connection linking them, they can share all their memories and experiences.

In Alice, the major reaction was the mother of the ML looks exactly like the girl he eventually liked when he grew up. Not only that, the gf eventually acquired all the memories and experiences of the mother … which made it more … how do you say it … very uncomfortable for many because she practically became his mother.

But, again, the gf is not his mother. Her and his mother are 100% identical in every way, down to their molecules and tomes and quantum level, that the she slowly acquired parts of his mother's memories and experiences.

That's quantum entanglement. They are not the same person. The mother came from a different timeline/universe and the gf is from another timeline/universe. They were not even born in the same time period, the mother was from a far future while the gf was in our present in our timeline/universe. She did not even have the memories and experiences of his mother until later in the series.

Oh, quantum entanglement is a real thing. It is not a theory, it's a fundamental nature of … well nature. It is under quantum physics.

That's basically it. (The actress are the same too btw, so … I hope you don't get trapped in that mother / gf thing.)

As for the time travel … I think you can handle that one. It's confusing at first but the more you think about it, the more it makes sense.

Ahh. If you're up to the challenge, watch Alice. ^_^ Or you can read my next reply … which will definitely spoil Alice so I'll hide it. (which also explains quantum entanglement).

Okay, time to start this one! ^_^

It should be available in … well … unauthorized streaming sites. ;)

I think it was on iQIYI. But I'm not sure if it is still available, I unsub last Dec 2021 because their Customer Support prefers to blame their customers. (It's not in VIU though.)

I'm curious, what's the beef with the writer? At least according to MDL, "It's Beautiful Now" is the first show I'm watching where she's the writer.

I see that Record of Youth is under her belt but I've heard a lot of good things about it elsewhere. So I'm curious. What shows did she helm that people doesn't like and "ruined"? I'm assuming the MDL list is incomplete?

The actor is 41 (the dentist) and the actress (the attorney) is 44. In the in-universe chart, he's 39 and she's 41.

Yet, in person, the actress was made-up to look far too older while the actor was made-up to look way younger. I actually keep thinking the attorney is the eldest and the dentist is the second son.

I wonder how the Koreans are taking this in. I mean, they're the masters in making themselves look younger or older, real age aside, they could have made the pair look more of similar age than it currently is. (No offense to the actress.)

Thank you both very much!

Choi Ye Bin looks matured and a grown-up here. It's as if 4 years passed between Penthouse 3 and this show. I'm also glad she's showing her other side of acting (and she's okay after her stint in The Penthouse franchise).