For real.. they should keep the asian shows to asia, like US can make their own show, can't they?
Nope. It's about time Asian shows are adapted in the West. We Asians have been making adaptations of Western shows since live-action films started. Don't stop us Asians from conquering the Western world.
Trivia: The conference scene was probably inspired by a scene in the global hit RomCom, «Notting Hill». It was…
So for those who weren't born yet or too young to have watched it, give Notting Hill a try while My Troublesome Star is still fresh in your mind. You won't regret it.
We were only both 17 and entering our 2nd year college when we watched it in the cinema—with my Grade 9 (3rd year high school) girlfriend (we're entering our 2nd year anniversary too). It was a global romcom hit.
the room neighbour yu ran died after she met se ra, otherwise she couldn't even met her, in the 2nd accident happened…
Yes, she died after she met SeRa. But she died only after they became best friends. She also died before Episode 1.
They met when SeRa ran away from her family after she left her father and her father got into an accident. It happened months before Episode 1. She was already hiding and working at the school of her niece, and is well known there already, before her former manager found her and sent her the evidence.
Then the evidence led her to the Mayor candidate, which revealed to them that she is still alive. After she ambushed him, he ordered for her silence. This also happened before Episode 1.
Episode 1 started with her waking up at the hospital. YuRan has been dead for quite some time by Episode 1.
Trivia: The conference scene was probably inspired by a scene in the global hit RomCom, «Notting Hill». It was a 1999 film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.
Actually, if you think deeply about it, there were a lot of similarities between the two.
1. Both FLs are huge stars. One is trying to get some normal life, the other is trying to get back her celebrity life. 2. Both MLs were ordinary people. One was a divorced bookstore owner and the other a detective. 3. Both FLs fell in love with an ordinary guy. 4. Both MLs assumed their worlds are too far apart.
Q: How and why did SeRa's room neighbor die?A: She was struggling with her exams and nearly at her end before…
Q: The corrupt politican and his bodyguard did not fight back? A: Maybe they did but the evidence against them were solid.
Regardless, they are not important. They were only used as a plot device to get SeRa and the Detective together. That's their only role in the story.
Remember, this is a RomCom and not a Detective/Crime Mystery genre.
Q: What was that about the watch? A: Just a plot device.
In creative fiction, a writer needs to use a plot device a lot to make things happen and to move things forward. It could be another character, an event, an idea, or a simple item. Plot devices generally don't need any background story or explanation. It just exist. It just so happen that way. It is up to the audience or reader to make something up for plot devices if they need one.
Even in literature fiction (books, comics, etc.), plot devices are just that. They don't need any explanation, they just exist or happened to be.
If there is a sequel, the writer cnoan reuse that plot device and elevate its importance.
For example, the blue watch was only just another blue watch in Season 1. But in Season 2 the blue watch has a deeper story and is actually connected to a cabal. The cabal had a hand on how the USB ended up in her father's DVD collection. (They never hinted how it got there.)
That was all there is to it. Corrupt politicans funding female celebrities so they can later trap them for sexual favours once they tasted success.
SeRa knows. So, they want her silenced permanently.
They didn't make it sound like something grand since they already told us from the beginning what it was. They revealed it in the first two episodes so it won't get in the way. It's like saying, "this is not the plot so we told you about this now".
They just used that corrupt politician as a plot device to get SeRa and the Detective together.
Q: How and why did SeRa's room neighbor die? A: She was struggling with her exams and nearly at her end before she met SeRa outside. SeRa unknowingly gave her some break but life still caught up.
She was already dead before the series started. SeRa was only imagining she's there.
Q: Why did they not explain why SeRa disappeared? A: They did. Episode 11 aed 12
SeRa ran from everyone and shut herself in. She thought that the world abandoned her. In addition to that, her face was scarred which pushed her down depression.
Her depression lasted some years, it was hinted in Episode 9 or 10. Her sister took care of her, left her food she didn't eat, and so on. It was hinted in earlier episodes she used all her money. We can safely assume she fixed her face using that money instead of helping her family, hence she "transformed".
Then later, she became so obsessed with coming back after spending her money. She even left her father to chase her obsession.
Then she ran away from everyone.
Q: Why did they not explain why they tried to kill her? A: They did. First and last 2 episodes!
The original Mayor who ordered her to be killed did so because: 1. HuiYeong told him that SeRa is going to reveal everything 2. The everything is about the secret sexual favours 3. How the Assemblyman is behind the success of ceatain celebrities and later traps them to do sexual favours by telling them he was behind their success
The current Mayor-wannabe also wants her killed because she knows and she's a ticking time bomb.
Q: Her ex-manager was helping her so why did she accuse him? A: He was not.
He found where SeRa is hiding and sent her the USB with the recording he took 25 years ago. In that package was a business card to the location of the former Mayor's successor.
SeRa listened to the recording and followed the clues. She did not know that by revealing herself to them, she signed her own death warrant.
The successor ordered her killed. This was where E01 started.
Her former manager only used her in the hopes that the successor of the original Mayor, the one who first ordered SeRa's death, will tremble. He miscalculated that the successor is as dangeorus as his predecessor.
Hints are: - she's struggling with her exams - it was her nth try - SeRa inadvertently extended her life when they crossed paths (she probably died earlier if she did not meet SeRa)
«My Troublesome Star» («금쪽같은 내스타») is a rare gem in the K-drama industry. It is not your typical Korean TV series where they do every genre in a single show and end up with so many plots, no one can agree what it is mainly about, it's a well-written drama that fires up our feel-good emotions as well as inspire us to fight for our dreams.
If you are feeling down and the future looks dark, give «My Troublesome Star» a try. You will laugh. You will cry. It will resonate. It will give you hope to once again shine.
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And the S03 fan service, I love that one. Unfair but it was great. 😆
We were only both 17 and entering our 2nd year college when we watched it in the cinema—with my Grade 9 (3rd year high school) girlfriend (we're entering our 2nd year anniversary too). It was a global romcom hit.
They met when SeRa ran away from her family after she left her father and her father got into an accident. It happened months before Episode 1. She was already hiding and working at the school of her niece, and is well known there already, before her former manager found her and sent her the evidence.
Then the evidence led her to the Mayor candidate, which revealed to them that she is still alive. After she ambushed him, he ordered for her silence. This also happened before Episode 1.
Episode 1 started with her waking up at the hospital. YuRan has been dead for quite some time by Episode 1.
The third attempt restored it.
Actually, if you think deeply about it, there were a lot of similarities between the two.
1. Both FLs are huge stars. One is trying to get some normal life, the other is trying to get back her celebrity life.
2. Both MLs were ordinary people. One was a divorced bookstore owner and the other a detective.
3. Both FLs fell in love with an ordinary guy.
4. Both MLs assumed their worlds are too far apart.
And so on.
A: Maybe they did but the evidence against them were solid.
Regardless, they are not important. They were only used as a plot device to get SeRa and the Detective together. That's their only role in the story.
Remember, this is a RomCom and not a Detective/Crime Mystery genre.
Q: What was that about the watch?
A: Just a plot device.
In creative fiction, a writer needs to use a plot device a lot to make things happen and to move things forward. It could be another character, an event, an idea, or a simple item. Plot devices generally don't need any background story or explanation. It just exist. It just so happen that way. It is up to the audience or reader to make something up for plot devices if they need one.
Even in literature fiction (books, comics, etc.), plot devices are just that. They don't need any explanation, they just exist or happened to be.
If there is a sequel, the writer cnoan reuse that plot device and elevate its importance.
For example, the blue watch was only just another blue watch in Season 1. But in Season 2 the blue watch has a deeper story and is actually connected to a cabal. The cabal had a hand on how the USB ended up in her father's DVD collection. (They never hinted how it got there.)
SeRa knows. So, they want her silenced permanently.
They didn't make it sound like something grand since they already told us from the beginning what it was. They revealed it in the first two episodes so it won't get in the way. It's like saying, "this is not the plot so we told you about this now".
They just used that corrupt politician as a plot device to get SeRa and the Detective together.
A: She was struggling with her exams and nearly at her end before she met SeRa outside. SeRa unknowingly gave her some break but life still caught up.
She was already dead before the series started. SeRa was only imagining she's there.
Q: Why did they not explain why SeRa disappeared?
A: They did. Episode 11 aed 12
SeRa ran from everyone and shut herself in. She thought that the world abandoned her. In addition to that, her face was scarred which pushed her down depression.
Her depression lasted some years, it was hinted in Episode 9 or 10. Her sister took care of her, left her food she didn't eat, and so on. It was hinted in earlier episodes she used all her money. We can safely assume she fixed her face using that money instead of helping her family, hence she "transformed".
Then later, she became so obsessed with coming back after spending her money. She even left her father to chase her obsession.
Then she ran away from everyone.
Q: Why did they not explain why they tried to kill her?
A: They did. First and last 2 episodes!
The original Mayor who ordered her to be killed did so because:
1. HuiYeong told him that SeRa is going to reveal everything
2. The everything is about the secret sexual favours
3. How the Assemblyman is behind the success of ceatain celebrities and later traps them to do sexual favours by telling them he was behind their success
The current Mayor-wannabe also wants her killed because she knows and she's a ticking time bomb.
Q: Her ex-manager was helping her so why did she accuse him?
A: He was not.
He found where SeRa is hiding and sent her the USB with the recording he took 25 years ago. In that package was a business card to the location of the former Mayor's successor.
SeRa listened to the recording and followed the clues. She did not know that by revealing herself to them, she signed her own death warrant.
The successor ordered her killed. This was where E01 started.
Her former manager only used her in the hopes that the successor of the original Mayor, the one who first ordered SeRa's death, will tremble. He miscalculated that the successor is as dangeorus as his predecessor.
When she met SeRa, she found a temporary relief but life still caught up.
Hints are:
- she's struggling with her exams
- it was her nth try
- SeRa inadvertently extended her life when they crossed paths (she probably died earlier if she did not meet SeRa)
The reason why they tried to kill her was on the first 2 episodes. This was reconfirmed in the last two episodes.
Why she disappeared was explained in the second to the last episode, and briefly touched on in the last episode.
«My Troublesome Star» («금쪽같은 내스타») is a rare gem in the K-drama industry. It is not your typical Korean TV series where they do every genre in a single show and end up with so many plots, no one can agree what it is mainly about, it's a well-written drama that fires up our feel-good emotions as well as inspire us to fight for our dreams.
If you are feeling down and the future looks dark, give «My Troublesome Star» a try. You will laugh. You will cry. It will resonate. It will give you hope to once again shine.