These episodes I swear are raising my blood pressure especially episodes 5 and 6.The fact that juveniles can do…
It's a general law that underage can't be punished for crimes, even murder. The differences between countries are: 1. What do they do with it: juvenile detention, or adoption because the parent can't be trusted, or nothing 2. Is the crime or sentence still applicable once they become legally liable? And how many years of waiting? 3. If they were sent to juvie or similar and finished the required minimum, can they still be punished after they turn legal age?
It s***ks, yes, but it seems to be human nature to shield the legally underage from regular/adult punishments.
some resolutions are utopist (instant justice, usually legal battle take too much energy, and time), but i like…
Not exactly record since it's already there, but it doesn't have any power unless brought to an authority's attention and they take action on it.
If the chat was already deleted, that's harder to prove since chat platforms either deletes their log after a week or it's e2ee (end-to-end encrypted; the service can't see anything).
Secondly, the actual laws. Many issues portrayed in Kdramas are often social issues that lacks effective laws or there really is no law, or were recently passed but lacks implementation or is still untested.
For example, Soohyun's case has now placed to the test the recent AI and cyber laws of South Korea. In addition to that, it finally exposed a decades old issue about brand-celebrity contracts. South Korea is also debating on passing a new law giving protections to celebrities and culling their very toxic "guilty until proven innocent" culture—once passed, celebrities will be protected from losing sponsors, projects, kdramas, because of some unconfirmed, uninvestigated rumour or leak.
In many other countries, it is common sense that a person is "innocent until proven guilty". That's actually the core of the United Nation Declaration on Human Rights. But in South Korea, you are guilty until proven innocent—and even if you were proven guilty, your haters won't stop until you sue them and also you likely won't be able to return to your career.
I am not painting South Korea negatively, we can all see, watch, read real-life cases of that toxic culture, weak laws, or the lack thereof.
Going back, even if there's chat evidence, if no one will take your side, that evidence is useless. If the law is weak, or there is no law at all for that case, everyone is afraid because the powerful can destroy your career and life.
That's what the elementary teacher episode was about. The principal gave up. She was discouraged. She knew, as a Korean, nothing will happen if she escalates it outside of the school, and school's image will be tarnished too. Until the teacher broke down and gave up on her life.
1. I already knew they were going to mess up because the way the orders were placed on the kitchen was random.
Always remember: FIFO. First In, First Out. That principle applies in almost all aspects of life.
So for orders, always move the first to the right-most side, and you place the new ones to the left. Everytime an order slip is done, you move every pending slips to the right.
You also always mark which items were served so you are not guessing. And in case the next order is similar, you can move to that already, while still cooking the other items from the long order.
It's fine if you're new. No issue there. But it is a lesson to take heart. FIFO. First In, First Out.
2. The episode focused too much on the big group. That's fine, it's the episode title after all! I just wished they showed more of the kitchen and how they handled the sudden influx of orders, group orders at that.
It could've added more context as to what exactly happened. I have a suspicion it isn't just because they didn't follow FIFO principle.
But yes, maybe they'll show it in Episode 5.
3. All I'm saying is that E04 left the audience, or just me, in a bad mood. It was like the episode was edited in a way to emphasize the error and how bad it was to make Koreans wait. Which isn't about Koreans or Korean culture at all, making customers wait is bad no matter which country you are at, so there was no need to emphasized it in this episode.
They made mistakes. We know that. They're newbies to this type of work. It isn't an excuse and I am not defending them because they're Filipinos, but again, E04 tipped too much on emphasizing their mistakes. It lacked balance. You don't do this in competition/survival type variety shows, there's always a balance in each episode.
They could've titled Episode 04 as "Chaotic Filipino Restaurant Made Koreans Wait Forever". 🤪🤣😝😜😆 That's what I got from E04.
Likely too late to update the future episodes, but at least, the editing team and directors might discovere this feedback so they can improve their style in their future projects.
The guest chef was right, if you remove certain things to fit the Korean palette, then it loses its Filipino-ness. You can adjust it up or down but don't remove anything.
I think they intentionally chose celebrities without an experience to make the show more excitong and challenging. If they chose just one with experience, it will totally change the flow and vibe.
It's fun to watch. It's like watching a group of friends who decided to open a restaurant with no one to guide them but their daily experiences. We rarely see that today because there are training programs now.
Including "inspired by" is not a standard practice or mandatory in the industry. Every text shown in screens…
Korea is also not into superhero genre. This is just another attempt or experiment, and it was a success (one of the few successful works).
Besides, experimenting on children and they gain superpowers can be traced back as far as 1950s. So, Stranger Things or whatever should also include "inspired by" if that is mandatory. 😁
Ideas, and general concepts, are not propected by Copyright. Thus, there is nothing binding any creator in including "Inspired by".
I can write a story that looks like Battle Royale but isn't Battle Royale, and people will demand I credit Squid Game but was not inspired by any of those because "Last Man Standing" is an ancient genre. 😆
Including "inspired by" is not a standard practice or mandatory in the industry. Every text shown in screens have a corresponding value in money and time. So, if it's not important, then it shouldn't be there.
There is nothing new under sun, everything was inspired by something. 😉
why do I feel like there will be season 2🤣🤣😭why did they have to make the villain resurrect.I hope his…
It's called "open ending". It is standard practice on creative writing to leave room for imagination. It just so happen that Korean writers rarely used open endings until a few years ago,it was even rarer ten to twenty years ago.
It is also advantagous for the production company, they can later create a sequel instead of rebooting it, fans generally hate reboots.
But, as it currently is, don't read into it. It's just an open ended story. Kdramas rarely do sequels.
You’re looking for logic in a comedy & fantasy show I fear it was never going to work for you in the first…
Yep, I agree with that. It's in the title. The title should've set the proper expectations.
This is one of those rare cases where Netflix didn't give it an incorrect English title. I would've understood the OP's reaction if this was another Netflix show with an English title that sets the wrong expectations. 😁
Unfortunately, there probably won't be a season 2 because Netflix has it tagged as a 'limited series'.
It's called "open ending".
It's a standard practice in creative writing to leave some room for imagination. Korean writers only recently learned about it, that's why it looks like it's "new" because it's not common—although there were some highly popular works with an open ending (and some fans are milking by creating fake trailers).
It also has the advantage of a potential future sequel if the production company wants to, avoiding the dreaded reboots which fans generally don't like.
Do you know why I keep on watching this? I can't predict the stories of each character. If you've watched and read a lot stories, as well as studied creative writing (not to mention if you came from a clan of writers), you can predict plots, twists, and even dialogues; because of it, stories need to have something to keep you hooked, and one such is it should be less predictable.
That's problematic because stories come from our experiences, things we've seen, heard, read, watched, and even those that we subconsciously absorbed throughout our lives. In other words, nothing is new under the sun.
A work such as this being very unpredictable is rare.
I wish it was a 16-episode series because as it is, there was not much "meat". It is only like a children's version of 《The Last Empress》, another fictional and alternate reality Korea where the Monarchy was continous and Korea was never split.
Beyond that, it was still a fun watch. Their acting matched their characters and dialogues, and their love story—or stories, plural—is everyone's fantasy.
Shey did that because they don't want people to pronounce it as "Ian". Western audiences usually have a very nard time pronouncing Yi, so common practice is to make it "I". But if you write it as "I An", most Westerners will read it as "Ian". But if it's "I AN", it forces the reader to say it as: ee·an.
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1. What do they do with it: juvenile detention, or adoption because the parent can't be trusted, or nothing
2. Is the crime or sentence still applicable once they become legally liable? And how many years of waiting?
3. If they were sent to juvie or similar and finished the required minimum, can they still be punished after they turn legal age?
It s***ks, yes, but it seems to be human nature to shield the legally underage from regular/adult punishments.
If the chat was already deleted, that's harder to prove since chat platforms either deletes their log after a week or it's e2ee (end-to-end encrypted; the service can't see anything).
Secondly, the actual laws. Many issues portrayed in Kdramas are often social issues that lacks effective laws or there really is no law, or were recently passed but lacks implementation or is still untested.
For example, Soohyun's case has now placed to the test the recent AI and cyber laws of South Korea. In addition to that, it finally exposed a decades old issue about brand-celebrity contracts. South Korea is also debating on passing a new law giving protections to celebrities and culling their very toxic "guilty until proven innocent" culture—once passed, celebrities will be protected from losing sponsors, projects, kdramas, because of some unconfirmed, uninvestigated rumour or leak.
In many other countries, it is common sense that a person is "innocent until proven guilty". That's actually the core of the United Nation Declaration on Human Rights. But in South Korea, you are guilty until proven innocent—and even if you were proven guilty, your haters won't stop until you sue them and also you likely won't be able to return to your career.
I am not painting South Korea negatively, we can all see, watch, read real-life cases of that toxic culture, weak laws, or the lack thereof.
Going back, even if there's chat evidence, if no one will take your side, that evidence is useless. If the law is weak, or there is no law at all for that case, everyone is afraid because the powerful can destroy your career and life.
That's what the elementary teacher episode was about. The principal gave up. She was discouraged. She knew, as a Korean, nothing will happen if she escalates it outside of the school, and school's image will be tarnished too. Until the teacher broke down and gave up on her life.
Always remember: FIFO. First In, First Out. That principle applies in almost all aspects of life.
So for orders, always move the first to the right-most side, and you place the new ones to the left. Everytime an order slip is done, you move every pending slips to the right.
You also always mark which items were served so you are not guessing. And in case the next order is similar, you can move to that already, while still cooking the other items from the long order.
It's fine if you're new. No issue there. But it is a lesson to take heart. FIFO. First In, First Out.
2. The episode focused too much on the big group. That's fine, it's the episode title after all! I just wished they showed more of the kitchen and how they handled the sudden influx of orders, group orders at that.
It could've added more context as to what exactly happened. I have a suspicion it isn't just because they didn't follow FIFO principle.
But yes, maybe they'll show it in Episode 5.
3. All I'm saying is that E04 left the audience, or just me, in a bad mood. It was like the episode was edited in a way to emphasize the error and how bad it was to make Koreans wait. Which isn't about Koreans or Korean culture at all, making customers wait is bad no matter which country you are at, so there was no need to emphasized it in this episode.
They made mistakes. We know that. They're newbies to this type of work. It isn't an excuse and I am not defending them because they're Filipinos, but again, E04 tipped too much on emphasizing their mistakes. It lacked balance. You don't do this in competition/survival type variety shows, there's always a balance in each episode.
They could've titled Episode 04 as "Chaotic Filipino Restaurant Made Koreans Wait Forever". 🤪🤣😝😜😆 That's what I got from E04.
Likely too late to update the future episodes, but at least, the editing team and directors might discovere this feedback so they can improve their style in their future projects.
It's fun to watch. It's like watching a group of friends who decided to open a restaurant with no one to guide them but their daily experiences. We rarely see that today because there are training programs now.
Besides, experimenting on children and they gain superpowers can be traced back as far as 1950s. So, Stranger Things or whatever should also include "inspired by" if that is mandatory. 😁
I can write a story that looks like Battle Royale but isn't Battle Royale, and people will demand I credit Squid Game but was not inspired by any of those because "Last Man Standing" is an ancient genre. 😆
There is nothing new under sun, everything was inspired by something. 😉
It is also advantagous for the production company, they can later create a sequel instead of rebooting it, fans generally hate reboots.
But, as it currently is, don't read into it. It's just an open ended story. Kdramas rarely do sequels.
This is one of those rare cases where Netflix didn't give it an incorrect English title. I would've understood the OP's reaction if this was another Netflix show with an English title that sets the wrong expectations. 😁
It's a standard practice in creative writing to leave some room for imagination. Korean writers only recently learned about it, that's why it looks like it's "new" because it's not common—although there were some highly popular works with an open ending (and some fans are milking by creating fake trailers).
It also has the advantage of a potential future sequel if the production company wants to, avoiding the dreaded reboots which fans generally don't like.
That's problematic because stories come from our experiences, things we've seen, heard, read, watched, and even those that we subconsciously absorbed throughout our lives. In other words, nothing is new under the sun.
A work such as this being very unpredictable is rare.
Beyond that, it was still a fun watch. Their acting matched their characters and dialogues, and their love story—or stories, plural—is everyone's fantasy.
But it's actually pronounced as yi·an.