Wow. They actually filmed in the Philippines, and what's new is that the shots are clean.
Usully foreign prods partner with local prods to make things cheaper and help them with local laws and practices, which usually end up getting local-quality scenes, extras, dialogues, and unnecessary local actors. The usual complexities shooting abroad.
But this one, none of it. It was as if they brought all their tech and prod crew in the Philippines, including extras, and blocked off a 5 km radius or forced everyone to sign an NDA.
I can't tell if a local prod was involved in any part of the Philippine scenes.
Unless, there is now a Philippine-based Korean prod company that's why they can maintain Korean-quality shoots?
"Esquire" is used here in the context of young lawyers who are still learning the ropes. It is similar to old English "squire" (there's an etymology connection there).
"Love is esquire" means that love is an endless process of learning, just like an esquire must always learn to become better lawyers. (Or a squire to become a knight.)
No matter what form love takes, «love is esquire».
It is a copy-paste from Mr. Queen and the Great Doctor dramas, but still good. It is silly and stupid to keep…
Time travelis a very common genre globally. If this show is a copy of Mr. Queen, then Mr. Queen is a copy of every other time travel fiction out there.
Ngl hated the extended time between communication. They could have shown live translation while they speak Mandarin.…
It's the current demand in productions, proper language for a foreigner who don't speak another language.
Even in Western and on Japan, it is the demand.
It is now frowned upon if a character who don't speak a certain language is suddenly speaking it for the sake of making it easier for the actors and the audience.
I'm suspecting it has to do with the idea that "big names will never take on anything other than main roles because it's demeaning for their career". A few years back, there was an account arguing about that because people were submitting corrections to the cast list, and their fave actor was actually "support" only. 😅 They won the edit war, MDL sided with them. LOL.
Earlier this year, there was a show where a character was marked as a "support" when that character only showed up in two episodes. Meanwhile, characters who appeared frequently and had far more screentime were marked as "guests". 🤣
LOL. MDL listed MiNa as "main role", she didn't even had 10 minutes screen time and her character was only there as a plot device: to get FL to discover Seoul Perms and to see a snow globe. 😅 They really don't understand their own labels. 🤪
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Usully foreign prods partner with local prods to make things cheaper and help them with local laws and practices, which usually end up getting local-quality scenes, extras, dialogues, and unnecessary local actors. The usual complexities shooting abroad.
But this one, none of it. It was as if they brought all their tech and prod crew in the Philippines, including extras, and blocked off a 5 km radius or forced everyone to sign an NDA.
I can't tell if a local prod was involved in any part of the Philippine scenes.
Unless, there is now a Philippine-based Korean prod company that's why they can maintain Korean-quality shoots?
ML: For me, love is
*Then title card showed up: Esquire*
Me: Ooh, that's a tricky way to summarize it. Esquire, esquire, dear writer, what are you thinking, what are you trying to tell us.
20 minutes later
Me: Ahh! This is it! The process. The moral lesson in each episode. The analysis of the FL were pointing to it. The ML simply summarized it.
Me: Really poetic, dear writer.
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It just suddenly made sense.
«Love is esquire»
"Esquire" is used here in the context of young lawyers who are still learning the ropes. It is similar to old English "squire" (there's an etymology connection there).
"Love is esquire" means that love is an endless process of learning, just like an esquire must always learn to become better lawyers. (Or a squire to become a knight.)
No matter what form love takes, «love is esquire».
Ehh. Non-spicy ≠ bland. 🙎🏽
Bland = no MSG.
Even in Western and on Japan, it is the demand.
It is now frowned upon if a character who don't speak a certain language is suddenly speaking it for the sake of making it easier for the actors and the audience.
Cooking Jewel in the Palace Team versus Chūka Ichiban (China's First / Cooking Master Boy)Team
Who will win?
JiYeong, the Exotic Master Chef who conquered the most prestigious cooking competition in 2025
or
the famed Super Chef Liu Mao Xing who conquered every prestigious cooking competiton on East Asia?
The stakes are high! The Joseon Dynasty will forever be rewritten or the Ming Dynasty forever shamed in the annals of history.
Come one and all. Witness new history as it unfolds!
Koreans speaking Tagalog or English. Americans speaking Japanese, Korean, or Tagalog. And so on.
Whenever he's in the scene, I get ready to laugh. 🤣🤣🤣
I'm suspecting it has to do with the idea that "big names will never take on anything other than main roles because it's demeaning for their career". A few years back, there was an account arguing about that because people were submitting corrections to the cast list, and their fave actor was actually "support" only. 😅 They won the edit war, MDL sided with them. LOL.
Earlier this year, there was a show where a character was marked as a "support" when that character only showed up in two episodes. Meanwhile, characters who appeared frequently and had far more screentime were marked as "guests". 🤣
I hope there's a YT clip alaeady. Must find and bookmark!