i was browsing and saw this. tbh it was the woman who's face is on the cover photo that caught my eye and its…
I think a bigger form of conflict needs to be introduced... I'm not trying to watch 2 women fight over a dead man for 120 episodes lol
On KOCOWA this is tagged as 'revenge' so I'm hanging around to see what that is about...
re: duration. the American equivalent to this type of show would be soap operas like General Hospital, Bold and the Beautiful etc. New episodes airing Monday to Friday. The only difference is that in America the shows are serialized for years... decades even while in Korea they last a few months. They film as the show airs, the show gets written as it airs...
there are some dramas that are 50 episodes long that also broadcast twice a week. Usually the weekend dramas.
I think they're just normal human characters that you see all around you in everyday life? nothing to do with…
It's not average. Plenty of people with healthy committed relationships in the real world. All the characters being trash here is just for the sake of dramatics, and MBCs attempt to at a riveting story (high viewer ratings). Conflict tends to drive story better than peace does although peace is healthier for you irl
However the conflict here isn't very interesting to me... Or the rest of Korea with a viewership rating that averages 4%.....
Don't feel bad at all that the dad got clipped. Something tells me I will be on Team Heekyung for this drama...
I can already tell I am going to hate Okyung's family and Ms. So. The latter's actress tends to be typecast in obnoxious roles I couldn't stand her character in Snow White's Revenge either
speaking of which, they have the same writer. She seems to have a fondness for older villain protagnists (same, lol)
Choi Myeonggil playing a villain protagonist?! I am SEATED
I'm tuning in. A Graceful Liar REALLY put me on lol
I'm also watching midnight apujeong and that's supposed to be a "daughter gets revenge on her mother" one.. however it's written by the notorious Im Sunghan so I have no idea where the story is going 🤣
Speaking of Im Sunghan there's also Miss Mermaid which also fits. Do you know of any other dramas with this trope 👀
Choi Myeonggil playing a villain protagonist?! I am SEATED
I haven't watched this yet! But I'm thinking about it because of Choi Myunggil and Ban Hyojung... and I've been interested in the "daughter gets revenge on mother" trope these days 🤔
Yesterday's episode (6) was kinda boring but today's is going to be intense. Funerals are already emotional to begin with but with THIS family tree?! Buckle up.
No way in hell is Seri going to take Youngju not calling her during Minki's final moments lightly and I know Seungwoo will have a lot to say lol
Also LMFAO @ Do Dohee seeking male validation via social media... while in a relationship!! At first I thought Jihu was mad because Dohee had an Instagram and I was like ???? until he brought up the DMs. Interesting plot device lol
Sabin has an interesting charm about him. It's going to be very interesting how he handles this upcoming conflict of interest with Youngju and Seri....
Lol you didn't like him? I could've sworn that you did and you mentioned it earlier!
I'm on episode 61 and I gotta say the drama definitely takes off once Hwakyung gets kicked out. The first third of the drama felt slow to me (Myungjoon and Joowon 😴) outside of the MBS scenes but now that it's turned into Hwakyung actively fighting her way back into the house I like it way better lol I hate the grandfather so I'm rooting for her 😭
Jini's panic attack at the end of episode 4 :( I actually like that Jini is troubled and not a "bright personality" FL.
The drama needs to either stick to current year or handle the flashbacks and get them out the way. It's so fragmented. I AM interested in this drama but I think I might come back in 2-3 weeks and binge watch the episodes...
As for the three main characters, jini is definitely my favorite. Youngju does not give "cheerful" in any capacity, her throwing salt and standing by while Seungwoo (I believe he's the brother with the longer hair) was mouthing off and saying horrible things to Jini. Seri (daily dramas love naming their antagonists Seri lol) is clearly supposed to be the villain but I don't see it outside of her having the affair ~30 years ago. With Seri the drama is TELLING us not SHOWING us. I guess the one thing I do like about this story is that Youngju and Seri aren't black and white meaning Youngju isn't all nice and Seri isn't all evil.
Side characters I don't really care for the acupuncture doctor or his brother, but that's probably because they feel divorced from the main storyline. I like Seungwoo a bit better than his brother. Mai is probably my favorite character so far just because she's not living in Angst City and I find her backstory interesting - she's a heiress from Vietnam who got into kdramas during the hallyu wave, study abroad in Korea to marry a postman. It would've been cool to actually see a Vietnamese actress casted but realistically MBC probably couldn't afford to cast one lol
Minki will probably be dying in today's episode (5) and I gotta say I'll be glad to see him go. Zero accountability for his role in the affair. Since we don't have linear flashbacks it's hard to tell who approached who first but the point is it takes two. Ngl it got ridiculous seeing him blame Youngju and Seri and being upset that neither of them got cancer (wtf lmao)
Do Dohee ... could this be the final boss of the drama? Horrible person but for the sake of the story and my entertainment I am enjoying her walk over Jini... Because it'll make Jini standing up to her even more satisfying . Also... Seri doesn't seem like like she did/does a good job at protecting Jini from the things she went through. Minki at least accompanied Jini to the hospital during her suicide attempt and they seem closer.
I really wonder what the main "plot" is going to be tbh - Minki is dying and that is not going to take 120 episodes, as is Oreum needing a donor. Dohee is sabotaging Jini, and Jini will eventually fall in love with Jihu. Idk why but it feels like something is missing! KOCOWA has this tagged as "revenge", but this does not feel like a revenge drama; Youngju seems like she accepts her life and Jini has no real reason for revenge (yet) and to me her character just doesn't seem capable (?) of getting revenge... idk.
For how much I dislike it when dailies spend the first 2-3 weeks on flashbacks, this would be a drama that would greatly benefit.... to me it feels like the story is jumping around a lot. I am reminded of Meant to Be, which had like a 40 episode flashback. That's what I was expecting with this drama tbh lol
Deadass??? Myung-Jun is one of the roots of all evil here! 😭
No I don't like juwon... I stopped liking her during the first part of the story ... She could've stopped the missing memories broadcast if she wanted to lol. And now I think she overstepped big time by telling the grandfather that Hwakyung was a fake. I'm on woojung's "struggle arc" now but even then she's just so bland it's hard to say anything about her lol
Yeonhee annoys me a little but I like her for now because she's currently gunning for Hwakyung to come back to the house. Like you I don't know what her endgame is
The grandfather is the worst lmaoooo he likes to bait the other members of the household into doing certain things but then shames the family members into doing doing that (ie when he kicked out Myungjoon and shamed Hwakyung the next day ... after telling Hwakyung to compete with Myungjoon for Miseong smh)
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On KOCOWA this is tagged as 'revenge' so I'm hanging around to see what that is about...
re: duration. the American equivalent to this type of show would be soap operas like General Hospital, Bold and the Beautiful etc. New episodes airing Monday to Friday. The only difference is that in America the shows are serialized for years... decades even while in Korea they last a few months. They film as the show airs, the show gets written as it airs...
there are some dramas that are 50 episodes long that also broadcast twice a week. Usually the weekend dramas.
However the conflict here isn't very interesting to me... Or the rest of Korea with a viewership rating that averages 4%.....
I can already tell I am going to hate Okyung's family and Ms. So. The latter's actress tends to be typecast in obnoxious roles I couldn't stand her character in Snow White's Revenge either
speaking of which, they have the same writer. She seems to have a fondness for older villain protagnists (same, lol)
I'm also watching midnight apujeong and that's supposed to be a "daughter gets revenge on her mother" one.. however it's written by the notorious Im Sunghan so I have no idea where the story is going 🤣
Speaking of Im Sunghan there's also Miss Mermaid which also fits. Do you know of any other dramas with this trope 👀
No way in hell is Seri going to take Youngju not calling her during Minki's final moments lightly and I know Seungwoo will have a lot to say lol
Also LMFAO @ Do Dohee seeking male validation via social media... while in a relationship!! At first I thought Jihu was mad because Dohee had an Instagram and I was like ???? until he brought up the DMs. Interesting plot device lol
Sabin has an interesting charm about him. It's going to be very interesting how he handles this upcoming conflict of interest with Youngju and Seri....
taking a break for now, I'll pop back in around episode 30 or so...
The drama needs to either stick to current year or handle the flashbacks and get them out the way. It's so fragmented. I AM interested in this drama but I think I might come back in 2-3 weeks and binge watch the episodes...
As for the three main characters, jini is definitely my favorite. Youngju does not give "cheerful" in any capacity, her throwing salt and standing by while Seungwoo (I believe he's the brother with the longer hair) was mouthing off and saying horrible things to Jini.
Seri (daily dramas love naming their antagonists Seri lol) is clearly supposed to be the villain but I don't see it outside of her having the affair ~30 years ago. With Seri the drama is TELLING us not SHOWING us. I guess the one thing I do like about this story is that Youngju and Seri aren't black and white meaning Youngju isn't all nice and Seri isn't all evil.
Side characters I don't really care for the acupuncture doctor or his brother, but that's probably because they feel divorced from the main storyline. I like Seungwoo a bit better than his brother. Mai is probably my favorite character so far just because she's not living in Angst City and I find her backstory interesting - she's a heiress from Vietnam who got into kdramas during the hallyu wave, study abroad in Korea to marry a postman. It would've been cool to actually see a Vietnamese actress casted but realistically MBC probably couldn't afford to cast one lol
Minki will probably be dying in today's episode (5) and I gotta say I'll be glad to see him go. Zero accountability for his role in the affair. Since we don't have linear flashbacks it's hard to tell who approached who first but the point is it takes two. Ngl it got ridiculous seeing him blame Youngju and Seri and being upset that neither of them got cancer (wtf lmao)
Do Dohee ... could this be the final boss of the drama? Horrible person but for the sake of the story and my entertainment I am enjoying her walk over Jini... Because it'll make Jini standing up to her even more satisfying . Also... Seri doesn't seem like like she did/does a good job at protecting Jini from the things she went through. Minki at least accompanied Jini to the hospital during her suicide attempt and they seem closer.
For how much I dislike it when dailies spend the first 2-3 weeks on flashbacks, this would be a drama that would greatly benefit.... to me it feels like the story is jumping around a lot. I am reminded of Meant to Be, which had like a 40 episode flashback. That's what I was expecting with this drama tbh lol
Yeonhee annoys me a little but I like her for now because she's currently gunning for Hwakyung to come back to the house. Like you I don't know what her endgame is
The grandfather is the worst lmaoooo he likes to bait the other members of the household into doing certain things but then shames the family members into doing doing that (ie when he kicked out Myungjoon and shamed Hwakyung the next day ... after telling Hwakyung to compete with Myungjoon for Miseong smh)