Damn, this drama is really good. And I don't say that lightly. The romance is it's weakest part to be honest, but the leads are so charismatic alone it doesn't pull the drama down too much. The mystery, giving you just enough scraps to put it together but enough gradual raising of the stakes that the plot bit you figured out half an hour ago is nothing compared to the new thing. I also love how morally gray our male lead is, and how utterly competent our female one is.
I watched a ton of Running Man years ago, but it got to a point where it was really boring and repetitive. It seemed like they had a lot of girl group guests and they would spend like half an hour at the beginning of every episode just making them dance and do aegyo stuff. Ugh.
That being said, it seems like RM is sort of better nowadays- does anybody know around where I should pick it back up?
I thought I would miss S3 dearly, and while I do miss Cha Tae Hyun and JJY (he was my favourite before everything), and of course I miss Yoon Shi Yoon plenty... Season 4 is so good. The cast jives very well, and they are much nicer to each other. It makes a more pleasant viewing experience.
2D1N is a weekly variety show, and it's going to be airing until it's cancelled or they decide to move onto Season 5. The episode count on MDL is just a placeholder- you can probably expect there to be hundreds of episodes, and MDL will likely keep updating the episode count as more and more episodes come out.
I wish I wasn't broken enough to be sad that this delightful little friendship-centric slice of life drama is probably not going to have any romance between the chaebol and the chick (tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme... chaebol and the chick)
Good start, okay middle with some real heartwarming lovely moments despite some hilarious contrivances, satisfying enough ending with an open end. I enjoyed it thoroughly and looked forward to every episode. I'd say it's on the positive side of a bit above average. Very nearly top tier, but doesn't quite reach it. If you don't mind unbelievable plot shenanigans to the nth degree and a sense the writer is patting themselves on the back by having one good idea elaborated upon, every subsequent character who discovers said idea having plenty of time to react to it to the point of extreme repetitiveness, and not giving certain characters much to do but stand there and look pretty... you'll enjoy this a little more than I did.
The busker wearing a school uniform, my heart! ㅜoㅜ He's just a kid, in a foreign country, undergoing a dangerous undercover mission... I started crying tbh
One day I'm going to write about trends in Korean dramas. There are some hilariously specific ones. Also, in case some of y'all don't know, the word holo in Korean here is spelled "hollo", 홀로, and it also means "alone". So the title, 나 홀로 그대, has a bit of a double meaning in terms of the hologram and being alone being the same thing.
Ok so I don’t really think that this movie deserves all the hype it’s given, cause to my understanding the…
The themes present are rather complex, but I think the crux of the symbolism is understanding that the Kims thought that they were only doing what they needed to do, taking as much as they could from the rich family. They looked down on the other family, the basement dweller and his wife- at least they weren't that low, right? But they were, and they are, and that becomes even more explicit by the end. They started off in a semi-basement, below the fortunate of the world, and are pushed even further down- in death, in deeper poverty, and in the basement of the rich folk. Try as they might, there is no reaching above your station- and hope is the parasite that eats away at you for it. The final shot sort of really hones in that theme.
I think an alternate reading is that the rich and poor have a symbiotic relationship, both being parasites of the other- the rich need the help, incompetent themselves, and the competent need money from the rich.
The punch in the chest, that tangible despair, is the main draw of the film imo. It makes you feel the desparation and hopelessness of true poverty and to think about the circumstances of thosr above and below you.
Delivering such messages with great comedy, pacing, and cinematography- I totally get where the enthusiasm is coming from. I just sort of wish people realized that there is plenty more where that came from in the world of Korean cinema.
Way better than I ever anticipated it being. Happy comraderie and romance with enough serious subject matter to give it weight. I wish some elements had been given a little bit more time to develop, but the treatment of historians in this was fresh and fascinating. I enjoyed this drama.
Is it just me or do Kim So Hyun and Song Kang look... really similar. I can't tell if it makes them look like a good couple or a freaky one, but I think it's interesting.
Anyway, reading comments and it looks like this has a bit of a mess of an ending?
It was really unique and definitely worth watching, although I feel like the writing could have been a bit neater, and I was rather disappointed with how unimpactful PSH's character was. She had so much potential and they barely gave her anything to do.
The mystery, giving you just enough scraps to put it together but enough gradual raising of the stakes that the plot bit you figured out half an hour ago is nothing compared to the new thing. I also love how morally gray our male lead is, and how utterly competent our female one is.
That being said, it seems like RM is sort of better nowadays- does anybody know around where I should pick it back up?
The busker wearing a school uniform, my heart! ㅜoㅜ He's just a kid, in a foreign country, undergoing a dangerous undercover mission... I started crying tbh
I think an alternate reading is that the rich and poor have a symbiotic relationship, both being parasites of the other- the rich need the help, incompetent themselves, and the competent need money from the rich.
The punch in the chest, that tangible despair, is the main draw of the film imo. It makes you feel the desparation and hopelessness of true poverty and to think about the circumstances of thosr above and below you.
Delivering such messages with great comedy, pacing, and cinematography- I totally get where the enthusiasm is coming from. I just sort of wish people realized that there is plenty more where that came from in the world of Korean cinema.
I wish some elements had been given a little bit more time to develop, but the treatment of historians in this was fresh and fascinating. I enjoyed this drama.
Anyway, reading comments and it looks like this has a bit of a mess of an ending?