I hope Lee Seol is going to have enough screen time despite being a victim of kidnapping. One can like or dislike her, but she definitely brings some unique energy to the set. I have just watched Gold Land. Her role wasn't big, but she was really intriguing.
As it often happens with K-dramas, it was a mediocre story elevated by some great performances.
The best and the most nuanced performances (with the material they got) were given by Moon Jeong Hee and Kim Hee Won, they were so great together. I am surprised I have seen only two Kim Hee Won's works, movies, and I dpn't remember him at all. Two leads were very good too, chemistry between them is amazing.
Park Bo Young looks wonderful, and she was a perfect match for the role, because the actress does look like one of those women a man occasionally snaps out and thinks about, "What am I even doing now? Why am I helping her?" Not because the woman is beautiful or even sexy, there are much more pretty women, not because she is a femme fatale from (neo-)noir, because she isn't really seductive and manipulative (at least at first look), however for some reason some women are disarming. Why has Woo Gi risked everything and acted like a simp about a woman he used to know 20 years ago or so? Well, because she looks, talks and acts like Park Bo Young, duh!.. Anyway such a woman can look a typical damsel in distress, but in the end some or all predators and protectors will be buried, and she will get everything. I think in case of the wrong FL casting the drama would get much colder reaction, even for another good actress.
This is all I can write about. There are way too many loose ends or just overlooks and superficiality in writing to discuss the story seriously.
Disney+ has confirmed A Shop for Killers is set for release on July 22nd. It means the finale will be shown on August 12th. So Made in Korea season 2 is likely to be released on August 19th or August 26th, because they are two only summer slots left.
It's old boy writer so I hope he won't go to cliche troupe
Yes, the man made some good movies in the past, but the show has had pretty tropey and not-so-smart script so far. For example, what's even the melodramatic/soapish trope with the newfound biological father among enemies of the protagonists?
But what's more important is some orders from the top brass of the streaming service. I do think they have made such things in the finale of their shows to set up possible new seasons.
Let's test the theory based on Disneu+ K-drama weird cliche (other streaming services and networks don't have it).
I think Woo Gi will die apparently in the final episod. Maybe sacrificing himself to protect Hee Joo, because he is a simp for her, but also kinda because he is grateful she saved him at the farm. Death of the detective is also possible, but I think there are much more chances it will be a real death as a way to atone for his sins. Maybe he will kill Park and/or the boss.
But there will be a last scene of the final episode or mid/post-credit scene with Woo Gi moving his hand or finger, or opening his eyes, or just straight up appearing somewhere alive, or at least some character whose face we won't see is going to come somewhere, maybe he will meet Hee Joo in that French village and her face will shine after she looks at this character whose face we won't see.
I mean it has happened several times in Disney+ K-dramas: Blood Free, Hyper Knife, Bloody Flower, Low Life, Tempest.
How could this even be a BL... what is everyone smoking. We have a much older ML along with a much younger one,…
Like I wtote. It's a pseudo-BL between two classmates, and on of them, the young ML, documents their relationships for the old ML, the teacher. But also the young ML manipulates his classmate and his classmate's family members, including his some effort to seduce the mother. Whether it would be just bromance, how strong romantic undettones will be in the relationships of two classmates for the voueristic teacher is remained to see.
I don't understand why people are so surprised by Sun Yeong going to the Cha family. First, security matters, and she tries to protect her child and herself as a future single mother, of course.
But, second, we were told she was pretty shallow and superficial, Gi Beom bragged how she chose men for their looks (so he was able to get her), that's what she appreciated: not personality, not reliability, not loyalty to her, no, looks is the most important thing about men. I think she took from her mother, so it's probably not her "fault," but it still has had consequences.
And, third, how could she know about her newfound half-brother being a cause of her fiance's/her child's father's death? Tae Joo has never bothered to explain himself to anyone for months since Gi Beom's death. I understand he can't prove it in the court of law, but he could have told at least what had happened to the people around him, first of all, to his sister. It's the opposite, the police leaked information about Tae Joo being disciplined for police brutality against Gi Beom, and Tae Joo literally answered, "yes, it's my fault" to the direct question.
So, it's the fourth. it's always "me! me! me!" for Tae Joo. My truth, my intentions, my opinion who is the murderer, my thoughts, my wishes (to find a dead body instead of protecting the man who is probably innocent). "I will be this child's father,." Well, it's a weird thing to tell your sister, but what's more important is she has never asked you to be her child's father. Tae Joo has never considered Sun Yeong's wishes, thoughts, feelings. All he does is shouts at her, grabs her roughly, orders her around. Be here, go there, don't go there, do this, don't do that. Because he needs to feel himself a caring and just brother. She is props for that, nothing more, a walking doll, not a person. When she doesn't understand or want to do what he says, instead of explaining his reasons (sometimes valid ones), Tae Joo says, "Just do what I say." I mean who is even his sister to stoop to explaining himself to her? Just to talk to her? Like, the closest biologically person to him, the only family member, a human being? LOL.
For Gi Hwan women are dolls to play with and then rip their head off, they are not persons. For the Cha men people are chess pieces for their social and political goals, they are expendables and exist as they are needed, they are not persons. For Tae Joo people are not really persons too, they are props for his (self-)image of a just, caring, brave and smart man or for punishing himself in case of his failures. All those characters aren't that different. Can you really blame a pregnant woman for making a choice between two worlds of pain and objectification?
people told me that the original story is a BL but i'm confused how can it be a BL between an old man and a young…
It's more the young ML inserts himself into his classmate's life and family for toxic voyeuristic relationships with their old teacher. He tries to manipulate the classmate's family for some sinister goal and chronicles his shenanigans for the teacher who can't stop reading this. I think those manipulations may include some efforts to seduce the family members, including the classmate, at least emotionally. Or it might seem like some innocent bromance which is not.
So, it's Taken, but K-drama, and his daughter may not be a random victim in this case.
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."
So, it's Taken, but K-drama, and his daughter may not be a random victim in this case.
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."
Namkoong Min / Lee Seol reunion one year after *Our Movie* — I’m so excited, I absolutely loved their chemistry.…
Yes, someone wrote it. Lee Seol's looks weird in this drama, and her hairstyle is the main reason for that. She has a supporting role in Gold Land, and she looks so much better there.
Is the Korean summer different from other countries' summer? Or did he mean the standard summer in the Northern…
Yes, I wrote it here, in the comments, a few days ago, after Disney+ had released the trailer for their summer dramas. A Shop for Killers Season 2 and Made in Korea Season 2 both are set for 2nd half of Summer, i. e. July or August. But Made in Korea finished filming this March and A Shop for Killer did it last year. Made in Korea is also the last drama in the trailer. So I guess, A Shop for Killers is going to be released in early-to-mid July and Made in Korea in mid-to-late August.
Family Matters (it's has a lot of suspense, but a lot of dark humor too, season 2 is filming right now). Insider,…
In my opinion, Revenant was the best K-drama in 2023. You can see it has rating 8.6/10 on MDL despite lack of romance, and that should tell you something. It's a detective drama in its essense. Supernatural things happens in the show, but, like I wrote, a viewer could see it as an allegory of a historical generational trauma with the roots in the Korean past. It really scary sometimes, but mostly because of suspense and aura of looming doom. And stakes are high, important characters get hurt and die, and the victory comes with the price and sacrifices.
The best and the most nuanced performances (with the material they got) were given by Moon Jeong Hee and Kim Hee Won, they were so great together. I am surprised I have seen only two Kim Hee Won's works, movies, and I dpn't remember him at all. Two leads were very good too, chemistry between them is amazing.
Park Bo Young looks wonderful, and she was a perfect match for the role, because the actress does look like one of those women a man occasionally snaps out and thinks about, "What am I even doing now? Why am I helping her?" Not because the woman is beautiful or even sexy, there are much more pretty women, not because she is a femme fatale from (neo-)noir, because she isn't really seductive and manipulative (at least at first look), however for some reason some women are disarming. Why has Woo Gi risked everything and acted like a simp about a woman he used to know 20 years ago or so? Well, because she looks, talks and acts like Park Bo Young, duh!.. Anyway such a woman can look a typical damsel in distress, but in the end some or all predators and protectors will be buried, and she will get everything. I think in case of the wrong FL casting the drama would get much colder reaction, even for another good actress.
This is all I can write about. There are way too many loose ends or just overlooks and superficiality in writing to discuss the story seriously.
But what's more important is some orders from the top brass of the streaming service. I do think they have made such things in the finale of their shows to set up possible new seasons.
I think Woo Gi will die apparently in the final episod. Maybe sacrificing himself to protect Hee Joo, because he is a simp for her, but also kinda because he is grateful she saved him at the farm. Death of the detective is also possible, but I think there are much more chances it will be a real death as a way to atone for his sins. Maybe he will kill Park and/or the boss.
But there will be a last scene of the final episode or mid/post-credit scene with Woo Gi moving his hand or finger, or opening his eyes, or just straight up appearing somewhere alive, or at least some character whose face we won't see is going to come somewhere, maybe he will meet Hee Joo in that French village and her face will shine after she looks at this character whose face we won't see.
I mean it has happened several times in Disney+ K-dramas: Blood Free, Hyper Knife, Bloody Flower, Low Life, Tempest.
But there is also some serious chemistry between two leads. Will it lead to something? We'll see soon, it's just two episodes left.
But there is also some serious chemistry between two leads. Will it lead to something? We'll see soon, it's just two episodes left.
But, second, we were told she was pretty shallow and superficial, Gi Beom bragged how she chose men for their looks (so he was able to get her), that's what she appreciated: not personality, not reliability, not loyalty to her, no, looks is the most important thing about men. I think she took from her mother, so it's probably not her "fault," but it still has had consequences.
And, third, how could she know about her newfound half-brother being a cause of her fiance's/her child's father's death? Tae Joo has never bothered to explain himself to anyone for months since Gi Beom's death. I understand he can't prove it in the court of law, but he could have told at least what had happened to the people around him, first of all, to his sister. It's the opposite, the police leaked information about Tae Joo being disciplined for police brutality against Gi Beom, and Tae Joo literally answered, "yes, it's my fault" to the direct question.
So, it's the fourth. it's always "me! me! me!" for Tae Joo. My truth, my intentions, my opinion who is the murderer, my thoughts, my wishes (to find a dead body instead of protecting the man who is probably innocent). "I will be this child's father,." Well, it's a weird thing to tell your sister, but what's more important is she has never asked you to be her child's father. Tae Joo has never considered Sun Yeong's wishes, thoughts, feelings. All he does is shouts at her, grabs her roughly, orders her around. Be here, go there, don't go there, do this, don't do that. Because he needs to feel himself a caring and just brother. She is props for that, nothing more, a walking doll, not a person. When she doesn't understand or want to do what he says, instead of explaining his reasons (sometimes valid ones), Tae Joo says, "Just do what I say." I mean who is even his sister to stoop to explaining himself to her? Just to talk to her? Like, the closest biologically person to him, the only family member, a human being? LOL.
For Gi Hwan women are dolls to play with and then rip their head off, they are not persons. For the Cha men people are chess pieces for their social and political goals, they are expendables and exist as they are needed, they are not persons. For Tae Joo people are not really persons too, they are props for his (self-)image of a just, caring, brave and smart man or for punishing himself in case of his failures. All those characters aren't that different. Can you really blame a pregnant woman for making a choice between two worlds of pain and objectification?
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."
One could add Phantom (the movie), he played a Japanese potice investigator who tried to find the Korean resistance cell.
It's among summer releseas in the new trailer of Disney+. I think mid-to-late August.