romantic kdramas just dont have that vibe n plotlines anymoreeveything looks just so real life n averagewhich…
I honestly think that your honesty is spot on! I started these watches bec I wanted to escape RL too. But also out of curiousity about how the formula worked. Kdrama is now moving out of its patterned groove into something with more realistic touches. The formulas are changing.
The absolute magic of kdrama had something to do with those formulas. ( As well as the amazing supporting characters and the amazing music) Will it be the same? The internationalization of the audience and the money will bring inevitable changes -- its art after all and the patrons matter.
Right now no one in the english reviewing world is not happy with anything. They complain if it isnt classic formula, if it is classic formuka, if there are no kisses...Much of the english-speaking audience is a drop in the bucket sizewise, except for reviewers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who write in English.
The spanish-speaking audience (a humongous one) is ok with some of the changes. Likewise the utterly huge southeast and east asian audiences are ok with more realism and some changes to plot patterns altho still not happy with too much skin.
Such a contrast -- her sleek. crazy elegance in undercover highschool and her quiet competence in TY. Did anybody notice? SHE won the cook-off! Trained by Yeon-Joo of course.
While writing a review I was tjhinking about Park Dhan Hee (director). In Weak Hero and Weak Hero two he demonstrated incredible restraint and a sort of combination of std and non=standard tropes. I realized that over and over again in TY he /the writer sets up basic kdramaexpec tations and then pulls the rug out from under them. Looking at it htis way its a very cool show.
The biggest rug-puller being that Minsi does not win the three stars in the cookoff, her team does. Oddly realistic since 'en batterie' kitchens work under the chef's supervision but the cooks just under him/her actually cook. Min Si is classically trained!
Wow. That was a strong-willed director to keep KJH in line. A great artist, he is a scene-stealer from the getgo. The teamup and balance between the three mains was sweet -- the love story kept its prickly tenderness, and the palace story was also fully developed. Something for everyone. Massive love for KJH.
This was a really great show and will be on a list of hidden gems eternally because of a few bad initial reviews. It was self-indulgent for people to get so worked up and anxious over a romance before it got worked out. Many reviewers seem to have watched themselves performing rather than the show.
This show stayed in NETFLIX's top ten list worldwide for the entire length of its run. . There is really no excuse for trying to make light of that fact. Who do yall think was watching that show? Well, yeah, a huge swath of NF's worldwide viewership.
Was it AI? Paid down-raters? a feeding frenzy? Once all the thousands and thousands of people who loved this have weighed in, is anybody going to kneel in the hall with their laptops held above their heads? For shame.
If you havent watched this show go watch it now. You will enjoy it. If you have watched it and enjoyed please lend your voices and improve the atmosphere.
ep.15 the FL is definitely a brat. Unable to control her own feelings she still strikes back at the ML when he unexpectedly appears. There is a fine line between being full of spirit(='passionate') and being so wilful. She expresses her hurt at being deceived as anger automatically .
Ep.7 She said to her sensei (chef tatsuo) that she hasnt yet discovered how she wants to cook, but that she feels she is near to it. So that she may not be destroyed by losing her recipe book because she is on the verge of a whole new set.
Ep8 And the recipe book for how she has been cooking is back physically in her hands as solid evidence for a lawsuit. The main problem is that beom-woo is exposed as an ex-jerk. My feeling is that his brother looks repentant and will straighten out some of the narrative for YeonJoo.
I have watched romance dramas without the leads even touching each other once but u can feel the tension and chemistry.…
The FL character wants and is getting a no-frills limited friends with benefits. For LHC this may have looked like a racy compromise with her needs as an actress and the genre.
Given that the ML loves her with all his heart, this is a pretty painful watch, but not unfamiliar if a person has been out and about in the modern world?
I feel so lonely, where's the people who still like this show?1. I didn't dislike the ex plot because it helped…
I really like the show. And apparently millions of other people do too.
ON NETFLIX TOP TEN WORLDWIDE SINCE IT STARTED AIRING.
I feel like Im at a bar and two patrons next to me are drunkenly repeating the same thing to each other over and over -- I dont want to be rude but all this repetitive hating is really getting annoying. And it is only happening here in the bowels of mdl. Urgh.
And there is a lot of super trashy language being used too.
So, starting at the top, the novel has an FL protagonist who wants to explore sensuality. This drama has a button-eyed, skittish but daring almost-woman (LHC) who chooses her man after quite a bit of hesitation and darting back and forth. The first thing she does is dare him and leans in for a kiss.
He (WAY), on the other hand, fell in love with her in the first episode. They become a couple who are half-comforting each other and half-daringly-experimenting with love. Is he is Mr.Ultimate Responsible -- the one true lover? Her dad thinks so.
In this sort of coming of age story if she is the protagonist then she will not suffer no matter what happens. I dread there being a bad ending for him. But the music and plot seem pretty simple and positive, so maybe we shouldnt feel nervous. But I am. Which will it be? Marriage or broken hearts?
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The absolute magic of kdrama had something to do with those formulas. ( As well as the amazing supporting characters and the amazing music) Will it be the same? The internationalization of the audience and the money will bring inevitable changes -- its art after all and the patrons matter.
Right now no one in the english reviewing world is not happy with anything. They complain if it isnt classic formula, if it is classic formuka, if there are no kisses...Much of the english-speaking audience is a drop in the bucket sizewise, except for reviewers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who write in English.
The spanish-speaking audience (a humongous one) is ok with some of the changes. Likewise the utterly huge southeast and east asian audiences are ok with more realism and some changes to plot patterns altho still not happy with too much skin.
I realized that over and over again in TY he /the writer sets up basic kdramaexpec tations and then pulls the rug out from under them. Looking at it htis way its a very cool show.
The biggest rug-puller being that Minsi does not win the three stars in the cookoff, her team does. Oddly realistic since 'en batterie' kitchens work under the chef's supervision but the cooks just under him/her actually cook. Min Si is classically trained!
This show stayed in NETFLIX's top ten list worldwide for the entire length of its run. . There is really no excuse for trying to make light of that fact. Who do yall think was watching that show? Well, yeah, a huge swath of NF's worldwide viewership.
Was it AI? Paid down-raters? a feeding frenzy? Once all the thousands and thousands of people who loved this have weighed in, is anybody going to kneel in the hall with their laptops held above their heads? For shame.
If you havent watched this show go watch it now. You will enjoy it.
If you have watched it and enjoyed please lend your voices and improve the atmosphere.
Ep8 And the recipe book for how she has been cooking is back physically in her hands as solid evidence for a lawsuit. The main problem is that beom-woo is exposed as an ex-jerk. My feeling is that his brother looks repentant and will straighten out some of the narrative for YeonJoo.
Given that the ML loves her with all his heart, this is a pretty painful watch, but not unfamiliar if a person has been out and about in the modern world?
EXpect that in the future she changes her tune.
He asks for a hug, or at least an acknowledgement that their relationship contained genuine affection vs.just daring physical contact.
How does this get by the censors? Just so,
ON NETFLIX TOP TEN WORLDWIDE SINCE IT STARTED AIRING.
I feel like Im at a bar and two patrons next to me are drunkenly repeating the same thing to each other over and over -- I dont want to be rude but all this repetitive hating is really getting annoying. And it is only happening here in the bowels of mdl. Urgh.
And there is a lot of super trashy language being used too.
Ok.
So, starting at the top, the novel has an FL protagonist who wants to explore sensuality. This drama has a button-eyed, skittish but daring almost-woman (LHC) who chooses her man after quite a bit of hesitation and darting back and forth. The first thing she does is dare him and leans in for a kiss.
He (WAY), on the other hand, fell in love with her in the first episode. They become a couple who are half-comforting each other and half-daringly-experimenting with love. Is he is Mr.Ultimate Responsible -- the one true lover? Her dad thinks so.
In this sort of coming of age story if she is the protagonist then she will not suffer no matter what happens. I dread there being a bad ending for him. But the music and plot seem pretty simple and positive, so maybe we shouldnt feel nervous. But I am. Which will it be? Marriage or broken hearts?
Wow. Now I am as nervous as everyone else.