in ep 1: how did Jeon Won-Seong get away with nearly raping a woman and injuring Jang Jeong-U while Lee Do was…
Yeah, there is something wrong with policing in SK. A combination of factors and hard to pull apart to makesense of it. Laxity on rape and assault is common in most asian societies. In SK they seem to take rehabilitation very seriously but iin a way which gives criminals too much leeway. That's my 2 cents.
ok. I really wanted Moon Baek to be the buddy, but wondered why he kept turning up and hoped it wasnt true. But it was and it made a police procedural into something only kdrama could pull off, MB is a fantasy villain with real things to say.
Here's another thought on the perceived imbalance betw FL and ML -- just looked at the princess royal and Zhang Linghe has a voice actor, a really powerful midrange voice. So maybe what bothers people is that ZLH is working here with his own voice? His is soft and warm.
Zhao Jin Mai is a powerful actress. Look at her resume, think about how she is different here than in snowstorm of love. She is radiant. This isnt just about screentime or the absolute fact that she is the protagonist. Its that little thing called charisma. And the director is really doing a good job of bringing that out.
ZLH is a really talented actor, really hard-working and truly goodlooking and its true that he isnt getting the love-idol treatment here from the camera. But guess what guys, the character he plays here is a little more laid back and you bet ZLH is totally into the portrayal, totally into doing a better job than anyone else could.
That nepotism remark really made me angry. All you have to do is look up her career, She has been working like a dog since she was 10. Any of you all here been doing that? I bet not.
Also it baffles me that not once did anyone suggest to the FL that she could just adopt a kid and become a mom…
In real life, in Korea orphans and adoptees are looked down upon, or at least they were in the very very recent past. Even now that a big deal is being made of IVF (resident Playbook e.g.) adoption just doesnt seem to be thought of as an alternative. Weird connection to the utterly scandalous way Korean kids were basically sold to US families not so long ago.
I didnt want to gum up my review with some of the black comedy vs. romedy distinctions, since I really feel that just as zombie shows arent for me, a lot of people really dont get black comedy.
So here it goes. I also really was uncomfortable with Lee Ju Mi's character and her interactions with WDH at first, but if there is enough humor to start with one has to wait for the end to see if the cringe continues -- often in this sort of humor cringe begins and then ends in compassion.
Finally by the end I saw their interaction based in their shared past. WDH's character had a sort of sad patience and weight while the twitteriness of LJM personally was worked with by the director.
It was used in a way that made her like a little bird who trusted WDH to hold her and let her go, even to the point of being hoisted up on his shoulders. What she objected to was not the lift but his interruption of her con, which was in fact one that could put in all kinds of legal jeopardy.
But I really only understood how well this worked in the very last minute of the show.
I agree with Jie Zi. Part of the pleasure is to see what that heavy Tang makeup on women probably really looked…
Using drama reviews as if they were social media -- more points the meaner the reviewer is. What drives me crazy is the idea that context/genre/form/language and so on, doesnt matter. Only naive opinion. The comment sections are for letting off steam and its fun to yahyah there. But not in reviews.
this review was pointless and heavy makeup was tang dynasty it also won for magnolia award. for beauty etc so…
I agree with Jie Zi. Part of the pleasure is to see what that heavy Tang makeup on women probably really looked like. And absolutely this is not a drama to review without having watched it carefully all the way to the end. Why people post reviews when they havent finished the show is bewildering. The comment pages exist for hasty remarks like these. Let it all out there. They can always downvote without having to write a review. Why dont they?
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Great so far, 4th ep. Kim Young Kwang is, just is.
ZLH is a really talented actor, really hard-working and truly goodlooking and its true that he isnt getting the love-idol treatment here from the camera. But guess what guys, the character he plays here is a little more laid back and you bet ZLH is totally into the portrayal, totally into doing a better job than anyone else could.
That nepotism remark really made me angry. All you have to do is look up her career, She has been working like a dog since she was 10. Any of you all here been doing that? I bet not.
2ML actors sometimes become ML actors and its fun to root for them.
Sometimes the 2ML is wicked handsome (Lee Sang Yi in several shows), -er than the ML.
So here it goes. I also really was uncomfortable with Lee Ju Mi's character and her interactions with WDH at first, but if there is enough humor to start with one has to wait for the end to see if the cringe continues -- often in this sort of humor cringe begins and then ends in compassion.
Finally by the end I saw their interaction based in their shared past. WDH's character had a sort of sad patience and weight while the twitteriness of LJM personally was worked with by the director.
It was used in a way that made her like a little bird who trusted WDH to hold her and let her go, even to the point of being hoisted up on his shoulders. What she objected to was not the lift but his interruption of her con, which was in fact one that could put in all kinds of legal jeopardy.
But I really only understood how well this worked in the very last minute of the show.
What drives me crazy is the idea that context/genre/form/language and so on, doesnt matter. Only naive opinion. The comment sections are for letting off steam and its fun to yahyah there. But not in reviews.