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She's a youngish 45, and he's a worn-out 31, so it sort of accents it. It seems in character that she would have been a young mom, but that was a little too close in age to be convincing. Actually, it might have been more interesting to have a middle-aged woman playing the role - her masculine demeanor would be even more eccentric and jarring.

It's funny, because he's not really very good-looking, but he's sexy af. That voice.

Screenplay writing is totally different from writing a novel - it's even more disastrous when someone inexperienced writes one, especially of her own novel - you need to have an outside perspective and no what to cut, whereas the author is often too attached to passages. It's generally a bad idea for the director to edit a movie for the same reason.

I really liked this - it was different and didn't fall into being a checklist of tired cliches - it even deliberately pushed them aside. like when they're faces met in the aquarium and there was no spark at all and Thiu turned away. Ping is really good at playing drunk - he's very natural at it. And Meen looks incredibly good in and out of clothes - damn. But I like that his character is that stony and didn't give everything away in the first ep.

Looks like Wal is going to be a problem.

You probably cringed because the title is awful witrh that embarassing misuse of "Oppa".

I thought Ping was actually a decent actor in Ai Long Nhai, it's just that he character needed to be choked a little. Or a lot.

They've been misusing English words in titles for years - it's time for Korea to take a turn.

This is fantastic and refreshing. I think maybe people who don't like it aren't looking at the deeper meanings in this - I suppose you wouldn't really see that after watching only one episode.

Also, Koki is made out of sex. I have to fan myself whenever he's onscreen. I might burst into flame if he ever smiles.

The angel wing budget is certainly not over-generous, altohugh I think it's cheesy on purpose. This is proof you can do something artistic and brilliant on a small budget.

Wow, that's more than it would cost in the US. You could do it for $60K. There's nothing expensive in this that's I've seen, although they'll hace to spend a little if they ever have the angel fly. Or not - it could just be really cheesy.

Great minds think alike.

I agree with you, except I would delete "when he is emoting".

This site uses some mysterious algorithm that seems to punish smaller productions. If you look at the actual ratings by age group, it looks like it averages at about 8.0, which is not high, but it's not low, either.

Shun Yu asked the GM if he liked him, All this could have been avoided with just the word "yes". I don't think you can blame this solely on Shun Yu - while I get the GM is horrible at expressing his feelings, that was an opportunity to let Shun Yu know without having to actually express anything, just say "yes".

But they're both idiots.

I didn't like that. First, the drunkenness is a really, really tired cliche at this point. I'm glad it didn't magically erase his memory and he didn't vomit, but even if drinking reduces your inhibitions against saying what you feel, It's still not satisfying at this late stage of a romance.

Second, this misunderstanding is so forced and artificial - I get that the General Manager is terrible at expressing himself, but all he had to do is say "yes" when Shun Yu asked him if he liked him. Shun Yu makes good points about the viability of their relationship, but he should have made them to the GM, not a coworker. Separating your main characters to create drama is lazy writing. Why not let us see them hash it out? It could be emotional and full of drama AND make sense. But that would mean the author would have to write dialog, and nobody seems to know how to do that anymore.

Also, this is a comedy - you can't just suddenly shift gears into a tragic romance - it's jarring and it isn't giving the audience what they want and deserve. I'm half expecting the White Van of Death to plow into one of them next episode.

I agree. There are two important "red flags" here. If the audience has to make assumptions (and make exuses) about what's happening, then the series has failed. If you have to read a novel to understand what's going on, the series has failed. It has to stand on its own.

The director probably told the actor to be cold because they wanted to make it a twist, but since that was revealed a few minutes later (and by a third character [and in a text!] to give it even less impact), what was the point? It would have been much more interesting and given the scene dramatic weight if we saw Zherui react enough that the audience could see the recognition and pain.

If the act was to continue for several episodes, then sure, it would probably make sense to not give it away - although that would be very frustrating to watch.

I think budget can influence the technical aspects of a production - e.g. lighting equipment is expensive, as well as editing, the scale of the story, etc. - but is good writing more expensive than bad writing? Good writing by a famous writer, maybe, but there are so many talented people writing so many good stories. I'm very forgiving of technical faults, but not lazy writing.

Most likely. My point wasn't about any flaw in realism, it's that the scene lacked any heat. Yes. there wouldn't be if someone is drowsy from sleeping pills, but the writer could have just not written him taking them since it's an irrelevant detail. If the idea was that he's depressed and thus has trouble sleeping, we could have communicated his depression in a dozen other ways, like the messy apartment cliche or an empty liquor bottle near the bed.

I will definitely check it out - thank you.

I didn't say anything about dogs in heat, I just wanted the reunion to have more passion than being sleepy and crying a lot.

The problem is that while what you say is all true, we didn't see any of it because it was skipped over and just dumped on us in expostion.

That's a sure sign of a poor writer - they don't know how to write emotional processing of trauma, so they just skip over it. The end result is unearned. That love scene could have been exactly as it was if it had been built up, but it didn't even occur because of the actions of the characters - a minor side character had to make it happen. He even bulldozed away what should be very serious obstacles, like the grandfather's refusal to allow their relationship.

Also, why would all you wrote lead to the reunion being like that? That context doesn't give any shade to the reunion, which was inconsistent with the characters as they've been built up and what Zong Yi has experienced. We saw nothing of how he processed trauma and came back from it - it was all just skipped, and so, along with Ze Rui's doing all the work, the reunion was unearned.

That's odd. I have up to Ep 11, but different series were disappearing for me. It will likely show up shortly.

That cast is so beyond gorgeous, and the acting is really good.

Not a huge fan of all the weeping. Are guys known for interrupting sex for a crying session? A little passion would have been nice. Points to the actors for being so comfortable with the intimacy - but I didn't really feel it. Once I was on a business trip for two weeks - when my boyfriend showed up at my door he got yanked in and ravaged - I can't even imagine what it would be like to unleash 4 years of longing, but I don't imagine there being crying.

Anyway, I like how they've realistically handled the short-term memory loss, and I love Zong Yi more and more every ep. The pillow thing between Ai Di and Chen Yi was really funny - that pillow was a little freaky how it's eyes followed you and the image had depth.