When you tell people you're watching this show, what face will they make because of this title?
A weird title can generate interest but it can just as easily generate backlash or aversion. Though I was talking about the average person, not friends who are willing to hear you out.
Sunjae was long dead when Sol pressed that button on the watch. I don't think it being on his wrist meant that he became a time traveler.
However, it may have tethered his spirit to the mortal realm so that he could see time and space from the outside like Sol's grandmother seems to be able to do because of her dementia. His spirit appears to be hanging onto to himself, influencing his choices. I saw someone note that despite never meeting Sol, he has chosen to go into the film industry which was her dream and where she currently works. When Sol first went back in time, she thought they were both dead and their spirits were trying to cross to the other side (also a Hotel Del Luna reference). There have been many references to a virgin ghost haunting Sunjae and they went to an amusement park with a haunted house that only scared Sunjae. The spirit realm is well-established here.
When Sunjae catches Sol on the staircase at the awards show, there is that magic swiping sound right before the music kicks in. I think them finally meeting again is the catalyst for his experienced spirit to collide with his present day self and slowly reveal his past memories to him. Hopefully, from ALL the timelines. Since Sol stopped their first meeting, I don't think his experienced spirit could connect with him before.
It will eventually be on Paramount+ in the US. However, the same company (CJ ENM) also made the deal for their other show Pyramid Game which will be coming to Paramount+ on May 30, two months after it finished airing in Korea. I expect the same thing to happen with this show.
However, VIU (which is Free with Ads in some Asian countries) also got Pyramid Game and they released episodes as they were airing in Korea. So if you switch your VPN to say Singapore or the Philippines, you will probably be able to watch this show for Free on VIU.
*face palm* If they were going to change the title, at least make it something better. This is still terrible.…
Cinderella as a character in a story or used in a title is public domain since it is originally from the Brothers Grimm. Disney only owns trademarks to their version of Cinderella which would not interfere with any non-Disney productions.
The new title is still awkward af. "A Freaking Fairytale Dream" would be better. But I'd settle for them just making it grammatically correct by adding the "a" to "Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale".
Now titled as: Dreaming of Freaking Fairytale https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?topcategory=DRM10&formatYn=N&contentsId=B120239357(Waiting…
*face palm* If they were going to change the title, at least make it something better. This is still terrible. They took Cinderella out of the title too which actually makes it less appealing to me.
The irony that the English title about an elite Academy (aka Hagwon) is grammatically incorrect. It should be either "The Midnight Romance In A Hagwon/The Midnight Romance In An Academy" or "The Midnight Hagwon Romance/The Midnight Academy Romance". Interestingly, the Korean title translates to "The Graduate" or "Graduation". Though I understand why you wouldn't use "The Graduate" since it refers to a pretty infamous movie with Dustin Hoffman.
The Korean posters have the English title as just "The Midnight Romance" which I like. We don't need it to specify that it's in an academy.
https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120239357
Sunjae was long dead when Sol pressed that button on the watch. I don't think it being on his wrist meant that he became a time traveler.
However, it may have tethered his spirit to the mortal realm so that he could see time and space from the outside like Sol's grandmother seems to be able to do because of her dementia. His spirit appears to be hanging onto to himself, influencing his choices. I saw someone note that despite never meeting Sol, he has chosen to go into the film industry which was her dream and where she currently works. When Sol first went back in time, she thought they were both dead and their spirits were trying to cross to the other side (also a Hotel Del Luna reference). There have been many references to a virgin ghost haunting Sunjae and they went to an amusement park with a haunted house that only scared Sunjae. The spirit realm is well-established here.
When Sunjae catches Sol on the staircase at the awards show, there is that magic swiping sound right before the music kicks in. I think them finally meeting again is the catalyst for his experienced spirit to collide with his present day self and slowly reveal his past memories to him. Hopefully, from ALL the timelines. Since Sol stopped their first meeting, I don't think his experienced spirit could connect with him before.
However, VIU (which is Free with Ads in some Asian countries) also got Pyramid Game and they released episodes as they were airing in Korea. So if you switch your VPN to say Singapore or the Philippines, you will probably be able to watch this show for Free on VIU.
The Korean posters have the English title as just "The Midnight Romance" which I like. We don't need it to specify that it's in an academy.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/paramount-korean-tv-shows-content-cj-enm-1235736482/