launev

the dramas aren't the same at all - I am talking about the FL characters are similar - two different things. It also doesnt help that it's the same actress.

I am kind of interested to see her new Wuxi/historical drama that is coming out - lets see if they give us the good EY and not this childish girl stuff.

Another drama I have watched recently that, at the end of the day - was just not for me.
I dont mind slow burn - but this was molasses. It hits me that I am bored with a drama when I notice that I am fast-forwarding through much of it. really just lingered through cause of ML
FL character - constantly reminded me of FL character from Amidst a Snowstorm of Love - same character - just slightly older - and in both dramas - just did not find it that interesting of a character and when you aren't interested in one of the main characters - thats not good..
But, hey, we all like and dislike different things.

its just so sad that they keep type-casting her in these roles - they gave us My Journey to You, which showed us she can actually act, talk like a normal person, be serious and mature and then BAM! right back to these stupid cutesy, girly roles - it such a waste of her talent

fair enough - this is what is fun - we all like different things 😊
Serioulsy though - that wedding dress - my god!

Just finished this and this is one of those dramas that you walk away going - this was just not for me, and that's ok!
I went in not so sure about because I am not a big fan of Esther Yu in these roles (the cutesy, pouty, childish roles - LOVED her in My Journey to You) - ultimately, I gave into watch He Yu as I was not familiar with him and man did he knock it OUT.OF. THE. PARK! He was captivating. The way he looked at her from the moment she walked into a room was intense and beautiful. You could feel his sense of longing, but needing to be restraint - all of it. Just so well done.
FL - not so much - this was a combination of not enjoying the character - she was just so boring. I found I had zero interest in her from the get go - this entitled, childish, spoiled girl who shows up unannounced and then wants all the attention using the 'cutesy' tactic and playing games. Now granted - everyone gives in to her antics (which also annoyed me) - so I get why she keeps doing it - but it got old, real quick. Combine this with not liking the actress in the role - I thought so many other actresses could have done this better. The younger character is a character EY has played forever - its a 'schtick' if you will - she certainly knows how to do it - but it feels so fake now as she has been doing it forever. And there we too may place were I could actually see her going - oh, yeah - I am supposed to do this now.
That being said - once they matured the character and got the character closer to the actresses real age - she got better. At the same time annoyed at the younger character - because we are then shown she is not stupid and can talk like a normal human being.
Note to writers and directors - please, for the love of all that is holy - STOP casting 30yr old women to play 19/20yr olds - just stop it already. Cause it is so obvious that the 30yr old actress is not 20 - not even close. And then you make it weirder by having an actor who is young than the FL play a character is actually older than her - it works in the earlier arc - but not so much once they get older.
Script wise - nothing new and some unnecessary plot ploys - one of them being the 'siblings' misunderstanding. I find this whole concept kind of creepy and weird. She, at least grew up thinking they were actual siblings - how one has ANY sort of romantic feelings for someone you think is your brother - related or not - is weird. Now he has known the whole time and is a big part of why he left - cause he knew it was weird to having feelings for his 'sister' - she just recently found out - but still - you grew up as siblings and separated before she was even a teenager. It just would have made more sense to have him as a neighbor that grew up with her.
I know, I know it doesnt make it as riske' and you would have to rework the whole angle with her mom disliking him - but at least it isn't creepy.
Thailand segments goes on waaaay too long, script then gets super messy around inevitable separation arc - like SUPER messy and confusing. Then gets a little more interesting in the reconciliation arc (mostly because she has matured a a bit) and then the typical rushed ending cause we spent way too much time on the front end of the story.
And my god - whoever styled this FL just needs to be slapped up-side the head. The weird obsession with hair clips, bobby socks with dress shoes and micro mini's - just STOP. And the ultimately fail - that absolutely HORRENDOUS wedding dress - and it just wants the dress itself - the knee-high socks and what looked like ortho sneakers - it was just god-awful.

Awesome - TY!!

I sooo want to watch this - but I will absolutely not give Disney/Hulu any money or traffic.

Fl is supposed to be a fashion designer, yet wears the frumpiest, most unflattering clothes. also - not that bright. and the whole break up scenario was just stupid

the subreddit tip is the best thing - have been using it non-stop now - thank you!

SOOO many! I hope someone with better tech skills than I can figure it out. The cross- referencing alone between streaming platforms will be headache. I cant even find half the ones I have watched on MDL and most platforms don’t list actors/actresses. But it would sure be great to have as I mostly would love a place to comment/discuss/review them.

is there a way to search this list? to scroll through over 4000 titles is a but much. I am also running into the issue of verticals having different names on different platforms. There is also the issue of it might be listed with Chinese name vs translated/English name. Feels like a whole separate database or MDL page is needed for these given the quantity.

just stopping by to let you know you aren't the only one who and your description of the leads is spot on

as far as shorts go - this isn't bad - but pretty standard fair. Lots of usual tropes (spoiled princess who is obsessed with ML and does crazy shit to FL, power hungry uncle who thinks he should be on the throne and does crazy shit - you know, that kind of thing)
I really wanted to like this FL - she was somewhat smart, no baby voice (ALWAYS a huge plus) - but then goes and does the usual - I can solve it all myself and runs off and makes really poor decisions and then, of course, has to be rescued by the ML.
On the flip side - they did have some good communication and worked together pretty well.
Stupid ending that was kind of random
I dunno - it just only left me with a 'meh' feeling

I started this cause it looked kid of interesting and a different kind of republic era drama (which I generally dont care for) - but this had this supernatural twist - so I though, what the heck, give it a try.
Interesting concept - but just executed SOOOO poorly and I pretty much hated the FL character right out of the gate. Trying to act all tough and wanting revenge for her sister - but just kind of dumb most of the time. Agree with most of the commenters here - the ML is the only saving grace - but even he cant save it all that much.

started off strong and interesting with the whole corporate/family intrigue - but then the writing just goes off the rails when the FL goes to Muchang - like, it made absolutely no sense most of the time. Her identity gets discovered almost immediately, romance didnt romance at all, she gets discovered by the villains pretty quickly after all the planning to hide her - it was all just so dumb and such a waste of all the actors.
I liked the main couple - but it was clearly just an afterthought - like they felt they needed to have a romance, but then didnt really know how to execute it. So it fell completely flat.
Attorney Lee was probably the best.most constant character, along with the his sister, the principle.
Baek Hye Ji could have been a good character - but they made her so weird and stalky with no real clear understanding of why she was this way - so she wasznxt that enjoyable for most of it. And we soooo didnt need the romance with Seo Tae Min - it was kind of weird and added nothing to the story.

Am trying to watch this as I hear its closer to the novel than the long version. Leads are good, but man the editing is so choppy, subtitles suck and the horrible sound effects - especially the loud, breathy gasping going on all over the place - like, I dont need to hear every breath they take, its distracting.

Had good potential - just failed in execution.
Leads were good together, but some really dumb plot holes
I think the biggest problem for me was the whole - leaving a baby in a basket int he alley - like, WTH?!?! I dont know if this was an editing issue or what - but I missed why the mom leaves her daughter in the basket in the alley in the first place and just doesn't take her with - I didn't get that AT ALL? Then the ending to loop it back - like WTH?
She then treats her son horribly after losing one child - so was never really there for her redemption arc - she was just kind of a bad mom all the way around.

this had potential - but just didnt do it for me.
Let's start with the horrible cross-dressing FL who has been made by her family to become her twin brother - so she spends her whole life being a boy. Nothing new there - but she then goes to the capitol as a 'hostage' and her whole mission is to stay out of the power struggle, not take sides. So what does she do - runs around being the overly-rakish boy, constantly causing trouble so that now everyone is paying attention to her. And because she over does it - our two male leads figure out pretty quickly that she is not a boy. So much for staying under the radar. If they had just toned this down bit - it may have worked - but all I kept thinking when this character was around was - 'the lady doth protest too much' - who wouldn't have thought something was off and who ffs couldn't tell this wasn't a guy!. It also doesnt help that they constantly put red/pink/glossy lipstick on her - it just didnt work.
I found this character totally obnoxious and couldn't figure to what the two male leads even liked about her. Honestly, I fast-forwarded through most of these scenes.
The whole last story arc was dum and trope - fall off a cliff, get amnesia - blah, blah, blah. And the ending was crap.

that just made m laugh so hard - thank you!