Slowly, slowly fall asleep Slowly slowly I can with you If only only there was a plot Show so boring, aigoo aigoo
:P
Just finished this... imo it was terrible. The implausibility of the story's setup (cardiac surgeon has enough time in his life to moonlight as an extremely famous dubber, and coincidentally randomly ends up in the chat of a girl who turns out to be his anonymous crush of 2 years) might be justifiable if there was a compelling plot to go with it. Since there is not, it just feels like a 12-year-old's fanfic. There is in fact next to NO plot whatsoever.
The OST/BGM/sound effects are cringe. There is a song that repeats over and over throughout the drama that makes me want to bash my head against a wall it's so overused.... they lean rather heavily on "cat meyowing" sound effect for the first 2/3rds of the drama.... they stomp on a lot of the potentially romantic moments with the classic chinese "whimsical" BGM that's out of step with the characters and situations, and they live in a universe where the only form of music is ballad songs. If you don't enjoy ballads, this is not the drama for you.
Then there's "drinking a glass of water". It's not the first time I've seen a c-drama that is weirdly fixated about drinking water, but this one is the worst one. There are SO many glasses of water in this show.
The FL is not too bad at the beginning but by the end, she wears on my nerves due to her lack of personality, and the fact that her personal iteration of the "chinese infantile female" is kind of annoying -- she doesn't talk much and when she does it tends to be in this teensy little voice that for her is clearly an affectation (it's not her real voice, it's somewhat fake sounding). She starts off doing an okay acting job, but by the end of the drama she's just phoning in her performance, and it starts to look really rushed and unnatural. Wardrobes and styling are typical tacky modern c-drama as well.
There is so little in the way of substance to this drama that it feels basically like an extremely long travelog created by the chinese ministry of tourism or something.
I gave it a 5/10, and the 5 points I gave it are for one reason, and one reason only: The "romantic" sequences (there aren't too many, but there are some) DO have an element of kilig in them, and the lead characters DO have really sexy chemistry together. This is literally the drama's only redeeming quality.
It's a sharp contrast to Hidden Love which I gave a 9.5... both are very pared down and simple stories, but Hidden Love is actually good, whereas this one is only good for if you have incurable insomnia and need something to help you fall asleep.
This is not healthy at all, directors should stop pushing people to lose weight for roles. Even if your goal is…
I think what's worse is the diets some of those k-pop idols have to be on, i saw a VIXX behind-the-scenes thing, and Leo was eating a bowl of mostly vegetables that couldn't have been more than a 1000 calorie meal. He said it's all he gets to eat every day.
Now that is a young man in the peak of his health and growth, who is doing intense exercise every day, trying to live and thrive on 1000cals and no more than about 30 grams of protein every day. That's basically slow torture, and it will definitely impact his health. Sure his bodyfat is at like 3% or something ridiculous, but at what cost.
When you take like this guy who's doing it for a role, and he can just stop when that show is finished filming, those k-pop idols never get a break from their diets, and their diets are like designed by some Dr. Evil nutritionist that stepped out of a time machine from 1952 hollywood. It's like they have the same nutritionist who told Judy Garland to live on chicken soup, black coffee and cigarettes.
If you're fully fasted for days, your body undergoes certain changes that give you a lot of energy and mental clarity, once the body changes over from burning glucose to burning ketones -- and this is provided that during fasting, you are keeping up an electrolyte balance of sodium, potassium, and magnesium with your fluid intake. The energy boost happens at about the 24-36 hour mark once your body has run out of glucose stores. So when you're fasted, the first few days can be low energy, but then you get your energy back once you've made it past that phase.
But a severe low-calorie diet is literal starvation, and long term it can mess you up way way bad, they've done several studies on this with military groups. You eat just enough that the body never fully goes into a true fasting state, but you don't eat enough to maintain your daily needs for protein, calories, and nutrients. So the worst of both worlds. So if you take 2 people who both eat 6000 calorie-per-week diets... one eats nothing for 4 days and then eats 2000 calories a day for 3 days straight... the other eats about 800 calories a day... the person eating the daily 800 calorie diet has far more serious health problems by the time several months have elapsed.
Can't believe they still do stuff like this even in 2023. Always a magnified focus on looks.
There's a lot of new evidence that periods of fasting can be very beneficial. Some guy just won a nobel prize not too long ago for his scientific work on fasting, and he says it can boost your Hgh (human growth hormone) levels through the roof, among other benefits, and probably could contribute to longevity. On youtube, you can look up Jason Fung who talks a lot about the science behind fasting and why it's probably very good to practice it periodically.
The kind of fasting he's talking about here where he goes no more than one week fasting, and on other days does OMAD (one meal a day) theoretically as long as it wasn't long term, could actually be good for his health .
amazing for the fluff and loved the healthy relationships with open communication, giant green flags everywhere…
Im on ep 23 and srsly i cant stop falling asleep. Excruciatingly draggy. And i was just thinking about how HL is everything this is not. I think ill finish this but i cant wait til its over tbh.
Bummed because ML and FL are both good looking, decent actors, and have scorchy chemistry together. How did the drama end up so dull? I have to spend three full minutes watching her eat instant ramen... one and a half minutes of someone walking down a hallway... five minutes of someone waiting in a room for someone else.... gah! Aigoo!
To everyone in this thread who knows of and cares about the ongoing suicide crisis in Korea, not only among celebrities…
When the star whackers do a hit in america, they call it an "overdose", but when they do it in korea, they call it a "suicide". Its the same extortionists either way though.
Is it normal for people in China to ask someone to be your girlfriend when you barely know them?Or is it just…
Im american, and ive been asked to be someones GF straight away a few times. If you dont like the guy it can be weird. If you do like the guy it can be magical and hot. Just depends on the vibe you are picking up from them.
What level of romance does this have in it? I get that its good, but if its going to be like another rise of the phoenixes with great sexy acting but no actual romance, i would want to know that up front.
Super cute and funny, and worth a watch, but it had a few issues...
One, the 5th prince is straight up the victim of spousal abuse and they treat it like its just so funny. His wife progressively turns him into a complete cuck, and I found it sad and disturbing. I dont like how the matriarchal society is portrayed in such a way that if the roles were reversed, those men would be considered monstrous. Women are better than what this show gives them credit for when it comes to the part about matriarchal society.
Two, the feminist programming toward the very end is aggressive and i could do without it. The show is pro-female in many good ways throughout the story, so the pushing of feminism at the end of the drama was unnecessary.
Three, why did they just stop giving Baifu the puppy screentime about halfway through? He was so cute, and then they sort of forgot about him. :(
I would have given an 8, but knocked a full point off for the toxic feminism, which was over the top.
Best parts about it were that it was very fun, and very funny.
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Slowly slowly I can with you
If only only there was a plot
Show so boring, aigoo aigoo
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Just finished this... imo it was terrible. The implausibility of the story's setup (cardiac surgeon has enough time in his life to moonlight as an extremely famous dubber, and coincidentally randomly ends up in the chat of a girl who turns out to be his anonymous crush of 2 years) might be justifiable if there was a compelling plot to go with it. Since there is not, it just feels like a 12-year-old's fanfic. There is in fact next to NO plot whatsoever.
The OST/BGM/sound effects are cringe. There is a song that repeats over and over throughout the drama that makes me want to bash my head against a wall it's so overused.... they lean rather heavily on "cat meyowing" sound effect for the first 2/3rds of the drama.... they stomp on a lot of the potentially romantic moments with the classic chinese "whimsical" BGM that's out of step with the characters and situations, and they live in a universe where the only form of music is ballad songs. If you don't enjoy ballads, this is not the drama for you.
Then there's "drinking a glass of water". It's not the first time I've seen a c-drama that is weirdly fixated about drinking water, but this one is the worst one. There are SO many glasses of water in this show.
The FL is not too bad at the beginning but by the end, she wears on my nerves due to her lack of personality, and the fact that her personal iteration of the "chinese infantile female" is kind of annoying -- she doesn't talk much and when she does it tends to be in this teensy little voice that for her is clearly an affectation (it's not her real voice, it's somewhat fake sounding). She starts off doing an okay acting job, but by the end of the drama she's just phoning in her performance, and it starts to look really rushed and unnatural. Wardrobes and styling are typical tacky modern c-drama as well.
There is so little in the way of substance to this drama that it feels basically like an extremely long travelog created by the chinese ministry of tourism or something.
I gave it a 5/10, and the 5 points I gave it are for one reason, and one reason only: The "romantic" sequences (there aren't too many, but there are some) DO have an element of kilig in them, and the lead characters DO have really sexy chemistry together. This is literally the drama's only redeeming quality.
It's a sharp contrast to Hidden Love which I gave a 9.5... both are very pared down and simple stories, but Hidden Love is actually good, whereas this one is only good for if you have incurable insomnia and need something to help you fall asleep.
Now that is a young man in the peak of his health and growth, who is doing intense exercise every day, trying to live and thrive on 1000cals and no more than about 30 grams of protein every day. That's basically slow torture, and it will definitely impact his health. Sure his bodyfat is at like 3% or something ridiculous, but at what cost.
When you take like this guy who's doing it for a role, and he can just stop when that show is finished filming, those k-pop idols never get a break from their diets, and their diets are like designed by some Dr. Evil nutritionist that stepped out of a time machine from 1952 hollywood. It's like they have the same nutritionist who told Judy Garland to live on chicken soup, black coffee and cigarettes.
If you're fully fasted for days, your body undergoes certain changes that give you a lot of energy and mental clarity, once the body changes over from burning glucose to burning ketones -- and this is provided that during fasting, you are keeping up an electrolyte balance of sodium, potassium, and magnesium with your fluid intake. The energy boost happens at about the 24-36 hour mark once your body has run out of glucose stores. So when you're fasted, the first few days can be low energy, but then you get your energy back once you've made it past that phase.
But a severe low-calorie diet is literal starvation, and long term it can mess you up way way bad, they've done several studies on this with military groups. You eat just enough that the body never fully goes into a true fasting state, but you don't eat enough to maintain your daily needs for protein, calories, and nutrients. So the worst of both worlds. So if you take 2 people who both eat 6000 calorie-per-week diets... one eats nothing for 4 days and then eats 2000 calories a day for 3 days straight... the other eats about 800 calories a day... the person eating the daily 800 calorie diet has far more serious health problems by the time several months have elapsed.
The kind of fasting he's talking about here where he goes no more than one week fasting, and on other days does OMAD (one meal a day) theoretically as long as it wasn't long term, could actually be good for his health .
Bummed because ML and FL are both good looking, decent actors, and have scorchy chemistry together. How did the drama end up so dull? I have to spend three full minutes watching her eat instant ramen... one and a half minutes of someone walking down a hallway... five minutes of someone waiting in a room for someone else.... gah! Aigoo!
>presented with new idea
>new idea threatens current beliefs
>ego too fragile to research topic that might disprove beliefs
>"youre stupid"
Classic liberal behavior.
Youve been to ny 55 times, thanks for the oddly specific detail lol yea idts.
I take it youve never been to nyc. Its just normal talking, no need to get weird about it.
Well thanks for the repetitive psychostyle hyperliberal ranting, that was refreshing as always.
One, the 5th prince is straight up the victim of spousal abuse and they treat it like its just so funny. His wife progressively turns him into a complete cuck, and I found it sad and disturbing. I dont like how the matriarchal society is portrayed in such a way that if the roles were reversed, those men would be considered monstrous. Women are better than what this show gives them credit for when it comes to the part about matriarchal society.
Two, the feminist programming toward the very end is aggressive and i could do without it. The show is pro-female in many good ways throughout the story, so the pushing of feminism at the end of the drama was unnecessary.
Three, why did they just stop giving Baifu the puppy screentime about halfway through? He was so cute, and then they sort of forgot about him. :(
I would have given an 8, but knocked a full point off for the toxic feminism, which was over the top.
Best parts about it were that it was very fun, and very funny.