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Sasaeng fans 사생팬 are basically obsessed stalkers.

Paid. Paid. Paid.

Or sasaeng level fan 😹

I thought he was quite charming when I first saw him playing as a King/ warm older brother/ the reliable brother-in-law in King2Hearts.

In the long run what matters is your ability to act and command the screen as an actor. Just fitting the beauty standards of a culture and trend will only make you a ‘star’ for a short time.

Lee Sung Min broke my heart this episode. But then again he’s been breaking my heart since King2Hearts. I’m glad he’s getting recognition by the newer international fans ♡

Also recommended: Misaeng for more LSM (ft loyal secretary)

Look again at that family portrait. https://kisskh.at/photos/X00qg_3
When is that portrait from again? That’s right. From the 1990s. It was on the family house wall a couple episodes ago before the wedding shot replaced it. (ep 8 at about 34 mins, LSM stares at it thinking about his youngest grandson being praised by his competitor)

That’s the teen version actress from the 80s era https://asianwiki.com/Kang_Ji-Woo

For whatever crazy reason the adult version is played by a 1995 liner. (Just like the newly married villainess is played by a 1994 liner even though she is married to the eldest grandson and should be older than the ML)

Well it’s worth it to watch for him then. He’s receiving plenty of praises, even from people who likely started watching for SJK.

His character may be the most developed. There’s a consistent hint of his humanity and affection even though he is a ruthless powerful businessman. Not sure if this due to LSM’s portrayal or because the character is slightly modelled after the Samsung founder. Cause I think the original source is also pretty plot driven.

(There’s a dialogue in ep 1 or 2 by LSM asking and explaining to a chef how many rice grains there are in some food, which is a direct quote/situation of Samsung’s Lee Byung Chul)

I gave up on the cast ages making sense since I saw SJK cosplaying a 19/20 year old. It was obvious and awkward at first, now I’m used to it. All of the real ages of the cast are out of sync and ironic in relation to their characters.

Let’s just say that this chaebol family has access to some high quality botox 😅 And then Korean genes

What ? There’s a season 2 for this? 😹

Is it a direct sequel? The last one had some whack ending iirc. Is it still as cringey? And has the mc improved in acting?

Loved this drama. Haven’t really rewatched it since it aired but at the time I knew none of the main cast

According to the web novel readers, it’s the grandma. Classic scorned woman wanting her blood kids to get all the money

Grandpa and grandson had a nice bond in the original. He wanted to leave him the company and everything and liked him as a kid. Was never his enemy

of course she’s born already lol. She wasn’t a kid in 2022. The ML is the youngest grandchild, there’s no one after him.

She may be a max of ~3 years younger than eldest grandson. Her teenage version was shown for a split second during the late 80s era. She’s older than ML’s older brother and younger than eldest grandson.

Will watch it as a legal setting romcom then at some point

Oh yeah the OCN intros. That itself is suitable for the darker genres.

Idk how it works in Korea but if you buy tvn subscription, don’t you get all its sister channels too? That would be ideal instead of asking customers to pay individually for each channel.

I wasn’t expecting much from the drama and wasn’t all that impressed to hear that it had a second season confirmed before the first even aired. But I promised to try it out for Gong Seung Yeon.

(GSY is gorgeous too. But she’s not as popular as Suzy for example that would draw mass crowds. So really it’s a matter of popularity than prettiness or talent at some point)

I like crime genre so I guess I don’t mind it. Maybe I would’ve found it exhausting if it was only them assisting in tragic accidents or medical emergencies (not a fan of medical genre). Besides I don’t think a “police station” would be much involved without a crime or missing person.

The corruption plot, well that’s a staple of Kdramas, about as routine as male & female leads ending up together romantically. It’s not like it’s unrealistic anyway. Everywhere you look, you’ll find corruption at low and top levels. (Example, the US, a first world developed country and self-claimed leader of the world likes to elect pedophiles as presidents) But I am missing the firefighters team and Bulldozer in ep 8, so I wish they don’t spend too much screentime on the office talks for the corrupted old men.

If you like time travel or want to have a look at Korean economy in the 90’s/early 2000’s or have ever wished you or your family had invested in something way back but missed the opportunity because you didn’t know any better…

It’s basically a wish fulfilment drama. With very high production value. Lee Sung Min is owning his role and gives life to the drama. The others are not bad either. But it’s heavily plot driven, sort of a makjang. The young ML is pretty indifferent most of the time, maybe a max of 3 minutes (for grieving a parent) or 0.3 seconds are dedicated to showing his emotional state, the rest he drinks coffee, smirks and screws over his rich family. Like the Vincenzo role, so I guess if you liked that, you’ll like this. (But half the drama isn’t dedicated to slapstick comedy here, just the normal moments of comic relief).

Personally I like this better than Vincenzo. There’s no whiplash from over the top slapstick to torture porn horror. I love the older male lead. And I enjoy time travel plots, regardless of quality.

Subway doesn’t have the best track record either but they have scored some pretty good placements. This comeback wasn’t bad at all. Poor guy kept getting tofu that he obediently ate, so a sandwich was a treat.

Just due to one drama?
I love OCN and I liked the ability to find my favourite genres in one place. Granted it doesn’t get as high ratings as tvN can…

This drama’s OCN vibe makes me like it

Subway has been MIA far too long hasn’t it? I think I like it better than Kopiko too.

(Is this bias from liking the sandwiches myself and not ever having tasted Kopiko?)

Lol the plot armour is high in this one. Thus you get villains wasting time observing or cooking instead of striking immediately. Or the heli scene.

I was actually more concerned about the hundreds of civilians in the city. The helicopter, I could believe was operated by the villain’s goons so if they are hurt it’s not a loss. But if that thing crashed, a lot of innocents would die/be injured/lose homes or workplaces/cost of infrastructure…

Love Bulldozer too! Firefighters team fighting 🫶🏻

That’s standard. You actually need to applaud when characters suffer side effects for longer than one hot minute in dramas