I hope this incident will finally alert k-entertainment industry so as to stop promoting the concept that drunk and arrogant behavior is manly and totally acceptable/forgivable when you are young, beautiful and rich! Fame and shallow character is always a bad combination, so let's see if that loss of fame will teach this ungrateful offender a lesson..
I believe that with this role IU re-established herself not as one of too many idols-turned-to-wanna-be-actresses, but as a professional 'grown-up' actress, ready to deliver any demanding role!
Another very realistic slice of (police) drama from writer Noh Hee Kyung, who once again managed to deliver a powerful story and melt our hearts with all the team members stories and hardships, as well as all the sensitive cases solved.
For me, the star of the show was definitely Bae Sung Woo (both in action and romance), but also Shin Dong Wook and Lee Soon Jae harabeoji left the strongest impression!
The only weakness of the drama was the romance aspect of Lee Kwang Soo's role and the forced and unnecessary love triangle. While Shin Dong Wook had all the charisma needed for a leading romantic role (and I really hope to see him in one very soon!), Lee Kwang Soo was rather miscast: he always seemed frowning, grouchy or angry and his flirting was blunt and pushy instead of charming.
Special kudos to the drama's OST - beautiful songs and music, especially the song Carry Me from Family of the Year!
Be still my beating heart! What a dilemma, what a heartbreak, what a performance -for all three main leads! What an innovative story, what a wonderful outcome -for all of us!
Beautiful short story of friends-turned-to-lovers, with two adorable main leads. Kim Sun Ho, after two scene-stealing support roles in "Two Cops" and "Strongest Deliveryman" he gets a deserving main role, even though it's in a short drama. Looking forward for more!
During the first episodes what I really-really enjoyed was the refreshing romance approach this drama introduced: their flirting, touching, kissing, looking and talking was what real couples in head-over-heals love do! No awkward/accidental cliché-type scenes, no dear-caught-by-the-lights-of-a-car-at-night looks while kissing... everything seemed not forced, but totally natural. But now, I don't know exactly what went downhill, as many comments also state... Maybe the melodrama and the frustration are unnecessary increased and the pace reduced? Perhaps there are too many annoying characters (some of them even not that necessary for so many episodes, like the ex-jerk or princess-syndrome coworker Se Young)? I also have the feeling that something is lacking, but I'm still watching ...
Very enjoyable and easy watchable drama! A bit exaggerated and frustrating sometimes, but funny and interesting enough to keep me hooked. Balancing between rom-com and melodrama, not too serious and not too realistic, it's really entertaining and you should give it a try!
Excellent survey, analysis and interpretation! How much of your time did you dedicate for this, I wonder...!
Personally, I've completed about 535 (maybe I forgot to add in my list some older ones) and dropped 27-mostly from Comedy-Romance genre, but I have to admit that, for a few completed dramas, I've skipped some 'boring' parts.
Before I start a completed drama, I visit its page on MDL and see the comments of fellow viewers with whom I have similar preferences, so almost every time I finish it successfully (dropped 15 until 2016). But when watching currently airing dramas (unfortunately Ι was tempted and it became a habit last year) things are more risky since the 'haters'-'lovers' battles are sometimes misleading, so my dropping ratio increased (dropped 12 from 2017).
Dropping a drama means that I lost interest or something in it really annoyed me, so I don't feel guilty and I move on to the next drama of my PTW list!
I really loved your article and your optimistic and funny approach! ... and your being a BTS fan is a definite plus! :) Even though I'm rather neat and try to have less than 20 dramas on my CW and PTW lists, I found your tips really useful for future reference, thanks!
Interesting and intense short drama portraying the pursuit of happiness and the sacrifices/compromises one has to make in order to achieve it, as well as questioning the definition of happiness itself. Totally worth the (2hours) time!
Don't get me wrong, but I honestly believe that characterising a drama or a movie as trash is totally unfair and disrespectful of the work, time and efforts of all the people (actors or not) involved! I know that here we are just venting and expressing our disappointments and frustrations, but, even so, let's put ourselves in their shoes...
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I second that! So glad that more and more people are annoyed by disrespectful/aggressive posts! Like you said: it's totally OK to speak your mind, but some filters (at least common courtesy/politeness) are needed, so as everyone can still enjoy reading comments and engaging in discussions on mdl with fellow viewers about airing dramas!
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Fame and shallow character is always a bad combination, so let's see if that loss of fame will teach this ungrateful offender a lesson..
For me, the star of the show was definitely Bae Sung Woo (both in action and romance), but also Shin Dong Wook and Lee Soon Jae harabeoji left the strongest impression!
The only weakness of the drama was the romance aspect of Lee Kwang Soo's role and the forced and unnecessary love triangle. While Shin Dong Wook had all the charisma needed for a leading romantic role (and I really hope to see him in one very soon!), Lee Kwang Soo was rather miscast: he always seemed frowning, grouchy or angry and his flirting was blunt and pushy instead of charming.
Special kudos to the drama's OST - beautiful songs and music, especially the song Carry Me from Family of the Year!
Park Hyung Sik created a character of his own and it rocks!
And the main instrumental theme is sooo good...
What a dilemma, what a heartbreak, what a performance -for all three main leads!
What an innovative story, what a wonderful outcome -for all of us!
Kim Sun Ho, after two scene-stealing support roles in "Two Cops" and "Strongest Deliveryman" he gets a deserving main role, even though it's in a short drama.
Looking forward for more!
But now, I don't know exactly what went downhill, as many comments also state...
Maybe the melodrama and the frustration are unnecessary increased and the pace reduced?
Perhaps there are too many annoying characters (some of them even not that necessary for so many episodes, like the ex-jerk or princess-syndrome coworker Se Young)?
I also have the feeling that something is lacking, but I'm still watching ...
A bit exaggerated and frustrating sometimes, but funny and interesting enough to keep me hooked. Balancing between rom-com and melodrama, not too serious and not too realistic, it's really entertaining and you should give it a try!
How much of your time did you dedicate for this, I wonder...!
Personally, I've completed about 535 (maybe I forgot to add in my list some older ones) and dropped 27-mostly from Comedy-Romance genre, but I have to admit that, for a few completed dramas, I've skipped some 'boring' parts.
Before I start a completed drama, I visit its page on MDL and see the comments of fellow viewers with whom I have similar preferences, so almost every time I finish it successfully (dropped 15 until 2016).
But when watching currently airing dramas (unfortunately Ι was tempted and it became a habit last year) things are more risky since the 'haters'-'lovers' battles are sometimes misleading, so my dropping ratio increased (dropped 12 from 2017).
Dropping a drama means that I lost interest or something in it really annoyed me, so I don't feel guilty and I move on to the next drama of my PTW list!
Kudos again for your efforts! :)
... and your being a BTS fan is a definite plus! :)
Even though I'm rather neat and try to have less than 20 dramas on my CW and PTW lists,
I found your tips really useful for future reference, thanks!
I know that here we are just venting and expressing our disappointments and frustrations, but, even so, let's put ourselves in their shoes...
Can't wait!!!
My excitement cooled a bit but I will still give it a try!
A bit better than season 1.
So glad that more and more people are annoyed by disrespectful/aggressive posts!
Like you said: it's totally OK to speak your mind, but some filters (at least common courtesy/politeness) are needed, so as everyone can still enjoy reading comments and engaging in discussions on mdl with fellow viewers about airing dramas!