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True. Nowadays MLs are more interesting and green flags than SMLs.

The actors had to take a break due to the controversy so i doubt any of them want to be part of this anymore.
If they want to tell the story i guess they can set it in a fictional world and start as a new drama but the cast might also be different. Since nobody knows how the story unfolds maybe the writer will use this story in the future.

Netflix isn't doing that well in India and the lowest pack is for 199rs which is like 2.40 dollars per month and all Netflix original kdramas air while it's onair. It's the same with prime and Disney+hotstar. Since Amazon prime is for all Amazon apps most people have prime member. Viki is also 199rs per month but it don't have as much content as Netflix. So it's not worth that much money.
If these sites have the streaming rights then those kdramas will air while it's ongoing.

Kingdom won't have S3? ☹️

Anything chinese or Japanese can make the drama end up with a ban or backlash from Korea, China or Japan. The producers put a lot of money along with hard work of 100s of people in the making of a drama. So its totally understandable if they want to play it safe.
Even if they had outer conflict there was inner conflict as well. One king had to abolish concubines becoming the queen due to all the planning and plotting by the concubines. So concubines being cunning is not untrue. Same as ministers being backstabbers and power hungry.

Even if a person loosing his/her memory they don't forget skills like driving or swimming etc. Likewise they could have atleast made her remember her martial arts skills. Am not saying naksu's energy should be there or buyeon's divine powers. Just basic martial arts skill with which she can atleast fight the female guards of jin family. Also it seems like the makers are also confused if the female lead is naksu or buyeon or combination of both. Naksu without buyeon's powers is pretty useless in S2 as uk is very powerful now. What is her purpose other than being a love interest to uk in S2? They could have carried on the show with UK avenging naksu's death without naksu in S2. The only thing missing will be a central love story in S2 if naksu died for real.

I will check it out

I dont mind the switch of actors but they did it in the most unconvincing way possible. It's like they pull out any random shit just because the drama is set in a fictional world with supernatural powers and magic 🙄. It's like they can call the moon the sun and get away with it. 😂
I guess if i subscribe to Viki as well then I will have access to more than 90% of kdramas on official sites but i find Viki to be expensive compared to others. Netflix, prime, Disney+ (which is Disney+hotstar in India) has content from all around the world whereas Viki only has Korean and Chinese dramas. Even with Korean they might not end up having all the ones i want to watch. So it's basically a waste of money.

The starting was good and it had lots of potential and i appreciate the makers for trying something new by switching the actors but the execution is what's wrong. It wasn't that hard for them to come up with a story were naksu's body was saved in S1 and souls of naksu and buyeon being transferred to naksu's body. They literally did a plastic surgery kind of thing in S2 in the most unconvincing way possible. This literally reminds me of how indian serial producer Ekta kapoor comes up with plastic surgery as a solution for replacement of actors. With plastic surgery they change the height weight and the entire face structure of that person with a convincing memory loss track. Seen this 10-15yrs ago on indian serials.

I don't have much problem with damsel in distress as long as it's written well. Here the writing is the main problem. Even though this is S2 it's just a direct continuation of S1 which means it's ep 21-22 and instead of going uphill the FL is doing down hill. We have been hearing about the divine power and unmatchable skills of buyeon and naksu for 20+ episodes just to see the FL(who is a combination of both) being more powerless by each passing episodes. She is literally a prop for the entire story to move forward. Her entire purpose in S1 was to train the ML and i don't even know why she is in S2? Just as a love interest? Uk is perfectly capable of defeating anyone and his powers are unmatchable.
The FL and her powers has been limited for 20+ episodes now. Thats exactly my problem with the show.

I think since Korea is a small country it didn't had multiple kingdoms. I am not sure but i think it used to be 3 kingdoms but the king of sila joined all 3 and made it a single kingdom. I think it's the king park hyungsik played in hwarang.
Also i have read that ministers held a lot of power back then and they make or break a king. The ML in mr.queen is a fictional version of a real king and the real king was known to be a puppet king. The real power was with the ministers and they were the ones ruling. Thats why we see a lot of politics in kdramas. They had more inner conflict than outer ones.
The only outer conflict i guess was with China at that time and anything Chinese in a korean sageuk can lead to a ban 😂. So the makers are playing it as safe as possible.

I watched the first 2 episodes of aos and it was just okay. I binge watched S1 and even though i liked it i wasn't much invested in it. I am watching S2 just as a formality. Might finish it by fast forwarding it just to have a closure.
I would have watched reborn rich if it was available on Netflix or prime or Disney but it's only available on Viki in my region and i don't have subscribtion for it. Nowadays i don't like watching dramas on unofficial sites. It's hard to fast forward and there is quality issue. The main reason i started watching forbidden marriage is because it's available on prime.

I haven't seen the first season of that and not even very familiar with that drama.

I watched the first two episodes and am not enjoying it much. I esp didn't like their explanation of how the face changed. They could have simply buried naksu's body or dumped it in the water or kept somewhere frozen in S1 instead of burning it and then coming up with such a lame excuse for the face change. Didn't they make it pretty clear in S1 that body has nothing to do with soul? How did buyeon who is one of the most powerful being left her own body but naksu managed to stay in that body? I don't really mind the change in actors but they should have come up with a better explanation than this lame one for the change in face. Also how come seo Yul don't recognise her face? The dude found resemblence of his childhood crush in the dead body of naksu but cannot recognise a walking talking naksu 🙄.
I guess like mr.queen here also the FL is a combination of 2 souls. It's buyeon's powers along with naksu's energy that works. Even now she has buyeon's powers. In S1 naksu was dominating but in S2 buyeon is dominating.
I also don't like how the writers come up with something or the other to always keep the FL completely dependent on the ML. Both naksu and buyeon are just powerful and badass on paper. We never get to see that. Atleast in S1 she used her cleverness and manipulation skills to get what she wants and was enjoyable to watch. In S2 she comes off as the typical damsel in distress kdrama FL.
Their powers are like guest appearances of the show. They need to give special mentions to buyeon's divine powers and naksu's unmatchable martial arts skills at the end of every episode 😂.

I once decided to watch it but ended up watching something else. Don't feel like watching anything intense nowadays. Trying to watch S2 of alchemy of the soul but not enjoying it much. Want to watch reborn rich but am confused whether to watch it now or wait till it gets over. I guess by the time i make up my mind the show will end 😂

It's more ignorant than racist and Koreans live in their own bubble with little to no interaction with other races. For them all white people are from USA and all black people are from Africa and brown people from India. They are not used to diversity.

She said she will make him a star and not an actor and that says it all. For Korean dramas they mostly only need stars with charm and charisma than acting skills but it's different for Korean movies. Most of the top Korean drama actors don't have a big movie career and the top movie actors only does a drama in 2 or 3 yrs and it will be big budget kdramas with huge cast and famous writers and directors. The young actors that get movie offers or are praised for their acting skills will mostly have film school background rather than scouted on the streets.

There is a highschool kid who cyber bullies the ML and his ex driver. The irritating boss of the SFL if he can be considered to be a villain and the bar owner who used to be the manager of the dead friend. I guess that's it. It don't really have a big baddy. Only antifans and sasaengs.

Wont happen since they didn't finish the shooting.

Yes. Kdrama sagueks are playing it safe nowadays due to all the boycott. It's good to do so. Mr.queen was lucky enough to finish airing before all that controversy happened. Red sleeve stayed true to the actual story as much as they can. Joseon exorcist could have been saved if they just set it in a fictional world like alchemy of the soul. It looked like a big budget drama and gave me kingdom vibe from its trailers.