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Finished the drama a couple of weeks ago. Difficult to say anything else than that this is without any doubt one of the best dramas ever made. Maybe even the best. I'm rarely at a loss for words, but it's such a strong experience. The last ten episodes are so intense it felt like a ton weighing on my chest. But all that happened is completely in line with history (that I studied later). Also universally, power and politics, private lives and loyalties, cannot always be matched. What was unexpected (and wonderful) was how Mu Hyul turned out to be such a key character. All I can say, this drama has everything that I could have hoped for and more, it's stunning. Everything, the music, cinematography, acting, pacing, directing and of course and especially, the writing. I discovered that these writers have written another huge fave of mine, Arthdal Chronicles, which sadly didn't get the full run of 50 episodes that it was meant to have. But I'm waiting to recover a little and then I'll be watching Tree With Deep Roots.

Zero interest in c-dramas (costumes...who cares?). To recommend something for us AoS fans suffering from withdrawals, I would recommend Six Flying Dragons. It's for me perhaps the best k-drama ever made.

Enjoyed this a lot. Classic vibes (things like the train station scene), well paced, fantastic acting. More like a drama special than a movie, but really sweet.

She's supposed to be an intelligent woman lol. The writing doesn't make her so.

It doesn't matter since there's a growing mass of raters, luckily the ratings almost always settle to be fairly accurate

Now we're finally at the set of the reality show and it's getting so much better!

I want to unsee all the scenes with PMY exercising aka showing off her body. It's somehow so cringey/off. Her body being shown/paraded would be fine if it's for men watching the drama. But I don't think many men watch the drama. My point being that the screentime could have been spent on some meaningful dialogue. Or Sang Eun's deeper thoughts about her life and future. The writing is somewhat chunky and immature and director could have chosen better.

I just watch the performances from YT, over and over again. The rest is not interesting to me at all (why the scripted drama has to be made... beats me. That made SFW unwatchable). Mega Crew Challenges are so high quality. Creative. Art.

I couldn't watch this one. It felt amateurish, too. There's fluff and cringey fluff and for me this went clearly to the latter category. Got into watching Melo is My Nature, instead, and am happy having found a much better choice.

Kim Min Joon as the ML: great! finally!

The writer is a piece of work. Great at writing dialogue but equally great in messing up everything for reasons only known to herself. I only hope someone is looking over the drama and no sudden appearance of ghosts are allowed this time (unless they're there from the beginning). I hope everything turns out well for Park Joo Mi. We who have travelled through the 3 seasons of Love ft Marriage and Divorce with her, are attached to her and appreciate her acting highly.

Warning: only start watching with the firm intention of dropping at ep 10. Until then it's okayish. The last 10 episodes are fundamentally unsatisfactory. Nothing happens. Nothing is engaging or interesting. Repetition after repetition. Disappointment with the characters, as their actions don't make any sense toward the end.

commitment or marriage doesn't signify ownership everywhere. Sex is normal part of life and not overly important, not the be all and end all - in Nordic countries and many European countries such as France. People's mindsets may differ. But the ownership religion usually doesn't apply when we consider men in power and women in positions of no power - like kings of Joseon. You may say primitive I say advanced and there's going to be no agreement.

Yes it's really good.

Saturday without AoS - withdrawals. But currently watching Six Flying Dragons. Epic drama, highly recommended.

That would be really awesome. Now imagining Song Joong Ki and Yeo Jin Goo and Park Hyung Sik as team leaders....would be the best show ever.

I was thinking the same actually. Lol.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the way they open each episode with a full-on racket aka fight scene. It's brilliant!

She's similar in Her Private Life and in Healer. Most actresses hold back in those kinds of moments - too much imo. But she really is the queen of romance drama.

I'll def rise my rating if the drama gets more into the reality show and how scripted and vulgar it is. Lots of potential there. For instance it's awful how in the audition a woman with a normal body aka not super skinny was immeadiately dissed as fat. And hoping more emphasis on Jae Hoon's background. But what is clear by now that we don't really get to know or understand the characters in an in-depth manner. There's superficiality to the drama although the actors are great.