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This show is stupid lol

Dull, uninspiring, safe, commercial choices over and over and over again. The mothers of now some 14-16 year olds probably find his work still amusing. But if you are interested in brave, complex, artistic choices, where an actor is literally shape shifting or giving new avatars, then you won’t find it in his filmography. All you get is LMH. (Shrugs)

His movie Night Fever is coming out this year. Then MIK S2 in Nov/Dec. No update about any newly signed projects

He is absolutely memorable in My Country: New Age. I usually forget the characters names in Korean dramas and I end up recalling them with their profession or relation to the male lead or FL/ML (I admit it’s not a good thing to not remember names but I am not from South East Asia. So it’s harder for me to remember Korean/Japanese/Chinese/Vietnamese/Taiwanese etc, names). But I still remember his character’s name. It’s an unforgettable and criminally underrated performance. And in my opinion, just his best performance till date. He hasn’t topped Nam Seon Ho in terms of performance, nuance, depth, range and complexity. You go on a ride watching his performance, you are wary of him, you are disgusted by him, you pity him, you get mad at him, you root for him, you fear him, you are miserable for him. That character and his performance is just unforgettable. I agree 100% with what you said, he is more suited for complex roles. But here’s the thing, Hae Jo was a complex character. But the story was so half-baked and digressed so far away from the origin that it fell through. I don’t blame him. He nailed his part. The writer effing gassed it.

Also I do see his character in MIK has potential but it’s a Hyun Bin show. There’s no way the director is gonna give him center stage. Although I must admit,WDH ate that one as well. And left no crumbs. With very little screen time.

Esom is just so good. Her emotions just come through

How come the dad knows how his friend’s son was rejected and insulted but doesn’t know what his son has been up to and who he has been up against. Weird

This show has that kitschy early Hallyu wave type k-drama feel. The era of dramas that made Lee Min Ho and Goon Yoo and the other present-day 40 something actors a thing.

- The male lead has a goffer who is more like an announcer for the unique charm of the ML. He is written to bring (bad) comic relief while he does the bidding of the male lead.
- The female lead is a caricature of a go-getter, headstrong girl who somehow woos our male lead. She also has her side piece, whom we consider SFL or maybe not.
- Stylistically it’s cheap and blasé. The writing juvenile and unpolished. We have just been given that gratuitous intro scene of BWS where the director probably thought since the guy can’t act to save his life, let’s thirst trap him. But then we get another scene where we get beauty shots of him to create mystique as he makes his way fashionably late to the King’s birthday banquet. Airbrushed to perfection, a lot of beauty filters, CGI trickery, beauty shots after beauty shots.
- ⁠There is so much emphasis on nobility, royalty and class but here we have the royals from the get-go bickering like rubes in front of the country’s invited elites 😂
- ⁠Main takeaways: bad writing, over produced, predictable.

Criminally underrated. Excellent dramatic and action actor. Has more range in his pinky than a lot of his peer bench combined. Is confident enough to play diverse characters even those that are unlikeable and is not stuck up about playing the safe and recycled green forest romantic hero trope. Conducts himself like a high performance athlete which is remarkable and speaks of his work ethic and discipline

This show is effing ridiculous. But that’s what it always set out to be. It is ridiculous, funny, choppy and over-the-top.

If you want to watch a serious medical drama then watch The Pitt and don’t come here.

Epip4: this show is effing stupid 😂 it’s so over the top. It’s so dramatic. Watching this with a doctor is not a good idea. Just saying 😂

Just started this show - it’s so damn over the top. I’m getting whiplash. 😒

Agreed with everything you just said and also of course the anecdote you have shared but here we have seen no evidence that the girl has such financial obligations. The only thing we do see is that she had to pay damages to the lab for damage and loss at their lab. Which itself is a little loony. A high ranking personnel of the lab was involved in criminal activity which is not covered in damages. Plus, law firms do have something called Lawyers Professional Liability insurance for instances like these (also happens in Korea) . But here’s the thing, we are being way too logical about a show that’s clearly been written by someone who really doesn’t understand these things.

Please do watch season 1. It will absolutely help you build a connection with the two main leads, their dynamic and their mentality. If you go in S2 by itself it can be a little disorienting since a lot of S1 characters make a comeback. Plus it’s just 15 episodes collectively for both seasons which is less than a standard k drama duration.

I spent so much time worrying Lee U Jeong (played by Cha Ji Hyeok) was a snitch that every time he would show up on the screen during my first time watch I was like “this guy is a snitch. He looks shady AF. He’s making weird faces and expressions”.

And during my second watch (when I already knew better) I still had that feeling. 😅😂

The last scene of S2 was Jason Kim’s hook and pitch to Netflix … for S3 as well as a big fat budget. 😅😂

According to Jason Kim there is no story behind the cameos. Just some actors who thankfully agreed to be a part of the production and appear in cameos.

13. Yun Tae Geom (played by Hwang Chan Sung) totally and absolutely and utterly deserved to die. I don’t care what anyone says. No he did not deserve a redemption arc. Nope. Not for one second. He killed without remorse. The Uzbek boxer, the bodyguards in Ep1. Just cos he had a sob story where his wife died of a disease and is now a single father and got into this business to pay off debt - does not cut it. He deserves that death. Every second of it. I ain’t allowing him the sob story all of a sudden.

Unpopular opinion (continued)

Well. It was an okay show. PMY was good in this one.

I just feel that Wi Ha Joon was underwhelming. There were some moments where he showed his range, but mostly he felt severely underutilised. I really want him to choose better scripts.

All in all, I didn’t go into this show thinking it would be a critical masterpiece. Most network shows are made for a homely TV audience and they dumb it down so it can be aired for prime time audiences. So I got what I expected. A little choppy and illogical at times. But I didn’t hate it. It kept the whodunnit mystery quite well for the first half of the show. Overall, I’m not mad (shrugs).

Does it make sense that a partner attorney in a law firm is resigning and suddenly in a few days they are strapped for cash.

Partners make profit. Because to become partner you need to put in equity as well. And if you leave the law firm you get a healthy payout. 😒 why is the writing seeming like some simpleton sitting at home wrote it. lol