while I agree that its sad he is no longer around, in the end it was his choice to end his life, that is truth
You must have a cold—perhaps cruel—heart if you can post that without even acknowledging the circumstances which led a beloved individual to the place where he believed that suicide was his best & only option.
Why wasn't Dynamite Kiss scheduled to end in December? Because it didn't conclude until January, TIME magazine had to give the best K-Drama of 2025 award to When Life Gives You Tangerines. This drama wasn't even in consideration!
really funny,,, the acting of the main characters is really good,,, the director is very good,,, the writer is…
I think something happened to interfere with the writing. The first two episodes were excellent, as was the writer's debut drama (Mystic Pop-Up Bar).
I imagine a scenario where the writer wrote the first two episodes on her own before signing a deal, and subsequently receiving pressure from the studio and/or Netflix to hurry up and/or makjang it up, resulting in the poor quality overall.
CM reminds me of a character from that cooking anime (Food Wars) who copies his opponent's original dish but adds just a small strategic change to steal the win.
Culinary Monster looks so high and mighty when he is with other Black Spoons but he looks kinda adorable when…
To me it seemed like there was deliberate editing to make Chef Culinary Monster look like a strategist. More than once they showed him looking over at his opponent during their 1-on-1, and he wound up using similar ingredients (caviar & champagne) while expressing his confidence that his dumplings would win vs. Chef Son Jong Won's steamed eggs.
Plus in an earlier episode they showed the restaurant in California where both chefs previously worked (at different times), and the staff there told CM that he was a better chef than SJW. So I'm half-expecting CM to survive.
FYI, Netflix original dramas get the binge-drop, but when they partner with a domestic studio, the episodes are released right after they are broadcast in the host country. Also, Netflix reality shows get released in weekly chunks of a few episodes at a time.
For the close-tie one-on-one redemption challenges where both chefs serve something terrific, the judges should be able to allow both chefs to survive.
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I imagine a scenario where the writer wrote the first two episodes on her own before signing a deal, and subsequently receiving pressure from the studio and/or Netflix to hurry up and/or makjang it up, resulting in the poor quality overall.
Plus in an earlier episode they showed the restaurant in California where both chefs previously worked (at different times), and the staff there told CM that he was a better chef than SJW. So I'm half-expecting CM to survive.