I preferred Princess Royal. I don't know why but the chemistry between the leads here is a bit lacking. The leads here are pretty, but I just don't feel like they click.
Both stories are interesting, but overall, Princess Royal just stood out to me, from the progression of romance to the resolution of misunderstandings, and especially the romance.
I feel like the producers are still suffering from their success with TRAIN TO BUSAN. Everything they popped out…
With all the positive reviews, I thought it was another spectacular film. Not that it is bad, but it felt a bit mid for me because of the points you discussed. Anyway, it is a good movie to kill time.
There's a love triangle between the three leads. It's a point of conflict between the two guys.
There is, but it is abandoned at later episodes.
Male lead loves the female lead and vice versa. But female lead wants to be rich so she married the second male lead.
The female lead then had an affair with male lead before the wedding. Later, her affair with male lead was justified. It's just that director went for an open end for developments in their relationship.
Why did Tae Oh choose to be Inha's dog? I can't help but feel that I missed something.Does Tae Oh have no greed…
Because the writer wants an underdog-reaching-the-top-type of story.
Tae Oh is supposed to be greedy, but the world just hands out everything to him, so you don't get to see that. He just unconsciously ended up stealing his best friend's wife, sister, father and power. And show shoves it down your throat that he deserves that because he is morally good.
Writer could not bring himself to make Tae Oh morally ambiguous for his dreams. This is shown in how In Ha and Tae Oh were contrasted, I think.
Writer just needed In Ha to become a prop that elevates Tae Oh.
After finishing this show I still do not understand the reason to have Hong Su Zu's character in the show they…
Just made me think that this might work if chairman was the corrupt big baddie that Tae Oh and In Ha needed to overcome. Connect Tae Oh's mishaps to chairman too.
Hye Won could be relevant but as a supporting role if she was paid by the chairman to ruin the friendship. Writer just need to rack his brains why chairman would be threatened. Like perhaps maybe those two uncover some crime or are too close to exposing his secret or something.
This type of route though is cliche and overused, but at least, it makes sense, haha.
Maybe I should watch it, it could be fun. Not now though
It can actually be entertaining because most scenes are kinda laughable for being so bad and illogical.
The key to surviving this drama is honestly setting your expectations low.
Just pretend it was not a big budget drama and ignore all the inconsistencies. I think it wouldn't look as terrible if you look it that way.
In a nutshell, it's just a fairytale about a poor guy who defeated the insecure mad king and ruled the empire with the help of his fairy godmother (aka plot armor).
it is LOL, since there are many worse drama with way better rating, but okay, I guess some people want to feel…
I honestly felt betrayed by this one because Disney+ was on a streak.
I guess it's time for them to slow down and work once more on the quality.
This is to be expected in a capitalist economy. They're gonna milk it out until they cannot anymore. The amount of accessible K-dramas skyrocketed lately, but at the cost of quality.
Also, I am now thinking that since the demographic of this drama is power struggle, particularly in business, the standards for rating might be different for various people.
For those who came anticipating a good showdown, this show would be considered a disappointment because the writer did not research well on the law of things and how corporation works.
This involves succession, and the characters are supposed to be cunning and cutthroat. But in this story, Tae Oh wins just because the chairman likes him over his children. And suddenly, all the other heirs are gonna waive their rights goodbye.
Do you expect me to believe that toppling over an empire only requires the creation of a paper company and having an overpowered hacker?
Both stories are interesting, but overall, Princess Royal just stood out to me, from the progression of romance to the resolution of misunderstandings, and especially the romance.
Male lead loves the female lead and vice versa. But female lead wants to be rich so she married the second male lead.
The female lead then had an affair with male lead before the wedding. Later, her affair with male lead was justified. It's just that director went for an open end for developments in their relationship.
Tae Oh is supposed to be greedy, but the world just hands out everything to him, so you don't get to see that. He just unconsciously ended up stealing his best friend's wife, sister, father and power. And show shoves it down your throat that he deserves that because he is morally good.
Writer could not bring himself to make Tae Oh morally ambiguous for his dreams. This is shown in how In Ha and Tae Oh were contrasted, I think.
Writer just needed In Ha to become a prop that elevates Tae Oh.
Hye Won could be relevant but as a supporting role if she was paid by the chairman to ruin the friendship. Writer just need to rack his brains why chairman would be threatened. Like perhaps maybe those two uncover some crime or are too close to exposing his secret or something.
This type of route though is cliche and overused, but at least, it makes sense, haha.
The key to surviving this drama is honestly setting your expectations low.
Just pretend it was not a big budget drama and ignore all the inconsistencies. I think it wouldn't look as terrible if you look it that way.
In a nutshell, it's just a fairytale about a poor guy who defeated the insecure mad king and ruled the empire with the help of his fairy godmother (aka plot armor).
I guess it's time for them to slow down and work once more on the quality.
This is to be expected in a capitalist economy. They're gonna milk it out until they cannot anymore. The amount of accessible K-dramas skyrocketed lately, but at the cost of quality.
Someone also had the same question here: https://kisskh.at/742187-royal-loader#comment-16827223
You can check the replies if you are interested.
https://kisskh.at/742187-royal-loader#comment-16822939
Also, I am now thinking that since the demographic of this drama is power struggle, particularly in business, the standards for rating might be different for various people.
For those who came anticipating a good showdown, this show would be considered a disappointment because the writer did not research well on the law of things and how corporation works.
This involves succession, and the characters are supposed to be cunning and cutthroat. But in this story, Tae Oh wins just because the chairman likes him over his children. And suddenly, all the other heirs are gonna waive their rights goodbye.
Do you expect me to believe that toppling over an empire only requires the creation of a paper company and having an overpowered hacker?
Not all those dramas had the same genre or budget or platform that this one had.
On a positive note for the consumers who prefers coherent stories, Disney+ would be deterred to mass-produce mediocre shows like this.