Just read an article in the Korean forums that they are halting the filming for now to review on the character name changes. Probably because of the complaints they received about using BTS' real names. So most likely, they will be changing the character names and will continue filming early next year once the script has been revised .
I'm just amazed at how Kim Seonho is able to have chemistry with literally anyone and anything in this show. Lol. I liked the Yeo Jin Goo cameo. It made me feel a bit satisfied and happy that he's able to make a friend with someone who shares the same background as him.
While this drama is a disappointment for me, but I don't think it deserves a 1 star rating. There are some positive points to the drama if you think about it and just let go of the negative thoughts for a sec. The cinematography's great. The soundtrack is good as well. The acting is superb especially Kim Seonho and Kim Haesook who are just amazing. While yes, the story is horrible in the latter half but I wish people would take into account some of the positives as well before rating it as a 1. Personally, I'd give it a 6 or 6.5.
What I'm saying is that don't let negative emotions overwhelm the positives. What should be appreciated needs some appreciation as well. Just personally what I feel.
Can't wait for Kim Seonho's upcoming projects so I can slowly forget about this mess of a drama! Despite my dislike for this show, I have to say that Han Ji Pyeong has definitely become one of my favourite kdrama characters. It's a pity that he's a character in this stupid drama.
Since my last prediction came true so let me just predict on what's to come:
Dosan & Dalmi are gonna succeed this time round because the writer would want to justify the "sailing without a map" agenda no matter how ridiculous that is in real life context. Jipyeong would turn up to help but Dosan would be the one to save the day. This will establish that Dosan & Dalmi would no longer need Jipyeong's help anymore. Insinuating their 'growth'. Thus, this gives Jipyeong a chance to finally move on and let those two handle things on their own because they now have 'grown'. Now let's see if I'm right again lmao.
omg. did i just predict the scene of Dalmi telling Dosan what she like about him correctly? wtf goosebumps. i guess i could replace park hyeryun if i want to. lmao
Before the ep airs, what do you think dalmi will answer to "why do you like me?"apart from his hands.
If the show is going for the most cliched route, I bet she's gonna say something along the lines of, "I like you because you're you, Nam Dosan." I wouldn't be surprised if this happens tbh. Nothing in this show surprises me anymore because its so predictable. lol
I kinda wish she would say "I liked you. Yes, liked as in past tense. You can sail off on your own now because I'm not joining you". But we all know it's not going to happen -___-
I know for sure that I'll be fast forwarding for most of the last 2 eps. I just want to get it over and done with. Lol. I'm only curious about the ending of the business aspect. Whether they'll still be senselessly 'sailing without a map' and if they'll continuously romanticise this idea. Word of advice, don't sail without map when it comes to business, folks. It may work for them because it's a drama but in real life, just don't think about it. Sailing without a map heavily relies on luck and unless you're as ridiculously lucky as Nam Dosan is, don't even think about it. & I swear if I hear 'sailing without a map' being brought up by Dosan or Dalmi one more time after that elevator scene, I might just punch something (but maybe I'll just knit instead). Aside from that, like the majority, I'm curious about Jipyeong's ending as well. Please make it worthwhile, Park Hyeryun. Or I will feel like I've just wasted more than 16 hours of my life. As for the conclusion of the romance, well...I'm not the least bit curious and I'll probably ignore it for the most part. Lol.
Lol, damn NDS is so consistently annoying until the end. Make a path for others too my ass, lmao, it's the other…
I also do not like how he turned to Dalmi while saying those lines just to gauge her reaction and seek her approval over the things he said. That just goes to show that whatever he was saying is just a way for him to appeal to Dalmi and impress her since her reaction matters to him.
How I wish there's a twist after the clip ends where Dalmi will say, "Nah, you're wrong. That's just reckless behaviour. You can sail on your own. I ain't joining you."
I feel the need to rewatch Weightlifting Fairy after this just to cleanse the bitter taste that Nam Dosan have left. LOL. I need to see Nam Joohyuk in his most likeable role again so I can forget about the existence of Nam Dosan. Dosan isn't really a bad character per se. Just a frustrating one that I can't seem to relate to.
I saw the ep 15 snippet and umm wtf?I understand that taking risks are how ideas are being made. But I think that…
Adding on to my comment: The way I see it is that Dosan has a really flawed interpretation of Dalmi's words. Firstly, he took it too literally and second of all, he is applying the concept too widely. Not surprising because so far the writer have emphasized this characteristic of his.
When Dalmi said to 'sail off without a map' back then in the letters, she meant it metaphorically in a very specific context. Based on what she was experiencing at that period of time, she meant that it’s alright to sail without a map sometimes in life if it involves your own personal journey of self-discovery.
BUT the same concept cannot be applied to business. Because business is not your own personal journey. It's a professional journey that involves numerous of other individuals.
I saw the ep 15 snippet and umm wtf? I understand that taking risks are how ideas are being made. But I think that Dosan is failing to see that taking risks in Business is a totally different story. It does not only affect yourself, it affects others as well. There's a lot of people involved when it comes to business. Primary stakeholders such as investors, employees, suppliers and customers. All of them are directly involved here. So any decisions and risks that you take will directly involve and affect all of them as well. So if he were to 'sail without a map', sure there will be a possibility of survival (strongly based on luck) but there's the possibility of dying. The thing is you won't be dying alone. You would be bringing down others with you as well. And it's not just one or two of you, it would be hundreds of people (we're talking investors, employees, suppliers and customers) that would be 'dying' along with you because of your mistake. I can't believe that after all these years, he still be having such idealistic thoughts about business and not think about the dire consequences of risk-taking. And I can't believe that Dalmi might eat this sh*t up so readily. omg I can't with this show. *facepalm*
and what? the feeling is marvelous? marvelous for you but not for the others, I bet. Also can't believe that some are eating this BS too and are attacking Jipyeong for his stance. Literally shows that they have absolutely no idea how business works and probably don't care too because all they care about is romanticizing everything that shouldn't be romanticized.
Right now, my rating would be a 7 or 7.5. But I predict that it might go lower because I just have a feeling that both Jipyeong and Injae's endings are going to be unsatisfactory. I actually don't mind a DoDal ending (surprisingly) because by now I'm already being brainwashed to just accept it lol. Just that I'm afraid that they might push the other 2 characters aside and sacrifice their screen time just to wrap up DoDal's ending with a pretty little bow.
I'm also sick and tired of people saying that NDS will be with Dalmi just because he was the first one to admit…
One thing that bothers me is that, while DS have admitted that he likes DM to others but he has never expressed that affection in the form of words to the actual recipient of his affections. Not once have he actually looked DM directly in the eyes and say "I like you". Sure, people could argue that he shows affections through actions rather than words. BUT communication is key when it comes to having a healthy and stable relationship. You can't just expect your partner to read into your actions all the time. Without proper communication, your relationship is bound to have misunderstandings (& I am saying this from experience).
Instead of telling DM he likes her, he constantly asks her why she likes him instead. See the problem here?
"I like you" vs "What do you like about me?"
It feels as if the relationship is more about 'him' rather than about 'them'.
This highlights his insecurity and having insecurities is, unfortunately, one of the many ways that could destroy a relationship in the long run. Why is he having this relationship insecurity in the first place? It all links back to the keyword: communication. Their relationship lacks proper communication thus why he has this feeling of dissatisfaction and it made him feel like he's not good enough. It did not help that their relationship started with a deception (which hey! is another communication problem).
This is why I think their relationship is bad. They are such poor communicators. It's like they are expecting each other to read their minds instead of expressing their thoughts verbally. And that is not how communication works. The sender needs to put out a message that the recipient need to receive, only then can the sender receive a proper feedback from the recipient. What they are doing now is like sending a message across the open seas with no one around (or too far away) to receive thus no proper feedback. Sorry don't mind me, a communications major here. lol
We can tell from the very beginning that DS is a bad communicator. He never expresses his own opinions and is content with just going with whatever others have decided despite him not necessarily agreeing with it. Time and time again we have seen him choosing to do something else instead of communicating (i.e him knitting to suppress his emotion rather than to talk it out, him choosing to smash things or him punching JP rather than to just talk it out, etc.) & I think that this is his biggest character flaw. This flaw of his is the reason why he have so much pent up anger and insecurities about himself.
Never have I seen a drama where a majority prefers the second lead over the first lead. Like what the reports have said, it's an overwhelming 80% against 20%. Atleast when it comes to Reply 1988, it was quite a fair fight. The polls were either 50-50 or 60% against 40% with Junghwan leading.
This is how you know that the writer really messed up on this one. Lol
Posted this on reddit as well as I find it really interesting...
Have you noticed that all the significant cameos in the show so far are all connected to Jipyeong's character only? & did you notice how all the cameos could be a literal representation of fate that, in some ways, is trying to help him out?
Yeongshil (Yeo Jin Goo's voice) - The one to present to Jipyeong his fortune readings. Even giving him prophetic revelations about his life and predicting on what's to come. And so far, Youngshil has been right.
The security guard (Moon Se Yoon) - The one to return back the plant to Jipyeong which helps him to finally accept his growing feelings for Dalmi instead of denying it.
The investor, Lee Hye Won (Bae Hae Sun) - The one to call Jipyeong and let him know where Dalmi is for him to come and pick her up (& be the knight in a shining Mercedes Benz. hehe).
The mysterious/swindler lady from the restaurant (Lee Bo Young) - The one that is present in both scenes of Dalmi and Jipyeong which parallels each other. Also the one to let Jipyeong know that he does not need to regret his choice because there's a reason for every choice made and to just trust his choice.
I hope kim seon-ho's next drama is a great success and I hope they pair him with a great actress like (gong hyo-jin…
Oooh Kim Seonho and Park Minyoung are the same age. That would be really cute if they were to be paired up in the future! My biggest hope is for him to be paired up with Seo Hyunjin some day because she's one of my favourites. haha
I don't really want to speculate but...I think that SZ & NJH is a package deal (the perks of being under the same…
Also the reason I brought up this speculation is because I read a comment somewhere about how much Han Jipyeong's screen time have regressed in the latter half of the show. But of course, he does not have much to begin with but it is even more evident after ep 8/9. To the point that sometimes his scenes felt disconnected or ends quite abruptly without much of a conclusion (thus the reason why so much of the plot points that specifically involves him seems to just hang or became somewhat anticlimatic). As we know when the show premiered, they have already filmed a good portion of the show already and we can assume that it would be around episode 8 or 9. So I do wonder if the unexpected sudden surge of popularity the second lead got over the main lead have the agency in a panic and thus kinda 'influence' the cutting down of screen time for the second lead while pushing the main leads to be more prominent as a way of them trying to 'fix' it and doing 'damage control'?
Of course, again, this is just pure speculation. So take it with a pinch of salt. But I'm pretty sure that in the entertainment industry, this isn't anything new and has happened before.
Source: https://theqoo.net/index.php?mid=hot&filter_mode=normal&document_srl=1747398576
While this drama is a disappointment for me, but I don't think it deserves a 1 star rating. There are some positive points to the drama if you think about it and just let go of the negative thoughts for a sec. The cinematography's great. The soundtrack is good as well. The acting is superb especially Kim Seonho and Kim Haesook who are just amazing. While yes, the story is horrible in the latter half but I wish people would take into account some of the positives as well before rating it as a 1. Personally, I'd give it a 6 or 6.5.
What I'm saying is that don't let negative emotions overwhelm the positives. What should be appreciated needs some appreciation as well. Just personally what I feel.
Dosan & Dalmi are gonna succeed this time round because the writer would want to justify the "sailing without a map" agenda no matter how ridiculous that is in real life context. Jipyeong would turn up to help but Dosan would be the one to save the day. This will establish that Dosan & Dalmi would no longer need Jipyeong's help anymore. Insinuating their 'growth'. Thus, this gives Jipyeong a chance to finally move on and let those two handle things on their own because they now have 'grown'. Now let's see if I'm right again lmao.
I wouldn't be surprised if this happens tbh. Nothing in this show surprises me anymore because its so predictable. lol
I kinda wish she would say "I liked you. Yes, liked as in past tense. You can sail off on your own now because I'm not joining you". But we all know it's not going to happen -___-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc-NMEHTijM
But strangely they used DoDal as the cover pic and I'm so confused?
Haha. But I guess it's their way of doing damage control and indoctrination for people to accept DoDal as the main pairing.
Edit: Since graphic designing is my passion, I changed the cover myself. LOL
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eodv3miU8AAPivY?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
Aside from that, like the majority, I'm curious about Jipyeong's ending as well. Please make it worthwhile, Park Hyeryun. Or I will feel like I've just wasted more than 16 hours of my life.
As for the conclusion of the romance, well...I'm not the least bit curious and I'll probably ignore it for the most part. Lol.
Happy watching everyone!
How I wish there's a twist after the clip ends where Dalmi will say, "Nah, you're wrong. That's just reckless behaviour. You can sail on your own. I ain't joining you."
LOL
Dosan isn't really a bad character per se. Just a frustrating one that I can't seem to relate to.
When Dalmi said to 'sail off without a map' back then in the letters, she meant it metaphorically in a very specific context. Based on what she was experiencing at that period of time, she meant that it’s alright to sail without a map sometimes in life if it involves your own personal journey of self-discovery.
BUT the same concept cannot be applied to business. Because business is not your own personal journey. It's a professional journey that involves numerous of other individuals.
I understand that taking risks are how ideas are being made. But I think that Dosan is failing to see that taking risks in Business is a totally different story. It does not only affect yourself, it affects others as well. There's a lot of people involved when it comes to business. Primary stakeholders such as investors, employees, suppliers and customers. All of them are directly involved here. So any decisions and risks that you take will directly involve and affect all of them as well. So if he were to 'sail without a map', sure there will be a possibility of survival (strongly based on luck) but there's the possibility of dying. The thing is you won't be dying alone. You would be bringing down others with you as well. And it's not just one or two of you, it would be hundreds of people (we're talking investors, employees, suppliers and customers) that would be 'dying' along with you because of your mistake. I can't believe that after all these years, he still be having such idealistic thoughts about business and not think about the dire consequences of risk-taking. And I can't believe that Dalmi might eat this sh*t up so readily. omg I can't with this show. *facepalm*
and what? the feeling is marvelous? marvelous for you but not for the others, I bet.
Also can't believe that some are eating this BS too and are attacking Jipyeong for his stance. Literally shows that they have absolutely no idea how business works and probably don't care too because all they care about is romanticizing everything that shouldn't be romanticized.
//End of rant
Instead of telling DM he likes her, he constantly asks her why she likes him instead. See the problem here?
"I like you" vs "What do you like about me?"
It feels as if the relationship is more about 'him' rather than about 'them'.
This highlights his insecurity and having insecurities is, unfortunately, one of the many ways that could destroy a relationship in the long run. Why is he having this relationship insecurity in the first place? It all links back to the keyword: communication. Their relationship lacks proper communication thus why he has this feeling of dissatisfaction and it made him feel like he's not good enough. It did not help that their relationship started with a deception (which hey! is another communication problem).
This is why I think their relationship is bad. They are such poor communicators. It's like they are expecting each other to read their minds instead of expressing their thoughts verbally. And that is not how communication works. The sender needs to put out a message that the recipient need to receive, only then can the sender receive a proper feedback from the recipient. What they are doing now is like sending a message across the open seas with no one around (or too far away) to receive thus no proper feedback. Sorry don't mind me, a communications major here. lol
We can tell from the very beginning that DS is a bad communicator. He never expresses his own opinions and is content with just going with whatever others have decided despite him not necessarily agreeing with it. Time and time again we have seen him choosing to do something else instead of communicating (i.e him knitting to suppress his emotion rather than to talk it out, him choosing to smash things or him punching JP rather than to just talk it out, etc.) & I think that this is his biggest character flaw. This flaw of his is the reason why he have so much pent up anger and insecurities about himself.
This is how you know that the writer really messed up on this one. Lol
Have you noticed that all the significant cameos in the show so far are all connected to Jipyeong's character only? & did you notice how all the cameos could be a literal representation of fate that, in some ways, is trying to help him out?
Yeongshil (Yeo Jin Goo's voice) - The one to present to Jipyeong his fortune readings. Even giving him prophetic revelations about his life and predicting on what's to come. And so far, Youngshil has been right.
The security guard (Moon Se Yoon) - The one to return back the plant to Jipyeong which helps him to finally accept his growing feelings for Dalmi instead of denying it.
The investor, Lee Hye Won (Bae Hae Sun) - The one to call Jipyeong and let him know where Dalmi is for him to come and pick her up (& be the knight in a shining Mercedes Benz. hehe).
The mysterious/swindler lady from the restaurant (Lee Bo Young) - The one that is present in both scenes of Dalmi and Jipyeong which parallels each other. Also the one to let Jipyeong know that he does not need to regret his choice because there's a reason for every choice made and to just trust his choice.
Of course, again, this is just pure speculation. So take it with a pinch of salt. But I'm pretty sure that in the entertainment industry, this isn't anything new and has happened before.