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Thanks! Great to see you too :)

Another thing, it has always been pointed out that this is male centric, meaning it revolves around Xu Qian. Don't criticize a drama for not catering to your preference.

It’s surprising that there are those who find the negativity about this drama unexpected. Long before this drama aired, several netizens have already threatened to blacken it simply because they love bullying Dylan. Why? Because he comes from a humble background, with neither rich and powerful backers nor a big publicity machine. They can’t abide a self-made man, one who is trying to change his stars with hard work, talent and determination. In fact, Didi is in a similar situation as Xu Qian, being bullied because he is poor and powerless.

It’s also surprising that there are those who are surprised this is comedy, with a helping of slapstick. The trailers were clear about it. And every description about it pointed out it is comedy. If you can’t abide comedy, better drop it. As for me, I hate nonsensical slapstick comedy but enjoy slapstick comedy depicting ludicrous situations like in Pink Panther and Airplane movies, the type I’m seeing in GOTD, so I’m having a blast right now.

Thus, ignore all negative comments about the drama and just enjoy it 😀

I cried in that scene where Sunja was laboring over the black-market rice wine in the midst of bombings, due to the haunting music that seemed to make excuses for Sunja's crime, committed so her children would not eat wormy rice. It was the same feeling I had when Sunja's mom was cooking the white rice for their wedding, to the tune of a poignant melody. The beauty of simple scenes elevated to art through the cinematography, bottled intense emotions and music sometimes overpowers us without us realizing it until the tears fall.

yup, I don't understand adoptive parents who hide the truth from their adopted children. Things like this can't be covered up forever. Covering it up just makes the child feel there is something wrong that needs to be hidden.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Three-Body. The drama won the Best TV Drama award at the China TV Golden Eagle Awards 2024. Yang Lei won Best TV Drama Director.

that's what haters do. keep throwing dirt at dramas, usually because they star competitors of their idols. i doubt they even watch the dramas.

Probably. Or maybe throw him away. The irony is that being thrown into the truck saved him.

My 2 cents: his life serves to show the progress or lack thereof of Koreans' struggle for dignity in Japan, from the first time Sunja set foot in the country to Solomon's challenges at work. No matter how accomplished he is, having been educated in the US, he will always be an outsider because of his origin. This is one of the main themes in Pachinko. But unlike Sunja, who took her outsider status humbly, Solomon is rebelling against it. He is getting obsessed with taking revenge on Abe-san. Another thing, Solomon is feeling guilty of being a descendant of somebody (Sunja) who suffered a lot so he will live. The thought that he might not be worthy of such sacrifice is prickling his conscience. So maybe he represents the Korean youths in Japan? Actually, the seeming lack of direction of his story makes me curious as to what it is leading to. He can turn either good or bad. It's intriguing.

Here's a recap of S2 Ep6 to help put things in order:
https://collider.com/pachinko-season-2-episode-6-recap/

Some articles about Pachinko:

"Pachinko Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: It's Called Human Nature"
https://collider.com/pachinko-season-2-episode-6-recap/

"Pachinko Is Easily One Of The Best TV Shows Of The Decade, So Here's Why It Needs To Be Next On Your 'To Watch' List"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/pachinko-reasons-to-watch

"the seven best shows to stream this week"
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/16/from-pachinko-to-oceanxplorers-the-seven-best-shows-to-stream-this-week

Hansu is trending on X/Twitter US.
https://x.com/dsoundofmusic7/status/1840449963001798731

On Apple TV, this is shown once a week. Ep 7 will be shown on Oct 4. Ep 8 will be shown on Pct 11.

Anybody who knows World History knows about the Nagasaki bombing. Nobody needs to be on site to know when a depiction of a scene is original and powerful. For originality, one just needs to look at other depictions of nuclear bombings. Most, if not all, show the mushroom cloud. The power of a scene is determined by its effect on a discerning audience, not the ignorant fault finders. That blast got my heart pounding and made me distraught thinking of around 40,000 people who died in the bombing and around 30,000 more who would die from injuries and the effects of radiation.

There's a long list of interesting movie/drama villains - Darth Vader, Voldemort, Hannibal Lecter, Micheal Corleone, to name a few. They fire up one's imagination, making one wonder what made them what they are. Hansu in the book didn't elicit this kind of reaction from me. That Hansu in the drama did means the scriptwriter did a good job at making him interesting. Or perhaps it was the casting of LMH that did the trick. Whatever the reason, it worked, the drama made a bland character come to life. This is what a good drama does. It's not about justifying bad characters. It's about realistically showing the journey of characters, drawing viewers into the story and making viewers feel what the characters feel.

I love sci-fi. I love dramas that fire up my imagination and this one sent my imagination a blazing LOL

I agree, Netflix should release this. But would you believe the Netflix version got nominated for the Emmys LOL

This version also got shortlisted for the China TV Golden Eagle Awards, the Chinese equivalent of the Emmys.

The depiction of the Nagasaki bombing in S2 Ep5 is truly original and powerful. The grey scale coloring sets the segment apart from the rest of the drama highlighting its significance. It shows Yoseb as a munitions factory worker for a few days leading up to Aug 9, each start-of-day frame dated and accompanied by a barely audible sound of a clock ticking. There is no unoriginal mushroom cloud. Just a blast and a blinding light every person in that scene would have felt and seen.

It's almost sacrilegious how haters keep trying to drag this excellent drama down.

I love that Pachinko is NOT a typical kdrama with one-dimensional black and white characters and Hansu is not a typical kdrama one-dimensional baddie. Having dimensions in drama characters makes them more realistic as real-life people are not black and white. A good person may have a dark side. A bad person may have a good side. It makes for more interesting viewing. The Hansu character in the novel was bland. I didn't find him interesting at all. Which was why I was disappointed when I found out LMH was playing him. But LMH raised Hansu's interest factor a thousand times.

I would like that too as long as it's done plausibly, devoid of cheap sentiment as this drama has been managing to accomplish so far