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Very sad news, the touching respects paid by Kim Go-eun brought a lump to my throat

Totally agree, there's nothing better than a well made drama with actors that enrich and embody the characters - and yes, you sort of feel part of their success when you're there before they received the plaudits. I watched episode 1 of BE ages ago, I'll go back to it - must admit the reason I stopped is that I'm not convinced by YJG, not that I don't like him, just I find it hard to buy into his characters, I have to push myself past it every time.

Sure thing, I thought CSE sounded like a good fit for the character in this movie, we'll only be able to gauge their rapport later I guess... who do you have in mind as a good pairing for SJK in this context, or maybe future projects?

I like her. I think she's built a reputation in a short time where actors of SJK's stature want to work with her. There are some actors (names withheld) who don't seem to have much talent but their agent has good connections or pay to get their clients cast... and turn up all over the place. I really think that's not the case here, Choi Sung Eun is getting places based on her talent, the way it should be.

You're magnanimous. Whether they're having a bad day or not, this isn't an English exam... and they didn't apologise either.
Social media is full of narcissists; when they see a well informed comment like yours they'll always challenge it and find a way to lower your position... in order to raise their own. I recommend you ignore them and all other similar commenters, just ignore them all, they're worthless comments.

I'm just imagining Kim Yoo-jung having an on-set melt down! You're probably right, she's demanded the entire budget leaving only enough left for Song Kang to play the space-cadet version of ... an ex-demon this time, apparently.

Yes, agree he is A-list, but not her opposite number as such, it was a strange drama after all the changes.

I also wonder why that happens with some actors. Ha Ji-won is another. My imagination runs amok thinking about it. Divas perhaps?

Thanks, will check those out

I'd love to see him... acting

Does he join a boy band in s2?

Yes, I made the same mistake with Money Heist. Never again. At first I thought: great! The overly drawn out Spanish Money Heist has been compressed into a single k-drama, but no, it was a disappointment.

To what do you think I think I'm entitled? By paying Netflix do I have to fawn over it too? When it's shit am I entitled to say it? The holy Netflix? I'm not starting a drama presented in this manner, by March I could start if still interested, which is unlikely.
You sound like the type of person that gladly accepts a watery Starbucks coffee, then buys another one tomorrow.
Netflix is releasing a new product next: potato chips to eat while watching dramas... you get a big puffed up bag containing... one chip. A note on the back of the bag says your next crisp will arrive in 2 months, make another trip to the store to pick it up. A representative greets you, flicks your chip into your face and says "There's your crisp you entitled motherf*!"

I won't watch until it's all released, I'll have lost interest by March. I never watch half a series any more. Even by March, I'll probably have other things to watch and won't care any more.

I think I've figured out why this debacle is taking place... let's say Netflix offers a free 7-day trial... a user can sign up, watch the whole series then cancel their subscription. Could Netflix be this insecure and petty? I guess they could!!

So now, in the back of people's minds are the nagging worries:
... if Netflix believes its own service is not good enough to keep subscribers, maybe it really isn't that good?
... is Netflix happy to annoy its paying customers in order to block new users from seeing the whole show?
... is Netflix really that petty and insecure?
... is Netflix happy with churning out dribs and drabs of mediocrity and repeats? Where's the artistic integrity gone?
... is Netflix taking us for granted?

So I'd recommend Netflix just focuses on what made it great, stop being scared, have confidence and *act* like the leaders of the streaming field that they rightly became (or once were?).

K-drama fans all over the world will stick around for the next drama to be released, no need for this nonsense!

Good point, thanks. Those are undesirable drawbacks, I hope studios decide to go back to depending on good old fashioned writers or webtoons that know how to let go once they've sold the product... productions need full artistic control in order to deviate from the source material, for artistic licence and so on. The page often fails in literal transfer to the screen. This is my opinion because I'm not much of a webtoon fan, I'm starting to roll my eyes at any mention of the webtoon holy grail when a new drama gets announced.

It's because they're easy to plan, the ready-made story boards have been pre-prepared, they just have to stage it.... and that lack of care/depth in planning is the reason most webtoon dramatisations are generally less engaging.

Exactly... the continuity gets ruined when broken up. So many reasons South Korea took the high ground in regard to seasons. We should try our best to boycott such dramas, it's better when filmed and broadcast as a single piece of work. If there's a season 2 you can bet that s1 will lag and be pretty much pointless... then s2 comes along, everyone looks, acts and sounds different... and s2 also turns out to be pretty much pointless.

Thanks for this, great article. Looking forward to these (except the season 1s and season 2s, they can all f-off 😉, that's not why we love k-dramas)

She granted your wish, she's stunning in the Netflix/JTBC drama The Interest of Love, absolutely incredible. I'm seeing her in a new light, she's outstanding.