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I think your reply is an overreaction to what @antoben83 said. But I know what you mean, I see people on YouTube all the time talking about race-swapping and more under the anti-woke mantra, and 'woke' becomes a slur all on its own, a euphemism for what they mean but cannot say. However, I don't think here is the place for that discussion, it isn't used like that on this page as far as I can tell.

I feel like I'm spamming this chat, I have to stop - one more comment; if we did get that sequel, here's how it will pan out:
Start with a flash-forward to the end...
Have some exciting spy shenanigans, spies finding secrets, spies fighting, spies eating stuff from Subway....
End with the flash-forward scene from the beginning *without* showing what happens (clever stuff!)...
Roll on season 3
Roll on season 4
Roll on season 5
...
At some point Netflix goes bankrupt!

Oh please! You just reminded me of the cringe scene by the sea. I see what you mean!! Another example of Netflix pointless gratuitousness. You realise that My Name is a straight copy of countless gangster revenge movies with the male/female protagonists gender-swapped. She did well for the most part.

They're ok. I agree they're decent, I give Netflix credit where it's due, they raised the bar - my local TV was all trashy 'reality' garbage, trashy variety shows (not like SK: without the fun or decency) and really awful, thoughtless dramas... until Netflix reminded the world that quality is what people like.

But...

As someone else pointed out, their SK productions are slightly different in that they appear to be either influenced or geared towards the American audience - that never works because the audience of SK content wants to see SK, surely?

On a different angle, I watched Money Heist without knowing it was only half of it. I won't be watching part 2, simply because I find it insulting that Netflix thinks it has a carrot on a stick and I'm the donkey. The Spanish version was dragged out for 5+ seasons. No way!

I really think the SK industry is best and doesn't need to bend to fit with Netflix and others, it's vibrant and creative and everything it makes comes from a good-natured baseline. On top of that, the SK model encourages ideas and talent in all areas of productions...

Imagine how much it stifles creativity when ideas presented to the Netflix 'creatives' has longevity and a diatribe in its criteria, the well will dry up and we end up with watery, slightly unpleasant, low quality works with grating music that go on forever. Netflix even has a special expression 'Limited Series' for all-in-one stories, which reveals their business outlook. It's just not to my taste, that's it.

Thanks for the tip, I haven't seen it yet. Will add to my list! Sure, I like their distribution, I think MLN was a jtbc production, not one of their own - it proves my point a bit, agree it was fantastic music and lets you enjoy the memories, just one example of what's lacking in their anaesthetised own-made works.

Nothing against zombies, I've seen so many zombies in my lifetime, including all the ideas in that show, I guess I thought it was trying so hard to be unique.
I also roll my eyes when a J-manga kills off all the protagonists half way. It's so tedious.

I'm happy to ignore content I don't like, but it's disappearing fast. The best show I've ever seen on Netflix is called Altered Carbon, it's an uncompromising, hard hitting sci -fi for adults with mild echoes of Blade Runner. I couldn't envisage them making anything like it ever again, I hope they haven't censored it. It's sensational.
They tried to make a 2nd series and it looked horrible, full of stereotypes, I couldn't get into it.

p.s. not watching Kingdom, what I saw of it was a little underwhelming, made me roll my eyes, sorry! But Stranger is on my list.

Thanks - Bae Doona is one of my favourite actresses since way back, she appeared in a lot of international movies... it's on my list. If you watch the first mini story in Persona, it's just incredible how she becomes her character, she transforms like magic. I hear s3 of Stranger in the works too, I'll make an exception and catch up.

Err.. yay? Blood and gore 🎉
Tbh, sarcasm aside, it's pretty easy to make and easy to tire of. I found Happiness was better than Netflix zombies, because at its centre there were characters. Unlike Sweet Home. Hellbound. Et al.

Yep. The HP cheerleaders all went silent.

Maybe Han So-hee's character is the monster. Based on what I think of Netflix, that's how far their imagination will stretch 🥱

Freedom - as long as Netflix says it's cool. Netflix-own productions have poor OSTs. In fact the OSTs are non-existent, there just aren't any. There are no lasting memories. They're bland and open-ended. With cringe-worthy softcore scenes. I think Netflix is slowly losing the plot, it isn't the creative powerhouse it thinks it is, it had early success and made some absolutely incredible shows. But they forgot to nurture the talent to sustain it, put power in the wrong hands, let talent escape to Apple and Disney, it's not easy being at the top.

Sure, there's episodic content from mainstream Korea too. It's a different type of drama, Voice for example. It slowly went downhill though.
Netflix encouraged the producers of Woo Young-woo to ruin the end with sight on a second series, it diluted the story, and for what? It won't be the same if it returns because the charm will be lost.
Yumi's Cells... from pure magic in s1... to a bad party trick in s2.
Anyone have any examples of a series that offered something special in the follow ups?

Cigarette? 🚬

Forget it then! I'm a fan of Netflix for many reasons: being the first crusaders to wide stream content from all over the world - kudos, utterly amazing. But since they became content producers, they're changing things... it's no longer delivering the world to my TV, but the world in its own image. I'm balking at that. So, even as a big fan of PSJ, with regret, I'm not interested. I like the classic k-drama format. I almost stopped watching TV entirely when fed with the gruel churned out by the English speaking world. I feel pretty much repulsed by all my own country's content, it makes me feel physically sick to watch just 5 minutes. Must be something wrong with me, but I'll stick to watching the great dramas made by Korean TV companies. I like stories. Not the churning out of open-ended repeats with tweaks here and there. No way. Never again.

I started doing maths too, but I'm not fussy, I just go with it. I get the gist, let's see... you could be right, we don't know the year of the modern setting... but the phones and trends appear to be around the present day. Perhaps the story was written 10 years ago - if I have to pick, I'll choose your calculations, they were ~20 and 14 when they fled, then it all fits nicely.

I love it, the cast is all star, quite a job for the director. Only watched one episode so far, I tuned in as a fan of Ha Ji-won - I haven't seen her play a chaebol before, it suits her and is about time. But tbh episode one really sparked when Kang Ha-neul went on stage, his energy lifted it. Impressive start, looking forward to the rest.

Skinny Minnie, she ain't skinny, she's tall... and that's all. She looks absolutely beautiful and gorgeous at the moment, like a woman in love, a total knockout, she couldn't look more healthy in body and mind, she's glowing. Actually, she's always glowed, she's naturally radiant.

What do you mean "But this time, action will be added"? Kim Yoo-jung was a wonder girl in the first one with plenty of action, surely it's not just this time that action will be added?