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Yes, agree completely, the exceptions make things complicated - I noted one: Doctor X Michiko Daimon, an exceptional character that remained popular through multiple seasons - obviously with foils aplenty to fuel her grandeur! In general, sequels are the lazy option exercised by execs that like low-value/low-risk, an artistic concept that offends me.

For your sake I hope RD#3 fulfills your hopes and is great. The great thing about medical dramas is the ability to pull an engaging variety of situations from the main cast, patients, families etc., similar to law dramas and the like - a combination of episodic and serial story telling... but beware, there's a very fine line between episodic drama and daytime TV soaps! Every season makes that line a little thinner.

Congratulations to Go Won-hee, one of my favourite actresses since Waikiki, she stole the show.

Well there we have it... any car can look great when Nurse Seo lays on top of it with a wink of her eye, so cute!

Thanks, I understand your view and appreciate it 🙏

On the one hand I have a stance on seasons, which is a bias, based on regret, from experience - with a touch of cynicism aimed at the producers. On the other, I feel like I know what will happen already, so it's a matter of just witnessing it. I like the cast, the trailer looked interesting, but still not enough to be more important to me than new, original dramas - even when I hit a dry patch I'd rather pick an original drama I've thus far missed.

I almost watched Hospital Playlist once, coincidentally s2 was announced at the same time so I changed my mind. I made an exception for Yumi's Cells s2 and again, wished I'd left the excellent s1 in tact. I won't watch s2 of Woo Young Woo either and wish they'd stuck to the original ending of s1, which closed in a ham-fisted manner. Same goes for Squid Game, Money Heist, etc.

I grew up on a diet of North American and British TV dramas, for the most part it was junk food, now I feel sick - so stick to healthy stuff from around the world, there's plenty to choose from, and it's easy with so much choice available - thanks to the global streamers Viki, Netflix etc - the aftertaste is still there so when something reminds me of it, I balk, no disrespect to the show runners or fans, it's my problem which I solve in my way: ignore. I only complain out of selfishness - I don't want k-dramas to go down that road, I'm willing them to carry on being original and not take the easy path that ultimately instills resentment in the audience, the effects of which take years to surface.

Sorry, long reply to your one-liner!

Kim Se-jeong too, 2 lead roles in 2022 already!

Message sent with a different idea to the ones in these comments which were just meant to be funny 🥴

Ah, bless. I'll never forget the scene she was supposed to stroll ponderously down the school corridor in sync with the steps of Jung Hae-in... and at the same time, deliver her lines. She gave it her all, who cares if she didn't quite nail the choreography or the delivery?

In his skin.
Sorry, just trying to crack a joke.
He's already an A-lister, this list is supposed to be an up-and-coming poll... I think!?

There are two ways of looking at that... it's four more than zero, and gives Choi Soo-young plenty of time to work on even more projects!

Itasimasen. I only watched s1, not a fan of seasons. It was great. By the time season 7 comes along I wonder who'll be left. Saying that, I watched 6 seasons of Doctor X, she's the coolest. Meron desu.

Please delete Rowoon. He was lead in Tomorrow... and quite bad imo, sorry! Idols that use mononym in acting... are any of them any good? Rowoon, Joy, ...? When I see a drama with one-name cast members I never watch. There's an idea for a new survey: "mononym actors that are not terrible"

Can I nominate 2 to be removed?
Hwang In-yeop was ML in Why Her, I really like him though...
and Lee Da-hee was FL in Luca and also the upcoming Island...?

One to add?... maybe can you add the imposing Jung Eun-chae? She has everything needed to lead a drama - I hear she upset people some years back off-screen, but she's got the charisma to lead, and she's a very fine actress.

Also added Ahn Woo-yeon, I really liked him in Mad For Each Other, maybe he has potential to lead.

Tbh from this list I only believe Park Jin-joo and Jung Eun-chae have the energy and charisma needed to be a drama lead - everyone else is in the right position as a support.

If you did another list in reverse... leads that should have stayed as supporting actors (I know, not nice!) I would nominate Han So-hee and Seo In-guk. Don't troll me people!

Ha! Sorry, thought that was you in the profile pic 😱
tbh somebody else replied to me (now deleted), they thought I was disrespecting you - they basically told me to f-off and used words like 'lmfao' and 'daheck'. Maybe they got the wrong end of the stick and then deleted it!

He asked me, just trying to reply to what he said
"If you can do it for me, i can edit to change it"
What's it to you though? I said something, he replied, I replied back... did I do something wrong?

I'm a fan of sci-fi and Han Hyo-joo - lucky! Some actors get fed up with filming romances, maybe they're busy focusing on their own or something. The Beauty Inside's my favourite work of hers, it was the first time I noticed her, she was glorious in it, and such a pretty smile.

Totally agree, I never saw anything starring Go Min Si, she qualifies on this list, she's not a lead

Sorry, I missed your reply... maybe something like...

RULES for nominees:
1. Never had a lead role in a drama, mainstream movie or more than two independent/low-budget movies
2. Once anyone proves an actor ineligible they must be disqualified
3. New candidates may be added to fill empty slots, maximum of 75
4. Lowest ranked actors may be disqualified and replaced at the discretion of the panel (i.e. you!)

Examples of allowed:
• Kim Hye Yoon - main role but not lead role in Snowdrop + lead role in low budget movie Girl on a Bulldozer
• Seol In-a: many main roles, no lead role yet

Not allowed:
• Kim Seon Ho - male lead in a romantic drama
• Sung Hoon - lead in low budget dramas (even though largely unknown 😉)

Wow, you posted a lot, too much for me to read. I saw the one where you rank the drama as 1.5/10. I've never given the dramas I don't like such a low score since my view doesn't mean it's that bad - sounds like it made you mad - I'd drop the drama if that's what I thought of it. I walked out of a movie theatre half way through a rotten movie when I was young, never looked back since, just be ruthless and don't waste your time.

Thanks, understood - it's just that your comment at the top of this bunch didn't mention the drama, it seemed like a general attack on commenters... even so, I figured out what you meant but I'm still not too sure where your original comment is - the one containing the point you wanted to make, I'll have a look for it.

Right, the same as her tattoo