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I think internet took off in 2006 and I am not aware of any meaningful production after that. Ah I forgot The TWtilight Zone, the early 1960.?? black-white tv series that had sci fi, mystery, significant historical events in an alternate explanations LOL and suuuper creepy music :) It was also discontinued as too rad

White Chicks or Idiocracy are movies that just would/could not be shown in the USA today bc they would be labeled politically incorrect, and Equilibrium was pretty much shot back then bc it coincided with start o mass use of antidepressants like Prozac

I have strong connection to Inida - many friends, gurus, yoga, etc ... so I am recognizing their patriarchal theme of an older man with a younger woman :) India is super sexist. Then the caste system... so complicated and nasty. Hindu Brahmins killed buddhists and burned Nalanda monastery where Buddha was, they burned like 30,000 monks and 5 million books or something like that, something totally atrocious - bc Buddha promoted no castes and honored everyone equally, and Brahmins are the ruling caste) BUT on the other side, India has more saints per capita than anywhere else but Tibet and Nepal Himalayas area :)

I love Chinese movie Xing Zhanh, 2016, a historical thriller/action/mystery movie about a monk who went to India on foot to get Buddhist text. Stephen Chow has a fun fantasy/mystery/action/thriller movie Journey to the West that talks how the monk prepared for that journey. (Chow is a Hong Kong actor/director, famous for movies Shaolin Soccer - a fun comedy and a fantastic love story, Kung Fu hustle - a thriller/action/mystery movie and a great historical documentary on China's opium epidemics era, etc)

I would also recommend my fav american movies - Casablanca (1942), The APartment (1960s), Idiocracy (2006), Legally Blonde, WHite Chicks, Truman Show, Groundhog Day, Equilibrium (all from like 2001) and tv series Selfie Ignite, 2014 - bc it was discontinued, all 14 episodes are free on Facebook. All of these have amazing love stories :) and more. They can be watched by anyone just for fun :) I was so proud when I recently discovered Idiocracy movie. Omg americans CAN make super good movies!!!! But it all stopped in 2006, seems like. Oh I forgot one more it just slipped my mind..

From the Balkans, I recommend Black Cat White Cat by Emir Kusturica. It is also a rom com, by Roma (derogatory name for them is Gypsy) style LOL with gangsters... and honest ppl... two ongoing romances LOL and it is a family movie LOL with two grandfathers and 2 fathers and family... totally hilarious... and every detail is historiclly accurate and based on real levents.. This is the area on Bulgaria/Romania/Hungary/Serbia border so you get to see smuggling by boatd on Danube, making bootledged whiskey, shootouts, Roma style weddings and music, eetc...

From Europe, movies by Krzysztof Kieślowskim rom E Europe who lived in Paris so all movies ar in french and located around there - esp White Red Blue - great love stories. I esp love Blue

And the iconic Russian rom com movie that is watched every New Year, The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!, it is 3 hrs but it is a great wholesome rom com. My fav is when the groom-to-be Ipolit goes to take a shower with his fur coat and cap on LOL That is something very ... memorble LOL

Of anything Japanese I saw, I liked only Only for The Married, for the FL she is amazing

Have fun watching there is a lot of good stuff to see... :)

Oh your review says you watched 1 episode. It would be good to update that, and say you enjoyed it at the end. A review on the whole drama is more credible unless it was so hideous that you dropped it :) But many dramas start in really low level cesspool hell pit LOL and then make a U turn...

Awesome! I was going to ask you if you recommend something. Thanks for this, I will watch it.

You addressed the slavery part so well.
My review addressed the underlying patriarchy, where his wife supports th patriarchy and this rat race indirectly, by helping to make Mr. Kim a perfect rat.

You did not watch the entire drama, but at the end, all three are self employed and have a great family relationship. It is truly a new beginning

Oh yes I just wrote you somewhere else - the drama showed Mr. Kim transforming and succeeding. I wished for 1-2 more episodes with the epilogue. Mr. Ms and baby Kim all had brand new beginnings as free people and a great team. I gave this drama 10 stars

I love this drama and I reviewed it in the same way, I also think this drama is a gem and could have been a 10 drama, but the script killed it with a gullible insecure sarcastic dumb FL. Too bad. This is one of my fav dramas based on its potential. Most of my reviews are under my old MilicaB user, then I had to open this account to use a different email bc the amount of email that MDL sends clogs the email.

I am here looking for your review of Spirit Fingers, if you ever made one. I am not able to find it. I never knew you had so many reviews until you mentioned your review of DK and provided link to it.

FYI I think Nice to Not Meet You ML started awful but toned down as the audience complained LOL And Mr Kim from Dream Life has transformed quite a bit and is not a rat beleiving in the rat race anymore :) The ending is a great new beginning for Mr. Ms and baby Kim. I wished for 1-2 more episodes as a follow up.

I LOVE this review. So well said. So accurate. Imo you captured the essence of the drama - the story of a trashed voluntary slave.

The drama is again a fantasy that some really weak insecure woman magically attracts some amazing man who is her sugar daddy and totally devoted to her... and takes care of her, for the rest of his life, regardless of how shi##y she is. THAT IS THE PLOT OF MOST KDRAMAS. In adult versions, ML is often cold and cruel too, and woman is poor and powerless, and he somehow controls her financially and otherwise.

***** It is very stale at this point. It is the plot for long gone past - not year 2025. *****

This drama is a milder version of it... This drama is more easy to watch and unique, fun and cute bc ML is super fun, kind, bubbly person. Yes he is vain and immature but he is very open, communicative, straightforward, rambuctious, fun loving and just FUN, and he is filmed so well - scenes with him in his pink sleeping bag, dancing on the stairs when they first met in the restroom, etc it is all great comedy... Bc of him, the drama is so fun and charming, and special and unique.

And I really enjoy that actor, he CAN act and in this drama he acts..... I saw him in a recent college drama where the script killed him, the script was so boring and made him a passive quiet poker face slimey SML. What a waste of his acting talents.

FL is nothing special, as usual. The role is boring and flat, the acting thus has to be limited, and the plot generated by FL stupid actions is STUPID. In this drama, ML saved the day with his cheerful bubbliness and upfront mischief and huuuuge efforts. From what I can see, ML did all the work in their relationship.

SO IT IS TIRING TO WATCH A WOMAN WHO KEEPS KILLING THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE MAN WHO KEEPS TRYING, esp since that kind of scenario does NOT happen in real life often.... so the drama is kollywood, feeding some airhead fantasy to the audience.

yeah male lead is immature. That is clear - everything from his clothes to his behavior.
On some level, he is mature bc he treats his brother well and even his mother and manager
Yeah, what he did with Onion impersonation was very immature

They ARE that is my conclusion. This is a visit to 1850s. Do not understimate the gray masses in large numbers. It is quite violent on this page, no criticism allowed

yes but worse it is .... LOL

Wow how can what you said be acceptable for a lawyer to say ?? I hope you never deal with rape and sexual harassment... or workplace cases... or divorces .... and what kinds of kdramas do you watch? I have not seen too many kdranas even romcoms with forced kisses etc

yeah he just sexually harassed at work, forcing physical proximity and kissing, esp since she kept saying no .... Sure, dude is so in love and openly expressing his emotions LOL and also everyone concludes she is not so into love.... And nobody sees any contradiction there... I cannot believe what ppl are saying here... So I am going to quietly observe this drama from year 1200.

I am talking about the forced kiss in his office. But the poster too, yes.
The contrast between all these posts that say FL is not as much in love with ML, and then he forcing her into physical proximity and contact is seen as his sign of "being in love", although she said NO. It is like watching a rape going to happen. it is most certainly a sexually abusive boss

It is not just Asia retrograde. It is the audience that enjoys sexism. This drama is a prediction of all kinds of things - how ppl vote, how they spend money, etc. I am observing this like a "marketing survey"

It is West permanently retrograded and spreading the cesspool with explicit sexual scenes.

SO to me this drama is combo of the worst sexism from Asia and West

No "yes but... " please LOL One thing about this group here is that it is like cult, there is no criticism of anything allowed. Ppl are aggressive in shredding criticism.

To me this is a drama from year 1200 as far as gender equality goes........ very retrograde. Nostalgia for ... that... ??

There is no use in arguing with a cult group
Cult member do not think and do not allow any criticism
When you see that, you know it is a gang

No it is called sexism :) and a cult audience. This group does not allow any criticism. A lot of super proud aggressive ppl with lots of "buts" - yes she lies, but. Yes this but . etc etc The end of ep 9 is sexual harassment at work. Ppl are rejoicing. I am truly learning something precious here about ppl

Nowehere LOL unless you want to study 1950s... or 1200s LOL THe end of ep 9 is sexual harassment at work scene... FL is not into the ML, she said NO to his dinner invitation, she had plans, and he is forcing her to stay and to kiss in his office. Bc he doesnt want her to get out of building and meet with Seon U so ML wants to control the situation. Nobody ever on this board said anything about this sexual harassment, and at work. Also, if you notice, nobody can say anything critical about this drama or else they get shreded, this is like a cult. I learned a lot from comments here.
If you are one of this group, you might enjoy it :)

and ... a boss sexually harassing his employee, keeping her there and forcing a kiss at the end of ep 9. Pppl take it as "he is in love" then they talk how DR is not there yet and does not love him as much, and the two conflicting statements do NOT register in anyone's brain here

Like it is ok that she doesnt like him as much and he is forcing a kiss at work