Chloe is super dumb. I think Chloe character is concocted to make a break from the old tired trope, the usual…
Dailies are only 30 mins every day. So... your strategy could be to watch all eps at once at the end of the week lmao
But a long drama like that allows for a lot more deeper plot and a lot more details, and a lot more characters and side characters. So yeah it CAN BE interesting, like Our Happy Days, imo is super interesting. And in the worst case, like for First Man or some parts of Pearl in Read - the crying, sobbing, too emotionally sticky overdramatic parts of Pearl in Red - you can fast forward through it lmao
I am totally flabergasted, it has been 140 episodes and JH actor did not invest one minute to improve his acting, he is as bad in ep 130 as in ep 1.
JH is a cold stiff person, sure, but how JH was acted, is just ... make believe obvious pretense, like child's play. JH was such a complex character, such a GOLD MINE for acting.... creative skilled acting of JH role would have improved the drama so much
ep 62 and man I hate Chloe so much.....wondering if I should continue or just drop the drama
Chloe is super dumb. I think Chloe character is concocted to make a break from the old tired trope, the usual sexist pattern of old kdramas, where women are totally stupid, naive, reactive, iffy, insecure damsels in distress that need protection and a man to keep saving them from their own stupidities.
BUT the recent trend is to cater to Western audience and show #### EQUALLY #### stupid women but this time with enough brains to be greedy and illictly - and stupidly - trying to grab something for themselves. So it looks like the woman is "doing" something, like she is "smart" but in fact, she is just a dumbo who is greedy and smart enough to think of nasty things to do to others to benefit herself. Western audience calls her "morally gray" but she in fact is DUMB AND NASTY
So that's Chloe. DUMB AND NASTY IGNORANT
In short, kdramas made a progression from DUMB AND KIND women to DUMB AND NASTY women, but always - ignorant, unaware, causing problems
***** Pearl in Red is a very raw soapy soap, ALL CHARACTERS ARE CONNECTED VIA MURDER, 4 of the main characters are serial killers, one is their son, and 4 are the victims seeking revenge. So the drama is based on UTMOST TOXICITY ***** This drama is heavy, nothing moves on as characters keep digging themselves into more sh.t by constantly making wrong choices.
CHLOE IS ACTUALLY A VILLAIN, she keeps pushing the script into more and more toxicity
*** The only good thing about this drama is that the drama creates deep emotional wounds and inner and outer conflicts to the characters AND THE DRAMA SHOWS on the screen how characters face and wrestle with their conflicts and complexities. *** Entire HJ role is that. That actor is a rising star. And the villains are really special, Chairman is an excellent actor, and even the Wife-Lapdog villains are multifaceted, the serial killer wife knows about true love etc. YN is too simple one dimensional psychopath, so the only value of YN on the screen is that the actress is pretty. Her mom and dad are a lot more interesting complex shades of shady characters
Unfortunately, the drama does NOT let Chloe work out her complexities and inner conflicts on the screen. Chloe is shown totally shut down, numb, and blindly forging forward into revenge, like a moth to a flame, totally DEAD to herself and without any real plan or reason.
Chloe is essentially a crazy mad babe lost in the woods, by her own choices.
In short, CHLOE IS A SUPER WEAK CHARACTER AND SUPER SHALLOW CHARACTER so that is why it is boring to watch her .
Chloe has stale, toxic script and then it is a lot worse bc the acting is so one dimensional too.... either the actress is limited in acting it - or doesnt know how to act... I have never seen that actress anywhere else, but someone else wrote they saw her in another drama where she did act well, and I saw her in this drama with various facial and body expressions so I somehow concluded that she COULD act but is not allowed to. I might be wrong on that.
The director/script writer needs to let Chloe wrestle with herself, that will be a lot better plot and acting. If Chloe gets more complex, the drama will improve *A LOT* MJ script kinda lets him wrestle but MJ actor lacks the skillZ to act that, he looks like a fashion model trying to act... so stiff... . If that actor gets some acting lessons asap, the drama will significantly improve. As is right now, HJ actor is carrying most of the work
And, if you want to see a real female character and/or constructive plot, then watch daily Our Happy Days, FL Eun Ae is written as a very realistic strong, smart and warm young woman - with flaws but nothing major - and the actress really brought her to life so well. That drama is a pleasure to watch. No ridiculous scripts, and the plot is made by very rich detailed portrayals of details from daily life. It is very very very well done, with masterful acting by everyone, well except ML. ML actor is... too stiff and pretentious, like he is holding back and intentionally not acting. Often scenes with him show that he is faking the character. But everyone else seems 100% real, and there is a lot of subtle comedic effects, esp bc the 2 key villains are so paradoxically funny and annoying. It is a great family drama in 30 min dosage :) bc each character is complex and paradoxical, and the overall "feel" is a lot lighter and brighter, and issues get resolved quickly
Clapity Clap Thunderous Clap! Dan Dan noodle and Jin-Ju ‘found’ each other after all these years. It was easier…
bc he has NO meat or muscle on his body. He had to hide it out of shame for his utter skinny look so imagine him and the whale together - she is gonna crush him with her volume and weight. He is not only embarassed, but also SCARED :)
it’s completely in your right to drop a drama if you want to, but i disagree with your points on the relationship…
Honey, that is just not enough, too few scenes/time on that, and it is not shown how it happened, THE PROCESS OF INNER GROWTH
96% of the drama is still a CARTOON. It is so Hwood it is nauseating
and yeah I am thinking of dropping this. I might watch the last 2 eps just to complete it and then write a COMPLETE review and rate it maybe 7.5 at best
We’re like a bunch of drunken bitties hating on the neighbors, at this point.
but the neighbors DID NOT keep their promise and they never returned the patio furniture and the barbecue they borrowed.... So now we watch them having lawn parties with our stuff...
Bc MDL ratings are dominated by ppl who are used to rating online, ie YOUNG ppl
Also, I noticed that every time a ***kdrama*** is successful, there is a whole bunch of trolls - fake accounts just for downrating it - who start rating it low.
Just recently I was reporting dramas which had FUTURE episodes rated super low. !!!! Yeah unaired episodes were lowball low rated!!!! Seems like MDL took the suggestion, OR the gangsters saw the posts, so I have not seen that in the last month.
Also it is common for reviewers to mark their review as if they watched the entire drama, but the drama is still airing...
I plan to watch it but why is the rating a bit low?
Bc MDL ratings are dominated by ppl who are used to rating online, ie YOUNG ppl
Also, I noticed that every time a ***kdrama*** is successful, there is a whole bunch of trolls - fake accounts just for downrating it - who start rating it low.
Just recently I was reporting dramas which had FUTURE episodes rated super low. !!!! Yeah unaired episodes were lowball low rated!!!! Seems like MDL took the suggestion, OR the gangsters saw the posts, so I have not seen that in the last month.
Also it is common for reviewers to mark their review as if they watched the entire drama, but the drama is still airing...
I am glad for the ML actor to have a successful ML role
but the more I watch this drama, the less I like it. It was fun at the start but now it is just stale shallow. It has no plot about character growth, connections between people, etc It has no meaningful dialogues, it is all about making business deals and Chairman always wins, that character is like a Superhero so yeah ppl vote high for Superman but ... it is boring, 1 dimensional. IT IS A CARTOON and the acting is too shallow too IT IS JUST CARTOON
Not to mention that plastic surgery eyes of Chairman's son actor are so distracting scary
wow ep 10 rocks This drama is better than Reborn Rookie but majority of ppl prefer to see some young male heartthrob cool guy on the screen, which is really dumb but it is what it is There is a super cute young male here. Ma Bong but he is portrayed more like a clown figure rather than a super cool hot guy, so ppl are gonna miss the cues - well .... for a while
Isnt it time that the audience starts looking at the characters more deeply not just in shallow hwood way
omg that cliffhanger at the end of ep 9! the main villain actor is so PERFECT for that role, he is so handsome and "official" and pleasant looking and so well spoken,.... , but his face!!!!! the expressions on his face, the look in his eyes, he is 100% EVIL e really drives the point home that all those smooth looking "authorities" politicians famous ppl have a lot more to them tan just the looks and sweet words....
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how come there is nobody that smart on the side of good
But a long drama like that allows for a lot more deeper plot and a lot more details, and a lot more characters and side characters.
So yeah it CAN BE interesting, like Our Happy Days, imo is super interesting. And in the worst case, like for First Man or some parts of Pearl in Read - the crying, sobbing, too emotionally sticky overdramatic parts of Pearl in Red - you can fast forward through it lmao
JH is a cold stiff person, sure, but how JH was acted, is just ... make believe obvious pretense, like child's play. JH was such a complex character, such a GOLD MINE for acting.... creative skilled acting of JH role would have improved the drama so much
BUT the recent trend is to cater to Western audience and show #### EQUALLY #### stupid women but this time with enough brains to be greedy and illictly - and stupidly - trying to grab something for themselves. So it looks like the woman is "doing" something, like she is "smart" but in fact, she is just a dumbo who is greedy and smart enough to think of nasty things to do to others to benefit herself. Western audience calls her "morally gray" but she in fact is DUMB AND NASTY
So that's Chloe. DUMB AND NASTY IGNORANT
In short, kdramas made a progression from DUMB AND KIND women to DUMB AND NASTY women, but always - ignorant, unaware, causing problems
***** Pearl in Red is a very raw soapy soap, ALL CHARACTERS ARE CONNECTED VIA MURDER, 4 of the main characters are serial killers, one is their son, and 4 are the victims seeking revenge. So the drama is based on UTMOST TOXICITY ***** This drama is heavy, nothing moves on as characters keep digging themselves into more sh.t by constantly making wrong choices.
CHLOE IS ACTUALLY A VILLAIN, she keeps pushing the script into more and more toxicity
*** The only good thing about this drama is that the drama creates deep emotional wounds and inner and outer conflicts to the characters AND THE DRAMA SHOWS on the screen how characters face and wrestle with their conflicts and complexities. *** Entire HJ role is that. That actor is a rising star. And the villains are really special, Chairman is an excellent actor, and even the Wife-Lapdog villains are multifaceted, the serial killer wife knows about true love etc. YN is too simple one dimensional psychopath, so the only value of YN on the screen is that the actress is pretty. Her mom and dad are a lot more interesting complex shades of shady characters
Unfortunately, the drama does NOT let Chloe work out her complexities and inner conflicts on the screen. Chloe is shown totally shut down, numb, and blindly forging forward into revenge, like a moth to a flame, totally DEAD to herself and without any real plan or reason.
Chloe is essentially a crazy mad babe lost in the woods, by her own choices.
In short, CHLOE IS A SUPER WEAK CHARACTER AND SUPER SHALLOW CHARACTER so that is why it is boring to watch her .
Chloe has stale, toxic script and then it is a lot worse bc the acting is so one dimensional too.... either the actress is limited in acting it - or doesnt know how to act... I have never seen that actress anywhere else, but someone else wrote they saw her in another drama where she did act well, and I saw her in this drama with various facial and body expressions so I somehow concluded that she COULD act but is not allowed to. I might be wrong on that.
The director/script writer needs to let Chloe wrestle with herself, that will be a lot better plot and acting. If Chloe gets more complex, the drama will improve *A LOT*
MJ script kinda lets him wrestle but MJ actor lacks the skillZ to act that, he looks like a fashion model trying to act... so stiff... . If that actor gets some acting lessons asap, the drama will significantly improve.
As is right now, HJ actor is carrying most of the work
And, if you want to see a real female character and/or constructive plot, then watch daily Our Happy Days, FL Eun Ae is written as a very realistic strong, smart and warm young woman - with flaws but nothing major - and the actress really brought her to life so well. That drama is a pleasure to watch. No ridiculous scripts, and the plot is made by very rich detailed portrayals of details from daily life. It is very very very well done, with masterful acting by everyone, well except ML. ML actor is... too stiff and pretentious, like he is holding back and intentionally not acting. Often scenes with him show that he is faking the character. But everyone else seems 100% real, and there is a lot of subtle comedic effects, esp bc the 2 key villains are so paradoxically funny and annoying. It is a great family drama in 30 min dosage :) bc each character is complex and paradoxical, and the overall "feel" is a lot lighter and brighter, and issues get resolved quickly
so imagine him and the whale together - she is gonna crush him with her volume and weight. He is not only embarassed, but also SCARED :)
96% of the drama is still a CARTOON. It is so Hwood it is nauseating
and yeah I am thinking of dropping this. I might watch the last 2 eps just to complete it and then write a COMPLETE review and rate it maybe 7.5 at best
A very very very very formidable evil force
Also, I noticed that every time a ***kdrama*** is successful, there is a whole bunch of trolls - fake accounts just for downrating it - who start rating it low.
Just recently I was reporting dramas which had FUTURE episodes rated super low. !!!! Yeah unaired episodes were lowball low rated!!!! Seems like MDL took the suggestion, OR the gangsters saw the posts, so I have not seen that in the last month.
Also it is common for reviewers to mark their review as if they watched the entire drama, but the drama is still airing...
Also, I noticed that every time a ***kdrama*** is successful, there is a whole bunch of trolls - fake accounts just for downrating it - who start rating it low.
Just recently I was reporting dramas which had FUTURE episodes rated super low. !!!! Yeah unaired episodes were lowball low rated!!!! Seems like MDL took the suggestion, OR the gangsters saw the posts, so I have not seen that in the last month.
Also it is common for reviewers to mark their review as if they watched the entire drama, but the drama is still airing...
but the more I watch this drama, the less I like it. It was fun at the start but now it is just stale shallow. It has no plot about character growth, connections between people, etc It has no meaningful dialogues,
it is all about making business deals and Chairman always wins, that character is like a Superhero
so yeah ppl vote high for Superman but ... it is boring, 1 dimensional. IT IS A CARTOON
and the acting is too shallow too IT IS JUST CARTOON
Not to mention that plastic surgery eyes of Chairman's son actor are so distracting scary
This drama is better than Reborn Rookie but majority of ppl prefer to see some young male heartthrob cool guy on the screen, which is really dumb but it is what it is
There is a super cute young male here. Ma Bong but he is portrayed more like a clown figure rather than a super cool hot guy, so ppl are gonna miss the cues - well .... for a while
Isnt it time that the audience starts looking at the characters more deeply not just in shallow hwood way
the main villain actor is so PERFECT for that role, he is so handsome and "official" and pleasant looking and so well spoken,.... , but his face!!!!! the expressions on his face, the look in his eyes, he is 100% EVIL
e really drives the point home that all those smooth looking "authorities" politicians famous ppl have a lot more to them tan just the looks and sweet words....