InspectorMegre

Cute rom com - this is teenage drama but the plot is the same as for adult dramas

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 fascinating how this same plot is reused just with slightly differnt characters....

***** 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, rambunctious, 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. He is very talented.

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.


I am watching this after the drama finished, and while Dynamite Kiss is airing. DK is a rom com that SHOULD have been a teenage drama; or in other words, the plot o this teenage drama is the same as in DK - an insecure timid FL that does nothing for the relationship but lie, cheat and run away; and a very active strong smart conident "in conrol" action-oriented ML who takes care of everything.
Very often, dramas have cruel controlling ML, like in DK, and even sexual harassment portrayed as "being hot" like in DK.

SF is such a cute drama to watch bc ML is a bubbly fun personality.... ML starts as super entitled and vain... and luckily he is a kind loving DECENT person. That is the only reason why he and the drama was so watchable and fun. ML is a super nice young man really without too much flaws. yeah he is vein and immature but he is a soft, outspoken, caring, fun-loving person. ML is *fun*


DK is irritating bc the audience sees nothign wrong with it. SF is like the training ground.... Luckily SF ML is not mean. That aspect of ML controlling FL as he has more power is often an additional component in kdramas... like in DK/
DK plot in essence is THE SAME as SF plot... except that DK ML is cruel mean autocrat.... and just adds the additional layer of adult life - work - since ML is the boss of FL and in act sexually harasses her at work. DK is a super inappropriate drama. Real "ancient history" drama. The scenes are appropriate for a saeguk, not a modern drama, as the ML puts himself very physically close to FL, touches her, tries to kiss her, pushes forward although she says no. ML in DK is a rather mean controlling person who loves toying with people. Ideal character for a gangster. SF at least did not do any sexual harassment.ML just asked to kiss and she said no and he did not push, at least in first 7 episodes.

Spirit Fingers ML is active and always chasing her but he is luckily not a mean or controlling guy. He is cute, lively and bubbly and the drama was worth watching for his antics LOL He is that really lively obnoxious teenage boy, a good kid but very rambuctious. I really enjoyed him. If would love to have a son like that.

and I loved ML actor in this role... I saw him briefly in a college level drama recently that I dropped, he was 2ML and always soooo serious and passive and quiet... it was a waste of his talent. In this drama, he gets to ACT and he is totally hillarious.

I loved how ML was filmed, all his dancing on the street, climbing stuff, etc he wrapped in the pink sleeping bag, ... He was HILARIOUS and adorable. His long legs dancing on the stairs when they first met in the restroom was so cool...

FL is frustratingly passive and weak... I was thinking omg she is a teenager but is the same type of FL character like in adult dramas... Insecure, hiding, lying, not communicating... It was unsufferable. It is just ... too much...

So when FL kept messing up, I just stopped watching. Ater ep 7, I just could not take it anymore, it was enough. Then I just fast forwarded through ep 12 to see how it ends. I saw that FL had an episode of insecurity and dumping ML in ep 10... !!!!!


It was fun to see the villain actor from One High Shchool heroes,,,, he acted the same here and there :( Not talented... ?

Mint Finger is an alcoholic... I hope she stopped. That was not a good message to the youth audience...

I like that SF trid to address home and family situations. I saw the scenes when dad came home...

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Decent rom com, Wickedly funny satire/parody/office rom com, great acting, camera, music

THIS DRAMA IS INCREDIBLY WICKEDLY FUNNY, such a satire and parody on so many things!!!! I was laughing in ep 1
It is a decent rom-com, not a masterpiece, but it is still worth a watch. ML actor is a fantastic actor and comedian and he gives a great performance here. FL actress is ... hm.. not my favorite.... to cold. She has some moments where she acts deeper but by ep 6, not enough for me to actually enjoy her acting

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The cliches are there - FL has a past, is cold and reserved to ML, who is chasing her, i.e. he is trying a lot harder than she is - the classic trope.
Still there are some refreshing takes - FL is a competent professional and his boss.. ML is a green flag, speaks his mind directly, and is a rather realistic male

===WRITTEN AFTER EP 1 =====
There are zillion enthusiastic comments in the Discussion yet 166 ppl gave 7.6 rating, and online 25 ppl gave 6 and 3.5 stars for ep 1 and 2 - CLEARLY THERE ARE ORGANIZED TROLL GROUPS, FAKE ACCOUNTS, WHO DOWNGRADE SUCCESSFUL KDRAMAS
So i wrote this review after just ep 1. the drama is too good to pass :) Dont Believe MDL rating!!!!

yeah there are many issues in the drama, e.g. FL is the only female on her team, etc etc - and I am not sure if HRs really investigate this kind of stuff for real LMAO
but you don't have time to think of that bc it is just so wickedly funny

And the acting, camera and music is amazing! ML actor is such a great actor and a phenomenal comedian. FL actress provides comedic effect in contrast with him. Her character would not be funny at all on its own.
And then there are other great actors in there, like Once Again bro.

I think FL denoted ML bc she/someone saw the staircase kiss, and I suspect she is already hitting on him. He is definitely a catch :)

And... last but not least... isnt it nice to see a real man as ML and a man who CAN ACT a wide range... an not a porcelain doll with plasticized glazed androgenous triangular face and super skinny body AND ONE FACIAL EXPRESSION - gloomy serious. Pursuit of Jade kind that will be replaced by AI bc they all look alike and cannot act. I am so glad we dont have to watch plasticized ppl in this drama. FL kinda smells of it but her acting luckily is ok for her tsundere role.

The reversal of gender roles is hilarious

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The drama is built on amazing surprises, it is like a roller coaster...

I understand why Koreans are concerned that the end of ep3 can start a new wave of dramas trying to up each other and going the lewd way of Hwood... We already have lots of scenes of guys in a shower, Dynamite Kiss pushed the envelope into bed, now FL almost doing a striptease,.... so what's next... I understand why Koreans are worried we are standing too close to the cliff edge of turning into Hwood cheap.....

I personally think that end of ep 3 was on the edge of acceptable, and it was cheesy, and to me it was made hilariously funny by the comments of the audience, who totally nailed it. Omg the comments are better than the drama in those scenes LMAO

I analyzed why the scene at the end of ep 3 was funny - bc it was so unexpected, bc the drama baited us to believe something else.. yet trained us to trust the drama :) So being so swindled was funny.... See https://mydramalist.com/793102-secret-gratitude#comment-25998698
(Hm why is the comment labeled as "secret gratitude"??? )

Also, notice the SOPHISTICATION of this wickedly funny humor and also very compassionate and revealing. The last scene in ep 3 is effective precisely bc we see only their faces. Hwood would destroy that scene by showing everything. Then all the mystery and the fun of seeing their faces very closely and for a long time and feeling compassion and comraderie with the characters would have been GONE.

This sophisticated humor is the trademark of kdramas, it is a certain elegance and intelligence, parody, satire, jestering, exposing difficult heavy serious issues with tact and compassion, that only kdramas have.

In any case, whoever thought of this script, is a mastermind manipulator and jester :) sooo familiar with people and how to play them and in that contrast, make it super funny and also super educational. A master storyteller :) And the director and camera and production and the actors are the same kind, on the same page, they totally understand the concept. VERY VERY VERY SKILLED TEAM.

RESPECT!!!!!

And the audience here in their comments showed they understand the concept too. Very impressive. This is one of the best chat rooms. Respect!!!

On its own, the end scene in ep 3 to me is on the edge of acceptable and also very cheesy, one more step and it would have been gone off the deep end cliff of Hwood
To me, that last scene became funny bc of the comments of the audience - so incredibly funny.

I hope that other dramas will not start a competition to updo this drama... We already have plenty dramas with scenes of guys in the shower, etc... I would stay on this side of the cliff, not go any further, would rather use the time for quality content.

FYI I find it very funny, my review has 11 likes and yet was listed last. Why was that so? I reviewed 1 ep out of 12 and the others reviewed 2 or mistakenly 12.

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Really fun!!!! so radiantly vital and healthy - great communication, healthy look ppl, FUN!

I am watching 3 first bc I learned about it first and since it is a good experience, I will then watch 2 and 1.
I love 3, it is so funny lmao and the characters are so realistic and the plots are realistic (well to some point, lmao everything but the tunnel)

And I love watching the actors!!!! The style of filming, acting, and overall vibe is SO RADIANTLY HEALTHY!!!!! Everyone looks so healthy and energetic, they communicate, they smile, it is lovely!!!!! And there is no tons of white powder on their faces, tons of plastic surgery, skinny skeleton bodies. People have nice normal fit healthy bodies.
E.g. Mr Yoon the taecher has crow feet wrinkles on this face when he smiles, but he is omg aLOT more handsome than any of the modern actors!!!! he just glows!!!! he is 100% beautiful healthy radiant energetic man, no modern actors can even compare with that look. The modern male actors are pale and kinda lifeless, they cannot move much, and the drama makes them act poker faced, which is sooo boring.
And the women in this drama actually look sexy in their mini skirts, they got nice legs. Modern actresses literally look like skeletons, their leg bones like chopsticks in X shape clunking under the mini skirt, it is terrifyingly ugly.

Too many modern actors and actresses look *ill* ***anorexic*** pale poker-faced tired exhausted malnourished depressed non-expressive lethargic stagnant non-moving

So I TOTALLY LOVE this drama for the overal look and vibe of RADIANT HEALTH AND ENERGY AND VITALITY! SOOOOOOO NICE TO WATCH HEALTHY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

Yeah the series is long so Ms Park's dumbness is getting stale. Ms Park is so cringe, such cliche dumb damsel in distress REALLY dumb woman, to the point of being mentally disabled. Yet she is pretty and kind and socially aware, so she is treated as "desirable" when in reality, her IQ is about 100 and her mental capacity is like 6 yr old child - so her guy has to keep taking care of her. This is a major sexism in this drama. However, her guy is also rather mentally disabled too, he is not smart or rich either, and she is successful at work as a teacher, she is functional and socially respected, so in this drama sexism is not overdone to the cringe point like in modern kdramas.

So it is interesting how this "dumb woman requiring constant assistance of a man" concept has evolved in modern kdramas to make the woman a total loser and the man rich, controlling. and smart, i.e. the dumb damsel in distress concept is taken to extremely humiliating levels, obvious sexism and putting women down and exalting men. This imbalance leads to super boring 1-dimensional acting... yawn....

Luckily in this drama Mr. Yoon actor is very good at acting, and Ms. Park actress made the best out of her role too, so it is ok, she had smart twists and he is very expressive.

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Nang was too hyperactive obnoxious, the acting was ... hm... a little too over the top at the start of the drama. Luckily he is kinda in the background the more you go into the drama and even acts as a mature wise kind compassionate guy

and the plot and the characters are so realistic, it is painful to watch the young TOTALLY immature dude buy like 10 hair pins... . but also that gives the drama the charm.... bc he finally bought her a Xmass gift and told her it is for her. It is nice to see progress :)

There should be season 4, that continues season 3... Bc I want to see what happened next...

I bet that ScooterGirl went to Rwanda and had a good time witih the Doctor, but also... I bet they broke up /never hooked up bc she is 16 yrs younger than him and not mature enough for him, and so I would think the best solution is that she came back to Korea to LongLegs, who, by then, will be an adult and a man.

Ms. Park and Mr. Yoon should have like 10kids, and I wonder if he still behaves crazy with that bat

The actress who is the freeloader female character that eventually works for Dr. Yoon is the weakest acting in the drama and that shows in all her future dramas

it was impressive to have a Caucasian actor in there and it is sad that modern kdramas do not use that

Dr. Yoon actor is phenomenal actor and it shows in his future dramas
Most recently, Heroes Next Door

ScooterGirl actress did a great job, as well as LongLegs actor -
Also Mom actress did a great job. It is strange that this is one of her last "nice" roles, when I saw her in Beauty and Mr Romantic and other dramas, her roles and acting were too.... cringe

Crystal actress did not have to act much, just go crazy. Her suitor is inrelatively similar category but he actually acted more complex stuff and did a good job

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A real gem, amazing star actors, great plot, fanstastically matching music

This is so fun
The star studded cast, amazing rich detailed creative fun acting, amazing plot, acting, and music. So great.
There is comedy and there is depth
it is realistic, it is paradoxical,...
the acting is sooooo detailed masterful

One of my fav actors is the ex N Korean spy and then an amnesiac meekling in this drama lnao just watching him act his role in so much detail is worth watching the drama

I can't help it but laugh bc I cannot remember Bulgae name and so I keep grabbing for similar words, and I keep calling him BULGOGI lmao bc that is the word that comes to my mind first that sounds the closest lmao

The music is totally hilariously matching the scenes

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I love how the smooth handsome charismatic socially suave and popular Han is the main villain, cruel and 100% evil well camouflaged sociopath/psychopath liar swindler murderer thief

An EVIL MONSTER, a well camouflaged polite suave handsome EVIL MONSTER

yet LOOKING so acceptable and dignified, and commanding respect from the public. LOOKING like a perfect leader

That role is one of the major contributions of this drama, bc it debunks sociopaths, gaslighters, chronic liars and swindlers and thieves

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Many women in this drama are amazing. The home-brewn neighborhood team is so synced up and so effective, and led by an old man and women - and then finally that super cool female prosecutor
while the "professionals" are fighting like cats and dogs, so full of pride lmao

I love how the motley team of "professionals" are not together then sleezing up together and coming off as a team lmao
and the insistence on old life by the thugs is understandable and realistic and it is super fun to see how it is challenged and melting - and to wonder IF it is really going to melt?

And I love how the small neighborhood team is so together and synced up and women-led

Also, I like the balance in portraying women - policewoman, persecutor, wife, are very smart and capable women and they take no sh.t from their husbands but also do not make stupid decisions. Then we have the Kim politician's wife who is super dumb esp during a political campaign and she harassed her husband to give in to her - and caused major falling

I love how the music totally perfectly matches the scenes in this drama lmao

I love all the paradoxes and twists in this drama lmao
Like the nephew - bc he was so off the cuff, he accepted the washed out stranger as an uncle - but then - he is still like that at the age of 20 and basically a criminal
The uncle has a loving caring side and he instantly took to .. well ... how to explain it in one word.... dedicated admiration and care - clearly he is smitten too - caring for the prosecutor, yet he is the ex-spy from N Korea. I totally love the acting of that actor, it is masterful, small details that are just wow very rich creative acting.
The prosecutor is so smart and tough fighting woman but she fell for the ex-spy almost instantly bc of his caring for her.... And ON THE OTHER hand, she was never fooled by him, she carefully investigated him. Same for policewoman and older thug.
The NIS agent's wife has interrogation skills worthy of NIS lmao

So all pairs/relationships are perfectly matched

All our fighters fell for women, and women reeled them into "ordinary proper life"
I am soooo waiting to see what will reel in Ma Bok into proper life bc he is such a die hard thug out of conviction lmao :( It is comical and also tragic that he is so delusional

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This is so fun
The star studded cast, amazing plot, acting, and music. So great.

The hilarious part is that the older thug and policewoman chasing that gang fell in love, and the N Korean ex-spy and the prosecutor investigating him fall in love lmao and the wife of NIS agent is already of a caliber of NIS agent lmao and their kid is already wired for that kind of family :)

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Imo the young thug actor is so cute, because he EXPRESSES - his face, his body, he smiles, he moves, and he has piercing clear eyes, he has a personality, interests, he is active, and he has energy. It is so cute to see someone VIBRANTLY ALIVE AND ENERGETIC AND ACTIVE and yeah a guy who looks like he has been eating

In this role, he is young, immature, impatient and just bouncing around and yapping like a little doggie lmao but he is super cute :) Still that role is the kind of guy "look, dont touch" but the ACTOR is so fun to watch in that role

The recent trend is some super skinny and super tired lifeless male and female actors with poker faces who look and behave as if they are half dead and just about to collapse if they move away from the couch where they just sit all day long. Women's legs look like chopsticks in a mini skirt, like clunking bones on a skeleton. And guys have muscles but they are so .... thin, clearly just for a show, that kind of dude would die if they had to move a sofa or something.
Those fashion-models impersonating actors, i.e. FAKE actors, are B O R I N G to death, it is like watching the modeling agency list of photographs, faces frozen in time. When those act, they have personality of cardboard. I would just quickly get rid of them all asap, and I would FEED all actors and make them act like real life, moving, expressing, smiling. LIKE KDRAMA ACTORS USED TO BE. Watching an older drama is so much more fun bc actors are so much more alive and energetic and expressive and so much more fun.

That Kim politician is NOT suitable for a leader when he gives up major issues just so that his wife will not nag him around the dinner table ...

and his wife is 1000% unsuitable for a leader's wife when she does such stupid things and won't listen even when she is clearly explained how dangerous her actions are... THEN she acts even more stupid and goes to kill herself

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So fun! I love this drama! And yeah there is the thriller creepy....

Really nice and really fun LOL when the small town entered into the picture, that's when I started LOVING this drama, it is HILARIOUS and it is very heartwarming

The thriller part is there and it is really scary

I like FL and ML characters they are really great people and also match as a couple
I love the makjang of the Principal, even the village bully rapping his lawsuit LOL

I love the little kiddo, he is the cutest ever

There are sooo many scenes that are filmed in a very cool way... like... the swimming pool scene - water, then high heels in red, then black male shoes... That was cool ...

FL and ML getting together at the end of ep 6 was really cool and very different ..... very ... powerful

FL actress is amazing!!! so skilled!!!

ML actor was not such a great actor in early episodes..., very often it is obvious that he is pretending instead of BEING the character
and, I have a desire to shorten his bangs, I want to see his eyes
After ep 5 or 6 he is acting better and is starting to be convincing

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deep, real, unconditional love. Amazing comedy and ML actor ; bad FL actress

I am watching this in april 2026 and HAVING A BLAST, THIS IS SO FUN!!!!! The first 2 episodes that is :) It is less fun / more serious later. But it was more warm and sometimes ... send me off my chair, laughing... Like... ep 5 hairdos LMAO all scenes from the hairdresser and on... LMAO LMAO LMAO the detective meeting them... colleagues commenting... LMAO

ML actor is so good at acting this role!!! so fun! charming, playful, creative, lively, alive, energetic, moving a lot, expressive, goofball, AMAZING comedian. My new fav actor! Scenes with him in glasses giving the hairy bag to FL, or him answering to SML's parents as if a gay lover, and so many other scenes, are total total comedy.
Seems like he was one of early idols or fashion models who got a screen role, adn then after that, so many fashion models started acting and most of them are CEMENT cannot act at all.
How this ML actor is acting is soooo off the rails, so crazy creative, so rich!!!! I need to watch the drama without subtitles or some super huge subtitles so that I can see all of acial expressions, body movements and his goof offs :) He is a super creative goofball, and his main strength is not his face but his lively warm goofy flirty CHARM. He is a true Monkey sign.
He is not good at acting fake soapy scenes LOL like whn he gave $2K to scammers and sat in the park... He is not acting well scenes with sad or remorseful feelings.... And he is not good at smiling :) he is good at acting charming with his lips closed or slightly smiling... he is some kind of fashion model, seems like.

The detective who was helping with scamming is GREAT at smiling. Wow that was 2015/2016 when actors with slanted eyes were considered hadsomone. Good old days before stupid plastic surgery and trying to look caucasian. That is really really stupid racism. I wish Asians to look themselves, they are pretty in their own way, WHY imitate someone else. Yeah sure, to sell the dramas more in the West since West has most money - I see why - but is it really needed????

The plot makes Louis autistic and also FL is rather .. dumb too - naive - they dont seem to learn fast to be careful

**** FL actress is terrible, cannot act! ***** I saw her in To My Beloved Thief this year and she acts THE SAME THE EXACT SAME faces, voice, etc THE SAME. omg that chick has zero skills. It is annoying to see her pretending instead of acting.

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I had FUN with the first few episodes, and by ep 7, I was about done watching it... so just in case, watched 9 full episodes, then ff through 10, 11 and then watched most of 16.
It got tiresome by the end to watch Louis and BS who did not change much. Their behaviors just didnt fit with the adults they were supposed to be by then. It's ok - it was a love between two fools :)

Had fun with the side characters, Ma Ri was fun :) the acting of that actress and also the script was hilarious - stiching before going to bed, ha? lmao

So bye bye Lous and Bok Sil story, it was lovely, and we are all sure you are living happily ever after. What an epic love story.
AND THEN LOUIS AND BOK SIL, THE TWO FOOLS, LOVED EACH OTHER MORE THAN ALL LEARNED AND SMART PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

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But bc of ML, I am totally determined to watch older dramas. THis is so fun!!! By chance, I watched Hello Monster before watching this drama and then recognized the ML. Hello Monster also had ML from Idol I, in excellently done support role, it was clear a great actor was being born.

I loved old dramas bc there are sooo many great actors in there, and the plots and the filming is a LOT more creative and dynamic.

FIRST OF ALL, PPL LOOK NORMAL, they are physically fit, they move, they express, it is so dynamic!!! their faces are normal, they got meat on them, their skin glows, their hair glows, ppl are ENERGETIC and look more healthy and happy.

2015/2016 is a LOT sexier than 2026!!!! 2026 is skeleton actors, so super skinny, looking tired, lifeless, serious, just BORIING, no movement, so slooow... Gosh!!! SICKLY, weak, dull....
I am thinking the ML in Practical Guide to Love, he is like a stray cat, and sooo slow in every way. Even the 2ML that the women in the audience liked so much, is pretty much a stationary slow boy too...

WOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 10 YEARS THAT ACTORS GOT REDUCED TO THIS GHOST-LIKE EERIE MALNOURISHED LOOK AND VERY STATIONARY SLOW "SERIOUS BS" ROLES?????

IT IS LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD BECAME SO DULL, WITHOUT CHARM, WITHOUT CREATIVITY, WITHOUT MOVEMENT, WITHOUT EXUBERANCE AND FUN

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This drama is so refreshing testimony of true unconditional love between "two fools" - there is nothing between them that is not love

If the audience cannot see it, then I will remind the audience of the famous line from a famous story....where it is clearly spelled out what you just witnessed, so that there is no wrong guesses by the audience....

It totally reminds me of the famous Jewish story about two fools in love, usually titled "Shlemiel and Cippa" or sometimes "Schlemiel the First," written by the Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer. THE STORY ENDS WITH ESSENTIALLY THIS SENTENCE:

: AND THAT IS HOW THE TWO SUPPOSED FOOLS LOVED EACH OTHER MORE THAN ALL THE SMART/LEARNED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
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Ok I am watching Shopaholic Louis 2015 kdrama in 2026 and I now understand how kdramas got to be so awful since 2015.

Shopaholic Louis kdrama shows compassion, the love, the connection, the message of deep belief in goodness, in unconditional love in spite of everything.
There are greater stories of great loves, involving spiritual loves, but as far as human love goes, ML and FL here are examples of how deeply humans can love. If you cannot see it - then... ??? I would recommend you read recap of this drama on Dramabeans, the best summary is the Commentary to the 16th episode: https://dramabeans.com/2016/11/shopping-king-louis-episode-16-final/

So after seeing comments of the audience how this drama was boring, SML was too old, etc etc - even ppl who "liked" the drama complaining about silly stuff, clearly not really liking it - I can see the thinking of the Western and other non-korean audience.

THIS DRAMA IS INCREDIBLY CREATIVE AND INCREDIBLY DEEP, and if your heart is closed / jaded / callous, you miss it. And anyone who watches hwood or cdramas is trained to be a callous person.... . Kdramas also train in certain forms of being rotten, such as sexism against women, portraying women as dumb, kind, losers OR villains.

Most ppl on this site are international audience, polluted by junk from Hwood and now cdramas, very bombastic sensationalistic dramatic soapy plots, very shallow, fast whizzing flashy images, etc. Hwood too, with s.x and violence instead of content. Cdramas and hwood are like alcohol, you watch them to stop thinking about the reality. So they do NOT have any transformations and character growth, and are very HEAVY, they lack lightness and humor.

kdramas DO have meanings, teachings, transformations, character growth, heavy topics treated with compassion, lightness, warmth and humor, and hope, always seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. and always moving towards it, putting effort to move towards it.

A true, real, good story has 3 parts: PART 1: FLAWS AND SUFERING FROM IT, PART 2: EFFORTS AND SUFFERING AND FIGHTS IN OVERCOMING, and PART 3: WIN AND TRANSFORMATION
Hwood and cdramas have only part 1, and all real kdramas have all 3 parts.

Hwood-style is similar to Chistians focusing only on the story of Jesus on the cross, and totall failing to put attention on his RESURRECTION. But the resurection is the critical part of that one story, and the whole point of the story :)

SO MOST INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE WILL FIND KDRAMAS BORING AND WILL MISS THE MEANING, BC THEY JUST CANNOT SEE ANYTHING DEEPER
but they have money. So Koreans started dumbing down their dramas, and by year 2026, there are so many new kdramas in Hwood style.

And that is truly sad
and Koreans too are losing their "special feel" and becoming numbed and dumbed down.

So that part is a true tragedy - that S Korea does not produce this kind of quality often anymore,
and a true tragedy would be that kdramas go extinct.

2015/2016 has great, creative kdramas,
and by year 2026, many new kdramas are a total cesspool filmed in Western style
ALSO, the actors and actresses are all super skinny now, cannot move, lack energy and liveninss, and new dramas are o sedentary, static, serious, gloomy, with really bad characters who never experience growth and transformation. It is ... sad to see kdramas die.

What is truly Korean is left in dailies and weekenders and VERY RARE "16 episodes" dramas - which usually get lower rating.

PS - If you cannot see the very deep unconditional love and kindness in this drama adn the eforts of ML and FL to maintain it, then something went off with your own inner compass and lack of light in your mind and your heart.... And you need an emergency remedy such as watching or helping with some kittens / puppies / babies , so that you GET TO FEEL THE AWE IN YOUR HEART, THAT AMAZING FEELING OF FEELING THE LIGHT UNDERNEATH ALL DARKNESS. That sense of AWE of God's creation / karma in the life on Earth. THAT Is what kdramas are so good at, to evoke that feeling and to prompt you into your own inner transformation towards the Light.
If you are unable and/or unwilling, then ... you already live in Hell on Earth. Human life is meaningful only when we see the Light that is the Foundation for Everything, no matter how dark it looks on the surface, and when we consistently and patiently keep moving through the muck to arrive to the Light at the end of tunnel, oblivious to all discouragements, we just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT, YOU ARE TRULY A HUMAN BEING, that is the purpose and essence of what is called "enlightment" - knowing very deeply that the laws of karma are operating even if you cannot see the results at the moment.
The Christians and communists simply have no concept of that, and that is reflected in hwood and cdramas.
Most kdramas have it - these days less and less - and most othern-than-kdramas do NOT have it

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Ah I get it..
A true, real, good story has 3 parts:
PART 1: FLAWS AND SUFERING FROM IT,
PART 2: EFFORTS AND SUFFERING AND FIGHTS IN OVERCOMING, and
PART 3: WIN AND TRANSFORMATION or to be precise WIN BY TRANSFORAMATION, the transformation itself is a win, but by paradox, there are often tangible wins too in daily life
Hwood and cdramas have only part 1, and all real kdramas have all 3 parts.

Hwood-style is similar to Chistians focusing only on the story of Jesus on the cross, and totall failing to put attention on his RESURRECTION. But the resurrection is the critical part of that one story, and the whole point of the story

I would dare even say: the resurrection is the whole point of the story even existing :) It is the meaning of the Creation :) the story of the prodigal son, of us having a free will and VOLUNTARILY aligning it with the Divine Will.


What is the Divine? for all practical purposes, it is the Law of Karma :)

in practical terms, it is us humans making decisions based on EITHER love OR fear :) there is no middle way :) it is either-or - either you do somethiing based on love or based on fear. "doing something" can be choosing to think certain thoughts and feel certain emotions. Thouths and emotions come and go totally without our control, so it is a lost game to stop them, but we DO have a choince to hang onto them or not. That is the essence of applied meditation and being enlightened, really.

And that step is missing in organized christianity, which demands that we do not have such thoughts and feelings, which is impossible, and also we are not given any tools to deal with it, and so we feel lost, hopeless, abandoned and guilty and we "try harder" but it is totally .... hit or miss bc WE WERE NEVER GIVEN ANY USEFUL INSTRUCTIONS

I think Buddhists explain it the best, and esp Tibetans have cook-book recipes for "how to"

and kdramas illustrate the efforts through fun stories. There is more to it that you dont see in a tv series ... !, but a good kdrama certainly sends people in the right direction.

I think Buddhists explain it the best, and esp Tibetans have cook-book recipes for "how to"

So yeah what we see in kdramas reflects those Universal Laws in a microcosm applied to some human lives
but it is essentially what Gurdjieff talks about as C-level influences, indirect contacts with Something Higher, and all humans crave that, so that is why we have fairy tales, etc - so that this Contact can be couched in funny entertaining stories that capture our mind and imagination and focus it on higher-level thinkinig, engaging Higher levels of the brain/mind whatever, I am not going to nitpick here on terminology - something that invokes your Heart Brain and puts you into alpha state and higher - would be my "technical" explanation

and yeah the main reason why kdramas are being targeted for extinction. They are too useful for improving one's life :)

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I think an older excentric SML was a perfect match that fits the script - an older, grumpy, spinster bachelor who finally finds some sweet spring chicken, and abuses his power position.
A younger male would never be a boss of such and important department and with the power to just hire FL without asking anyone; a younger boss would never be close to Gold family; a younger boss would never go for FL bc she was too old fashioned conservative; AND also a younger male boss would have 100000000 women chasing him and would forget this simpleton one in 2 seconds. Also, a younger boss would be closer to ML's age and FL could get tempted to consider him....

So - the boss HAD TO BE older and rather prickly and a lot less attractive than the ML. The boss was meant as a little bit of disturbance and also to help FL.... NOT for a love triangle :)

This drama is NOT about 2 young males chasing one doe and she picks between the two. FL was never supposed to even feel a flutter for this "uncle".
BUT the boss would have been an ok as a romantic partner for her, IF they had matched as personalities and the drama had planned to take a totally different route.

hey guys be realistic, there are couples out there with an older guy and a younger woman, by full consent. In fact, an older guy willing to kiss as@ and treat a younger woman like a princess is gonna win over some fickle moody proud young stud who will run after other women. So let them be

So it is irritating when ppl start spewing opinions without having considered what is going on. One solution does not fit all situations.

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Has potential but misses to show character growth

I am interested in Love Me bc it starts with a very fascinating situation - a lulled family that maintains the illusion of 2 "good parents" trying to act as superhumans.. which creates 2 spoiled brat kids - but on the surface, they are a great "nice family" ..... Until mother and daughter's toxicity creates an accident and results in them hating and blaming each other for 7 years.. and dad and brother exposed in their toxicity too... So this setup had a lot of potential. Like american movie Ordinary People...

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But Love Me does not work out the issues... MAGICALLY as soon as the mother dies, all these characters become open and fluid.. literally almost overnight... Hello... ! They are lucky they find more open and loving lovers, but still... there is no showing of their own inner growth.... They grow so fast and effortlessly, and it just does NOT compute...

The drama is filmed in the darkness, they need to use more light so that we can see actors' faces and facial expressions

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VERY deep psychological drama, exposing the raw egotism and complacency

Discovery of Love is a very deep and sophisticated psychological drama. There is some comedy but not a lot. Acting is phenomenal. Dialogues are great. The drama resolves some deep life questions....
There is no fluff - the main characters are all successful adults. There are no villains or crazy plots. It is really ONLY about their love and overcoming their own inner obstacles to it.

I watched Discovery of Love a long time ago and then rewatched it. It is super powerful and changed my life. It is difficult but not draggy. There is a difference. it is difficult bc it goes DEEP into psyche and rooting out some very deep egoistical habits, e.g. addiction to complacency

Discovery of Love has a super profound message. It shows utmost evil and egotism and personal inner death disguised as pleasant convenience. The acting is FANTASTIC the dialogues, the scenes... wow!!!! that most slimey scene when she hides in the closet to seduce him and he takes it and forgives her cheating... wow!!!! Also it shows the process of MAKING A DECISION and then sticking to it. It shows some clarity

I didnt like the ending, I think she has not put in enough effort and has not grown enough, he had to notice she wore his bag and necklace..

I will compare DoL with a rom-com that starts as com and continues as a soapy Crazyville melodrama. 2014 kdrama Marriage Not Dating. MND on the other hand is more showy and "action packed" but a lot more shallow and eventually it is about more shallow parts of the psyche - trauma requiring someone to not be alone or to be alone, confusion, very bad communication, not being aware of what you feel, being sidetracked into dating, flirting, s.x, dating experiments, etc ... It is a very young ppl drama :) ... Every time a new person kisses you, you lose compass and wonder if THAT person is the real one lmao Very confused and very physical, driven by hormones... It addresses some childhood trauma but does not go as deep as Discovery of Love, which nails some very basic fundamental principles of egotism , e.g addiction to self-comfort and easy way out, without thinking of consequences

Marriage Not Dating makes plot out of FL not being able to say I NEED TO GO TO RESTROOM NOW and then pooping around and causing other consequences. FL is so immature..... That makes it "difficult to watch" bc it is simply stupid. Sure you can say it is a satire that tries to show externally what the characters go through internally. Sure! I take that. But imo Discovery of Love conveys a lot more by implying it, by carefully selected scenes, like FL hiding in the closet to seduce SML and he accepts it. THAT SCENE IS 100% CREEPY. It is watching deep layers of egotism unmasked.
Mariage Not Dating has so much plot bc of obvious manipulations of ML's mother and ex and FL and ML falling for it. That makes it difficult to watch bc again it is shallow simple cartoon-like, villains are 1-sided bad and ML and FL are 1-sided good. The main characters wrestle a lot more with external evil instead of their own egotism.

Discovery of Love has no fluff "stupidity" plot or 1-dimensional characters in a cartoon battle. The characters wrestle with themselves and with each other and each one of them is complex "good and bad". And they TALK and interact deeply with each other. That makes it "difficult to watch" bc it is DEEP all the way from start to end
FL is weak but she is a super crafty parasite. So she is hard to detect and uproot.

Discovery of Love is about "ordinary functional successful people without any problems".
Marriage Not Dating is a flashy drama about flamboyant and "off the charts" characters.. FL is almost alcoholic and is very promiscuous and rash, FL has 3 guys to pick from and cheats with 2, ML has 2 girls to pick from, ML's mom and ex are extreme sociopaths, etc.

Marriage Not Dating can be titled "s.x and the city" and Discovery of Love is "how to keep love alive for decades"

Discovery of Love shows deeper layers of egotism... The more quiet, polite and calm egotism is, the deeper and stronger it is... and that kind is shown in that drama
Marriage Not Dating is more raw, more "childishly naive" more "young and lacking wisdom" drama, it is drama for ppl under 20 or 25 or maybe 30 if they are really late bloomers lmao ppl who are just starting their love life and have NO experience. The drama is about STARTING the journey.
Discovery of Love is for ppl who have some love experience, walked that road a while and now finally encountered the real road blocks. The real road block is not your mother or your ex, it is YOURSELF.

Marriage Not Dating starts as a heavy duty rom com - there is so much com, it is hilarious!!!! and then goes into ... soap :) It has so much action and locomotion but we do not get to see how the characters work inside themselves, how they wrestle and how they grow. So that is why it is a difficult watch for me - bc it is SHALLOW. Her mom, his mom, his ex, her current, ... his confusion, her confusion, ..... it is a hot mess of characters and events.... but it is shallow. We do not see some deep conversations or self reflections. Well that drama starts from "i will give you money to lie that we are dating" and then progresses into "ok lets date"

Discovery of love has very little comedy... It is a drama about mature love and about turning every unturned stone to find love under it... It is a deep digging psychological drama about being true and honest with ONESELF
It starts with "I ran away from responsibility, so I force myself to pretend I am ok and I use a boy toy as a consolation prize" and "I was dumped without any explanation, I missed you for 10?yrs, now I know what to change to win your heart and I am doing it" and "She seems so nice but why do I feel so shitty and fake with her"

Eric Moon as the ML and the actor who is SML are absolutely perfect. FL actress is the same in every drama I saw her and she is always a flakey female. She was perfect for this role

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Masterpiece classic hilarious fun, "real" kdrama UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF EP 7

It starts so well .... imo 9.5/10 drama.... so funny.... great acting....
and then.... boom... almost at the end of ep 7, the drama falls apart and becomes the usual sexist trash, loser immature weak FL and a cold loyal servant ML. Yuck. So stale....
I watched 8-10 to see if it will improve ... but those are terrible too. So I dropped.
THERE IS NOT MUCH CHARACTER GROWTH, the characters are too similar to what they were at the start. That's the problem. So the overall feeling is shallow, and the same behaviors and plots get stale after watching for a while.

UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF EP 7 - Wow this is a masterpiece, a classic, a GEM. Soooo funny. So well acted. So well made - the script, the acting, the camera/production, the styling, the music... Every scene is packed with fun details. UNTIL EP 7 WHEN IT BREAKS DOWN AND FL IS MADE DUMB STUPID IMMATURE MORON AS USUAL IN KDRAMAS... wow why do they always have to ruin it?????

The drama has beautiful bodies - omg tons of super great legs!

SO THIS IS A REAL THING, THIS IS WHY KDRAMAS BECAME FAMOUS - AND WHICH MORON DECIDED TO KILL IT OFF AND MAKE IT MORE LIKE KWOOD - TO MAKE MORE $$$$?

Watching this drama in 2026 when the kdramas are already dying. Actors are soooo skinny and lifeless, destroyed by dieting and plastic surgery, faces so tight to the point of not able to move the muscles, and eyes bulging out,
roles are poker faced and very still and boring. FLs are chaste elementary school kids stupid naive immature weak as if they live in 1800s but these days they are successful at work, MLs are poker faced servants that loyaly save FL non-stop and loved her since age of 3, very little dialogue, almost no meaningful dialogue, 1-dimensional "only good" leads with stupid 1-dimensional "only bad" villains.... etc... Basically THE WORST TRAITS OF OLD KDRAMAS (sexism, whiny FL and robot ML) BUT WITH STARVED TIRED ACTORS IN A SERIES OF STILL SHOTS WITHOUT ANY FUN, AND SCRIPTS THAT TOTALLY FLOP BY THE MIDDLE OF THE DRAMA
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WHICH MORONS DECIDED TO KILL KDRAMAS LIKE THIS??? AND HOW DO THOSE DEAD KDRAMAS MAKE SO MUCH $$$$ THAT THEY ARE STILL BEING MADE???

This drama has BEAUTIFUL people, The drama is worth watching only for beautiful strong radiant bodies and faces, exuding GOOD HEALTH.
This makes for interesting plots and yes amazing scenes and yeah visual appeal.
FL wears sneakers and runs and sneaks around, there is a lot of physical and slapstick comedy and female characters can participate bc they are physically fit.

FL actress and all female actresses did not have to act at all, just watching them is enough :) omg so many nice legs here! OMG!!!!
Luckily FL is a great actress. I cannot think of any current actress who looks and acts like her. She is truly fantastic.

The script and the acting is fantastic. ML is expressive, FL is strong and independent and openly sexy.

ML actor is a fantastic actor too. Wow he can act! And all the other actors are great as well.

The camera, the filming, how it is put together, the hilarious music...

Truly a masterpiece, a classic, a gem. Up to middle of ep 7. The soup scenes are just cringe dumb.

Yeah FL is not perfect, she has her cringe and insecurities, AND SHE IS SLIGHTLY DUMB .... out of insecurity and blind need to obey others... she just cannot say no or even say she needs to use the restroom... but she is ok! She is a very realistic ordinary woman who suffers from sexism. She is still A LOT better than most other FLs bc she figures things out and SPEAKS UP and is not afraid to take action. So some faults are ok :) it balances out... I did not see the end yet so I will update if need be.

Yeah ep 7 is trash, the soup scenes are terribly dumb
My criticism is her DRINKING TOO MUCH... and not saying "I need to go to restroom".... that was so cringe... (and all those other ppl - adjumas and her suitors - just do not see it - a very stark REALISTIC portrait of sexism in Korea..). ML is not perfect either - he is a selfish slime keeping her by his side - but on the other hand, he keeps saving her and he is already in love and he knows it :) he is ok :) he is a realistic man :)

I LOVE this drama. UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF EP 7 :) WHEN IT FALLS APART :) AND FL BECOMES A LOSER AS USUAL. SO UNTIL END OF EP 7 .... To me this is a real thing. The modern ones are mostly counterfeit, they are not kdramas but Kwood soaps. Most modern dramas do not even have the first half ok... they are trash from the start


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I watched Discovery of Love a long time ago and then rewatched it. That one is super powerful and changed my life. That drama is difficult but not draggy. There is a difference. it is difficult bc it goes DEEP into psyche and rooting out some very deep egoistical habits, e.g. addiction to complacency

Discovery of Love has a super profound message. It shows utmost evil and egotism and personal inner death disguised as pleasant convenience. The acting is FANTASTIC the dialogues, the scenes... wow!!!! that most slimey scene when she hides in the closet to seduce him and he takes it and forgives her cheating... wow!!!! Also it shows the process of MAKING A DECISION and then sticking to it. It shows some clarity

I didnt like the ending, I think she has not put in enough effort and has not grown enough, he had to notice she wore his bag and necklace..

Marriage Not Dating on the other hand is more showy and "action packed" but a lot more shallow and eventually it is about more shallow parts of the psyche - trauma requiring someone to not be alone or to be alone, confusion, very bad communication, not being aware of what you feel, being sidetracked into dating, flirting, s.x, dating experiments, etc ... It is a very young ppl drama :) ... It addresses some childhood trauma but does not go as deep as Discovery of Love, which nails some very basic fundamental principles of egotism , e.g addiction to self-comfort and easy way out, without thinking of consequences

Marriage Not Dating makes plot out of FL not being able to say I NEED TO GO TO RESTROOM NOW and then pooping around and causing other consequences. FL is so immature..... That makes it "difficult to watch" bc it is simply stupid. Sure you can say it is a satire that tries to show externally what the characters go through internally. Sure! I take that. But imo Discovery of Love conveys a lot more by implying it, by carefully selected scenes, like FL hiding in the closet to seduce SML and he accepts it. THAT SCENE IS 100% CREEPY. It is watching deep layers of egotism unmasked.
Mariage Not Dating has so much plot bc of obvious manipulations of ML's mother and ex and FL and ML falling for it. That makes it difficult to watch bc again it is shallow simple cartoon-like, villains are 1-sided bad and ML and FL are 1-sided good. The main characters wrestle a lot more with external evil instead of their own egotism.

Discovery of Love has no fluff "stupidity" plot or 1-dimensional characters in a cartoon battle. The characters wrestle with themselves and with each other and each one of them is complex "good and bad". And they TALK and interact deeply with each other. That makes it "difficult to watch" bc it is DEEP all the way from start to end
FL is weak but she is a super crafty parasite. So she is hard to detect and uproot.

Discovery of Love is about "ordinary functional successful people without any problems".
Marriage Not Dating is a flashy drama about flamboyant and "off the charts" characters.. FL is almost alcoholic and is very promiscuous and rash, FL has 3 guys to pick from and cheats with 2, ML has 2 girls to pick from, ML's mom and ex are extreme sociopaths, etc.

Marriage Not Dating can be titled "s.x and the city" and Discovery of Love is "how to keep love alive for decades"

Discovery of Love shows deeper layers of egotism... The more quiet, polite and calm egotism is, the deeper and stronger it is... and that kind is shown in that drama
Marriage Not Dating is more raw, more "childishly naive" more "young and lacking wisdom" drama, it is drama for ppl under 20 or 25 or maybe 30 if they are really late bloomers lmao ppl who are just starting their love life and have NO experience. The drama is about STARTING the journey.
Discovery of Love is for ppl who have some love experience, walked that road a while and now finally encountered the real road blocks. The real road block is not your mother or your ex, it is YOURSELF.

Marriage Not Dating starts as a heavy duty rom com - there is so much com, it is hilarious!!!! and then goes into ... soap :) It has so much action and locomotion but we do not get to see how the characters work inside themselves, how they wrestle and how they grow. So that is why it is a difficult watch for me - bc it is SHALLOW. Her mom, his mom, his ex, her current, ... his confusion, her confusion, ..... it is a hot mess of characters and events.... but it is shallow. We do not see some deep conversations or self reflections. Well that drama starts from "i will give you money to lie that we are dating" and then progresses into "ok lets date"

Discovery of love has very little comedy... It is a drama about mature love and about turning every unturned stone to find love under it... It is a deep digging psychological drama about being true and honest with ONESELF
It starts with "I ran away from responsibility, so I force myself to pretend I am ok and I use a boy toy as a consolation prize" and "I was dumped without any explanation, I missed you for 10?yrs, now I know what to change to win your heart and I am doing it" and "She seems so nice but why do I feel so shitty and fake with her"

Eric Moon as the ML and the actor who is SML are absolutely perfect. FL actress is the same in every drama I saw her and she is always a flakey female. She was perfect for this role

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Ep 1-5 are CLASSIC masterpice, a real rom-com, THEN it becomes shallow cheap usual sexist script

wow this is the old trope - a cold man and a kind woman who melts his heart - BUT this particular drama is different and refreshing. For most part :)

He is not poker faced all the time, he is lively;
and she talks back and at him and keeps putting him into his place.
FOR THE FIRST HALF. Then the old sexist trope kicks in and he is overly controlling and possessive and pushy, and she is overly chaste, naive, and stupid damsel in distress. Unfortunately - the script writer did not know how to keep creating fresh script.

So the script **** almost always, in almost every drama **** becomes an elementary school girl with a sugar daddy. And she keeps avoiding s.x and he pushes for it.
I think it is ok for like 1-2 episodes, but when it drags for sooo many episodes, it becomes super stale and stupid

AND SHE KEEPS LYING. And she is insecure and ignorant - a CEO's job is not 9-5 and he is a public figure. She is too stupid to even try to understand. AND he doesnt explain. THEY DO NOT COMMUNICATE. That is awfully immature

It would be more productive to show a mature relationship between two adults. Without skinship and nc. But with deep talks, sharing, intimacy that is not deeply physical, but hinting at. It would be sexier and more realistic.

Bc ... we had like at least 5 episodes of them dating but never sharing their past, their concerns, dreams, ... their plans for future... their likes and dislikes... So that is SHALLOW

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ML actor is really fun; and his poker face disappeared very fast - and even when he was poker faced in the beginning of the drama, he was not lmao How come there arent more actors like that.... I saw him / heard of him for the first time in current Love on the Menu weekender, and I was impressed, so I started watching his older dramas. ML actor is a gem.

During the first half, this drama has a fantastic and realistic FL script
and a super lovely, expressive, fantastic FL actress. How come there arent more actresses like that. I have never seen her anywhere else. FL actress is a gem.

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Masterpiece - about sh.t you are eating

This movie is a masterpiece about the politics of the food and what you are eating right now. And about human stupidity as most of the audience canNOT see it - in the movie itself .... as well as in real life. Commentary and review of this movie are ... well... tragic, actually. People love eating meat and will not ask how it ended up on their plate.

This is not a cute fantasy, it is a realistic animal rights and big agg movie, about the meat we PEOPLE eat and where it comes from. IT IS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED. That stuff is no joke bc what you eat will also "genetically engineer" you the eater....

Anything you eat will change you as it becomes your own flesh.

I suggest reading reports on what happens when mice eat genetically modified food.

The movie, comments and the reviews show how obviously nobody cares.

THE COMMENTS/REVIEWS OF THE AUDIENCE ARE THE MOST TERRIFYING PART OF THIS MOVE. PRACTICALLY NOBODY GETS IT.

The movie is realistic and shows the realism - so many ppl continuing to support the big agg industry and everything that comes with it - bc ppl love to eat meat....
and a very small group of ppl are called "idealistic" and they fight to stop the big agg farms and genetically modified/engineered foods.
And the audience in real life!!!! the big agg has the money so there are articles how the movie was booed at Cannes Festival - but what was booed was Netflix logo and some technical problems, not the movie....

AND NOBODY REALLY GETTING THIS MOVIE OR DOING ANYTHING IN REAL LIFE ABOUT THESE ISSUES

PEOPLE LOVE MEAT! so much that they dont care how much animals are tortured so that their meat ends up on the plate

PEOPLE STILL EAT TONS OF MEAT

I suggest going to youtube and other places to see what big animal farms actually look like and how animals are really raised and killed... Some of the most gross stuff is drilling a hole in a cow's side and then the vet puts his hand into it and puts stuff...

or cows and pigs kept in tiny "cages" and their necks are in like a yoke and they cannot move, they are "fixed" in the eating position....

And lakes of feces and urine, sprayed into air...

So anyways, the movie is so realistic...
and the message is clear, ppl are too stupid and this mass evil keeps happening, and only a few ones who put in the effort will escape..

and yeah that is what life is like :)

I am amazed that Americans made this movie :) this is one of the rare smart movies in the USA .... all smart movies in the USA became extinct in like ... 2006 or so.... ....

and yeah NYC lmao the smartest town in the USA
and also containing the most vile corporate evil masterminds :)

The movie is 100% realistic. I was cracked up by Miranda family, esp Nancy as a cold blooded scrooge - she gave us a super great business lesson - and Lucy as this new age corporate "cover it up rosey, ppl will consent to anything if you put a sweet bs to it." SO true!!!! ppl really behave like that.

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Will teach you to avoid drugs / clubs. Artistically, zero, American movie with Korean actors.

The movie itself is just an american-style movie with Korean actors, lots of "action" and gory violence without much if any character development. The movie is useful AS A DOCUMENTARY, and SOCIAL COMMENTARY of what we created as a society... what happens with the poor, what it means to use drugs or go to clubs. It was filmed in 2010, so the situation is WORSE today.

**** THE MOVIE SHOULD SCARE EVERY CHILD TEENAGER ADULT AND PARENT TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS, CLUBS, BAD NEIGHBORHOODS, AND/OR POVERTY ***
bc if you dont , then you get sucked into this kind of world, which exists bc of the rotten and selfish nature of our societies.

The story is so simple - a broken, silent, isolated, lone, poker faced man changes enough to somewhat befriend a child, and changes just enough to step outside of his pawnshop to go on a killing rampage to save the child. ML has just a few seconds of real acting at the very end scene, the rest is a fake poker face. The little girl has some meaningful lines. So artistically as a story, this movie is near ZERO.

Although it is true that the child had to be saved asap and there was not too many options since the police is ... ineffective at best.... still.... the killing rampage was a gory bloody violence for almost the entire movie. It promotes using violence to solve violence. A very corny idea.

Well ... this movie is supposedly a super good movie but ... it is ... trashy FLASHY shocking. It is just shocking the audience instead of teaching anything.
The main actor is behind all that hair and basically does NOT act... for second half, he cuts his hair but always - he is more or less poker faced... and his acting is fake so many times while poker faced... it is clear he knows he is faking it.... The only real acting scene was the very last one when he says bye to the little girl - he can SMILE for real, and that is natural to him... and then the emotion and crying - that was real acting ..... and the rest of the movie was almost all fake.

And we never see him work out stuff emotionally inside him, it is about revenge and finding his friend... ok but ... that's not it. That is what american movies do.

But he looks like a skinny fashion model... And ... plastic surgery lips? Is this the start of that ugly trend....??? at least back then he was not pale. Now actors look like white ghosts.

In this drama, the star actor is the little girl.

Well - the movie does teach something - avoid clubs, drugs, etc :)
The message is good, that a man would do anything to save someone
but the plot etc is just ... all "special effects" without real content. Like an american movie, lots of fights and gangs and low life, shocking the audience with what really happens in the crime world.
But in terms of PLOT as CONTENT as character growth etc
and in terms of what kdramas are really for - good instructions for daily life for ordinary ppl -
well... this fails.
It is just a SHOCKER
an american movie made in Korea, with a super skinny actor, everything a copy of american style, really . Even the music was in English and western style.

so why is this actor so famous and why is this movie one of the best... is still unknown. Is it bc he kinda popularized western style... ?

I wasted 2 hrs to watch this, plus 2 hrs to come back from puking after watching all the violence, bc I wanted to see WHY it is so popular and really .... I wasted the time watching scenes from hell. The movie has no content, only fights and blood baths, and yeah a tiny bit of love between ppl. But 98% of this movie is just GORY VIOLENCE.

It was grueling to watch this drama bc it is just a blood bath and torture. And I already knew what all that stuff happens and I did not really want to SEE HOW EXACTLY IT HAPPENS,
however, the time is not entirely wasted, at least the movie deepened my knowledge, like the grandma who sets ppl up to be kidnapped, using kids for eyes, using kids to deliver drugs, make drugs, cash credit cards, etc So now I am armed with more knowledge to WARN PPL to stay away from what is shown in this movie. And a lot more protective of children. It is terrifying what happens if a child goes missing. Also, if their parent is incapable and/or missing.

Via this drama we people from the brighter side of the life got to see what happens in bad neighborhoods, in poverty, and in night life, and the message is clear - STAY AWAY FROM THAT.

But the message is even deeper - this is a SOCIAL COMMENTARY OF WHAT WE CREATED AS A SOCIETY.

The value of this movie is a social commentary of what happens with the poor, and what it means to use drugs and to go to clubs.... .
THE MOVIE SHOULD SCARE EVERY CHILD TEENAGER ADULT AND PARENT TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS AND CLUBS AND POVERTY AND BAD NEIGHBORHOODS
bc if you dont , then you get sucked into this kind of world, which exists bc of the rotten and selfish nature of our societies.

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