Knavery

It's just such a disappointment. It started so well but the last 4-5 episodes they've basically stripped the plot of all its complexity and then added one twist for shock value (check other people's spoilers or watch it yourself) that I don't even really see as a twist... beyond the fact this type of stuff isn't as common in Korean TV.

It's no longer a whodunit. It's no longer a mystery or thriller because you can't strip away all the complexity and then bring it back for your last 2 episodes & week of airing.

It's not a bad show but it's average with that one shock-value twist.

The ending tune is catchy and it's a pretty fun drama so far. I like the mob boss, she's good.

I'm reminded of why soaps are such a tough watch. Everyone in them sucks. The only likable character is the daughter of the So family.

Edit: I finished it. Overall it's not as bad as some soap operas but I felt the mothers got to a point where they weren't redeemable in my eyes despite the show trying to have them reconcile with their families.

Another good episode and ending but we're only at episode 6, what's the content going to be for the next 10 episodes?

I'm glad that it looks like she won't be in the dark for too long.

The new episode kind of makes it a bit clearer what's going on and who the boy in the picture is.

Yeah what you've posted makes the most sense. The old man created a clone of himself and it's the main character. He also created a clone of his daughter a few years later for some reason.

It makes sense. I guess now all we're waiting on is why that man & woman are getting him to do a treasure trail of murder for him to get his past & memories back. And why that old man also cloned his daughter(?).

Other than that seems straightforward. He needs to kill to learn his past. The detective is tugging at his heartstrings and morality and will convince him to stop killing.

Not sure how this has a happy ending though.

Skipped the first 30 minutes, the blue eyes, the terrible acting in English despite being in Russia. Asian dramas need to avoid anything outside their country (Korea in Korea, China in China), they're awful at anything outside.

But it gets much better after that first half of the first episode.

Kom Bo Mi character started to really annoy me by the last few episodes but overall a decent show.

I tried to watch this but changing both the leads was too much for me. Kind of sad it had to go this way. I like the actress they got to replace her but they should have gone with a completely new couple in a new situation and changed the entire cast.

To me this is easily the best comedy currently airing. I know it's not just a comedy but really... no show is just a comedy these days.

I'd probably put it as the best currently airing show as well... but I haven't given Korean serious dramas a chance in a while.

All I know is I prefer this to Legal High and Spring Turns to Spring has finally gotten on my nerves (I just want it to end).

What did I watch. I feel this was weird and ridiculous. I'm also not a fan of how they treated HIV/AIDS the little they talked about it.

I couldn't watch the dozens of Thai versions of "future Queen/current Queen falls in love with bodyguard instead of her arranged marriage" so I'm basically pretending this drama doesn't exist because it's probably going to be like those shows.

It's nice and pretty light.

It seems like an overplayed formula. I know it has already started airing but I hope it eventually gets subtitled.

I came back to this, couldn't find a Chinese period drama to my liking.

For me this was happy, light and innocent. The obvious comparison here is Nobunaga Concerto which was more serious and emotional in my opinion. I preferred Nobunaga Concerto personally but this wasn't too bad and I'm sure it was a hit for its target audience.

What were the names of the evil sect people at the end? Were they even in the original? Been so long I forgot.

They sent out an email. They said nothing about the licensing rights they have. I'm guessing AT&T is going to hold on to them indefinitely as if they might have some value in the future and then never get around to subbing them. We don't have the inside scoop on their contracts for licensing rights. We do know some shows were exclusive to DramaFever (because they only appeared on there), others were not.

I'm not quite as worried about the Korean shows. There seems to be an army of subbers who gets through them at a reasonable pace. What this really hurts is Chinese dramas and Japanese dramas. China has so many dramas coming out and now only Viki will bid for them. DramaFever had literally just put up a Japanese drama which might have signaled more to come... well now that's not happening. The only real competition there is Netflix occasionally uploads Japanese dramas... any hope of a 'rebirth' in acquiring Japanese titles has been wiped out for now. I guess Korean movies to a lesser extent also get hurt. I think DramaFever was slightly better about getting movies than Viki which seems to skew much more strongly to TV shows.

Well I just got a Paypal notification saying they cancelled my subscription.

I feel bad for the DramaFever team. 20% cut in workforce is brutal and crazy. They were either gagged or caught offguard with the shutdown.

Such an AT&T move. These telecommunication companies need to be treated like utilities by the government. They've shown they don't play nice. They've shown they'll take government subsidies for infrastructure and then refuse to deliver the infrastructure.

This is just another example of their shady business practices. Taking money from people days before a shutdown which they had planned. They KNEW they were going to do this. They still took people's money.

I was KG on there which is just my initials. Maybe I'll check out the site tonight and see where they are.