Knavery

Yay, I'll wait a few days to see if it gets subs and if not maybe I'll see about donating.

Count me in. I think CDramaBase or some other site said the show would be uploaded to youtube and they would try crowdfunding... I'm still waiting.

Still sending in a request about once every week or two to DramaFever & Viki.

Seems to be working tonight(?)

I think one thing to look at is more customization for profile page similar to what is now available to the "My Watchlist" page. Obviously the Profile page as it stands right now is a bit more complex but i think that should be a goal.

They should have made it more clear. There is a "Custom Theme" option where you can edit a CSS box. There are a series of templates (I'm using one) that were created already if you prefer them or don't have the knowledge to make a custom one.

I decided to go ahead regardless and do my part to help out... I have the money and I don't mind $35/year despite it not being that great in terms of pure value.

Family rituals and family visits are different. When I visit my family the expectation isn't that I'm going to work a full day. It's that we're going to spend time together doing something. If we're meeting for a lunch or dinner we all bring something, the person hosting cooks the main meal. We switch hosts between us for each holiday/year because obviously the main meal is the most time consuming and takes the most work.

As for the overall drama, it was average and typical for the most part. It's funny because you can see the writers and director are trying to make a "better" romance TV show but I didn't see it.

I think that makes it worse, doesn't it? I picked the top ones of each to see: Japan's top grosser has been out since July. South Korea's has been out since December 20th.

Surprising how little Japanese movies gross compared to Korean films given population size and the insistence of Japanese "oh it's our movies that are great, not our TV shows".

As you might see from my avatar, I watched Bad Genius and really enjoyed it. Haven't seen any of the others and don't really intend to.

It was disheartening to hear and see self proclaimed communists debate and get mad at people who had fled East Germany and the Soviet Union.

I think these days there are fewer of these self proclaimed communists on campuses but they still exist and they are a bit louder with the power of the internet.

It's just hilarious and sad to see some 20 year old British kid try to lecture a guy who grew up in the Soviet Union about what the Soviet Union was really like.

The last two episodes were kind of cheesy.

Awful. Terrible planning. Ridiculous dialogue, especially in the last 5 episodes. My god what a mess.

Should rename the drama: "The 3 Stooges". Or maybe we're the stooges for watching this and pretending it made any sense at any point.

This is what they always say and then there isn't 99% of the time. 0.5% of the time they change most of the cast (My Amazing Boyfriend 2) 0.5% of the time they have the same cast (The Big Boss, Fox's Summer, Legend of Chusen).

Where is it being subtitled?

This drama was incredibly clumsy.

Fair enough it has substance and depth for Koreans. It comments on some of the problems in Korean society and tries to challenge the audience on a range of sensitive topics like single parenthood, sexual assault, sexuality and homosexuality but the way they make their points is very clumsy.

I wasn't really feeling the chemistry or jokes. It was alright but it wasn't anything special.

This show kind of reminds me of that one with Park Si-yeon (Greatest Marriage?) but a much better version. I can see the appeal and why it's important for Korea and Koreans but I kind of just shrug my shoulders at this. No standout performance. Poor delivery of life lessons/social causes from my perspective.

It's forgettable unless it challenges your views on the social issues brought up.

As soon as the focus shifted away from the prince and his girlfriend to Han Jiang the love sick moron and SFHY, the impulsive idiot.

It goes beyond that though and into the plot. Some things make no sense at all. I'm not sure if the writing and directing team were clueless about how to plan or just lazy. They screw up some basic things, characters do things that don't make sense for them, etc... It's bad.

The prince and his girl in the pearl were the highlight for me and ever since they stopped being the focus it has been a frustrating chore to watch... but since I'm 15 episodes left, I guess I'll finish it off. This isn't even close to Nirvana in Fire. This is more like General & I which was also horrific.

Yes. The characters are frustrating. The plot crawls at a snails pace and obviously will end unresolved.

For the hype it was getting it's the biggest disappointment for any chinese period/fantasy drama.

It has dark lighting, good scenery and costumes though.

I don't know how people are going to rate this. The directing and writing is pretty awful when I look at the show but I love the leads and the surrounding cast is talented...

The concept is good by the writers/director but the execution is horrific. I could probably do a better job and I speak no Korean.

I'm definitely eager for each episode and watch as soon as it's available. I'm not all negative on the show but there are obvious flaws.

Maybe the 'unexpected accident' was not an accident and therefore a bodyguard is hired to keep up appearances. A 'someone tried to kill my son so he needs protection' bodyguard. It's also possible the bodyguard is set up to avoid too much interaction with the robot. If you look at the average bodyguard out there, they're basically trying to keep people from mobbing the celebrity they are hired to 'protect'.

As a side thought not related to this comment chain: I think Korea is kind of going overboard with all the android dramas recently.

It's going to be a typical misdirect where we're going to have to wait until the 24th for the reveal.

So any update on whether or not it will be added to youtube or someone will be picking it up? I keep sending in a request to Viki roughly once a week.