I enjoyed ep 2. The leads' chemistry, especially ahn hyo seop is carrying the show for me rn. A lot of suspension of belief is required tho, especially the last scene of ep 2. I racked my brain for so many possibilities of how the writers would make them "meet" up in the middle of the night coz ofc both r awake so obviously they *have* to meet! I even thought they'd go the sleepwalking route since our FL has insomnia but woah they went with the most random coincidence.
Again, this is a lighthearted watch meant to be enjoyed with ur brain switched off. This year has already had a lot of fun releases and this might be the most cliche of them all so far so I dont really mind it. I'm enjoying it and the world building is already great. SML could've had his own love interest tho like in Business Proposal 😪
Oh noo they could've kept this under wraps tbh...the uncle was such a cool part of the show...in fact i thought he'd always remain a mystery figure we'll never meet, so his reveal would've been nice if it were a suprise...
Ahn Hyo Seop really looks like an anime character come alive doesn't he? That last shot with the juxtaposition of his real self and the cartoon drawing had literally no difference 😍🫠
Chae Won Bin and Kim Bum r new to me. I'm not sure how I feel about either yet but the 1st ep was entertaining enough. Ahn Hyo Seop's role reminded me of Chief Hong from Hometown Cha Cha Cha.
I for one am kinda tired of seeing traumatized characters. On one hand, I understand that a romcom needs some kinda character depth but trauma isn't the only way to achieve that. Business Proposal is a great example of a romcom that worked brilliantly without any of that digging into the past and overcoming trauma bit. Not to mention the love triangle they're obviously setting up in this show already.
Nonetheless, the FL's trauma here has a lot of potential considering influencers and product endorsements have actually caused real world damage and is only becoming more rampant now thanks to social media. It's a very relevant subject for current times and the idea of a privileged FL messing up big time and learning from it can work really well for this show if they handle it right.
I didn’t even know kdramas were catering to global audiences now? Why is this a thing? I always thought people watch kdramas precisely because they aren't the typical recycled Western garbage we've been used to for decades. If this is about attracting newer viewers from global platforms like Netflix, i guess it makes sense, but even then, kdramas are so unique to SK from the aesthetics to the performances etc that it can never truly be a global product...
Spooky HeartHeiress Sees GhostSpooky RomanticsGhastly LoveSpooky ValentineOur Spooky MomentsGhost in the Hotel…
Yup and they changed so many great titles last minute. Like We Are All Fighting Our Own Worthlessness to We Are All Trying Here, Geonu and Fairy to Head Over Heels, and I Am A Sinner to Born Guilty...
They always change a unique title to the most generic one 🤦♀️
I always love a reverse-role plot with a rich FL and a not-so-rich ML. You don’t see this very often.
There's been so many of these tho: queen of tears, my demon, crash landing on you, hotel del luna, its okay not to be okay, touch your heart, angel's last mission etc etc
Spooky HeartHeiress Sees GhostSpooky RomanticsGhastly LoveSpooky ValentineOur Spooky MomentsGhost in the Hotel…
From their track record, there is only a chance they will make it worse lets be honest...they've butchered many a dramas english titles to hope for anything better😂
How did i never hear about this?? Feels surreal! He's apparently in another Asian coproduction with Taiwanese actress Alice Ko and Japanese actor Kentaro Sakaguchi called Kidnap Game!
Ep 4 was hilarious omg...since Behind Your Touch, i havent actually laughed out loud like i did in that scene where she pops out of the bush covered in garbage 🤣🤣 hoping it stays lighthearted throughout 😅
"Also what's up with the scene where it's implied Eunha can bring harm to people who she doesn't like by looking…
Ya haha same she looked like dorami from her show CTLBT for a second there...im thinking this moment is supposed to be emotional surrealism or something like that
This is hilarious. I've never seen anything like it. Kim hyangi is consistently good and she shines here too. It's been forever since i saw cha hak yeon since bad and crazy. This seems like a lighthearted fun watch, not to be taken too seriously.
I wonder how old the teachers r supposed to be tho. From their introductions, it sounded like their first stint at teaching so r they straight outta college? Early to mid twenties maybe?
I havent seen this writer and director's other works so i was really curious about all the hype about this show and their comeback which is why i started this show but rn all im feeling from ep 1 to 2 is a lot of frustration and confusion lol...idk if this is standard for their work...? Forgive me for being harsh but the leads r insufferable so far and the obvious narrative push towards empathizing with them is a tough sell when they really dont have too many redeeming points to offer so far...
Let me explain my points of frustration:
Idk if it will get better as the show progresses but i think this show suffers a lot from lack of context.
We get the eight club members' reaction to dong man framed through dong man's victimhood lens but the reason why they behave the way they do with him is never shown with the same empathy. The writer/director seems to want the audience to side with dong man from the get go instead of leaving it neutral and allowing the audience to naturally form their own judgements. Showing instead of telling basically.
So then this ends up making actual complex characters like the eight club members look like caricaturish villains. But they dont fit that box completely either coz then they show complexities within these characters too! So what exactly is this drama trying to be? It feels like it lacks a fundamental sense of direction...it feels like a tonal inconsistency which is giving me a hard time with this show...
I might watch a couple more epiaodes before deciding how i really feel about it. Right now, i feel like this is a show with massive potential, all the right ingredients r already in place, everything is perfectly placed, but somehow i just dont feel the taste yet...like no taste at all. It's a strange feeling...
Also what is going on with Eun ha's character? I cringed out of my soul when she went on about being inhumane to her colleagues, like acting holier than thou would get her any brownie points and then seeing their rightful reaction to her gave me even bigger secondhand embarrassment for her🤦♀️ like girlie, just what r u doing?? This isn't high school...
I get that she can relate to Dong Man but she also doesnt know jackshit about the guy, lets be honest here. In fact none of the people defending him including his brother know jackshit about the guy and how he treats his supposed long term friends of 20 years. And this is another instance where the show suffers from lacking context because how did their friendship end up in this dynamic? Was it like this from the beginning? U dont give context to this, then push the viewer to choose Dong Man's side alone when u also show Dong Man being the most toxic insufferable friend one can have, like how is this fair to the viewer?
Also Dong Man's brother is another piece of work oh my god. Why is this show full of frustrating characters?? I feel like this show suffers from characters who r in perpetual victimhood. Coz just what was the need to bring up his dad's benevolent nature and all that talk about hardwork to his father's brother in law in that scene?? As far as I as a viewer is concerned, all i know about this older dude is that his daughter is getting married and he asked Dong Man who he knows has been working in films for 20 years for a celebrity's attendance to the wedding. Tacky request i admit but did it warrant such a conversation with the elderly gentleman from Dong Man's self righteous brother??? It's like Eun ha, Dong Man's brother and Dong Man want everyone else to make Dong Man's problems theirs too, and when they don't, they become the villain 🤦♀️
Also what's up with the scene where it's implied Eunha can bring harm to people who she doesn't like by looking at them? Like the guy that starts choking or the ceo getting hit but he says it wasn't dong man? Is this another psychological metaphor that just completely went over my head or does this show have elements of fantasy now...?
Ughhhh idek anymore, im done, i need sleep and some icecream, ciao✌️
Again, this is a lighthearted watch meant to be enjoyed with ur brain switched off. This year has already had a lot of fun releases and this might be the most cliche of them all so far so I dont really mind it. I'm enjoying it and the world building is already great. SML could've had his own love interest tho like in Business Proposal 😪
Chae Won Bin and Kim Bum r new to me. I'm not sure how I feel about either yet but the 1st ep was entertaining enough. Ahn Hyo Seop's role reminded me of Chief Hong from Hometown Cha Cha Cha.
I for one am kinda tired of seeing traumatized characters. On one hand, I understand that a romcom needs some kinda character depth but trauma isn't the only way to achieve that. Business Proposal is a great example of a romcom that worked brilliantly without any of that digging into the past and overcoming trauma bit. Not to mention the love triangle they're obviously setting up in this show already.
Nonetheless, the FL's trauma here has a lot of potential considering influencers and product endorsements have actually caused real world damage and is only becoming more rampant now thanks to social media. It's a very relevant subject for current times and the idea of a privileged FL messing up big time and learning from it can work really well for this show if they handle it right.
I'll be watching with a positive mindset haha 🤣
They always change a unique title to the most generic one 🤦♀️
Also hoping to see more of lee ki taek since the practical guide to love!
I wonder how old the teachers r supposed to be tho. From their introductions, it sounded like their first stint at teaching so r they straight outta college? Early to mid twenties maybe?
Let me explain my points of frustration:
Idk if it will get better as the show progresses but i think this show suffers a lot from lack of context.
We get the eight club members' reaction to dong man framed through dong man's victimhood lens but the reason why they behave the way they do with him is never shown with the same empathy. The writer/director seems to want the audience to side with dong man from the get go instead of leaving it neutral and allowing the audience to naturally form their own judgements. Showing instead of telling basically.
So then this ends up making actual complex characters like the eight club members look like caricaturish villains. But they dont fit that box completely either coz then they show complexities within these characters too! So what exactly is this drama trying to be? It feels like it lacks a fundamental sense of direction...it feels like a tonal inconsistency which is giving me a hard time with this show...
I might watch a couple more epiaodes before deciding how i really feel about it. Right now, i feel like this is a show with massive potential, all the right ingredients r already in place, everything is perfectly placed, but somehow i just dont feel the taste yet...like no taste at all. It's a strange feeling...
Also what is going on with Eun ha's character? I cringed out of my soul when she went on about being inhumane to her colleagues, like acting holier than thou would get her any brownie points and then seeing their rightful reaction to her gave me even bigger secondhand embarrassment for her🤦♀️ like girlie, just what r u doing?? This isn't high school...
I get that she can relate to Dong Man but she also doesnt know jackshit about the guy, lets be honest here. In fact none of the people defending him including his brother know jackshit about the guy and how he treats his supposed long term friends of 20 years. And this is another instance where the show suffers from lacking context because how did their friendship end up in this dynamic? Was it like this from the beginning? U dont give context to this, then push the viewer to choose Dong Man's side alone when u also show Dong Man being the most toxic insufferable friend one can have, like how is this fair to the viewer?
Also Dong Man's brother is another piece of work oh my god. Why is this show full of frustrating characters?? I feel like this show suffers from characters who r in perpetual victimhood. Coz just what was the need to bring up his dad's benevolent nature and all that talk about hardwork to his father's brother in law in that scene?? As far as I as a viewer is concerned, all i know about this older dude is that his daughter is getting married and he asked Dong Man who he knows has been working in films for 20 years for a celebrity's attendance to the wedding. Tacky request i admit but did it warrant such a conversation with the elderly gentleman from Dong Man's self righteous brother??? It's like Eun ha, Dong Man's brother and Dong Man want everyone else to make Dong Man's problems theirs too, and when they don't, they become the villain 🤦♀️
Also what's up with the scene where it's implied Eunha can bring harm to people who she doesn't like by looking at them? Like the guy that starts choking or the ceo getting hit but he says it wasn't dong man? Is this another psychological metaphor that just completely went over my head or does this show have elements of fantasy now...?
Ughhhh idek anymore, im done, i need sleep and some icecream, ciao✌️