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Oh, "Lust, Caution". That movie. One of a few I own. This is a movie I keep turning over in my head like a rock, thinking about it. The explicit eroticism of "Lust, Caution" is like another character in the movie. Do watch it (if you're of age). Warning: the ending is a bit shocking.

MDL has no ax to grind. The report here is factually accurate, as far as I can tell. Some bios contain more information than others; it happens that way for whatever reasons, not any of which have to do with ill will or bad intentions.

It's very upsetting and sad news, but you're projecting over sensitivity now. Maybe rest a little, and visit other sites that are more to your liking for the time being?

This terrible illness claims another one. Some day, a cure.
Such a loss to his family, his friends and his fans.

The very best version of Pride and Prejudice was the multi-part TV version that starred Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and that aired on BBC, PBS and A&E networks. The film version with Keira Knightly was not even remotely as good.

I think it would make a lovely historical Kdrama with some adaptation.

And kdrama version of Pride and Prejudice which doesn't have Gong Yoo as Darcy, however, is a bust. :-)

Thippy, if you ever check here, thanks for all the subs! You absolutely, completely and totally rock.

Their relationship is implied. I have no gaydar whatsoever, but even I thought they were a couple. They had really good chemistry, too--so good, I wish they had more screen time together, and that their relationship was developed more. As small as their relationship is in this drama, it's still a highlight of it.

I didn't drop, but boy, did I FF through a number of scenes. Yang Yang is always hot in this drama and sexy as hell, but Wei Wei's character arc is unimpressive. She starts off as a really kick ass computer science major/gamer, and then she stops having chops of her own and becomes "girlfriend". So disappointing. Plus, she's either not permitted to act like she can kiss, or she actually can't or won't, but I felt sorry for Yang Yang. Plus, the actress is way too thin.

Thanks so much for this article!

It's just me. I know it is. But every last one of these dramas looks boring as hell.

I think Jang Mal Ran is one the scariest villains I've ever watched. Hoo boy.

There are only two shows I've had the "can't wait" experience for in the last year: "Because it's My First Life" is the first, and "Money Flower" is the second.

The more I watch this drama, the more I crave to watch it. It's really, really good. Money Flower is another one of those quietly under rated shows, like Avengers Social Club, that you may come across maybe by accident, but watching it reminds you why you started watching kdramas in the first place.

Thanks for the article, which was nicely done.

Ken is deliciously evil so far. When he's on screen, it's hard to look anywhere else.

Also, mad props to Thippy who is subbing this, for which I'm ever so grateful.

But this lakorn is featuring the usual women as dummies theme. Khem is so stubbornly stupid, I find myself hoping she falls into a hole somewhere, and a another character plugs the hole up with a big rock.

And Yada is apparently the beautiful, intelligent, older sister who absolutely must appear in every scene crying or with tears in her eyes. I haven't found a female character to like in this lakorn yet, but it's still early (only 4 episodes in) and maybe the women will stop being such wimpy dummies with more episodes. But you know. Lakorn. So I'm not getting my hopes up.

I came pretty close to hitting a drama slump this year, but then I remembered that there a few--School 2017, Fight My Way, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Because This is My First Life and Money Flower--that were really good and saved the year. 2018 so far looks like it may be pretty blah, but there will probably be some break out shows, several from China, Taiwan and Thailand, that save the year. I hope.

I completely agree with you: bi-sexual is fine, but that is not the same thing as "deciding" to be attracted to one sexual orientation or the other. The entire premise of this show annoys me.

Nicely done article, and fun to read, too!

Most of this year has been one long drama slump for me. I stopped watching more than half of the things I started, including most of the things on your list.

I loved Sawan Biang (don't hate me). It really IS a mess, though: the thing I disliked strongly about it was the misplaced revenge by Kawee. I mean, he's furious at his father's newest wife (for reasons), and so he takes his revenge on the wife's sister?

I like lakorns, and I've watched a lot of them. Once you digest the idea that karma and forgiveness, along with the "purity" of women are central thematically, you accept a level of nuttiness in these dramas you wouldn't accept anywhere else--and the notion of personal responsibility is sort of a moving target--which is how you get some really ridiculous revenge lakorns.

However, and this is a BIG however, many of the characters are given actions and dialogue that make them look like they're too stupid to live--especially the women characters. I mean. the writers can thread all of the culture-centric ideas their viewers want in their dramas, but that doesn't mean they have to make the characters into idiots, too. There have been several lakorns I've watched where I've wondered just how stupid the writers think think the audience is.

This is a terrible lakorn. Unless you have a high tolerance for mama's boys who would rather destroy the life of the [pregnant] woman they love rather than to do the right thing, give this lakorn a wide berth. I like, a lot, that lakorns have forgiveness, repentance, karma and the redemption by love as their themes, but not even featuring 3 out of 4 of those AND being set in Austria can rescue this lakorn. You will want to empty a bucket of swill on the main male lead. Trust me. Avoid.

Say what, now?
Something about a painter, an accident, amnesia, and a culprit?

What is it with cdrama endings? Even when a novelist ends their book with a HE, the film maker decides to end it another way--"Sealed with a Kiss" for example, or "Princess Agents". Is there like a law saying unless it's a romantic comedy, it has to be a bad or sad ending?