ShortCircuit

He also saw that woman in a cinema or theater or something? When he was on the stairs and decided to just go play the plushie machines instead?

I wonder if that woman is the one who also has 4 minute warnings?

It's not tough to get into, but it's more slow and contemplative than the usual wuxia/xianxia. This is actually alt. history/costume drama with very little wuxia, its strength is based on the characters and plot progression.

So to speak, a lot less visuals and a lot more substance. (Not that there aren't any visuals to fawn over, LOL).

It's one of the very best dramas (not just cdramas) I've ever watched, and I don't even like politics/palace dramas all that much. This one has the politics and the heroism, and the bromance (nothing romantic, don't worry), and the heartbreak to win anyone ever. And some of the best charas ever, too.

Here's the Japanese DVD trailer for a taste - don't watch the original trailer in MDL, it's too spoilerish and frankly not that enticing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYSZpTICPzs

Since Great is having flashbacks - or is it flashforwards?! - to having sex with Tyme, it's either they're in a past life OR a paralel life OR he can see way further in than 4 minutes.

Also it doesn't look like he's "seeing" 4 mins forward, more like he's living them then gets a reset.

I like the way the clock is stuck but the time goes a bit forward each time. He started at 11.00, now he's at 11.02, I wonder if something extremely important happens by the time he's at the 11.04 mark.

Poor Tonkla, he's carrying all the sex scenes so far, LOL. Will the mains ever get to do something that's not a flashback? :D

Is it just me or is this giving great waves of The 6th Sense?!

I hope they don't do that twist, seriously.

Here's a flashback song that fits the tone of this drama, LOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoX2ixNX6EY

True Lies, too...

You don't get over it. And you still have the donghua (animated series), the chibi donghua, the audio drama and the world of danmei.

But for a little respite from time to time - some KBL - Love for Love's Sake might do the trick (it's short and it's good). And also maybe My Stand-In (a Thai BL based on a danmei novel) - that is - that's the trick - uncensored, well-acted, great music, kept 85% of the original :)

There are other great dramas, but so soon after finishing TU you won't probably settle down to them anyway :D

Keeping fingers crossed for 2ha on an international platform, please almighty rabbit gods, LOL!

This feels like what Sa Ye would look like if / when they ever get the courage to make it a drama or a movie. (And in case you don't know Sa Ye, this is very high praise).

I can't believe all these guys are credited here as their first work, and they're all of them so young!! (I do wonder if they're using different names because this cannot be aired on the mainland like - ever, probably).

This makes me SO mad at the damned censorship - imagine if we did get to see stories like this, filmed with so much gentleness and talent, and not pretend they're best bros or something.

Beautiful!!

Is there any actual release schedule?

Not really, no. Just enjoy the characters and their dynamics, it's fun :D

LPT: don't watch shows involving food early in the morning. It's 6 AM and that food is NOT recommended. But I want it.

Also, Sakuraba is a total cutie.

TBH I postponed 7-8 because there was a bit of a ~choppy~ feeling with the first half. But 7-8 changed my mind - this is good :D

I skimmed a bit of the novel to see what comes up next, since 8th ep ended in a cliffhanger - I think we're safe and they're gonna stick the landing on this one :D

LOL @ the part where you can just hear Whitney Houston dropping the ending of IWALY - ~and IIIIIIII-IIII-IIIII will ALWAYS love YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU-UUUUU, will always love YOOOOUUUUUUU~~~~ while the ex-bodyguard tells her he's resigning since she's not in danger any more.

Hellooooo!!!! Isn't she still the face of the foundation that actual (supposedly real) terrorists still send threatening letters to?!

That was so stupid.

Also - ooops. only living relative older bro drops dead - FL is doing a quite good impression of a fish-on-land, then ooops, actually loving husband drops dead - FL is doing a quite good impression of a fish-on-land with some moisturized eyes, ooops, suprises from left and right - FL is doing her best impression of a fish-on-land.

And what, did she really love him?! "Yeobo" while he's agonising there?? Since when, pray? Wasn't she already having an emotional affair with Kevin Costner, wait, her own bodyguard?!

And what about the freaking chairwoman - her younger son killed her older golden son - NOTHING?? Forgiveness?? Out of the blue?? LAME.

I wasted 10 hours on this. The best thing about it was that Rain was in it. The worst thing about it is that Rain didn't have any kind of an interesting role to play - that went to the actor playing the cheating husband. Or any good scenes - those went to the butler/lawyer. Or any romance - those scenes went to the mistress. Or anything remotely emotional, EXCEPT for the part where he mourned his partner... which was. Well, I expect that was not really what the script writer wanted to impart, LOL.

Oh well, some sacrifices must be made.

Wow is this bad... almost as bad as The Impossible Heir (a liiiiittle bit better though.)

A non-kdrama-watcher's idea of how a revenge/bodyguard/rich family-type of kdrama should look like.

The worst of it was debating myself for almost two hours through the last two eps if I really-really wanted that lemonade that I have to go through the whole house to get, or if I don't really need it. It was much more entertaining than the ending, IMHO. Still undecided, too.

ETA Well, I decided that YOLO and went and got it. The end (still more interesting than this drama's ending...)

There are only five main clans, EVERYBODY IS JIN LING's UNCLE (or aunt, LOL, but mostly uncles), the clans are colour-coded and you don't need to mind but some 5-6 characters. The rest will come to you.

Anyway, there's a shorter version (the Special Edition) but IMHO it's a bit lacking compared to the original version (that looks longer, but it's not that long in the end.) The SE is streamlined to only focus on the main charas, but it loses a lot of details that make it a masterpiece, so I'd rather recommend anyone to (at least) first watch the original version.

I have no idea if the SE is available anywhere on legit sites.

So the late chairman left the foundation 13 billion USD, because why? What does he expect her to do with it? What if she did leave the foundation or was forced to leave, or even dead? So stupid. And why HER particularly? What's the reason to trust her the most? Is it because he somehow is involved with the death of her child or did she save his life in some past life LOL, or what? Stupid reason.

The cheating husband is showing more emotion than the rest of the cast put together - Rain included, sorry. And LOL, K1 attacks SDY and he - OBVIOUSLY - can't fight back that well since, let's remember, he JUST got all cut up and blown up, LOL. But he does fight back in the end because dramaland. And is even cool in the face of a loaded shotgun between the eyes, when his friend was murdered and they got away with it... What if YongKook wanted to shoot it? SDY would've been disappeared and that would've been that, LOL.

And now we're two eps from the end... Let's predict.

She doesn't get divorced because she now has 13B USD to help half of the kids in Africa, and she doesn't get involved with SDY because she has "integrity" (not enough not to kiss another man, but let's pass over that.) The cheating husband mends his ways or something and they maybe make another baby together.

SDY gets to arrest or kill Mr. Han and thus takes revenge for his friend. Then he either goes back to the force or looks for another bodyguard gig (a la The Bodyguard, with Whitney Houston singing in the background LOL).

The chairwoman gets exposed and loses her mind or something so she leaves forever for Switzerland or wherever. The End.

Or at least... I hope they have a definite ending and now a hook for a second season, like most Western-made kdramas lately...

Oh well... the cheating husband IS the best character so far (and the only one, probably). I wish him the best.

They ran out of story sooner than the last few eps, LOL, good thing they're all so cute.

My favourite couple this series - sorry, Yak - Cher and Yei, hands down. I would've liked to see more of them.

But I did watch it through for Great's smile and I'm okay with what they gave us.

What the hell was that ending for YiKyung though?! She was all become Sarah Connor and killing monsters like nobody's business, then the S2 cliffhanger comes, and then she just... drops dead and that's it? *sigh*

And LJW did manage a chara somewhat different than Sang Wook, but not that different, TBH. The final boss fight fizzled out - while CHS and LEH were negotiating who gets to die the hero's death, the boss killed himself, LOL. That was also just... lame.

And LEY?! What is that final scene? Is she trying to get back her emotions, or at least mimick them? And okay, the neo-humans are there and what? Why are they alive? They don't seem to want to do anything. If the human group didn't get to them, what? Where they going to laze about wintering in the middle of the street? What are they doing for food and shelter? Don't they need it? WTH was all this for?

TBH, the first season had grit. It had heartbreak and compassion and human relationships and dark arcs and lots of pretty good monsters. The 2nd and 3rd had lots of CGI, too little plot for the supposedly main charas, and kind of fizzled out the ending. Maybe not every successful horror drama needs a sequel, just sayin'.

Well, at least it's a bit better than S2 (but that one came after the amazing S1, so it was kind of a huge down-drop.) This time the leads were actually shown more, LOL, and well, some of the original cast charas got some ends (some fitting, some kind of lame). The only scene where there seemed to be some actual chemistry between charas was in ep5, when CHS and LEH meet again - there was a chance to turn it all around but it ended there...

The music was pretty bad this season, there's just one re-take on the Sweet Home theme and only in the later two eps or so. Overall, it gives me a feeling of - well, it ended. Now what?

TBH, I like the monster CHS better than weak hero CHS, LOL - he does have style, he said so himself :D

I guess I'll just rewatch S1 and pretend the other seasons don't exist.

Yes, all things considered (it IS a censored adaptation after all). The MC is cute as heck (and a glutton), and the ML is one cold, home from wars, soldier. And then there's the wicked Imperial Eunuch (he stole the show IMHO). There won't be too many PDAs, because - China - but it's clear enough what's going on LOL.

Does this pass the taste-test? :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icGyEwDdsYA (the others are TU, WOH and Guardian).

Or on its own? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3uDnvIY710

Yeah it's worth it :D