The Butterfly

I take all ratings and reviews with a grain of salt. I use them as a guideline.

I’m a little concerned about a couple of ageist remarks regarding 65+folks rating dramas lower.

I’m not 65+ but I’m definitely in the barely showing blue bars. I rated Healer lower than the 65ers. Much as Aryael wrote, I base my ratings on story, acting, production values, and how entertaining I found a drama. Certainly, those values have a lot of subjectivity in them.

I may think an actor is stunning but I don’t base my ratings on a pretty face or body. And believe me, I’m not dead yet so I notice when an actor is good looking. And I’m not saying younger viewers let a pretty face influence their ratings. We all come at our preferences and ratings from our own world view.

I’m not speaking for all of us in these older age groups only my opinion and my rating system. I’d guess maybe 10-15% of my ratings are 9 or above.

We older folks have a lot more life experiences and have been roughed up by life more so our perspectives may be a little different than the younger MDLers as far as ratings go. I personally enjoy hearing the younger demographics’ passionate and enthusiastic responses on the feeds and comment sections when I agree and even when I don’t agree.

My guess is there are way more young people on here than older people so it only looks like we are some weird anomaly.

I’m just happy that there is a wide variety of dramas and movies for us to choose from and that it’s okay if we don’t like all the same things or like the same things in all the same way. Please don’t dismiss those of us who rate dramas differently whether it be based on age or personal taste.

Not crazy about the new pic. He was beautiful in the last profile pic.

@Tiori I’m with you. I’ve been disappointed in his performance as well.

I enjoyed this quirky drama. Crystal Zhang was amazing and Alan Yu has never been more beautiful. Go wind machine go! One of the few dramas where I was SML all the way.

I’m not very computer savvy but I can tell there was a lot of work put into this article. : )

Thank you for this article!

I did awhile back when I watched it but didn’t have an account to say thank you for the insight. When someone asked the same question on the feeds I knew who had the answer and wanted to make sure I wasn’t taking credit for it..

@lenje I couldn’t figure out how to attribute this quote to you, I copied and gave you credit in a feed discussion re:the ending. If I stepped over a line I apologize. When explaining the ending I wanted to make sure the person knew I didn’t figure the ending out that you had. Thank you again for explaining the ending.

I loved it for 68 episodes. And then, well, that ending. My question has always been, “what happened to poor Gu Nan Yi?” Did he go where she went?

Thanks for showing some love to the hard working support characters!

She must be the go to child actress for adorable little girl. I’ve seen her in three dramas and she always does a good job.

I struggled with how to rate this movie. It took on a very disturbing issue and it sounds like the movie helped push through new legislation. It also called out those who abused children and the system that let it happen. However, I have a problem with some of the scenes of the children being abused. I had to fast forward thorough them and worry that in making the movie some of these children might have suffered. That issue bothered me almost as much as the subject matter. I truly hope there were people in place to protect and watch out for those children.

I’m 3 episodes into this and really like this drama except for her. She is a beating.

Thanks! I needed that laugh today.

Thank you for this well-needed article. I am neither a vindictive nor a violent person but there are characters that have drawn that out of me. Every time a FL appeared on screen in a popular drama I used to yell at that screen, “would someone please slap that orange lipstick off her face!” Much to the horror of my husband who wondered where his pacifist wife went to. I’ve learned to drop those dramas since then so that I don’t end up spending a few million years in purgatory. Asian dramas have taught me a lot about myself-some of it not so nice.

But he always recovered and looked great by the next scene or the next day.
: )

I am a fan of both Korean and Chinese dramas. I find that I like Korean modern dramas over Chinese ones whether they are grounded in reality or have ghosts, goblins, reapers, or aliens.

I like the production values, stories, and music in modern Korean dramas more.

I prefer Chinese dramas that are set in the past over Korean dramas that are set in the past. Please forgive me as I’m just being exposed to the different genres, but I love the fantasy elements to the Chinese dramas and the long, complicated conflicts, and even the shorter more romantic ones.

For me personally, because I have a tender heart and want everyone to be happy, the one thing Korean historical/fantasy dramas have over Chinese dramas is you’re more apt to get a HEA and not a WTF or tragic ending. For every happy ending you get with Chinese dramas there is at least one that is a gut wrencher or head scratcher. Even so, I just have never found a Korean drama set in the past that can match the Chinese spectacles.

PS-Thank you for this article!

I’m about five episodes in and poor Young Goon has been stabbed three times, beaten, and sustained a concussion. But fortunately by the next scene he’s fine!

I rented this movie years ago. It was beautifully shot and well acted. The ending, however, was brutal. I’ve still never quite gotten over it.