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Avengers Social Club Episode 3
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I. LOVE. THIS.
When a drama introduces complex characters I kind of fall in love with at first sight, it's already a winner, in my book. These three women became addictive already on episode 1 and their heterogenerous backgrounds and approach to life make the ensamble a true pleasure to watch.
I love the different way each "avenger" is thrown into the picture and the exciting expectations it creates.
The black humour is on point, always revealing something deeper about them.
I also love the fact that the villains here look and behave like caricatures out of a Dickens's novel: they are a tool for the revenge plans to unfold, rather than important characters, which promises to make their downfall so satisfying!
Viva girls power!
When a drama introduces complex characters I kind of fall in love with at first sight, it's already a winner, in my book. These three women became addictive already on episode 1 and their heterogenerous backgrounds and approach to life make the ensamble a true pleasure to watch.
I love the different way each "avenger" is thrown into the picture and the exciting expectations it creates.
The black humour is on point, always revealing something deeper about them.
I also love the fact that the villains here look and behave like caricatures out of a Dickens's novel: they are a tool for the revenge plans to unfold, rather than important characters, which promises to make their downfall so satisfying!
Viva girls power!
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Something in the Rain Episode 9
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A most boring episode if ever there was one. 70 minutes of mianhae uttered in every possible form, shape and length, with a background music that sounds so ominous one is compelled to believe a tragedy of cosmic proportions is going to happen - the plague, a tsunami, the attack of the giant ants.If only any of these cataclysms could finally make Jin Ah's mother be silent for a second, I'd sign for it.Now, there's only one person who still has to be informed of the scandal of all scandals: his grey eminence Joon Hee's father. I wonder if they are going to subject us to another 70 minutes of"Dad...""I...""ahhh...""ehm...""we..."etc. etc.Why am I still watching this? Mysteries of an idle mind.
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Something in the Rain Episode 4
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There is only one reason why I am still watching this: the visual.
The general atmosphere created by some stunning photography and beautiful music is very... european, for some reason. Not that I ever asked an Asian drama to look like a walk through the small streets of Paris, but still it's kind of original and visually romantic. And the songs by Rachael Yamagata are enchanting.
The main couple is equally beautiful to look at. The long scenes showing them talking, laughing and walking are fresh and sweet.
However, there are many things I'm royally annoyed with.
1. That mother of hers! Please, someone gag her and lock her into a closet for the rest of the show. The woman is the embodiment of shallowness, greed, twisted values and gender discrimination, all in one irritating package. As if the drama didn't have enough idiotic males in it! Her brother comes second in my displeasure chart. And just to appease all chauvinistic viewers out there they give us a nasty piece of work ex boyfriend, harrassment at work and a steady flow of improper comments.
2. They are making a tragedy out of a 4 year gap in age! It's not as though she were a fossil and he a baby, come on! This obsession with age displayed in so many Korean dramas borders on ridicule. Jin Ah is a gorgous woman in her prime, for pete's sake. I can understand the issue "friend of my younger brother and younger brother of my friend", that's a harder nut to crack, but I wish they would stop calling her old at every given chance.
3. The amount of alcohol consumed by all in every episode so far. So, let me get this right: it's a scandal to date a slightly younger man, to be single at 35, but there's no problem whatsoever that half of the city population is wobbling and blabbing around in the grip of soju? Bah...
The general atmosphere created by some stunning photography and beautiful music is very... european, for some reason. Not that I ever asked an Asian drama to look like a walk through the small streets of Paris, but still it's kind of original and visually romantic. And the songs by Rachael Yamagata are enchanting.
The main couple is equally beautiful to look at. The long scenes showing them talking, laughing and walking are fresh and sweet.
However, there are many things I'm royally annoyed with.
1. That mother of hers! Please, someone gag her and lock her into a closet for the rest of the show. The woman is the embodiment of shallowness, greed, twisted values and gender discrimination, all in one irritating package. As if the drama didn't have enough idiotic males in it! Her brother comes second in my displeasure chart. And just to appease all chauvinistic viewers out there they give us a nasty piece of work ex boyfriend, harrassment at work and a steady flow of improper comments.
2. They are making a tragedy out of a 4 year gap in age! It's not as though she were a fossil and he a baby, come on! This obsession with age displayed in so many Korean dramas borders on ridicule. Jin Ah is a gorgous woman in her prime, for pete's sake. I can understand the issue "friend of my younger brother and younger brother of my friend", that's a harder nut to crack, but I wish they would stop calling her old at every given chance.
3. The amount of alcohol consumed by all in every episode so far. So, let me get this right: it's a scandal to date a slightly younger man, to be single at 35, but there's no problem whatsoever that half of the city population is wobbling and blabbing around in the grip of soju? Bah...
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Descendants of the Sun Episode 5
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This drama was already stretching my patience with a 'love story' that is neither cute, nor sizzling, nor even entertaining after episode1.
This episode however, managed to hurt my brain in a way that is not even unintentionally funny anymore.
So, we are in this fantasy Urk - supposedly in the Balcan area - where people speak Russian, Arab, broken English, a lot of Korean everywhere while happily showing Greek signs. We have no idea whatsoever what this country's problem might be, since we are told it's war-torn but our heroes just go around eating in pretty restaurants with pretty plates and picturesque views on a sea so blue it almost hurts my eyes.
In a village we have a woman who speaks arab and dresses accordingly and in town we have a bar tender who comes directly from the Coyote Ugly.
We haven't had the slightest glimpse of local people living in some distress except for kids licking metal debris - in Jupiter's name, why should they?????? A village situated a six hour-walk away is immediately recognized by Superman Shi Jin thanks to a child's drawing of a tree under the sun. Shi Jin must have trained in the Australian bush with the Aborigins chanting their way through it.
Dialogues are as deep as a mud puddle, Shi-Jin and his lady spend 80% of their times making 'cute' jokes on how beautiful they are, only here and there inserting a hint about the dire situation they are facing - they must be as confused as I am as to where the heck they are. Mo Yeon only asks highly intelligent questions like 'why do you do this?' and 'where are you going?', as though it took a specialized degree to understand that a soldier might risk his life or - heaven forbid! - obey an order.
She's a doctor who's per definition on call for whatever medical emergency, yet she doesn't understand the basics of military emergencies and pouts over interrupted dates.
And don't get me started on the dialogues between the bad guys and the good ones. They make me reconsider the whole Fast and the Furious saga.
And then we have the icing on the cake of this episode: the car crash!
I get it this is a drama, but I wasn't aware we were watching an episode of the X-men. How on earth are two people coming out alive let alone unscathed after a jump that high from a cliff into the water? With one airbag, really?
Gosh, my head hurts badly. If possible, my ears are subjected to and even worse torture thanks to an ost that is trying to tell a completely different story from the one shown. It's loud and completely off in terms of timing and pathos.
I am always attentive to details, they can turn a mediocre thing into something special. Here however, we have a ton of glaringly stupid inconsistencies I can't nor want to condone. They have spent a huge amount of money to film this, they could at least study their lesson a little.
I'm giving this show one more episode to take a direction, whatever that is, after which I'm abandoning this ship(wreck).
This episode however, managed to hurt my brain in a way that is not even unintentionally funny anymore.
So, we are in this fantasy Urk - supposedly in the Balcan area - where people speak Russian, Arab, broken English, a lot of Korean everywhere while happily showing Greek signs. We have no idea whatsoever what this country's problem might be, since we are told it's war-torn but our heroes just go around eating in pretty restaurants with pretty plates and picturesque views on a sea so blue it almost hurts my eyes.
In a village we have a woman who speaks arab and dresses accordingly and in town we have a bar tender who comes directly from the Coyote Ugly.
We haven't had the slightest glimpse of local people living in some distress except for kids licking metal debris - in Jupiter's name, why should they?????? A village situated a six hour-walk away is immediately recognized by Superman Shi Jin thanks to a child's drawing of a tree under the sun. Shi Jin must have trained in the Australian bush with the Aborigins chanting their way through it.
Dialogues are as deep as a mud puddle, Shi-Jin and his lady spend 80% of their times making 'cute' jokes on how beautiful they are, only here and there inserting a hint about the dire situation they are facing - they must be as confused as I am as to where the heck they are. Mo Yeon only asks highly intelligent questions like 'why do you do this?' and 'where are you going?', as though it took a specialized degree to understand that a soldier might risk his life or - heaven forbid! - obey an order.
She's a doctor who's per definition on call for whatever medical emergency, yet she doesn't understand the basics of military emergencies and pouts over interrupted dates.
And don't get me started on the dialogues between the bad guys and the good ones. They make me reconsider the whole Fast and the Furious saga.
And then we have the icing on the cake of this episode: the car crash!
I get it this is a drama, but I wasn't aware we were watching an episode of the X-men. How on earth are two people coming out alive let alone unscathed after a jump that high from a cliff into the water? With one airbag, really?
Gosh, my head hurts badly. If possible, my ears are subjected to and even worse torture thanks to an ost that is trying to tell a completely different story from the one shown. It's loud and completely off in terms of timing and pathos.
I am always attentive to details, they can turn a mediocre thing into something special. Here however, we have a ton of glaringly stupid inconsistencies I can't nor want to condone. They have spent a huge amount of money to film this, they could at least study their lesson a little.
I'm giving this show one more episode to take a direction, whatever that is, after which I'm abandoning this ship(wreck).
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Descendants of the Sun Episode 1
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The show has a great start... actually, a grand one. Stunning cinematography and photograph and beautiful introduction of the main characters. Loved the first 10 minutes of combat - you must love war scenarios to appreciate this, but then this is a war drama, no surprise here. There's also some humour, which I found well placed and engaging.
However, the music is annoyingly overpowering. Pieces are played too much, too loud, too often. I truly hope they are going to tune that aspect down, because music is paramount to enhance feelings. If it is played every 2 seconds it totally loses its impact. Harrowing love songs shouldn't be played when two people have just met 5 seconds before: what are they going to use when they truly fall in love, Beethoven 5th symphony? When the plot uses all its ammunition in the first episodes, it's likely to suffer later on; the same principle should apply to music.
However, the music is annoyingly overpowering. Pieces are played too much, too loud, too often. I truly hope they are going to tune that aspect down, because music is paramount to enhance feelings. If it is played every 2 seconds it totally loses its impact. Harrowing love songs shouldn't be played when two people have just met 5 seconds before: what are they going to use when they truly fall in love, Beethoven 5th symphony? When the plot uses all its ammunition in the first episodes, it's likely to suffer later on; the same principle should apply to music.
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Falling for Innocence Episode 11
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More than writing an episode review, I'm here to agree with kristina, the other reviewer here. I too have a bad feeling this story's not going to end the way we all want it to.
My best bet is, he's going to have some sort of health relapse but will live on..
If they let him die I'm going to fly to Korea for a strike in front of jTBC. ò_ó
My best bet is, he's going to have some sort of health relapse but will live on..
If they let him die I'm going to fly to Korea for a strike in front of jTBC. ò_ó
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Tree With Deep Roots Episode 4
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It's official: I'm stupid.
Basically, I've understood nothing of this episode, except:
1. We are finally out of a flashback that lasted 3 episodes and a half.
2. Grey bearded, wrinkled fogeys in hanbok will never win a word battle against young scholars. Because these last are prettier.
3. While severing enemies heads and happily basking in bloody battles, Ddol Bok found the time to learn how to write
4. Korean eat seal penis (???)
5. There's a corpse in the library, but the murderer wasn't Professor Plum with the candlestick.
Basically, I've understood nothing of this episode, except:
1. We are finally out of a flashback that lasted 3 episodes and a half.
2. Grey bearded, wrinkled fogeys in hanbok will never win a word battle against young scholars. Because these last are prettier.
3. While severing enemies heads and happily basking in bloody battles, Ddol Bok found the time to learn how to write
4. Korean eat seal penis (???)
5. There's a corpse in the library, but the murderer wasn't Professor Plum with the candlestick.
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I expected to laugh more and be a little more scared. In fact, I watched the episode with a smile, enjoyed it to a certain extent but neither laughed out loud nor did I jump.
First of all, if our heroine has been seeing ghosts for a while now, why is she still so frightened? She herself said "they can't do anything to you, but they are here". One would think she got accustomed - at least a little - by now.
The first scene was very well done, quite scary too. It made me think she just recently discovered her ability to see death people, but it turns out the situation has been going on for years, and she's been delivering weird messages for a while.
I get she's frustrated, exhausted and weary, but so scared that she runs back to her room? With garlic and a cross, no less. Someone please explain to her the difference between vampires and ghosts.
The actress is doing a very good job though.
As for So Ji Sub... this is my first time seeing him act and I'm not impressed. Is he going to grace us with some kind of facial expression or do we have to content ourselves with the only one seen here: the frowning?
I also wish I could ruffle his hair. I know the bowl hairdo is all the rage now in Korea, but admittedly it's not for everyone.
I have a few reservations regarding the pace too. While I appreciate to be thrust into the story with some level of speed, I'm not happy to see the plot disclosing in front of my eyes all in the 1st episode. I'm left with not much mystery or expectations.
I imagine the next episodes will deal with the ghosts requests on an episodic basis, while the main plot revolves around a skeptical guy converted by a ghostwhisperer.
I'll keep on watching, but I'm less thrilled than many seem to be.
First of all, if our heroine has been seeing ghosts for a while now, why is she still so frightened? She herself said "they can't do anything to you, but they are here". One would think she got accustomed - at least a little - by now.
The first scene was very well done, quite scary too. It made me think she just recently discovered her ability to see death people, but it turns out the situation has been going on for years, and she's been delivering weird messages for a while.
I get she's frustrated, exhausted and weary, but so scared that she runs back to her room? With garlic and a cross, no less. Someone please explain to her the difference between vampires and ghosts.
The actress is doing a very good job though.
As for So Ji Sub... this is my first time seeing him act and I'm not impressed. Is he going to grace us with some kind of facial expression or do we have to content ourselves with the only one seen here: the frowning?
I also wish I could ruffle his hair. I know the bowl hairdo is all the rage now in Korea, but admittedly it's not for everyone.
I have a few reservations regarding the pace too. While I appreciate to be thrust into the story with some level of speed, I'm not happy to see the plot disclosing in front of my eyes all in the 1st episode. I'm left with not much mystery or expectations.
I imagine the next episodes will deal with the ghosts requests on an episodic basis, while the main plot revolves around a skeptical guy converted by a ghostwhisperer.
I'll keep on watching, but I'm less thrilled than many seem to be.
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I Hear Your Voice Episode 13
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As an avid pupil of whatever might turn useful in my life, I have once again learned a few valuable lessons from this lovely episode:
1. Never trust a hot kid when he says he can't read your mind. He usually can.
2. Because of the above, never think when he's around. Go "la la la la, frts gòosahf nuocw" in your mind. "Kim su an mu, gobuki wa turumi etc" may do too.
3. When glimpsing a cockroach, jump on the guy's back. Even if you just imagined the bug, jump anyway, but keep in mind he's 187 cm.
4. Always have a pen mark on your face. If you can't get one unconsciously, fish out a pocket mirror and draw.
5. Never put a ventilator under your feet when wearing a judge robe. :P
1. Never trust a hot kid when he says he can't read your mind. He usually can.
2. Because of the above, never think when he's around. Go "la la la la, frts gòosahf nuocw" in your mind. "Kim su an mu, gobuki wa turumi etc" may do too.
3. When glimpsing a cockroach, jump on the guy's back. Even if you just imagined the bug, jump anyway, but keep in mind he's 187 cm.
4. Always have a pen mark on your face. If you can't get one unconsciously, fish out a pocket mirror and draw.
5. Never put a ventilator under your feet when wearing a judge robe. :P
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Soratobu Kouhoushitsu Episode 10
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All this time I have been asking myself why was the drama set in 2010. It didn't make sense for a story which was not historical, and 2010 isn't even vintage!
I started getting a couple of hints when they fly over Fukushima on episode 8 and when they chose to have a time jump on episode 9.
Now I know, and I can't even begin to express what this is doing to my heart.
Not yet happy, they give us one of the most emotionally intense retirements ever, and a group of characters who in my mind aren't fictional anymore, but truly live there.
I started getting a couple of hints when they fly over Fukushima on episode 8 and when they chose to have a time jump on episode 9.
Now I know, and I can't even begin to express what this is doing to my heart.
Not yet happy, they give us one of the most emotionally intense retirements ever, and a group of characters who in my mind aren't fictional anymore, but truly live there.
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Soratobu Kouhoushitsu Episode 8
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Wow.
After the emotions of last episode I find myself crying like a fountain. Really, what is this drama doing to me?
The lake they fly over in the cargo plane, the one Inaba saw with her father and forgot the name of, is Lake Inawashiro, in Fukushima.
The drama is set in 2010, so all the time I kept thinking: "they don't know yet, it hasn't happened yet". As if this was a real thing, not a drama.
The episode deserves a 10 for the incredibly touching semplicity with which the issue is raised.
After the emotions of last episode I find myself crying like a fountain. Really, what is this drama doing to me?
The lake they fly over in the cargo plane, the one Inaba saw with her father and forgot the name of, is Lake Inawashiro, in Fukushima.
The drama is set in 2010, so all the time I kept thinking: "they don't know yet, it hasn't happened yet". As if this was a real thing, not a drama.
The episode deserves a 10 for the incredibly touching semplicity with which the issue is raised.
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Soratobu Kouhoushitsu Episode 7
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In this episode I went from laughing out loud to crying. I think I've said elsewhere that I never cry, however chief Sagizaka's interview must be one of the most touching speeches ever. So simple, and yet so moving.
I love his character, he's the kind of man everyone would want for a father.
It's incredible how all these characters have grown on me. Seeing them go at some point will be tough.
I love his character, he's the kind of man everyone would want for a father.
It's incredible how all these characters have grown on me. Seeing them go at some point will be tough.
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Soratobu Kouhoushitsu Episode 5
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I don't believe for one second that Sorai really said he's looking for a sweet housewife! That is totally out of character and makes no sense with his being fascinated by a strong-willed woman like Inaba.
Clearly Fujieda has got his own agenda and given the miserable way in which Sorai walked away from that bar, I suspect the handsome newscaster told him something just as misleading about Inaba.
Very well acted episode. I'm more and more intrigued.
Clearly Fujieda has got his own agenda and given the miserable way in which Sorai walked away from that bar, I suspect the handsome newscaster told him something just as misleading about Inaba.
Very well acted episode. I'm more and more intrigued.
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Soratobu Kouhoushitsu Episode 3
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I loved this episode. There was so much feeling in it and the acting was superb. Sagizawa's speech at the wedding was lovely, and the story of him and his wife terribly touching.
Yui Aragaki's doing an outstanding job here (not that she didn't elsewhere) and I particularly enjoyed her drunken sobbing at the end, hahaha. She was hilarious and incredibly sweet.
Very beautiful photography too.
Yui Aragaki's doing an outstanding job here (not that she didn't elsewhere) and I particularly enjoyed her drunken sobbing at the end, hahaha. She was hilarious and incredibly sweet.
Very beautiful photography too.
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Soratobu Kouhoushitsu Episode 2
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I didn't think I would laugh watching this drama, but it's clear I was wrong. The characters are all slowly gaining in depth and I start liking them all.
I love the message of this second episode, something on the line: "it's useless to obstinately clung to past dreams when they are impossible to come true. Better find a new target to aim at and be just as passionate with it."
Love Sorai already. :D
I love the message of this second episode, something on the line: "it's useless to obstinately clung to past dreams when they are impossible to come true. Better find a new target to aim at and be just as passionate with it."
Love Sorai already. :D
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