Amy

Just realized the plot summary changed to include a spoiler about Jin Young Tae?

If I disliked Goblin and DOTS, will I like this drama? I watched a couple of episodes and it was really boring. Should I continue?

I watched the episodes that were released, and I can't tell if it's good yet. Seems like another drama that starts weak but might get better later. I'll give a few more episodes a chance.

Yeah I'm pretty sure they took into account the streaming popularity cuz they do generate revenue from that as well. Good examples you used to illustrate!

If you ship them tgt, you'll be thrilled to know that they become roommates later on and there will be lots of interaction between them. Maybe you'll come to like it more when that happens

Can I get the link for the video you uploaded? Thanks!

The purpose of this comment section is to comment on the drama and the actors' performance IN the drama. I know we have the freedom to give opinions regarding almost anything, but when this board becomes 90% about an actor's personal life, it destroys the original purpose. If you rate a drama poorly because you don't like the actor as a person, it also defeats the purpose of the rating system. You either watch it and differentiate between the drama and the actor, or you don't watch it because you don't like the actor. I think it's ok to not like the actor. But dissing the drama itself because of the actor? And making insulting comments? Nope.

For the tv ratings issue, I don't think tv ratings is an accurate indicator of a drama's popularity in this age anymore. These dramas target mainly a younger audience, who would usually watch dramas online compared to tv. It's the same situation in Korea too. The only thing that tv ratings shows is how popular it is among all age groups combined including a really big population of older middle-aged people. I'm pretty sure Goblin (that has around 15-20% viewership ratings) has been watched much more than any SBS drama that had a 15% viewership rating. If anything, broadcasting channels should start focusing on how to quantify online viewership as a true measure of popularity, maybe even including non-domestic views. I'm sure they are doing that but they just don't publicize the statistics.

I'm not sure I like the way how Go Ae Rin is so eager to take part in their missions as if it was something fun. This is actually a very dangerous job that could get her and her children killed. As a mother, it's not very wise to engage in such a dangerous task. I'm also surprised why Bon didn't try to convince her out of it even though he had always been worried that she'd get involved (such as not letting the other two agents know she was a witness).

He's meant to be the antagonist of the story

Did this just end? Can someone tell me if it's a good ending or a bad ending (without going into the details)? Rmb to put spoilers thanks

This reminds me of Marmalade Boy where he gets jealous and then she gets jealous and it goes back and forth with all the misunderstandings that could have been cleared up since the beginning if they had better communication. I hope the story gets better soon cuz I had high expectations towards this and I loved the first two episodes.

It kinda depends on whether you see those as flashbacks. Personally I don't see them as flashbacks because the story is about a relationship across 12 years so it's more of a linear timeline rather than a current+past timeline. I was even surprised when the university part ended in 2 episodes cuz I thought each part would have am equal length. That's why I was never bothered by the 20 and 27 year old parts being too long.

For the "worth 10 out of 10" point, I think the major discrepancy is how people treat "flaws". A 10 out of 10 score could mean flawless to one person, but it could also mean "the good aspects make the bad aspects insignificant" or "I did not think the bad aspects mattered". That's why some people almost never give a 10/10, while some can easily give 10/10.

What 10 means to one person may be different from what 10 means to another person. Same for 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 5, 4... You get the idea.

Professional critic sites like Rotten Tomatoes may have a better way of minimizing these discrepancies by separating professional scores and public scores, but since we're not a professional critic site, we don't have to go to those lengths.

Which brings me to the purpose of MDL. The original intention of setting up this site is for drama viewers to make their own list and exchange views with other viewers. It was meant to be an open platform where you can be casual, free and entitled to your own opinions as long as they don't violate rules. This is probably the reason why Skye kept his intervention at the minimum. There is no rule that says you cannot rate/review a drama before it ends, and there is no pre-conditioned definition for each score. We might have our own values that we may want to impose on the system, like how a lot of people dislike the act of rating/reviewing a drama before it ends, but this is all subjective and you can see why these subjective views would not be enforced as regulations.

I think one of the constraints is that different genres have a different standard of good/bad, and every person has their own standard when judging each drama. There really is no way to make it completely objective. A mystery sci-fi drama that has a very complex plot line could easily have plot holes and loose ends that make it drop from a 9 to an 8, while a simple, heartwarming, character-driven story with not much plot could easily score a 10 for ppl who like that genre, and get a 4 from people who don't like it cuz it doesn't have a plot.

In addition, there are many questions that cannot be answered. Should we apply higher standards to complex plot dramas and lower standards to feel-good dramas? Should we rate according to our own scale, or MDL's "scale"? For example, a 7.5 rating on MDL is the cut-line for good/not as good dramas. But maybe for me, even a wonderful drama only deserves an 8 cuz I have very high standards.

All in all, these are inherent flaws in the system that can't be changed, so in the end whether or not you consider the ratings when deciding to watch a drama is a choice that only you can make. Ratings could mean something or not mean anything at all.

I really like that "3 seconds, 3 years and 3 months" concept.
He fell for her in 3 seconds, loved her for 3 years, and then fell for her more in 3 months.

I think he did all that because he couldn't cope with his guilt towards the ML. At some point he probably did regard him as his little brother and cared about him, but the accident was too much of a burden to him and instead of dealing with it healthily he decided to resort to pushing the other person away. This mentality, although terrible, is actually more common in real life than you may think. Many people shift the blame on the victim after they do something wrong to escape from the guilt on a daily basis. This happens every day in our daily lives as well. That's why I understand why he's doing all that, although it's still very cruel and wrong.

When Bon saw the behind of the woman in red shoes, his expression tensed up and he chased after her. It was like he saw someone he knew.

I have a feeling it will be her evil twin plotting a revenge. Usually this happens in dramas - guy sees a person resembling his old lover, chases after her frantically, then realizes she isn't the same person.

Ok guys DO NOT read this if you don't want to spoil yourself with the Japanese version. (Since whether Moo Young is the killer is one of the main mysteries of the story.)
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In the Japanese version, he isn't, but he's indirectly involved.