My Liberation Notes

Okay, so for me I am looking forward to 1, 2, 5, 6 (may be dependents on the story), 9, 10, and 12.

Lol... I mean Love at Night. Affinity was absolutely weird, I didn't get it nor did I stay long to find out.

Actors, beware, AI is coming for your jobs ... I guess we are not the only ones threatened by AI

A multinational Korean action thriller with an international cast, a story after my own heart. I cannot wait for this one https://x.com/channela_joah/status/2098184755372028070 .

Happy Birthday... you are missed!!!

I am so confused, AI actress, what is that?????

Park Jin Young looks different here; I barely recognized him, but that said, I am looking forward to this one. I enjoy watching Kim You Jung do her thing; there is something about her that's just touching.

I hope this part focuses on Lumi and Will. I need an inside look at these two. I am totally here for that.

Oh, this is going to be good. I watched the British version. I hope this one does it justice in its own way. If it is anything like The World of the Married, which was also adapted from the British show Dr. Foster, then I know it will be good.

I cannot believe this ended. I am currently watching Love at Night and slowly but surely falling in love, and I have added Affinity and Fascination to my watchlist

Same here

Thank you so much, I was just reading up on the drama and added it to my watchlist. I appreciate you :)

This was my first venture into C-dramas, and I am utterly surprised to say I really like this drama. Sun Qian is gorgeous and very talented; I love the way she talks and her expressions, and Jing Bo Ran is also quite talented as well. I am currently watching him in the drama The Road Home.

The ones that stand out to me were Mo Tae Gu, played by Kim Jae Wook in Voice; Choi Moo Jin, played by Park Hee Soon in My Name; Moon Baek, played by Kim Young Kwang in Trigger, and I think a few more missing from this list who are very much deserving of the mention include: An Yo Han, played by Doh Kyung Soo in Manipulated -- I think one of his best performances ever. We also have Ji Cheong-sin, played by Lee Hong-nei; he was brilliant, and so was Baek Hyang-hee, played by Ok Ja-yeon, most definitely one of the best female villains ever in The Uncanny Counter season 1. And of course, there is Gwi, played by Lee Soo-hyuk in Scholar Who Walks the Night, the most beautiful villain ever.

This one is going to be epic!!!!

It's completely valid not to like Ryu Jun-yeol as a leading man. It's completely valid to criticize his acting or even his public image. But reducing him to 'a frog to the swans' says more about you than it does about him. Continue being you ✌🏾

Thank you, and yes, I got here because of the upcoming Netflix drama The Scandal. I wanted to put my thoughts on paper before it started, so I'd have something to compare it to—I have very, very high hopes :).

I agree completely. It would be a very tight window to cover a historical narrative of this scale, and while there is always a risk that parts of it could feel rushed, it can absolutely work if the series keeps its narrative focus disciplined and intentional.

Historically, this period encompasses more than four decades of political maneuvering, shifting alliances, large-scale multi-front wars, and transformative structural changes across the Korean Peninsula. To put that into perspective, older KBS historical dramas covering comparable eras, such as Taejo Wang Geon (2000) and The King's Dream (2012), ran anywhere from 70 to more than 200 episodes. Those productions had the luxury of exploring every faction, subplot, and political development in exhaustive detail.

That said, traditional long-form sageuks often struggled with pacing. Budget limitations were frequently stretched across dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of episodes, resulting in filler content, repetitive court debates, and scenes of ministers endlessly arguing in palace chambers. By contrast, a 28-episode format almost guarantees a far more relentless pace, where every episode must meaningfully advance the story.

From a production standpoint, concentrating a modern television budget into 28 episodes rather than 80 or more should significantly elevate the overall quality. The battle sequences, CGI, set design, costumes, and cinematography are far more likely to feel cinematic and visually spectacular rather than recycled or constrained by budgetary demands.

My guess is that the series will adopt a strongly character-driven approach, using King Munmu's personal journey as its emotional anchor. Rather than attempting to chronicle every major event of the era in equal detail, the story will likely follow his evolution from a prince struggling under the immense legacy of King Muyeol to the battle-hardened ruler who ultimately oversaw Silla's unification of the peninsula and became the legendary Dragon King. Focusing on Munmu's perspective would allow the drama to maintain a coherent emotional core while avoiding getting lost in the vast geography, competing kingdoms, and countless political players that defined the late Three Kingdoms period.

If executed well, the shorter episode count could end up being a strength rather than a limitation, delivering a tightly focused epic that feels more like a prestige historical drama than a traditional marathon sageuk. All this to say, I hope they do it justice.

KBS2’s upcoming 28-episode epic historical drama Great King Munmu is officially scheduled to premiere in November 2026.The blockbusting 30-billion-won series traces the history of Silla as it overcomes Goguryeo, Baekje, and the Tang Dynasty to achieve the unification of the Three Kingdoms.

This sounds very much like the American film Unknown with Liam Neeson, who, after a taxi accident plunges him into a coma, wakes up to find that another man has stolen his identity, and his wife claims she doesn't even recognize him. Intriguing.