Think the show was fantastic. Found out that the Korean title was Mi Ji's/Yet unwritten (play on Mi Ji's name) Seoul and it made sense for me of some of the plot.
I thought Our Unwritten Seoul as a title was pretty good as it fronted the poet and her dyslexic love, and alluded to in English, writing yr own story etc. But it flattened out Miji's and Hosu' centrality.
I liked Bo-Young'd strength as Mirae but unless you can focus on MiJi's struggle with the idea of Seoul, the ending for Mirae and Sejin seems truncated. Why else were the stories of the poet's love and the mom's for her husband brought up near the end? Sweeteners to set the mood, I thunk.
Lots of pairs but empathy was Miji's theme alone. I liked Mirae and Sejin too and agree that they could carry a spinoff.
This is growing on me. The FL hopefully has stopped Emma-ing around (enough with the Jane Austen tropes!). Taecyeon is starting to seem more attractive (cute? hot?) -- he tries it on for a second night but isnt bothersome abt her refusal. It's overall pretty to watch, relatively funny and gives me something to see midweek-ish.
ep10 -- perfect kdrama moment. the episode finishes, you realize not only have you been crying nonstop but the plot has slapped you upside the head, taken your breath away and now you are seeing stars. And poetry.
So the chairwomen was obsessed with getting 3 stars, but took it her stride to completely annoy the editor in…
she won momentarily but lost that war -- Michelin will never award her anything again if that French Dad-in-law has anything to do with it. she was going for max temporary publicity in order to support the other product lines of the company, i think. She lost her chef from Motto too and her youngest son but she is a truly practical businesswoman, isnt she? Family dinners are going to be very interesting if her new daughter-in-law even agrees to show up for them!
I honestly think that your honesty is spot on! I started these watches bec I wanted to escape RL too. But also…
I have loved them so much, too. But everything changes, in the end. Are you watching unwritten seoul? So clever -- 12 eps at 1hr 20mins equals exactly the std 16 hr old series!!!
romantic kdramas just dont have that vibe n plotlines anymoreeveything looks just so real life n averagewhich…
I honestly think that your honesty is spot on! I started these watches bec I wanted to escape RL too. But also out of curiousity about how the formula worked. Kdrama is now moving out of its patterned groove into something with more realistic touches. The formulas are changing.
The absolute magic of kdrama had something to do with those formulas. ( As well as the amazing supporting characters and the amazing music) Will it be the same? The internationalization of the audience and the money will bring inevitable changes -- its art after all and the patrons matter.
Right now no one in the english reviewing world is not happy with anything. They complain if it isnt classic formula, if it is classic formuka, if there are no kisses...Much of the english-speaking audience is a drop in the bucket sizewise, except for reviewers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who write in English.
The spanish-speaking audience (a humongous one) is ok with some of the changes. Likewise the utterly huge southeast and east asian audiences are ok with more realism and some changes to plot patterns altho still not happy with too much skin.
Such a contrast -- her sleek. crazy elegance in undercover highschool and her quiet competence in TY. Did anybody notice? SHE won the cook-off! Trained by Yeon-Joo of course.
While writing a review I was tjhinking about Park Dhan Hee (director). In Weak Hero and Weak Hero two he demonstrated incredible restraint and a sort of combination of std and non=standard tropes. I realized that over and over again in TY he /the writer sets up basic kdramaexpec tations and then pulls the rug out from under them. Looking at it htis way its a very cool show.
The biggest rug-puller being that Minsi does not win the three stars in the cookoff, her team does. Oddly realistic since 'en batterie' kitchens work under the chef's supervision but the cooks just under him/her actually cook. Min Si is classically trained!
Wow. That was a strong-willed director to keep KJH in line. A great artist, he is a scene-stealer from the getgo. The teamup and balance between the three mains was sweet -- the love story kept its prickly tenderness, and the palace story was also fully developed. Something for everyone. Massive love for KJH.
This was a really great show and will be on a list of hidden gems eternally because of a few bad initial reviews. It was self-indulgent for people to get so worked up and anxious over a romance before it got worked out. Many reviewers seem to have watched themselves performing rather than the show.
This show stayed in NETFLIX's top ten list worldwide for the entire length of its run. . There is really no excuse for trying to make light of that fact. Who do yall think was watching that show? Well, yeah, a huge swath of NF's worldwide viewership.
Was it AI? Paid down-raters? a feeding frenzy? Once all the thousands and thousands of people who loved this have weighed in, is anybody going to kneel in the hall with their laptops held above their heads? For shame.
If you havent watched this show go watch it now. You will enjoy it. If you have watched it and enjoyed please lend your voices and improve the atmosphere.
ep.15 the FL is definitely a brat. Unable to control her own feelings she still strikes back at the ML when he unexpectedly appears. There is a fine line between being full of spirit(='passionate') and being so wilful. She expresses her hurt at being deceived as anger automatically .
Ep.7 She said to her sensei (chef tatsuo) that she hasnt yet discovered how she wants to cook, but that she feels she is near to it. So that she may not be destroyed by losing her recipe book because she is on the verge of a whole new set.
Ep8 And the recipe book for how she has been cooking is back physically in her hands as solid evidence for a lawsuit. The main problem is that beom-woo is exposed as an ex-jerk. My feeling is that his brother looks repentant and will straighten out some of the narrative for YeonJoo.
I have watched romance dramas without the leads even touching each other once but u can feel the tension and chemistry.…
The FL character wants and is getting a no-frills limited friends with benefits. For LHC this may have looked like a racy compromise with her needs as an actress and the genre.
Given that the ML loves her with all his heart, this is a pretty painful watch, but not unfamiliar if a person has been out and about in the modern world?
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I thought Our Unwritten Seoul as a title was pretty good as it fronted the poet and her dyslexic love, and alluded to in English, writing yr own story etc. But it flattened out Miji's and Hosu' centrality.
I liked Bo-Young'd strength as Mirae but unless you can focus on MiJi's struggle with the idea of Seoul, the ending for Mirae and Sejin seems truncated. Why else were the stories of the poet's love and the mom's for her husband brought up near the end? Sweeteners to set the mood, I thunk.
Lots of pairs but empathy was Miji's theme alone. I liked Mirae and Sejin too and agree that they could carry a spinoff.
The absolute magic of kdrama had something to do with those formulas. ( As well as the amazing supporting characters and the amazing music) Will it be the same? The internationalization of the audience and the money will bring inevitable changes -- its art after all and the patrons matter.
Right now no one in the english reviewing world is not happy with anything. They complain if it isnt classic formula, if it is classic formuka, if there are no kisses...Much of the english-speaking audience is a drop in the bucket sizewise, except for reviewers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who write in English.
The spanish-speaking audience (a humongous one) is ok with some of the changes. Likewise the utterly huge southeast and east asian audiences are ok with more realism and some changes to plot patterns altho still not happy with too much skin.
I realized that over and over again in TY he /the writer sets up basic kdramaexpec tations and then pulls the rug out from under them. Looking at it htis way its a very cool show.
The biggest rug-puller being that Minsi does not win the three stars in the cookoff, her team does. Oddly realistic since 'en batterie' kitchens work under the chef's supervision but the cooks just under him/her actually cook. Min Si is classically trained!
This show stayed in NETFLIX's top ten list worldwide for the entire length of its run. . There is really no excuse for trying to make light of that fact. Who do yall think was watching that show? Well, yeah, a huge swath of NF's worldwide viewership.
Was it AI? Paid down-raters? a feeding frenzy? Once all the thousands and thousands of people who loved this have weighed in, is anybody going to kneel in the hall with their laptops held above their heads? For shame.
If you havent watched this show go watch it now. You will enjoy it.
If you have watched it and enjoyed please lend your voices and improve the atmosphere.
Ep8 And the recipe book for how she has been cooking is back physically in her hands as solid evidence for a lawsuit. The main problem is that beom-woo is exposed as an ex-jerk. My feeling is that his brother looks repentant and will straighten out some of the narrative for YeonJoo.
Given that the ML loves her with all his heart, this is a pretty painful watch, but not unfamiliar if a person has been out and about in the modern world?
EXpect that in the future she changes her tune.