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That's what I call a good review. Thanks -- altho I think this is the best JJH can do in the kdrama context where romantic emotion and comedic timing are most important. He is absolutely the melancholy cool action hero.

Yay, here's hoping it is a good show. Topic is interesting. I havent liked the kmovies Ive seen lately so who knows what this will be like -- movies are way more about directors and cinematographers. Will they trash SJK or exalt him?

Yeah. I was in, the second that Dylan's character in the show fought back about his accent/dialect being dissed at the company dinner. I love his true voice, a little hoarse, definitely opinionated and not afraid to speak up. His comic timing is excellent. That's the Dylan who even if he wasnt voicing the Demon Lord, cracked me up in the opening body swap of LBFD. Remember his initial communication, or lack of it, with Orchid? His go-to response? "Boh! Whatever!"

Oh I do -- like tale9, and fantasy. Top ten is always very personal, isnt it? My criterion is if I cant get it out of my head (in a good way), and tale 9 doesnt do that for me. It often comes down to cinematography, probably unconsciously.

I watched it all the way and hated it too, back when it first came out. You go girl. At the time I had just started kdrama romance so I was learning the drama-trope vocab, but even so it was truly icky.

I am so jealous of y'all... in the US this isnt released yet. Wah.

As of 12/24 this show is in my top ten best ever kdramas (slanted to fantasy but omitting any sageuk) list: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton . Anybody else?

As of 12/24 this show is in my top ten best ever kdramas (slanted to fantasy but omitting any sageuk) list as of 12/24: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton . Anybody else?

As of 12/24 this show is in my top ten best ever kdramas (slanted to fantasy but omitting any sageuk) list: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton . Anybody else?

As of 12/24 this show is in my top ten best ever kdramas (slanted to fantasy but omitting any sageuk) list: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton . Anybody else?

As of 12/24 this show is in my top ten best ever kdramas (slanted to fantasy but omitting any sageuk) list: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton . Anybody else?

As of 12/24 this show is in my top ten best ever kdramas (slanted to fantasy but omitting any sageuk) list: Goblin, Hwayugi, Because This Is My First Life, Just between Lovers; the K2, Run On, Doom at Your Service; Tomorrow, Alchemy of Souls (earliest to latest) and Mr. Plankton . Anybody else?

Hi Saikashi, I feel the same as a buddhist, that suicide is never forgiveable and that punishment is and should be inevitable. But that is why I liked this show -- I think that principle still held and the development of compassion is needed to prevent suicide before it happens. I do love the comedy part of the depictions that bothered you though. I am sorry that it seemed disrespectful to you of a proper moral balance. Just felt like writing. Take care.

All my sympathy and hope for Korea in this dangerous moment. Rock on, Bong Joon Ho and the whole Korean film and tv industry for such a courageous and clear statement!

I support this -- the problem is that the frozen screen has not so far been important enough in the plot to excuse its use. The newscaster is obviously an idiot, but when I saw this i suspected her of much worse bec its such an evil act to mock a mute woman. And no one on set apologized to Heejo, at all. This is not nit-picking, its clueless show-writing. So clumsy it is misleading in the show as well. The obvious suspicion would be the original kidnappers who are able to mess with electronic transmissions....but not a peep.

Not sure but I have heard they film in huge cavernous unheated sets in China. Also in Kdrama you see weird puffs of steam coming out of actors mouths even indoors or in the spring...the actors reallly really need unions or sim. See recent news abt NewJeans..

US tv series about West during 19thC Chinese Exclusion Act, gangs in SanFran and more, martial arts, and w/connections to Qing China and flashbacks to the same -- first generation immigrants' It was good.

Yeah I feel such anxiety abt their fate and mixed feelings, too. But I like the realistic taiwanese cinema leaning -- in BL some shows are fun, others are sad, some are weirdly messaged, mmm.. but Liu and Tan are so deliriously happy. Waiting here for the end. What do you think abt this though -- Gu Li is vulnerable bec in his world powerful people get away with crimes, but Xiao may be protected by his actual lower status and by Gu Li's love and bec he is a genius...

hope that films about the plight of immigrants in the US will be made in countries of production other than the US. The US industry does produce those sorts of films on a regular basis, but I get that it is still the behemoth controlling the narrative on its own sins, as opposed to others voicing that narrative from a a point of view that holds the potential to be more interesting.. Warrior was cool though.

anolf -- I think #3 is the best characterization of the POV of the novel and script and You get the mr/ms cool prize for that one. I love underlying themes like #1. #2 however is a bit weird bec the historical and cultural context determines a lot of stuff like that for men because their personal existence exists in the public light. I personally believe or choose to believe that our natural humanity is more similiar than different amongst individuals. Interesting comments too above on the show, I am am not done so politely holding back on spoilers is nice. Just the sideways comment here from me.