I started reading the book and now I have to drop the series. This adaptation completely baffles me. I can see…
I believe it's best not to compare the original source and the drama/film. It's a different product and should be judged independently. For that reason I avoid reading the book before watched the drama or film - if I haven't read it already. I think the series is not any masterpiece but very well-done and gives me a lovely, soothing feeling. Maybe they should have given it a different title if it's so far away from the original as you say? However it has its own merits.
it's okay, I mean the 1-4 episode is a bit boring, but they make up for it in the next episode, it's excellent.
That's a problem for me, because I usually give a drama maximum 4 episodes' time to decide if continuing if dropping. After all, in a 16-ep drama, it's 25% and if it's a 12-ep drama, it's one third. One would expect them to get it right by then.
Ah, yes, I remember. Well for them dark is probably considered unusual/scary, so it's appropriate from the point of view of their culture. Although she, being born and raised on the island, should have seen many sailors and land labourers who would be tanned. So from that point of view it wasn't that realistic.
don't understand the need to constantly point out how tanned and "dark" the ML isit's greatly offensive…
Why is it offensive? He was much more tanned than the usual male leads, and it makes sense because works in the sun all day. His friend got tanned as well after a few days on the island.
now he is father for two boys ^^ and NO he didn't quit acting but he take a loooong vacation
It's been six years. Truly since he got married his dramas were all flops. Chef Moon made me want to slap the writer and director until they're black and blue. No great kissing either in his love scenes - probably because of the fact that he's married - which is a pity, given his past exploits in this field. I hope he finds a good script in the near future.
It’s interesting how Seo-ri calls Se-gye a “degenerate” in the official translation, while the original…
It must have been a headache for translators, to choose the right English word for something that obviously doesn't have an English equivalent. What would you suggest instead?
racist comments as usual trashing melanized skin .. it's also a trash romcom regardless of the racism
They must have been deleted because I have been reading since way back and haven't seen them. If there are any that I missed, they must have been just a couple. Not worth noting. By the way, saying anything about the actor's tanned skin cannot be called racism since it became that way because of his working in the fields under the sun, not that he's Black or anything. Moreover, his tan is quite light; Mediterranean people get even darker if they work outside or when they go on vacation. But their race doesn't change because of that.
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I think the series is not any masterpiece but very well-done and gives me a lovely, soothing feeling. Maybe they should have given it a different title if it's so far away from the original as you say? However it has its own merits.
Although she, being born and raised on the island, should have seen many sailors and land labourers who would be tanned. So from that point of view it wasn't that realistic.
No great kissing either in his love scenes - probably because of the fact that he's married - which is a pity, given his past exploits in this field.
I hope he finds a good script in the near future.
By the way, saying anything about the actor's tanned skin cannot be called racism since it became that way because of his working in the fields under the sun, not that he's Black or anything. Moreover, his tan is quite light; Mediterranean people get even darker if they work outside or when they go on vacation. But their race doesn't change because of that.