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It's basically a light and fluffy rom-com with a lot of sex. I really like the second leads and I'm interested in seeing what happens with the third leads but so far feeling lukewarm about the leads. Go Ara is okay but the writing for her role is a little stale and the ML doesn't appeal to me. But I still really enjoyed the first episode. It was cheeky and funny.

You posted this on the wrong page 😭

I wish people would admit when their faves make bad dramas. I love Jang Hyuk but he's made some serious stinkers. It doesn't make him a bad actor, he just doesn't always pick the best projects.

I agree with almost everything you said except that GHJ's makeup is correct for a woman who's a space commander. She's not the type of woman who's worrying about matching her BB cream to her skin tone.

I see women insulting her for being "old" and "ugly" and I'm like child, what do you think is coming in your future? The internalized misogyny makes me ill.

It reminds me that I blocked some followers on social media because they were Trump voters and ugh man, a lot of conservative Xtians are kdrama lovers because they think the content is sexless.

People don't hate the drama because of LMH. He's doing fine, it's the writing that's garbage

"Western sex scenes" in a story based on real Joseon era erotic paintings 🙃

But it lost money because it was expensive to produce and didn't do well internationally. This is why the industry is struggling right now.

Just to be clear I did not call you a liar, I just linked to a Dramabeans post on weekly readings.

He was a great bastard in that

omg he was in Swing Kids??? off to find it

Dramabeans reported different rankings: https://dramabeans.com/2025/02/drama-viewership-ratings-for-the-week-of-february-3-9-2025/

Saturday, February 8
Check In Hanyang 15 Channel A 2.6%
For Eagle Brothers 3 KBS 16.4%
Motel California 10 MBC 3.5%
Love Scout 11 SBS 11.7%
When the Stars Gossip 11 tvN 1.9%

Sunday, February 9
Check In Hanyang 16 Channel A 4.2%
For Eagle Brothers 4 KBS 18.8%
When the Stars Gossip 12 tvN 2.1%

This show is so misogynistic I feel like it's pretty much guaranteed they're going to end up together, especially after that speech that Kang Su gave about how not many men can live by Go Eun's side and he'll back off if she finds a man who deserves her. Let's see if I'm right

Loved him in Mr. Plankton! IMO he absolutely stole the show from Woo Do Hwan

That's a lot higher than I expected

I haven't, is he good in it?

Seeing Oh Jung Se in WTSG got me wanting to see more of him so I watched a film called How to Use Guys With Secret Tips and it was so funny! It had me laughing out loud a lot. I had to watch on Dailymotion since I don't think there's a legal source in the US (apparently it's on Netflix Korea but I have never been able to get a VPN to work for me on Netflix): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x77vmgt

Episode 11:
1.898% nationwide
1.786% in Seoul (lowest rating yet 😬)

Episode 12:
2.073% nationwide
2.039% in Seoul

Yikes is right. This is a debacle they'll be writing about for years. It's a trainwreck I can't take my eyes off of

The ratings are more interesting than the drama itself because it's going to bring big changes to the drama industry as a whole. Studio Dragon's stock dropped because of WTSG flopping. This blog post covers the scope of the damage (its source is an article in Korean):

Blog post: https://koalasplayground.com/2025/01/31/the-massive-scope-of-the-failure-of-when-the-stars-gossip-leads-the-overall-trend-of-money-losses-and-struggles-in-the-drama-industry-with-tvn-and-cj-em-taking-big-hits/

Korean article: https://m.news.nate.com/view/20250128n03135?mid=e02&list=recent&cpcd=