Tia

Exactly! Ridiculous, huh? 😂 I'm surprised that Kim Groomer still has a career, but also... disappointed.

Climax is so good, despite it's few flaws, this is the first new k-drama I've truly enjoyed in a while! And the fact that a woman is the director AND screenwriter??? LOVE TO SEE IT! 😍🔥 I respect her too, I know that can't be easy!

You, my friend, are standing on business. I love it. Also, a certain person here had the AUDACITY to falsely accuse me of disrespecting other people's cultures and not letting express themselves in a drama comment section, and now they're sitting here defending an actual groomer. How hilarious. How utterly amusing is that? 😂

Is this how it feels to fall in love with an actress? Because I'm not into sageuks, but I will let Ha Ji-Won take me anywhere in k-dramaland. Literally. I'm becoming enamored by her, she's beautiful, charismatic, and talented. And she seems so pleasant behind the scenes as well.

The oldest drama I've watched & finished to date is Autumn Tale. Very heartbreaking. I do plan to watch some 90s dramas too. I know about What Happened In Bali- So Ji-Sub is one of my all-time favorite actors. I also heard that it had one of the CRAZIEST endings ever in a k-drama. I wanna watch Damo, it seems action oriented?

So Ha Ji-Won's earned her place as a legend in Korean movies & dramas. I love that! I can't wait to explore more of her works!

We've already established that a good chunk of people on MDL are misogynistic bastards. Look at the responses to Baek Ki-Tae vs Baek Ah-Jin... or how people treat Jung Eun-Chae vs. Kim Soo-Hyun (a literal groomer btw...)

*Some* k-pop fans. Obviously BTS broke massive barriers (and I love them so much!), but there were several groups/artists who were active in the US before them. I remember when Wonder Girls had their own movie on Nickelodeon, 2NE1's I Am The Best being in some car commercial... etc. I did not know about the second part though! 🤔

Edit: Earliest example that I know (no pun intended, lol) is Seo Taiji and Boys's "I Know" being featured in "3 Ninjas". I have not watched this movie, but the song was there.

She's more like a victim-turned-villain, which makes a little more sense. Also episodes 4-6 absolutely established Sang-Ah as a manipulative woman. Especially episode 6. The pacing is weird though, but by this point, I think things should be a bit... clearer? In terms of the plot. At first it was so hard for me to follow.

In the scenes with Jae-Sang and Jung-Won, Sang-Ah was definitely manipulating them lol

Me too! Yang-Mi does feel like a side character. Like, she matters in the main plot, but also, her scenes feel totally different in terms of tone... a bit extreme. Maybe it's meant to be, idk. It just feels too out of place to me.

I do like Jung-Won, at first I was neutral because most of her scenes were her just staring (and it felt a little awkward lol), but once I saw her past, I ended up feeling so bad for her! 😭 Things might end tragically for her, I don't want it to, though...

I think Sang-Ah might be bi? They never specified her sexuality. Ha Ji-Won is a chem magnet so she's got chemistry with everyone... but as we know, Sang-Ah and Tae-Seop are using each other. No happiness & romance to be found here, folks. 😂

Good theory! It's totally possible that Tae-Seop killed Jae-Sang... he's a very grey character, so it wouldn't surprise me too much. I can't see how his story with Sang-Ah will end, though. As for Jung-Won's death, very high possibility.

Dealing with reality? Huh??? I'm aware that appearance matters in casting, clearly he wouldn't have been casted if he wasn't attractive, appealing, and/or talented somehow. I don't need you to mansplain it to me lol But beauty is subjective. This is you projecting your opinion of him, not a fact.

Again, he was a lead in Return (2018, he was a VERY prominent character throughout), Penthouse (2020/21, more like an SML), Shooting Stars (don't remember, he WAS the ML though), and Escape of the Seven (2023-24, a main villain.) In EOTS he wasn't THE lead, but in Shooting Stars, he WAS. Literally. You can find it online. Your denial does not make it any less true. 💀 This is his first leading role in a DAILY DRAMA.

That's crazy, because I didn't even see a sex scene when I watched it. Even then, it's a movie that's for ADULTS. Of course some sexual content was bound to be in there. 💀

Okay, so I just watched this movie for the first time since it came out. I know it's pretty famous. I don't... know what to make of it? It wasn't bad, it was great, but the last 15 to 20 minutes were ABSOLUTELY INSANE. What a wild ride, man. I'm still trying to process everything that happened, because things went to shit, very, very, VERY quickly. I did not predict ANY of that happening at any point during the movie. Wow.

Everything about it was amazing, though. The actors, directing, cinematography, performance, BGM- all incredible. The writing was good, too. But even right now, my head is spinning! I'll give this an easy 10/10...

Ah. I'm not sure what they mean either. 😂

There's lots of non-Korean media on here. Even Filipino dramas.

In a medical sense or a metaphorical one? Lol

The 2nd ML in A Place In The Sun? Yeah, based on what I heard, he's very sympathetic...

Actually, k-dramas were popular internationally before k-pop. The Hallyu Wave began in the early 2000s (late 90s, for some regions), k-pop didn't go fully international (for various reasons) till the late 2000s/early 2010s.

Okay, I understand. I hope I wasn't being inappropriate. I'm a curious person.

I'll try to get through the first few episodes. And it looks like you DID comment on it, comparing it to Succession (another iconic TV show!)

I definitely will!

Was it good? I'm having trouble starting it... it seems so slow-paced to me. But I'm not used to watching business dramas either. The performances are great, though.