if someone who hasn't seen this drama looked at the comment section and saw all that flak 2nd lead are getting, s/he would have a strange image. They're having so little screentime and iportance compared to the main two. They share a past and there's still a strong connection between them. All four are interacting through all directions of the square and there's more to it than just love lines and jealousy. Y'all are projecting an image of old school clingy 2nd leads on something that's not like that at all and barely takes any time in the actual drama.
Is the romance between Lee Yun Hee and Cha Seung Won? Or is someone else the love interest?
Their characters are related by blood, I don't remember how exactly - cousins? So no romance here. He's practically an older brother to her. He overtakes the throne, she's the daughter of the former king (his older brother?), there's lot of bad blood and misunderstandings between them. If you're familiar with Queen for Seven Days, their relationship is similar to the two brothers there. Gwanghae has a wife and kids, but they don't even have much of a screentime. He has something going on with Kim Yeo Jin's character, but I'm not sure whether you'd call it romantic. Jeong Myung is in a love triangle with Seo Kang Joon's and Kang In Woo's characters (there's also Gong Myung hanging around, but that's even more one-sided than the 2nd lead). I don't know what happens in the last 20 eps though.
ok, but how is nobody talking about baby crabs-pocalypse? They were hilarious, especially when Chief Robotmaker and Ji Ah's brother were trying to have a serious talk. Kim Min Kyu is such a brat.
In the drama Black, there's a huge catastrophe where the a shopping centre collapse, too. They say it was in Moojin,…
Yes, they're changing the specifics. Did you notice the similarity between the photo on wiki and collapsed building here? I think it's deliberate. I wonder why does it come in at least two dramas now.
I don't know, I still don't feel Eui Hyun's character. This whole stoic and brief moments of sweetness do nothing…
Dong Ha is a show stealer and his character is simply showier, but he's chanceless even for the 2nd leads standards. After a decade he's in friendzone at best. He keeps calling Jung Joo his woman, but she doesn't even bother denying. I can't speak for others (if there are others invested in the triangle…), but EH's selling point aren't those moments of sweetness at all (does casual stalkery count here? yikes), but moments of torment and his position in the triangle. The heavy point lies between Do Han Joon and him, not between the girl (and it's additionally heighten by the parallel of parents triangle). He relates to his father's story. He's tensed and superaware of her all the time, physically orbiting closer to her without thinking, jumping on every mention of Han Joon and proud when someone praises her. He puts a front that crackles, and it bacame entertaining to watch it. For me at least. He's the only one of current Wed-Thur batch of male leads that doesn't make me feel like he'd be obnoxious in real life, especially minus their looks and riches.
... but why are so many people still afraid of Han Joon turning a psychopath? I think it was clear week or two ago that his ambiguity was only a bait to draw the audience to a beaten to death theme. Speaking of which, I honestly don't know how they want to fill all those episodes remaining. We're barely at the midpoint.
So is this or isn't this a rom-com? I feel (based on the reviews) like people expect it to be but it hasn't manifested…
it's a love triangle with a dramatic backstory connecting everyone and some hint of humour in form of crazy female judge hijinks, coworkers snarks, situational gags of contrasting personalities etc (whether it'll work for you or not is another story). More drama than comedy and the romance is subdued. So far it mostly relied on the ambiguity of Dong Ha's character, but I like male lead's personality, too. I wish I had something nice to say about female lead, but so far they only capitalized on her craziness from AOY in first two eps and later are using her as a screen to project the backstory and romantic interests. She is, not does type of female lead. So not so much leading on her part.
Why are people so picky?! The story is not bad at all at least till episode two that is out. I prefer a good story…
It was probably rhetorical, but why wouldn't people be picky? Not everyone has time to watch every single thing and put a smiley face sticker on it just because showrunners tried hard. You have to prioritize somehow and with recent leap in production values in dramaland it's perfectly valid to take the visuals into account (and, on the other hand, not force yourself to watch something only because it looks nicer than other dramas but the storytelling is so-so - that's Tribes for me). I'll never understand why so many people still take dramas as only story plus characters, ignoring their medium.
That revolving door scene was cool. Their chemistry is better with every episode. I hope Yoon Yi will set her loyalties straight as soon as possible, but it looks we need to embrace ourselves for a heartbreak from a broken trust. Remind me, why does she even listen to Jo Sang Moo? He might have something to do with getting her this assignment, but has no power over her now.
I was one of the people that noticed the cheapness and wasn't sure if I could continue it. I'm thinking of giving…
How far are you? I'm finding ep 2 weaker than the first one and I'm not so sure whether to continue either (especially when it was marked as 20 episodes long, but it's not a case anymore). While the first one perhaps wasn't that stunning in terms of production values (save from foreign locations that work on their own), what they chose to do was successful enough in creating fantasy mood, despite crude means. The intention of that milky overlay in ep 2 is clear, too and helps to mark the place in question as otherwordly, even if the means are lazy comparing to other dramas these days. So as much as I'd rather watch something that's both stunning and generally well put together, cheapness alone isn't disqualifying for me. That was my point. Here I'm more concerned with writing and a bit put off with one annoying side character that seems to be getting more screentime in ep 3 (that hellish aunt). I feel like nothing happened in ep 2, we're going headlong toward more of the same instead of exploring fantasy aspect, and the male lead creeps me out. Also, someone from the music team remembered to add some generic OSTs that were lying around because nobody wanted them elsewhere, which is a disappointment since ep 1 only had instrumentals. But it still has some intriguing points, so who knows how it will turn.
Gwanghae has a wife and kids, but they don't even have much of a screentime. He has something going on with Kim Yeo Jin's character, but I'm not sure whether you'd call it romantic.
Jeong Myung is in a love triangle with Seo Kang Joon's and Kang In Woo's characters (there's also Gong Myung hanging around, but that's even more one-sided than the 2nd lead).
I don't know what happens in the last 20 eps though.
/ I threw an Immortality, too.
I can't speak for others (if there are others invested in the triangle…), but EH's selling point aren't those moments of sweetness at all (does casual stalkery count here? yikes), but moments of torment and his position in the triangle. The heavy point lies between Do Han Joon and him, not between the girl (and it's additionally heighten by the parallel of parents triangle). He relates to his father's story. He's tensed and superaware of her all the time, physically orbiting closer to her without thinking, jumping on every mention of Han Joon and proud when someone praises her. He puts a front that crackles, and it bacame entertaining to watch it. For me at least.
He's the only one of current Wed-Thur batch of male leads that doesn't make me feel like he'd be obnoxious in real life, especially minus their looks and riches.
... but why are so many people still afraid of Han Joon turning a psychopath? I think it was clear week or two ago that his ambiguity was only a bait to draw the audience to a beaten to death theme.
Speaking of which, I honestly don't know how they want to fill all those episodes remaining. We're barely at the midpoint.