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It was great. Really, almost like a full live theatre show.

Me too, I think 20 mins is enough to see where it's going and am going to drop it.

I liked the earlier seasons for their realism but full blown makjang also taints the first 2 seasons. It was a wise desicion for the three actors who dropped off. They saw this would take a turn for the worst.

Well said. It's all I feared judging from the first half of the first episode. I liked the earlier seasons for their realism but full blown makjang also taints the first 2 seasons. It was a wise desicion for the three actors who dropped off. They saw this would take a turn for the worst.

I don't think they swapped her out, I think she chose to stay out since it was clear her role could only go from ridiculous to worse. I love her stylishness and coolness, I hope she gets some serious bad ass heroic support roles.I think she didn't want to sink in deeper into the mud bath that seems to be Season 3.

Definitely worth watching. KBS short dramas are my fave things to watch when longer dramas start to get boring. This one's almost like a film. Don't be fooled by the title, this has nothing to do with NK. The title is the name of the driver renting firm where the ML works. 8.0

So sweet. Little gem indeed. Highly recommended. Jung Hyun very good and the female lead just lovely. 9.0

I like this a lot. She's been great in every role I've seen her in. An intelligent actress that can't be praised too much. She's also had great chemistry with all the male leads she played with and that's quite rare in dramaland.

Good list, bc healthy relationships are surprisingly hard to find. In Descendants of the Sun, it was disturbing how the FL was constantly weighing her future career prospects against love, imo. In Oh My Venus, ML was pretty fatphobic all in all, or the drama overall was ambivalent in that respect (body positivity vs. fatphobia).

haha, ain't that true. Can't be sister, must be stepsister. And the "sister" is such a person that she would be making a big deal out of them not being real sisters.

Moral problems to think about, for me the biggest issue is the son sent away from home. Seems like a very cruel thing to do.

I'm not going to say this drama is slow and boring because I will be attacked. Fervently. But still. Been trying to finish this for some 6 months because I honestly wanted to give it a chance. Honestly, really, truly, tried to like it. I liked Kwon Nara most, she brings some interesting change to the walking in the night streets, waiting for the subway, sitting and drinking and not talking, being suffocated at work. There are good moments like when Dong Hoon visits his colleague (temporarily monk) at his monastery. I do understand all the characters and their decisions, affairs/love life and not getting divorced bc of the son, and so on. It's life as is. But overall the slowness and emptiness doesn't strike me as cinematic or artistically driven. Pls don't attack people with different opinions. It's just that your culture and background and religion and viewing experiences may well be different from mine. Therefore differences in opinions and tastes are to be respected.

This is just fluff to pass the time. Okayish in the beginning - Ahn Jae Hyun has some body language! But after 10th episode it's just flashbacks after flashbacks, looping and repetitive. Fast forwarded most of the last 6 episodes. Park So Dam is a very good and a lovely natural actress. Hope she gets more serious roles. I didn't get the rest of the casting, especially Jung Il Woo. Kinda not ML material imo. Second lead couple story is cringey as. Second FL just very annoying and emptyheaded. The secretary was interesting in the beginning, but all comedic possibilities there went missing after 6 episodes. In the beginning, 8.0, ended with 7.5.

Great article!

Dreams do come true! https://www.soompi.com/article/1513987wpp/arthdal-chronicles-production-company-announces-2nd-season-will-start-filming-this-year

Dreams do come true: Arthdal Chronicles second season will start filming!!!! I just hope Song Joong Ki who was pure fire as Saya/Eunseom is still on board! https://www.soompi.com/article/1513987wpp/arthdal-chronicles-production-company-announces-2nd-season-will-start-filming-this-year

K-drama and J-drama are so different. Can't watch ther latter. Let's say "asian drama" is a non-concept like "rock music". You do understand the point being huge genre differences. One would hope. Like for me, Stranger 2 was boring as hell, but it's good to add "for me". People do have different opinions. Alice in Borderland is too awful for words - for me.

I agree. I think every episode of Vagabond is better than any James Bond film hahaha. But really, it's so good in terms of action and fun, not a single boring moment. Also politically more weighty than any western action series.

Hot Stove League would be an excellent idea!

Park Hae Jin came back to Kim Go Eun but it was just 2 minutes in the end (after he'd seen sent MOA for several episodes). But it was an ending, imo.