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Another ML who has wasted 10 years of his life....and after having been rejected comes back demanding "love me now or loose me". I had to stop watching right there. I understand how FL wants to forget everything about her hometown. They should just move on, but this obviously isn't the drama that breaks free from silly tropes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Wongyeong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeongjong_of_Joseon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Joseon

Not bad. Similar to Team Bulldog and Flex X Cop, but not as funny. The pacing was like watching at 1.25 speed in the first episode, but that got less hysterical in ep 2. The first case was so dark, I felt it needed a lenghtier treatment. Could have been an entire drama if this had been the noir crime genre which I personally prefer. Let's hope the humour and crime cases reach a better balance as this proceeds. Cast is great.

There will always be different opinions that's why you just need to leave your own comment instead of arguing against other people's interpretations. People coming to this page later need to see all different views to decide whether they want to watch this.

I already fixed that (from guest role to support role). We can always make these corrections if we give a source.

It probably was Her Private Life. Me too, I was extremely disappointed at the last episodes. A good adult romance and they had to throw that in.

It's not very good so far, personally I don't like the childhood friends to lovers trope.

That's exactly how it was. They even said my critical comment was spreading "misinformation" about the drama. That just topped all insanity I've seen here. Almost decided that whenever such fandom emerges, it's best just to drop the drama.

That's how I interpreted it. It's called The Noble Sacrifice trope. The Sacrifice always ends up actually being a CRUEL DESERTION in the experience of the one who is left. Pls take care to write your comments in your own line. I don't want to have arguments.

Write your own intepretation in your own line instead of insulting me.

Very true. we've seen this aggressive fighting for a drama already with Love Next Door. The LND nation did nothing good for the drama, in fact they made the iffy feeling stronger. Something similar is happening here. I just block all the rudies. Then all I see are comments about the drama and not insults directed at other users.

I've been thinking that without watching Six Flying Dragons prior to this, many of the names mentioned (like Sam Bong) and references to prior events (like private armies) must be confusing. But it's not necessary to have watched King of Tears (I plan to watch it after this). When I watched My Country The New Age I hadn't checked out the historical background from Wikipedia. If I had, I'd been able to enjoy it more. I think it's the same thing here, it greatly helps to check out Wikipedia first.

I've been thinking that without watching Six Flying Dragons prior to this, many of the names mentioned (like Sam Bong) and references to prior events (like private armies) must be confusing. But it's not necessary to have watched King of Tears (I plan to watch it after this). When I watched My Country The New Age I hadn't checked out the historical background from Wikipedia. If I had, I'd been able to enjoy it more. I think it's the same thing here, it greatly helps to check out Wikipedia first.

This drama is riveting, not a boring moment. High quality historical drama. Faithful to historical facts. I'm blown away by how well written and acted this is. Lee Sung Min as King Taejo is masterclass level acting once again. This is 9/10 to me.

Queen Woo lacks in story and characters, and is from minds enjoying living in the bottom of a garbage bin. This is a major masterpiece compared to it.

we ain't all from Austin Texas. Pls respect the fact. Ever heard of cultural and religious differences? Life must be very easy to you assuming your culture and lifestyle and experiences are all that matter in this world. Whatever points you think you are awarded by being rude, is just plain delusion.

10-20 mins is usually enough time to see the ingredients and level of a drama. Here I was like " it can't really be this bad can it" mode. I admit I always come back to read comments on the dramas that I've dropped. Just to see people say they shouldn't have wasted 12-16 hours of watching time on it. Bad dramas almost never miraculously get better as they proceed.

An adventure drama that is intense and gripping to the max. The location and setting in the rain forest is magnificent and means a lot for the watching experience. We are practically there, in the jungle and at the deserted gold mine at the riverside, far away from roads and human habitation.

The plot focuses on how the prospect of finding the big gold nugget drives people to extremes. It gets in their head, and never lets them go. This depicts the gold rush madness in a realistic manner (see note). It depicts older and younger dreamers in the middle of jungle working at panning gold without machines. The work requires organization and rules and agreements, but we are shown how in the circumstances all ties and agreements dissolve as soon as they're made. In the end it's every man for himself. Gold madness makes stealing and killing seem like nothing.

All of the characters are various grades of selfish, dishonest and cruel. Or become that way, in the field. The main characters are 3 youngsters, who come as newbies to the panning site, and form a friendship. Their bosses and site managers get as much screentime, however, this is an ensemble drama.

This is a very fast paced drama, and I felt this could have been twice as long. There are relatively few quiet moments. Those would have given us some more room to get to know the 3 friends and their backgrounds better. The ending of the drama is good, and exactly as it should be. The most experienced panners decide to blow up the mine, because they have seen enough of the madness. Based on earlier experiences, they know very well what would happen next with the discovery of the main big gold vein.

What I didn't like: the editing is somewhat choppy, and the shifts between scenes often feel quite abrupt. That's why I'm only giving this 8.5. although it could have easily been 10, with better editing and less rushing.

Note: Once, I was on a hiking in a trail in a gold panning area. The panners were very welcoming and asked us to visit their encampments. One panner had just that day lost all of the gold he had managed to dig up that summer. Someone had come when he was away digging and stolen it all. He was devastated but tried to be cool about it. Another panner had just opened a new area and he found a relatively decent sized nugget the very day we were visiting. He insisted on giving it to me as a gift. Because, he said, he didn't want to crazy over the gold. And wanted to remind himself that whole point was to enjoy being there in the wild and in the nature. This is why I can honestly say Gold Panning is a magnificent and realistic drama about gold fever.

if you have a problem with me writing my comments on a COMMENTING AND CRITICISM SITE, just block me. This is a chance to learn that we all have an opinion and the right to say it. People here come from different cultures, have watched different amounts of dramas, are different ages, have different expectations, experiences and feelings. It's a chance to learn exactly that. Rudeness and insults directed at "haters" (how can you "hate" something that you basically just want to be better) and "negativity" are not okay. Never have been, never will be. This is not a fansite. There's Instagram and other sites for fan behavior. If you didn't actually put money in this drama, why do you have go on full war mode to defend it.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to burn 30 billion on this script....

I skipped 50 % of ep 4. I felt very uncomfortable when Gong Ryong invaded Eve's private sleeping space when she was already settled in bed. He practically came pretty aggressively at her face demanding a permission to like her. That was advancing too soon, as they haven't even gotten to know each other. Yes, humans are just like fruit flies, and if that's the message, got it. I feel bad for Gong Hyo Jin. Howcome in every drama she stars in she's supposed to be a strong woman but somehow ends up being a doormat. As for the rest, I don't get the feeling we'll get any closer to the crew and characters. A character focus could have saved some of this investment.