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well said.

Yes, they did save the WoL from clutches of defeat by their sheer determination. Lee Junho more than Jang Hyuk, bc Jang Hyuk was mostly just chilling with dark glasses on lol (that thing never got explained). But even Jang Hyuk was fully onboard towards the end. KTL was PPL to the max.

These people who go on full war mode and attack people who "spread negativity". Using the label "hater" is a pure red flag and I block most who take that route. They form "nations" around the drama (the LND nation was the absolute worst) and post links from photoshoots and actors' Instagram posts and TikTok clips. They are ruining this site & their rudeness is exhausting.

Completely agree, it's not realistic. I think people find the best likeminded friends and partners when they're at uni or after high school. The Met as Kids trope is so twisted, la-la-land stuff. Why feed on the illusion that there is only one person that one is destined to be with. The trope might be okay for those who have watched only a few k-dramas, but when they've watched 100 k-dramas repeating the same pattern, it just gets too much. The side effect of the trope is that they always end up showing adult people as if they somehow never grew up. Met as Kids trope leads to the Adult Kids trope and we know the level of dialogue and character behavior coming from there. Doctor Slump is perhaps the worst bc I skipped all the school scenes and later most of the whole drama. Romance writers really must stop circulating the same plotline. But if they mainly target 14-18 year olds they can be sure of the success I guess.

yes, definitely will

Don't know why they thought it would be a good idea to have those scenes bc my hunch is that people who watch on Viki without those like it better.

It's on Viki. No nudity and it's not "cut" actually, or if it is, that's just seconds. Don't know why they thought it would be a good idea to have those scenes bc my hunch is that people who watch on Viki like it better.

I finally subscribed to IQiyi, bc I plan to watch a lot of these kinds of c-noir dramas.

Let Wind Goes By is a finely crafted crime drama with some of the best acting I've ever seen. It's a sad story of 3 childhood friends whose lives and dreams get shattered by unfortunate events, poverty and sheer bad luck. Sometimes it feels like these desolate dramas where the setting and environment play a big role were made just for me. The setting in this is a mining town that is about to be closed down and the inhabitants moved elsewhere. The cinematography is beautiful. There story revolves around two different crimes 10 years apart. These two timelines are well woven together, with more focus on the present (2003) than the past (1994).

The 3 friends are so fully fleshed out as persons whose lives and circumstances get out of their own control that we don't get to judge them as either good or bad people. We try to understand them, watch them, and study them, with sympathy. If anyone looks for shiny happy people this definitely ain't the place. The 2 policemen in charge who are also main characters, are just very ordinary humans with their own strenghts and weaknesses. They have no superpowers but just bite into solving the cases and never let go. It's shown how their persistence and passion also takes its own toll on them.

About the actors, Jiang Qi Ming as Liu Bai, Yang Cai Yu as Mei Wei, and Huang Feng Feng as Lei Chugui, are all simply amazing. Such nuanced characters, fully fleshed out. What makes this drama so good is that we really never know what and who to trust in the story. Whether they had a plan or worked things out together or just deceived each other, whilst still remaining each other's closest friends, is what makes up the suspense in Let Wind Goes By. It seems like a small thing but if you're into character based dramas, this one is just fascinating. Very little action or violence shown, which I liked. Even the one near-psycho character, Lei Changtian, admits his own dumbness and impulsiveness. Just when you thought this character was going to be a psycho killer caricature, he sits down and admits he's a typical guy who does jailtime bc of lack of self-control and obsessive compulsive drives. That the veteran detective starts studying criminal psychology is one message for us watchers from the writer about how much thought went into building the story and characters. And how much they expect us to think, by ourselves.

The downside is that the pacing is slow. I recommend watching at 1.25 speed. And there were some things that were confusing or revealed too late, in the last episode, like what happened with the people in the burned car and who crashed the truck into the guy with a burned face. These things make me rate this 8.0.

I was relieved when the 2ML showed up, just because he seemed like a breath of fresh air. It's just difficult to get excited about the childhood friends becoming lovers trope. Them getting slowly back together is not something I look forward to, just because to Welcome to Samdal-ri and Love Next Door are in recent memory. I was pretty frustrated at both, too much lingering on the past, too many flashbacks. That the plot of Motel California seems a tired old one is not a fault of the writer and the crew, just an unfortunate timing issue. I like the cinematography, it's the reason I'm still going to watch next week. The level of the dialogues is unfortunately not on par with the artiness of the settings and cinematography. That the MCs were bullied in the past also makes them more stereotypical and less interesting. I hope to see more of the FL making her way up in her career in the present in the coming episodes.

Why am I still waiting it to get better after having skipped most of the last 2 episodes. Bc the writer. Wok of Love was just as whacky, random and silly in ep 1-2 but got much better as it progressed. In the end it was a sweet slow burn romance. Iron Family, same writer, is well written, the humour is genuinely funny. That's why I'm still going to give this a small chance. Although there's nothing sci fi here, twisted sperm getting straightened in space is not even a funny concept. Sci fi needs the science part too. I'm still hoping for this to get even slightly more serious and character-focused. I couldn't watch ML risking to burn down the space station. That was too frustratingly reckless.

this is not a fansite and it's best not come here expecting that. Everyone has an opinion and the right to say it.

no need to take up arms and go on full war mode just bc other people may have different opinions. This is a commenting and criticism site, not a fansite.

yes, unfortunately

being rude here does not make this site any better

Lollol back at you. You said the queen had no role in his rise to the throne. Wikipedia says Lady Min (Queen Won Gyeong) was a partner in the coup.

In 1398, Jeong Do-jeon, who was enjoying great power at the time, enforced the Enforcement Breakdown Act and returned all the private soldiers and weapons to the state, but Lady Min had hid the weapons and private soldiers, that belonged to her family, in her house. Shortly after Taejo fell ill, the Min clan took advantage of this opportunity to give the weaponry and resources to Yi Bang-won to which Lady Min tried to encourage his coup.

Yi Bang-won then rose up with his brother-in-laws, Min Mu-gu and Min Mu-jil, and immediately revolted and raided the palace, killing Jeong Do-jeon, his followers, and the two sons of the late Queen Sindeok, Grand Prince Uian and Yi Bang-beo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Wongyeong

As you can see, you can link your source to your answer. Whatever article you're referring to, pls provide a link.

It's all in Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles can be trusted bc it's based on what was recorded at that time (1400). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritable_Records_of_the_Joseon_Dynasty

Queen's Min family with the private army was behind his rise. As in Six Flying Dragons, the queen had a big role. I don't think Wikipedia lies bc SK has a detailed recorded history which most countries don't have.

thank you for this comment.

It corresponds to what we can read in Wikipedia about King Taejo, King Sejong, and queen Won Gyeong. Lee Bang Won (already adult or almost adult) played a big role in the forces that enabled his father to become a king.