strawgal

I think this symptomatic of all politicians , they over promise, and then have to butcher policies to fit the budget, and the end result is no one trusts them.
We had a new government in power last year, same broken promises, just different suits.

Such a disappointment.
We watched all three seasons as a couple, so this is mine and my husbands take.
This reminds me of the drama Lost, you start of caring about the characters, and they pull you in a world where even if there no explanation of the how and why, and they run out of ideas and end up with making more convoluted tricks and then you stop caring as it loses the original authenticity that made you care in the first place.
Once you have got over seeing one person killed unless you care or identify with them it means nothing. The end of the last episode was complete garbage, in fact act the whole episode was literally senseless.
I do not know if they had a bigger budget but what ever they spent most of it was wasted, sometimes less is more, and the more should have been spent on a more well thought out script. Just a shame.

Started with a bang, ended like an almost empty balloon getting rid of its last puff of air.
Nothing wrong with the leads and what ever they were paid they deserve more, without them it would have been a real dud.
It was mainly a cooking show and the plot, what there was was made to hang the cooking on, so all the very experienced actors must have looked at the script and gone WTF, but its a job.
The plot really being kind was disjointed, but what plot and why? The end made no sense at all. Just meh. My marks are mainly for the first two eps.

I know its been really successful but I am praying we do not get more of these hybrid cooking shows, which are neither fish nor fowl.

I think it can apply to just about any politician and some professions like doctors. They almost need blind faith in a their ability and usually they have spent most of their life being told how clever and outstanding they are, by family and groupies.

I think something has feeding him the line that his wife is not rational or capable, and because it makes him feel better about himself he choses to believe it.
In my own husbands family the women try and twist the narrative of why things happen, and when you are at work the most seductive bully couches everything hidden in doing the best for people for their own objectives.

I wonder if he one of those characters that is so looking at the bigger picture, has a bit of a Jesus complex, that he completely absolves or ignores the reality of a situation.
You see this in real politics, they make the biggest gaffs because its easier to believe what they ate told than lift a rock and find out the truth which may be uncomfortable.
I think he just believes his own press, and it has just dawned of him who was protecting who.

It has pacing problems with the story and really at its heart glamorises a relationship where the older lead abuses his power when he understands and told the implications, and manipulates the younger leads dependence. We are never really told why he needs to do this.
Saying this its one of my favourites

Addictive. I love the emotions on FL face, and its mobility, I just wish every FL would deal with female marriage interference the same way.

This has an authenticity that is so rare, that nothing is really as simple and as clear cut as it seems and where money and power are concerned people will put their children last if they are going to lose it.
Granny is annoying, but I have known older women who are even more sheep like manipulative than that, I think the sweet whispered voice is a method of getting you to listen to them, and being selectively deaf and oblivious a way to ignore things they want to ignore. I think she knows exactly what's going on. Her son and DIL didn't get that way on their own.

I know it's trivial but I love the wardrobe choices, and how clothes represent class, status and competition.
I also like how you are still guessing what FL real personality is, that her choices are based on the reaction she wants from others, and the understated performance makes you want to know more.
You know she weighs everything before doing anything and often doing very little is often her most effective tool.
It just nice to see a female character not looking and sounding stupid.

You wrote it so I didn't have to.
Its had to get upset about poorly made food or excited about something you can not taste.
I know, lets forget the actors and script and have a cooking show, they are a lot cheaper to produce.

Impressed, it as that feel of authenticity which makes you become invested in characters.
Perth has a great smile but I wish she would dial it down so it does not look like a fixed expression.

Without the cute factor the script was just dull, the story was not just convincing. I think who ever was producing it was not wanting to take them out of their comfort zone and they are both better actors than the material.

Yep. I have seen her in a few things and her range is limited.

Not a lot going on, conveys no emotion or thought.

I like all the performances, and its great to have something that's portrays less than perfect.
My stand out though, is Mond, his acting his like a big cat, being able to flick quickly in portraying emotions, without seeming to do much.

Started this today and I am seriously impressed. I am not really in to political thrillers/drama, I think the last one I really enjoyed was the original House of Cards and the US remake.
The father reminds me of the original political manipulator,Francis Urquhart, even looks a bit like him.
https://scroll.in/reel/811869/meet-francis-urquhart-the-british-model-for-frank-underwood-from-emmy-nominated-house-of-cards

I think I am going to drop this. I like Park Min Young, I think I have watched most her dramas but it looks like the direction was act like your manic, and literally in your face and the character needs some ADHD meds.
I am not sure if it's supposed to be quirky or funny, but it doesn't work for me.
The editing has the same jumpy lack of focus,

Ordinary people living in extraordinary times.
My family two generations ago worked coal mining, my grandfather went down the mine at fourteen, my grandma had a coal fired range to cook and heat water on and brought you seven children, and in comparison to the people in this drama she had an easy life.
Having watched a few older Chinese dramas it easy to see why the same plot lines occur, because adversity and perhaps the need to preserve your families wealth to preserve your family was ingrained. from a childhood where surviving was the main objective.
Its beautifully shot and acted, they all look as if they work in the fields, and if anyone thinks its not realistic I would suggest the hard graft is under played rather than over played, and perhaps to people living our modern bubbles where the realities of death and disease can be filtered it may seem harsh.
The end perhaps is rushed, I wanted to see where all of the characters ended up, like in Pachinko.

I have watched 4 eps, and I think I will skip to the end.
It's so well crafted in its production and acting but I feel I have see it all before and I couldn't care less about any of the characters, and I am old enough to remember that time, so its not because I do not understand the issues.
Its not funny and TBH the scene tying the male actor up was just the pits, transfer your victimhood to someone else, is that really female empowerment? IME that is not how normal women think.
I like none of the characters, I find none interesting and needs humour, because that is usually how the underdog subverts any sort oppression. I think its completely missed the mark.