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Fun Historical Fiction

For as long as this lakorn is, I was pretty addicted and binged it in about 3 days. I tend to watch lakorns like you would watch a trashy reality show. They are terrible but you can't look away. I learned to fast forward or watch at 2x speed to just get to fun parts. But with this story I happily watched without fast forwarding until the last 3 episodes! If I had watched the regular cut version I probably would not have fast forwarded at all.

I felt like I learned a little bit about Thai history and culture.

The ML and FL definitely had chemistry and I was hoping for some more kisses but their glances totally smolder.

I recommend this to anyone new to lakorn or are not really fans of modern lakorn.

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The lady with the blue eye shadow

I came across this drama just to watch Kim Young kwang..... And unfortunately felt the need to comment because this is a repetitive theme in k dramas.
Agreed it's 11 years later and many dramas do not hold up to the passing of time, but this review will not deal with that.

It's about mis-casting.
Just because a senior actor in the k- world is popular doesn't mean she can ace any role.
This lady with the blue eye shadow should have been cast in a full blown drama with all 16 episodes dedicated to her insanity. Not mixed with youngsters and their journeys.

Even though I held the remote on fast forward, there was no getting away from her utterly unlikable, over the top atrocious character.

The subtle romance between the other 4 pairs were all washed away. This drama which had so much hope was sucked into a desperate hole by the blue eye shadow wearer.

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Wait for it, it's worth it

I have to say by myself, the first half fell more like fillers. Not the first two episodes where it's actually explained everything but until ep 8 it is really slow and it drags the plot. The acting is also not so good until ep 8 but no offense to Jimmy and Sea. I really respect them both, it was their first project together and their first main lead roles. They are both still rookies to me but I can't wait for their new series that seem to have much better story. But I appreciate Ohm's and Nanon's appearance after seeing Bad Buddy. Nanon just never fails with his eyes and Ohm with his sassy side. The plot is not actually bad, two completely different guys travel to different dimension which saves their life as they were dying giving them new chance to live and to bodies they appear in are deeply connected by past. Then they are trying to find out if they are portkeys which takes six episodes and they are still not sure until they think about pink color that connects them which seemed a little silly to me but cute. But the confession was one of the best, we got to see many famous actors from GmmTV like Mix, Tay, Gun, Perth, Neo, Force, Book... and the best part started when one of them got finally back. It was interesting seeing Sea and Nanon and Jimmy and Ohm together. Actually Jimmy and Ohm made me smile remembering how jealous of Wai Pat was. The end was also very good how their different place in society almost made them break up but both followed their heart and stayed together while trying to create memories from the other verse. We also got to see it wasn't just fun and new challenge but also harsh experience as one man traveling back lost his wife and job, lost everything because the other one ruined his life in his body. Then we got to see how Joob died because the one in her body died first and she got a heart attack which was really heartbreaking. And then Puen could comfortably return to his life while Talay almost lost the dream he worked so hard on. It was really sad to see how badly Tess took care of his life and made a complete jerk from him like he is. This series can teach us a lot about hard work paying off, not giving up on our dreams and that true love is more important than career but it's still real life so we can't completely give up on it. I'm glad I made myself watching it all but I don't think I'd rewatch it.

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One of the best lakorns I watched.

Boy! This was an amazing Thai lakorn, this show had me in so many emotions, but I truly enjoyed going through them. I was in tear, in shock, hype at the little action and some laugher. Throughout the show I grew to like certain character and I did not even dislike the villains of the show either because I understood they had no morals and would try to climb to the top by any means necessary.
* LIKES
- The acting was phenomenal.
- The actors were well casted.
- The love and intimacy between P'Touch and P'Time.
- P'Touch has won me over with his gentleness, warmed, kindness, love for his family and willingness to help others. He was a great boss to his employees; they truly felt his absents. Everyone felt it, his family, friends and employees. He is my favorite character in the show, to be honest. I truly appreciate that P'Touch did not hide the fact that he is gay from Treenuch, he laid it all out on the table telling her the reason as to why he needs a child, which put the ball in her court to make the decision of whether or not she will marry him.
* DISLIKES
This is not so much a dislike, but it what triggered or annoyed me.
- Marissa gives me maneater vibe, this is where she uses men and then discard them. Now that she realizes that men out there don't live up to her standards, she wants to be with P'Time again but, she still did not change her ways. Don't get me wrong I think she deserves the best man, but she also has to do the work on herself (maybe I am thinking too much into this).
- So, I'm a bit annoyed with Treenuch because she should have been with P'Touch when she found out about the video, she shouldn't have left him in the emergency exist of the hospital. My reasoning is that she has accepted this role to be his wife. Although I don't believe she is to be taken advantage of and I hate the way Yada (P'Touch and P'Time mother) treated her and focus her to do things she was not comfortable with. I do think she should have stayed by his side to comfort him and provide him with her wisdom. But Treenuch is not to blame.
- Throughout the show I pity P'Touch because of the heavy obligations' he had to live up to and he was not allowed to be openly gay and love who he wanted to love.
-I really wished P'Time would have respected P'Touch boundaries and not share his private medical information, even though he was telling Treenuch, I rather she heard it from P'Touch and I think she should have put P'Time in this place about that. I didn't know if he was using that information to get closer to Treenuch, to me his intentions were unclear.
-I don't know if P'Touch was dickmataized or just plain naive to that bastard of a man (Shane) to give him a second chance at access to him after he walked in on him having sex with another man, there are just somethings that are unforgivable, and cheating is one of them. I know it is hard to move on from someone you saw a future with, but it would have gotten better in time. This is not me blaming P'Touch, I'm just stating the obvious because some of us burn to learn.
* 2 THINGS I FOUND FUNNY
1. The fact that P'Time speaks with his hands throughout the show. Every time he would get in Orchun face I would chuckle a little. They're aggressive banter would kill me.
2. P'Time dressing up in the disguise for which you could clearly see it was him. Made me laugh.
* CHARACTER, I FELT BAD FOR
- I truly felt for Yada for losing her child, that is never easy, and a mother might never heal from that.
- I kind of felt bad for Orchun's mother, she lost her son and everything in the end. Seeing how she end up made he feel for her.

Overall, I would highly recommend this series. It is pack full of drama, and action. Please have tissue on hand because you would definitely cry during this show.
This review of the show was not about the romance to me, to be honest sometimes I would forget that it had a romance element to it because of all the other plots it has. Although the show is advertised as a romance show (that's why I started it) it was more than that for me, after a while I did not care about the romantic relationship between P'Time and Treenuch.

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PREDICTIVE OUTCOME N ACTING..............

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE KIND OF STORY WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH INVOLVE DNA , IF U REALLY WANT TO CHECK BRING THE 2 PERSON TO THE PLACE TO CHECK DNA N U WONT GET ANY DOUBT OF THE RESULTS.

BUT KOREAN DRAMAS IS USUALLY LIKE THAT ALL FAKE N FICTION, SO IF U DONT MIND WATCHING THEN IT IS OK. I WATCH BECAUSE I JUST CHOOSE A FEW DRAMAS TO WATCH AS THE APP I USE ONLY LET ME WATCH CERTAIN DRAMAS FOR FREE, SO I CHOOSE A FEW WHICH I DONT MIND WATCHING.

MOST KOREAN DRAMA USE THE SAME STORY OR TACTIC OVER N OVER AGAIN. IT GETS BORING AFTER A WHILE. ESPECIALLY THE PART WHERE THE GAL IN ANY STORY CANNOT EVEN GET A PLATE OR SOMETHING HIGHER THAN HER HEAD N THE GUY HAVE TO GET FOR HER. ETC, MANY OTHER SIMILIAR PARTS WHICH IS REPEATED OVER N OVER. IT IS LIKE A PROGRAMMING SECTION OF A PROGRAM, THEY JUST PICK THE SECTION THEN WEAVE INTO THE STORY REPEATEDLY.

THIS STORY IS MISSING CHILD N THE PLOT OF A CRAZY WOMAN LOOKING TO BE THE MISTRESS OF THE RICH FAMILY. SHE TRIES WAYS N MEANS TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS USING ANY METHOD N PEOPLE N A DUMB N UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND WHO IS STUPID ENOUGH TO LET HER CHEAT HIM OF THE LIES SHE SAYS TO CONTROL HIM. EG TELLING HIM HE KILLED SOMEONE BY CAR ACCIDENT.

STILL CAN DRAG TO 100+ ESPISODES ALSO. I WATCH WHEN I NEED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM DOING OTHER THINGS , FOR RETIRED PPL IT IS OK BA. HAHA.

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Zombie Survival Done Right

For something that I expected to fall off short, I'm still in awe of what I saw. Sure, I've heard a lot of praise about this movie, but at the end of the day, it's just another zombie survival, how good can it get?

I take it back. How good can it NOT get?!

When even Hollywood can't sell off a plot with its seemingly unending budget, you'd think nobody else can. Well, I guess I'm stepping into a territory where nothing of that matters.

This movie had everything, cast, plot, budget, and most importantly, it was enjoyable. The acting was superb, I really connected with all characters. The gore as unforgiving, and the stakes were racing the high skies. This is a really special experience as a first-time watch, and ever more so as rewatch material.

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WHICH ONE IS THE REAL PRINCE?

The star of this drama is Kang Hoon, he's cute and adorable. 3 guys with hidden identity renting rooms for their national exam in town hosted by Yoon Dan-Oh, one of the guy was the run-away crown prince's son whose gone missing many years before with the help of watchman. The Crown Prince's son Lee Seol was survived from the coup, his parent killed by his brother taking away his seat as the heir of kingdom. Lee Seol was helped by a watchman, a mysterious man who'd protect the king, since young he went hiding and lived surround people under different identity.

3 handsome men; Kang San, Kim Shi Yeol, Jeong Yu Ha were room mates, although they're not getting on well, they're pretty civil to each other. Kang San was good with his martial art and very tart, Shi Yeol is an easy going, gambler, playboy, Yu Ha was a serious scholar and like Dan-Oh but who actually were they? When the chief of Palace guard were looking for the 'golden dust (Lee Seol) his intention was to find the watchman because he believed if he find the runaway prince he certainly would find the watchman who killed his beloved son during the coup. He suspected Dan-Oh would know who it was among the 3 guys and struck a deal with house as collateral.

I guessed it wrong, I thought it wrong, which one was the real prince amongst 3 men. Eventually the King was determined not by the real blood but by conveniences. Good ending..all had their happy ending.

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Classic

The synopsis here on MDL is not really accurate for the female lead character at all. There is more to her than that. Anywho....

This is what I consider a classic all-round, entertaining sageuk. There is plenty of humour, action, intrigue, tragedy, drama, villains, simple folk and good people that fight for justice.
The plot isn't completely new, with disguise as the opposite sex being needed to clear the FL's name, having been framed for murder. However, the portrayal of an intelligent woman, actually supported by their family and a benevolent Crown Prince not afraid to wield as much influence as he's able, is nicely done and feels different.
PHS must be a go-to for such roles, with his flair for natural humour and good looks, as the righteous Crown Prince.
Type casting, however, is also the bane of any drama and once you see some actors, you know the evil character is them the minute they show up. Directors and casting, please take note! Some, though, were far less obvious... round of applause for that.
I loved the characters though, including those I wanted publicly flailed for being so vile!
There are a smattering of clichés, but not to the point it annoyed me... balled fists and catching the falling FL being the main ones.
I thought the mystery that needed solving, which drew together many characters throughout the story, was very well done and kept me glued. I watched this drama over quite a short period and never got bored or lost concentration.
There were a couple of times when the comedy was too obvious and didn't fit... There were no microphones in the 1400s, so pretending to use one in 'interviewing' the Crown Prince, for example, just stood out as totally inappropriate, even though very brief. That is real shame, as there were laugh out loud moments much more natural. It was not needed.
The romance aspect is very light, which for me fit with the story perfectly, but if you are looking for lots of deep snogs etc, you will be very disappointed. However the affection shown between several characters with just a look, is lovely.
I so enjoyed this drama and would really recommend it. The ending was very nicely done and the soundtrack complimented what was being watched too.
The core friendships and trust between characters, even when tested, was also so nice, with no accepting allegations at face value, when a person's true personality should tell those nearest, differently.

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Surprisingly good!

I can't recommend this enough. Within 5 minutes of the show, I've been hooked. Ra Miran and Lee Do Hyun are perfectly casted in their roles as mother and son. As of episode 8, you can understand why Young soon needed to be tough and be perceived to be a bad mother by her son. Yet, there is still a question if Kangho really became cold-hearted as he seemed because of her strictness. As they reconnect again, you can see that she is a mother who just wants the best for her son while he just want to be able to please her. The show is not perfect, there are some scenes that I can do without (yes, I'm taking about you composer man) but if you want a drama that can touch your heart then this one's for you.

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GOOD TO WATCH

Woo Do-Hwan is hot, steaming with his smiles and comical acting. He's good with his character portraying an attorney Kang Han Soo to help common Jeseon people seeking justice, money is always his motivation but he also had a soft spot for unfair treatment of rich/noble people to the poor. He has an assistant slash childhood friend Dong Chi whose been through up and down together reaching the goal to find justice of the death of Han Soo's parent. His sister, though, went for different route as misconception who's the killer of her parent's death or misconstrued the deeper reason of manipulator minister Yu as he used her as prostitute to get information from his rivals. At the end, she choose dead after being accused of multiple infidelity to her dead husband (apparently it's strict law during Joseon time), a way of minister Yu to get rid of her.

So-Won who's a princess Lee Yeon-Joo in disguise applied for the job to help him find clients, promoting his service in her restaurant, but she intentionally tried to recruit him to help her brother the King solving domestic injustices and get rid of corruption in the kingdom. They struck friendship, without knowing her real status, he proposed to her. Low and behold, the princess was involved with his parent's death, after the reveal of her status, he's heart broken because the woman he love was the person he's been despised. I got irritated with this actress, she's always vacantly open mouth, not cute. 'close your mouth off'...if I may.

Mayor Yu was Minister Yu's only son. He's kind and gentle, he loved Yeon-Joo and disagreed with his father's action and support Kang Han-Soo anger. He also hold dear Han Soo's sister who lived in his place to become his father's bait. Kang Soo solved cases brilliantly, his revenge against Minister Yu paid off, but Princess Lee Yeon-Joo died in pursue justice for him by taking poison. Good ending..

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