First?????

Well, maybe this is better for the drama. I honestly lost interest about an episode or 2 ago. I continued to read the recaps (leisurely) and kinda didn't care if I actually watched the episode. With that said I still believe in the actors, just hoping for better script.

FINALLY! Some hope!...

Honestly, I am disappointed in this drama. I had so much high hope with such suitable cast but ohwell during some episodes I found myself totally dozing off. @_@ ( this never happens when I was secret garden lol)

Second????

I had a feeling we were in for some major changes after the last episode. Mostly because there was no episode 10 preview, but even plotwise, it makes sense that they'd try a new writer now. I can only hope that it gets better, not worse, and that the story remains somewhat cohesive.

I don't understand why the ratings are soooo low...I'm really liking this drama.

Does this mean 2 episodes on Monday?

I don't find the drama too lacking...or boring.

But there's no draw to it. I won't feel deprived even if I need to wait a while for the next episode...so I guess..that makes it not that big a success?

I had read episode 10 preview and thought of dropping it, but I loved 18 VS 29, so maybe I will keep watching it now.

I sure as heck hope this is a good thing, and not a horrible one. Maybe the production didn't like where the old writer was taking the show (from the ep 10 written preview, it sounded like it was heading right for the Cliffs of Cliche) and they decided to get someone with a little more subtlety.

I can always hope, anyway.

Mary Stayed Out All Night: A New Hope

I hope Go Bong-hwang Kenobi can save what's left of the series... and the time and effort of Jang Geun-seok and Moon Geun-young.

I haven't seen the last two episodes out of sheer boredom. Thank goodness for recaps. :P

Oh my goodness.

Props to the actors who are probably the ones most affected. They have to act out what has been written and I think they've done a good job. Their personalities are established. It's just up to the writer to steer the ship.

Will be interesting how it pans out.

wow..so that means we can see the difference between the two writers' work back to back??ep10 and ep11 in the same week but two different writers?? 0.o cant wait to see whatever new improvement the new writer have in her mind...

eeeeeiiiiihhhh???nandeyo??

I'm just hoping that the the new writer will stay true to the characters' personalities. Especially Mu-gyul, who's refreshingly different in some aspects.

Honestly the show is terrible, It's too late for me for them to fix the terrible story.

What's funny is GoonG is my all time favorite drama behind the Japanese verison of Hana Yori Dango. It's odd that the screen writer couldn't work some magic into this ridiculous plot.

Ha, ha anything, as long as they don't replace the cast (JGS, MGY, KJW). If they do, they just simply can not be helped.

story needs more logic. :/

I just wish that someday(hopefully next year..keke) HONG SISTER will have another awesome drama project and have the Geun-Geun Couple in it!!!

Looking forward to some clever writing and hopefully higher ratings. The best is yet to be.

Go Mung-mung meow!!

Well, might as well try that. After all, what have we got to lose?

I agree with you, jb. Such a waste of a wonderful cast!

Oops, sorry, I meant I agree with you, gf

Argh. Let's just all hope for the best and I wish that someday(next year perhaps???) ,HONG SISTERS will have another awesome drama with the Geun-Geun couple in it. A girl can dream...

I'm only really watching for the Mary/Mu-gyul moments (mostly because I wish I was cuddling up to JGS), checking out KJW . I lost interest in the story sometime ago. I think there was a lot of potential with some of the actors involved, and it seems like this drama isn't using their abilities well. Wonder how they can try to turn this around with this new writer.

thanks jb.

I would like to think positive but with the last cliched, writen by the 1st writer not logic to change the main plot as more criticism will be bombard.

So, most probably the JI and SJ character will be "minced" off to pieces while the main plot will shine through.

Anyway fighting kim Jae Wook - Jung In.

Too bad the writer didn't have a real Mary to help her figure out what the viewers really like. Keeping fingers crossed that the new writer will bring this show to its' full potential.

ah,

i havent watch this since ep 2. my expectation is too high but it went meh. since i saw the performance of MGY in CS and JGY on YB i was like Oh yeah!!. but. ep 2 uh bummer. Since the airing of SG it didnt even occur to me about this drama. bad.

I had this drama on my anticipated watch list, but the stills and the 1st recap killed it for me....I saw NOTHING of what I envisioned in my mind's eye what the drama could produce....

These actors are not nearly as s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d as they SHOULD be professionally, and that is disappointing.

Unfortunate, because there was HIGH hopes for this one but it sunk it before my eyes little by little before it began and then with the 1st epi.....

I hope this change is for the better! As much as I adore M&M and savour all their moments together, I can't deny that I'm getting tired of the pace and characterisation. The cast deserves a better chance to work their potential.

I don't deny that the drama hasn't been spectacular and while I've been watching both Secret Garden and Mary, I feel like Secret Garden has been really boring of late--- the body swap was fun for an episode but it started to get stale. I'm probably the only person who finds it kind of overrated.

Whereas I felt like with Mary, it really picked up from Episode 7 and I loved 8 and 9. I really wished there was more support for this drama though.

Changing the writer now? Interesting. I still think there is hope to switch things around. It's not like there are only 2 episodes left. Anything can happen in 6 episodes.
I personally don't think the drama has been flat but then again i wasn't really expecting too much so I find it enjoyable. So i think switching writers might be just what it needs.

a change this late? now, im actually looking forward to watch the show after the first few eps.. the pacing and the (lack of) logic really put me off. but i love the cast so much, i just watch the show for them. though i find myself tending to multi-task while the show plays in the background.

girlfriday thanks !.

The 6 episodes LEFT will focus on the main couple whilst the @2nd leads will be thrash at the sidelines !!.

frankly, I would have just stuck with the old writer since its way too late to gain new watchers and such a move could possibly alienate people who are already watching!

oh my.... i hope the change isn't THAT drastic... i mean if mary becomes a whiny self-sacrificing female lead (like jandi) then i'm out of this drama.

whatever happens, i hope the characters' personalities aren't compromised by this big shift in writing...>,<

thanks for sharing the news.

wow i actually have been enjoying the drama, especially since i feel it it's started to pick up
i'm also surprised that the writer was the one for goong - and now comparing the two differences, what happened to the inspiration of the writer?!

i agree there wasn't any logic but
how much logic is there in dramas to begin with? lol.

hope that the new writer will "save" the drama and give audience a second chance to change their opinion about this!

what's not to lose if they change the writer now anyway they are already at their lowest. could probably save er improve the show even.
honestly i've switched to watching secret garden when it aired and just keeping tabs on MSOAN thru the recaps here.
the main couple are cute..indeed yes but i don't see them act more like adults and even more because the story says they basically raised themselves on their own.

i started off give MSOAN with all my heart watch it really positive mind and resist the temptation of follow the uber popular secret garden...

but week after week... i began to lose it...

you can only love one drama without seeing it so much ...

i hate everything else in it except the moment when maeri with mu geul ....HATE EVERYTHING..especially the dad ..GOD... SO ANNOYED. .
BUT I CONTINUE TO WATCH IT OUT OF LOYALTY..

it's break my heart to see something that could be so good turn bitter..

and ala... i gave secret garden a try.. and

GOD it's really live up the hype...it blows me away..

the writer is so good although im not a fan for a swapping part but everything else was good...

REALLY GOOD...

yeah i totally stopped watching this last week but now i may have to catch up with this week's episodes... just to see how it changes. lol darn it

well, i'm hoping the script gets better cos i'm definitely sticking around as I love MR and MG.

Sorry to say this but a gentle suggestion to those who do not watch this show but ONLY read the recaps;

Perhaps you should actually WATCH the show before repeatedly criticising it. Just becos so-and-so reviewer thinks a particular drama is not good may not mean that YOU will not enjoy it.. After all, a reviewer's opinion is only that.. their PERSONAL opinion; coloured by their own experiences, likes and dislikes, not necessarily a yardstick to measure a drama's worth of your time..

and if you have watched it and dislike it so much.. why are you still wasting your precious time slamming it?

JMHO

I think moon geun young must have been rlly frustrated. Cinderella's sister and now this. Both suffered from poor toting. And both started out gd! SAD!
And my jgs also. Gd acting but nv really had a breakthru. Even YAB's ratings can't be compared to BOF etc

I gave up on the episode 4. Now I'm just watching the previews and skimming through the recaps. I really like KJW and MGY, but their character are sooooo annoying. She is constantly whining and pouting and he is just expressionless. Argh.
JGS, surprisingly, doesn't do much for me. Loved him in Hong Gil Dong, but that's about it.

Glad that it'll have a new hope for the new writer. I won't hope for better rating, but a better story. Because this drama already got sold to a lot of countries, at very least can make a new group of viewers to enjoy and not embarrass JKS, MGY, KJW and the rest of the casts. I still hope for good critics and abuzz. hope it'll save actors' skills and faces. I love them much and wanna enjoy the show without sigh and dissapoinment almost at the end of every episodes.

just to add to my previous comment on #41

just to make it clear..
i did watch the show.. still watch it until now..

"when i say love the drama so much without seeing it.."

it actually mean i loved it way before the drama aired..

when it finally aired i watched it but episode after episode,,it keep disappointing me..

and i don't think that it's wrong to express that i don't like it..

it's a common sense for people to express their opinion when they like something or dis-like something..

and if i watched it and don't like it of course i will say so...

i'm not gonna waste my time to express anything only if i didn't watch the drama or i'm feeling so-so..

just sayin'
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The quality of the writing and the plot and the directing matter more than the actors. Some actors are good at choosing the right drama/movie.

perhaps its better this way and te story can become more logical, interesting, and perhaps break some new ground as far as stereotypes go

I was also thinking of dropping 2 episodes ago. But as I was waiting for secret garden, i figured that it could tide me over for a couple of days. I admit to dozing off at some scenes so really hope that the change of writers can bring back our love for MSOAN as well as some fans who dropped out.