Another drama which will be ruined because of the industry's conservatism, fear of change and "Won't someone please think of the children" ajummas then. Lovely. Yes, why would a show about a violent period and people engaged in violent gang activities have so much blood and violence?

This series was doing so well and being different. I guess there's our explanation for these changes.

Not sure how I feel about this :((.

I'm actually really enjoying Age of Feeling right now and I'm hoping that the writer change won't mess it up. I'll most likely watch up to episode 10 this week and read the recaps and see if I still want to watch it after the writer change. I hope the story doesn't stray too far away from its epic hero story and all of our awesome side characters become, well less awesome. Because I seriously love all of the side characters.

Here's to hoping for the best! C'mon Age of Feeling. You've got me hooked so good. Let's keep it up for another 14 episodes.

All the good acting (excluding JSY), good directing and the mindblowing bloody scenes in Gaksital brings it nowhere near to last year Baeksang or Korean Drama Awards and other major K-entertainment awards except the KBS Drama Awards. Oofff.

Still sour with last year lack of recognition for Gaksital.

Owh, BTW JSY is doing a good job in here, she has great chemistry with Jung Tae (Kim Hyun Joong).

I hope it for a better story, because I enjoying it so far..

Fighting!

But I've heard that there be no major change since the 4 co-writers and director also involved in script. really hope the new writer as good as the old one. I will be very disappointed if he ruin it.

Oh boy...the show is built on the premise of fighting and features gangs and freedom fighters...

What would Anthony do? Where is Anthony when we need him?

POSITIVITY!!! Pass the juju around. Gaaah!!

I feel crushed!Like one of Min Joon's pottery pieces that Song Yi constantly shattered :'(....

Seems to be 2 different issues: (1) too much violence; (2) switching writers. On the first, I don't necessarily agree with removing more violent scenes just because of audience complaint if those scenes are really necessary to and improve the show, but I think the fight scenes here are getting boring and I have no problem with lessening their frequency and length. It's one thing to have a few fight scenes because it's visually stunning and still works within the narrative, but I have found that some of the fight scenes are either gratuitous or too long. Instead of adding to the show or the story they have the opposite effect of lessening my interest in what is otherwise a great show. Also, after that series opening fight, I haven't thought the fights were all that violent and gory in a truly unpleasant way (I did find that opening scene a little too graphically violent for my tastes, but it was appropriate and fit well in the narrative so I had no problems with it even if I covered my eyes occasionally). Removing the writer is a whole different kettle of fish and we'll just have to see how that affects the actual writing and storytelling.

>:'(

I think the writer who left did a good job. This drama is interesting so far. Hngg.. Ratings? Though you change the writer, still, it won't be easy to beat YFAS. So KBS, just continue giving us a good of drama instead of concerning about the ratings. Like MBC 'Miss Korea' , the show must go on. Low ratings doesn't always mean the drama is bad.
Welcome for the new writer~ Good luck, Inspiring Generation team!

I wonder, do ratings include the much discussed Chinese viewers for this kdrama? Or are the ratings only for Korean viewership?

I would actually appreciate if they toned down the violence in this show. There were some scenes that were over-the-top that had me thinking "now, that wasn't necessary, was it?" (honestly, a lot of them don't have anything to do with the main storyline, as was said a few recaps back, there was an extra getting beaten up just for the heck of it; not cool, show, not cool at all) and I've been putting off watching this because I can't eat at the same time.... Or within an hour of watching it.

"What would Anthony do? " - The mandatory question....

What dafuq.

I must be in the minority but i didn't find the violent scenes to be too much at all -- then again i am a horror fanatic and i like to watch shows like walking dead.
But still, i found Gaksital's torturing scenes to be WAY more gruesome than the fighting scenes here. In AoF you get a bunch of punching/slicing and blood. Gakistal had plenty scenes of torturing their victims with whips and that *shuffers* nail box. There were times where even I had to look away. I'm really in awe right now.

Aside from that, I wonder what really happened behind the scenes to have caused the writer to "leave". It's something the loyal AoF fans deserve to know. Creative differences? Maybe the writer wanted to keep his/her integrity and not want to go all makjang on us. Obviously the ratings has something to do with it. It's a 14 million dollar budget production with an avg. 8% ratings. They need to grab more of the audience's interest so they're going to cut down the violence and then up the makjang, right? Right? Show, please prove me wrong.

This writer switch doesn't guarantee a better story, neither does it guarantee a worse story either, but i don't have very high hopes considering the the new writer's resume. The last amount of hope i have left is that this show stays solid for the sake of Heads and for the sake of the loyal fans. I'll still be tuning in.

okaayy soo they wanted to tell the head writer what to do and the writer left so they replaced him with someone who would agree to change the script and make it less "violent"...
From the premise, I noticed this wouldnt be my drama because it was pretty clear it would be violent so I said "PASS!" if those complaining can't handle blood or stuff, they should watch something else... If I wanted to ban everything I didnt like then ALL MAKJANGS would be off air! lol
I've only watched TEN and vampire Prosecutor -awesome dramas btw- who were kinda violent and were on the crime investigation side so the violence were expected but I had to deal with it... Those are 2 of my fav dramas of all time!

so far this drama has been epic.

WTF! That's indeed a bad sign! And I was thinking of marathoning this tonight after throwing all my fears of Kim Hyun joong acting! sigh! I guess I should go watch Miss Korea......

I was just thinking how well the old writer was starting to really tie together all the side character's stories and giving them their moment to shine. I thought it was a nice balance of screen time for all our characters thus far considering where we were in ep 1-2 with the character overload.

More often times then not a writer switch can lead to a jarring experience IF they choose to go to a different direction. Seems like the case here...

I could take or leave the violence, but I do care about the show's heart and tone. So far, AoF is doing a fantastic job of balancing its dark and light moments and infusing the characters with a lovely sense of heart. Granted, directing also plays a signifcant role in the tone, but I still hope that no matter which direction the writing goes, the show can at least stay the same tonally and in terms of its (more the most part) thoughful character development.

This is bad, very very BAAADD. I was really enjoying this show. I felt the pacing was very good and was building towards some very interesting story lines (the one note Gaya aside).

This does not bode well and I wonder if the new writer will be able to tie in the opening sequence with whatever changes he is likely to make.

I really enjoy the show, I hope they do not ruin it.

I'm glad I didn't start this yet. Most likely yet another drama ruined by cooperate interfering with the creative process. I really wish the big 3 would start to recognize it's fine to have a show with low ratings or even ignore complaints if its core viewers like it. There are so many shows made and more in the coming years that the days of mega breakout dramas will probably come to end to some degree.

I was going to start this drama and now I'm wondering if I should. I didn't like Gakistal. At all. I don't mind violence if there's a reason for it, but Gakstal just kept on doing the same thing over and over at one point. And the heroine was such a dud in that show. And she's in this show as well. Maybe I just shouldn't watch at all.

Is the violence gratuitous? As long as it's relevant to the story, that's fine.

Nooooo man I really hope this doesnt screw the show over. Im actually really liking it.

Noooo omg. I really hope this works out well because I just got really invested into this drama. The new writer's previous dramas don't look that okay but hopefully it will change for AoF.

And what did they expect? It's an ACTION NOIR. There's supposed to be blood and guts in it. As if Gaksital wasn't any better (not trying to offend anyone, I love Gaksital!).

But honestly I just really hope this writer switch was for the better *crosses fingers*

i dunno but after the 6th ep things got a little...cliche and slow...and i dont the writing was the same as the first 6. dunno if anyone else noticed. i hope this change does some good

This does not bode well for AoF...which is unfortunate, because it has been pretty good so far. I don't understand either what these so-called parents complaining about a show based on a street fighter!! Jeez...sagueks are much more violent and bloodier than this! I'm leaning more towards the ratings though...although at this point, there is 99.9% nothing even the most skilled writer could do to beat YFAS, at all! The new writer's creds aren't promising either...sigh. This show had so much potential...

KBS have another drama change in the middle of the series. Do you remember they changed the writer in the drama "marry him if you dare", and change the ending of that drama. It may be why so many actors refuse to sign on this drama so they offer to KHJ.
I do not mind to tone down a little bit of the fight scene. but seem like the old writer don't have any idea that kind of love story between JT, Gaya and OR. The new relation chart coming out couple day ago Is OR has a one side love for JT. But the old writer seem like JT or OR together.

It's too Violent REALLY! As a mother, I think this is just not so smart (dumb- the nice way). If I am watching something that is not appropriate for my son, then he will not be watching it. It's crazy, how that happens. Like for example, my son wanted to climb onto the table and jump off and I said, "NO!" So, he didn't. Or like that one time, I was watching a scary movie and I didn't let him see it. Crazy right, how parenting kids is like being in charge of their everyday life. Hmm, very weird.

"KBS stepping in to announce that they reduce the number of violent scenes in Age of Feeling"
No why
Oh well glad I did not put this on my list on what to download and save it on my Hard drive list of Kdrama.

As one of the few who actually liked Cain and Abel, I will hold judgement. But I really hope they don't ruin the direction of the show.

Maybe this new writer will have Gaya and Shenichi follow through on her threats. Because seriously, at this point, I'm put off by their lack of action.

In fact, if the new writer could just have them fight people and not bother with threats, that would be even more awesome.

Is a script already written based on the manhaw?

You guys it's not always a bad idea when a writer is replaced with a "nobody"type of writer. I recall the series "Secret", everyone was doubting it in the beginning, but look a-Si how big it made it out to be. So for those of us who are watching it, let's be patient, and for those who haven't started it, don't let this news swerve you to the opposite direction. in the end, I hope for the best, because all the actors there are doing such a phenomenal job, even KHJ has improved tremendously compared to the past.