Happy Friday and OT!

It’s been sooo long since I’ve had the time to drop by OT. Where is everybody!?

Only watching two currently airing dramas.

SENSORY COUPLE: Overall enjoying the show, but there are so many little plot details that annoy the heck out of me. --SPOILER if you have not watched all episodes yet—Why oh why would Baek-kyung tell Jae-hee that the witness is still alive? It makes no sense to me. Why are the police so inept? I know hindsight is 20/20 and I’m looking at this through a lens in which I know who the killer is, but they have made way too many mistakes—setting up a sting operation out in the open at the hospital and making it so obvious that it was a setup trying to trap him with the whole Choi Eun-seol ruse. I know they’re trying to fill out the episode quotas but it is a tad annoying.

DIVORCE LAWYER IN LOVE: Four episodes in, I’d say it’s watchable but not the greatest rom-com ever. I really appreciate the performances of the leads though. It’s so refreshing to at least have actors who can actually act. I think the story has potential to get better—particularly with the flaky and hilarious Bong Min-gyu around. I am really curious as to where his character will go once he realizes he’s not the one for Go Cheok-hee. Will he handle her rejection with his usual nonchalant aplomb or will he go to crazy-ville in his quest to get the girl? At least there’s that to look forward to.

Hi everyone
I just watch Falling for Innocent
and My unfortunate boyfriend this since I am still in some exam

but both the series surprisingly make me laugh no matter what, I do enjoy both of them immensely

I like the character in FfI just gradually changed and they accepted the way they are while have some explanation about the plot or the changing feeling of kang min ho,
sunjoong also feel sincere as worker, she did a good job and she cares, the timeline of the story is also good
joon also being a greedy yet scary lawyer or ceo wanna be
question: Is this drama popular?
cause I think it has the element of enjoyable show to watch without much deep though when you need to relax and light romance that make my heart flutter
the secretary (male) is so much fun
and the end of ep 8 is shocking me, I never think about that at all

for MuB, I just like no min woo and take all ep as comedy but I hate the way they edit it, it just loss things because I am fine with everything else, the acting for main character is enjoyable but the editing somehow make it tacky

I badly want to continue to watch angry mom, but I need to wait my feeling steady since It always take me off guard
Haven't watch Hwajung,
but I did re-watch Gekkon sho-jo no nozaki kun for some laugh over and over, ^-^

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all doing well today. ....... Getting warmer and warmer weather with each passing day. I hope you are all enjoying sunny days also.

Watched this week:

Angry Mom - Just saw the second episode last night. Quite a few questions already! ....... A different tone with this one, but looking forward to it.

Girl Who Sees Smells - Still just catching bits and pieces of the first episodes. Not super excited about it though.

Mr. Selfridge (Season 3) - Oh my goodness, what happened to Mrs. Grove! ....... That was certainly an unexpected twist.

Wolf Hall - You can either will things to happen or engineer them. It's pretty clear how they go about things in this interpretation of life in the royal court of Henry VIII.

That's about it for now. ....... Everyone take care and have a great Friday!

Happy Weekend! It's May! Summer break is almost over. But on the brightside there's only 25(?) more days til Song Joong Ki's discharged!!

RUNNING MAN - To the beanie who suggested watching the first 7 eps: A big thanks to you. I was just gonna watch those but I ended up watching 1 I watched 'em straight and was called crazy for laughing so much. I do not regret anything. Heh. Peaceful Gary and his gallery is as gold as the pigs. Oh what would I do if I never heard Suk Jin's I Swear? If it's this show, I'd watch all the episodes without skipping. Probably.

GAG CONCERT - The atomic pride segment cracks me up and am casually watching.

MARRIAGE NOT DATING - I honestly kind of dropped this drama though I'll call it halted. I feel less guilty with halted. The first time around I couldn't take the second-hand embarassment. And though I liked the leads, I stopped. I still can't take the embarassment. I sometimes fast-forward then go back and watch while cringing. I've watched more melo than romcom. That's why I'm immune to angst, noble idiocy, candy types, sicknesses, etc. Embarassment and hijinks are my achilles heel. Oh yeah. Best piggyback ever!

PERSEVERE GU HAE RA - I finally found it in me to watch the last ep! I cringed at the stalker fan. I could stand the stabbing, the villains who only existed for obstacle's sake. I could even stand the noble idiocy and the usual angst that I thought wouldn't have place in a 12 episoder. But I couldn't stand the fact that Hae Ra, together with her character development and her father's song, got side-tracked(for the most part) for romance. I'm a sucker for romance but they went grabby grabby. And she was passed back and forth like a basketball. Ugh. I don't hate this drama. I really don't. I guess I'm just a little sad. It had a lot of potential(mostly wasted). But it's fine. Because the music is great. I used to cringe at Kpop(I now like it). But this drama had great music that's now in my playlist. I fell in love with the music. It started with that opening song! I like everyone, even Sa Ki Joon. I love Team Never Stop. And Jin Young. So while the drama is forgettable, the music is not. :)

26 Years Diary - A Japanese film that pays tribute to the late Lee Su Hyun, a South Korean student, who died while trying to save a man in the train tracks. I watched it out of curiosity and I was craving for slice of life. Honestly, I was gonna bail before the hour mark. But I stayed. The movie was flawed. The story was messy and the characters were mostly flat. And it lacked direction. But now I know that Korea and Japan have a bitter history. And now I know Lee Tae Sung. I won't call it authentic or credible. But the music was great.

Har har. I said too much. Probably. I used to think that I'm a person of few words. I don't think so anymore. ;)

Hello, all:

Spring is sprung! This weekend is the Kentucky Derby. I might go and bet the longshot. Younger son got his wisdom teeth extracted. Soo happy about that. I don't have to worry about his pain. Had a bad flu but am now over it and am also recovering from Jon-Marc's suicide. So..am feeling life is good...or at least that it can be good.

Dramas:

Girl who sees smells: I love this drama although wow, it can be frustrating. The choices these characters make --especially the cops' stupid decisions-- are so convenient to the plotting that I find myself arguing with every manipulative moment. But, dang! The love story is so sweet and organic! Oh my gosh, that confession! I know the crime plot is supposed to be the main plot but wow...what a gentle story! Love and dating that happens without any major declaration.

I like how all our major players are dealing with pain/non-pain, knowing/non-knowing, family/family-less-ness. So far the only full family we've seen was the cop and his brother who accidentally killed the girl. Everything else is in a found or created family or social group (cops, troupe, kitchen staff.) Not feeling sorry for chef, though. A bit easy to have Big Bad be alienated from parents, culture etc from birth.

Grapevine:
Wow! Loving the complications. This is one very organic story.

Unfortunate Boyfriend:
Sweet! Normally I hate kdramas overcomplicating a plot. But is does feel a bit thinly-plotted. I keep thinking the backstory/sub-plot/secondary plot should've been kicked in already. But we don't know enough about the politics etc ...a lot of focusing on the romances. Second Lead lady is majorly nasty. But I suspect the second lead guy is also just as nasty.

Missing Noir M:
Returned to this after avoiding epis 3 & 4. Episode 5 was so good. The ending suicide was a bit jolting for me. But it worked as a story.

Have a good weekend, all.

Happy Friday! Sorry in advance for the long comment:

I’m utterly in love with Ruler of Your Own World I just started Wednesday and I tried not to fall too soon, but while all the shows currently on my roster are excellent, I was restless and finding something else to watch was always on my mind. I was sticking to movies so as not to overwhelm myself (and to truncate my ever growing list) but it wasn’t working. I initially thought I sought something light and frivolous to offset the heavier stuff was what I required, but I pressed play and 15 minutes in it was like aaaaggghhh, itch scratched. It had been on my list forever because of my strange love for YDG and an interest in the plot. Then I saw other beanies on OT were raving about it a while ago so it got bumped up in my queue. I’m 6 episodes in and simultaneously want to spoil myself to be rest assured that everything turns out ok, and and stop watching lest it fail me.

Baby YDG is adorable, cheeky and teddy-bear squishable. His acting style has changed a bit (certain gestures and expressions were less restrained) but either way the result hurts as to why we don’t see more of him.

Baby Gong Hyo-jin. I’ve always liked her due to general consensus but looking closely it’s never been more than a surface appreciation and objective aquiestment of her skills. Her second leading role as Bok-su’s girlfriend is the first time she has hit me as feeling “all there”. This is her best character for me. One of the reasons I’m afraid of continuing is my worry of her fate. I’d be really disappointed if she got the typical second lead treatment of going to cray-town or abruptly switching gears to another guy (looks like Kyung’s gangpae oppa is being set up for that). I also really like their relationship, so despite my enjoyment of the leading lady’s atypicalness, I wish they would stay together.

Baby Lee Dong Gun looks odd to me this young lol, I waffle back and forth with Mr. Han. He’s not a bad guy just frustratingly self absorbed and entitle, even though it’s couched in cutesy. He’s the kind of guy that merely seeks to placate instead of please, going “yes dear” but never really listening and thus never really gets to know her. He’s “sweetly” dismissive of her attempts to show him. or rather her just being her, constantly shooting himself in the foot before the race even starts. I have sympathy for him as a guy who isn’t winning the girl he likes, or maybe just as a fully-fleshed character (these types are needed too), but he’s not a guy I’d see as worth investing a relationship in. They’d never grow, and unless something gets shaken up I can’t root for him either.

Also still watching Legend of Zhen Huan (at 41: there’s a new kid on the block. Lawd have mercy, these women are like hydra) and I’m behind on Grapevine and M.

Hi OT!

I finished Kill Me, Heal Me two weeks ago, and then was stuck trying to find something else as engaging to watch. But I do find that with some time having passed, for some odd reason it isn't as fresh and as easy to recall as I thought it would be. (Or, maybe I'm just getting old.) I loved Ji Sung in it, and that's pretty much my assessment of the show--that it rests on the shoulders of his mighty, tremendous, charismatic acting.

Then I shifted gears and started the Taiwanese drama, Apple In Your Eye, which is by the same writer who penned the original In Time With You.

It has the same flavor as ITWY, but refreshingly features quite a bit of pretty animation. It's also loaded with trademark Taiwanese self-conscious "philosophising over life," which has always annoyed me cos all it is sometimes is someone trying to sound very meaningful and, yeah, deep. But [*spoiler alert*] episode 10 or 11 marked a downhill turn, which I've halted mid-hill, still undecided as to whether I'll continue watching. Actually, I get that something drastic needed to happen (sort of), but I SO very dislike the "kidnapping," and also the "resolution." Ugh.

At least watching this puts me in the mood to wait for the Korean version of ITWY!

Happy OT all!

Big Bang! Finally! :) loving their single Loser and Bae bae.
The girl who smells is one of the few dramas I look forward to watching each week. Fun, cute, mystery to solve and hot otp, what's not to love? :)
Heard it through the grapevines good and funny dark. Well done.
C drama the Four: love cold blood and li mos relationship.

Have a great day/weekend!

Good morning, all! And Happy Beltane to those who celebrate it! :)

What I've been watching this week:

Missing Noir M: I was surprised they left the two-episode-arc format, but the story was fine. Still aces all around - acting, writing, direction, everything. :)

Let's Eat, Season 2: Not enough eating. And that kid from Blade Man is really creepy. While I was watching this week, though, it really made me think about weird it must be for cultures with very little casual touching to visit the US. We're very huggy.

Also, is fried chicken w/cheese really a thing in Korea?

The Lover: Haven't seen this week's episode, but now I'm kind of invested in the gay couple.

Divorce Lawyers in Love: Only watched two episodes so far; I dunno. I'm not really hooked, but I love watching Yeon Woo Jin pull faces (and his office mates calling him 'pregnant smile' - ie, you could pregnant just from his smile) cracked me right the hell up.

What I want to be watching:

The Avengers: Age of Ultron: Alas, I have to wait til tomorrow. I understand a bunch of it was shot in Seoul? (Which, by the by, appears to look an awful lot like Atlanta, Georgia. Just interesting. Anyway, superheroes! Fighting giant robots! Snarky dialog! Beautiful actors! Yessssss.

K-drama Moment:

Got the opportunity to recommend some Korean movies after a patron watched Snowpiercer. Mwahahahahahaaaaa.

My coworker finished Marriage not Dating w/a new craving for Korean rom-coms & a huge crush on Yeon Woo Jin. ::grin::

Alas, our Russian speaker at work is retiring. I say 'Russian speaker', but she speak five languages - Russian, Spanish, English, & French fluently, and a bit of Chinese. So far, one coworker is taking French, I'm learning - well, Korean, not Chinese, but still - Asian, and I told the other two that they're going to have to figure out who has to learn Russian & who has to learn Spanish.

Can any Eastern European DB folks tell me how to say "Our Russian speaker retired" in Russian? I have a feeling I'm going to need it.