You guys, I just watched the first episode of Punch and I've gotta say.....the feeeels man. I was curling my toes watching it not because of suspense,action or mystery,but because of one person only.....Kim Rae Won! This is my first time watching him in full length,if 1 episode can be considered that. I first saw him in some clips of the movie Plum Blossom where I found him a handsome badboy who liked to get around. But the biggest impression that he left me with was.....nice butt!
So now that I'm finally watching Punch, I was startled at first by how older he had gotten having seen no recent pics of his,just wasn't interested in the Doctors recaps. My my, his sooooooo attractive its distracting. He's aged so fine! I swoon at his deep voice,his wrinkle lines and just about the way he carries himself with that commanding air.
My thoughts on the episode: I think 90% of my enjoyment came from marvelling at Kim Rae Won and how much he has changed, matured so well. I'm also really enjoying

W: Still my drug, I thought I would tire of the action and the emotional rollercoaster but I feel like everything is still tightly written, coherent and frankly, when you understand the rules, it all comes together to raise the stakes. I love that it's a bit of a puzzle for my brain with a compelling OTP to boot. LJS and HHJ are everything.

Cinderella & 4 Knights: Still using this as a healing drama after W. It works. I'm pretty sure if I saw this at most other times, I might have switched off because it is pretty cliche but it goes so well with W. PSD is adorable and the 4 knights also add fun and personality. It's such an easy watch for the weekends, and AJH is a delight here.

Heirs: Not really watching this by choice, but my mum is and it's on the background when I chill with her. Let's just say, I'm probably part of the group that is indifferent with it and has no idea how it was successful, thinks everyone looks too old to be in high school and thinks everyone should go their own ways and meet normal people when they're older. This drama kind of makes everything else seem much better by comparison - especially Cinderella. There's rich and entitled, then there's rich and douchey.

Another Oh Hae Young: I'm just at the point where I'm not really that invested on finishing it, but when I do tune into an episode, I enjoy it.. because Eric and Seo Hyun Jin are cute together, but that's it.

I'm planning on starting a lot of dramas, but I kind of want to wait for W to finish so I don't have too many heavy dramas on my plate, but I need more dramas right now to make the wait for W feel bearable. What do.

I'm in love with W drama, it's the best drama I ever watched and can't see any other drama would reach that level for me!! the writing, directing, acting it's all mindblowing!! I'm in love with every second of it!! and as much as I'm dying to watch the last 3 episodes to know the ending, praying for my OTP's happy ending, I don't want the drama to end!! I'm not ready yet to let go of this outstanding drama and OTP!!

W give me the spirit of anime live action ala death note and log horizon as game.
The world is collapses and we need to find what we can do to win our lives.

I think the unsure rule part of W is the charm for me and not others. I perfectly understand it, I always understand the story from the 1st watch for W and never needed 2nd watch to know the story, just a occasional rewatch when missing the character on screen.

W give this unsure feeling about what can and can't do but also suffer for kdrama trope that the hero will always won and kdrama loved their happy ending, so viewer get juggled in this plot who is want to make anything unsure but have the faith in kdrama trope, they'll make it to the end.

W and Log horizon start almost the same because I see many people thought that the hero is too smart for their own good, which is work for me because self awareness is my niche, I love character that know what they should do and have adventure every time but I see how that can removes the suspense and the relatable factor for others.

Still really enjoying W and attached to the character (probably because I am familiar with this kind of MC, anime has many kangchul but rarely has yeon joo)

I miss Age of Youth. This was my regular weekend drama along with C&4K which I'm fast forwarding only to watch Hyun Min. After watching the preview of the 8th episode I can't bring myself to watch it.

I'm travelling back to India in less than a fortnight so I was out shopping yesterday at Melbourne Central and that's when I learned Train to Busan was playing at Hoyts. I convinced a friend to watch it with me and boy, did we love it. I'm not sure when they had started screening it here in Oz, but I'm so glad I got to watch it before I left.
I wish I can watch it again with my sister but they don't screen Korean movies back home ?

Never have I been so glad I gave up TV four years ago and only watch dramas on my glorious MacBook Pro Retina laptop. The visuals are stunning beyond belief!!! I feel sorry to hear that the TV version of Moon Lovers - and other shows - are not matching what is coming through on good computers. It sure does point to where the future lies in our watching habits.
And Oh - As a breast cancer survivor I'm LOVING Jealousy Incarnate!! The hospital scenes are so darned accurate - especially post-op - that it's completely refreshing. This is a cute love story too. So many dramas to love right now. My #1 fave is Moonlight Drawn by Clouds because the entire feeling of the drama changed in episode 4. YOWZA!!!!!

Where is mary? Why you don't want 'Our Gab Soon?

One of my favorite things about DB is this weekly post. I love seeing everyone's opinions and how often some people like one show but another recapper will find that same show boring. It helps me understand that everyone is so different, and that we all don't have to like the same dramas :)

Currently watching:

W: just 3 episodes left and I still can't get the corpse from Han river wearing a ring from an earlier episode out of my head. The show is highly enjoyable but it is not without flaw/s, but it's ok, because Su-bong is so squishy. ?

Cinderella & 4 Knights: I like this show, I like Ha-won, Hyun-min, Ji-woon, Seo-woo and Mr. Secretary but I just can't bring myself to like Hye-ji. I don't know if it's just the way the character is written or if it's the limitations of Na-eun's acting talent (she has that bored expression in every scene). All she does is sit around and sew and get pricked and then she expects Hyun-min to like her back? Like what the heck?! She's not scheming or conventionally evil like the step mom & the stepsister but she's a lazy character that has a misplaced sense of entitlement to Hyun-min's affections just because they were childhood friends. Oops, sorry. Haha... rant over! ?

Scarlet Heart: Lee Jun-ki and his perfectly chiseled face. I skip scenes here and there but never when LJK or Haneul is on screen. This two are hard carrying the show (at least for me) right now.

3 Meals A Day Gochang Village: Chajumma, Papa Yoo, sons Ho-jun and Joo-hyuk, make such a cute family. I laughed so hard watching the last episode when they had their picture taken along with Papa Yoo's real life pet corgi Winter. Their poses, LMAO. ???

I was wondering what was bothering me about Moonlight Drawn By Clouds and "...I would have liked it if I were twelve" summed up my thoughts rather perfectly. I didn't realize that's how I felt about it until I read it. The show is pretty and it's decently shot, the music is great and the cast is decent enough, but the plot feels middle-grade, her disguise is paper thin, and, to me, Park Bogum's acting is 80% everyone-tells-me-I'm-cute-so-let-me-just-act-cute and 20% overreacting which isn't bad in and of itself but I can just FEEL how terribly far from the target audience I was while watching the first three episodes. (Like someone who usually watches HBO and Showtime finding themselves tuning in to a sitcom on Disney.)

I want to give Jealousy Incarnate another try. The initial premise was intriguing. The first episode hooked me at the beginning but failed to keep me by the end, but I want to at least try one more time with episode two. (But like you guys said, there's no harm in dropping something.)

I've heard a lot of great things about FantastiC and I will try to at least watch the first episode some time this weekend.

W Two Worlds is another show that started off VERY strong, with a unique premise and detailed mythology. I tried to steer clear of the hype but it had me hooked through the first 5-6 episodes... and then gradually started to lose me as the weeks went on. I quit it. Picked it back up. Then quit it again. As objectively as possible, I really think it's because there's very little build up. It's Big Reveal after Big Reveal but so few reveals felt like they had lasting repercussions. Plus, everything happens so fast (as in for the overall pacing of the story, not necessarily what's happening on screen) that many parts of the later episodes feel like filler as the writer rummages around in their Plot Hat for a new mystery. It doesn't help that the first ten ENTIRE minutes of every episode is an unnecessary recap. I'm certain it is because of all the pre-emptions so that the audience can stay on track but they went OVERBOARD and I found myself losing interest before the episodes properly started. I feel like the show would have been more successful if they spaced all these Big Reveals more evenly and gave them time to breathe and expand. They also definitely needed to pump the brakes on their insta-love.

Moonlight: fun, cute, with more heartwarming moments starting to rise to the surface. I'm not here for the plot, and had actually zero expectations coming into the show (except for PBG's and KJY's acting talents), but after 4 eps I've decided to stick to it till the end. I like the subtle approach it takes to relationships, and it's that subtlety that wins my heart. Besides, KJY is as great in sageuks as ever. I have always loved her and love her more with this show.

Moon Lovers: I was initially VERY skeptical with the show due to the casting (well, for a project worth 15 billion wons and built on an iconic Chinese drama where even the supporting cast do their characters justice I think it's not too harsh to expect the same from the Korean front) and the first two eps are a major let-down to me, considering how much the trailers and previews try to sell it to the audience. Ep 3 is so much better and I've decided to stick around with it for a few more episodes to see the direction that it's heading to, though I must admit I don't like the writer's male-centric approach to the story. Let's hope that she won't reduce HaeSoo to the stereotypically naive and helpless female lead usually seen in Korean dramas.

Let's fight, ghost: Oh my Ghostess & Arang vibe with similar plot details (amnesia in the afterlife which is linked to murder possibility in the previous life & the second male lead is the suspicious one) but so far so good, I'm enjoying it.

Jealousy Incarnate: Not really blown away by it, but not completely turned off either. I'm giving it a go after ep 4 since the story is still interesting enough for me so far.

C&4K: I'm wondering whether or not to drop it after ep 7. The prospect of Hyun Min getting together with the 2nd lead girl makes my blood boil lol. Not sold on either the character or the actress playing Hye Jin.

Nobody is watching Blow Breeze? I'm a sucker for anything North Korean.

W is still my top favourite show. Currently I am watching W & C4K and still W tops for me. I am loving every bit of it and love to predict and guess.

Many are saying they are not able to grasp anything, but thankfully I am able to and loving the rational and smart hero Kang Chul. Was tired to see dumb leads

As for romance, I feel for them. KC might seem restrained, but his actions speak louder thn words and in episode 13 when he went batshit crazy when killer fired YJ and he ultimately killed killer was epic for me. I felt his emotions and when said I am her husband, I was in aww.
The dream of YJ, I just want happy ending for them and W is my fav Korean drama ever

do you know what anime viewers call characters like Kang Chul (W)?

overpowered and a Gary Stu
and one with lots of plot armor

"Uncontrollably Fond: You had months and months to pre-produce your show, and this is the best you could do? This drama didn’t fail because it was pre-produced, or because it cast Suzy, or because it aired at the wrong time, or because it had strong competition. This drama’s downfall is its writing..."

I'm truly sad cos this drama has finally made me realize that Suzy cannot act. She looks disinterested most of the time, mumbles through her lines.. Where's the chemisty between our OTP? Can't see it, can't feel it at all. Before this, I ignored all comments about her acting cos I really like her in Dream High and Big. Off screen, she's likeable enough. But this drama dealt a blow to me *sob sob*

suuuuch a good screencap choice~

yeah, well, for me, the interesting shows come few and far between. last one making me watch it in real-time was healer, and since then i only binged on DOTS, but that one kind of dragged on in the second half - i finished it because they had good chemistry and the soundtrack was good.

W is making me watch in real-time again, raw and barely waiting for the subs to watch it again. for me it's high entertainment. i am a sci-fi and fantasy lover, i do read manhwa and manga, i like good plots that have an inner logic and i don't need the main charas to fall forever in love and pine endlessly for each other. W is just perfect for me. and if you watch the episodes again, after being aware of what's going to happen, you have time to notice just how good an actor LJS actually is - his micro-expressions are perfection itself. HHJ as initially clueless YJ is also very good - she's not a super-heroine, but a not-that-bright-but-cute girl who gets to be a world-maker and doesn't do all that well with her new power. imagine yourself doing it. how great at it would you be? she's especially good with emotions in the second half, and well - i guess to each his/her own. the plot makes sense, it's not boring, there are rules, though subtle, and no one's a super-hero anymore. the end could go any which way. this is one show i could re-watch more than once, just for the love of it, even after i'll learn the ending.

none of the other airing shows do that for me - not even ML:SH:R (despite myself being a LJK fan.) i guess fusion sageuk/fantasy/time-traveling/ghost/medical/copycats-from-american-shows etc aren't my cup of tea. i could care less about romance and lachrymose stories, they went all over the place in the last few years.

the next one i'm interested again in is K2 - and that mostly because of JCW, who is a great actor if the role allows him to show his range. if he has to go to the army, i hope his drama, who might be last before leaving, leaves a good impression.

I'm watching both Age of Youth and Fantastic right now and they're both light, zippy shows despite how they tackle dark subjects. These are my type of shows --- shows with relatable characters tackling everyday-life subjects.

Fantastic has been fantastic so far. I love the no-nonsense female characters and Park Si Yeon and Kim Hyun Joo are both doing really well in their roles. I can't wait for Park Si Yeon's character to get out of that house. I have no problems with her getting with Jisoo and I actually want her to get together with him. She's spent too long losing her spunky character in that marriage. I really like Kim Hyun Joo's character, too, and how she's not spending her days moping around after that cancer sentence. Looking forward to the next episodes! BTW, Joo Sang Wook's so funny as a "foot actor", LMAO!

Uncontrollably Fond is good.. if you want your heart crushed, thrashed, burned and blown to infinite pieces...

W is interesting... until I realized that the writer was the same one who wrote Queen In-hyun's Man. Then I got the feeling that somehow I've seen the plot before...

W/ AoY being finished and before that, PU38, didn't have much to watch aside from finishing BIOG (while cute and fun, started to go downhill w/ the writer taking too many non-sensical "shortcuts").

So started to watch the shows that were on my list w/ "Bad Guys" being the 1st (due to PU38).

Don't know how BG escaped my notice since I'm pretty up on the dramas that get critical acclaim/are known for their writing - and BG was recapped as well on DB.

BG also had an actor I really liked (thru his film work) - Kim Sang-joong, who is beyond excellent in his role (now, going to have to also check out "The Chaser" due to KSJ) and another actor that I liked in Jo Dong-hyuk.

Why isn't JDH a bigger star?

JDH has great facial features (better looking than the so-called "pretty boys"), can act and has charisma galore.

" You can’t keep changing the rules before you tell us what they even are! "

^This, This, yes soo much this. That's the whole problem with this show, and why I can't get into it, so I just stopped thinking about it.