Divorce Lawyer in Love was cute fluff. I didn't love Handsome Guy but it wasn't unpleasant to watch; I think it just wasn't a great story to begin with and I don't know how to fix that. Certainly the main couple had no chemistry.

KYK finally in another rom-com! I think the last one was “Man Living in Our House.” And the last thing I saw him in was “Lookout.” I’ve seen both discussed in passing on the Beanie wall this week, so it just seems like perfect timing that he’s back. But how much cooler would this show be if the roles were reversed and KYK was the “pretty” secretary? I could totally use a secretary like him 😜.

Oof, things aren't looking good for that director, and I wasn't massively happy with the writer either.

Thanks for the update on LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, @tipsymocha. I've been wondering when Kim Young-kwang would grace us with his presence in another drama after his tour de force in LOOKOUT. If he channels some of the aegyo with which Jang Do-han tormented his staid prosecutor colleague, we'll be in for a treat.

I'm not sure how to classify his earlier drama, SWEET STRANGER AND ME, which wasn't really a rom-com. It wasn't all that funny, and was pretty blah for a romance -- perhaps because his character played the leading lady's younger step-father, and she was basically a crankypants. The story was actually rather tragic, and more about finding justice, with Nan-gil expressing mucho filial piety in carrying out his adoptive mom's final wishes. Not to mention a heavy helping of mandoo, and a side of bromance with his loyal dumpling makers (aka the ManDoods). Key phrase: "I have to knead dough." Woo Do-hwan played his old frenemy in a small role that he capitalized on by effectively evoking sympathy.

KYK did a lovely job in the movie ON YOUR WEDDING DAY.

KYK played a dual role in ROOM NO. 9, as both a young doctor and his father. The show was dominated by Kim Hae-sook as the woman framed for murder, Kim Hee-sun as the antagonistic hotshot lawyer whose consciousness gets swapped with the convict's, and Lee Kyoung-young (currently starring in HAECHI) as the killer who nearly got away with murder. Oh Dae-hwan stole the show as a mad dog cop who falls for the old lady in the young lawyer's body.

As for the writer, ROMANCE FULL OF LIFE with Yoon Si-yoon and Jo Soo-hyang was the green segment of the THREE COLOR FANTASY, and was a sweet little story of struggling university students, one of whom participates in a pharmaceutical trial and becomes a brainiac overnight in a twist on FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON, and which anticipated Jang Hyuk's turn in BAD PAPA. I enjoyed it, in no small part because of YSY's incandescent charisma. Here's hoping we can anticipate another warm character arc from Writer-nim.

Directing-wise, HANDSOME GUY was pretty good, but the story itself was the weakest link. It was not one of Namgoong Min's better shows, but that wasn't because his acting was bad. If it had been shorter and more tightly focused, it might have been better, but as it was, there were too many tangential subplots and a gazillion side characters.

It will be interesting to see how LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT differentiates itself from WHAT'S WRONG WITH SECRETARY KIM.

Not a fan of the director, since I dropped Nothing to Lose and I think I haven't watched any drama from the writer.
But I am so excited for the pairing... Kim Young Kwang and Jin Ki Joo.
Tho this is a rom-com but really want something fresh, not just too-light one. Cant wait!

Kim Young Kwang recently caught my eye with the deliciously horribly cheesy Gogh's starry night. This might turn out to be the same kinda awfully good cheesiness? I'll be wary but look out for it!

I watched Queen of the Ring but the only things I liked were Kim Seulgi's acting and her chemistry with Ahn Hyoseop and I found his character really unlikable. The plot is about beauty discrimination but the ending got me more disappointed because it glossed the problem. And Ahn Hyoseop's characterization was confusing to me because he likes pretty people but then he doesn't like people getting teased for their looks. The plot seems to portray him as a genuinely nice guy who sees the world in society's ideals but he didn't really get me.
I saw the teaser of Love at First Sight and it seems to follow the the plot form of Queen of the Ring since it seems like hero is falling at first sight for heroine's alter ego who has eyes like ^^ . I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Certainly curious about this pairing. Looking forward to seeing what happens.

Wondering what the once-in-a-lifetime incident will be. The storyline is not bad although nothing new but I hope they add something else to it to make it special.

I'm so over the 'Female secretary and uptight boss' trope that drama-land has been obsessed with lately. I don't know of any dramas out there where the man is the secretary and the woman is the boss (I'm sure they are out there, like a fabled unicorn). Why are the women always in the subservient role? I am so ready to have the roles reversed.

a SECRETARY? AGAIN? oh my god. lmao. i really can't like how much must we put up with that these women are constant secretaries working for stoic perfect so smart amazing men then there's the secretary so her job isn't a big deal (even tho it's a lot of labor with very little return) and she's not established in life and some rich asshole comes. like the first 5000000 times it's fine but it's 2019 can we please move on....

Something seems different with Kim Young Kwan here. It it the dark eyebrow? Haha

I knew I'd seen him somewhere but couldn't place it. After searching I realized it was "White Christmas". Haven't watched any of the other dramas he's listed in.