This sounds promising! Shin Hye Sun is always awesome (and seems to pick good projects), so I'll definitely be checking this out.

So the PD of Forecasting Love and Weather wants
to take on weather forecasting again? I dropped FLaW (love the acronym!) early on so I don't really know how well he did last time.

Anyway I'll tune in for Shin Hye-sun.

In Shin Hye-sun we trust.
In Ji Chang-wook we…

LOL I love how we are already getting the ML's trauma backstory, spoilers right out the gate and has the drama even started filming yet?

On paper, and considering both the main actors and the talent behind the scenes, this sounds fabulous to me.

I am, however, puzzled by the whole conceit of the ML being stubborn about his sense of that day's likely weather. I did watch most of "Forecasting Love" but apparently I retained no actual knowledge about this profession: is a daily forecast a matter of debate? I mean, I know there are some predictive qualities to forecasting the weather, especially a week or so out. But the day of, do meteorologists have different interpretations of whether or not it's going to rain? And I'll reserve judgement until it airs, but on its face, blaming a diving accident on a faulty weather forecast seems . . . misplaced.

Shin Hye-sun - our consistent queen with a knack for choosing decent projects

Ji Chang-wook- the exact opposite of the above.

This is definately a "wait and see" type drama.

Jeju doesn’t look so big that it would need weather forecasters for each small town? 🤔

Oh wow, this sounds like a perfect watch for me, so it’s going on the watch list and hoping no nightmares show up to make it come off. The clash of genres has been driving me mad for a while now with Wish upon me being a great found family healing drama but then having the gangster mash up and toxic wannabe girlfriend/sister zoned vibe.

The male lead does sound like the male lead from Forecasting love and weather who was quite argumentative and was from a backwater but was often right and ended up making it to headquarters because of that.

Ji Chang-wook x Shin Hye-sun. May this be the post-Healer project.

They are both great actors and I'm curious what dynamic they will create.

The story doesn't excite me much, but I loved Go Back Couple. (And did they choose the PD because of his previous project? 😄)

Wow, my dream pairing! Definitely look forward to it!!

How could they welcome us if it hasn’t gotten off the ground as yet? I’ve been grading student papers and it clearly shows.

I love both actors.

They both chose very different roles in their career.

Now, Forecasting Love and Weather was the best Kdrama and the overtop use of weather in the story was tiring. We already got a ML who thinks he knows better about predictions... I hope he won't force everyone in a dangerous mission on the sea to not follow the data at the end...

But I'm happy with the Jeju setting!

I am super hopeful for this!!!

Pairing is certainly intriguing if not promising (no dead fish kisses at the very least!), but I've read an article like 5 times yet still don't get what's the story is supposed to be about - two ordinary people with ordinary lives from the same hometown falling in love? That's the plot, right? No kick at all, not even Big Drama Misunderstanding forcing leads apart in the past or serial killer looming in the background? Where's the fun then?

I enjoyed Suspicious Partner so it is a shame that after warming up to JCW I havent watched his dramas since. Or dropped early. but I think, Ji Chang Wook needs to play a more rough character and not be stuck in the smooth soft puppies. I think, when he chooses projects he is afraid to step out of comfort zone. It doesnt hurt to try different things. Maybe he should try a villain. Or a reaper. Or something a bit square.

I and my wife will definitely be watching. It cannot come soon enough.

What should seal the deal here for JTBC’s WELCOME TO SAMDALRI is not only leads Shin Hye-sun and Ji Chang Wook but also in the cast is the great ajumma-hacker herself Kim Mi-kyung who will be playing Sam-dal’s (SHS) mother.
I think SAMDALRI will be great. I mentioned in another place that in this drama SHS won’t have to carry the whole load. We know from her great performance in STILL 17 (2018) (Viki US) she can do healing dramas.
The PD not onlybhas FL&W under his belt but also CAMELLIA (2019) and ARE YOU HUMAN TOO? (2018).

O/T. JCW’s character’s deceased mom was one of the famous Jeju Island Haenyo (female divers). If you want a look into the world of haenyo you can do no better than check out the wonderful 2019 historical novel by Lisa See, “The Island of Sea Women: A Novel”.

I'm a fan of both actors, so this is exciting news to me. Shin Hye Sun elevates every project she's in and seems to bring out the best in her co-stars, so I'm optimistic.

The only JCW drama from recent years that I watched in its entirety was "The Sound of Magic". I don't like his dramas from the last few years, and I've tried to watch them all. I've read what this drama is supposed to be about, more details than here, and I think the second plot about the FL family might be more interesting than the main story. The main couple is a typical story about a traumatic childhood ML, his former friend, who returns to her hometown after a broken heart and professional disappointment. I especially don't like tropes in dramas: about the love of former childhood friends, about ML's childhood trauma, about FL who, disappointed with her relationship, seeks solace in her old life.

Is this finally going to be a Ji Chang Wook project that I will watch through? I have high hopes since Shin Hye Sun picked it.