Have not seen this remake. But from what I see on my X feed, this is a story between Ahn yo Seop and Rowoon. And that it is "unexpected".

Hehehe!

Episode 5' reveal was a big surprise and it made things more confusing.

I gave up trying to figure out what's going on and I'm just enjoying the cute high school friendship between the three kids. I hope things get a little more clear soon.

I am so hungover from my binge yesterday. Full of regrets. But it so much fun “live” watching with my friend (in another city). Texting like mad.

Our reactions were divided but positive. My friend who hasn’t watched the original, loved this. It didn’t match the OG for me. How could it? But it was a decent makeover with its strength and weaknesses. So, if you can set aside the OG and moderate your expectations, you might enjoy it. I did.

One thought re ending. She loved the pretty much happy ending. I loved the original, which left me in a heartbroken bliss. (I pretend the YT clip never happened :) In fact, I shed a few tears in the first episode here just from the lingering feels of two years ago. LOL.

Looking forward to discussing more after other Beanies watch it.

not feeling the leads chemistry but still curious about this story.I didn't watch the original so I really have no idea where this story is going, but the drama didn't make me want to keep watching past ep 3. I imagine we wont get recaps so I will keep an eye here to see if I can discover how things will end eventually lol

Things getting more tangled after 7 episode 😵‍💫. Trying hard to finish it in one go but so many distraction 😌. Will keep my review once I done ✌️

EP 9.

The leads of DwY think they have it difficult? I want them to watch ATCY and count how many people need to die to create the leads' destiny... A LOT.

To not even mention that the leads had to fall for each other in two different time lines and grief their deaths.
And since this is a time travel paradox, it has no beginning or ending, the story is gonna repeat itself like a time loop... Now that's heavy, people.

I think Hong Joo and Shin Yu need to be grateful and accept their destiny. lol

Okay, jokes aside, I really respect the way Jun Hee and Si Heon fight for their love. They're incredible.

I only have three episodes left, and I think it's gonna be about the killer? I wanted more cute high school moments, tho. Something to light up the mood for a bit.

No idea why they released this show in one day. Is too sad to binge watch. :(
And it would've been more fun to talk about every detail week after week like we normally do.

Anyway, I have a feeling the finale is gonna break my heart, and I don't want that. Bring back the three happy kids, bring back In Gyu, please. 🥺😞

I enjoyed it.

I give it 9/10 stars.

I didn't see Someday or One Day so I didn't have any expectations. Based on the comments I have read this may set expectations higher for those that have which means this series will more than likely have some very tough critics.

Loved the acting by the cast. Good job by the FL.

The story kept me engaged and I binge watched all 12 episodes in one day.

There is a cameo by one of the actors from Destined for You. This person will have two opportunities to win the couple of the year award this year. :-)

Yes there are flaws but don't overthink it.

Sit back and enjoy.

I have just finished episode 4 and am already looking forward to the next episodes. I don't know the original, so I have no comparisons.

Originally I had slight reservations because I had only seen Ahn Hyo-seop in BUSINESS PROPOSAL and he didn't really convince me there (I guess I'm one of the few who finished watching BUSINESS PROPOSAL solely because of the second couple). In any case, I like Ahn Hyo-seop very much here.

It's confusing me when there is Hang-out place and there will be a review too.

Not sharing anything deep here- I’ve watched both version and loved them both!
Just lost sleep from binge watching it last night, so I haven’t had time to put a coherent train of thoughts yet. Will be back later!

A TIME CALLED YOU (Ep. 1-3) I am not familiar with the original material, so I will take this remake for its own production and story. The pre-release interviews, the director said he would maintain some of the iconic scenes in the original but have his own take on the overall story. Episode 1 was a slow but well done weaving of the present Jun-Hee issues with acceptance of her BF’s death anniversary and the unsettling past from high school (it took me a double take to realize that the 1998 high schoolers had different names) And there lies the doppleganger mystery. Episode 2 does not emphasize the first four stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression) but it is clear Jun-Hee is still in denial with fits of anger, bargaining and depressing fantasy conversations with her dead BF. Meanwhile, Min-ju family life is awful but when on her first real birthday celebration she confesses to Si-Heon, she is devastated by his rejection (leading to her tragic accident) Jun-Hee’s office worker calculates the years to confirm that was not Yeon-Jun in the old photograph. But Jun-Hee seems to be closer to encroaching on the parallel time line of Min-ju as birthday wishes are the pivot point of intersecting emotions through that same cassette tape. Jun-hee awakes from Min-ju’s coma as herself, taking Si-Heon for Yeon-Jun. Episode 3 begins with Min-ju in a purgatory realm while Jun-Hee takes over her 1998 life, sharing bits and pieces of both memories. (It seems that Si-Heon’s guilt must have led him to Min-ju’s doppleganger as the catalyst for this time line body swap). But Episode 3 adds an accident mystery to the mix.

Clues: broken plastic of cassette recorder from 1998 accident (tape was in possession of Si-Heon.) That presumes Si-Heon was at the accident scene or cause of it? Or In-gyo who retrieved his hearing aid from Min-ju’s backpack and seems less interested in finding the culprit?

The 27 Record photo came AFTER Jun-Hee entered Min-ju’s body when she returned to school and work. In her journal, her Yeon-jun dream is fading (while Minju is still trapped in purgatory). It begs the question what happened to real Jun-Hee? Was she the one assaulted and left in the field? A new lead leads to Min-ju memory of being saved from car accident by a young man in a school uniform? Jun-Hee wakes up during assault memory because she fell asleep on the bus. She thinks it is a dream but Si-Heon appears to be stalking her. She gets home to see that all her messages to Yeon-jun have been read. She then dials his old number . . .

Watching the series because the writer wrote BABYSITTER, a great series with tight, intense script which helped the cast’s stellar acting. I get the same feel with the series so far. The script has weaved many elements both dreamlike and real so really cannot tell which is right and which is wrong. There are conflicting statements by characters which can in fact be true if put into context. The writer and director appear to be...

Watched episode 1 and jave been pretty confused until I figured we have two timelines not one and the characters are different in both timelines

I can see why this drama comes highly recommended and expect for most beanies the original would be the best option. I am glad I was able to watch this version through as the original didn't work for me and I only watched the equivalent of the first 4 episodes of this one. I was able to get into the mystery element and whilst I worked out some elements before the reveal there were a few I could not make sense of until they were revealed. I was completely surprised by a couple of the twists towards the end.

I liked the fresh start they came up with for the couple to meet and be themselves.

I was a surprised that we only heard from and saw the Minju in the head character when there were several times we saw the voice of the real person could be heard by the time traveller. I wondered how Yeonjun would have felt as his body was used for a long time in a way that did not fit for who he was.

tried a couple more episodes, but it's really not working for me. I LOVE time travel stories so this is not the issue here, but the leads just didn't click for me, even though I have liked these actors in other stuff before. I'm curious to know the story unfolding, but I don't care enough about these characters to watch hours of it. I will wait for the series review and the comments.

EP 11
Nooo. 😭 Why are they doing this?

They made Mi Jung so sad and illogical. I can't enjoy the cute high school moments anymore.

Like Oh My Ghostess, I would've like if Mi Jung and Jun Hee build a relationship were they could support each other.

What MJ is doing doesn't make sense from any angle.
If she really wants to live and enjoy her TIME, doesn't she need to be ALIVE for that?

She can fake her identity and live like Jun Hee only if she's alive. She can enjoy her romance with Si Han only if he's alive. She can be friends with In Gyu, only if he's free and alive. And Jun Hee is going to leave her alone only after she goes back to 2023.

So catching the killer should be her priority.
It's not like she's scared of messing with the time line and ruin the paradox or something. Nah. She's just being reckless and selfish.

She really was a sweet girl the first few episodes, so it's really sad to see her take such a dark turn. I don't think that was necessary. But I guess it's a drama thing to take lonely and quiet characters and make them look crazy.

Anyway, 1998 used to be my happy place but not anymore. 2023 is so depressing, especially in episode 10. That was a lot. A LOT. Scarier than Criminal Minds or Hannibal. I even thought "maybe they should give up on their romance, that would save at least 4 lives. Tbh, I don't know if their love it's worth it".

So when HJ came back to 1998 I felt better. I thought I was gonna get some smiles. I was ready to watch the trio (+ uncle and police) catch the culprit and enjoy a little moments of young sweetness. But nah, we couldn't have that. I feel like this show takes the tag "melodrama" way too seriously, like a drama or movie from early 00's. Sometimes it feels extreme or unnecessary. But maybe that's just me.

...
I hope SH notice that MJ is faking it pali pali. He knows something's off.

EP 12

I don't think I'm feeling what I'm supposed to be feeling. Especially after a happy ending... I guess this isn't my type of story.

I really liked the first half tho. And Anh Hyo Seob. He was great.

I'll wait for the spin off BL between him and Ro Woon, I think I would like their story better. 😆

Overall and final verdict:
I am so glad I did not watch the Taiwanese version first place. It kept me from getting any spoiler as well as how it should be.

My review: it was not as sad as people said 😅. But all the time travel plot lines, the way they introduced and killed each characters makes sense till the end.
YeoBin really topnotch in switching character especially last 2 episode. Glad Ahn HyeSeop and Kang Hoon pick this project too.
My fav character would be ahjusshi Park Hyuk-Kwon 🥰 (loved every single time of him in many drama).
The romance is considered subtle for me, well both OTP didn't feel much (to the least I would say). The so-called creepy villian Jin Woong, he is damn fine as psycho one! From MoA, Chocolate and Nobody Know to this, I wish all success to him.

Plus points: it drops the whole series in one go ❤️. This earn me another bean 🥳.
Downside: to the point that someone suffered depression, please avoid watching it at all cost.

Till.next.drama.binge 😁

Finsihed ep12.

Not seen the original, so can't compare, but I felt like this was a masterclass in narrative control. We had a large number of overlapping timelines by the end but I knew where we were at every point. Had to concentrate, mind, but the way the writer doled out the hints, the points of overlap, the waking up as a new character, kept me enthralled. It felt like time travel done by someone who really "got" their time travel and I loved it.

JYB was superb. Just like Si-heon, I could tell immediately from her eyes which character she was inhabiting - just brilliant. KH was superb - made the second lead seem as vital as the first, and I felt his pain every time. AHS was good - moments where I felt his acting was not quite in line with what was going on and he wasn't quite matching JYB, but it wasn't painful for me.

Really enjoyed it. How different is the original please someone?

Technically, the drama is good, the cinematography is beautiful, the music is ok, although not to my taste. The actors are ok, they are very good in some scenes. What I didn't like was what this drama was. I would prefer if Min Ju simply had a split personality or actually invented a second personality to cope with the pressures of reality. I didn't like the use of time travel and the fact that the love of the main characters was so important that the lives of other characters were marginalized. In my opinion, Min Ju and In Gyu were more interesting. It's their story without any fantasy elements that I would like to watch. Let it be a story about struggling with your own psyche, a story about the struggle for happiness of ordinary people with problems, flaws, average, unpopular, etc. The main characters were typical people with success written on them from the moment they were born, and fate gave them more chances than others.

Ooof... I just finished this over the weekend and I'm having a mixed feelings. Story wise I really think it's a bit of a fresh air in the mids of getting annoyingly streamlined kdrama stories. I love the complicated story and the way it challenged me. Although to be completely honest I feel like it could've been told in a better pace idk how but I just feel like it.

The one thing I know is that this kind of drama relies REALLY heavily with leads chemistry. It's not like the chemistry isn't there but it's not as strong as what I expected and to tell the truth it's the very first time I'm watching Jeon Yeobeen have been in a drama with this level of chemistry.... (from be melodramatic, Vincenzo, glitch, night in paradise, to be honest even in after my death, Jeon Yeobeen and her co-stars chemistry has always been overflowing). Or I don't know maybe I have a problem w Ahn Hyoseop I didn't understand.

Yet... Jeon Yeobeen.......... I feel like for her last three dramas post Be Melodramatic, she's not the kind of actress that acts perfectly every bit of the time. Every time I started thinking like this about her, she goes off with a scene or few that gave me goosebumps. I feel like she's always has that few moment in a drama where I felt like she's such an amazing actress. In A Time Called You in particular, those moments are when she finally broke down wanting to move on in front of imaginary Ahn Hyoseop, when Mijoo broke down bcs her about-to-divorce parents about to abandon her, when she lost Siheon for the nth time (why does her character always lose someone to death laksdjfhjkah), and finally... when Mijoo acts like she's Juhee........ The way you can FEEL that it's not wholly Juhee from the start even before the revelation.....

So... all in all, drama wise I don't think it's as satisfying as I hoped it would be (I guess I gotta go to the og huh) but in terms of Jeon Yeobeen, I think she proved yet again what's an amazing actress she really is.

I have now seen all twelve episodes and can say that I liked ATCY very much. I wasn't bored for a minute, was interested in trying to follow the different levels of time travel logically, which I managed quite well, and was rooting for the characters.

These characters grew closer to my heart with each episode and in the end I suffered more and more when they were separated again and again.

I was impressed with how Jeon Yeo-been portrayed Han Jun-hee and Kwon Min-ju, so I always knew immediately who I was watching.
Ahn Hyo-seop also won me over for the first time.

I finished this drama today and I have lots of questions:
Si Heon(2006) = One with Koo Yeon Jun's identity.
Si Heon(2002) = Original Si Heon who woke up back in 2002 from coma after the bus accident.
Jun Hee = 2023 Jun Hee and when she is in physical and mental control of Min Ju's body and mind.
Min Ju = 1998 Min Ju

1. In the scene where Si Heon, Jun Hee and the uncle were discussing in the cafe about finding critical information to figure Min Ju's murderer, why did Si Heon never share with Jun Hee that he felt Min Ju was acting weird before her death? Min Ju was the one who set the plan to pull Jun Hee to 1998 by writing "The joy was Koo Yeon Jun", so that means they were still in the time loop and the sequence following that event until her murder must also be same. So, why did Si Heon never mention that Min Ju told Jun Hee was a fragment of imagination?

2. What is that one unexpected event mentioned by Si Heon (2002) as changing that particular timeline from other loops?

3. Why did Si Heon(2002) who was waiting to meet Jun Hee in 2023, never left any clues for his other versions or Jun Hee. He had so many years at his hand to test different timelines, but instead cribbed about them being caught in an endless loop of destined pain. Wasn't he supposed to be a smart guy as shown during most of the drama?

4. Si Heon(2002) was a great friend to In Gyu and even helped his grandma when In Gyu was in prison. For a person who cared so much about his friends, why did he never try to get to know Chan Yeong when he spent majority of his college life and career partnership with him? Both Jun Hee and Si Heon were close with Chan Yeong, yet they knew nothing about his background or family.

5. Why did that specific cassette turn out to be a device for time travel? I know it was the song that set up the intro between the three kids, but Jun Hee was never shown listening to it. Neither did Chan Yeong and Si Heon wasn't even obsessed with the song. So how did it become significant for time travelling?

6. In Jun Hee's first time travel, Min Ju's soul was caged and she couldn't escape until Jun Hee went back to 2023. In second time travel of Jun Hee, Min Ju was never seen, but how come in the third time, Min has total control of her own body + mind and Jun Hee's soul got trapped?

Went to the drama without any expectation have to say really liked it a lot. I was also wondering how sad it would be, as people kept saying it's a heartbreaking melodrama.
But the drama had its fun moments! And I really liked ahn hyeo seop's character a lot. He reminded me of Chan from 30 but 17, in that drama he was continuously active, doing those boat rowing sports. Here too, he's playing basketball and football and as a student too, which suits his age and personality I think. Also the banter between Yeon-Jun and Jun-Hee were lotta fun. And jeon yeo bin also played her character well. Although I see that she looks a bit older to play a school student but since she had to play someone 36 years old I understand why it had to be that way.
What else kang hoon was an important part of the story. The song of time travel perfectly fits the mood of '98 and 2023. Being the same old as the main leads here the past year made me nostalgic lol.
I think the story was really neat and the direction filming style too. Also like someone else said the narrative was really clear and although there were so many timelines they explained through the dialogues quite well what was happening.
I do not still understand how Si-Heon the original one kind of disappeared personlity wise but I do not try to understand haha. At the end I was just happy that the mystery was solved lol.
Probably Im gonna watch it again now I know how it till the end is. :D

I missed a nice school drama and also kdramas have been bit of boring lately so I think story wise I enjoyed it a lot. Don't think a year specific drama was so good lately since reply 1988.

Still processing ...  just some non sequiturs

Finally loved Ahn Hyo-seop in something which was not Still 17 ... did it help that he looked like Chan (miss the duck)!

Kang Hoon 😍 🥰 🤩

Also ... waiting for your drama as ML.

Is the word wholesome in the dictionary defined to mean Kang Hoon?

Two Jeon Yeo-been dramas have gay / pretend gay characters in ep 8

Tae Ha - A Time Called You (Rowoon)

Tae Ho - Vincenzo (Song  Joong-ki)

Any particular reason for the similar sounding names?

Can I just say I have just finished episode 8 and I am so confused about how there are two si heon’s in 2007?!?! Do I just turn my brain off? Are they the same person?!

I finished this series but I didn't watch the original Taiwanese version yet so I don't think I have a right to "critique" on it but I have to admit that the plot was quite confusing.
I struggled to comprehend what the heck was going on, even after the airport scene.
But overall it was a sweet story and I will never be falling in love when this man travelled through time and space just to be with her :'))))

Still on ep 4, so I'll hold on commenting.

But on superficial level, Jeon Yeo Bin is lovely. The most beautiful among K actresses IMO.

Watching this as a clean slate, I enjoyed how the story played out and will definitely be a fan of Yeon-been going forward . She fleshed out her characters so well and the director/wardrobe team excelled in making Jun-hee's character shine.

I was hoping someone can help me understand why there are two version of Siheon at the airport that day as there is only one soul of Siheon. If we're to follow the theory that the soul returns to the body after the crash, why would Si-heon's soul still be in Yeon-jun when he returned to his body already? If we were to travel back in time to 2002, the owner of Yeon-jun's body would have no recollection of Si-heon's memory with Jun-hee and wouldn't pursue her (Yeon-jun also has a different sexual orientation). Am I missing something here? Definitely need some help to understand the timelines!

Storyline aside, Jeon Yeo Bin's beauty was overwhelming at times (definitely understand why Si-Heon took so much effort to be with her).

Surprisingly, my favorite scene in the drama was when she officiated their relationship after their bus ride home. There's something about the way she delivered her lines in that scene that made it so impactful; I rewatched it so many times.

I’m not reading any of the comments in case might inadvertently read even a hint of a spoiler. I wanted to come to this with as little info as possible beyond what I know already.
There is this one scene that I saw in the first ep which maybe portends to a multiple timelines’ shenanigans?
And, I remain impressed by how actors in their thirties could be fairly convincingly made up to look like high schoolers although with very good skins and adult composure.

Can someone explain how in gyu remembers them decorating for Christmas ? Where does that fit on the timeline

OMG! I loved it as much as the original and I became sad and cried all over again!

I’ve just started ep 5 and am wondering whether Yeonjun existed at all. Hopefully, some of the mystery might clear up in this midway episode.
I’m in a bit of a funk as a subdued and/or depressed Kang Hoon is so much less fun to watch than an exuberant one (obviously) so I wish he had been given the main lead as he would have been wonderful in that role. Ahn HyoSeop is serviceable but he does acting by numbers which is not comparable to Kang Hoon’s immersion in his roles.

I am assuming most Beanies have moved on from this drama but I only just finished it a couple of days ago and wanted to share my thoughts.
Honestly, at the end I found this a distressing watch for reasons which might not resonate with others.
I really wanted to like this as I can’t resist time travel-based stories which include friendships and yearning but at the end, this just didn’t work for me for a number of reasons:
1. Violence against women: This is an all too pervasive and disturbing occurence which is used in both Korean and non-Korean shows to create tension and a narrative trajectory. It is so often used thoughtlessly and it is important because representation matters and how it is done. In RL women are brutalised in a number of ways and I wish people who make dramas could be much more thoughtful and intentional. There was absolutely no need for Minju to be attacked and killed in the original timeline or terrorised in the alternate one. She could have been hit by the car in a tragic accident. Hence, the psycho killer character was totally unnecessary and apart from the actor looking ridiculous as a grown man pretending to be a teenager, it occupied precious time which could have been used to flesh out sorely needed subplots and characters. I hated it.
2. Minju going MIA and being trapped in the purgatory: I also viscerally disliked that a character who was extremely timid, isolated, lonely and vulnerable was ‘trapped’ in purgatory and was forgotten for a large chunk of the series. It was cruel and heartbreaking. Junhee could’nt or didn’t want to communicate with her while she was occupying Minju’s body and I found that incredibly devastating and distressing. I appreciate that these were based on the original but there is a horror story here which wasn’t dwelled on and acknowledged in any shape or form but in the most perfunctory manner at the end. I understand the focus of the story was on the main characters but I found Minju’s loneliness, isolation and self-loathing so much more profoundly affecting than the main separated lovers.
3. Yeonjun’s untold story: I wanted to know so much more about Yeonjun’s life. He deserved so much better as an important character and one who was the sole LGBTIQ referenced one. In those ten minutes, AHS and Rowoon were memorable and poignant. It remains terrible that LGBTIQ characters are still depicted as tragic characters in a 2023 Korean production and are killed off to expedite the story. I find that so disheartening and upsetting.
3. The perfunctory apology to Minju: To me this was too little and too late in the piece and even though it was intended to be a salve for a damaged and vulnerable soul, it fell so short of a meaningful apology. The the drama thought it would be enough to including cheap self-empowerment advice which was hokey and unrealistic. Minju needed significant support and care to get better. Just one confession from Ingyu wouldn’t cut it.
4. Ingyu’s woeful arc: That a...

I just finished watching it and loved it! It was one of the best kdrama watches I've had in a long time. I do have some questions though:

1) So Jun Hee never actually met or fell in love with Yeon Jun? There was a Yeon Jun, but he never actually crossed paths with Jun Hee?

2) Didn't they imply that Si Heon was just about to start a relationship with Tae Ha before the car crash? They held hands and then the crash happened and Tae Ha died. So what exactly was going on there? I thought there was going to be a reveal later that Si Heon was actually gay, but they just dropped that whole thread after the crash.