Yet another show finished: My Husband Oh Jak Doo. Ug. Why did I waste so many hours watching this one? Any one else watch it? Your thoughts? I liked it, hated it, then just felt too tired to care.
You summed up exactly how I felt watching it. That’s the million dollar question… why did I waste so many hours watching this? I guess we’ll never know…
I think I endured the show because of a soft spot I seem to have for Kim Kang-Woo (Jak Doo). Couldn’t resist his goofy shy smiles. But there wasn’t enough plot for 24 episodes so instead the writer just kept throwing in new plots to keep it going. On the up-side, this meant that dumb and irritating plot lines (like the characters “breaking up”) didn’t last unrealistically long. On the down-side it felt disjointed. It gave me more endings than LOTR in “Return of the King.” Every time one plot wrapped up (the guy trying to kill her gets caught) and it felt like a good place to end, it just kept going (oh so maybe the story was about the evil producer instead….except, not really). Even when each conflict was “resolved” there wasn’t much satisfaction because they got resolved so easily not long after being introduced, that there wasn’t enough time to create a real sense of threat. Maybe I was missing something in the translation but half of the time I didn’t really understand people’s motivations and how certain actions/events even served to solve the problem. [Sure it was explained the the killer hated Seung Joo because he somehow blamed her for his wife’s suicide but…..I still don’t really get how it connects enough to justify feelings strong enough to murder. Also, Mom’s hatred and poor treatment of Seung Joo felt unjustified given the accident that sparked her feelings. Extreme much?] And yet, because of stubbornness and enough flickers of interest…I watched the whole thing.
This is what made it makjang. Things happen for no reason and then people screech about it. I watched much of the back half having no clue what was happening or why people were doing what they were doing. I didn’t even know whether the main couple were or were not married at any particular point in time.
I try to avoid pure makjang when I can but I’m a sucker for forced cohabitation stories, among other tropes. and genuinely didn’t think this would be one. By the time I realized how frustrating the show was, I was too far along. And like a classic drama villain, I decided it was too late to turn back, that I had to see it through to the end.
I’m cleansing my mental palate with a Kim Kang-Woo drama that’s much better and has (another favorite) Yeo Jin-Goo to boot: Circle. Glad I finally got around to watching it.
They tricked me with the intelligent of the script in the early episodes. I even wrote a couple of comments about how the makjang direction was at war with the script. But I guess the director knew more than I did.
Circle – damn good choice. I’m doing a rewatch because I’m forcing my father to watch the better kdramas. It really is excellent.
I finished it while doing three baskets of my family’s laundry–washed, dried and ironed.
I couldn’t finish it without doing anything else on the side. Oh Jak doo is that kind of drama that doesn’t need your full attention, otherwise you’ll get tired of it.
The first half actually was pretty good, it’s like those old dramas, cliche but cute. I finished it because I’ve wasted so much time on it, so I have to get to the end.
*beanie consolation hug*
there, there.
I gave up a little over half way through the show and I’ve never looked back… I wish I could have magically known you were suffering through and telepathically told you to do the same… “Drop it!”
lol
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EyesWide
July 11, 2018 at 11:03 PM
Yet another show finished: My Husband Oh Jak Doo. Ug. Why did I waste so many hours watching this one? Any one else watch it? Your thoughts? I liked it, hated it, then just felt too tired to care.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
July 11, 2018 at 11:11 PM
I don’t regret it, but the obnoxious family members were grating.
ravennightstar
July 11, 2018 at 11:13 PM
You summed up exactly how I felt watching it. That’s the million dollar question… why did I waste so many hours watching this? I guess we’ll never know…
EyesWide
July 11, 2018 at 11:23 PM
I think I endured the show because of a soft spot I seem to have for Kim Kang-Woo (Jak Doo). Couldn’t resist his goofy shy smiles. But there wasn’t enough plot for 24 episodes so instead the writer just kept throwing in new plots to keep it going. On the up-side, this meant that dumb and irritating plot lines (like the characters “breaking up”) didn’t last unrealistically long. On the down-side it felt disjointed. It gave me more endings than LOTR in “Return of the King.” Every time one plot wrapped up (the guy trying to kill her gets caught) and it felt like a good place to end, it just kept going (oh so maybe the story was about the evil producer instead….except, not really). Even when each conflict was “resolved” there wasn’t much satisfaction because they got resolved so easily not long after being introduced, that there wasn’t enough time to create a real sense of threat. Maybe I was missing something in the translation but half of the time I didn’t really understand people’s motivations and how certain actions/events even served to solve the problem. [Sure it was explained the the killer hated Seung Joo because he somehow blamed her for his wife’s suicide but…..I still don’t really get how it connects enough to justify feelings strong enough to murder. Also, Mom’s hatred and poor treatment of Seung Joo felt unjustified given the accident that sparked her feelings. Extreme much?] And yet, because of stubbornness and enough flickers of interest…I watched the whole thing.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 12, 2018 at 1:06 PM
This is what made it makjang. Things happen for no reason and then people screech about it. I watched much of the back half having no clue what was happening or why people were doing what they were doing. I didn’t even know whether the main couple were or were not married at any particular point in time.
EyesWide
July 13, 2018 at 5:02 PM
I try to avoid pure makjang when I can but I’m a sucker for forced cohabitation stories, among other tropes. and genuinely didn’t think this would be one. By the time I realized how frustrating the show was, I was too far along. And like a classic drama villain, I decided it was too late to turn back, that I had to see it through to the end.
I’m cleansing my mental palate with a Kim Kang-Woo drama that’s much better and has (another favorite) Yeo Jin-Goo to boot: Circle. Glad I finally got around to watching it.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 13, 2018 at 5:07 PM
They tricked me with the intelligent of the script in the early episodes. I even wrote a couple of comments about how the makjang direction was at war with the script. But I guess the director knew more than I did.
Circle – damn good choice. I’m doing a rewatch because I’m forcing my father to watch the better kdramas. It really is excellent.
mano
July 11, 2018 at 11:27 PM
I finished it while doing three baskets of my family’s laundry–washed, dried and ironed.
I couldn’t finish it without doing anything else on the side. Oh Jak doo is that kind of drama that doesn’t need your full attention, otherwise you’ll get tired of it.
The first half actually was pretty good, it’s like those old dramas, cliche but cute. I finished it because I’ve wasted so much time on it, so I have to get to the end.
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 12, 2018 at 2:24 AM
It took a detour to Makjangville and never found the road back.
KSKalways
July 12, 2018 at 12:14 PM
(the random Cliff of Doom type of detour)
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 12, 2018 at 1:04 PM
A nice little closely-knit town where they communicate in screeching and there’s lot of toilet paper.
KSKalways
July 12, 2018 at 12:14 PM
*beanie consolation hug*
there, there.
I gave up a little over half way through the show and I’ve never looked back… I wish I could have magically known you were suffering through and telepathically told you to do the same… “Drop it!”
lol