A favorite spot: Cheoggyecheon Stream.

Us viewers: Jang Dong-yoon’s upcoming F/S SBS crime drama QUEEN MANTIS (8 episodes) is now on Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list. Episode one airs on Sep. 5. QM will also be available on Netflix US.

That news is squeeable I think lol. Unusual I think to have a currently airing drama to be available simultaneously on both Viki and Netflix. I hope that continues in the future. Netflix has an agreement to air SBS dramas so I am definitely pleased about that.

For good "animal" representation, refer to Korean Odyssey.. especially dog and pig!

ah, oh yes, the Oscar was on display as well (Latvian one)

typical estonian squee: I won a book thats costs 40€ and got to see oscar winning movie for free, plus there was a FREE prize under my seat (puzzle game of the movie).
counting how much I saved is my favorite hobby

You could have a lot of fun casting Desdemona. Lots of cameos for all the past lives of course, but then a good strong actress for the main part. Honey Lee would be good- of course, she is always good, but also a nice mix of older, sexy, and also prudish because she doesn't do kiss scenes- a complicated personality vibe.

Ji Hyuk's association with love could be "pain." Clearly, he does not want to re-live his parents life (struggling to get by with kids and sick grandparents. There is also a reference that he does not like how his mom was treated; perhaps he fears that he will turn out to be like his dad and his bride would not have a good life.

There is also a bit of class consciousness and wealth envy. He may believe that the only way to break the cycle of his parent's plight would be to be fiercely independent in order to attain the wealth and status he deserves. . . . but marriage would compromise his dream. But he switched gears to take the easy way by agreeing to marry Bo A, but got foolishly burned.

LYNX is a golf club and apparel brand. It is PPL sponsorship.

@aig00iness

"no doubt will continue to be in severe denial for some time after he has properly fallen for her"

Oh drama gods, give me a hard, hard fall! Gimme a proper satisfaction of seeing arrogant insufferable male leads falling hard on their tooshies, lololol.

As I previously wrote, I think Seoung Jae will wind up with Su Jeong, Eun-O's friend and cafe owner. There was a brief moment in episode 3 where Su Jeong seems crushing on Seoung-Jae while consoling Eun-O.

It was fine, I was hoping for more, but seeing get so easily beat up by the bad spirits was pretty sad, lol.

Drama trope of "The Nile" is one of our fav in any self-respecting romcom lol

Go on, keep denying...the fall will be harder 🤣🤣

Re: After all, they pegged the FL as an old hag at the ripe age of 27! 🤣🤣

Honestly, that's one of the funniest and (most natural) comic running gag!

DaebakGrits, thanks for the recap !

Zodiac Angels vs Evil ? Sounds good on paper , the animation setup was convincing. The execution along with my expectations fell flat . The Angels are without superpowers, so here are some fist fights with minions in a parking garage . 😵‍💫
Pig Man arguing with a dog 😟
A short series , it’s a merciful thing . Aigoo.

I hope the subject of Zodiac Angels is revisited with a better script as it should have made for some good fantasy.

Bring on the tropes! This sounds light and fun and it’s Mon-Tue! 🥳
Nice that Jinyoung gets a turn being the strawberry farmer, since he was the only one that didn’t get to do it last time 😂

That scene (when he launched into the personal questions after eating her perfectly sous-vied steak) read to me as one of the first steps in him falling for her - thinking of the old 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach' adage.

But of course he would be entirely unaware of that at this stage, and no doubt will continue to be in severe denial for some time after he has properly fallen for her...😬😈

“It's petty with a capital P”

I don’t know what is it about petty male protagonists that is so hilarious and (for me, personally) quite appealing. Maybe it’s a George Costanza effect, like we are putting the Seinfeld’s hilarious sidekick into the body of hot Korean actors. …Who knows, lol! But everything about this King, all his little petty avenges against the heroine, I find it funny as hell!

“ROOOOOOOYYAAAAALLL FAAAAVOOOOR!” 😂😂😂😂 *smack in the head* 🤝🤝🤝

@hacja

I hear you.

For me, it’s easier to separate fiction from fantasy because my focus tends to be tightly shaped by expectation. If I’m expecting an isekai-style light rom-com with food porn, I can set aside any conflicting emotions as long as the series delivers on that front (and this particular show does.) In those cases, I can laser-focus only on those aspects.

By contrast, shows like Tree With Deep Roots or Six Flying Dragons would be harder for me to compartmentalize, since my expectations for them are as serious, epic dramas about real kings. So with BAYM, I don’t feel conflicted - I simply treat it as pure fantasy. I’m curious, though, to see how they’ll handle the more “historical” elements as the story goes on, and how that will play out in the end.

This is as unclear as unclear can get.

Same. The fight scenes in this sort of good vs evil story always make me wonder why that's the only way of representing "doing battle". It's more dramatic? For me, it becomes predictable and monotonous. I'll stay for PHS. I do like his wings and how he sweeps aside anyone who gets in his way.