I expected some characters/plot to be cut for time’s sake, and I understand one scene being moved from the mall to outdoors because pandemic…that aside, just so many poor choices–two of which were a bit beyond just cringe worthy.
Overall, I did like a lot (especially what was true to the original). That said, so many unnecessary changes–with some definitely way off the mark of the spirit of the original. Sadly, such changes did not surprise me at all. This happens to our community all the time.
They made some changes but I didn’t think very many of them were that big of a deal… the core of the story being about accepting someone for who they are, being curious and open-minded about the person you like instead of being judgmental is still very much there, and valuing consent in any relationship (whether BDSM or not).
Sure, they changed some of the characters and plotlines, but it’s film. It’s much shorter than the webtoon, so some changes had to be made.
For me at least, this isn’t about being word-for-word and frame-for-frame. It’s about unnecessary changes/additions for no discernible reason other than because some idiot exec thought it was “racier” or “better” without having any fundamental knowledge of the community portrayed.
I haven’t read the webtoon so don’t know what has been changed, but I’m halfway through and really liking it. It’s sweet and sexy, and I really like both characters.
Having now watched the entire movie, I agree that there’s lots to like. I was just disappointed by so many changes that early on in my watching–and for no real world building reasons. Just typical higher up rando decisions.
I went into it with no reference point, thankfully. I thought it was a hoot and the message was clear. Now I may follow up with the webtoon. I’ve always found going from an adaptation of something written to a film etc disappointing. The other way works imo. But you can’t help it if you love something so much and then you see another interpretation and it sucks. Anyway, as a novice viewer, it was fun and funny. I liked that it moved so fast. I loved the lead characters, and I think the actors did a good job. The salacious old men were neatly put in their lurid place. The leads were assertive and ultimately not cowed by the reactions of others.
✋ Raise your hand if you have hate watched an entire drama a lot of folks think is the bees knees, but you never got the “Ah ha!” moment that helped you understand the accolades?
🤚🏿I think I will be stoned if I mention some dramas.
I have learnt to chalk it up to difference in preference because I get perpexlexed why someone doesn’t like what I like too 🤷🏿♀️
Hello Me was annoying in most parts.
Beyond Evil; I get it, I try to get it, but at the end, it doesn’t reel me in.
Our Beloved Summer; still duking it out one episode at a time. Hope I reach the finish line.
Dali and the Cocky Prince; ff button and I became best friends.
The King’s Affection was watched because of my love for the leads.
…phew, I said it. These are 2021 dramas that almost went to the discard pile after the first few episodes but I didn’t make it.
My 2021 drama experience was lackluster. I discarded lots of dramas last year, even the beloved ones like Move to Heaven.
In fact, I find myself steering clear of rom coms, melo dramas, or makjangs.
Mental health was a priority to me.
Last year was quite terrible for dramaland. I dropped all 5 of those after the first eps, Dali lasted untill 11 but it was bad. I did like Move to Heaven but I totally understand those who didn’t because it could be manipulative sometimes.
@zitless agree with you on beyond evil and our beloved summer. I did like OBS in the first half and only when it started going in circles with no communication between the leads and the unveiling of ung’s secrets, I lost all goodwill that I had towards it.
Also very very unpopular opinion, I dropped I’m not a robot and didn’t bother going back. Now I should probably hide from the legion of beanies who loved it to death🙈
*high five* @superwhopotterlock even I dropped I’m not a robot and didn’t bother going back!!! OBS I never watched, but yeah I liked/enjoyed beyond evil and I still respect your guys view on it!
@unniunni me too! I know that beyond evil was objectively a good drama but I didn’t love it. Also thank god I’m not the only one who dropped the other one!
A dozen hands here. I’ve probably watched at least that, always thinking that drama will become as good as people said. Some of them were so lame. It still makes me kind of angry to be honest kkk.
😅Honestly, given I was also worried about being publicly stoned if I mentioned certain beloved drama names, that’s why I asked for the show of hands alone.
This is still DB, people don’t care much if you hate their beloved dramas. Besides it’s the fanwall you can say whatever you like about your own ideas.
One thing I especially like about this site is how willing many of us are to give a show a first/second shot because other beanies make compelling arguments for such.
That said, when I initially started writing this thread, my brain was hesitant–recalling a tense time (many, many moons ago) where an obvious divide arose over a show and some posts got quite a bit…let’s just say unconstructively terse. Going on a few years now I have become more anxious about being part of/sparking conflict, but at the same time I still retain my genuine curiosity about things that can be conflicting. So I guess curiosity won in this case and so I made the post, if that makes sense? 🤔
Yes, that can happen, usually in the recaps of popular ongoing dramas. The most common was for someone to complain about this or that and someone else decides they should just stop posting or quit the drama. Maybe even calling them haters or trolls. One time some even said people should not criticize characters too much because they meant something for them, there is also that argument of “drama crew working so hard”. It’s all a bit ridiculous. The nicest part of DB was that usually others would come along and defend people who just wanted to rant and criticize freely, as long as it’s not personal, everybody should feel free to say anything.
Name all the dramas if u want, i doubt anyone would bother to stone anyone. There’s loads of dramas loved here that I didn’t bother to watch simply cos it wasn’t my cup of tea. But there were also some that i picked up solely from beanies’ hype and i loved them: My Unfamiliar Family, Into the Ring, Run On.
The only show I’ve stuck with until the end despite my lackluster interest in it was Run On. I never understood the hype, and I actually questioned why. The strangest thing is that after a year, I instantly wanted to rewatch it and here I’m rewatching it with a happy heart. I think it’s all about timing: if a drama is chosen based on Beans’ hype AND your mood needs, it’s unlikely to fail you.
After watching ep 15 of Bulgasal, I can’t figure out which might be worse:
1) That there may be a season 2
2) That they really will try to cram in all the explainers in 16 and fail miserably.
😒
🧠 To be clear, I know of no rumor that there will be a season 2, it’s just the only potential answer my poor brain can come up with right now to explain why oh why the production team chose to try to cram too much in one episode to wrap up the story.
After looking at all the recent comments on bulgasal, I feel glad to leave it around 6 eps! (Well I didn’t left it for some solid reason, …. Just because)
I loved the drama but not the ending, and I didn’t feel like we got all the explainers. Reading Miss Vicktrix’ recap and the subsequent comments on here will help me “put it to bed” but that should have been the show’s job 🙂
There was lots to love about the drama, but…so many things that fell short, and for no discernible reason. 😒 Later today I’ll have more time to read her recap, and I’m also very curious to read folks’ thoughts about the last two eps.
Despite my long habits of watching K-vids on YouTube, CDramas began appearing in my suggested (likely due to all the K💋 clips), and I have now fallen down that 🐇🕳️.
First I watched Dr. Cutie, now on General’s Lady and thinking Truth or Dare next. My C marathon list is already crazy long, and I’m now trying to figure out how to make time for both K and Cs. 😲
Do you need other C drama recs? I don’t watch C dramas myself, but I have heard Beans talking about some so please take these recs with a grain of salt: The Untamed, Go Go Squid, Mr Crow and Mrs Lizard (or Mr Lizard and Mrs Crow), and You’re My Hero.
Thank you for sharing those! 🙏 I will definitely look them up.
I already have a Kdrama list longer than my arm of shows to re/watch, and now with adding the Cs on top of that, I’m assured to never have an excuse of “nothing to watch” to the end of my time on this planet. Those lists, of course which I somehow juggle with all the books I love to re/read as well. 😅
I finally managed to find some eng translations of the original, and although I’ve not found -all- of the chapters yet to read, I’ve read most of them. What appears to be a store scene is not one I recall from the manhwa, but I can also understand why they would have used such a location to try to burn through some of the content that is stretched out over multiple chapters. Other than that, things still seem true to form.
I still wish it was a drama instead of a movie so they could cover more, but so far it’s looking much better than not. 🔒
One minor concern after another watch of the new trailer is how little he is wearing glasses. If they dropped the ball on that detail it will be a frustrating disappointment to me for reasons I will not mention at this time but would be obvious to anyone that’s read the original.
Also still trying to figure out who the gal is that she’s chatting with about her newfound relationship. Not bubbly enough to be the one character in the original that’s part of his chat group, and I can’t figure out whom else it might be…🤔
I envy folks that can rate shows. I\’m very wishy washy because both shows I adored later seems average on a rewatch, or I might not have really paid attention to understand how good another was.
I keep meaning to reply to this with a solid list, but no time to work on it…so two quick examples that came to mind and maybe I can add to it over time as time allows:
💗Better Than I Realized At First Watch: Faith Although this show suffered MANY problems from casting prior to filming right through to the deterioration due to Director’s issues, each rewatch makes me appreciate what did shine (and hint at what REALLY could have been amazing if only…)
💔Why Did I Love This So Much?: The King’s Daughter Although there is still a lot to enjoy in this so I have turned to hate watching it every so often, I first saw it early on in my Kdrama watching and had not yet been exposed to the KTrope Deck Cards and how much use and abuse they get. Characters I was slightly annoyed with the first time made me gnash my teeth in later rewatch frustration–which seriously diminished the good bits.
Oh my word, I just saw the trailer for Love and Leashes, and I was not prepared for how adorkable he looks in glasses! My poor 💘! A movie is not long enough–need full drama! 😭
I really need to stop watching this to try to figure out if those are proper stop knots where they should be or not. Using ribbon is its own problem, given the nature and shape of it…
Yeah, the obsession has begun, and I just can’t stop squeeing. 😉
That moment when one realizes one has already failed to start a Beanie Count for 2022…and is now trying to dig through Watched Shows bookmarks to start the count officially. 😓
I’m guessing anything that mostly aired in 2021 doesn’t count. So leaving those out. Need to find the bean count guide, as there surely is one and I’ve just forgotten to bookmark it.
Tentatively, looking at 7 beans so far because I’m assuming Now We Are Breaking Up should be a 2021 bean. I need to go through my folders one last time both because I think I still missed noting one and because I just realized I forgot to note movies except for the two that Lee Joon-Ho is in (Homme Fatale–a rewatch–and Rose and Tulip which was a nice sweet despite predictable doppleganger plot).
When I hit a dry spell with whatever shows are current, I’ve taken to watching older stuff I missed/couldn’t find back when rather than not watch anything at all.
Plus it’s now a bit easier to watch web dramas which typically don’t take long to watch in their entirety because the eps tend to be shorter, so they’re more of a movie bean commitment than the time needed for a full usual drama time wise.
The web dramas are the only reason my bean count for this year is so high already, honestly.🤭
OKies, so I found the 2015 “The Bean Count” post. It’s shows of that year, including shows you’ve watched all available episodes even if it doesn’t end until the next year because the start year is what matters. So my bean count I started is totally wrong from the get go–it’s just a watched order list.
Going to try to keep the watch list I’ve started going. I’ll make a separate list for actual 2022 beans. ✍️
Related and late…my 2021 Bean Count list [in the order they were listed there, NOT by preference] now that I dug up the proper thread to find it:
1. True Beauty
2. Mr. Queen
3. Secret Royal Investigator
4. Lovestruck in the City
5. Sunbae, Don’t Put on That Lipstick
6. River Where the Moon Rises
7. Vincenzo
8. Love Alarm 2
9. Joseon Exorcist
10. Oh! Master
11. Sell Your Haunted House
12. Bossam: Steal the Fate
13. Imitation
14. Doom at Your Service
15. My Roommate Is a Gumiho
16. At a Distance, Spring Is Green
17. Monthly Magazine Home
18. Nevertheless
19. Kingdom: Ashin of the North
20. The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim
21. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
22. Red Sky
23. One the Woman
24. Yumi’s Cells
25. Dal-li and Gamjatang
26. The King’s Affection
27. Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?
28. Inspector Koo
29. Dr. Brain
30. Happiness
31. Secret Inspector and Joy
32. Melancholia
33. The Red Sleeve Cuff
34. Now, We Are Breaking Up
35. Hellbound
Just noticed someone mentioned The Witch’s Diner (aka The Witch’s Restaurant) in the official 2021 bean count thread, which apparently was not on the list I cut and pasted to check against, but totally watched that show!
Any Beanies want to pitch in on their favorite kdrama tattoo/s?❤️ I\’ve been mulling over the ones I can remember, but want to keep thinking about it (& maybe, just maybe, finding pics to remind me!😅)
Does anyone remember the one which Dr’s Son had from Heartless City had? And they EDITED OUT? That confused me and made me angry. They’d gone through all the trouble to do a massive dragon / tiger? on his back… 🙁
I stumbled upon an article about tattoos and the artists that do them in S.Korea yesterday, and I can’t link to it but I was not aware they were not only taboo related to the gang history, but to allow cosmetic tattoos (like eyebrows) done by certified doctors to be OK but not be a tattoo artist (like the main subject of the article) they did go so far as to make it illegal to give tattoos unless one is a doc. Crazy. They’ve apparently formed a union and are trying to show they are educated and not reckless and are valued.
The article also went into how the profusion of Kidols/actors with tatts has helped turn the tide w/in public perception though barely moving the needle, in all honesty. I mention this latter bit because of you mentioning the blurring and the article did say how whether the idol/actors actual tatt was being blurred or cases like you wrote about where it’s like “Ok, so this is as bad as a knife blade you have to blur…right.”🤨
Quote from the article, in case it helps anyone that wants to look it up: “When I am overseas, working with celebrities such as Brad Pitt, people call me ‘artist’,” Doy, whose real name is Do Yoon Kim, tells the BBC.
“However, once I return to Korea, I am a lawbreaker.”
Finally getting around to watching Wok of Love, aka Greasy Melo. This is definitely a show I\’m super glad I am marathoning rather than live watching. 😌
I heard some mixed/bad reviews for this show and went into it with zero expectations. But I quite liked it. The chemistry between the three leads and the gorgeous cooking and eating scenes won me over. And the episodes were a breeze that they just flew by. Only the FL’s mother is insufferable. Other than that I enjoyed the show very much and Junho makes everything better. And him calling Jung hyuk Hyung made my heart warm. I was actually thinking of doing a rewatch after RSC as I want always want more Junho.
Kitty was an interesting choice, but wish they hadn’t been so obvious about the fact that the only way they could keep it in shots so long was drop or spray food/nip on the spot they wanted it to stay near. 😾 After the first time or so, my brain kept thinking “Ahhhhh…it’s licking the concrete/table again!” Made me cringe each time.
I have a feeling a lot of folks were upset about the final coupling. I love me some Jang Hyuk big time (I think I was hooked from Chuno, and he became part of the group that is “Yes, I’ll be watching this show because X actors are in it,” for certain after Tree with Deep Roots.) But the direction they went with also made sense to me (and honestly, it was pretty clear early on which way the OTP would go–even if one of the promo posters didn’t follow the usual Golden Rule.)
And I went in for Junho lol
I really loved Jang Hyuk here though too. He was the perfect 2nd lead and I rooted for the bromance just as much as the romance lol I could see why he would take this role even without getting the girl.
If you want to watch a good mature love story with cheesy makjangy side stories and lots of chinese food it can be a good watch. Just don’t have high expectations.
Ok, finished it tonight. Overall, I liked it, but given they had to short it due to news preemptions at the time I did feel the pacing being a bit off at the end where some things weren’t resolved as well as I would have liked. (But at least was spared another potential wedding ending!)
Don’t have time just now to go through all the old recap/vid threads to check to see if I was the only person that felt this way…but one thing that I was eagerly anticipating but never got satisfaction on was watching the FL’s reaction when she saw the tattoo they forced him to get early in the show.😕Maybe the makeup crew was all “AWW, HELL NO WE’RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN!!!”?
Maybe I’m just still hung up on back tattoos after a certain other show that also happened to involve a hotel…😬?
🤓 As there is no edit button, I am formerly apologizing for any and all past, present and future typos or mis-spellings because I\’ve got to stop deleting/replying to things just to fix them.
I just retype in a reply, especially if it’s a spelling error that makes me look dumb. 😂 Of it’s otherwise unreadable, I’ll delete. If I get the gist, I might leave it though. 😂
What made me laugh even harder when I came back to this was realizing I wrote “formerly” instead of “formally.” To think I once was paid to write and edit/proofread!
I blame gaming RP because it’s fast and loose and easy to be lazy because no one cares unless the typo/misspelling really changes/jangles the flow of the RP. 😅
Lily, I blame my iPad for many of my deleted comments. (Yes, it would make thing easier if editing existed.)
Especially in this kdrama world the one thing I try to get right is a performer’s name. My iPad fights me all the time with Korean multiple syllable given names. When it finally accepts a hyphen and second syllable it wants to make the second syllable uppercase which I don’t. Ugh! It never has ‘picked up’ my style.
🤐*Patiently waits for recap for Bulgasal to share a possibly amusing moment that would also reveal something to those that hadn\’t watched it yet–hence holding back.*
Since you’ve seen it, I just wanted to confirm some things…
We saw that elder sister is reincarnated bulgasal lady, right? (Cause I thought she’ll be the FL but she’s probably not, her younger sister is) And our hero bulgasal was behind her only… But we don’t know yet who killed ladybulgsl, As we didn’t saw the face! So whoever killed her now has hero bulgasal’s soul, correct??
I couldn’t understand the twin concept either, why her twin sister can feel monsters, and if she’s really her twin then why she wasn’t refering her family as her own, she said once “your fam will die’!
I guess this all twin thing is just to make the hero misunderstand her as the lady bulgasal, which she is not!
I’ll give you my interpretation. I think because Bulgasal lady reincarnated as twins, one inherited the memories and the other Hwal’s soul. The elder twin had the scar and remembered all of her past lives, which is why I assume she didn’t refer to the family as her own. I imagine if you remember being a bulgasal and 600 years of reincarnations, you don’t get attached. It seemed the surviving twin could feel monsters and monsters were chasing her because she had the soul. That’s why her sisiter was intent on protecting her. So the person who killed the elder twin (and I can guess based on the face shape lol) doesn’t have the soul, I don’t believe.
“monsters were chasing her because she had the soul.”
Oh this make sense, but I remembered her elder sister saying “You look like me, that’s why monsters might recognise you” so I never thought about other possibilities!
Wait a minute, when they’re twins, why she kept saying her unnie and kept referring her as my elder sister!?!?! I’m seriously missing something here! 😶
The fact that they outright say that monsters can somehow get reborn/reincarnated despite not having a soul (if the subs are right) mean this is really anyone’s game to get at our now monster’s soul.
I’m pretty much as confused as everyone with this show.
Two men are chasing her. 1 is our ML and no. 2, is someone we have not seen yet, only heard about, and who I suspect killed her.
I don’t understand the twins yet.
It’s all a bit puzzling, and this from someone who enjoys puzzles.
It’s also unrelentingly gritty and bloody. People with blood-stained clothes and hands, blood on the walls… Too much.
Strangely, the gore has not bothered me yet with this show. And there are other shows of late where it less did. Maybe I was too distracted trying to understand the rules of this particular universe? 🤔
As others have posted here and elsewhere, the split soul/memories/experiences thing seems to be in play. I am not a reincarnation, soul stealing, or folklore expert by any means–so I have nothing really worth sharing from any sort of knowledge other than past kdramas that touch on this.
They also made a huge deal of showing the soul transfer the first time…so I sort of assumed since we didn’t “see” such with the one twin that it wasn’t transferred. But I also wondered if what/whomever killed them might not have the ability/knowledge too.
In Arang and the Magistrate, a bunch of souls got trapped in one character’s body in a cave which sort of made the “owner” of said body a bit insane. I’m trying to recall now what that particular sort of possession/creature (?) was named by the Reaper who came for them. I’ll try to see if I can make time to rewatch that ep. because maybe it will be relevant or something if that’s a typical Korean folklore thing.
I hope there will be recaps because I have things to discuss, but they haven’t added it to the Currently Recapping. Bulgasal is not even in the Primetime Shows list which is weird.
I’ve been noticing a lot of shows have not made the list or been recapped of late. Don’t know if it’s a staff shortage issue, the holidays being busy time or what.🤷
Too bad we’ll never know the real reason why.
I know it’s not easy to recap shows but they’re just so little these days.
Even if it’s open thread, we’ll take it!
Ok…the possibly amusing thing. While watching the first ep, I casually said to my SO, “It seems the era of hot tortured/angsty monsters is over. Now it’s maybe the era of hot tortured/angsty monster hunters?”
Then later when *that scene* happened to blow away my theory, I was like…”Welp, meybbe not.” 😅
Must…find…distraction…so my brain will stop thinking of dramas that were not true to the webtoon/Manwha they were based on…so many more than the four that first sprang to mind. 😅
Very confused. Responding to a wall post with zero smutty/explicit language–and got the following message
\”-1
You have posted an inappropriate word.\”
Perhaps after I read up on @sicarius propositions, I can figure out some on the -1 word list…then I can just keep making posts with those words so I can be a Eunuch in Drag forever! 😂😂😂
try adding a hyphen or a number to replace a letter if you still want to post the word haha
let me know if you need the list I have? idk sounds like you found it… alternatively, if you ever find something NOT on the list… heh
🤔Who is totally marathoning a show today to try to hold out so the last week\’s M/Tu eps can be watched in a row tomorrow to avoid likely last week cliffhanger between them?
You know a drama has you hooked when you\’re not really debating with yourself to rewatch all the prior eps before the last two episodes air…(you totally know you will)😊
Yes! Very determined–which to me makes total sense when you consider why they (King + main squeeze) were in this remote location, and how that relates to the prior cliff scene which obviously was pivotal to the dad–all of it ties in very well. 🖋️
Disappointed by Hellbound. Such potential wasted, and I hold no hope that a S2 will fix what seems broken to me.🙁 Some folks seem to adore it, but I sadly do not.
I tend to agree with this notion because they already have fallen into that with other non K fare. I think Netflix, like many production companies, also can’t help but be caught up in the “what’s hot now” trends, and assume they can ride them regardless of actual quality. Sure, sometimes they catch the wave right on time, but other times it just winds up being “could-have-been”, like so many not-Netflix Kdramas.
One of the reasons I first got caught up with Kdramas was because American TV was starting to seem the same to me–tons of procedurals in particular. I loathe them with the fire of a thousand suns. Now, as I’ve caught up on many older Kdramas when I could while watching current ones, I can count on one hand how many Kdramas I’ve managed to watch in their entirety that also picked up that same tired procedural march.
Lily left the valley
February 11, 2022 at 5:27 AM
10 minutes into Love and Leashes, and so many unnecessary changes/additions already.😟
YOU HAD A PERFECTLY GOOD STORY TO WORK FROM, NETFLIX. WAI!?!?!? 🥺
la wants to feel liberated too
February 11, 2022 at 6:11 AM
Is it that bad?
I want to watch it cos i’m curious
Lily left the valley
February 11, 2022 at 9:27 AM
I expected some characters/plot to be cut for time’s sake, and I understand one scene being moved from the mall to outdoors because pandemic…that aside, just so many poor choices–two of which were a bit beyond just cringe worthy.
Overall, I did like a lot (especially what was true to the original). That said, so many unnecessary changes–with some definitely way off the mark of the spirit of the original. Sadly, such changes did not surprise me at all. This happens to our community all the time.
mindy
February 11, 2022 at 6:19 AM
They made some changes but I didn’t think very many of them were that big of a deal… the core of the story being about accepting someone for who they are, being curious and open-minded about the person you like instead of being judgmental is still very much there, and valuing consent in any relationship (whether BDSM or not).
Sure, they changed some of the characters and plotlines, but it’s film. It’s much shorter than the webtoon, so some changes had to be made.
mindy
February 11, 2022 at 6:23 AM
I don’t understand the idea that an adaptation must be word-for-word frame-for-frame identical to the source material.
Lily left the valley
February 11, 2022 at 9:16 AM
For me at least, this isn’t about being word-for-word and frame-for-frame. It’s about unnecessary changes/additions for no discernible reason other than because some idiot exec thought it was “racier” or “better” without having any fundamental knowledge of the community portrayed.
Lily left the valley
February 11, 2022 at 9:27 AM
As I wrote above, I expected changes, it’s just that most (not all) were in poor taste.
miss h
February 11, 2022 at 7:45 AM
I haven’t read the webtoon so don’t know what has been changed, but I’m halfway through and really liking it. It’s sweet and sexy, and I really like both characters.
Lily left the valley
February 11, 2022 at 9:29 AM
Having now watched the entire movie, I agree that there’s lots to like. I was just disappointed by so many changes that early on in my watching–and for no real world building reasons. Just typical higher up rando decisions.
dramalover4ever
February 11, 2022 at 4:06 PM
I went into it with no reference point, thankfully. I thought it was a hoot and the message was clear. Now I may follow up with the webtoon. I’ve always found going from an adaptation of something written to a film etc disappointing. The other way works imo. But you can’t help it if you love something so much and then you see another interpretation and it sucks. Anyway, as a novice viewer, it was fun and funny. I liked that it moved so fast. I loved the lead characters, and I think the actors did a good job. The salacious old men were neatly put in their lurid place. The leads were assertive and ultimately not cowed by the reactions of others.
Lily left the valley
February 6, 2022 at 5:40 AM
✋ Raise your hand if you have hate watched an entire drama a lot of folks think is the bees knees, but you never got the “Ah ha!” moment that helped you understand the accolades?
zitless
February 6, 2022 at 5:52 AM
🤚🏿I think I will be stoned if I mention some dramas.
I have learnt to chalk it up to difference in preference because I get perpexlexed why someone doesn’t like what I like too 🤷🏿♀️
ex-beanie
February 6, 2022 at 6:12 AM
Still, say it aloud! I would love to hear them.
zitless
February 6, 2022 at 6:45 AM
Hello Me was annoying in most parts.
Beyond Evil; I get it, I try to get it, but at the end, it doesn’t reel me in.
Our Beloved Summer; still duking it out one episode at a time. Hope I reach the finish line.
Dali and the Cocky Prince; ff button and I became best friends.
The King’s Affection was watched because of my love for the leads.
…phew, I said it. These are 2021 dramas that almost went to the discard pile after the first few episodes but I didn’t make it.
My 2021 drama experience was lackluster. I discarded lots of dramas last year, even the beloved ones like Move to Heaven.
In fact, I find myself steering clear of rom coms, melo dramas, or makjangs.
Mental health was a priority to me.
Lixie
February 6, 2022 at 6:58 AM
Last year was quite terrible for dramaland. I dropped all 5 of those after the first eps, Dali lasted untill 11 but it was bad. I did like Move to Heaven but I totally understand those who didn’t because it could be manipulative sometimes.
superwhopotterlock
February 6, 2022 at 9:09 AM
@zitless agree with you on beyond evil and our beloved summer. I did like OBS in the first half and only when it started going in circles with no communication between the leads and the unveiling of ung’s secrets, I lost all goodwill that I had towards it.
Also very very unpopular opinion, I dropped I’m not a robot and didn’t bother going back. Now I should probably hide from the legion of beanies who loved it to death🙈
ex-beanie
February 6, 2022 at 10:57 AM
*high five* @superwhopotterlock even I dropped I’m not a robot and didn’t bother going back!!! OBS I never watched, but yeah I liked/enjoyed beyond evil and I still respect your guys view on it!
superwhopotterlock
February 6, 2022 at 12:34 PM
@unniunni me too! I know that beyond evil was objectively a good drama but I didn’t love it. Also thank god I’m not the only one who dropped the other one!
Lily left the valley
February 6, 2022 at 6:48 AM
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Lily left the valley
February 6, 2022 at 6:48 AM
@zitless Same. 😯
Lixie
February 6, 2022 at 6:12 AM
A dozen hands here. I’ve probably watched at least that, always thinking that drama will become as good as people said. Some of them were so lame. It still makes me kind of angry to be honest kkk.
ex-beanie
February 6, 2022 at 6:21 AM
Do we just have to raise hands or also mention them, hm?
Lily left the valley
February 6, 2022 at 6:44 AM
😅Honestly, given I was also worried about being publicly stoned if I mentioned certain beloved drama names, that’s why I asked for the show of hands alone.
Lixie
February 6, 2022 at 6:52 AM
This is still DB, people don’t care much if you hate their beloved dramas. Besides it’s the fanwall you can say whatever you like about your own ideas.
bbstl 🧹
February 6, 2022 at 7:32 AM
Hear, hear! 👏🏽
Lily left the valley
February 8, 2022 at 5:20 AM
One thing I especially like about this site is how willing many of us are to give a show a first/second shot because other beanies make compelling arguments for such.
That said, when I initially started writing this thread, my brain was hesitant–recalling a tense time (many, many moons ago) where an obvious divide arose over a show and some posts got quite a bit…let’s just say unconstructively terse. Going on a few years now I have become more anxious about being part of/sparking conflict, but at the same time I still retain my genuine curiosity about things that can be conflicting. So I guess curiosity won in this case and so I made the post, if that makes sense? 🤔
Lixie
February 8, 2022 at 12:09 PM
Yes, that can happen, usually in the recaps of popular ongoing dramas. The most common was for someone to complain about this or that and someone else decides they should just stop posting or quit the drama. Maybe even calling them haters or trolls. One time some even said people should not criticize characters too much because they meant something for them, there is also that argument of “drama crew working so hard”. It’s all a bit ridiculous. The nicest part of DB was that usually others would come along and defend people who just wanted to rant and criticize freely, as long as it’s not personal, everybody should feel free to say anything.
parkchuna 🍉
February 6, 2022 at 7:49 AM
Name all the dramas if u want, i doubt anyone would bother to stone anyone. There’s loads of dramas loved here that I didn’t bother to watch simply cos it wasn’t my cup of tea. But there were also some that i picked up solely from beanies’ hype and i loved them: My Unfamiliar Family, Into the Ring, Run On.
mmmmm
February 6, 2022 at 6:54 AM
The only show I’ve stuck with until the end despite my lackluster interest in it was Run On. I never understood the hype, and I actually questioned why. The strangest thing is that after a year, I instantly wanted to rewatch it and here I’m rewatching it with a happy heart. I think it’s all about timing: if a drama is chosen based on Beans’ hype AND your mood needs, it’s unlikely to fail you.
Fly Colours
February 6, 2022 at 7:07 AM
In my case, it’s more the opposite: I have the tendency to love dramas nobody cares about 🤣
zitless
February 6, 2022 at 7:19 AM
That happens to me a lot too. So I find myself alone in love.
miss h
February 6, 2022 at 8:12 AM
Oh yeah. Lots.
Lily left the valley
February 6, 2022 at 1:34 AM
After watching ep 15 of Bulgasal, I can’t figure out which might be worse:
1) That there may be a season 2
2) That they really will try to cram in all the explainers in 16 and fail miserably.
😒
Lily left the valley
February 6, 2022 at 1:36 AM
🧠 To be clear, I know of no rumor that there will be a season 2, it’s just the only potential answer my poor brain can come up with right now to explain why oh why the production team chose to try to cram too much in one episode to wrap up the story.
ex-beanie
February 6, 2022 at 3:37 AM
After looking at all the recent comments on bulgasal, I feel glad to leave it around 6 eps! (Well I didn’t left it for some solid reason, …. Just because)
KittyKitty
February 6, 2022 at 8:28 PM
I loved the drama but not the ending, and I didn’t feel like we got all the explainers. Reading Miss Vicktrix’ recap and the subsequent comments on here will help me “put it to bed” but that should have been the show’s job 🙂
Lily left the valley
February 8, 2022 at 5:47 AM
There was lots to love about the drama, but…so many things that fell short, and for no discernible reason. 😒 Later today I’ll have more time to read her recap, and I’m also very curious to read folks’ thoughts about the last two eps.
Lily left the valley
February 2, 2022 at 6:43 AM
Despite my long habits of watching K-vids on YouTube, CDramas began appearing in my suggested (likely due to all the K💋 clips), and I have now fallen down that 🐇🕳️.
Lily left the valley
February 2, 2022 at 6:46 AM
First I watched Dr. Cutie, now on General’s Lady and thinking Truth or Dare next. My C marathon list is already crazy long, and I’m now trying to figure out how to make time for both K and Cs. 😲
mmmmm
February 2, 2022 at 7:33 AM
Do you need other C drama recs? I don’t watch C dramas myself, but I have heard Beans talking about some so please take these recs with a grain of salt: The Untamed, Go Go Squid, Mr Crow and Mrs Lizard (or Mr Lizard and Mrs Crow), and You’re My Hero.
Lily left the valley
February 2, 2022 at 8:31 AM
Thank you for sharing those! 🙏 I will definitely look them up.
I already have a Kdrama list longer than my arm of shows to re/watch, and now with adding the Cs on top of that, I’m assured to never have an excuse of “nothing to watch” to the end of my time on this planet. Those lists, of course which I somehow juggle with all the books I love to re/read as well. 😅
mmmmm
February 2, 2022 at 10:53 AM
I’m glad I’m not into C drama yet. My schedule is already packed as it is. 😅
Lily left the valley
January 26, 2022 at 10:33 PM
🥰 Love and Leashes first full official trailer dropped!
Mani-chan
January 26, 2022 at 11:29 PM
LJY so cute here. The guy is mighty good looking and I am so glad that he is trying new stuff.
Lily left the valley
January 26, 2022 at 11:54 PM
I finally managed to find some eng translations of the original, and although I’ve not found -all- of the chapters yet to read, I’ve read most of them. What appears to be a store scene is not one I recall from the manhwa, but I can also understand why they would have used such a location to try to burn through some of the content that is stretched out over multiple chapters. Other than that, things still seem true to form.
I still wish it was a drama instead of a movie so they could cover more, but so far it’s looking much better than not. 🔒
Lily left the valley
January 27, 2022 at 5:31 AM
One minor concern after another watch of the new trailer is how little he is wearing glasses. If they dropped the ball on that detail it will be a frustrating disappointment to me for reasons I will not mention at this time but would be obvious to anyone that’s read the original.
Also still trying to figure out who the gal is that she’s chatting with about her newfound relationship. Not bubbly enough to be the one character in the original that’s part of his chat group, and I can’t figure out whom else it might be…🤔
Lily left the valley
January 22, 2022 at 12:59 AM
I envy folks that can rate shows. I\’m very wishy washy because both shows I adored later seems average on a rewatch, or I might not have really paid attention to understand how good another was.
Kurama
January 22, 2022 at 2:16 AM
Which ones?
Lily left the valley
January 25, 2022 at 12:09 AM
I keep meaning to reply to this with a solid list, but no time to work on it…so two quick examples that came to mind and maybe I can add to it over time as time allows:
💗Better Than I Realized At First Watch: Faith Although this show suffered MANY problems from casting prior to filming right through to the deterioration due to Director’s issues, each rewatch makes me appreciate what did shine (and hint at what REALLY could have been amazing if only…)
💔Why Did I Love This So Much?: The King’s Daughter Although there is still a lot to enjoy in this so I have turned to hate watching it every so often, I first saw it early on in my Kdrama watching and had not yet been exposed to the KTrope Deck Cards and how much use and abuse they get. Characters I was slightly annoyed with the first time made me gnash my teeth in later rewatch frustration–which seriously diminished the good bits.
Kurama
January 25, 2022 at 12:17 AM
I didn’t watch The King’s Daughter.
I don’t think I will rewatch Faith one day… I think time travel dramas often have a lot of weaknesses… From Faith, I still love Ali’s OST 🙂
mindy
January 22, 2022 at 5:48 AM
I never rate shows because it depends entirely on my mood. The rating I give a show can change on a daily basis lol.
Lily left the valley
January 25, 2022 at 12:10 AM
I definitely agree there is truth to this. I have put off watching certain shows until I’m in the right mindset/desire for such.
Lily left the valley
January 16, 2022 at 10:07 PM
Oh my word, I just saw the trailer for Love and Leashes, and I was not prepared for how adorkable he looks in glasses! My poor 💘! A movie is not long enough–need full drama! 😭
Lily left the valley
January 17, 2022 at 3:23 AM
I really need to stop watching this to try to figure out if those are proper stop knots where they should be or not. Using ribbon is its own problem, given the nature and shape of it…
Yeah, the obsession has begun, and I just can’t stop squeeing. 😉
I really hope they get this right!
Lily left the valley
January 13, 2022 at 8:01 PM
That moment when one realizes one has already failed to start a Beanie Count for 2022…and is now trying to dig through Watched Shows bookmarks to start the count officially. 😓
Lily left the valley
January 13, 2022 at 9:06 PM
I’m guessing anything that mostly aired in 2021 doesn’t count. So leaving those out. Need to find the bean count guide, as there surely is one and I’ve just forgotten to bookmark it.
Tentatively, looking at 7 beans so far because I’m assuming Now We Are Breaking Up should be a 2021 bean. I need to go through my folders one last time both because I think I still missed noting one and because I just realized I forgot to note movies except for the two that Lee Joon-Ho is in (Homme Fatale–a rewatch–and Rose and Tulip which was a nice sweet despite predictable doppleganger plot).
KSKalways
January 14, 2022 at 6:17 AM
it’s been a very dry spell for me too in 2021, and 2022 doesn’t look that much more promising. 😓
Lily left the valley
January 14, 2022 at 5:59 PM
When I hit a dry spell with whatever shows are current, I’ve taken to watching older stuff I missed/couldn’t find back when rather than not watch anything at all.
Plus it’s now a bit easier to watch web dramas which typically don’t take long to watch in their entirety because the eps tend to be shorter, so they’re more of a movie bean commitment than the time needed for a full usual drama time wise.
The web dramas are the only reason my bean count for this year is so high already, honestly.🤭
KSKalways
January 19, 2022 at 7:45 AM
Re-watching shows is a true blessing! I love it!
Lily left the valley
January 14, 2022 at 11:15 PM
OKies, so I found the 2015 “The Bean Count” post. It’s shows of that year, including shows you’ve watched all available episodes even if it doesn’t end until the next year because the start year is what matters. So my bean count I started is totally wrong from the get go–it’s just a watched order list.
Going to try to keep the watch list I’ve started going. I’ll make a separate list for actual 2022 beans. ✍️
Lily left the valley
January 15, 2022 at 9:47 PM
Related and late…my 2021 Bean Count list [in the order they were listed there, NOT by preference] now that I dug up the proper thread to find it:
1. True Beauty
2. Mr. Queen
3. Secret Royal Investigator
4. Lovestruck in the City
5. Sunbae, Don’t Put on That Lipstick
6. River Where the Moon Rises
7. Vincenzo
8. Love Alarm 2
9. Joseon Exorcist
10. Oh! Master
11. Sell Your Haunted House
12. Bossam: Steal the Fate
13. Imitation
14. Doom at Your Service
15. My Roommate Is a Gumiho
16. At a Distance, Spring Is Green
17. Monthly Magazine Home
18. Nevertheless
19. Kingdom: Ashin of the North
20. The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim
21. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
22. Red Sky
23. One the Woman
24. Yumi’s Cells
25. Dal-li and Gamjatang
26. The King’s Affection
27. Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?
28. Inspector Koo
29. Dr. Brain
30. Happiness
31. Secret Inspector and Joy
32. Melancholia
33. The Red Sleeve Cuff
34. Now, We Are Breaking Up
35. Hellbound
Lily left the valley
January 15, 2022 at 9:57 PM
Just noticed someone mentioned The Witch’s Diner (aka The Witch’s Restaurant) in the official 2021 bean count thread, which apparently was not on the list I cut and pasted to check against, but totally watched that show!
So 36 beans! Holy moly.
Lily left the valley
January 8, 2022 at 12:20 AM
Any Beanies want to pitch in on their favorite kdrama tattoo/s?❤️ I\’ve been mulling over the ones I can remember, but want to keep thinking about it (& maybe, just maybe, finding pics to remind me!😅)
Jance
January 8, 2022 at 1:34 AM
Does anyone remember the one which Dr’s Son had from Heartless City had? And they EDITED OUT? That confused me and made me angry. They’d gone through all the trouble to do a massive dragon / tiger? on his back… 🙁
Kurama
January 8, 2022 at 2:01 AM
What a waste! It’s still my favourite character for Jung Kyoung-Ho.
Lily left the valley
January 15, 2022 at 12:51 AM
I stumbled upon an article about tattoos and the artists that do them in S.Korea yesterday, and I can’t link to it but I was not aware they were not only taboo related to the gang history, but to allow cosmetic tattoos (like eyebrows) done by certified doctors to be OK but not be a tattoo artist (like the main subject of the article) they did go so far as to make it illegal to give tattoos unless one is a doc. Crazy. They’ve apparently formed a union and are trying to show they are educated and not reckless and are valued.
The article also went into how the profusion of Kidols/actors with tatts has helped turn the tide w/in public perception though barely moving the needle, in all honesty. I mention this latter bit because of you mentioning the blurring and the article did say how whether the idol/actors actual tatt was being blurred or cases like you wrote about where it’s like “Ok, so this is as bad as a knife blade you have to blur…right.”🤨
Lily left the valley
January 15, 2022 at 1:01 AM
Quote from the article, in case it helps anyone that wants to look it up: “When I am overseas, working with celebrities such as Brad Pitt, people call me ‘artist’,” Doy, whose real name is Do Yoon Kim, tells the BBC.
“However, once I return to Korea, I am a lawbreaker.”
Jance
January 15, 2022 at 6:29 AM
Wow, I had no idea!
Lily left the valley
January 6, 2022 at 8:07 PM
Finally getting around to watching Wok of Love, aka Greasy Melo. This is definitely a show I\’m super glad I am marathoning rather than live watching. 😌
Orientedstar
January 6, 2022 at 8:13 PM
I heard some mixed/bad reviews for this show and went into it with zero expectations. But I quite liked it. The chemistry between the three leads and the gorgeous cooking and eating scenes won me over. And the episodes were a breeze that they just flew by. Only the FL’s mother is insufferable. Other than that I enjoyed the show very much and Junho makes everything better. And him calling Jung hyuk Hyung made my heart warm. I was actually thinking of doing a rewatch after RSC as I want always want more Junho.
bbstl 🧹
January 6, 2022 at 8:26 PM
Everything wasn’t 100% but I loved it. Jang Hyuk is so funny, and also so tender, and there’s a kitty! 😻
Orientedstar
January 6, 2022 at 11:34 PM
Yes the kitty!! forgot about it. Junho with the kitten😍🥰
Lily left the valley
January 8, 2022 at 12:04 AM
Kitty was an interesting choice, but wish they hadn’t been so obvious about the fact that the only way they could keep it in shots so long was drop or spray food/nip on the spot they wanted it to stay near. 😾 After the first time or so, my brain kept thinking “Ahhhhh…it’s licking the concrete/table again!” Made me cringe each time.
Jig
January 6, 2022 at 10:00 PM
The mother was the only thing that really bothered me but otherwise, I really enjoyed it and didn’t think it deserved all the bad reviews.
Lily left the valley
January 8, 2022 at 12:14 AM
I have a feeling a lot of folks were upset about the final coupling. I love me some Jang Hyuk big time (I think I was hooked from Chuno, and he became part of the group that is “Yes, I’ll be watching this show because X actors are in it,” for certain after Tree with Deep Roots.) But the direction they went with also made sense to me (and honestly, it was pretty clear early on which way the OTP would go–even if one of the promo posters didn’t follow the usual Golden Rule.)
Jig
January 8, 2022 at 12:18 PM
And I went in for Junho lol
I really loved Jang Hyuk here though too. He was the perfect 2nd lead and I rooted for the bromance just as much as the romance lol I could see why he would take this role even without getting the girl.
Carrr✨
January 7, 2022 at 4:07 AM
I’ve been on the edge of a cliff on this. Maybe I should add it to my watchlist?
Orientedstar
January 7, 2022 at 6:40 AM
If you want to watch a good mature love story with cheesy makjangy side stories and lots of chinese food it can be a good watch. Just don’t have high expectations.
Carrr✨
January 7, 2022 at 7:09 PM
Hmm, thanks for the heads-up!
Lily left the valley
January 8, 2022 at 12:06 AM
Personally, I did like it. And I concur with @orientedstar125‘s opinion.
Lily left the valley
January 8, 2022 at 12:00 AM
Ok, finished it tonight. Overall, I liked it, but given they had to short it due to news preemptions at the time I did feel the pacing being a bit off at the end where some things weren’t resolved as well as I would have liked. (But at least was spared another potential wedding ending!)
Don’t have time just now to go through all the old recap/vid threads to check to see if I was the only person that felt this way…but one thing that I was eagerly anticipating but never got satisfaction on was watching the FL’s reaction when she saw the tattoo they forced him to get early in the show.😕Maybe the makeup crew was all “AWW, HELL NO WE’RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN!!!”?
Maybe I’m just still hung up on back tattoos after a certain other show that also happened to involve a hotel…😬?
Lily left the valley
December 28, 2021 at 9:54 AM
🤓 As there is no edit button, I am formerly apologizing for any and all past, present and future typos or mis-spellings because I\’ve got to stop deleting/replying to things just to fix them.
Esther
December 28, 2021 at 12:10 PM
🤣🤣🤣
Ally
December 28, 2021 at 12:28 PM
I just retype in a reply, especially if it’s a spelling error that makes me look dumb. 😂 Of it’s otherwise unreadable, I’ll delete. If I get the gist, I might leave it though. 😂
Ally
December 28, 2021 at 12:28 PM
*If
See, I can’t type without typos.
Lily left the valley
December 28, 2021 at 2:38 PM
What made me laugh even harder when I came back to this was realizing I wrote “formerly” instead of “formally.” To think I once was paid to write and edit/proofread!
I blame gaming RP because it’s fast and loose and easy to be lazy because no one cares unless the typo/misspelling really changes/jangles the flow of the RP. 😅
bong-soo
December 28, 2021 at 3:32 PM
Lily, I blame my iPad for many of my deleted comments. (Yes, it would make thing easier if editing existed.)
Especially in this kdrama world the one thing I try to get right is a performer’s name. My iPad fights me all the time with Korean multiple syllable given names. When it finally accepts a hyphen and second syllable it wants to make the second syllable uppercase which I don’t. Ugh! It never has ‘picked up’ my style.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
December 28, 2021 at 1:52 PM
This is what I did years ago too. It works wonders hehehehe.
Lily left the valley
January 9, 2022 at 1:59 AM
Why do I not listen to myself?!?! 🥺 Stop trying to fix reply mistakes! It’s just awkward after the second mistake to fix the first mistake. 😱
Lily left the valley
December 20, 2021 at 7:12 AM
🤐*Patiently waits for recap for Bulgasal to share a possibly amusing moment that would also reveal something to those that hadn\’t watched it yet–hence holding back.*
ex-beanie
December 20, 2021 at 8:14 AM
Since you’ve seen it, I just wanted to confirm some things…
We saw that elder sister is reincarnated bulgasal lady, right? (Cause I thought she’ll be the FL but she’s probably not, her younger sister is) And our hero bulgasal was behind her only… But we don’t know yet who killed ladybulgsl, As we didn’t saw the face! So whoever killed her now has hero bulgasal’s soul, correct??
I couldn’t understand the twin concept either, why her twin sister can feel monsters, and if she’s really her twin then why she wasn’t refering her family as her own, she said once “your fam will die’!
I guess this all twin thing is just to make the hero misunderstand her as the lady bulgasal, which she is not!
miss h
December 20, 2021 at 8:56 AM
I’ll give you my interpretation. I think because Bulgasal lady reincarnated as twins, one inherited the memories and the other Hwal’s soul. The elder twin had the scar and remembered all of her past lives, which is why I assume she didn’t refer to the family as her own. I imagine if you remember being a bulgasal and 600 years of reincarnations, you don’t get attached. It seemed the surviving twin could feel monsters and monsters were chasing her because she had the soul. That’s why her sisiter was intent on protecting her. So the person who killed the elder twin (and I can guess based on the face shape lol) doesn’t have the soul, I don’t believe.
ex-beanie
December 20, 2021 at 10:49 AM
“monsters were chasing her because she had the soul.”
Oh this make sense, but I remembered her elder sister saying “You look like me, that’s why monsters might recognise you” so I never thought about other possibilities!
Wait a minute, when they’re twins, why she kept saying her unnie and kept referring her as my elder sister!?!?! I’m seriously missing something here! 😶
miss h
December 20, 2021 at 1:10 PM
The twin born first would be referred to as elder sister.
Lily left the valley
December 23, 2021 at 11:27 AM
The fact that they outright say that monsters can somehow get reborn/reincarnated despite not having a soul (if the subs are right) mean this is really anyone’s game to get at our now monster’s soul.
I’m pretty much as confused as everyone with this show.
dramalover4ever
December 20, 2021 at 3:42 PM
Two men are chasing her. 1 is our ML and no. 2, is someone we have not seen yet, only heard about, and who I suspect killed her.
I don’t understand the twins yet.
It’s all a bit puzzling, and this from someone who enjoys puzzles.
It’s also unrelentingly gritty and bloody. People with blood-stained clothes and hands, blood on the walls… Too much.
Lily left the valley
December 23, 2021 at 11:38 AM
Strangely, the gore has not bothered me yet with this show. And there are other shows of late where it less did. Maybe I was too distracted trying to understand the rules of this particular universe? 🤔
Lily left the valley
December 23, 2021 at 11:25 AM
As others have posted here and elsewhere, the split soul/memories/experiences thing seems to be in play. I am not a reincarnation, soul stealing, or folklore expert by any means–so I have nothing really worth sharing from any sort of knowledge other than past kdramas that touch on this.
They also made a huge deal of showing the soul transfer the first time…so I sort of assumed since we didn’t “see” such with the one twin that it wasn’t transferred. But I also wondered if what/whomever killed them might not have the ability/knowledge too.
In Arang and the Magistrate, a bunch of souls got trapped in one character’s body in a cave which sort of made the “owner” of said body a bit insane. I’m trying to recall now what that particular sort of possession/creature (?) was named by the Reaper who came for them. I’ll try to see if I can make time to rewatch that ep. because maybe it will be relevant or something if that’s a typical Korean folklore thing.
miss h
December 20, 2021 at 8:20 AM
I hope there will be recaps because I have things to discuss, but they haven’t added it to the Currently Recapping. Bulgasal is not even in the Primetime Shows list which is weird.
Esther
December 21, 2021 at 1:31 AM
This is what I’ve been saying since last week.
It’s a tvn drama and it’s not in the list, how weird!
Lily left the valley
December 23, 2021 at 11:36 AM
I’ve been noticing a lot of shows have not made the list or been recapped of late. Don’t know if it’s a staff shortage issue, the holidays being busy time or what.🤷
Esther
December 23, 2021 at 2:44 PM
Too bad we’ll never know the real reason why.
I know it’s not easy to recap shows but they’re just so little these days.
Even if it’s open thread, we’ll take it!
Lily left the valley
December 23, 2021 at 11:29 AM
Ok…the possibly amusing thing. While watching the first ep, I casually said to my SO, “It seems the era of hot tortured/angsty monsters is over. Now it’s maybe the era of hot tortured/angsty monster hunters?”
Then later when *that scene* happened to blow away my theory, I was like…”Welp, meybbe not.” 😅
Lily left the valley
December 18, 2021 at 7:59 AM
Must…find…distraction…so my brain will stop thinking of dramas that were not true to the webtoon/Manwha they were based on…so many more than the four that first sprang to mind. 😅
Fly Colours
December 18, 2021 at 8:21 AM
Yumi’s Cells? I loved the webtoon and the adaptation 🤔
Lily left the valley
December 14, 2021 at 10:02 PM
Very confused. Responding to a wall post with zero smutty/explicit language–and got the following message
\”-1
You have posted an inappropriate word.\”
I have no idea what triggered that?
Fly Colours
December 15, 2021 at 1:25 AM
It happens sometimes with random words 🤣
parkchuna 🍉
December 15, 2021 at 1:52 AM
Yet you were able to use smutty 😆
DB has a wicked sense of humor
Lily left the valley
December 15, 2021 at 10:16 AM
It does indeed! 😈
Ally
December 15, 2021 at 4:42 AM
I just tried posting a couple that we’ve found, but I was told the same thing. Lol. @sicarius has written several theses about this.
Lily left the valley
December 15, 2021 at 10:14 AM
Perhaps after I read up on @sicarius propositions, I can figure out some on the -1 word list…then I can just keep making posts with those words so I can be a Eunuch in Drag forever! 😂😂😂
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
December 15, 2021 at 5:59 PM
try adding a hyphen or a number to replace a letter if you still want to post the word haha
let me know if you need the list I have? idk sounds like you found it… alternatively, if you ever find something NOT on the list… heh
Lily left the valley
December 13, 2021 at 5:27 AM
🤔Who is totally marathoning a show today to try to hold out so the last week\’s M/Tu eps can be watched in a row tomorrow to avoid likely last week cliffhanger between them?
(Yep, that\’d be me 🤗.)
Lily left the valley
December 8, 2021 at 9:09 PM
🙏Thank you to everyone doing round ups–I\’m not terribly good at making time for such (and worse about making decisions🤭).
I learn/recall many useful bits from reading your posts!
Lily left the valley
December 8, 2021 at 3:48 AM
You know a drama has you hooked when you\’re not really debating with yourself to rewatch all the prior eps before the last two episodes air…(you totally know you will)😊
KittyKitty
February 7, 2022 at 12:33 PM
Yep!
Lily left the valley
December 8, 2021 at 3:45 AM
Catching up on shows I missed before when time allows. Finished Please Don’t Date Him, and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it.
Lily left the valley
November 30, 2021 at 10:34 PM
😲 I CAN’T BELIEVE THE DRAMA DEITIES HEARD MY ARDENT REQUEST AND GRANTED IT. 🥰
Lily left the valley
November 30, 2021 at 10:43 PM
Oh, my heart…just rewatched the scene and still can’t stop inwardly squeeing!
GO, JI-WOON’S DAD!!!
Next week now seems sooooo far away. 🥺
dramalover4ever
November 30, 2021 at 10:58 PM
Oh my oh my I haven’t watched it yet, but I’m guessing…
Lily left the valley
December 1, 2021 at 1:43 PM
Where they ended it, it’s a bit soon to find out the “why”, hence why next week seems so far away. 📆
dramalover4ever
December 1, 2021 at 1:56 PM
It’s not inconsistent with his role so far, but here’s hoping he’s turned the corner
latebloomer
December 1, 2021 at 9:57 AM
The ending closeup of his mouth, with his upper lip twitching in a snarl, was really quite powerful.
Lily left the valley
December 1, 2021 at 1:47 PM
Yes! Very determined–which to me makes total sense when you consider why they (King + main squeeze) were in this remote location, and how that relates to the prior cliff scene which obviously was pivotal to the dad–all of it ties in very well. 🖋️
Lily left the valley
November 26, 2021 at 10:28 PM
Disappointed by Hellbound. Such potential wasted, and I hold no hope that a S2 will fix what seems broken to me.🙁 Some folks seem to adore it, but I sadly do not.
emsel
November 27, 2021 at 12:41 AM
I’m starting to wonder, if Netflix series are turning into typical Kdramas. The recent ones are all so-so.
Lily left the valley
November 27, 2021 at 10:15 PM
I tend to agree with this notion because they already have fallen into that with other non K fare. I think Netflix, like many production companies, also can’t help but be caught up in the “what’s hot now” trends, and assume they can ride them regardless of actual quality. Sure, sometimes they catch the wave right on time, but other times it just winds up being “could-have-been”, like so many not-Netflix Kdramas.
One of the reasons I first got caught up with Kdramas was because American TV was starting to seem the same to me–tons of procedurals in particular. I loathe them with the fire of a thousand suns. Now, as I’ve caught up on many older Kdramas when I could while watching current ones, I can count on one hand how many Kdramas I’ve managed to watch in their entirety that also picked up that same tired procedural march.