TRUE BEAUTY up to Ep11. Interesting, what I want to know is …why did Jugyeong‘s mother buy her such hideous spectacle frames? And why didn’t she get her daughter contact lenses when she was older?
As a life-long wearer of glasses, I can attest to the crappy taste in glasses frames I had in fourth grade. My mom cannot be to blame for those. I even put my initials at the bottom corner of one of the lenses like I was already a halmeoni.
Not being familiar with the word, halmeoni, I looked it up and the definition given is grandparent. I’m guessing the glasses made you look like an old person?
Ohh, I remember those big glasses, I had a pair too, my children told me I looked like Bertie Beetle! They were “big” at the time iow they were “in”. Prior to that, my glasses were very John Lennon.
Yes, where I come from these are usually the cheapest type of glasses. And contact lenses can be very expensive. Maybe this is the reason I never have the same frustrated reaction that most beanies have to them in dramas. To me they are normal, and yes poor girls do feel ugly in them.
It’s kinda a trope in dramas, if you need to be portray “ugly” they will give you giant glasses, the transformation passing by lenses and not a normal pair of glasses.
Ah, that makes sense. The easiest, quickest, and least expensive way to make someone look ugly! The first time I wore glasses, the cheapest frames were the ugliest I had ever seen and I knew I would never wear them, no matter how cheap they were. I wouldn’t be caught dead in them. But there – that is real life, not some television drama so I got to wear the frames of my choice!
Recommendations for what to watch please – would like something hot, romantic, and kiss scenes. Good looking leads naturally. I prefer well built than thin weak fellas.
Thank you, Seon-ha, I have just added Love to Hate You, Her Private Life, and Hyena to My List. I watched King the Land earlier this year, so it is in My List. The one I would really have loved to watch “Perfect Marriage Revenge” isn’t on Netflix. Sung Hoon is my secret crush! A girl can only hope…
Perfect marriage revenge is on Viki in Australia. Its only about $7 a month ( cheaper than Netflix) and there is a 7 day free trial- so You could clear your schedule and just watch PMR in a week.
Thank you tabong. That also is not on Netflix. I will keep an eye out for it in case it comes out here later.
Australia seems to be the “forgotten continent”! Which is only to be expected – we are at the arse-end of the world! A bit like sliding down a giraffe’s neck and falling off at the end!
But Netflix is great at discriminating.
Not only Oceania is forgotten.
You know what they do to South America? They start airing the shows two weeks after the premier. Now that’s freaking bullying.
LAITA is on Viki, tho. Don’t know if Netflix will get the license too. :c
Maxton Hall on Prime – it’s Germany’s Boys Over Flowers with two likeable leads. Six episodes only with about 45 min @. A quick and easy watch. I finished half last night and will watch the rest tonight.
It was released in early May and has been the most popular series on the platform. A Season 2 is now confirmed.
Young Lady and Gentleman: watching Ep. 51, Yeun sil she is so delightfully common with her screeching and caterwauling, how could any man be married to that? Oh, I know it’s the role she is playing, but do women in South Korea really act like that? Half the time this little Vegemite has a hard time sorting the fact from the fiction! And Dan Dan’s father he’s a right royal little dictator! I do like whatsisname, the rich bloke though, not because he’s rich but because he seems quite sane and reasonable compared to the other fellas.
Mi Sook did a full 360° turn when it was her son living with his girlfriend! I thought it would be because she might think the girl not good enough for her boy, but no – it was the fact that he left his mummy! Haha…
Young Lady and Gentleman….halfway through episode 47 and am still pulling my hair out! I swear by the end of episode 52 I’ll be bald as a billiard ball!
Too much unnecessary rot.
After a lot of fast forwarding, I am watching episode 44. I find skipping twenty/thirty minutes here and there is good, you don’t lose the plot!
Honestly I still am fed up with cry baby whatsername and Sara? Well I find myself yelling at the telly, “You bitch!” I can hardly wait for her to get her comeuppance. And the father of crybaby too.
YOUNG LADY and GENTLEMAN
Who here has watched this? I am almost at the end of episode 22 and honestly? I cannot see myself watching another 30 HOURS! With 52 episodes in total, I will very soon be pulling my hair out by the roots! There is just so much unnecessary drivel and moving at a snail’s pace is enough to send even the most sane person quietly round the bend!
I am over Miss Lead with her naïve I don’t know look – she may have been a breath of fresh air, but yesterday’s breeze can very quickly turn into today’s stale wind. Her simpering and wouldn’t say Boo! to a goose is really giving me the irrits! Being a lady, I cannot say what I REALLY think!
Neither leads are my favourites but in my opinion, the male lead is a better actor! Wait awhile while I go in search for some appropriate photos.
I watched it. I liked it. Yes its slow, yes the repeated amnesia is a pain, but sometimes an easy drama is what you want. Netflix (in my country at least) cuts the best two scenes in the whole drama, where they shockingly play music and ( I presume) Netflix does not want to pay for the rights. Search for them on Youtube
Which episode or episodes were these two scenes in? After a lot of fast forwarding, I am watching episode 44. I find skipping twenty/thirty minutes here and there is good, you don’t lose the plot!
Honestly I still am fed up with cry baby whatsername and Sara? Well I find myself yelling at the telly, “You bitch!” I can hardly wait for her to get her comeuppance. And the father of crybaby too.
Argh, they have gotten much harder to find since I was watching it! I’ve only been able to get the Kucowa versions ( so if you are watching on Kucowa they must be included)
Anyway, one of them is the fantasy in episode 23 https://www.facebook.com/kocowa/videos/4527432857379852/ And one of them is the proposal scene in episode 52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnq3DkH2ak- He actually plays again after the proposal, but I can’t find the extended version that includes that anymore
Anyway, hopefully they were not cut in your country and you got to watch it properly!
Episode 23 – that scene wasn’t cut out, don’t know about episode 52 as I’m not up to that yet, but I will let you know when I am.
….Still having to fast forward lots. Just do not understand why the Kdrama people don’t think how the viewer feels….Ho hum….
You may remember “Bad Guys” with Kim Sang-joong & Park Hae-jin all very dashing, well I’m watching the Thai version of Bad Guys – 12 episodes with violence on steroids! Ouff!
Rewatching Cinderella and The Four Knights. And still cannot stand Hye-ji. The character just gets on my nerves – she needs a break from il boyfriend and acceptance from Ji-woon!
Watching Good Doctor – Joo Won does a stellar role as a young doctor with Savant syndrome. A real feel-good series, it will make you cry, it will make you laugh. You come away feeling happy.
Yes, it was made in 2013. Since I am late to Kdrama and all things Korean/South Korean, many things are all new to me. Fortunately, it’s on Netflix. Never get tired of watching Kdramas.
It was not easy for anyone to stand before the tour de force performance of Yoon Shi-yoon in Baking King but Joo Won not only went toe-to-toe against Yoon Shi-yoon in what was his (Joo Won’s) first TV drama (he had only done musical theater before that) but managed to hold on his own, … more or less. 🤣 He even got the girl. 😉
I loved Joo Won in everything I have seen him in Yong-pal, Alice, Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, even the greatly reviled Netflix film, Carter. He is literally the best part of everything he has been in.
From time-to-time I like to see his YT videos of his performance in Ghost The Musical. Perhaps you would like to check it out. 😃
Unchained Melody, that’s just wild. I am very picky about musicals, they’re generally not my style, but Joo Won! He and BoA dated at one time, I thought they made a cool couple …
I hope we don’t have to wait for too long… He presented his last movie (Birth) in the Busan Festival in October.
Meanwhile, I’m watching Mirror of the Witch and I still have to watch Grand Prince.
I loved Joo Won so much when I began watching Kdramas! He was my first Oppa (before KNG came and BB came). I just think he was the best part of many not so good projects. 😅 I was more impressed with his earlier projects (Good Doctor, Bridal Mask, Baker King, Yong Pal) than the later ones (My Sassy Girl 2, Alice). I haven’t seen Stealer, but from what I gathered here it might be worth a watch.
Oh I just remembered another one which I loved him in so much! The weekender Ojakgyo Brothers! Not sure if it’s so dated to watch now, but his storyline with UEE deserves a story of its own. Such brilliant acting from both (and then they were just rookies!)
After some health problems I’m back as Arnie says! Strong Girl Nam-soon can’t be over too soon! Disappointment on Steroids. I wanted to love it – really I did but……. Even schmaltz is better!
So pleased to hear it brought you joy. This year when I was feeling very under the weather I started to do rewatches for the first time just to see if I could re experience the positive vibe. So far I have not been disappointed and I am currently watching The Producers and loving it.
Looking for name of series, a sageuk, Jung Yun-seok? stars as child version of a Prince whose mother was murdered. When alive, they walked barefoot when raining! Court lady comforts him lets him cry.
Sungkyunkwan Scandal Is one of my all time favourites, from Song Joong Ki to the delightful Park Min-young, it is the tale of a Sungkyunkwan Scholar who is not all he should be. Cross dressing back in those days? Not very Confucius like!
An engaging tale of Kim Yoo Shik whose three room mates find out at various times Kim’s secret and go into protection mode!
The handsome School President whose perfect looks have you drooling, his acting was meticulous -sadly he passed away some years ago – to the quirky goings on of our “Three Musketeers” to the engaging story line and beautiful costumes, this is a light hearted drama which doesn’t lose lace and never has a dull moment.
It is only available on YouTube in my area, the visuals are good with no ad breaks.
Remarriage & Desires, Jeong Eu-Gene & Cha Ji-yeon are perfect femmes fatales & make this series so enjoyable They overshadow Ms Nice & the two good men! Revenge betrayal murder suicide! It’s all here
Who here is watching Destined With You? Rowoon isn’t quite his usual loveable self (loved him in Tomorrow) he plays an arrogant chap so different from his other roles. Still love him though!
After having endured four painful episodes of “Behind Your Touch” and the beginnings of yet another even more painful one (episode 5) I threw in the towel, spat the dummy and walked away in disgust! I am so annoyed with myself for letting myself be sucked in and wasting four and a half hours of my life!
The synopsis sounded funny and I’m thinking this sounds great, different, I’ll enjoy this one! I tell ya, you’d see more action and have more fun with a room full of stiffs in a funeral parlour! Ohh, it was pathetic (yes I know, not very professional but I’m not a journalist so the gloves are off!).
The lead actress, Han Ji-Min drove me up the wall with her pathetic, narcissistic thinking about HER wants not giving a fig for the poor idiot of a detective – surely crimes are more important than sniffing an animal’s backside and trotting off to find the owner!
Lee Min Ki is our leading man, usually I really like and enjoy his roles but not this one.
Han Ji-min comes across as thoughtless and a sandwich short of a picnic. Had the role of vet been played by a different actress, it might have been so much better. If you haven’t yet watched it, you’re not missing out on anything!
Haha, don’t force yourself to watch something you don’t like!!! Comedy is extremely subjective, and those of us who enjoy it are having way too much of a blast, but it’s not for everyone! Hope your next drama works out for you!
If comedy is subjective, then the one who wrote this and deemed it a comedy should be punished for lying! Shows, jokes, sayings etc are funnier to some than others, this wasn’t just unfunny, it was bad, really bad. It wasn’t a good anything. A crime has been committed against my aural and visual senses.
Same, the premise sounded really bizarre, but I still watched for Lee Min Ki, but gave up after 1.5 episodes, I might watch it if I have nothing else, but for now it is off my list
Mask Girl – I do love a good murder, but struggled with this. Forty minutes into ep 2 was my limit. I just couldn’t sit through the rubbish and waste my life. I love Kdrama but this isn’t one of them!
Netflix has really mucked up the pleasure of watching KDrama! Previously, audio was Korean, subtitle was English, that was fine, I became used to this, tending to the softly spoken language – that is how it was to my ears a very pleasant sound. Unlike listening to Chinese dramas which I simply cannot stand because listening to it was an assault on my ears – very harsh and gutteral.
Korean is different, it sounds harmonious and restful (except maybe when Jang Young-nam throws one of her magnificent tantrums!
Jang Young-nam is an absolutely brilliant actress and she handles these roles marvellously, you only have to watch her as the Queen Dowager in The Crowned Clown!)
Anyway, getting back to my point, Netflix have gone and stuffed it all up! Now, when watching Korean dramas, they’re (the actors) voices have been dubbed by hideous voices with strong American accents. Had they used Australians giving strong Australian accents, I would be equally cheesed off. It’s horrible, simply horrible.
Some Kdramas haven’t been interfered with as yet, but the ones that are! Mein Gott it is so annoying!
God, they haven’t done that to any I’ve watched here in NZ… I would hate it. I really love hearing the actors speak their own language, sounds so beautiful and flowing and natural. And I like being able to hear in just a very small learner’s way, where the English subtitles aren’t actually translating what’s said, eg when the subtitles will use the actual person’s name but the actor is actually saying “sonbae” or “hyeung” or “ajhumma”. I guess it’s because there isn’t an idiomatic English translation. But dubbing…no no no.
Howdy, fellow Kiwi!
I’ve looked at a range of kdramas on my Netflix feed, from 2007 to 2023, and some have more audio and subtitle options than others, but at a minimum all have Korean original audio, and and subtitle options of English or off.
Hello Kas61,
Greetings from across the ditch! If it hasn’t happened over there then you are lucky. I too like learning in some small way various words and about family hierarchy. Hyung, sunbae, abajae.
The latest two series I’ve been watching, I have to alter the audio every episode for one of them.
Hello Netsuke! Incredibly irritating. I’m sure most kdrama watchers will not appreciate dubbing… it would ruin the experience for me. Makes you wonder who is making these decisions.
I thought I’m the only one on earth who can’t enjoy the way they speak. I’ve been avoiding Cdramas for the same reason. That’s too bad! I, too won’t be able to watch Kdrama if they were dubbed. Besides, isn’t it just a waste of money?
Ooohh i used to avoid cdramas for the same reason too! But i guess i’ve built up my tolerance bit by bit, in part thanks to my love for a good looking face 🤭
In Spain some k-dramas (the Netflix originals ones) are dubbed in European Spanish and some other dramas are dubbed in American Spanish.
But I always watch all the shows in Korean with English or Spanish subtitles.
You can change the Audio and Subs for each drama, so don’t panic 😉
Yes you can change the audio/language but some series it has to be done at the beginning of every episode. That is a real pain. I’m watching the series about the psychic vet and the detective.
To change the audio back to Korean, you only have to adjust the audio settings within the subtitles menu, choosing “Original Korean” with English subtitles.
Fascinated with See You in My 19th Life: Ji-eum’s 1st life has had too little exposure, it is more fascinating than her current life. Waiting for the truth Min Gi mysteriously holds the truth.
Hello and Good Evening to youall in Kdrama land, I trust this finds youall well and full of beans! Pun intended.
Having a brief look at the dramas you’re covering on the front page, I haven’t seen any of those. Either they aren’t out streaming and screaming in Netflix land Downunder, or I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole again in the Dark Forest near the Kingdom and landed upside down under a Ginkgo tree in Joseon!
Joseon is my favourite time in the Land of Morning Calm. I would so loved to have lived then but have come to realise it would only have been lovely and fun and well…nice! if you were a member of the Aristocracy – the Yangban class.
Coming back to today’s world, in Australia, I have been watching “King the Land”, and “See You in My 19th Life”, “Doom at Your Service” which I ab-so-loot-ley loved! Others I am sure are also streaming and screaming but I am (finally) watching “Poong: the Joseon Psychiatrist” after having seen “ Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency” – loved that one too!
So many handsome leading men – the ladies don’t hold much appeal for me, and the glorious costumes of the Joseon Court…oh my!
Hello Anne18 – good to meet another Joseon lover! So far in Poong, I’m almost at the end of episode 9 and loving it! Kim Min-Jae is such a cutie with his pretty face, he looks dashing in pale turquoise silk! And yes to Lady Eun-woo, lovely girl, knows her own mind and not afraid to speak it!
Netsuke
June 5, 2024 at 5:53 AM
TRUE BEAUTY up to Ep11. Interesting, what I want to know is …why did Jugyeong‘s mother buy her such hideous spectacle frames? And why didn’t she get her daughter contact lenses when she was older?
Seon-ha
June 5, 2024 at 6:17 AM
As a life-long wearer of glasses, I can attest to the crappy taste in glasses frames I had in fourth grade. My mom cannot be to blame for those. I even put my initials at the bottom corner of one of the lenses like I was already a halmeoni.
Netsuke
June 5, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Not being familiar with the word, halmeoni, I looked it up and the definition given is grandparent. I’m guessing the glasses made you look like an old person?
Seon-ha
June 5, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Yeah like a grandma to be precise. They looked like this:
I think I wanted to be Jane Fonda from the movie “9 to 5”
Netsuke
June 5, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Ohh, I remember those big glasses, I had a pair too, my children told me I looked like Bertie Beetle! They were “big” at the time iow they were “in”. Prior to that, my glasses were very John Lennon.
redfox
June 5, 2024 at 6:19 AM
maybe she couldn´t afford it
redfox
June 5, 2024 at 6:20 AM
or maybe she had no time to even shop with the restaurant and all
Midnight
June 5, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Yes, where I come from these are usually the cheapest type of glasses. And contact lenses can be very expensive. Maybe this is the reason I never have the same frustrated reaction that most beanies have to them in dramas. To me they are normal, and yes poor girls do feel ugly in them.
Kurama
June 5, 2024 at 6:41 AM
It’s kinda a trope in dramas, if you need to be portray “ugly” they will give you giant glasses, the transformation passing by lenses and not a normal pair of glasses.
Netsuke
June 5, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Ah, that makes sense. The easiest, quickest, and least expensive way to make someone look ugly! The first time I wore glasses, the cheapest frames were the ugliest I had ever seen and I knew I would never wear them, no matter how cheap they were. I wouldn’t be caught dead in them. But there – that is real life, not some television drama so I got to wear the frames of my choice!
Netsuke
May 28, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Recommendations for what to watch please – would like something hot, romantic, and kiss scenes. Good looking leads naturally. I prefer well built than thin weak fellas.
Seon-ha
May 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Love to Hate You
Perfect Marriage Revenge
Her Private Life
King the Land
Hyena [spoil yourself about the ending first though]
Netsuke
May 28, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Thank you, Seon-ha, I have just added Love to Hate You, Her Private Life, and Hyena to My List. I watched King the Land earlier this year, so it is in My List. The one I would really have loved to watch “Perfect Marriage Revenge” isn’t on Netflix. Sung Hoon is my secret crush! A girl can only hope…
Neolttwigi
May 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Perfect marriage revenge is on Viki in Australia. Its only about $7 a month ( cheaper than Netflix) and there is a 7 day free trial- so You could clear your schedule and just watch PMR in a week.
Neolttwigi
May 28, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Her Private life covers all the bases ( Har Har) – well built guys, romantic, hot kisses- but the story goes seriously makjang from about episode 8
Neolttwigi
May 28, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Has to be Love to Hate You
Netsuke
May 28, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Thank you Neolttwigi, I have added it to “My List”. I searched for the trailer, it looks good, will start watching when the kettle boils for tea.
tabong
May 28, 2024 at 7:15 PM
The second couple from Love Affairs in the Afternoon is all that.
Netsuke
May 28, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Thank you tabong. That also is not on Netflix. I will keep an eye out for it in case it comes out here later.
Australia seems to be the “forgotten continent”! Which is only to be expected – we are at the arse-end of the world! A bit like sliding down a giraffe’s neck and falling off at the end!
DancingEmma
May 29, 2024 at 1:34 AM
We are not the arse end of the world! Don’t say that!😱
tabong
May 29, 2024 at 2:17 AM
😂😂😂 I feel you.
But Netflix is great at discriminating.
Not only Oceania is forgotten.
You know what they do to South America? They start airing the shows two weeks after the premier. Now that’s freaking bullying.
LAITA is on Viki, tho. Don’t know if Netflix will get the license too. :c
PYC
May 29, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Maxton Hall on Prime – it’s Germany’s Boys Over Flowers with two likeable leads. Six episodes only with about 45 min @. A quick and easy watch. I finished half last night and will watch the rest tonight.
It was released in early May and has been the most popular series on the platform. A Season 2 is now confirmed.
kiara
May 29, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Queen Inhyun’s Man.
Netsuke
May 28, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Young Lady and Gentleman: watching Ep. 51, Yeun sil she is so delightfully common with her screeching and caterwauling, how could any man be married to that? Oh, I know it’s the role she is playing, but do women in South Korea really act like that? Half the time this little Vegemite has a hard time sorting the fact from the fiction! And Dan Dan’s father he’s a right royal little dictator! I do like whatsisname, the rich bloke though, not because he’s rich but because he seems quite sane and reasonable compared to the other fellas.
Mi Sook did a full 360° turn when it was her son living with his girlfriend! I thought it would be because she might think the girl not good enough for her boy, but no – it was the fact that he left his mummy! Haha…
Netsuke
May 27, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Young Lady and Gentleman….halfway through episode 47 and am still pulling my hair out! I swear by the end of episode 52 I’ll be bald as a billiard ball!
Too much unnecessary rot.
alasecond
May 28, 2024 at 7:33 AM
not a good drama? Or good… i am looking for something to watch
Netsuke
May 28, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Not bad, be prepared for a lot of unnecessary drivel and time wasting. The whole series could have been accomplished in less than thirty episodes.
Netsuke
May 26, 2024 at 8:28 PM
After a lot of fast forwarding, I am watching episode 44. I find skipping twenty/thirty minutes here and there is good, you don’t lose the plot!
Honestly I still am fed up with cry baby whatsername and Sara? Well I find myself yelling at the telly, “You bitch!” I can hardly wait for her to get her comeuppance. And the father of crybaby too.
Netsuke
May 21, 2024 at 7:21 PM
YOUNG LADY and GENTLEMAN
Who here has watched this? I am almost at the end of episode 22 and honestly? I cannot see myself watching another 30 HOURS! With 52 episodes in total, I will very soon be pulling my hair out by the roots! There is just so much unnecessary drivel and moving at a snail’s pace is enough to send even the most sane person quietly round the bend!
I am over Miss Lead with her naïve I don’t know look – she may have been a breath of fresh air, but yesterday’s breeze can very quickly turn into today’s stale wind. Her simpering and wouldn’t say Boo! to a goose is really giving me the irrits! Being a lady, I cannot say what I REALLY think!
Neither leads are my favourites but in my opinion, the male lead is a better actor! Wait awhile while I go in search for some appropriate photos.
tabong
May 21, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I dropped it with the first amnesia hit.
I don’t know why they keep forcing this actor to act like a 15 years old boy. I’ve seen him act like that in three different shows (which I dropped).
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 21, 2024 at 9:11 PM
The ML is also in the currently airing weekender – Beauty and Mr. Romantic.
He is a better actor than the dramas he seems perpetually stuck in.
lapislazulii
May 22, 2024 at 3:07 AM
I tried and couldn’t even get through past like ep 10 honestly 😭
Neolttwigi
May 22, 2024 at 6:03 AM
I watched it. I liked it. Yes its slow, yes the repeated amnesia is a pain, but sometimes an easy drama is what you want. Netflix (in my country at least) cuts the best two scenes in the whole drama, where they shockingly play music and ( I presume) Netflix does not want to pay for the rights. Search for them on Youtube
Netsuke
May 26, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Which episode or episodes were these two scenes in? After a lot of fast forwarding, I am watching episode 44. I find skipping twenty/thirty minutes here and there is good, you don’t lose the plot!
Honestly I still am fed up with cry baby whatsername and Sara? Well I find myself yelling at the telly, “You bitch!” I can hardly wait for her to get her comeuppance. And the father of crybaby too.
Neolttwigi
May 27, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Argh, they have gotten much harder to find since I was watching it! I’ve only been able to get the Kucowa versions ( so if you are watching on Kucowa they must be included)
Anyway, one of them is the fantasy in episode 23 https://www.facebook.com/kocowa/videos/4527432857379852/ And one of them is the proposal scene in episode 52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnq3DkH2ak- He actually plays again after the proposal, but I can’t find the extended version that includes that anymore
Anyway, hopefully they were not cut in your country and you got to watch it properly!
Netsuke
May 27, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Episode 23 – that scene wasn’t cut out, don’t know about episode 52 as I’m not up to that yet, but I will let you know when I am.
….Still having to fast forward lots. Just do not understand why the Kdrama people don’t think how the viewer feels….Ho hum….
Neolttwigi
May 27, 2024 at 6:47 PM
If Episode 23 was not cut you will probably get Episode 52 as well. Lucky you!
Netsuke
May 2, 2024 at 8:24 PM
🌸 Seeker 🌸
May 3, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Beautiful moments of togetherness!! 😍♥️🙈
Netsuke
February 7, 2024 at 5:21 AM
You may remember “Bad Guys” with Kim Sang-joong & Park Hae-jin all very dashing, well I’m watching the Thai version of Bad Guys – 12 episodes with violence on steroids! Ouff!
🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 12, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Fun times. 😅
Netsuke
February 4, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Rewatching Cinderella and The Four Knights. And still cannot stand Hye-ji. The character just gets on my nerves – she needs a break from il boyfriend and acceptance from Ji-woon!
Netsuke
November 24, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Watching Good Doctor – Joo Won does a stellar role as a young doctor with Savant syndrome. A real feel-good series, it will make you cry, it will make you laugh. You come away feeling happy.
tabong
November 24, 2023 at 4:15 PM
I love this show!!
owl 🦉 🫰
November 24, 2023 at 4:53 PM
An oldie but goodie!
Netsuke
November 24, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Yes, it was made in 2013. Since I am late to Kdrama and all things Korean/South Korean, many things are all new to me. Fortunately, it’s on Netflix. Never get tired of watching Kdramas.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
November 24, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Joo Won 💕
Netsuke
November 24, 2023 at 9:12 PM
Wasn’t he brilliant in My Sassy Girl? He was one poor, hen-pecked boy! From his mother to that interfering sister to the princess…..
🌸 Seeker 🌸
November 24, 2023 at 10:27 PM
He was amazing in My Sassy Girl. 😍
owl 🦉 🫰
November 24, 2023 at 9:21 PM
And Baker King Kim Tak Goo with Yoon Shi Yoon too! Where is Joo Won these days?
🌸 Seeker 🌸
November 24, 2023 at 11:41 PM
It was not easy for anyone to stand before the tour de force performance of Yoon Shi-yoon in Baking King but Joo Won not only went toe-to-toe against Yoon Shi-yoon in what was his (Joo Won’s) first TV drama (he had only done musical theater before that) but managed to hold on his own, … more or less. 🤣 He even got the girl. 😉
I loved Joo Won in everything I have seen him in Yong-pal, Alice, Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, even the greatly reviled Netflix film, Carter. He is literally the best part of everything he has been in.
From time-to-time I like to see his YT videos of his performance in Ghost The Musical. Perhaps you would like to check it out. 😃
https://youtu.be/qZ6u7r1YpNo
owl 🦉 🫰
November 25, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Unchained Melody, that’s just wild. I am very picky about musicals, they’re generally not my style, but Joo Won! He and BoA dated at one time, I thought they made a cool couple …
owl 🦉 🫰
November 25, 2023 at 8:34 AM
Looking for YSY to star in a good drama again, too!
Isa is always time travelling
November 26, 2023 at 2:22 AM
I hope we don’t have to wait for too long… He presented his last movie (Birth) in the Busan Festival in October.
Meanwhile, I’m watching Mirror of the Witch and I still have to watch Grand Prince.
mmmmm
November 25, 2023 at 9:19 AM
I loved Joo Won so much when I began watching Kdramas! He was my first Oppa (before KNG came and BB came). I just think he was the best part of many not so good projects. 😅 I was more impressed with his earlier projects (Good Doctor, Bridal Mask, Baker King, Yong Pal) than the later ones (My Sassy Girl 2, Alice). I haven’t seen Stealer, but from what I gathered here it might be worth a watch.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
November 25, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Ooh! Stealer is a hoot and a half. A “superhero” who’s really a goof. I do hope you watch it.
mmmmm
November 26, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Oh I just remembered another one which I loved him in so much! The weekender Ojakgyo Brothers! Not sure if it’s so dated to watch now, but his storyline with UEE deserves a story of its own. Such brilliant acting from both (and then they were just rookies!)
owl 🦉 🫰
November 26, 2023 at 8:50 AM
Dare I mention Level 7 Civil Servant? (Say that 5 times in a row)
Netsuke
February 4, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Haha! I did or at least attempted to. Good tongue twister that!
Lelly19
November 25, 2023 at 12:36 AM
My very first kdrama!!! 🥺🥺
mmmmm
November 25, 2023 at 9:13 AM
One of his most brilliant projects. Another one I’d recommend is Bridal Mask, though I also personally love him in a political-medical drama Yong Pal.
Netsuke
November 6, 2023 at 1:42 AM
After some health problems I’m back as Arnie says! Strong Girl Nam-soon can’t be over too soon! Disappointment on Steroids. I wanted to love it – really I did but……. Even schmaltz is better!
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
November 6, 2023 at 2:35 AM
Good to have you back and hopefully you are feeling better and can find something decent to watch.
Netsuke
November 6, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Thank you Reply 1988. I watched Hotel Del Luna for the umpteenth time. Love that series.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
November 6, 2023 at 4:12 AM
So pleased to hear it brought you joy. This year when I was feeling very under the weather I started to do rewatches for the first time just to see if I could re experience the positive vibe. So far I have not been disappointed and I am currently watching The Producers and loving it.
bong-soo
November 6, 2023 at 5:09 PM
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bong-soo
November 6, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Good to see you back. I am a SWSBS (2017) fan. I didn’t start the spin-off.
Netsuke
September 29, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Looking for name of series, a sageuk, Jung Yun-seok? stars as child version of a Prince whose mother was murdered. When alive, they walked barefoot when raining! Court lady comforts him lets him cry.
parkchuna 🍉
September 29, 2023 at 7:59 AM
I’m pretty sure it was moonlight drawn by clouds (or something to that effect), he was young Bo gum. I hope i’m right, hehe.
parkchuna 🍉
September 29, 2023 at 9:07 PM
I went n watched ep 3&4 & now i miss bogum’s acting. He’s so good at playing multi faceted characters -i want to see him in a new work soon!
Netsuke
September 17, 2023 at 7:58 AM
Sungkyunkwan Scandal Is one of my all time favourites, from Song Joong Ki to the delightful Park Min-young, it is the tale of a Sungkyunkwan Scholar who is not all he should be. Cross dressing back in those days? Not very Confucius like!
An engaging tale of Kim Yoo Shik whose three room mates find out at various times Kim’s secret and go into protection mode!
The handsome School President whose perfect looks have you drooling, his acting was meticulous -sadly he passed away some years ago – to the quirky goings on of our “Three Musketeers” to the engaging story line and beautiful costumes, this is a light hearted drama which doesn’t lose lace and never has a dull moment.
It is only available on YouTube in my area, the visuals are good with no ad breaks.
korfan
September 17, 2023 at 9:17 AM
I still haven’t watched this one!
🌸 Seeker 🌸
September 17, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Watchlist keeps getting bigger … 🤣
korfan
September 17, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Yes!!
Netsuke
September 21, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Mine too. Last count there were 66!
Netsuke
September 21, 2023 at 2:05 AM
I’ve seen it twice, loved it both times. It’s the type of tale you can watch and rewatch and never goes stale!
🌸 Seeker 🌸
September 21, 2023 at 2:29 AM
I’m excited with the recommendation (Song Joong Ki .. yay!!) but anxious 😟 🙃 … how to squeeze it in my hectic drama watching schedule
… heh!
Guess I will have to bite the bullet sooner or later.
Netsuke
September 29, 2023 at 8:17 PM
This is one of the best ones, to use the well known saying – “They don’t make ‘em like this anymore!”
🌸 Seeker 🌸
September 29, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Absolutely, @Soyesterday used a very nice phrase to express the charm in older Korean dramas – they had “je ne sais quoi”.
Netsuke
September 9, 2023 at 7:42 PM
Remarriage & Desires, Jeong Eu-Gene & Cha Ji-yeon are perfect femmes fatales & make this series so enjoyable They overshadow Ms Nice & the two good men! Revenge betrayal murder suicide! It’s all here
Netsuke
September 9, 2023 at 7:10 AM
Who here is watching Destined With You? Rowoon isn’t quite his usual loveable self (loved him in Tomorrow) he plays an arrogant chap so different from his other roles. Still love him though!
Cay_sbtgoG
September 9, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Thank you for the pics. My personal fav is the last one for obvious reason.😄
Netsuke
September 9, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Thank you, Cay_sbtgoG, there are so many pics available it isn’t easy deciding!
Cay_sbtgoG
September 9, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Why not make it easier by posting them all. 😄
Netsuke
September 1, 2023 at 1:04 AM
After having endured four painful episodes of “Behind Your Touch” and the beginnings of yet another even more painful one (episode 5) I threw in the towel, spat the dummy and walked away in disgust! I am so annoyed with myself for letting myself be sucked in and wasting four and a half hours of my life!
The synopsis sounded funny and I’m thinking this sounds great, different, I’ll enjoy this one! I tell ya, you’d see more action and have more fun with a room full of stiffs in a funeral parlour! Ohh, it was pathetic (yes I know, not very professional but I’m not a journalist so the gloves are off!).
The lead actress, Han Ji-Min drove me up the wall with her pathetic, narcissistic thinking about HER wants not giving a fig for the poor idiot of a detective – surely crimes are more important than sniffing an animal’s backside and trotting off to find the owner!
Lee Min Ki is our leading man, usually I really like and enjoy his roles but not this one.
Han Ji-min comes across as thoughtless and a sandwich short of a picnic. Had the role of vet been played by a different actress, it might have been so much better. If you haven’t yet watched it, you’re not missing out on anything!
mindy
September 1, 2023 at 4:21 AM
Haha, don’t force yourself to watch something you don’t like!!! Comedy is extremely subjective, and those of us who enjoy it are having way too much of a blast, but it’s not for everyone! Hope your next drama works out for you!
Netsuke
September 9, 2023 at 2:55 AM
If comedy is subjective, then the one who wrote this and deemed it a comedy should be punished for lying! Shows, jokes, sayings etc are funnier to some than others, this wasn’t just unfunny, it was bad, really bad. It wasn’t a good anything. A crime has been committed against my aural and visual senses.
Chubbysocks
September 1, 2023 at 10:22 AM
Same, the premise sounded really bizarre, but I still watched for Lee Min Ki, but gave up after 1.5 episodes, I might watch it if I have nothing else, but for now it is off my list
RenOIshi
September 1, 2023 at 6:13 PM
I lasted until ep 1. I don’t know why someone wrote this premise. Should have been called ‘Touch your Butt’
Netsuke
August 23, 2023 at 6:07 AM
Mask Girl – I do love a good murder, but struggled with this. Forty minutes into ep 2 was my limit. I just couldn’t sit through the rubbish and waste my life. I love Kdrama but this isn’t one of them!
Cay_sbtgoG
August 23, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Wow! I only managed until 20 min of first episode. There’s just too many things that didn’t sir well with me.
Netsuke
August 25, 2023 at 6:38 AM
I am surprised I lasted as long as I did. I did try ..but no salada.
Netsuke
August 11, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Netflix has really mucked up the pleasure of watching KDrama! Previously, audio was Korean, subtitle was English, that was fine, I became used to this, tending to the softly spoken language – that is how it was to my ears a very pleasant sound. Unlike listening to Chinese dramas which I simply cannot stand because listening to it was an assault on my ears – very harsh and gutteral.
Korean is different, it sounds harmonious and restful (except maybe when Jang Young-nam throws one of her magnificent tantrums!
Jang Young-nam is an absolutely brilliant actress and she handles these roles marvellously, you only have to watch her as the Queen Dowager in The Crowned Clown!)
Anyway, getting back to my point, Netflix have gone and stuffed it all up! Now, when watching Korean dramas, they’re (the actors) voices have been dubbed by hideous voices with strong American accents. Had they used Australians giving strong Australian accents, I would be equally cheesed off. It’s horrible, simply horrible.
Some Kdramas haven’t been interfered with as yet, but the ones that are! Mein Gott it is so annoying!
Please Netflix, hands off Kdrama!
Kas61
August 11, 2023 at 10:00 PM
God, they haven’t done that to any I’ve watched here in NZ… I would hate it. I really love hearing the actors speak their own language, sounds so beautiful and flowing and natural. And I like being able to hear in just a very small learner’s way, where the English subtitles aren’t actually translating what’s said, eg when the subtitles will use the actual person’s name but the actor is actually saying “sonbae” or “hyeung” or “ajhumma”. I guess it’s because there isn’t an idiomatic English translation. But dubbing…no no no.
beffels
August 11, 2023 at 10:08 PM
I haven’t noticed it either (also in NZ, hello!) so hopefully it’s something just playing with the settings will fix.
Kas61
August 11, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Howdy, fellow Kiwi!
I’ve looked at a range of kdramas on my Netflix feed, from 2007 to 2023, and some have more audio and subtitle options than others, but at a minimum all have Korean original audio, and and subtitle options of English or off.
Netsuke
August 25, 2023 at 6:46 AM
Hello Kas61,
Greetings from across the ditch! If it hasn’t happened over there then you are lucky. I too like learning in some small way various words and about family hierarchy. Hyung, sunbae, abajae.
The latest two series I’ve been watching, I have to alter the audio every episode for one of them.
Kas61
August 27, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Hello Netsuke! Incredibly irritating. I’m sure most kdrama watchers will not appreciate dubbing… it would ruin the experience for me. Makes you wonder who is making these decisions.
beffels
August 11, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Can you choose to have the original audio, even if it defaults to dubbing?
Netsuke
August 23, 2023 at 5:54 AM
Hello Beffels, yes you can. With some series though, I have to go to audio/subtitles each episode.
Cay_sbtgoG
August 11, 2023 at 11:31 PM
I thought I’m the only one on earth who can’t enjoy the way they speak. I’ve been avoiding Cdramas for the same reason. That’s too bad! I, too won’t be able to watch Kdrama if they were dubbed. Besides, isn’t it just a waste of money?
parkchuna 🍉
August 12, 2023 at 1:58 AM
Ooohh i used to avoid cdramas for the same reason too! But i guess i’ve built up my tolerance bit by bit, in part thanks to my love for a good looking face 🤭
Cay_sbtgoG
August 12, 2023 at 5:09 AM
I haven’t found a cure yet for this. Lucky you, at least tou have somewhere else to go to when you’re in a kdrama slump.
Isa is always time travelling
August 12, 2023 at 1:36 AM
In Spain some k-dramas (the Netflix originals ones) are dubbed in European Spanish and some other dramas are dubbed in American Spanish.
But I always watch all the shows in Korean with English or Spanish subtitles.
You can change the Audio and Subs for each drama, so don’t panic 😉
Netsuke
August 25, 2023 at 6:48 AM
Yes you can change the audio/language but some series it has to be done at the beginning of every episode. That is a real pain. I’m watching the series about the psychic vet and the detective.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
August 12, 2023 at 4:54 AM
To change the audio back to Korean, you only have to adjust the audio settings within the subtitles menu, choosing “Original Korean” with English subtitles.
Netsuke
July 26, 2023 at 3:04 AM
Fascinated with See You in My 19th Life: Ji-eum’s 1st life has had too little exposure, it is more fascinating than her current life. Waiting for the truth Min Gi mysteriously holds the truth.
Netsuke
July 23, 2023 at 3:02 AM
Hello and Good Evening to youall in Kdrama land, I trust this finds youall well and full of beans! Pun intended.
Having a brief look at the dramas you’re covering on the front page, I haven’t seen any of those. Either they aren’t out streaming and screaming in Netflix land Downunder, or I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole again in the Dark Forest near the Kingdom and landed upside down under a Ginkgo tree in Joseon!
Joseon is my favourite time in the Land of Morning Calm. I would so loved to have lived then but have come to realise it would only have been lovely and fun and well…nice! if you were a member of the Aristocracy – the Yangban class.
Coming back to today’s world, in Australia, I have been watching “King the Land”, and “See You in My 19th Life”, “Doom at Your Service” which I ab-so-loot-ley loved! Others I am sure are also streaming and screaming but I am (finally) watching “Poong: the Joseon Psychiatrist” after having seen “ Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency” – loved that one too!
So many handsome leading men – the ladies don’t hold much appeal for me, and the glorious costumes of the Joseon Court…oh my!
Anne18
July 23, 2023 at 7:50 PM
High five from a Joseon lover here 🙌🏻. I also loved Poong season 1 and the couple overall. I hope you enjoy watching it!
Netsuke
July 24, 2023 at 11:47 PM
Hello Anne18 – good to meet another Joseon lover! So far in Poong, I’m almost at the end of episode 9 and loving it! Kim Min-Jae is such a cutie with his pretty face, he looks dashing in pale turquoise silk! And yes to Lady Eun-woo, lovely girl, knows her own mind and not afraid to speak it!
Anne18
July 25, 2023 at 12:06 AM
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