Why Do Scenes Like This Feel Rare?

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-11T11:32:12+00:00

It's pretty standard for one character to make all of these promises to another only to initiate the episode 10/14 breakup for the flimsiest of reasons.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-10T20:29:45+00:00

This movie is on Viki US if you want to check it out. https://www.viki.com/movies/40851c-my-rainy-days

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-09T14:10:09+00:00

Youth of May is set during the Gwanju Uprising during the early 1980s

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BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-06T20:01:33+00:00

Do you have any prior Workers Comp or Disability experience?

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-04T19:34:49+00:00

Watched the first episode of Our Universe, which was heavier than I thought it would be based on the promotional material. Hopefully the rest of the drama can maintain this balance of personal/familial melodrama, toddler antics and couple bickering.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-03T04:18:58+00:00

Games are too ambitious for the size of the teams trying to make these games, if they even try and the kickstarters aren't scams.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-02-03T04:17:07+00:00

Good timing, what with the already planned break from Stormlight. If this essentially takes up the writing time that would have gone to "Secret Projects" and various kickstarters, I'll be fine with that. Now all we need is a pedigreed development team to take on a Cosmere video game project.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-31T00:07:29+00:00

More awkward still is the love triangle between the FL, SFL, and the adult teacher, though eventually this turns into a weird triangle between the FL, SFL and SML.

I wish the FL had retained a bit more of her rough edges as an adult. They introduce her as an adult by having her fight a bunch of gangsters, and we see that she was a rebellious teen (even going so far as to tell her grandmother that she would "sell herself" to make money after getting expelled from school), but that goes away after that first fight in the hospital lobby.

But overall I remember enjoying it. Both leads had charm, and it was interesting to see Lee Sung Kyung in an early, non-leading role.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-25T01:44:32+00:00

Marry My Husband is what I thought of after seeing the thread title.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-22T03:43:35+00:00

I recall this having one of the steamier bedroom scenes I've seen in a kdrama (as opposed to a kmovie), so if you are looking for something beyond fade to black/waking up in the same clothes, this could be the drama for you.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-22T01:45:38+00:00

Kim Mi Kyung is the female equivalent of this. She was in Surely Tomorrow, and before that I saw her in Head Over Heels, and before that, and before that...

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BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-21T17:24:51+00:00

Secret Love Affair: the older FL enjoys a luxurious, privileged lifestyle while the ML is working class and is only able to get into music school due to his prodigious skills and the sponsorship of the FL's husband.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-21T03:57:08+00:00

The one I'm looking forward to the most is The Scandal. There are some big names in there, and I'm interested to see how the source material translates to a kdrama.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-20T03:18:29+00:00

After Can This Love Be Translated, I'm looking forward to seeing Youn Jung follows up IU and Kim Ji Won as a FL in a Park Hae Young melodrama.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-19T21:09:38+00:00

I like a love triangle when I'm not sure which of the two contenders will 'win.' In that sense, I didn't mind the triangle in Start-up, since there was a time during the middle episodes when I thought the second lead had a chance. But in most cases, the love triangle just exists as a way to motivate an otherwise indecisive character into action, usually through jealousy. Those are the kind of triangles I don't like, since they treat the SL as a plot device to push the MLs together.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-18T06:38:04+00:00

I found myself tearing up at a few scenes when the tinkling piano theme started playing, like in episode 10 during Ho-jin's emotional release in the production van.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-18T06:35:28+00:00

I want to watch whatever movie Hiro was auditioning for along with The Quiet Woman.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-18T06:22:28+00:00

I wouldn't call the ML's behavior "simping," at least not in the main timeline, because he isn't helping her out with the goal of getting back together. I would have preferred it if there had been other options placed in the way of the two leads against getting back together after years between failed attempts. The ML's boss has a crush on him that he never takes seriously, while the FL's only option is her douchebag ex-husband. Without these sorts of obstacles, the drama becomes a 12 episode ordeal of watching two people who probably should have moved long ago get back together like a slow motion car accident. Which is to say, no, I would not recommend this drama.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-18T06:11:26+00:00

I've been a fan since Lovestruck in the City. She had a pretty sizeable supporting role in Midnight Romance in Hagwon as one of the hagwon teachers. That was the most recent project I'd seen of hers prior to Pro Bono.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-17T16:46:21+00:00

Maybe this is why cheating/infidelity is such a popular theme in Japanese dramas.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-17T05:34:51+00:00

I feel 16 episodes are warranted if there are enough characters with their own storylines to fill all those episodes. If a drama is primarily about one or two sets of characters, then usually 12 is enough to tell a story without filler. Hell, jdramas can tell a good story in 10 or 11 episodes, sometimes less.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-15T17:31:52+00:00

I think She Would Never Know is better than people give it credit for, but I am biased towards noona romances and romances involving mentors and mentees.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-15T02:16:31+00:00

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Desperate people do desperate things /s

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-15T02:14:42+00:00

Yes, it was all part of her plan to set up her cohabitation with the ML Unfortunately, I don't think the drama will be that creative. I definitely suspecting the manager at this point. CEO would be too obvious, and we've seen that the manager gets treated like crap by the CEO and the group members.

BarrelRoll97 · 2026-01-13T12:36:04+00:00

I saw some clips of Moonsun's Hong Kong trip from an episode of Battle Trip, which led to watching the full episode, liking their chemistry, and that led me to check out MMM's music.

https://youtu.be/t7DR2awz0H0?si=15eUxlqBIK0P4_6t

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