Saturday, May 31, 2025

Thoughts about "Lost in Starlight" / "이 별에 필요한" - Rough around the edges but packed with emotional & romantic vibes

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While I do watch Korean dramas and variety shows on a regular basis, I don't recall having watched a Korean anime before. As such, comin...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Thoughts about "The Devil's Plan Season 2: Death Room" - Satisfied on the whole but the process still needs to be improved

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Finally done with this after watching the last three episodes yesterday. If you haven't watched this and want to avoid spoilers, please ...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Thoughts about "Karma" / 악연 - Largely predictable with a few highlights

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I might have set my expectations a bit too high before watching this drama. Or was it the trailer which promised too much but the drama deli...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Thoughts about "Melo Movie" / 멜로무비: For the sake of the what-was-not-meant-to-be

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To be honest, I was rather apprehensive about watching this drama.  While I did like "Our Beloved Summer" to a certain extent back...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Thoughts about "My Sibling's Romance" / 연애남매 - All it took to ruin a potentially awesome show were 2 gaslighters

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After watching so many dating/romance reality shows over the years, I have become accustomed to the fact that a lot of the narratives featur...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Thoughts about "Hyena" / 하이에나 - A bit different yet largely been-there-done-that

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After watching "The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call", I was in the mood for more of Ju Ji-hoon's works so that was why I finally e...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Thoughts about "Offline Love" (オフラインラブ) - A Japanese romance-travelogue with old-school analogue charm

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While I have watched quite a number of romance-reality shows to date, most of them were Korean titles. To be honest, the formula of most dat...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

【童話故事下集】/ I Am Married...But! 观后感：略欠新意但颇有亮点的故事和演员们

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对这部剧会期待主要是因为柯佳嬿和刘以豪。 从预告片来看，两人的配搭看起来挺有新鲜感，印象中似乎是一部会戳中要害又让人有共鸣的写实戏剧。也好在集数并不多，大部分的集数也不太长，两天左右就能够看完，实属零负担，娱乐性满满但又不会无聊的故事。 老实说，这部剧并没有什么惊天动地的情节或与...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Thoughts about "Island / 아일랜드" - A mixed bag of pluses and minuses

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I have to admit, the reason why I wanted to watch this was only for Kim Nam-gil. Then again, it took me more than a year before I finally go...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Thoughts about "The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call / 중증외상센터" - A fine balance between the wackiness and seriousness

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With no prior knowledge of the original webtoon, I watched this primarily for the sake of Ju Ji-hoon. As expected, Ju was spot-on with his p...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Thoughts about "The Glory" - The original is still the best

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While this drama has been in my Netflix to-watch list for ages, I just didn't have the urge to get started with this for some unexplaina...
Thursday, January 9, 2025

Thoughts about "Europe Outside Your Tent: Romantic Italy" - More than just camping this time with lots of local charms

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To date, I have watched all seasons of the "Europe Outside Your Tent" series but honestly speaking, the concept was getting a bit ...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Thoughts about "Squid Game Season 2" - Deeper into character development but lacking in excitement and novelty

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It's been a good 3 years since Season 1 of "Squid Game" took the world by storm and Season 2 is finally released on Netflix. W...
Thursday, December 5, 2024

【黑色月光】/ "Darkside of The Moon" 观后感：剧情可圈可点，演员各有亮点

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起初会想要看这部剧主要是为了杨茜尧，因为当她还在TVB的时候就已经挺喜欢她的演技。对故事内容其实只略微了解为复仇剧，也大概知道主要演员有谁。 当开始看这部剧时，我其实有点讶异。故事的内容和人物设计似乎跟某一部韩剧十分相似，所以我有点怀疑是不是有抄袭的疑虑。直到后来上网找了一下资料...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Thoughts about "The Trunk" (트렁크) - A slow burn and intricate love story hidden beneath a crime suspense facade

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Potential spoilers ahead! The way this drama was advertised prior to its release, most, if not all would probably think that this is a crime...