#Designated Survivor: 60 Days

[ikjun]

you asked me who i was and — it was like the answer came out of nowhere.

[suuho]

damn, that makes me sad, it doesn't have to be like that. if you rewrite your life, may i still play a part?

JI JIN-HEE & SON SUK-KU in DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS | 60일, 지정생존자 (2019) (insp.)

[seodongjae]

DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS | 60일, 지정생존자 (2019) Ep 6: Command, dir. Yoo Jong-sun

[ririn-vdiary]

Kim Woo Bin was great in Officer Black Belt! I don’t really like most action films but anything with him is almost always good.

Also the surprise at the end!!!! I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SEE PRESIDENT PARK MOO JIN FROM DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS!

That basically implied he did go and run for president after his term ended😭 I need another season😭😭

[joanyio]

TOP 9 DRAMAS I WATCHED IN 2023

inspector koo (2021) - everyone here is a different flavor of fruit, crime show exclusively made for girls and gays and it’s the best thing that ever happened to me

when i fly towards you (2023) - this is what happiness is all about

doom at your service (2021) - “love me to the point that you want to destroy the world for me” that’s it that’s the line

love all play (2022) - wfkbj for people who aren’t annoying

little women (2022) - second half felt like a makjang damn the writers were spiraling and i couldn’t stop watching (gay little women i love you)

twinkling watermelon (2023) - worth the hype

bloodhounds (2023) - i remember my letterboxd post for this saying you can almost smell the testosterones through the screen but it was absolutely binge worthy, kinda homo if you ask me!

daily dose of sunshine (2023) - park boyoung is the loveliest human being

law school (2021) - is it insane to beg for a season 2 the chance is low but nonzero… right?

HONORABLE MENTIONS

hidden love (2023) - im tired of people saying the word chemistry about the main couple but it’s true they invented it

designated survivor: 60 days (2019) - maybe political dramas aren’t always badly written, also han nakyung please give me a chance

celebrity (2023) - user joanyio stop finding invisible gay subtext in every show you watch challenge failed

the good bad mother (2023) - such a gem *continues to ignore mommy issues*

time and him are just right (2022) - cute and perfect for mindless watching in the background while you do other work

the worst of evil (2023) - instead of forcing the love triangle turned love square the writers should have made all four hot main characters make out with each other it would have been perfect

and because of love all play (2022), see also:

castaway diva (2023), witch’s diner (2021), and unlock my boss (2022) (although i haven’t finished this one yet) chae jonghyeop is my new lee dohyun (read: male actor i enjoy watching multiple projects of simply because he doesn’t give me the ick). i also rewatched hot stove league (2020) for park eunbin and jonghyeop after castaway diva, still one of the all time best dramas i remember it used to be my twitter handle years ago baseball is so cool i wish it was real

DRAMAS I STARTED LATE DECEMBER 2023 AND FINISHED EARLY JANUARY 2024

shining for one thing (2022) - please don’t watch this show it was made only for me and i’d like to gatekeep it forever

reset (2022) - never watched a drama execute time loop plot device as perfectly as this did

UNFINISHED BUT PLANNING TO CONTINUE SOON

derailment (2023) - i was baited by a tiktok i thought it’d be a cute silly little high school drama but boy was i surprised

one day off (2023) - she’s living the dream

[andaniellight]

going back to 2019

[mizldrizl]

Some delicious height differences in my favorite K-Dramas - Part 3

177 cm (left) vs. 186 cm (right)

178 cm vs. 183 cm

187 cm vs. 177 cm

177 cm vs. 173.5 cm

187.7 cm vs. 179 cm

180 cm vs. 185 cm

185 cm vs. 180 cm

184 cm vs. 177 cm

(All heights are from each actor's wiki page or Googling. Mind you, they might not be 100% accurate.)

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I’m watching the Korean version of “Designated Survivor” for the first time. Based on the first episode, it’s…surprisingly better? It follows the story of the original show, but it felt like the Korean team had a better grasp of the story than the Americans. What I mean is:

1) Park Mu-Jin feels more thought out than Tom Kirkman. In this version, you just had a feeling that this guy should NOT be President. Which is not a bad thing, it’s a sign of good character development. Mu-Jin is a good man and extremely intelligent…but he’s clumsy, has severe anxiety, and has no political sense. Don’t get me wrong, Kiefer Sutherland was good, but I never really saw him as the helpless underdog (maybe it’s because I couldn’t see him as anything but Jack Bauer). In the Korean version, you just feel extremely sorry for this guy and that South Korea is screwed under his leadership.

2) The seamless transition to Korean politics. You just get a sense that the Korean team knew how to make their version of the show work. The move from discussing Muslim terrorism to North Korea/the Korean War doesn’t feel forced at all. While not necessarily an improvement on the original, it shows that the writers were thinking hard about how to handle the change in setting and politics.

(Side note: The fear that the Koreas are going to go to war is a LOT scarier than the turmoil in the original show, imo)

3) The slower pace led to better characterization, especially for Park Mu-Jin (see above).

Overall, great first episode.

[harszion]

yoo eunho-ssi…..

[googoominami]

コートのポケットに手を入れてニコッと笑うすぎょくん

[theinfinitedivides]

pissing and shitting and crying and throwing up a little bit bc there's a new DS:60 fic on ao3 and the first chapter alone is over 20k and it is beautiful and it is glorious and everyone is in love with our president but love bowls Young Jin over like a fucking steamroller and he wants and he wants and he wants and—

[ikjun]

All suspicions surrounding Secretary Cha are unfounded. Dae-nim will end up running for President.

DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS / 60일, 지정생존자 (2019) Ep. 12: Answer, dir. Yoo Jong-Sun

[seodongjae]

still thinking about cha youngjin (character of all time) like imagine you get the job you’ve always dreamed of, but only because someone bombed the entire administration you’ve been part of, and subsequently fired your superior, making you the sole presidential advisor at the big ol age of like thirty-fucking-five. you’re a hot-shot, short-tempered, ill-mannered little piece of shit with the kind of fervor only found on soccer fields or in the fucking military, and you have dedicated your entire life to a country that no one seems fit to lead. then, in walks the man of your dreams but you think he is a bumbling idiot who would never be fit to rule anyone, least of all the country you’ve signed your life over to. but you dedicate your life and work (which is more important than your life) to him anyway. because you are a fool and a believer, most of all, and you’re so fucking gay it took one look for you to pledge feverish alliance to a man who has never seen the inside of a polity textbook. and you make him the fucking president of the entire nation, and it consumes you. and you’re, like. the least-chill guy on planet earth.

[madlymine]

"You're born with that, right? You always say the right thing, but you always sound like a douche bag."

*feels personally attacked for some reason*

a year ago

[mizldrizl]

Two Blue House boys and one assembly boy 😘

[mizldrizl]

I honestly thought for a second there was something going on between the two. Was it necessary to make the scene look like... that??