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FANTINES DRESS

(Original London Ver)

all the variations of this costume are beautiful

[t1nngun]

Time travel excellency in k-dramas.

(🎞️ : lovely runner, twinkling watermelon, a time called you, blue birthday, marry my husband, 18 again)

[tjjamess]

The best Fantine ever (imo)

[mono-phile]

one day off // ep.06

[somanykdramas]

DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: 60 DAYS

GENRES: Drama, Political Procedural

SUMMARY: A temporary acting President has to deal with keeping a country afloat amid a crisis, internal espionage, and new suits.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Dust particles, botched press conferences, testy teens, VIPs, bombings, assassinations, military intrigue, national abandonment, hacking, camping, and eyeglasses.

HOT TAKE: I have not yet seen the American version of this show, but damn, this was a democratic rollercoaster of an experience. Everyone is out to win something whether it's an improved South Korea, dirty revenge, or just maintaining some semblance of governmental sanity.

This show has a real 'let's use the same 3 hallway sets over and over again' problem, but the familiar environments just made me care that much more about the acting masterclasses happening between their walls.

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023)

There’s an argument to be made about how Perfect Marriage Revenge had a perfect execution because it was a 12 episodes long drama and didn’t waste time for unnecessary conflicts. Everything took its right time and was resolved in a cohesive way with the characters development.

Both leads were compelling and had amazing chemistry, but the secondary characters were equally interesting to watch. All the performances outstanding and you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves in their respective roles.

On a story about a woman looking for revenge against her own family, this kdrama had a perfect balance between makjang and romcom. Making it an easy and fun watch. I highly recommend it!

[passionforfiction]

Queen of Tears

This series is not perfect, but it is still good. It has a solid storyline, and great characters. Hong Hae In and Baek Hyun Woo have been married for 3 years and the love that had united them at the beginning seems to have disappeared in their distance and silence after a miscarriage that broke their hearts. When Baek Hyun Woo finally has the courage to present the divorce papers to Hong Hae In, she tells him she has a tumor and doesn't have much time left. His decision to stay with her gives them an unexpected chance at finding that love that had united them once. Family interactions between their very different families questions dynamics and help characters grow.

I like the fact that they didn't take the easy way out with our main antagonist. The story in itself is really good and I loved it, however, production was a bit careless with details that were too big to miss: Hae In's operation - how can a person with a brain tumor have a surgery with her hair intact. Or Hyun Woo's neck injury suddenly disappearing in a second, ext. These kind of details show some careless oversight. But we can forgive them - we laugh it off and keep watching to see what happens next.

I liked it and recommend it.

[fewwordsmanyriddles]

[stuff-diary]

Wedding Impossible

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Wedding Impossible (2024, South Korea)

Director: Kwon Young Il

Writers: Oh Hye Won & Park Seul Ki (based on the webtoon by Song Jung Won)

Mini-review:

Well, this drama was entertaining, but nothing more. It was especially funny at the beginning, thanks to that sort of 'rivalry' between the leads. However, once they solved that and started moving into purely romantic territory, the story began to lose steam quickly. Tbh, I kept watching to the very end because of the sizzling chemistry between Jeon Jong Seo and Moon Sang Min. And I guess I wanted to see how in the world they were gonna clear up the mess created by the characters, which was pretty fascinating. I feel like the show would have been better if the director had put more thought into its style, cause the whole thing looked pretty cheap and bland. But still, Wedding Impossible is fun enough, and I can see fans of classic romcoms enjoying it a lot.

[binging-asian-dramas]

Crash Course into Romance. 8

Story: 8

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Crazy Love (kdrama) ; My Strange Hero (kdrama)

This drama was the talk of 2023 on Netflix. Was it a bit overhyped, meh…..a tad. Don’t get me wrong, the first half of the series is probably the best I’ve seen in a kdrama in a long time. At first it’s a simple romance story between two middle age characters with an other sub storyline of the hardships of how teenagers are pressured through school by their parents. It’s done brilliantly at first. Unfortunately it took a nosedive around episode nine and didn’t recover much. There is a murder mystery suspense plot that gets thrown into the mixed. It sorta jars the whole series getting quite predictable and very corny as it unfolds. The drama is still very watchable especially a must watch at least once, especially for Jung Kyung-ho who for me was the highlight throughout. His scenes with Jeon Do Yeon were perfect. And for Oh Eui Shik. Epic.

[madeintrinafchelp]

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[lovejaerim]

Aida backstage photos

[gaymer-hag-stan]

On the 4th of December, nine years ago, T-ara released the first repackaged version of their fifth EP, AGAIN 1977.

"Na Eotteokhae" is a remake of the song of the same name by the group Sand Pebbles from 1977.

[khaoray]

Jeon Jong Seo as Na Ah Jung and Moon Sang Min as Lee Ji Han

Wedding Impossible (2024) | dir. Kwon Young Il

[somanykdramas]

AGENCY

GENRES: Drama

SUMMARY: A talented advertising executive has one last chance to secure her spot at the nation's top agency. Who will she have to take down (and who will she have to win over) to make it happen?

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Empty cafes, binge drinking, pill popping, late nights, eccentric copy writers, cutthroat executives, spoiled chaebols, quirky kids, family reunions, perfect haircuts, cream buns, standing desks, and overdue team dinners.

HOT TAKE: I can’t say that I love advertising dramas, but I ended up rooting for my winners and happy that (most) of the villains got what was coming to them. I will say that I was a little perturbed that Lee Ki Woo’s character got so little screen time, but it just wasn’t his story, I suppose.

[namjhyun]

DRAMA REVIEW | Queen of Tears (2024)

Queen of Tears strongest point are the performances, directing and cinematography, there's no doubt about this. Scriptwriter Park Ji Eun has a talent for teaming up with great talents, particular actors, and that's in my opinion the main reason why her drama are usually so successful. She manages to write really interesting and endearing characters, and put them in entertaining situations that grasp the attention of the viewer.

The casting director did a particular excellent job on this one because every single character was cast to perfection, every actor and actress fitting into the role as if it was written for them.

I am fascinated by the way scriptwriter Park Ji Eun has managed to mix genres in one drama, because Queen of Tears is a dark comedy, makjang, comedy, romance and melodrama all in one. This screenwriter is not stranger to making a successful and entertaining kdrama, but if you are looking for something that will dwell into the deeper reasons as to why the leads' marriage crumble, logic and cohesive editing, this story might not be for you.

Queen of Tears strongest point is the way both families come together, learning to respect and love each other but apart from that the drama is developed at a surface level. The scripts lean hard on the other genres which is perfectly fine but there were times when I was frustrated at the desiciones being made, the complete waste of time when the families are running against the clock to save one of their own AND the family's business, etc. This is when I think Queen of Tears is a lot like other Park Si Eun's kdramas: they start strong but run out of material towards the second half of the episode, almost as if she introduce a bunch of plotlines with proper solutions to a few of them.

Overall, I found Queen of Tears to be a really entertaining watch to disconnect from reality.