#choi sung jae

[butteredshrimpnsweets]

When his favourite hobby is taking care of birds, eating sweets, and beating the sh*t out of traitors 😌

[kdim]

The Glory 더 글로리 (2023) | Episode 4

[my-drama-heart2406]

So I'm so excited about Death's game. I really am. I remember reading the manhwa and every chapter had me gripping my phone in excitement.

But the only thing strange is that they cast Seo In Guk as Choi Yijae.

(Yes I'm sure he's going to deliver like he always does. And have you seen the cast? Man this is an expensive show! And each actor is going to play at max 2 episodes.)

Like Choi Yijae, at the beginning of the manhwa, was shown to be the most average of average guys. Not exceptional in any field.

Average height. Average looks. Not tall and not good looking. This fact, was put a lot of importance on, because it was an important part of his character.

And, I don't know... it's kind of really wrong 😂 that they cast *Seo In Guk* to play a guy that is "not tall and not good looking".

[stuff-diary]

Hellbound (Season 2)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Hellbound (Season 2, 2024, South Korea)

Director: Yeon Sang Ho

Writer: Yeon Sang Ho & Choi Gyu Seok (based on their own webtoon)

Mini-review:

I feel like I'm one of the few people who loved the first season of Hellbound. It used an original and terrifying concept to showcase a fascinating exploration of themes like religious fanaticism, sectarianism and media manipulation. And this second (and final?) season delivers the goods once again. Yeon Sang Ho continues to be a master director of action scenes, plus the performances he gets from this cast are simply superb. On top of that, the CGI is much better than it was in the first one; I'm glad they made an effort to improve on that. I'm sure many people will stay mad at the show for refusing to give clear answers until the very end, but I think that makes the viewer feel the same chaos as the characters. If this is really the end, I have to say I really enjoyed what this dark fantasy had to offer.

[catherine-white]

Puchong flattened bottle

Stoneware clay with White slip

Sung Jae Choi

[eunwooverse]

CHA EUN-WOO + the cast of The WONDERfools 「더원더풀스」 A comedic action-adventure of clumsy superpowers coming soon to Netflix!

[somanykdramas]

DEATH'S GAME: PART 1

GENRES: Drama, Supernatural

SUMMARY: Caught in a game of punishing resurrection, a man who took his own life tries to find meaning in hanging on.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Pillar demons, citron tea, hundreds of cover letters, finding meaning in the mundane, fated connections, bullies, prison, male models, car chases, MMA, chair-fighting, gut-wrenching regret, hopelessness, redemption, and a dizzying number of A-list celebrities.

HOT TAKE: Episode 4 of this show broke me, hard. Although the plot is simple and a bit repetitive, every single acting performance is stellar. The character connections made with each new story gives the overarching experience real depth and emotion, and I can't wait for the second part coming in 2024.

[moonlightsdream]

KIM TAE HEE 김태희, IM JI YEON 임지연, KIM SUNG OH 김성오, CHOI JAE RIM 최재림 — ELLE Thailand (2023)

[manawari]

Tomb Raider King × Solo-Leveling tho !!!!

Overpowered main characters who share tons of similarities with each other personality-wise and basically has an army of their own.

Queens!!!

The "kind and sweet" type, but are literal badasses once they unleash their powers! 🔥

Cinnamon rolls who are the MC's best friends and are in constant anxiety and must be protected and cherished. The fact that they even share the same last name makes it even better.

Lighting and fire?? Wears the same type of glasses??

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

사 랑 하 고 싶 지 만

그 대 는 아 무 것 도

원 하 지 않 았 어

~ I w a n t e d t o l o v e y o u , b u t y o u d i d n ' t w a n t a n y t h i n g

~ 90s K-drama actors and Korean landscapes

[passionforfiction]

Death's Game

Started it today and ended it today. This 8 episode long series is too intense to leave it for later. I binged watched it like I haven't done so in a while. It is the kind of series that is best to go into it without knowing much, unless you read the webtoon. I haven't read it yet, but it's a really short webtoon so I think I will probably read it.

Anyway, this series is not for the fainted heart. It has a lot of triggers and it can be gruesome and gory in some points. However, if you don't mind it, watch it. It is really good. It keeps the audience in suspense and it makes us cry.

The cast did an amazing job! Each person felt like it was Yi Jae.

[toastinthegrass]

Take Off 국가대표 2009 dir. Kim Yong Hwa

[doctorkatmd]

See, I have finals and such but like, then the lookism adaptation came out.........and I had to choose between studying and binging the entire thing.......... I obviously made the sane and correct choice. Anyway I love the fashionable mute blonde boi. He is my favorite.

[gloris-stuffs]

[inkwardspots]

i just finished watching the new episode and!

i think. it is very, very interesting the way sung-jae's and mr. ji's stories mirror each other.

both end up with one person dead (or, at least fatally injured in nam hae-e's case), both with a mother that are borderline (or maybe completely) toxic and study-obsessed, both have an older sibling that are irreparably damaged by their parent's attitudes towards education and both are just. not alright.

at all.

dong-hui with his pseudo-gratitude/affection and obsession in chi yeol and sung-jae with his constant practice of bottling things up and, more often than not, blindly fllowing his mother's assurances that i'll deal with it.

sure, her rebels by sharing the material with hae-e. but it's only until he has an outside presence that's aware of what's just happened that he realises the true extent of his mother's actions.

sung-jae chose to run away from his problems. dong-hui chose to meet them head on and take action to end them - violently.

and the lack of male figures in their lives - mr. ji's dad is nowhere to be seen, only his uncle who seems to care and step in by reporting him missing. sung-jae's dad - despite moving out, there are no scenes where he reaches out to his children.

if he knows what an influence his wife is on them, why would he not offer them an outlet? an escape from the study mania? he knows what hui-jae is like, how he's changed, but he doesn't even bother to stay in contact with his sons.

they both have very similar stories, but they both care.

dong-hui in a obsessive, all-consuming way; sung-jae in an empathetic, scared-to-show-it way.

they are mirrors and parallels of each other, only years apart. and what does that say?

that more often than not, whether rich or poor, the story repeats itself.

[stuff-diary]

Night Has Come

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

Night Has Come (2023, South Korea)

Director: Im Dae Woong

Writer: Kang Min Ji

Mini-review:

I've been obssesed with the Mafia game for years, so I was really excited when this sort-of-adaptation was announced. But tbh, it's nothing extraordinary. While it's very fun and it keeps you glued to the screen, it's also very silly. What's more, pretty much all the characters are incredibly dumb and frustrating. Although I have to say that's part of what makes the show fun. You just can't help but stick around to see how these characters mess things up even more. Hell, they make so many stupid decisions that I actually found myself screaming at the TV more times than I'd like to admit. Some of the twists did catch me by surprise, but the ending was... not good. I had already guessed the writer would pull something like that, but it was actually worse than I expected. Anyway, Night Has Come isn't good, but I had a fun watching it and it kept me entertained, so that's something.