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I know I need to calm the fuck down first but one word to describe episode 6: STRESS!!

📍I love seeing Hyun-woo and Hae-in having a...sort of second honeymoon in Germany but I couldn't really enjoy every scene because I'm stressing out at how fucking OBLIVIOUS the Hong family is like bitch y'all are surrounded by snakes and they're so complacent 😭😭😭 I mean it's not really their fault that there are opportunists who'd earn their trust first then slither their way to bite them in the ass, but I just find it ironic at how protective they are at their family business and wealth but they can't see through the REAL people who has every intention to bring them down.

📍Speaking of which, I have read a fan theory somewhere that Mo Seul-hee is the mom of Eun-seong and Da-hye. Could be, OR Grace could be Da-hye's mom considering how Grace acted towards her. But why are they so keen at bringing the Hong family down?

📍Maybe it's just me but I don't think Da-hye is that bad, I have a feeling that she'll eventually come to her senses and take Hyun-woo's side and expose Eun-seong and co.

📍My overthinker/delulu self thinks that Soo-cheol and Da-hye's baby is actually Hyun-woo and Hae-in's kid. I mean, it wasn't shown how they lost their baby...yet. So Hae-in either miscarried, or she gave birth to a still born child? But what if the child is actually alive and one of those evil bitches cooked up some shit to make it seem like Hyun-woo and Hae-in's baby died, and then that baby was registered as Soo-cheol and Da-hye's kid? I know it sounds insane, but we're only on episode 6 so more crazy shit could happen in the future episodes, you'll never know. But my normal self says I've watched too many Filipino dramas growing up (and yes, that shit happens a lot in Filo-dramas).

📍Speaking of that kid, another theory is...what if that kid is actually Eun-seong and Da-hye's? Soo-cheol is a dumbass, and again, those bitches could have manipulated that baby's DNA test result or something. Again, that's just me being an overthinker, also I hate my Filo-drama mindset.

📍Aunt Beom-ja being so concerned about Hae-in and her dad but I also appreciate the fact that she respected her niece's request to not tell anyone about her illness. I also hope that she'll be able to help Hyun-woo clear his name and uncover Seul-hee and gang's dirty little secret.

📍BUT Y'ALL KNOW WHO STRESSED THE SHIT OUT OF ME THIS EPISODE? BAEK FUCKING HYUN-WOO!!! I am so freaking annoyed that he didn't tell Hae-in about the divorce when he had the chance. He was probably worried at how Hae-in would react plus the latter was going through medical treatments so he probably didn't want to put too much stress on her, but Hae-in was bound to find out either way so...yeah I do get why he chose to keep the divorce to himself but he could have just told the truth and suck it up, and perhaps they could communicate better when it comes to issues like this.

📍One thing I noticed about Hyun-woo is that he's brave in so many ways but also a coward on one thing. I mean he talks with Hae-in about nice things and all, and he is his wife's confidante, but I don't think I've ever heard him talk the way Hae-in does, meaning he never had the balls to talk to his wife about the..."unpleasant" side of their marriage. Hae-in was able to talk to him about her illness, the last will and testament that her mom pressured her to write, and Hyun-woo didn't even think about bringing up the divorce papers.

Prior to episode 5, I really thought that Hae-in was the one who shut him out but it was actually the other way around. Wifey may seem cold and nonchalant but if there's one person she'd listen to, it's him. Perhaps he doesn't want to say something that would upset Hae-in but the point is...she's his wife, she's supposed to know what he thinks, how he feels about certain things, even the not-so-pleasant side of their relationship. I really hope that in the next episode or the episode after that he'll be able to communicate better.

📍Hae-in's mom is terrible af. Imagine blaming your own daughter for the death of your son. I mean she didn't deserve to lose a child, but it's unfair to put all the blame on Hae-in (like why?). It's not like she endangered herself on purpose, and she had the audacity to be upset when Hae-in did something nice to her in-laws? Like what is wrong with this woman? Why can't see realize her own mistakes?

📍I kind of teared up when Hae-in was telling Hyun-woo about the things the latter should do when she dies. She could die, and this show might give us a bittersweet ending but when that time comes I'd be really, really hurt. Also, Hae-in confessing that the only reason she wrote her will about Hyun-woo not getting anything should they divorce was so that she'll be allowed to marry him 😭 (just shows she fought hard for him and she'll do absolutely anything to be with him). God I hate her mom! And yes the epilogue was so cute, now we know that they have always been in-love with each other. But I guess...they need a time-out 🤷.

📍Hae-in called Hyun-woo "yeobo" 🥹🥹🥹

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Mr. Plankton

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Mr. Plankton (2024, South Korea)

Director: Hong Jong Chan

Writer: Jo Yong

Mini-review:

As I mentioned in a previous post, Mr. Plankton was my most anticipated k-drama of the year. And, while I liked quite a few things about it, I can't help but feel slightly disappointed. For starters, both the plot and the tone are kind of all over the place. There was a lot of potential in this story, but I think the writer didn't know where to put the main focus. Also, the male lead is rather unlikeable, to the point that not even Woo Do Hwan's immense charisma can fully save him; he's definitely an interesting character, but sometimes it gets hard to root for him, especially during the first half. Still, the entire cast delivers powerful performances and the show's sense of humor is pretty funny, so the whole thing ends up being a highly entertaining experience. It wasn't the life-changing drama I expected it to be, but I enjoyed going on this crazy trip with these characters.

P.S. I used this random poster cause the official one is ugly AF.

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THE WHIRLWIND

GENRES: Drama, Political Procedural

SUMMARY: One man will stop at nothing to root out corruption in the highest ranks of government, one step at a time.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Phone calls, slush funds, chaebols pulling government strings, safe houses, cliffs, pant suits, comas, traumatic memories, hidden cameras, hidden recorders, press conferences, backstabbing, grave visits, and election tension.

HOT TAKE: I haven't seen this much back-and-forth scheming since watching 'Doctor Prisoner.' Everyone has an answer for every turn against them and they came up with it four steps ago.

Corruption in government is sadly something that we're also living with in the real world. I would say that the only redeeming value to watching something similar to our own news cycle is that here the bad guys get their due punishment, but it does take a whole 12 eps to get to that satisfaction.

Here's hoping we see it too.

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Korean Drama Review My Demon

Hello everyone! It has been a long time since I wrote a review. I have finished “Let’s fight ghost, Goblin, Lawless Lawyer(Dropped), The Secret Life of My Secretary(scanned through), Mystic Pop-up Bar, Forest, Flower of Evil(scanned through), 18 again, More than friends (scanned through), True Beauty, Sell Your Haunted House, The Devil Judge(scanned through), The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim,…

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Kim So Hye as Lee Kwon Sook/Lee Yu Ri in episode: 03-04 MY LOVELY BOXER 순정복서 (2023) dir. choi sang yeol, hong eun mi

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the worst sin about the worst of evil was its lack of passion. I've always said it was a fun! show to watch, and I still think it is. But the last 3 episodes made it even worse to see how much potential they wasted. The script at least tried with Gi Cheol and Hae Ryeon, but Junmo and Euijeong? It never felt like Junmo actually liked Gi Cheol (that's why it's wild to me people even saw homoerotic subtext), therefore it always felt like Gi Cheol was the dumbest guy alive for actually believing Junmo was loyal to him. Junmo felt more loyal to Chief Seo than any person in this show, really. And Euijeong? What happened to the conflicted wife who brought a gun to a date, who was willing to put herself in that position in order to save the two men she loved? It's not In Se Mi's fault, she did the best she could, but the script never allowed those conflicts to fully arise. They were so focused on doing a hong kong gangster movie homage they forgot about the most important aspect of it all, that it isn't the aesthetics (that they got it right), but the passion. Junmo saving Gi Cheol's life is so meaningless because it never felt like he cared. At least with Hae Ryeon we got that amazing scene in which he realizes how much he cares, but that was so little. It should've been much more. And what is more disappointing is that if they didn't have the guts to fully commit to the couples they set up (Gi Cheol and Euijeong/Hae Ryeon and Junmo) the LEAST they could do was to commit to Euijeong and Junmo, especially after everything they did to save one another. Yes, life will be miserable now, but they should be together, even if they're miserable. But they're so cowards they couldn't commit to an ending that has any passion in it, so Gi Cheol dies in the arms of the woman he loved, he is shot by the man he trusted the most... But I don't feel anything? Because it never felt like those people cared! The passion is not even about couples being together, but about loving each other and being willing to kill for each other even if they've been betrayed. One of the best scenes in Heartless City is when Jin Sook learns that Baeksa is a cop. She has raised him all his life, she's one of the people he trusts the most and she's in it with him. She's a criminal. And once she learns that she cries! She says how hard it must've been for him, she said they should congratulate him for being a cop! Like she knew what his being a cop meant for all of them, but at that moment she was just sad because she never got a chance to say how proud she was for him to have become one. It's been 10 years since I've seen that show and I still remember that scene. And then you go into The Worst of Evil and they have everything to make something even crazier than what HC was, they could make people do insane things because they learned to trust and love the enemy... but no? It's just so disappointing. It's not a bad show, it's just a show that never fully commits to being anything but aesthetics and fun fights. If they were so keen on killing Gi Cheol, the least they could do was make us feel something more than "poor Wi Ha Joon dying again on another drama". Being for real, do we like his character or do we just like WHJ in general? I'm just... sad this ending was boring and it could've been so much more if they hadn't forgotten about the characters' motivations.

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Queen of Tears (2024)

On the surface this seems like just an ordinary romantic drama with an interesting premise. It turned out to be a master class in acting, editing, cinematography and (even) writing. I loved these characters and was genuinely sad to see it end.

What Worked

The two leads were amazing. Kim Soo-Hyun put in his best performance so far, and Kim Ji-Won did an excellent job making you like a character that was written to be cold and unlikeable. I'd say it was her best role, but you know My Liberation Notes was still better.

The rest of the cast was great too. Park Sung-hoon was great at playing the villain and making him both sympathetic and contemptible. Kwak Dong-yeon did an excellent job at turning the biggest idiot kid brother into someone you were cheering for at the end.

This drama, more than most, also did a standout job of using editing and film work to help set the mood for the story.

What Didn't Work

This show is as close to flawless as you can get. There are things that I wish they'd done differently, but those are more about taste than quality, because the show was excellent.

The Performances

The cast was excellent across the board. I've already mentioned the two leads. I could probably go through and say something nice about each actor, but that would be way too long. There were a few actors that were new to me that especially liked watching.

Yoon Bo-mi as "Secretary Bestie" Na Chae-yeo. This actor did an excellent job of grounding the scene and making Kim Ji-won's character more human and likable. She was also very funny on her own.

Lee Mi-sook as "Worst Mother Ever" Moh Seul-hee. The show didn't do much to explain the whys of her character, but Lee Mi-sook was so interesting to watch, that I mostly didn't care. Really good performance overall.

Kim Jung-nan as "Fighter Auntie" Hong Beom-ja. I had a hard time taking this character seriously at first, but the actor did a great job of showing you how much Beom-ja cared about her family, which made me start to care about the character. Alot of fun to watch (even if they should have given her a proper loveline at the end).

Jeon Bae-soo and Hwang Young-hee as "World's Best Parents (2024)." It would be hard to make Hyun-woo's parents unlikeable, since they get to be the moral center of the show in some ways, but it was also important to make them interesting in a cast of over the top characters. The actors did a good job with that, and I really enjoyed watching them play off the rest of the cast.

TL; DR:

If you like K-dramas you've probably already seen this. That being said, I like K-dramas and I still haven't watched this writer's other big hit Crash Landing on You, so it YMMV. Bottom line: it's your precious little life, choose wisely.

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Park Sung-hoon is nailing his character as Yoon Eun-seong in Queen of Tears, but when I say that he makes my blood boil I really mean it. Also that Mo Seul-hee is shady af, I wonder if she and Eun-seong are working together in secret?

Oh, and I stan Hong Beom-ja the chaotic queen 👑👑

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Queen of Tears: A Compelling Dive into Love and Crisis

"Queen of Tears" (Korean: 눈물의 여왕) is a 2024 South Korean television series that captivates audiences with its intricate portrayal of a married couple navigating a tumultuous crisis. Written by the acclaimed Park Ji-eun and co-directed by Jang Young-woo and Kim Hee-won, the series stars the powerhouse duo Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won. Airing on tvN from March 9 to April 28, 2024, and available for streaming on TVING and Netflix in selected regions, this drama has not only captured hearts but also shattered viewership records.

The narrative centers on Hong Hae-in, a third-generation chaebol heiress, and Baek Hyun-woo, a lawyer from a rural background. The series delves into their complex relationship, highlighting the challenges and rekindling of their love after three years of marriage. This emotional rollercoaster is set against the backdrop of the Queens Group's corporate world and the humble rural village of Yongdu-ri.

Cast: The cast of "Queen of Tears" brings the story to life with their compelling performances:

Kim Soo-hyun as Baek Hyun-woo, a lawyer and Hae-in's devoted husband.

Kim Ji-won as Hong Hae-in, the ambitious CEO of Queens Department Store.

Park Sung-hoon as Yoon Eun-sung, a savvy investor and Hae-in's university acquaintance.

Kwak Dong-yeon as Hong Soo-cheol, Hae-in's younger brother and CEO of Queens Mart.

Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-hye, Soo-cheol's wife.

Supporting roles feature a robust ensemble, including Kim Kap-soo, Lee Mi-sook, and Jung Jin-young, enhancing the series' depth with their stellar portrayals of Hae-in's and Hyun-woo's families.

Park Ji-eun, after the monumental success of "Crash Landing on You," returns with a gripping storyline in "Queen of Tears." The series, co-produced by Studio Dragon, Culture Depot, and Showrunners, underwent meticulous preparation. The first script reading was conducted in March 2023, and filming spanned several months, capturing the scenic beauty of South Korea and Germany. With a hefty budget of ₩56 billion (US$48.95 million), the production quality is top-notch, boasting exquisite cinematography and elaborate sets.

The original soundtrack, curated by music director Nam Hye-seung, is a melodic journey that complements the series' emotional tone. Featuring artists like BSS, 10cm, Heize, and Crush, the OST has struck a chord with fans. Notably, Kim Soo-hyun lends his voice for the first time in a decade, adding a personal touch to the series' musical landscape.

"Queen of Tears" has been a ratings juggernaut, achieving a nationwide rating of 24.850% for its finale, making it the highest-rated series in tvN's history and the third highest-rated series in Korean cable television. Critics and audiences alike have lauded the series for its engaging storyline and stellar performances. Forbes highlighted its unique approach of starting with "happily ever after" and then exploring the complexities of maintaining it. NME's Tanu I. Raj praised it as a "whirlwind office romance" with a comic undertone, awarding it 3 out of 5 stars.

The series' global appeal is evident from its performance on Netflix's Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) category, where it ranked seventh shortly after release. With 373.2 million hours watched over its broadcast run, "Queen of Tears" has left an indelible mark on viewers worldwide.

"Queen of Tears" is a masterful blend of romance, drama, and corporate intrigue, underscored by exceptional performances and a captivating soundtrack. It stands as a testament to the creative prowess of its makers and the enduring appeal of K-dramas on a global stage. Whether you're a long-time fan of Korean dramas or a newcomer, "Queen of Tears" is a must-watch that promises to take you on an unforgettable emotional journey.

Honest comment:

For me when I watch it I know it will be a success since the chosen cast for the series is one of the great actors and actresses they done their part amazing and it touch people's hearts and for me some parts are predictable but it is still a masterpiece a story of people in a marriage it is so relatable to others who are married and they capture all the married people and the teens imagination of having a great husband for them in the future. Story is great I love it and it is worth to watch all of it was a mixed emotions and I can't spoil it so watch it!!

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Revenant. 악귀. 7.8/10

I would recommend this drama to my friends. I would rewatch this drama.

Omg hello Nevertheless's Oh Bit Na. Omg Now We Are Breaking Up's Jeon Mi Sook. Omg Hotel Del Luna's Sanchez. Oh my god. My shock at when my friend told me that Professor Yeom is the brother in It's okay not to be okay. That acting range.

I love how honest Yeom Hae Sang is, albeit he's not fully truthful. At first, I was like Hong Sae better not be the lead guy because he's not cute, but now he's all cute to me and I can't unsee it. I love that Hong Sae doesn't do the typical kdrama thing of like holding Sanyeong when she's freaking out or something. He's just helping her while letting her be. Like, that is realistic. Superb acting, Kim Taeri, you queen. She was so impressive. She was so good. This is amazing.

Professor Gu Gangmo is pretty smart, ngl. Hyangyi's a straight up bitch. Oh my god, it was so crazy when Sanyoung ended up in the mirror and had to fight a physical being??? Poor Sanyoung's mom and Semi too. But, glad they're here.

This is kinda like Death Note and Us vibes. Also Harry Potter horcruxes.

I honestly would think Sanyeong has DID if I were part of this investigation. I can't believe we starved a foodie like Mokdan. The cuts all hurt me.

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2037

Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a civil servant, is framed as a murderer and imprisoned in a women’s prison. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jeong Yoon-young: Hong Ye-ji Kwon Kyeong-sook: Kim Ji-young Soon-je: Kim Mi-hwa Li-ra: Hwang Seok-jeong Hae-soon: Shin Eun-jung Jang-mi: Jeon So-min Prison Warden: Jeong In-gi Film Crew: Writer: Mo Hong-jin Producer: Kim…

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Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears (Serie 2023) #KimSoohyun #KimJiwon #NaYounghee #JungJinyoung #KwakDongyeon #KimJooryung Mehr auf:

Serie 눈물의 여왕 Jahr: 2023- Genre: Drama / Romantik Hauptrollen: Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won, Na Young-hee, Jung Jin-young, Kwak Dong-yeon, Kim Joo-ryung, Kim Jung-nan, Lee Mi-sook, Natallia Bulynia, Kim Kap-su, Bo-mi Yoon … Serienbeschreibung: Baek Hyeon-u (Kim So-Hyun) ist erfolgreicher Unternehmer im Supermarkt-Business und schon seit geraumer Zeit mit seiner Ehefrau Hong Hae-in (Kim Ji-won)…