I am unsure about how I feel regarding the ending of Moving. Yes it was a ‘happy’ ending of sorts and it was also refreshing how they portrayed NK folks but I felt there were some loose ends that they didn’t tie up properly.
I wonder why BS didn’t keep in touch with HS. He was all there flying around being a superhero but why stay away from the girl he loves? What’s at stake here? The return of KDS was also ‘unceremonious’ to me. I felt more could have been done there.
I think the problem was that they decided to introduce brand new characters and their backstories in the last episode without giving proper well rounded closure to the characters that we cared about.
Anyway overall it was still a proper good show. Interesting plot, well developed characters and amazing vfx and action scenes. Would recommend!
I felt the same. I think the show is overhyped thanks to the ensemble cast and their excellent ability to emote. Other than that, the plot was incoherent. Characters’ stories were scattered, we saw bits of each character here and there, and it sort of prevented me from connecting to the characters.
Bong-seok and Hee-soo were cute but the most memorable performance to me was that by Han Hyo Joo, and the most memorable character to me was Kang-hoon.
I would rate the show 8.5 out of 10, as 8 is a bit low but 9 is a bit high.
At first I was impressed by the adults arc, and tho I still appreciated each episode set separately, by the end I didn’t connect with it as a whole. Also, when they rejoined the kids arc, I didn’t care as much for the kids as I did in 1-7. And yes, having such a large ensemble didn’t help either.
I was also disappointed by the ending. Among the issues, they spent too much time fighting (tho I know others loved that) and new characters and flashbacks. I feel we got shortchanged on several existing characters, esp. Do-Shik. On the whole the resolution felt rushed.
Having criticized so much, I’ll say it might be because I held it to a much higher bar than most kdramas. But if I was to grade it on a bell curve of 2023 dramas, I’d give it a 9.5. 😀
Oh, and Kang-Hoon was interesting to me because of the good guys, he’s shown as the most complex, ambivalent. The actor did well.
I definitely enjoyed the parents arc more than the kids and would have preferred it if they started with them first then going to the kids. They just rushed it in the end.
I too think something is off about the ending. The prospect of a S2 could be the cause of it.
The major issue I have is its casting most attention on fighting with those from the North when we have 2/3 of the drama is about problematic operations of NIS and DDirector Min and his crew. (And how I wished Min died with a painful death.). Then still introducing new characters in the last two episodes. But the North Korean crew is a whole new drama on its own – and Park Hee-soo’s character as a sympathetic operator is great to watch (and he redeems the trauma on me from Trolley with this role). Consistent with the humanist theme of this drama, it makes Yang Dong-guen not much an evil guy by the end of it.
I would still rate this the best drama of the year in that it is a mega production that’s done right – a very difficult feat compared with smaller scale productions and at international scale. The team behind it should be very proud. It’s almost like an anthology of movies weaved together with great skills. A lot of comments about the use of flashback but I applaud it to make a complicated story even more intriguing and interesting. I don’t think I’d like it as much if it’s done chronologically.
Will re-watch the last three episodes because my first watch was done through sleepy eyes.
What was that whole story line for anyway? What was the point of Dad living on the mountain if he didn’t end up knowing something about the murder? Oy, whatever.
It made no sense! Dad basically gave up on life after being heartbroken by his money hungry ex and didn’t even physically keep in touch with his own daughter and now suddenly the ex is all fine slumming along with him? And he is happy? And yes, why the mountain when there was a murder on a mountain storyline elsewhere? Ugh
They all forgot about the red hand didn’t they? And by they I mean the writers. If spells don’t work why did that disappear? Or does he think it was all in his head like that neural coupling bullshit?
My assumption was that the red hand is the shaman in the past life, who may well by Hong-jo in the current life. So I am wondering if the red hand disappeared because of the shared destiny Shin-yu now has with her reincarnated self?
While I wasn’t thrilled about the neural coupling—I did think it was effective as yet one MORE reason Shin-yu could pretend his feelings weren’t really his. When Hong-jo shouts “why don’t you tell *all* these excuses to Na-yeon!!” I felt that her ability to say “all” made her plea more effective. That’s my take anyway. It was still not ideal.
As for the Red Hand…I’d be SUPER surprised if it didn’t come back. But then again, I didn’t think they’d do what they did to Taec in HB, so….
That’s how I took it as well, it felt like the neural coupling thing was introduced not as the actual reason but to show us another way that JSY was trying to rationalise the fact that he liked HJ.
I’ve got a feeling it’ll come back too, it’s probably more subdued/temporarily out of action right now than gotten rid of entirely – I’m predicting it’ll come back mayhaps when our leads (and we, the audience) are enlightened a bit more about the past life story! And then it’ll go away for real forever when HJ an SY finally start dating for real or something.
It is my assumption that for the short-term we’re sort of to imagine that he’s “cured” because her “Avert Disaster” (or whatever) spell had worked. His hand doesn’t hurt either…
However, we’re now in the messy middle where it’s not clear whether or not the spell worked and whether or not he’s still dying or whether or not he’s still engaged or whether or not she actually cast “Fair Skin” or that other one about making Jae-kyung fall for her (like was implied when she was reading) or whether or not Na-yeon is an actual whole character or whether or not those flowers got replanted at the side of the road…
I have questions, and frankly, I have more, and frankly, I’m in love with them all and am happy still to see where this all goes.
Exactly! How come suddenly it is gone and no one wonders why ! I was so disappointed both episodes in this week. I still cant wait for next week tough 🙂
Can it please come back and start killing off annoying characters? Like the two office ladies and, yeah I’ll say it, his ditzy Mom? For once, I’d be fine if a romcom turned into a serial murder story.
Thank you! For one teeeeny tiny second I thought the bun-head girl might be the person taking the pictures but … she doesn’t seem smart enough. Unless she suddenly is revealed to be in love with the 2FL and is trying to break them up without having to kill Sin Yu (sorry, lame riff on MLL there) 🙄
I was wondering about it too.
Too many tangential storylines – will they be able to wrap up everything?
PJ stealer + Vodoo doll maker = Stalker ?
Secret life of SML,
Cheating SFL and annoying client,
Annoying gardener,
Annoying co-workers,
Awesome boss + martial arts blind date seeker …
He does … but then he takes a grip of himself (on red hand now!)
I want to shout at him now …. loosen that grip Jang Shin-yu and love her like she deserves to be loved!!
I think too many unnecessary things happened. That neural bull, the situation with the 2FL, the kiss, that yucky direction with the mum and the friend, the dad suddenly being all chaebol dad
dint like the kiss.. esp the motivation behind it…. and very much wrongly placed…
rest this show is no brianer for me… i know it makes no sense and i have to bear with it cause nothing else making me laugh like this.
Yeah great point about the dad too – I also didn’t like that he started cosplaying unyielding chaebol dad. I mean he hasn’t been the nicest person in previous episodes, but there was that glimmer of warmth and ‘quirk’ when he tried to help solve the ‘riddle’ and also during the dinner at home when mum was doing charades.
Moving is so amazing and I am trying to catch up as fast as I possibly can. I wonder if they tell us how they became how they are? Do they discuss it in the later episodes? I am in ep 10.
Tonight we will have Ep 16-17. Ep 11-14 are pretty much still the parents’ backstory and then Ep 15 brings us back to where we were at Ep 7. While I enjoy Ep 1-7 tremendously, the subsequent episodes about the parents are to me drama extraordinaire gearing our emotions to the max. Enjoy!
Why were all these characters in the drama? Serious question. If it was to give a sense of found family, they have failed (imo). If the writer wanted to show that ML finally starts to have a social life, it could have been shown differently in the last episodes…
Yup, my first thought was “that doesn’t look like makeup.”
I can kind of, faintly, sort of see it if I squint and don’t look directly at him. Which is how I want to look at many of the side characters in this show.
Also, if superpowers can be inherited, can we expect to see the shady NIS team from Moving show up pretty soon?
I just finished watching A Time Called You and I thought it was a good well written and acted drama for anyone who hasn’t seen the OG version.
Honestly it is not a criticism at all. The K version did a great job on its own and as similar it was to the OG version its direction was completely different.
Someday/Oneday was about grief and loss. ATCY was a love story that transcended time and space. I ‘felt’ the OG FL’s heartbreak and grief over the loss of her boyfriend. I cried every time she cried. Her grief was palpable her loss almost excruciating. Watching the 1st episode I remember thinking ‘okay, why did she breakup with him then?’. She convinced me that her man was out there somewhere and she somehow needed to reach out to him. I was stunned leaning that he was gone for good and never coming back.
K version FL did a fine job on her own right but the core dna of this version was as a fantasy time travelling love story. I felt sad by her loss but did not see myself shed a tear. Was it a bad thing? Probably not. Did I become a lot more immune to watching heartbreak on the screen in the last 3 years? Probably not.
AHS as the ML exceeded my expectation. GS was stellar and AHS did a good job portraying 2 different characters. Onwards and upwards for him from here!
I think now I will go and watch the OG version for the second time. I just bought a box of tissues and I am sure I’ll need them.
I’ve only seen the remake, so I have no comparison.
The first episodes didn’t make me cry either, although I rarely do. But the more episodes I saw, the more connected I became with the characters, so that I felt for them more and more. I still think about the drama while I’m working (or surfing the internet), which is not a bad sign.
I wonder if it makes a difference if you binge a drama or have to wait for new episodes every week, which adds to the excitement. Who knows how I would have felt about the first episodes if I hadn’t been able to continue watching immediately.
“ Someday/Oneday was about grief and loss. ATCY was a love story that transcended time and space.” This is such a good point! Also the song that replaced Wu Bai’s “Last Dance” didn’t quite work the same for me.
I think Ahn Hye Sop is doing a stellar job of filling in the huge shoes of Greg Hsu. The OG version is in my top favourites of all time and I am trying not compare both and enjoy them as they are. I am only halfway through the K version and I am loving it so far.
I also kinda miss the OG song even though I remember getting sick of it while watching it in 2020 😄
Nothing like that.
1) as the recent dustup reminded us, spoilers are allowed on the fanwall.
2) this wasn’t particularly spoilery at that
3) i don’t really mind small spoilers anyway
4) it reminded me to go watch…
I mistook it for ‘fingers crossed’ initially and got confused. Why would be say that if he didn’t mean it?
But then I rewatched that scene and went ‘what!!’
Can’t wait for todays episode. I need Rowoon to loosen up a little bit.
I saw those and thought, “Well, those are two English words that are either hard to pronounce or read phonetically for speakers of Korean.”
I quite like our OTP being truly distant at the beginning, though. I’m hopeful. Not HeartBeat hopeful, but I’m looking forward to seeing how/if these characters change.
The worst was when she turned up to the basically a date dinner in an earlier episode (well ok Do-ha said he’d treat her to dinner to thank her but whatever it was a date to me) and she was dress/jeans/sneaker combo again but it was like a FANCY place and he was in a chic blazer 🤦♀️
I appreciate I am in the minority (by which I mean, the only one), but I don’t really care. It doesn’t look as put together as many other dramas and frankly it is a bonus point. It’s not stylish. It’s not pretty. It’s not flattering. It’s going all over the place, and nothing goes together, and she doesn’t look like a cute little princess unlike anywhere else she features in. So I’m in love with this horrendous look for all these reasons. It works for me precisely because it doesn’t work.
I understand your feeling! But if she was dressed like that all the time then it would have made some sense. She does sometimes wear very pretty clothes. Her dress sense is like an entire spectrum.
Wait so he is gone now? How is she going to live with the guilt of being solely responsible for the whole thing? Did Di Shik drink his blood? Is he going to live? Is the expectation that they will reincarnate again? Can vampires reincarnate?
I know what you mean. It’s like Chief Kim rolled into Joseon. Not what I expected. I don’t want to spoil anything but soon there will be layers uncovered and heavier themes introduced if you decide to jump back in.
Yup. It doesn’t help that she looks so much younger than her real age. I don’t like it, but I’m still watching. And after episode 3, I’m getting ready for NM to shatter my heart. The slapstick eased up a lot. I didn’t see any at all in the preview. It’s gone dark.
RenOIshi
September 22, 2023 at 2:06 AM
I am unsure about how I feel regarding the ending of Moving. Yes it was a ‘happy’ ending of sorts and it was also refreshing how they portrayed NK folks but I felt there were some loose ends that they didn’t tie up properly.
I wonder why BS didn’t keep in touch with HS. He was all there flying around being a superhero but why stay away from the girl he loves? What’s at stake here? The return of KDS was also ‘unceremonious’ to me. I felt more could have been done there.
I think the problem was that they decided to introduce brand new characters and their backstories in the last episode without giving proper well rounded closure to the characters that we cared about.
Anyway overall it was still a proper good show. Interesting plot, well developed characters and amazing vfx and action scenes. Would recommend!
indyfan
September 22, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Agree. It was fine. But it could have been much better with some different narrative decisions.
Healer’s
September 22, 2023 at 3:19 AM
I felt the same. I think the show is overhyped thanks to the ensemble cast and their excellent ability to emote. Other than that, the plot was incoherent. Characters’ stories were scattered, we saw bits of each character here and there, and it sort of prevented me from connecting to the characters.
Bong-seok and Hee-soo were cute but the most memorable performance to me was that by Han Hyo Joo, and the most memorable character to me was Kang-hoon.
I would rate the show 8.5 out of 10, as 8 is a bit low but 9 is a bit high.
RenOIshi
September 22, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Kang Hoon was my absolute favourite! Absolutely
indyfan
September 22, 2023 at 8:05 AM
At first I was impressed by the adults arc, and tho I still appreciated each episode set separately, by the end I didn’t connect with it as a whole. Also, when they rejoined the kids arc, I didn’t care as much for the kids as I did in 1-7. And yes, having such a large ensemble didn’t help either.
I was also disappointed by the ending. Among the issues, they spent too much time fighting (tho I know others loved that) and new characters and flashbacks. I feel we got shortchanged on several existing characters, esp. Do-Shik. On the whole the resolution felt rushed.
Having criticized so much, I’ll say it might be because I held it to a much higher bar than most kdramas. But if I was to grade it on a bell curve of 2023 dramas, I’d give it a 9.5. 😀
Oh, and Kang-Hoon was interesting to me because of the good guys, he’s shown as the most complex, ambivalent. The actor did well.
RenOIshi
September 22, 2023 at 12:24 PM
I definitely enjoyed the parents arc more than the kids and would have preferred it if they started with them first then going to the kids. They just rushed it in the end.
Cay_sbtgoG
September 22, 2023 at 9:50 AM
I tbought I was the only one having a problem with the show. I’d give it 8/10
PYC
September 22, 2023 at 7:51 PM
I too think something is off about the ending. The prospect of a S2 could be the cause of it.
The major issue I have is its casting most attention on fighting with those from the North when we have 2/3 of the drama is about problematic operations of NIS and DDirector Min and his crew. (And how I wished Min died with a painful death.). Then still introducing new characters in the last two episodes. But the North Korean crew is a whole new drama on its own – and Park Hee-soo’s character as a sympathetic operator is great to watch (and he redeems the trauma on me from Trolley with this role). Consistent with the humanist theme of this drama, it makes Yang Dong-guen not much an evil guy by the end of it.
I would still rate this the best drama of the year in that it is a mega production that’s done right – a very difficult feat compared with smaller scale productions and at international scale. The team behind it should be very proud. It’s almost like an anthology of movies weaved together with great skills. A lot of comments about the use of flashback but I applaud it to make a complicated story even more intriguing and interesting. I don’t think I’d like it as much if it’s done chronologically.
Will re-watch the last three episodes because my first watch was done through sleepy eyes.
RenOIshi
September 22, 2023 at 8:18 PM
It was definitely the best drama of the year still! No doubt about that. Just that things could have been done better like we all said.
RenOIshi
September 21, 2023 at 9:11 PM
DWY ep10
Was that a nod of Secretary Kim?
lapislazulii
September 21, 2023 at 10:10 PM
The chair push! I had the same thought!!
RenOIshi
September 21, 2023 at 11:25 PM
They were even dressed in the same colour!
Mani-chan
September 21, 2023 at 10:22 PM
I immediately thought of Secretary Kim when I saw it in the trailer
RenOIshi
September 21, 2023 at 11:51 PM
Yes me too!
RenOIshi
September 21, 2023 at 9:04 PM
THE RED HAND!!!
Pretty sure that is past life Hong Jo’s hand at this point!
indyfan
September 21, 2023 at 10:31 PM
We’re all just relieved the writers didn’t forget the red hand. I wouldn’t have put it past this lot.
RenOIshi
September 19, 2023 at 9:48 PM
I refuse to believe that MLL’s money hungry mum will suddenly change and go back to her dirt poor husband! That was not a true resolution.
Lostpanda is celebrating My Ajusshi 💔
September 19, 2023 at 11:49 PM
Agreed. Overall, just barely okay. I’ll probably forget all about MLL by tomorrow.
RenOIshi
September 20, 2023 at 4:09 AM
I have already forgotten. I was playing games on my phone during the last 2 episodes and I don’t speak Korean 😆
bbstl 🧹
September 20, 2023 at 9:07 AM
What was that whole story line for anyway? What was the point of Dad living on the mountain if he didn’t end up knowing something about the murder? Oy, whatever.
RenOIshi
September 20, 2023 at 2:43 PM
It made no sense! Dad basically gave up on life after being heartbroken by his money hungry ex and didn’t even physically keep in touch with his own daughter and now suddenly the ex is all fine slumming along with him? And he is happy? And yes, why the mountain when there was a murder on a mountain storyline elsewhere? Ugh
bbstl 🧹
September 20, 2023 at 8:19 PM
No sense! We didn’t need her parents (or the other business owners) at all! 🤦🏼♀️
RenOIshi
September 20, 2023 at 10:24 PM
Just too many characters.
RenOIshi
September 15, 2023 at 12:28 AM
They all forgot about the red hand didn’t they? And by they I mean the writers. If spells don’t work why did that disappear? Or does he think it was all in his head like that neural coupling bullshit?
Cecee
September 15, 2023 at 1:28 AM
My assumption was that the red hand is the shaman in the past life, who may well by Hong-jo in the current life. So I am wondering if the red hand disappeared because of the shared destiny Shin-yu now has with her reincarnated self?
lapislazulii
September 15, 2023 at 2:23 AM
This is what I think too! And/or the real cure was something to do with Hong-jo and not the spell book.
Seon-ha
September 15, 2023 at 3:50 AM
While I wasn’t thrilled about the neural coupling—I did think it was effective as yet one MORE reason Shin-yu could pretend his feelings weren’t really his. When Hong-jo shouts “why don’t you tell *all* these excuses to Na-yeon!!” I felt that her ability to say “all” made her plea more effective. That’s my take anyway. It was still not ideal.
As for the Red Hand…I’d be SUPER surprised if it didn’t come back. But then again, I didn’t think they’d do what they did to Taec in HB, so….
lapislazulii
September 15, 2023 at 3:56 AM
That’s how I took it as well, it felt like the neural coupling thing was introduced not as the actual reason but to show us another way that JSY was trying to rationalise the fact that he liked HJ.
I’ve got a feeling it’ll come back too, it’s probably more subdued/temporarily out of action right now than gotten rid of entirely – I’m predicting it’ll come back mayhaps when our leads (and we, the audience) are enlightened a bit more about the past life story! And then it’ll go away for real forever when HJ an SY finally start dating for real or something.
Seon-ha
September 15, 2023 at 3:59 AM
I’ve got my recap comment all queued up…I also predict that the hand will return when Joseon-ville arrives :)!!
Seon-ha
September 15, 2023 at 3:54 AM
It is my assumption that for the short-term we’re sort of to imagine that he’s “cured” because her “Avert Disaster” (or whatever) spell had worked. His hand doesn’t hurt either…
However, we’re now in the messy middle where it’s not clear whether or not the spell worked and whether or not he’s still dying or whether or not he’s still engaged or whether or not she actually cast “Fair Skin” or that other one about making Jae-kyung fall for her (like was implied when she was reading) or whether or not Na-yeon is an actual whole character or whether or not those flowers got replanted at the side of the road…
I have questions, and frankly, I have more, and frankly, I’m in love with them all and am happy still to see where this all goes.
RenOIshi
September 15, 2023 at 4:26 AM
Hahaha! Good questions 😄
Mina00
September 15, 2023 at 1:58 AM
Exactly! How come suddenly it is gone and no one wonders why ! I was so disappointed both episodes in this week. I still cant wait for next week tough 🙂
Cay_sbtgoG
September 15, 2023 at 4:20 AM
The red hand Re: we shall see…
mmmmm
September 15, 2023 at 9:18 AM
I felt something similar to this watching MLL turning into some strange show. I’m glad I ended the day watching Love at First Sight (NF 2023).
bbstl 🧹
September 15, 2023 at 7:53 PM
Can it please come back and start killing off annoying characters? Like the two office ladies and, yeah I’ll say it, his ditzy Mom? For once, I’d be fine if a romcom turned into a serial murder story.
RenOIshi
September 15, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Absolutely detest those two colleagues. Problem is I don’t think they will get their cumappence because they are just ‘written that way’.
Loathing the mum and the young friends storyline. Yuck! If my friend tries to get on with my mother I will cut him! Ewww!
bbstl 🧹
September 15, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Thank you! For one teeeeny tiny second I thought the bun-head girl might be the person taking the pictures but … she doesn’t seem smart enough. Unless she suddenly is revealed to be in love with the 2FL and is trying to break them up without having to kill Sin Yu (sorry, lame riff on MLL there) 🙄
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 9:02 PM
DWY ep 8
From everything that’s going on did we really need that stalker angle? Why? Also why didn’t she turn turn the damn torch on her phone?? Why?
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Just*
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
September 14, 2023 at 9:51 PM
I was wondering about it too.
Too many tangential storylines – will they be able to wrap up everything?
PJ stealer + Vodoo doll maker = Stalker ?
Secret life of SML,
Cheating SFL and annoying client,
Annoying gardener,
Annoying co-workers,
Awesome boss + martial arts blind date seeker …
indyfan
September 14, 2023 at 9:56 PM
How else would we have had the worst excuse for a date? Did you sense any strategy there at all?
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 10:11 PM
‘Let’s fake date for a stalker’ worst plot ever! All I want is to see Shin Yu act like a bumbling idiot in front of of her and nothing else! Lol!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
September 14, 2023 at 11:16 PM
He does … but then he takes a grip of himself (on red hand now!)
I want to shout at him now …. loosen that grip Jang Shin-yu and love her like she deserves to be loved!!
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
September 14, 2023 at 11:05 PM
More excuses from Shin-yu to spend time together.
I just kept thinking she wasn’t dressed warmly enough.
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 4:02 AM
DWY ep.7
I think too many unnecessary things happened. That neural bull, the situation with the 2FL, the kiss, that yucky direction with the mum and the friend, the dad suddenly being all chaebol dad
🧛♂️ 💔💔 but 👧💔💔💔💔
September 14, 2023 at 4:06 AM
dint like the kiss.. esp the motivation behind it…. and very much wrongly placed…
rest this show is no brianer for me… i know it makes no sense and i have to bear with it cause nothing else making me laugh like this.
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 4:13 AM
I think I laughed the first 5 mins on this episode. A tad disappointed. Waiting for tomorrow though!
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 4:15 AM
And yes I didn’t like that kiss. A bit misplaced me thinks…
vienibenmio
September 14, 2023 at 8:17 AM
It was definitely misplaced but I still liked it. I’m hopeless, lol
lapislazulii
September 14, 2023 at 5:15 AM
Yeah great point about the dad too – I also didn’t like that he started cosplaying unyielding chaebol dad. I mean he hasn’t been the nicest person in previous episodes, but there was that glimmer of warmth and ‘quirk’ when he tried to help solve the ‘riddle’ and also during the dinner at home when mum was doing charades.
RenOIshi
September 14, 2023 at 5:46 AM
Exactly! It felt like an ‘afterthought’.
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 3:54 AM
Moving is so amazing and I am trying to catch up as fast as I possibly can. I wonder if they tell us how they became how they are? Do they discuss it in the later episodes? I am in ep 10.
PYC
September 13, 2023 at 4:10 AM
Tonight we will have Ep 16-17. Ep 11-14 are pretty much still the parents’ backstory and then Ep 15 brings us back to where we were at Ep 7. While I enjoy Ep 1-7 tremendously, the subsequent episodes about the parents are to me drama extraordinaire gearing our emotions to the max. Enjoy!
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 4:18 AM
I am loving how it’s getting darker and darker!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
September 13, 2023 at 4:15 AM
Kim Doo Shik tells Mi Hyun that he was born like this.
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 2:12 AM
Wait? Are we going to have two more episodes of My Lovely Liar?
Why?
Isa is always time travelling
September 13, 2023 at 2:17 AM
This drama would have been way better with less episodes and less characters.
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 3:39 AM
I know right? I struggled to keep track of all the people in the neighbourhood.
vienibenmio
September 13, 2023 at 6:10 PM
When that girl slept with that dude I was like “Wait, which one was that again?” I even had to Google it
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Oh my god same! 😂
Isa is always time travelling
September 14, 2023 at 12:01 AM
Why were all these characters in the drama? Serious question. If it was to give a sense of found family, they have failed (imo). If the writer wanted to show that ML finally starts to have a social life, it could have been shown differently in the last episodes…
Cecee
September 13, 2023 at 3:54 AM
Ahn Nae-sang flaunting his fancy hair?
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 4:05 AM
Heheh! He does resemble Antonio Banderas.
Seon-ha
September 13, 2023 at 4:26 AM
Votes on whether that “bee sting” is actually a real stye and they had to work it into the plot?
Also, in no way does he resemble Antonio Banderas 🤣
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
September 13, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Yup, my first thought was “that doesn’t look like makeup.”
I can kind of, faintly, sort of see it if I squint and don’t look directly at him. Which is how I want to look at many of the side characters in this show.
Also, if superpowers can be inherited, can we expect to see the shady NIS team from Moving show up pretty soon?
Seon-ha
September 13, 2023 at 8:47 AM
Could we send Doo-shik on a tactical mission to take out these writers??? They’d never see it coming.
RenOIshi
September 13, 2023 at 9:47 PM
Hahha! I was referring to the comment his shitty ex wife made about him 😄
Cecee
September 14, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Jin Kyung (the actress who plays the shitty mom) makes me laugh because I keep seeing her in bad mom’s roles these days.
Seon-ha
September 14, 2023 at 4:24 AM
Oh, yes, @coffeprince4eva, ha. I knew that. I was pushing back on the show’s words not yours 🙂
RenOIshi
September 11, 2023 at 5:20 AM
I just finished watching A Time Called You and I thought it was a good well written and acted drama for anyone who hasn’t seen the OG version.
Honestly it is not a criticism at all. The K version did a great job on its own and as similar it was to the OG version its direction was completely different.
Someday/Oneday was about grief and loss. ATCY was a love story that transcended time and space. I ‘felt’ the OG FL’s heartbreak and grief over the loss of her boyfriend. I cried every time she cried. Her grief was palpable her loss almost excruciating. Watching the 1st episode I remember thinking ‘okay, why did she breakup with him then?’. She convinced me that her man was out there somewhere and she somehow needed to reach out to him. I was stunned leaning that he was gone for good and never coming back.
K version FL did a fine job on her own right but the core dna of this version was as a fantasy time travelling love story. I felt sad by her loss but did not see myself shed a tear. Was it a bad thing? Probably not. Did I become a lot more immune to watching heartbreak on the screen in the last 3 years? Probably not.
AHS as the ML exceeded my expectation. GS was stellar and AHS did a good job portraying 2 different characters. Onwards and upwards for him from here!
I think now I will go and watch the OG version for the second time. I just bought a box of tissues and I am sure I’ll need them.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
September 11, 2023 at 5:25 AM
Very well articulated. Thank you.
“AHS as the ML exceeded my expectation” – absolutely I was totally charmed.
Nefret
September 11, 2023 at 6:30 AM
I’ve only seen the remake, so I have no comparison.
The first episodes didn’t make me cry either, although I rarely do. But the more episodes I saw, the more connected I became with the characters, so that I felt for them more and more. I still think about the drama while I’m working (or surfing the internet), which is not a bad sign.
I wonder if it makes a difference if you binge a drama or have to wait for new episodes every week, which adds to the excitement. Who knows how I would have felt about the first episodes if I hadn’t been able to continue watching immediately.
greenfields
September 11, 2023 at 3:13 PM
“ Someday/Oneday was about grief and loss. ATCY was a love story that transcended time and space.” This is such a good point! Also the song that replaced Wu Bai’s “Last Dance” didn’t quite work the same for me.
RenOIshi
September 11, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Hey! Nice you see you Green! It’s been a while.
Oh yes the OG song was special! I commented about it on my wall sometime ago!
greenfields
September 11, 2023 at 10:47 PM
Hello hello! ☺️ Yes – the release of the remake brought me back, I was curious about what beanies thought of it. Hope all has been well, Ren!
indyfan
September 11, 2023 at 9:34 PM
Your take really resonates. I felt more or less the same, but couldn’t articulate it.
dramadillo
September 11, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Hope you enjoy your rewatch! I started mine when I hit ep 6 of ATCY and I was surprised by how much I adore the original, even the second time around!
RenOIshi
September 9, 2023 at 5:51 AM
I think Ahn Hye Sop is doing a stellar job of filling in the huge shoes of Greg Hsu. The OG version is in my top favourites of all time and I am trying not compare both and enjoy them as they are. I am only halfway through the K version and I am loving it so far.
I also kinda miss the OG song even though I remember getting sick of it while watching it in 2020 😄
miso
September 9, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Agree about Ahn Hyo-seop and I miss the OG song too! Though I love Seo Ji-won’s song too – esp. knowing the story behind it.
Isa is always time travelling
September 9, 2023 at 6:28 AM
The first time I heard that song was in the Hospital Playlist OTS (sung by the main cast).
It must be a classic in Korea.
miso
September 9, 2023 at 6:32 AM
I think the first time I heard it was on Reply 1994. Definitely a classic in Korea.
RenOIshi
September 9, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Oooh I gotta google and find out the story now!!
RenOIshi
September 8, 2023 at 6:05 AM
Ah! To feel all the feels of Someday/Oneday from A Time Called You! Solidly remake and all episodes are up!!! 🫶🏽
Ally
September 8, 2023 at 6:11 AM
What???? And my weekend is shot…
RenOIshi
September 8, 2023 at 6:45 AM
Didn’t finish as yet hahaha! But it’s a good start!
indyfan
September 8, 2023 at 6:36 AM
You finished? Wow. I am impressed.
And it is a SOLID so far for me.
RenOIshi
September 8, 2023 at 6:44 AM
No no! Just finished the first 2 episodes! Probably should have made that clear lol
tabong has two different tears🍉
September 8, 2023 at 2:07 PM
I didn’t watch the OG and I didn’t read the synopsis, so I’m watching episode 4 with a big headache because I have no idea what’s going on. 😂
RenOIshi
September 8, 2023 at 2:27 PM
I completely understand the confusion! Hang in there for a bit. If it goes anything like the OG series, things will become clear soon enough ☺️
tabong has two different tears🍉
September 8, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Thanks!
It feels like I’m watching Paprika, Memento and Be With You’s child. 😂
RenOIshi
August 31, 2023 at 7:14 PM
‘I feel like I am the only one wearing a Hawaiian shirt at a funeral’ 🤣🤣🤣
Never thought I was going to enjoy DWY!
Mani-chan
August 31, 2023 at 10:30 PM
Singing opera on Show Me the Money stayed in my head
RenOIshi
August 30, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Was that finger heart in the end? 🤣
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 30, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Yes – complete with dramatic music for the reveal!! 😂 This drama has a really quirky sense of humor. I dig it!!
lapislazulii
August 30, 2023 at 10:00 PM
Me too!! It feels eccentric in plot development too but I’m here for it!
RenOIshi
August 30, 2023 at 11:37 PM
I am not digging his take on the ‘eccentric serious no nonsense chaebol’ but THIS I like 😃 defo tuning in for the next episode!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 31, 2023 at 3:33 AM
You know what, I’m even enjoying that characterization 😂
indyfan
August 30, 2023 at 9:36 PM
OMG! So quickly?
I shouldn’t be on the fan wall till I watch this. Slinks off.
RenOIshi
August 30, 2023 at 11:34 PM
Oops sorry! I made sure there was no ‘face’ though before I posted this spoiler!
indyfan
August 31, 2023 at 1:35 AM
Nothing like that.
1) as the recent dustup reminded us, spoilers are allowed on the fanwall.
2) this wasn’t particularly spoilery at that
3) i don’t really mind small spoilers anyway
4) it reminded me to go watch…
…and what the heck is this show 😂😂😂
indyfan
August 31, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Oh and by “so quickly” I meant he’s already making hearts!
Blue (@mayhemf)
August 31, 2023 at 3:28 AM
I mistook it for ‘fingers crossed’ initially and got confused. Why would be say that if he didn’t mean it?
But then I rewatched that scene and went ‘what!!’
Can’t wait for todays episode. I need Rowoon to loosen up a little bit.
RenOIshi
August 31, 2023 at 3:34 AM
Yeah me too! He is not nailing the serious guy vibe very well! Defo looking forward to the next episode now!
RenOIshi
August 26, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Touch your ‘butt’ is completely ridiculous! Why would anyone even write something like this and why would good actors want to star in it?
Cay_sbtgoG
August 26, 2023 at 8:42 PM
The writer must love this kind of humor. It appeals to some, though, judging by the rating.😊
stpauligurl
August 27, 2023 at 5:36 AM
Dropped – I couldn’t get myself to watch this week’s episodes. So I’ll just follow along with the recaps.
sigh – what a waste…
RenOIshi
August 27, 2023 at 9:02 PM
I couldn’t get past ep 1
RenOIshi
August 25, 2023 at 4:40 AM
What kind name is Law and High? Also very pretty people yet zero chemistry….he has more chemistry with that red bloody hand than with her.
#DestinedForYou
jerrykuvira
August 25, 2023 at 4:43 AM
I agree with the red hand lady chemistry with Ro-woon. It set fire to my screen each time.
RenOIshi
August 25, 2023 at 6:29 AM
I asked myself ‘is he scared or turned on?’ Wtf!!!
Seon-ha
August 25, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Yeah, I think both. Uncomfortable and yet totally not. Frightened but also needy. Pretty good work, if ya ask me.
Seon-ha
August 25, 2023 at 4:51 AM
I saw those and thought, “Well, those are two English words that are either hard to pronounce or read phonetically for speakers of Korean.”
I quite like our OTP being truly distant at the beginning, though. I’m hopeful. Not HeartBeat hopeful, but I’m looking forward to seeing how/if these characters change.
RenOIshi
August 25, 2023 at 6:36 AM
He looks so young. Even with his serious demeanour lol
Seon-ha
August 25, 2023 at 6:50 AM
As others have noted, so do his parents. I think “youth” is going to be a plot point. At least, it’d be interesting if they made it a plot point.
RenOIshi
August 26, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Oh my god yes! I thought his dad was his brother or maybe uncle!
RenOIshi
August 25, 2023 at 12:04 AM
What atrocity is this tshirt, tunic, cardigan and jeans combo?
Healer’s
August 25, 2023 at 1:13 AM
You didn’t mention the sneakers 😂
RenOIshi
August 25, 2023 at 3:41 AM
Sorry 😄
lapislazulii
August 25, 2023 at 1:47 AM
The worst was when she turned up to the basically a date dinner in an earlier episode (well ok Do-ha said he’d treat her to dinner to thank her but whatever it was a date to me) and she was dress/jeans/sneaker combo again but it was like a FANCY place and he was in a chic blazer 🤦♀️
Lelly19
August 25, 2023 at 2:52 AM
It kinda looks like a failed attempt at Y2K fashion…maybe 😭🤣
Cecee
August 25, 2023 at 3:59 AM
I appreciate I am in the minority (by which I mean, the only one), but I don’t really care. It doesn’t look as put together as many other dramas and frankly it is a bonus point. It’s not stylish. It’s not pretty. It’s not flattering. It’s going all over the place, and nothing goes together, and she doesn’t look like a cute little princess unlike anywhere else she features in. So I’m in love with this horrendous look for all these reasons. It works for me precisely because it doesn’t work.
RenOIshi
August 25, 2023 at 4:12 AM
I understand your feeling! But if she was dressed like that all the time then it would have made some sense. She does sometimes wear very pretty clothes. Her dress sense is like an entire spectrum.
Cecee
August 25, 2023 at 5:32 AM
But so is mine. I don’t wear the same style every day, so I’m happy to see someone like me too!
*actively demanding representation for people with no sense of style too*
“Please, K drama gods, show us more of those horribly dressed people who don’t look like they come out of a fashion makeover 101”
Seon-ha
August 25, 2023 at 4:56 AM
I’m with @darkcc. I love all her clothes, frankly.
RenOIshi
August 19, 2023 at 4:17 AM
My Lovely Liar is kinda growing on me even though I think he is not much of a good song writer/musician 😂
RenOIshi
August 15, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Wait? What? No….
(Incoherent words in comments…)
#Heartbeat
RenOIshi
August 15, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Wait so he is gone now? How is she going to live with the guilt of being solely responsible for the whole thing? Did Di Shik drink his blood? Is he going to live? Is the expectation that they will reincarnate again? Can vampires reincarnate?
lapislazulii
August 15, 2023 at 4:48 PM
when she said she’d ‘wait’ I was like how does that work???? 😭
RenOIshi
August 15, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Reincarnation? Ugh so frustrating
Seon-ha
August 15, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Check your at-mentions, RenOIshi
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
August 15, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Could you please @ me, too? I have FEELINGS and I want to feel them @ other HeartBeat Hottest.
Seon-ha
August 15, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Done.
RenOIshi
August 11, 2023 at 4:22 AM
Am I the only one who didn’t like My Dearest? I dropped it in the middle of ep 1. I can’t do slapstick.
indyfan
August 11, 2023 at 8:54 AM
I know what you mean. It’s like Chief Kim rolled into Joseon. Not what I expected. I don’t want to spoil anything but soon there will be layers uncovered and heavier themes introduced if you decide to jump back in.
RenOIshi
August 12, 2023 at 3:24 AM
I am a fan of NM but he looks old! I mean so much older than the FL which he is in real life. Gah!
indyfan
August 12, 2023 at 4:54 AM
Yup. It doesn’t help that she looks so much younger than her real age. I don’t like it, but I’m still watching. And after episode 3, I’m getting ready for NM to shatter my heart. The slapstick eased up a lot. I didn’t see any at all in the preview. It’s gone dark.