Coming on here super quickly just to say that I MISS MY FREE TIME AND I MISS DB :( This week, I've only had time to watch When the Camellia Blooms during my daily commutes, because I've been so swamped with exam prep. This morning I had a 6-hour International Law exam that wasn't too bad—I knew mostly how to answer the questions, but my time management isn't great so I struggled to finish in time. After that, I came straight home, ate my first meal of the day and promptly knocked out for about 4 hours. I wish I could say I'm done with exams, but I've still got two papers to go and it's back to work for me already.

I reeeeeally want to catch up on Nokdu and Extraordinary You, but that is sadly out of the question for me at the moment :( Why did I think going to law school was a good idea again? LOL.

I hope you guys have had a better week than I have ♡

Hi Everyone and Happy OT!
I've been more busy lately and ended up watching mostly YT videos of my current craze ... anything The Untamed.

It's a great rationalization that a few short vids will be better than a 1-hour drama, but I know I'm just deceiving myself. LOL.

I did however bother to catch the spinoff movie, The Living Dead. Just because I had liked the characters so much in The Untamed drama, I spent much more time on this movie, (determined to not hate it), than it actually warrants. But whatever, at least I enjoyed myself, 'wasting' time!

Review of the Movie spinoff of The Untamed: The Living Dead. Synopsis in a nutshell… Wen Ning and Si Zhui investigate the incidence of murderous ghosts and a massacre of a household and save a little town from living in darkness.

The movie jumps right into the plot of ghosts with the leads from The Untamed without any explanation. At my first watch, I found that the movie left me cold, but I decided that I wanted to give it another chance, so I re-watched. I slowed down some parts to get a better idea about what was going on and to see if enough had been explained to eradicate some plot holes.

Well, the good news is that I felt better about the movie after a painstaking re-watch. Would I recommend it? To those who have not watched The Untamed, I'd say yes only to those who don't mind a quick 'ghost-hunting' flick to while away 1 hour 24 minutes and who won't be bothered to wonder "Who? What?". To lovers of The Untamed who really want to see Wen Ning and Sizhui again, yes, by all means.

However … our beloved characters have undergone something of a change in their interactions, which was the reason I was left cold before. It took a while to come to terms with that and to just concentrate on what was happening.

Being a spinoff there are many nods to The Untamed, but mainly a recurring reference to 'Master Wei' (Wei Wu Xian, the hero of The Untamed. However I felt that the missing BIG nod that should have been, was to the sweetness of the uncle - nephew relationship between the 2 leads that had its start in the drama. I know that I wanted to watch this movie in order to see how the 2 of them had developed in friendship and camaraderie. Let's just say that the first 5 minutes of the show that had a brother and sister trying to weather another night of ghosts, was the warmest depiction of character relationship in the movie, and moments like those should have been given to Wen Ning and Si Zhui.

My wifi router suddenly stopped working a few days ago, which means no wifi. I only have enough internet daily for two episodes and surfing on DB. And today's quota is already coming to an end. Ugh I don't know how long I have to wait to be able to fix this but I can't do anything about it for atleast a week.

Hi beanies!!

Have a happy weekend and take good care of your health 💛.

*twists nail ring*

Happy weekend Beanies!

@michykdrama less social media, more reading ;)

Whenever an employment contract ends I quickly go from one hundred to zero and I struggle to retain and regain discipline. For this reason I reflected this week on what I could do better and what I am doing very well already.

What I could do better:
1. I want to put in more efforts to actively look for a job.
2. I want to go to bed earlier and get up at a decent time, not lie awake all night and ‘catch up on sleep’ until noon.
3. I want to keep up my self-care routine. Much easier done when you have a job where you need to look presentable, but it is necessary for health and confidence. Also unexpected trips and visitors would no longer be a nightmare.
4. I want to step out for fresh air more often. The cold weather and grey skies offer no encouragement, and neither does my empty schedule or 3 (see above).

What I am doing well:
1. Writing for Nanowrimo every day. A few sentences a day is enough to update the word count and increase the word target a tiny bit.
2. Reading every week. I had to cut back in time, but I managed to get back to an abandoned book, so it is Jane Austen and John Green for now.
3. Keeping up with K-dramas. I am catching up on No Second Chances and Pegasus Market while I wait for Extraordinary Thursday and Friday.

I expect improvement once December starts, when both Extraordinary You and Nanowrimo are no longer priorities. And to think that not only two years ago I would have dropped all the fun stuff to focus more on studying and job hunting *shudder* :P

@jamieopso I wasn't actively talking about gardening last week. I'm fine with every interpretation of that comment. I agree and disagree regarding the few matters of gardening.

@tsutsuloo that was my mistake. But i didn't see your comment as clarification or have context. More so i felt your comment created wrong assumption about the show. My usual stance is no response but it was coming from your side so i had to take it seriously. Whether someone agree/disgree with me is their concern and their freedom.

As for funny take - As i always say behind every joke lies some serious thought. Modern day comedy is all about making fun of others, insulting others, looking down upon others. That take was a test and i didn't fail in it because i had already learned from similar mistake in real life.

Watched Falling for Innocence - for tomorrow. not gonna anything good.

Kim Ji Young Born in 1982 was indescribable.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around it because it really hit me in the heart and I am trying to be coherent and find some way to explain the depth of how it resonated and made me feel.

Watch it Beanies.

I’ll be back when I can put my thoughts and emotions into words.

Hello dearest Beanies,
how have you all been doing? I’ve been away from kdramaland for almost a year due to opening my own restaurant and I’ve missed it and Dramabeans so much. Now that my restaurant has settled and we hired more people I finally have more time for myself. Can you imagine how heartwarming it felt to start watching k-dramas again? I thought I wouldn’t be able to feel the same but everything that I loved about k-dramas rushed back the moment I pressed play button. Many of you asked about the name of my restaurant, so you could come by if you happened to be in Prague. I won’t write it here but if anybody’s really coming to Prague, let me know so we can meet! I’ve only met one Beanie in real life before, when she was staying here as an exchange student.

I think I happened to pick two great dramas as my comeback to k-dramaland. The first one was Dazzling (The Light In Your Eyes) which left me with swollen eyes, wistful, sad, and melancholic for many days after the last episode. The second drama I picked was Weightlifting Fairy KBJ which I ignored for three years even though I knew everyone loved and cherished the drama. Although I’m not that old (32), it’s been years since I watched a romantic high-school or college drama. I guess since I became a mother, I started picking dramas with characters in their 30s and 40s more. I still have one WFKBJ episode left to watch and I’m praying the drama stays as wonderful as it’s been so far.

It's cold in here, and I'm so low on energy, and I feel weird not having any new Chinese drama to binge, so I casually started rewatching Arsenal Military Academy, because all Beanies wallposts excluded my eyecandy Li ChengBin and lololol he is so hot and so bad at acting, but I hope I'll be able to ogle him in something soon, but not a lead role please, he is perfect for second leads with a lot screen time and no lines. Have a warm weekend everyone!!

Is anyone watching Extraordinary You? The latest episode was very good, compared to the bland ones in the past few weeks.

SPOILERS

So am I to understand that Danoh died because Baek Kyung lifted her oxygen mask? That was one heck of a powerful scene there. I almost teared watching Baek Kyung's conflict. The same conflict reflected on his face when he grasped Haru's wrist, and drove that sword into Danoh. He was forced to kill her then, even though he loved her...is that what that scene was about?

So the final scene has Danoh unaware of who Haru is. She is back to being an extra, mindless and happy. It was horrible to watch...I thought that was a poignant and painful moment, especially from Haru's point of view. I thought this was a solid episode, and I hope next week we'll have a good finale. I was bored out of my mind with the bland fillers in the past few episodes.

Hello Beanies...hope everyone's doing well:-) this week i was just trying to settle into my new job (week2), there was lots happening, and LOL it almost seemed to me like my gap year never happened...i did go back to something familiar to my previous job, so this has both pros and cons...so, i didn't get time to watch any kdramas:-( i'm behind on all the shows now:-(....nevertheless i managed to finish watching Untamed (ep23-50) this week...and i have no words for it...it's so surreal to me, until August 2019 i never watched any Chinese dramas in its entirety and now, the only two C-dramas that i watched in its entirety have become my all time favourites (Untamed and The Longest Day)...to be honest, right now i don't feel like moving on from Untamed...after the show ended, i was on youtube looking at the behind the scenes videos and other videos of the various actors, their music videos, and more i watched i realized how fantastic the main leads and the supporting cast were, coz (and i did not actively realize this previously that) most of them are young men/idols who are part of the current pop culture and in this show they were so into their characters and played their characters so well...does anyone know where can i get to read the book in English...preferably legally...also, does anyone know if the animated series is available in english somewhere....i loved the story, the various family/friendship dynamics, the characters, everything about it...this show had good music and i loved the title song, though i'm not sure if i understood the lyrics correctly and/or maybe the translation was odd/off, but the song itself sounds so good...i think i can go on and on about Untamed right now but i'm more tempted to look at the behind the scene videos on youtube so i'm off there now:-) take care and have a good weekend ahead:-)...and because i have no one else say this to who would remotely care that i even said it (translation: i know no one in my life who watches kdramas or cdramas), so i write this here on DB that i loved especially the character of Lan Wangji:-) is he even better in the book or the show made him this good?

Hello everyone and happy Friday!

It's actually 10 minutes away from Saturday in my country but I waited for this thread to let out my thoughts and ask for some advice.

I have a troubled friend. I don't really want to say that he's depressed but he constantly shares sad posts on social media, about being alone and wanting to be gone. Whenever we talk, it's always about him not being wanted. He's been my friend for two years and we are part of the same friend group but lately he's been isolating himself from us. Of course, we try our best to reach out to him. I try my best to cheer him up and give him encouraging words. I always do.

But sometimes it could just get exhausting talking to him and admitting this is making me feel guilty.

I know that I won't be able to handle a person when he or she is at his or her very worst but it bothers me to turn a blind eye to someone who clearly needs help, especially if that someone is dear to me. Then again, while I'm busy saving other people who are falling apart, who's going to save me? It's hard taking care of yourself when there's nothing left for you since you gave it all to someone else in need of help.

Yesterday, he thanked me for pulling him up. He thanked me for making him realize that the people who truly appreciate him are just in front of him. He thanked me for not giving up on him.

It warms my heart that I know I helped a person but deep inside I still fill empty. It's also not helping I've dropped all the kdramas I was watching before because school is that demanding. ☹️

Kdrama things I've enjoyed this week:
1. The fart song in Melo is my Nature
2. All the cuteness and Jang Dong Yoon pretiness in the Tale of Nokdu
3. Every secondary character in the Tale of Nokdu, except Nokdu's brother (sorry, bro, don't like your eyeshadow, don't buy your character's motivations)
4. The bathtub (no)kiss in Empress Ki. Very much in favour of TaWan's/Ji Chang Wook's personal hygiene. This drama seems to value hygiene too, because every other episode there's somebody having a bath, kakaka

Kdrama things that broke my heart this week:
1. My Country, eps. 10-12. Come on Show, you are unrelenting! Pleasepleaseplease give Seung Ho at least one happy moment

Kdrama things that left me indifferent this week:
1. The triple pregnancy combo in Empress Ki. I didn't watch further, but it just looks too makjang-y to me. Besides, I hate it that Nyang is pregnant and locked up instead of spending her time out in the world kicking ass

Off to my mom's this weekend to binge watch Extraordinary You, Tale of Nokdu and Vagabond. Not as thrilled about Vagabond but I am really liking Nokdu and EY (especially EY).

I've been in a bit of a drama slump these past few weeks. Except for what I'm watching with my mom every other weekend, I've not really been in the mood to watch anything. I have a few dramas I'm in the middle of watching and even if I was liking them, I've just not felt the urge to watch. So currently the only drama I'm currently watching is Love and Destiny. I'm about 20 episodes in and I'm quite liking it. Definitely gives me 10 Miles of Peach Blossom vibes, but it's still its own and unique drama (though I sometimes need to remind myself to not compare the 2). Ni Ni is just great as the innocent and cute Ling Xi. She is perfectly able to convey her innocent, kind and sweet personality. She could have easily come across as annoying but Ni Ni manages to make her lovable. It took me longer to warm up to Chang Chen mostly because I'm shallow and don't find him attractive and he seems so old, especially compared to Ni Ni (there is a 12 year difference). But I've slowly warmed up to him and his character. He's a good actor and seems to have good chemistry with Ni Ni, so I am able to ignore my shallowness (I would prefer an unattractive good actor over an attractive bad actor).

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! ❤️

Rewatched part of the HBO series Rome, and besides liking it (of course), I'm suffering from cross-genre contamination. I keep picturing Jang Hyuk / Yi Ban-won in Rome. Also Caesar / Mark Antony / Attia in any kdrama :)

There is a report that KBS Entertainment Weekly program will be ending after 36 years. It was a good entertainment news program; it had good interviews with actors and idols, but it also tackled deep social issues and crime stories.

Hello there!
Tune in for Love (Korean movie) is a refreshing retro slice of life with our adorable Jung Hae-In and Kim Go-Eun. They’re good together. Hae-In as Hyun-Woo is one of those “if it wasn’t for bad luck I wouldn’t have any” kind of guys, but there’s a little twist ending. Ahhhh~

Chief of Staff season 2 is back on Netflix. A double dose of politics for politics sake, but I like Shin Mina and Lee Jung-jae, In fact its a whole staff of big-name actors.

My Country – royal and royal minion bloodshed is the name of the game, but Jang Hyuk is just so watchable!

VIP – can’t wait for captions for eps 5 and 6 soon!

Radio Star – this week was super entertaining in an off-the-wall sort of way. First of all, Solbi shined as she highlighted her participation in a Paris art show as the only Korean and 1 of 30 selected artists. Wow, that’s huge. Good to see her success. Then there was Dawn, aka HyunA’s boyfriend, who was awkwardly charming. It was a fun episode.

When the Camellia Blooms – Kim Ji-Seok as Jong-Ryeol has perfected the role of big jerk (remember him in Personal Taste?) No one ever wants to do the hard work of transformation; it’s a world of excuses and blame out there. I’ve only seen up to ep 14. (Check out Happy TOgether this week - the host cast is dressed up as Camellia characters.)

I love King of Masked Singer. Who could have predicted its success? And who is our bedazzling Handsome Guy?

Happy weekend beanies!

Hi all:
Is it me but have jdramas become more pervy and nihilistic...ya know....than usual?
A really nice day today. Only around 36. Tomorrow is supposed to be bitterly cold. So i made sure i went outside.

Dramas:
Extraordinary You: I want an extraordinary ending. Nothing tropey but it must feel satisfactory and organic. I don't know why the writer is so mean. Either he/she is obsessive or emotionally stuck with issues or just plain into tropes and uncreative.
Miss Lee: Such a great drama. And i have now got a new crush.
Pegasus Market -- Poignant episode last week
My Country -- Am kinda missing the villain. But am staying for Bang Won.
VIP -- Tried to jump back in but was hopelessly confused. Will have to rewatch the last episode from last "season."
In addition to kdramas, am watching Junichi, In love with an ugly girl, Tune in for Love, and Stranded (a Thai drama), on Netflix and about to start You and I on the G String (jdrama) Chocolate (Korean.) Awaiting tons of Chinese dramas including Oath of Love.
Have a great weekend, all.

HI All, I am not a DB registered member but i come here a lot to read recaps of shows i watched. I just recently got hooked on Kdrama the beginning of this year.

Just wondering why there isn't Script reading post or stills from Lee Min HO and Kim Go eun new Drama "The King: The Eternal Monarch".

Im Just curious as it is a highly anticipated drama, and i don't see a lot of update/script reading post like other dramas.

Thank you All. I have been enjoying DB and will be register member soon!

Happy happy happy weekend Beanies! I've been binging through Arsenal Military Academy and while I, admittedly, ffw through a lot of the politicking plotishness, watching Xiang's antics as a woman in drag in an all-men's situation makes me want to rewatch She's the Man with Amanda Bynes.

Seems like I haven’t been on DB for years — but probably just a month passed.

What happened this past month? I enjoyed “My Private Life”. I flew to Taiwan for a Yeo Jin Goo fan meeting. OMG he’s a walking David IRL — sculptural features, flawless porcelain skin, and broad built shoulders. Had a short chance to speak to him at fan meeting and the next day at the airport. He is just too adorable. How well this little oppa has grown up.

Then I chained my feet to a desk for 2 weeks and worked extra hard to keep my mind from temptations to see him again (his fan meeting tour has 2 more stops). I think I’ve successfully suppressed the desire now.

Now off to find a drama with some crack. Any leads?

I currently have time to watch only 2 dramas at the most..I'm obsessed with Tale of Nokdu<3<3 and rewatching Solomon's Perjury (korean version) for a second time, years after I last watched it when it aired.
I did watch the first few episodes of Extraordinary you and liked it but was losing interest a little, so discontinued for now. Maybe I'll binge watch it later when I've time.
I'm busy preparing for my job exams so I don't think I'll add any other drama to watch after Nokdu ends. Hopefully next year will bring a new crop of dramas that can successfully hold my interest till the end.

hey guysssss
i really want to talk about failing in love beacuse its so beautiful and i want to write recaps for it but i know dramabeans isnt taking writers in rn :'((((