Tbh I have not finished even the first episode of it

Season can be continuation of a story or a concept-them.
Rich is a concept-theme and you see those copy-paste characters in almost every asian drama.
Plot and scenarios can be different with different angles and You can + or - characters as well as personality traits.
its a industry not someone's barbie doll kitty party so they go for what's best for them and i would have gone with the same. Business is business no personal feelings allowed to interfere with judgement.

I didn't watch Nine Tails but based from the mixed reviews I had seen when it was airing, I was surprised to see this news. Is anyone looking forward to not one but two more seasons? Did I miss a good drama?

I'm not a big fan of multiple seasons either. It is one of the reasons I tend to gravitate more towards Asian dramas. They are the best of both worlds: longer than a movie but shorter than the American/Canadian tv shows.

That said, I am not completely against multiple seasons because I did love Stranger 1 + 2, Kingdom 1+2, and Hospital Playlist 1+2. Sometimes the writer succeeds in expending the world/story well. There are also a handful of American/Canadian shows that I enjoy following year after year (Stranger Things, Never Have I Ever, Love Victor, Heartland (although I have yet to watch season 14 because I wasn't ready for that pain)).

I do hope that multiple seasons format will remain the exception and won't become the norm in Korea.

Talking about multi-season K-Drama is a good thing. However, first of all, I don't think Netflix can single-handedly change the culture of K-drama to do multi-seasonal (The Voice series is one of those examples). Not all dramas suitable to be multi-seasonal, Korean dramas, especially, but some do good to be more than one season (Kingdom is one of those, and Arthdal Chronicle is good to be more than a season, too), most of them have a huge world to build (the above 2 examples are good ones, remember, especially, Kim Young-hyun, the screenwriter who wrote Arthdal, tend to develop very long dramas), or they are developed in a "weekly case" structure (Hospital Playlist can be a good one on this, if the Season 2 not focus on the love lives of main characters). But generally speaking, K-dramas are not suitable to be multi-seasonal.

Instead of calling American dramas multi-seasonal to be "bad" I would rather say they are lazy, because developing a storyline with tonnes of characters takes time, and production companies want to save time and money. Similarly, some American dramas are good to be multi-seasonal (Game of Throne, an obvious example), but not all are good to do that. I like some dramas which have just one season, and some others are more than one--as long as they are suitable to do more than one season, so why not?

Finally, this is a message to @antonio83: "Chinese shows are clean, healthy and educational for young people"? Do you know all the Chinese show producers are in fact officials hired by government as well Government do have censorship policy against shows (movies, TV dramas, etc)? You must be kidding: they may be "healthy and educational", but in terms of fitting the Communist Government's agenda only. Don't be naïve, my friend: American show may not be that good, but no one beat Chinese Communist censorship!

(In case you ask: I actually have several colleagues who used to work in Mainland Chinese TV stations, that's why I know)

I'm not crazy about multiple season k-dramas, but I don't blame Netflix. It was already starting to become a trend before Netflix came on the scene with Voice, Let's Eat, Partners of Justice, Age of Youth, Mystery Queen, Neighborhood Lawyer, etc and continued with Penthouse, Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim and others. It's not happening because Netflix made it a trend, it's happening because ratings and revenue have sharply decreased over the years, and networks want more of anything that made them some money.

Elections this season - As said in in 2020 - the only political leader i show some respect. And a government of coalitions where 3rd and 4th front and even smaller parties with different ideology is given some national space. Main contenders still remain the top 2 parties and everyone else acting as allies. The better of system where you don't usurp power and control neither over party nor over the country's executive. Even in 2021 i talked about 3rd and 4th alternatives the most. This is why i prefer German socio- politcal system over others much more.

I was super busy handling what i was into - The game was crazy and pretty reckless and i was the one who had everything to lose. You can't be absolutely right here. Be flxible enough to change your direction with the change around you. I can't do that. Adamant and stubborn i stood my ground.

Things happened. more brain work - more adjustments - more position sizing - and yes i turned the tide -
From big -ve to moderate +ve

I'm a realist and shouldn't act optimistic but does as such and the other side comes back violently -

from moderate +ve to -ve uppish moderate -ve and this comes at a time when the crucial resource of time is not on my side so yep i lost the game.
Most frustrating factor in all of this is - wasted so many resources, did so much, went through so much and outcome outcome is empty hands - In this unfair human world - you often hear foolish quotes of facemasks - that hard work pay.
Naaah - For most it almost always is -ve factor, not the other way around.
Such a foolish approach. Everyone has seen enough in life to have some understanding of human world and how it operates.

As for others - I shared my views and they worked again and this time around i was feeling really foolish for not getting into those acts which i was confident of, and which were quite profitable. Sometimes, yes, sometimes you shouldn't challenge the other stronger side and be consistent with slowly building up your strengths. More secure not fun and i don't like it.
Fun is where you fly your plane in sever weather and have no parachute. Foolish, not brave. showing confidence in your skills and hardware and certainly arrogant.

How is it October already? 😭😅

Happy October, Kurama! 🍁

Kim Min Jae though is not in Beyond Evil. That one is Yeo Jin-goo.. but dont worry they do look alike so people do mistake them for each other. YJG is good at heavy dramas like BE and the The Crowned Clown while KMJ is better at romantic, swoony roles like this one and Brahms.

Kim Minjae was in Beyond Evil? Maybe you are confusing him with Yeo Jingoo? They do have a similar look.

I just finished Beyond Evil, it was a great crime drama with great acting and writing.

Oh no…… Rewatching Reply 1988 has long been on my agenda. Where do I watch it now?

It has to do with show licensing. I believe Netflix licenses non-produced shows for one year.

I wish Netflix would write in the show’s description when the expiration date is...would it be nice?

Oh no! This is sad....I hope Netflix will replace them with some other good older Kdramas..

Omo you’re right! I still haven’t finished watching Reply 1988 and I now won’t be able to watch it. How sad.

I simultaneously commented that Viki just added a lot of shows, I’m surprised at how many there are now. Reply is definitely on Viki .

Does everyone watch subtitles in English or English [CC] closed captions? They're both bad, but the translations are different, so sometimes I'd watch the episodes twice.

I have heard from some beanies that their subtitles are not that good; but because I can’t speak Korean, so I didn’t know about this. Now seeing that you also commented about this, I hope that they improve the quality of their subs soon. I think it might be because the episodes of each show are available pretty fast. If I’m now mistaken, each episode is on Netflix only one or two hours after the show is aired.

I learnt that there is this Squid Game phenomenon when a friend of mine who isn’t into Kdramas or Kmovies phoned me and started talking about this show. He thought I would have definitely watched it since I was into Kdramas but I didn’t (the show isn’t my preferred genre).

I don't speak Korean, but I'm learning and I am very curious about idioms, structure of the sentence and such. So sometimes, if I suspect that subs are far removed from the original, I switch on Korean subtitles and use Google lens app on my phone to translate. It's fun.

You have my respect at “Saw my first LMH drama - Legend of the Blue Sea”. I think it didn’t last an episode in that one.

LMH is pretty cute in The King: the Eternal Monarch. Though many will disagree, I think the show is lovely and definitely aesthetically pleasing.

Lee Minho plays the most problematic romantic leads but somehow makes them fun. His characters in The Heirs and Boys Over Flowers are both terrible spoiled brats but oh did I find Lee Minho hilarious. He just goes for it.

That "This is Sparta" kick he did to Kim Woobin in The Heirs lives rent free in my head alongside his "AISHHH" screams in BOF. So over the top!

The Heirs, for me, was a "It's bad but hilarious" drama. I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy parts of it. Wouldn't watch it again though.

Ooof, Heirs. Can’t believe I watched that whole thing 🤦🏼‍♀️

I agree. A lot of us watched Heirs for Kim Woo Bin. Haha.

I think Boys Over Flowers is still the only LMH thing I've watched, and that felt like it was enough for me, lol. That's days of my life I wish I could have back.

I'm also not a fan of Kim Eun-sook's writing, so I've never been tempted to try "Legend of the Blue Sea" although I did sort of enjoy "Secret Garden," and I loved "City Hall."

You need @javabeans’ and @girlfriday’s ratings and reviews to help you navigate—they wrote the bible of kdramas (and started this site). I’ve steered clear of both LOtbs and Heirs (and really anything LMH) in no small part thanks to them. I’m not a fan of his acting or just overall visual content, and so I’ve found other actors and dramas more worth my time—Gong Yoo (I’ve watched his entire cinematography except a couple movies and Big —don’t watch Big), Yoo Yeon Seok, Yang Se Jong, Jang Hyuk, Jung Il Woo, Kang Ha Neul, Park Bo Gum, are all actors with acting styles and visuals that I really gravitate towards. There are actresses too that I prefer. Anyway, here’s the link: https://www.dramabeans.com/ratings/ Happy watching!

You won’t be alone if you don’t make it to the end of Heirs 😅 I think I embraced the power of fast forward from quite early on.

Caffeine is my friend. I drink about 3 cups of coffee a day. Schedule every hour of your day on a calendar—you’d be surprised how much extra time you find when you do this. Pre-make meals (or have someone cook for you like I do-lol) and that way you’ll always have something to eat quickly if you don’t have time to eat—eating is important. Take breaks when you’re tired-stand up, stretch, watch a short video (but don’t get sucked into your phone), do something different for 5 minutes, then come back to watch you were doing. Sometimes you have to just sleep, even if it’s 5-15 minutes.

I’m in a giant gigantic family oriented Facebook group which is mostly UK people and someone asked the other day if Squid Game was appropriate for their 13 year to watch. It blew up into a huge thread, but what was interesting to me was the number of people who were like “my 5 year old watched it and wasn’t fazed at all but they watch R18 stuff all the time” like it was a badge of honour, and also the number of people who were “yeah it’s a bit violent but HORRORS there’s a sex scene!!!! Hide your children from this filth!”

I haven’t seen it, but it seemed to me that both of these groups of people were missing the point 😅

Thank you, Turtie, that is great advice and I need it 👍🏼

Absolutely brilliant, thank you for being the messenger, Turtie.

Gosh Ally, you are making a Beanie blush!😊 Thatk you for the supportive words and BRAVA on your cover!👏 Lend me your schedule talents, I am behind on everything that I am watching!😂

You sound amazing, Ally!💕 I hear your heart in your voice; thank you for sharing your talent. And thank you for starting this wonderful group, which helped me to start singing again. You're one in a million.

Joy! I need you to sing! (Defying gravity 😉) And congrats on your first dose!

Congrats on your first dose! And pizza for breakfast is good.

Yay! Congrats on your first dose 👏