Let it be known that I’ve at least tried! Been hearing rave reviews about Revenants from beanies, so despite my reservation on the theme ‐-supernatural thingy isn’t my cup of tea, I gave it a try. I’ve come to like Kim Tae Ri since The Handmaiden and Oh Jung Sae has been doing great in all his supporting characters given so far; in my mind, I had good motivation. I did try until ep 3 before I gave up.
Let me be clear, I found the acting great; but I just couldn’t truly enjoy it. In those 3 hours, my brain worked extra hard. A part of it telling me to just enjoy it but then there’s something bigger that kept telling me it’s nonsense and so on. So I stopped.
It reminded me of something; I’d better stay away from this genre. It won’t work. Just stick to the ones that I’m okay with.
Episode 3 was easily the weakest, and silliest, of the show for me. I am not surprised you’ve thrown in the towel (or tossed away the tea) at this point. However, the show grew stronger, if unevenly so, after that.
That said, sometimes, a particular genre, a show just isn’t for us. Hope you’ll find a better cuppa somewhere else.
I actually tried to watch My Dearest. I used to like political saeguk, like Dong Yi and The Princess’ Man. But recently It’s hard for me to even finish ep1. Fushion saeguk, I don’t mind but the pure saeguk these days are missing something. The actors wear traditional attire and such, but their mannerism don’t particularly match. I kept thinking the actors just role playing in a traditional hanbok. I wish directors and actors pay more attention to their work. Because it shows and hard to miss.
The tone in MD is odd. The couple arc is mostly fluff and fusion. But the politics and tragedy foreshadowing definitely feel traditional sageuk. I appreciated both, but IMHO it didn’t quite work together as a whole. However, I think it’s going to go all in with the latter if you’re gonna hang around for a bit. I mean, they’ve already declared war.
Cay_sbtgoG
August 7, 2023 at 9:17 PM
Let it be known that I’ve at least tried! Been hearing rave reviews about Revenants from beanies, so despite my reservation on the theme ‐-supernatural thingy isn’t my cup of tea, I gave it a try. I’ve come to like Kim Tae Ri since The Handmaiden and Oh Jung Sae has been doing great in all his supporting characters given so far; in my mind, I had good motivation. I did try until ep 3 before I gave up.
Let me be clear, I found the acting great; but I just couldn’t truly enjoy it. In those 3 hours, my brain worked extra hard. A part of it telling me to just enjoy it but then there’s something bigger that kept telling me it’s nonsense and so on. So I stopped.
It reminded me of something; I’d better stay away from this genre. It won’t work. Just stick to the ones that I’m okay with.
indyfan
August 7, 2023 at 10:06 PM
Episode 3 was easily the weakest, and silliest, of the show for me. I am not surprised you’ve thrown in the towel (or tossed away the tea) at this point. However, the show grew stronger, if unevenly so, after that.
That said, sometimes, a particular genre, a show just isn’t for us. Hope you’ll find a better cuppa somewhere else.
Cay_sbtgoG
August 8, 2023 at 10:10 PM
I actually tried to watch My Dearest. I used to like political saeguk, like Dong Yi and The Princess’ Man. But recently It’s hard for me to even finish ep1. Fushion saeguk, I don’t mind but the pure saeguk these days are missing something. The actors wear traditional attire and such, but their mannerism don’t particularly match. I kept thinking the actors just role playing in a traditional hanbok. I wish directors and actors pay more attention to their work. Because it shows and hard to miss.
indyfan
August 8, 2023 at 10:44 PM
The tone in MD is odd. The couple arc is mostly fluff and fusion. But the politics and tragedy foreshadowing definitely feel traditional sageuk. I appreciated both, but IMHO it didn’t quite work together as a whole. However, I think it’s going to go all in with the latter if you’re gonna hang around for a bit. I mean, they’ve already declared war.
Cay_sbtgoG
August 9, 2023 at 8:59 AM
IKR? I love the colors of their handbok and was entranced by the visual, but the moment they move and speak, it loses its charm.