ok as u wish, @reply1988 @bomibeans @minniegupta1 @leetennant thread for Dramas beanies enjoyed but we didnt bonfire. I have lentil chips & rose lemonade. Mine: Our beloved summer, Moving, Vincenzo

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    also, Alchemy of Souls. Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Misaeng.

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    I love this topic whenever it comes up because I always lead with… Just Between Lovers.
    Shock and horror ensues.

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    I’ll only mention dramas I finished:

    _ One drama I didn’t like at all: Perfect Marriage Revenge.

    _ Some dramas I can’t say I hate but I didn’t like so much: Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, One Spring Night, Another Miss Oh, Angel Last Mission, Run On, Mad for each other.

    _ Some dramas I liked, but probably less than the rest of the world (outside DB too): Our beloved summer, Unlock my boss, Vincenzo, Call it love, Crash Landing on You (because of the ending), Alchemy of Souls, When the Camellia blooms, It’s ok, that’s love.

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      Thank you Run on was only worth the watch because of the second couple romance for me, I liked the second female lead being a strong woman who acted her mind.

      One Spring night him turning up at her work place and she was still in a relationship meant an instant drop so sorry not able to complete.

      Strong woman the mix of rom com and horrific kidnapping/murder case made no sense so although completed it was not enjoyable at all. I loved the rom com element.

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    There are a lot of them but the recent one for me is Twinkling Watermelon.

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    These should be termed as “Overhyped or overrated dramas” 🤣🤣🤣

    My pick: You from another star

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    My three big ones I watched when I didn’t know how to drop and kept waiting for the big turnaround that would make me love it:

    Fated to love you
    Goblin
    Coffee Prince

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      All 3 of these are in my list and I forgot to add them! 🤣 Why!!

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      Hometown Cha Cha Cha is the leader in this category for me. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for it to become something I liked, and at the end I realized I’d hate-watched the whole thing.

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        Oh gosh, I walked in the first episode and kept thinking I had judged it harshly because everyone else was singing its praises. I felt like I should try again but I just haven’t got round to it yet.

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    Wow, is it safe here?? Can I really say it??

    All of these are shows I finished, even rewatched some to make sure.

    Some of the shows I HATED:

    Biscuit Teacher & Star Candy
    Mischievous Kiss
    I Remember You
    Heart to Heart
    Fight My Way
    One Spring Night
    etc.

    Some shows I found extremely boring:

    Alone in Love
    Weightlifting Fairy
    While You Were Sleeping
    Mystic Popup Bar
    Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
    Call it Love
    Heartbeat (I sneaked this one in. Dropped at ep 11)
    etc.

    Some shows I disliked:

    You From another Star
    School 2013
    Queen InHyun’s Man
    It’s Ok It’s Love
    Signal
    I’m Not a Robot
    Chicago Typewriter
    My Mister
    When thd Camellia Blooms
    Touch Your Heart
    Crash Landing On You
    Beyond Evil
    Just Between Lovers
    The Kidnapping Day
    When the Weather is Fine
    etc.

    I’m leaving the shows that I just liked less than others completely out, because at this rate I might get locked out of DB.

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      Adding

      Fated to love you to the extremely boring list,

      Goblin to the HATED list,

      Coffee Prince to the disliked list.

      I will probably be reminded of more soon😆

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      You will never be locked out because there will be beanies to join you in each of your categories. Also the list of shows you did like and love will have a strong fan club too so you are safe. I love how long your list is, I know I have missed some off mine. As i type this I have suddenly remembered the show that had me raging at the screen.
      👇🏾
      SOMETHING IN THE RAIN. This show upset me because it started so well then went down hill in such a steep decline that it needs the meme from Prison Playbook when he described his quality of life in prison compared to his previous life, to provide the perfect visual representation.

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    Ok, I’m going to whisper it here, because this is a safe thread… I think I’m the only Beanie who strongly disliked Because this Is My First Life (*runs and hides).

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      I dropped this at first ep. I might have joined you if I had finished it, but I didn’t.

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        Ok yay! 😅 I was really bothered, all the way through, that the relationship between the ML and FL was always transactional, and never developed further toward unconditional love. To me, it seemed like the main reason they chose to stay together was convenience, so those two elements really bothered me.

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      I put that drama in the overrated/overhyped category but I think I need to run and hide in another country as I don’t relate to the actor playing the male lead in the show at all.

      While I am planning my exile I might as well say I also don’t relate to one of the other popular actors on here Sohn Seokgu so whenever he plays a lead I don’t connect at all. I think it’s from his role as the adulterous partner in Matrimonial Chaos. I have issues with those kinds of roles so often have a hard time moving on when I see an actor in that type of role. I just about tolerated him in Be Melodramatic because of the role he played in the life of a female character I liked a lot.

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        Don’t run, stay here with us! 🤗 I agree with you about overhyped actors… I definitely don’t like either of them to the extent that most Beanies seem to 😂 And I agree – it’s hard for me to shake the image of a role I really disliked when seeing an actor in something else.

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          It’s so funny I literally talk to myself to remember they were only acting😆. Poor Yoon Park took three dramas to be cleansed before I could look at him without raging as his role in Forecasting love and weather really upset me.

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        ARE YOU ME??? (On both cases!)

        The only time I liked SSG was in Designated Survivor.

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          To clarify, my aversion to neither of them stemmed from a particular role.

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        I might as well say I also don’t relate to one of the other popular actors

        We all have a list like that and we can have a thread for this, but some beanie or anonymous commenter might take offense and start defending which might turn ugly.

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        Sohn Seokgu, Na-In-Woo and Ahn Bo Hyun: despite their popularity, I have a very hard time looking at them as main leads. I think it’s taking away from my pleasure of watching Marry My Husband and has kept me away from some well known Bo Hyun projects (I gave Flex Cop a try and I do have it in my mind to watch it but feel no compulsion as him and I don’t agree lol!)

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      I didnt hate BTIMFL it but I dont remember a single thing. if no scene starts playing in my head it is a dead drama

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      You have company! I danced over to catch it after the butt show and was so sorely disappointed.

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      No, I tried it twice and couldn’t get past 4 episodes.

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    Disclaimer: personal views, please let me take them off my chest and still allow me to keep my organs intact
    I won’t say it was overrated here, but everywhere else it was (Baeksang “Arts” Awards included.. I still don’t get how it added to the “arts”). Let’s say it had a very niche audience here. And it will be defended as it was once when I used a one word qualifier to describe it. Yeah, I know, my bad. I won’t repeat that mistake again *whispers* misogynist. What? I didn’t say that 🤔. You heard it wrong 🙉. I was only saying that it was a critically acclaimed series appreciated globally for objectifying, slut shaming and reducing women to caricatures. What? You are hearing things again, obviously 🙉.

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      Oh I forgot to name the acclaimed series.. It was called The… something… Oh, I can’t recall the word.. only it started with a “G” and ended with a “Y” 🤔.

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      @Anne18, I honestly cannot tell what show you’re talking about. It must be one I haven’t seen. What is the real title? I promise to leave all your organs intact! 😸

      I never get attached enough to any show to have hard feelings toward the people who didn’t like it. We all have different tastes! There is at least one beanie – I won’t name names – who has hated every show I’ve ever liked, and seems to like only shows I wouldn’t watch if you paid me, but I still enjoy seeing their comments and considering what they have to say about dramas.

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    Crash Landing tops my list.
    King The Land
    Strong Woman Nam whatever (even the cameo couldn’t save it)
    Encounter (this one almost made me never watch another K-drama again. It took me four years to understand it was the wrong drama to start K-drama journey.)
    Moving (I will never understand what other beanies saw that I didn’t 🙁 and I love HYJ)

    Others: I don’t hate but if given a choice I would have stayed away:
    Because this is my first life (after a point it got so preachy that it felt like I was listening to sermons)
    Run On (I survived it only because of the second leads)
    Vincenzo
    Perfect Marriage Revenge

    Those that failed four episodes test:
    Alchemy of Souls
    Miseang
    Goblin
    Forecasting love and weather
    Forbidden Marriage

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    I must say, I dropped some dramas too fast to even form an opinion I guess if they drag and there is no energy and especiallu if I forget the name of the drama in less than a week.
    like, I have forgotten the name of the refrigerator corpse drama. …what was it… romantic murder something? but I did manage to learn the korean word for refrigerator.
    and that curse drama with voodoo..

    I should also make an Alternative description drama titles” thread

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      The alternative names for dramas that meant nothing to us would be very funny!

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      I don’t even count shows I have dropped too early in my list.

      Some of the shows I have listed here I have even rewatched a few times! Am I a masochist?? Not really, it is just that there was a time I had a too limited access to new dramas.

      I don’t rewatch shows I hate anymore, unless it is to fast-forward through the leads’ scenes to only watch Bae In Hyuk’s scenes…

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      Link: Eat, Love, Kill?

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        yes that´s it! well I do think Romantic Murder Restaurant is a better title

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    Oh, this is fun! These are not ones that I actively disliked, but all of them are ones that I’m happy to leave behind and don’t really feel the need to revisit ever. With the possible exception of a couple of scenes from EAW.
    Dramas I thought were just okay while other folks loved them:
    Because This is Our First Life
    Oh Hae-young Again
    Extraordinary Attorney Woo
    Tracer
    Love to Hate You
    The Glory
    Doctor Cha
    Coffee Prince

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    Healer 😁

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    Goblin

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    Don’t dislike, but don’t get the hype:
    Coffee Prince
    Rookie Historian
    I Hear Your Voice
    My Love From Another Star
    Forest of Secrets
    The Red Sleeve
    Be Melodramatic

    Dropped early:
    One Spring Night
    King The Land

    Had a bad feeling and never started:
    Vincenzo
    Extraordinary Attorney Woo

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    one more for me: Good Manager. don´t get the hype.

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