I am interested in “A Hundred Memories.”

I am planning to try out the viki/netflixes above.

My Youth, likewise abt SJK and I liked Chun Woo Hee in Delightfully Deceitful, recently revived in my Netflix feed.

You and Everything Else, KGE in anything for her shining face, Ji Hyun was the prosecutor FL in Reborn Rich.

A Hundred Memories — I have been curious about the felt experience of SK in the 80’s up to the beginning of the Hallyu. Shin Ye Eun was strong in He Is Psychometric.

Although I keep saying I will swear off cdramas, I am tempted to give into the siren call of a 12ep series (45-er) with love across time– Twelve Letters (viki). While You Were Sleeping rewatch is a lot of fun, and I am hankering for sim.

I finally started Twinkling Watermelon, despite it being a high school drama. Music and whether we hear it.

Since I also live in a crime-ridden/spy and politics B-movie space in several other languages, decisions will have to be be made, especially since October and November are packed with enticement in the kdrama world.

R&R to build up strength…?

@GB: I commiserate with you re Twelve! You’re right on pacing – I’m also at episode 3 and struggling to continue my investment in the show. I also find the CGI quite underwhelming for what is a Disney+ production (compared to Moving anyway).

Prior to Twelve, I did watch a continuous stream of Takeru Satoh dramas post Glass Heart… it was Marry My Husband, then First Love and I have heart-eyes for the man despite the screen saturation.

I’m also keeping an eye out for Shin’s Project.

Unnie kalispera!

I have heard others to say that “Twelve” is disappointing. I don’t have a subscription to Disney Plus any longer. And it is not open for Greece, as far as I know.

As for “Twelve Letters”, one of my friends told me that is pretty good.

@packmule3: yes I have pinned “Romantics Anonymous” – actually for Han Hyo Joo whom I loved in “Moving”. thanks for pointing me in the Oguri Shun direction – I am definitely not tired of Takeru at this point…. yet 🙂

I just learned that Gong Yoo has a guest role in the film Love Untangled, which is showing on Netflix in the USA, so I’m going to give it a look-see.

Just watched My Youth ep1&2. I liked it, altho the real tearjerker was the back story in ep.2 which Nam Da Reum pretty much carried off — he has thinned down since military service, once again playing the younger version of the ML. Why he doesnt get adult roles is beyond me. Its a little comical in this match up since he doesnt resemble SJK at all.
………….lets see how the main couple shapes up next weekend.

Surprise! I’m watching “You and Everything Else”. All the episodes were dropped at once!

It’s not exactly the kind of show I’d usually sign up for. The presence of Kim Go Eun lured me in and the emotional beats (lots of them) kept me coming back.

I won’t call this an easy watch, but it’s compelling once the emotional investment kicks in. I guess I’ve had enough light and happy and can take the heavier and sadder stuff for a while.

@Ibisfeather, “You and Everything Else” remains as compelling as it is kind of painful, but it’s hard to look away. I’m on Ep 8 now.

I loved call the midwife.

@ibisfeather,

I am watching A Hundred Memories and loving it so far. I like the 80s vibe. Makes me think of my own childhood.

@IB, thank you for sharing from your own experiences. It must have been painful both to go through what you did in real life and then to watch this series. May you have become a more compassionate and stronger person for it!

I reviewed this series for myself and posted it on the Fangurl Verdict.

“You and Everything Else
Review of the first 8 Episodes
This is one of those dramas where it’s best that viewers know in advance the amount of emotional investment needed. Once prepared, it’s a compelling watch: honest, painful but I cannot look away. I can guess what’s coming up, but I still want to watch for the resolution of the complicated relationships.

The actors of course are crucial in such a set up and they inhabit their characters magnificently while carrying the emotionally charged scenes immensely well. Since I end up feeling so much for their characters, I can’t imagine what an emotional toll it must have taken out of the actors themselves as well.

This series is rich with pathos, pensive but gentle. It seems on one hand that nothing is happening but with an avalanche of emotions I found myself quickly into 8 episodes with only a couple of breaks. I have yet to watch until the end, but it looks like this is a worthwhile watch for anyone who’s willing to walk the slow, deeply emotional road and sit with the characters’ pain and growth.

Review of the final 7 Episodes
I completed the series within 2 days. It was haunting and beautiful, but not an easy watch. Among the themes, it explored the effects of suicide on the lives of those left behind. It looked at what friendship meant, and on how what we choose to think imprisons or frees us.

I liked that while there was so much going on emotionally, there was very little if any melodrama: nothing too over-the-top. Instead we were given characters that were more real, reasonable and true-to-life; who were relatable, and whose motives we could understand. There were no villains, just hostages to fortune.

Although it was a serious show, dealing with darker topics and far from light, it did not feel onerous or depressing. It treated difficult topics with dignity and got me thinking long and hard in its aftermath. I’m glad I watched it, and might even watch it again.”

dear @GB thanks for your sympathy. Death is never pretty and is one of life’s wounds. What one does with it depends on who one is, and I am not much of a great soul, I know my place. So I turned to action movies!

I feel refreshed after the whiplash of speed-watching Alienoid 1 and 2. Woo-Bin as a robot was relaxation as I gleefully flexed my new time-travel forbearance muscles developed in the saturday rewatch. Back and forth and upsie-downsies in the air with Taoists and monsters, from early Hanyang to downtown 2022 Seoul. They should have made a miniseries of it.

Suddenly I am watching a cdrama, “Mobius” (2025) because it has a similar time-loop premise as ‘Reset’ that I liked. Same actor even! Bai Jing Ting does a great job as an ‘action’ hero detective. All the 16 episodes are out on iQiyi, Viki, Netflix. The other draw is that it’s only 16 episodes long which is better than 30!

Actors: Bai Jing Ting, Janice Man, Song Yang
The first episode was explosive (literally and figuratively) and I found that I’d finished 3 episodes fairly quickly and gotten invested in solving how to do it right in the next time loop. That was one of the rewarding things about Reset and now this show, that the protagonists learn from each time loop and improve on what to do.

The more interesting difference here is that the time loops only happen perhaps once a month and at any day, looping just the last 24 hours, and then there are only 5 loops each time. Also, our hero may not be the only one looping back and able to change events.

I did try ‘A Hundred Memories’ as well and while it did not grab me at first, I’ve made it to Episode 4. We see the making of memories from the point of view of the main female lead, and find out about her peers who were closest to her. I’m not as invested as I should be at this stage, and I wonder why. Hence I tried Mobius instead!

I watched the South Korean movie Love Untangled, intrigued after I learned Gong Yoo has a cameo. Having grown up in the 1960s when straight, long hair was fashionable (thanks to Peggy Lipton of Mod Squad), I feel for the female lead in this story. But I’m glad this drama doesn’t put all its focus on appearance; the FL’s discomfort with her curly hair is a springboard for her to learn more about herself.

I’ve seen this actress, Shin Eun Soo, as a 2FL and supporting actress in a number of Kdramas, but this is the first time I’ve seen her as 1FL. She does well, fleshing out her character into someone I can imagine meeting in real life.