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The dates:
Episode 17 – 7 March 2026
Episode 18 – 14 March 2026
Break – 21 March 2026
Episode 19 – 28 March 2026
Episode 20 – 4 April 2026
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Hi @WE!
Arrest time and unfortunately Seo Beom is the one who gets caught.
@WE, you’re on the WRONG THREAD!!! come to 21 Feb thread!!!
Ok, I am going to put my votes on shows here — since I havent watched many, my votes are based on whether the writers have written things I have watched, and on directors and actors.
From the list: there are 3 HongSisters’ shows
Alchemy of Souls — 0;
I have rewatched it to death, do not feel like i would get more out of a party. —
Can This Love Be Translated — 0;
a solid HS hit, but I just saw it.
Big (2012, body swap with gong yoo based on the 1980s movie withTom Hanks, but much much better) — 2;
well. obviously, I suggested it. My reason was this, when I watched it I felt as if there were continual references going on above my head. I didnt watch much tv in the 80s and 90s, so I thought it might be refs to USA in that period. The lighting made me think of sit-coms.
And for everyone else it was very very funny, and the issue of a teenager inside a man’s body is much more discreetly handled than in the US movie. Bae Suzy is an amazing floppy US teenager on the loose, there is a twin issue, and Lee Min Young was great.
My Love From the Star – 1;
I havent seen it, but Park Ji Eun (writer) did Queen of Tears (Which I loved), and Crash Landing on You so it could bear a close watch. The directors are prolific — Og Chiing Hwan did Hotel Del Luna and will do Grand Galaxy for the HS, Castaway Diva (loved it), and Start-Up. Jang Tae Yoo is a less interesting director for me, altho MM and I are plowing through Tree with deep Roots while we talk about Hangul and politics.
Durian’s Affair — 1;
I havent seen it, it isnt a comedy? it sounds cool but it is only available on Kocowa — does everyone have it?
Tunnel — 0; it isnt available to me to watch.
From Now On Showtime — 2;
This is now my favorite choice bec I just started watching it again, and realized I had forgotten the shaman angle (kim Won Hae again!).
The writer, Ha Yoon Ah, has done two other shows — Dynamite Kiss which always made me laugh in every episode, and Mystic Pop-up Bar which I also loved. The directors — Lee Hyung Min did Miss Night and Day and also Strong Girl Bong Soon; Jung Sang Hee, who is young, just did In Your Radiant Season which I hunger to see but its on Disney+.
Pinocchio — 1;
sounds good, havent seen it, the writer is the same as RWotS.
Much of this list is time-travel stories:
Chicago Typewriter — 0; also not available for me to watch, although otherwise its a 2.
Faith; the Great Doctor — 1; havent seen it but rec’d by a friend.
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Page Turner — 1; a short series with Kim So Hyun as a pianist faced with blindness. Sounds great but not cheerful. Its on Kocowa.
Missing: the Other Side Season 1 — 0; its not available.
Missing the Other Side, season 2 — 1; nice ghost stories, but almost too episodic for a party? Dont we need an overall plot? or not.
Cheat on me if you can — 1; havent seen it and dont know the writer/directors or actors. Is it funny?
Iris –1; I think I havent seen it, altho there is one spy drama that starts with one of those awful swoop and grab kisses which I immediately turned off.. is that this one? I do love western spy shows but so far only funny spies have been enjoyable in kdrama (Man to Man!), although movies are another matter.
Jang Ok Jung — 2;
Just because it is the only sageuk on the list, I am constantly only part way through it, anything with Lee Sang Yeob and Sung DongIl is cool and the role seems to suit the heavy aura of Yoo Ah In.
the writer, choi Jung Mi has suddenly sprung to life with two shows in the works. The director, Boo Sung Chul, did My Girlfriend is a Gumiho and Youre Beautiful, 2 of my favorites.
For the completed watch parties it feels like a contrafactual — had I been there I would have given this a vote but I wasnt and so…
I did watch Signal in prep for signal 2 — 2; great show.
While You Were Sleeping was a great party — 2
I didnt attend the party for 365, nor for Kairos. Wish I had for for I Hear Your Voice.
Imaginary Cat is 1-2;
Hi IF, you confuse writers.
– RWoTS writer is Yoon Hyun Ho (Lawless Lawyer, Military Prosecutor Doberman), while Pinocchio is Park Hye Ryun (I Hear Your Voice, While you were sleeping and… Page Turner!). Then it’s why Page Turner is rather good, I remember a scene that make cry into it.
– Cheat on me if you can is indeed very funny, but not slapstick, rather irony, black humour, situational comedy.
– Yep, writer of Mystic Pop Bar did From now on showtime after. In my opinion, From now on is better than Mystic pop bar. Can be writing or main actors, adding lot of subtle expressions (too much for all of that being in the script). There is only two dramas with at least a scene that made me laugh out loud without I could stop laughing (I mean, with tears, and guts in pain), this one and Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi.
Here I post an AI cat video I made recently:
https://x.com/EnchanteurW/status/2028024349609861523
Heh @WE, nice cat.
Showtime made you laugh until you cried?
OK @IB, I’ll put your votes into the Worksheet. 😁🤨🤩😇
@GB, I can’t spoil for people who didn’t watch yet. I say you the scene in MP on MDL. 😉
Thanks @WE
Gorgeous cat, the green grass shows off her colors.
Here is a weird thought about AI and dramas, sparked by a BBC article on one-minute dramas becoming lucrative in SK.
Now that AI can be used for economic reasons to replace grandiose, showy special scenes — cars, mansions, explosions — will the audience lose interest in such common things?
So maybe framing and structure will be trending? Thinking about the corridor scenes in RWotS. Making a virtue of necessity. The limitations of the given/chosen material/medium sparking creativity. The very backbone of much great art.
I have tried hard to come up with another suggestion which vibes with the group’s penchant for time travel, dark but not too dark stories… but most are on my to-see list
how about —
Life on Mars? The director is genius — Lee Jeong Hyo. The writer, Lee Dae Il, did Good Boy and Chief of Staff (neither of which have I seen).
Healer? I have seen that, several times, its funny and serious, and beautifully shot.
After that I veer totally off-track, because I think of a show which, in my opinion, is (dark comedy) funny, visually amazing in its use of color, and just plain genius classic. But no one will agree. Mr. Plankton. He dies.