Three reasons why this drama is a nope for me. 1. The subs are terrible. I’m always grateful to subbers for their hard work. However, the subtitles of Episode 1 were so subpar that it’s hard to believe that a human subber actually worked on this. I suspect that English subs were auto-translated by an […]
Vagabond: Open Thread
I’m dropping this kdrama but I don’t want to leave the others here hanging. You can have this space to discuss, rant, rave, analyze, theorize, and spoilers from now on. Here’s my last review: Vagabond: Episodes 7 & 8 Breakup Me to Vagabond: I’m moving on to ??? I don’t know yet. “Extraordinary You” has been […]
My Husband Oh Jak Doo: Should I? Should I Not?
How does this rate in my Makjang Quality Scale? A kdrama is makjang-ish when it demonstrates a minimum of 5 of these qualities: Birth secrets Incestuous relationship, whether implied or real Fatal disease or looming disease Amnesia Physical abuse involving face slaps, hair-pulling and FORCED KISS Rape Make-up Sex or Kiss (Fighting one minute then […]
Longing Heart: Episode 1
This has potential. I thought it was cheesy with the time travel approach to rectify a sad love story but I like the premise. Kang Shi Woo (the CNBlue tall guy) goes back in time to when he was in high school. He understands that his presence in the past changes everything. The future can […]