Now, that we’ve been talking about characters coming to full circle, one of my favorite scenes in Episode 16 is the opening day of Grandma’s corndog shop. The corndog shop reminds me of her corndog stall where it all began. Her son didn’t get to buy her a building as promised, but his ex-wife did […]
Start-Up: The Meaning of the Titles
Early on, I’ve decided that the titles in this drama should NOT be interpreted only from the business point of view. To do so, the viewer would miss out on the plot direction as well as the character development. To me, the titles of the episodes indicated how the lead characters, namely Dosan and Dalmi, […]
Start-Up: Nominations for the Best Boyfriend…
Many of the oldtimers here know that we only have two honorees on our “Bitches’ Best Drama Boyfriends” Hall of Fame. Xiao Nai from “Love O2O.” He was played by Yang Yang. Lee Gon from “The King: Eternal Monarch.” He was played by – Gosh! What’s his name again? — Lee MinHo. I’m inducting Nam […]
Start-Up: Ep 15 MVP, Part 2
Part 1 is here: Start-Up: Ep 15 Minimum Viable Product, Part 1 To recap what I said at the end of Part 1: MVP = Minimum Viable Product, a product with enough features to attract early adopters and validate a product idea MVP = Most Valuable Player We already had three examples: 1. Tarzan. It’s the […]
Start-Up: @Snow_Flower’s Original Composition
How special is the kdrama “Start-Up”? This special!!! @Snow_Flower has gifted us with one of her original compositions! Thanks to @Snow_Flower, the show has special music of its own. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent with us once again. Gifs from Chanikang’s tumblr credit: chanikang’s tumblr This is an iconic painting of […]
Start-Up: Ep 15 Minimum Viable Product, Part 1
Minimum Viable Product: A product with enough features to attract early adopters and validate a product idea Explicitly, it’s Tarzan. Don’t you just love the scene when it stopped in time to avoid the poor kitten into a roadkill? The inspectors thought it stopped because of a “ghost” and Dosan — who didn’t believe […]
Start-Up: List of OSTs
Enjoy! I already bought 4 songs on iTunes. lol. Which ones did you like? -pm3 ****************** 1. “Future” by Red Velvet . In a mysterious place from my dreams I think I saw a happy me Even though I looked nervous for tomorrow I can’t easily let go of myself I’m walking toward that […]
Start-Up: Ep 15 A Smile or a Smirk?
Sorry. I only have time to write this. After going back and forth with Ella (thanks, Ella) on JP’s character, I say this: Yes, I like that JP let Dosan know that Dalmi *might* like him. JP: Have you no pride? Dosan: Why are you getting angry? JP: I’m taking the letter and the tree. […]
Start-Up: On “Sailing Without a Map”
This is my “Aha!” moment. In another thread, my good friend @hanufohane asked us, “which scene/ episode was your Dodal’s AHA moment?” Link: Start-Up: The AHA! Moments Of course the petal scene was important, too. But I was looking for something more. Something that was embedded in the first episodes that cannot be THAT obvious. 🙂 […]
Start-Up: Eps 15 & 16 Open Thread
Final episodes! Let’s savor the moment. credit: damn-salvatore’s tumblr Let’s enjoy the show!
Start-Up: The AHA! Moments
@Hafunohane asks: i personally have known it’s gonna be dodal endgame super early on, not bcoz of the posters leads etc (an inexperienced kdrama viewer here) but bcoz of that scene with the forrest gump-like cherry blossom petal trip from DM to DS. just curious: which scene/ episode was your Dodal’s AHA moment? Please share […]
Start-Up: **2nd** Parody of a Fangirl
Many of you have requested the password for my original post “Ep 13 Parody of a Fangirl.” A password, by definition, restricts the access of users. I purposely created “Ep 13 Parody of a Fangirl” to be a safe space for this blog’s posters after I observed that many of them are thoroughly confounded by […]
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Start-Up: One Long Road
This is a good episode to talk about NoonGil. If you take out all the side characters like JP and Injae, and the side stories like Grandma’s dimming vision, and Chulsan’s dating life, and simply focus on the main leads, Dosan and Dalmi, then you’ll see the whole entire journey of Dosan back to Dalmi […]