K-Bu Bu Jing Xin Crosses 2 Billion Streaming Views on Youku

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• Unlike many, I actually didn't have huge issues with the way Soo was written until recent episodes. The big "if only" for me is if they'd had 24 episodes but such is life. Glad for the international reception for the sake of all the people involved and their hard work, most especially LJG who - yes - deserves most of the credit. I'm glad for him that a huge # of people have discovered him through Wang So.

  • true, I actually didn't have problems with Soo as a character until the drama made the decision to present her romance with Wang So so poorly.

    Making her feelings change during a time skip and not showing us, having her constantly distrust him on the basis of some stupid visions even she decided to stop trusting episodes ago, while he has nothing but endless trust in her, and then making her want to leave the palace for the sake of a traitor who's been lying to her from day 1..... it's like the script wants her to be irrational and disliked by the viewers or something.

    • I Have to agree because while Soo wasn't perfect in the beginning, I was ok with her.. it then it got worse as the story progressed to central romance. It doesn't help that her actions are directly hurting the (only) character I want to watch. Her behavior comes off as bizarre during the whole incident with the 'slave' girl. And her constant distrust of So just adds to the narrative issue (random time jumps) which makes me question if she actually love So or not...

      I am done with this after last week's episode but I'm happy that it's doing well if only for LJK's sake and his hard work...

  • In the early episodes, I mostly had issues with the way Hae Soo was acted (although her character was written to be astoundingly stupid). In the latter episodes, I felt IU was actually beginning to emote better, with more varied facial expressions and some inflection in her voice, but that was also when the writing of her part took a definite nosedive.
    Really, the writing and editing has been so horrible it takes a mighty talent to rise above such dreck and Lee Jun Ki has been the only one capable of doing it (Kang Haneal could help if they actually gave him something to do). I am only watching this for LJK's spectacular performance; everything else I want to forget as soon as possible.

• It's the same with me. I love it enough to ignore all the flaws but still can never get myself to like Haesoo, no matter what justification given to me. I don't really feel the failure on the central romance, in fact it's the narrative plot that lead to the romance and heartbreak that is failing. And as @Kat pointed out, if only it is 24 episodes or that they chose not to drag on the non-plot while leaving the meaty portion to be compressed or cut down the non-relevant characters and storyline, the outcome would be so much better. But I am all glad that LJK is receiving so much love for his portrayal of Wang So. Even when this drama is a rating dud in SK, it still serves as a love vehicle for LJK and he has been nothing short of spectacular throughout the show. Hope for better project next time LJK and I am all set and ready for the finale this week.

• It's funny, I actually really like the central romance and LJK/IU's chemistry but I really think the narrative failed it in a big way by having her feelings for him change to romance during that random time jump and then sticking in all the other weirdly-planned stuff (I would understand if she was put off by his cruelty but she's mad at him for punishing the girl who was a spy and lied to her from day 1 of their friendship?). That said, I still really like them together, the scene this week where she turned down his proposal, was heartbreaking.

  It's like koala said - an insane mess but so addicting, if only they had worked out their script and production issues it could have been great because the original story is so compelling, but unfortunately the PD tried to go for style over substance at first and it ended up being held up solely on the shoulders of the cast, especially Lee Jun Ki.

  LJK deserves every bit of the praise he is getting as Wang So, though. He's perfect in the role, and I'm glad it will at least be remembered. like @OMG I hope he gets a project with a better script next time!

• For the most part I ignored the flaws and just enjoyed the drama for what it was. Lee Jun Ki stole the show for me and I enjoyed the performances from Kang Ha Neul, Nam Joo Hyuk, Seohyun, and IU (I felt she did improve over time). Although I wish there wasn't two versions released, one for international audiences and one for Korean audiences, it was confusing to watch episodes raw but then subs for the other episode as some scenes were either added or cut from either version.

• In a few years, how about a remake of the remake? Lol I've stopped watching since the preempted episode. I've lost interest.

  If they make a remake of the remake lol, Id vote for LHK tho start again - buy, would he? Lol

  • Hey, if Park Hae Jin can star in the movie version of Cheese in the Trap now after he was in the drama, why not Lee Jun Ki? ;)

• **To star again.

• Omg... so sorry for the confusing auto correct

• The only reason HS really works for me is because of IU, she has this really good chemistry with ALL the princes and especially so with LJG. And IU despite not being a professional actress and still improving steadily, she has done quite good in this role which I feel has been done a lot of disservice by the writer for the sake of the plot and uplifting other princes in the storyline.
  Rouxi as a character was quite complex and fleshed out really well, I'm not asking for a Rouxi 2.0 but if your going to make HS different from RX then make it good but here the writer has seriously given up on Hae Soo in the second half of the drama and tried to shoe horn her into the novel's version of the ending without any proper reasoning. I mean the last few episode required so much indepth analysis to actually understand why Hae Soo is doing what she is doing because the writer gives off lofty dialogues as justification for her actions with ZERO insight into her mind.
  I watched the international version and also the sbs version of the episodes and dear god, there SO MUCH difference in the two versions of HS. For example, the episode where she tells So to leave her alone, the international version just cuts off there whereas the sbs one gives a voice over that explains why she is did that. That few minutes of dialogue made so much difference.
  All I want to say to the writer and pd-nim is all it takes is one dialogue to make the viewers like or dislike your lead. I think the pd-nim and writer are just lucky that IU and LJG have an amazing chemistry on and off-screen that makes people still root for them.

  • @Rina - exactly, I definitely think IU had good chemistry with all the princes in a way that reflects what she is to each of them. She's not as skilled as LJK but I have to give her credit for that, and she's actually acting out Hae Soo really well in the second half of the drama.

    I wouldn't be as distressed by the way the central romance was falling apart here if LJG and IU didn't have chemistry, I'm just mad that they go and fall apart and the reason given to us is that it's over a nasty unrepentant snake like Chaeryung who goes 'I did it for love!'. Viewers shouldn't have to do so much work to find out Soo's motives behind that reasoning or what could be the underlying issue.

    • Actually, at first I thought LJG and others were just simply praising her before this show began since she is an idol actress and this is my first time watching her or any of these actors so I thought they were hyping it up. But then she managed to win me over with her Hae Soo (though in some areas, she is still weak but not as terrible as people are making it out to be) and later when I saw the BTS of the episodes and interviews of the actors (because I was curious seeing how she was praised by everyone), I realized she really did work hard because in all the bts, she rarely holds her script or forgets her lines. In fact, she seems to have even prepared way ahead by reading the novels and watching the chinese drama, analyzing the differences between RX and HS so now I don't really think she deserves the harsh critic she got because IMO, she has done the best to her abilities with what was given to her.
      My main problem lies in the writing, editing and directing, I truly believe that is what failed this drama more so than the actors. It's not like the pd and staff didn't know that IU isn't at par with the professional actors in this show, they shouldn't neglected HS character for the sake of plot and other stuff. Actually like someone said below, I don't think even the most skilled actor could make HS likeable to viewers because of the way she has been written.

  • @Rina Thanks for the info on the difference between versions. I guess I should have assumed as much. This is why up to a recent point I've given the writer a little bit of leeway. We don't even know what she wrote because the editing choices have been all over the place. This PD isn't a hack so I don't know what the heck happened.

    • @Kat The differences between the two versions are so glaringly obvious if you check them out, it's like watching two different dramas sometimes. I would suggest all viewers to catch the SBS version of it than the international one because that has been edited more better and has a bit more insight into HS.
      I think the lack of time plus having to fit such a huge story line into 20 episodes must have messed with the PD's head? They should have just taken time before they aired it.

• A mess that is addictive. This drama will forever be haunting me as a "what could have been". I feel sorry for LJK, he was duped into this and I never once blamed him for his choice because almost everything were promising only to be screwed up by the PD mostly. Sigh! LJK is love and he gets me all invested to his Wang So. Still, I am happy that K-BBJX find the silver linings in the overwhelming reception abroad despite the homeland ratings disaster. Apart from LJK whom is most desrving of the lion share of praises, I also feel that KHN, HJH and Kang Hana deserve credits for their performance. Others minus the veteran actors were just plain wasteful.

• AND !!! that is what we call LJK's effect. This drama can still manage to survive cause its show solely hold on LJK's perfectly portrayal of So.