VR and Fantasy Collide in Spain in New Previews for tvN Romance Memories of Alhambra

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• Personally can't wait for Song Jaejung and Anh Gilho's collaboration. HB and PSH are the icing on the cake.

• Koala, check out the netflix trailer for Memories of the Alhambra. The trailer is 1 minute long with eng subs on it, plus they tell more about the story here
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lcy3XUDd_A&feature=youtu.be

• Netflix's trailer is on another level. The wait is almost over but damnn one week to go... Tbh rating wise, i dont think MOA will go beyond 10%, considering the target audience is more likely the younger generation. It'll be like W case; highly online buzz with so-so rating. Encounter, on the other hand, can reach 15% at least, considering the wide target audience and generalized romance story that is an easy watch.
  No matter what the rating is, i look forward for miss mysterious-guitarist-in-red-veil. I wish she's the villain in the game.It'll be fun to see heejoo enters the game and has a showdown with miss mysterious lol

  • the one release by netflix is different fr the tvn in naver?

    • Yes. The netflix one reveals what the drama is going to deal with (AR games and the one with red veil is a game character not heejoo) while tvn... idk what they are promoting (-_-")

    • But this is not a Netflix drama. Tvn is still the one's handling the drama right? I'm confused. All I see on Tvn is promo after promo of Encounter so I thought this drama wasn't premiering soon but turns out its actually coming out this week right?

    • Yeah tvN in Korea and Netflix everywhere else.
      I remember seeing ABS CBN promoting the drama for Phillipines viewers too; probably they don't have Netflix?
      tvN probably has bigger bets on Encounter; not surprised as their leads are slightly more famous.

  • Seriously will cable dramas easily have rating over 10%? And even over 15% as comparable to Mr Sunshine? Don’t forget the writer of W (= Encounter) sucks. Just enjoy the dramas, no need to compare ratings ?

    • Sucks for you. Not really for those knet who are contributing for the rating. Who cares about the writing when they have pbg and shk. If writing is everything, a whole bunch of dramas wouldnt get >20% rating in public channel and >10% in cable. Btw, i was saying that even 10% will be hard for moa to get so i dont know which part i said 'easily'for moa. As for encounter, we'll see as time goes by

    • Do you understand English? Did I refer to MOA getting over 10%? Did I say you said it? Where and When did I put MOA in my comment? Read again and again!! I was referring to Encounter all along. Yes in my opinion, the writer of Encounter sucks. Many people care about writing. Do you know who is the writer of Encounter since you said W is “highly online buzz with so-so rating”? Get your facts straight before you try to predict ratings here. ?

    • @candycane so do you think ha myung hee has a good track of records in terms of writing prior to doctors? Now tell me how Doctors got 20%. Is it bcs of writing? This is an example of a hit drama largely because of the cast not the writing. The same thing can happen to encounter. I know encounter comes from yoo young ah,the one who wrote entertainer, pretty boy, my annoying brother, royal tailor to name a few. I watched entertainer till the end bcs of jisung back then and i watched pretty boy first few eps. I know exactly how terrible (for me) her dramas are written.

    • @sooshin - it's ok. PSH is in Doctors and it got 20% rating. So why do you think MOA won't get 10%? PSH usually gets decent ratings. I am cheering for both dramas, so I am not contradicting you really, I don't mean to argue... Just wondering why you favor one but not the other... that's all :-)

    • @candycane simple. It's because of the genre of the drama. The target audiences are different. The 30-40's knet might find moa too heavy to comprehend and to put up with the 'ridiculousness' of sjj's stuff is something tht not even me can do (i skipped a lot while watching W but Nine is greattt). Rating is not sth within her control. I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong if moa does better tho

    • I literally didn't understand what this argument was about. Are you just pretending to down play the ratings so that later you can say - but look it did so well and was a hit. Literally no one expects a PSH or SHK drama to ever flop especially when the male leads are HB and PBG. 10% isn't even a big deal for either pair irrespective of genre. It could be an art genre of watching paint dry and they would still pull in 10%.

    • @LOL What? Many dramas have flopped despite the famous leads. SHK herself flopped with World Within because the audience couldn't appreciate the genre back then. Saimdang flopped even with Lee Youngae coming back after a decade. Hyun Bin-Han Jimin pairing is not less hyped than Hyun Bin-Park Shinhye but Hyde flopped badly.
      Koreans are not into sci-fi and AR genre for dramas. Two sci-fi dramas have flopped before this. So what makes you think people are downplaying it on purpose?

    • @LOL the thing is the genre. People in Korea, easily eat up noona chaebol romance but AR game? Most of them don't even know what it is to keep them interested. Clearly this drama is targeting oversea market if you keep up with how TVN promoted for both dramas

    • You are talking as if dramas led by big name actors hasn't flopped before.
      Song Hyekyo and Hyun Bin's drama had low ratings because the Korean viewers did not like the genre.

    • How does it matter which one gets higher ratings? Both will eventually get over 10% even if Korea doesn't understand the genre. Nobody is actually watching the dramas for genre or story. They only care about the actors for this one. I mean Secretary Kim was absolutely shit but people watched if for Seojoon. What's the big deal about genre people watch tv passively not actively. Only international fans watch it actively most regular people just have the tv on in the background.

  • I agree with you. Sci-fi dramas don't do well in Korea and SJJ's highest rated drama was W... which had high ratings but not really high. Hope for the best though.

    • Wasn't MLFTAS a scifi genre since it had aliens and all? Or do aliens not count for scifi in Korea? Irrespective anything with PSH will always be romance first and foremost and then whatever else so I wouldn't worry about the genre. Essentially they are both melo romance with whatever extra fancy stuff thrown in.

    • ...I really don't see how MLFTAS is sci-fi. Have you even watched that drama?
      And I question your logic. Just because PSH is known for romance dramas, it somehow determines the drama's genre? There's Song Jaejung who is known for fantasy and sci-fi and Hyun Bin who is known for action.

• Weekend drama usually get high rating.

  • Not always. It has bigger competition and you can look at the current tvn weekend drama. It’s just ok

• I am guessing MOA will have higher ratings than Encounter cos two single good looking leads vs one married and single leads haha...

  Of course I could be completely wrong as Park Bo Gum and Song Hye Kyo have big fandoms.

  Should be interesting to see which come out on top in terms of rating.

  • Hyunbin look so cool in here, but korean love bogum more. His teaser alone reach 1 million in tvnaver and he already in top 3 for brand reputation. His popularity just insane.

    • Jung hae in image ruined because baeksang award and park seo joon going downhill because his agency can't handle dating scandal. So park bo gum taking spot in top 3.

    • Yeah, the only thing bogum did in his teaser was walking and smiling. And because of that he ranked 7th as buzzworthy actor even before his drama aired.

      Btw I watched netflix's trailer. Not a fan of PSY's acting, but will give it a try for hyunbin

    • its funny how people comparing PBG with JHI, Jung hae in's popularity still not in PBG's level, please with rating monster like reply 1988 and moonlight, noona buy me food just overhype drama (the rating just 7%) And PBG have a stable fanbase in korea, thats why his fans going crazy about his comeback. Poor jung hae in, too much media play (I saw many space in his seoul fanmeeting tho, looks like its not sold out?)

    • didn't JHI debut at age 26? That's why JHI's agency has to media play to hype him up. He is 30 now... No more noona drama. Ajhussi soon. My friends are not watching him... LOL.

    • Bogum is definitely the top it boy.
      JHI and PSJ aren't as popular as him even before their "scandal".
      This is why I think his drama will do very well... on top of that his partner is Song Hyekyo.

  • Valentinozara, strong words to say about the guys whom faces you can easily see everywhere in Seoul and they both advertise most well-known brands in Korea with brining strong profits and views for said brands and CFs lmfao Both also kept their top positions long after their “scandals” in the ranking that you all talking about. Once they comeback with new projects (and both don’t take long breaks), they will go up again. And Park Bo Geum himself has more serious scandal with being a cult member along with his family, let me remind you.

    • Arrgghh I just full on praised PBG in my last post as being scandal free as I totally forgot about his cult association article that dropped last year. Oh well. So MOA is action/thriller/fantasy/romance and Encounter is Melodrama/Romance different time slots but with Tvn. As long as the story is tight and all the beats are in the right places then I guess it’s going to be a full on 2 months of intense drama watching. Good luck to both productions see you on the other side of Koala’s playground for the debrief. Fun times everyone!

    • Hahaha jung hae in and park seo joon only get fame in few months! Just look at gong yoo he didn't take any project after goblin can stay in top brand male in 2 years!! And nothing wrong with park bo gum controversy as long he didn't doing rape, sexual harassment or even cheating. I also hope pbg take spotlight since jhi and psj ruined career for little scandal.

    • Lmfao, Gong Yoo also feel down several times. They go up and down depending on word of mouth around their released CFs in one particular months. Also, let me remind you, that PBG himself was on a lower half of the rank for more than a year now. His new project generated some talk.
      Then how PSJ or JHI have so called “ruined careers” with so called “scandals”, when it doesn’t involve “rape, sexsual hassment or cheating”. Man, you logic sucks, flawed and simply biased.
      Good luck to PSJ and JHI if fans of other actors feel some urge to bring them down (even in article not related to them at all) because of their “oppas”, then guys doing something right.

  • Nah, BF will be much higher just for the fact this the kind of drama Korea love, simple love story with visual. Ajuhma or ahjusi wouldn't care about MoA and they are the one who control the promote... Teenager and gaming might be interest. I'm not even sure

• It's weird to see some MoA fans comparing the drama with Encounter. Are they even competing?

  • No they are on different day slot and same station.
    As both dramas cast megastars as leads hence some interest to compare.
    But I am quite sure both dramas will do well with support from their fans.

  • I'm a big fan of both so don't bother to read any of these anti comments. Go Hyun Bin MOA and Song Hye Kyo Boyfriend. Both dramas has different concepts besides the divorce.

  • I think the competition is for popularity charts and exposure and CF related things. I understand the question of similarities since both give off the same vibe in their trailers despite being completely different genres.

  • some encounter fans comparing the drama with moa.

• As for me I'm all in for MOA. After watching all the teasers I even eagerly more and at the same time very excited to watch it coz everything about it is sound more interesting and mysterious. Also i have strong feeling and great confidence that both main leads will have an amazing chemistry. Most importantly my dream pair PSH and Hyun Bin will finally collaborating together and watching them on December 1st will be a big huge Christmas bonus for me. Omo omo 5 more days from the USA calendar and MOA will be on the air. ???????

• I hope people stop comparing both dramas.they are not competing with one another.encounter is a week day drama compared to a weekend drama memories of Alhambra.the difference is significant.

• Can't wait for the show , we will see new way AR is integrated in a drama. Hope it intrigues the viewers and does well in ratings as well. As a fan, we are over the moon for Park Shin Hye comeback!

• OMG the Netflix teaser is very good but got to admit I'm a bit disappointed that the story is about gaming. I was hoping to see a deeper concept with more meaningful plot. Hopefully it's worth my wait. Hyun Bin ❤❤❤.

  • I am sure there is a deeper meaning to the AR games, from this interview with the producers.
    https://www.soompi.com/article/1262421wpp/memories-alhambra-producers-share-ar-games-will-used-drama