Queen Woo Tops Joynews Poll of Worst K-dramas of 2024 and Surprisingly Love Next Door Makes the Top 5 of the List
The year end polls appear to be starting earlier than usual what with two months left to actual produce a mega hit or another turkey. But it’s still interesting to see what Korean industry insiders think and Joynews polled 200 media, television station employees, production companies, and reporters to ask what they thought was the worst K-drama of the year. The top vote getter was turgid and self-important sageuk Queen Woo, which likely deserves it for the over hyping the return to proper sageuk and failing miserably. Second place in votes was The Escape of the Seven, it’s like everyone hated it. Weekend drama Beauty and Mr. Romantic came in third, probably one of those harmless but weirdly bad weekenders. Fourth spot is the surprise for me with Love Next Door, and I think it’s once again the expectation of it being really good and being in reality so underwhelming in writing. And the last spot in the top five goes to Sweet Home 3, thankfully that original webtoon story has now been milked to death after being dragged on for two more seasons.
LOL.
None of these dramas are unexpected. LND was terrible, but Queen Woo beating Resurrection of the Seven is the hilarious surprise here. Honestly, this past decade has made it clear that if JCW is involved in a drama, there is a big HUGE chance it will be a stinker lol.
yeah cuz JCW is known for taking anything and everything offered to him like his rent his due lol…
Seriously this. If JCW is in the cast list, I automatically assume the script is crap. He seems to pick up all the projects no one else wants to do. Or maybe he’s just doing community service and taking on everything crappy to save other actors lol.
Welcome to samdalri had 2 double digit, how is that a stinker.
Anyway he’s in talks for a new movie with JJH and Kyo-hwan, atieast with that stacked cast it’ll probably do well.
Never said it was. Read again.
Anyway, I specifically said drama. But bluntly, he could be working with SKH and I’d still be far more willing to bet money against it vs for it doing well. He’s just that reliable in picking absolute stinkers 🤷🏻♀️
@Millie your not mincing words looools. i like wookie but would like him more if i can actually finish any of his drama. melty, queen woo, magic, wish upon me, lovestruck, samdalri, backstreet… havent finished anything at all. he needs a better agency maybe.
He has a guest role in the movie with JJH. Koo Kyo Hwan is the male lead. Like others have said he seems to take anything offered to him, even if it’s a small role. Maybe he has massive debt to pay off.
JCW has prove to the world everything hes touch turn to a big flopped..a consistent 3rd grade level actor.!!facepalm
I liked LND but I gotta admit the writing really messed up after the beginning few episodes. I personally thought they had so much chemistry but it just was not properly followed through. The built up was great but somewhere in btw it lost the steam. I hope the leads get another show possibly a historical. They did what they could with the plot.
Queen Woo had too many gratuitous explicit scenes that don’t necessary push the narrative. It felt a bit Game of Thrones wannabe. JJS’s styling was doing her no favors. I felt like her hair was going to consume her head half the time. JCW is honestly a decent actor. I wish he had a better eye for scripts. LND had potential to be great, but I felt like the writing was all over the place. I don’t know if it deserves to be in the top 5 worst. Maybe people just had high expectations and felt catfished on some level so they’re bitter. I didn’t watch any of the other 3 mentioned so no opinion on those 🫤
I don’t think ppl can criticize JCW for not having a good eye for scripts anymore. The guy is clearly optimizing for earnings and not script quality. He works like he’s trying to retire in the next 2 years.
100%. He’s not gunning to be a well respected actor who sells projects through name value as he has none.
Regardless, its been working and he’s getting scripts. I highly doubt he’s charging too much for his services too which is why many are willing to take him on despite his record being as bad as it is. He seems like a workaholic to me and at least his fans never have to wait long for his next work.
@Pickle&Tomatoes – to be fair to JCW, I’ve never seen him dial it in for a project. Despite the sheer quantity of work he picks up, he hasn’t coasted in any of them. This is more than I can say for more “selective” actors, some of whom sleepwalk through their projects.
There are a ton of selective actors I dont enjoy. So Ji Sub is one I’m sure most love but I just cant get behind. Regardless, JCW to me is bland and does the same expressions in every work. Not to say he does that badly, but there’s no variation. Nothing to distinguish one from the other. But acting in general is subjective. Most have different opinions and thats fine. However, from sheer quality, he is at the bottom of the barrel. He clearly doesn’t care, and I doubt his fans does either so it works out pretty well for everyone in the end.
I think Queen Woo, Backstreet Rookie, and Melting Me Softly were awful. I didn’t try to watch the other ones, but I thought Worst of Evil and Welcome to Samdalri got okay reviews? I liked him in Empress Ki, Healer, and Suspicious Partner. I felt like his older dramas had promise, so kind of sad post-enlistment he’s had so many busts.
Expectation vs Reality edition would have had LND at #1 and QW at #2. So deserving to see both dramas on the list. Its been a dismal 2nd half of the year for kdramas tbh.
Best Dramas for 2024: Queen of Tears, Lovely Runner, Good Partner, Connection, Whirlwind, Blackout, The Goryeo-Khitan War.
lmao, a jcw drama leading worse drama of the year list :O
*pretends to be shocked*
Ji Changwook certainly has a (deserving) reputation LOL.
Its made me giggle that Koala picked the 5 worse dramas to write about instead of 5 best. I dont agree with LND here over Midnight Romance or Serendipity’s Embrace or Captivating the King. Imo, they are all the same quality. Low but not that low. Personally, I would replace LND with Dr Slump: zzzzz with 30yos acting like they forgot they weren’t teenagers, convoluted killer mystery and just a mishmash of badly written 2010 plot.
Nah, LND deserved this spot. Doctor Slump, while obviously not your cup of tea, was definitely better.
Well all you mentioned were dramas I pretty much dropped after few ep so saying they have same quality might be true. But lnd was particularly overhyped so the disappointment is higher
Where is the impossible heir??
You are so right… that belongs on this list!
Ah forgot about that. The plot was mess too. But I guess the fl being such bad actor make the focus go there. The performance of other actors were good so people might pity voting this as the worst one
So many bad dramas before Love Next Door like The Impossible Heir with the worst FL.
Love Next Door wasn’t perfect but it’s one of the rare dramas that gave a good arc to the main characters.
Both are bad enough… but lnd is so overhyped. So the hate makes sense. But it still is not my type, character arc being good doesn’t mean the drama is enjoyable
The hate doesn’t make sense. The drama was pretty enjoyable. It wasn’t the drama people were expected but it doesn’t mean bad.
LND’s hate totally makes sense. It was partly high expectations and partly a general lack of chemistry of good acting performance. Just really bad all around.
I liked LND (not for the romance, but for all the other stuff), but I think LND should have been honest about what kind of drama it was instead of disappointing so many people wanting a friends-to-lovers rom-com. Also, casting the beloved Jung Hae-in as the passive and passive-aggressive male lead was a little off-putting.
Queen Woo was an embarrassing abject failure in every way with a totally miscast lead actress. Ji Chang Wook in a terrible drama is no surprise. It seems that as long as you show JCW a cheque he will say yes to anything. Occasionally, due to the law of averages he manages to star in something decent but his filmography is mostly filled with garbage.
I agree the poor reaction to LND was because expectations were so high. Cast and plot were great on paper and TVN were heavily promoting it for months but it ended up not meeting expectations so the disappointment is disproportionately greater than some objectively worst dramas that people had less expectations for.
Sweet Home 2 and 3 are yet another example of Netflix greed and poor judgement. The first season was actually pretty good but rushing the second and third into production led to a humongous decrease in quality despite the capable cast.
Full list (credit for translation to daheeverse on Twitter)
WORST DRAMA OF THE YEAR [conducted by joynews24 survey chosen by 200 entertainment industry experts]
1. #QueenWoo (39)
2. #TheEscapeoftheSeven (37)
3. #BeautyAndMrRomantic (28)
4. #LoveNextDoor (13)
5. #GyeongseongCreature 2 (9)
6. #SweetHome3 (8)
7. #RedSwan #KoreaKhitanWar (6)
BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR [conducted by joynews24 survey, chosen by 200 entertainment industry experts]
1. #QueenOfTears #LovelyRunner
2. #GoodPartner
3. #Connection #TheWhirlwind
4. #BlackOut #KoreaKhitanWar
There were also honourable mentions for Pachinko 2, The Frog, The Judge from Hell, The 8 Show, Pyramid Game, A Killer Paradox and No Gain No Love, No Way Out The Roulette, Love Next Door
Source: https://m.joynews24.com/v/1773415
So Korea Khitan War on both lists? I’ve got an interest to this drama.
This list doesn’t make sense neither.
The number one were awful written, they worked only thanks to the chemistry of their actors.
Good Partner lost a lot its charm when the divorce of the FL was over.
Black Out should be the first, it was really good.
Some people need to learn to differentiate personal opinion from actual tangible results.
The list doesnt make sense to YOU. However, both #1 dramas were very popular and one of them was the highest ever tvN rated drama and won several best drama of the year already. The other made waves despite the low budget and unknown actors and made them overnight stars So there is nothing that doesnt make sense here.
????
I’m expecting from professionals to judge as professionnals and not as fans…
Ratings mean nothing in the quality of a drama.
But it’s not new the awards don’t mean anything now…
@Sayaris – curious. With what qualifications do you think you’re questioning professionals? You don’t agree with ALL industry experts surveyed, don’t think all the awards mean anything, and numbers are nothing to you either.
Ratings mean viewers were watching. Viewers watching = they find something to continue watching. That’s how the entertainment world turns around. Squid Game is trash for *me*, and yet I’m not idiotic enough to argue against it being the best drama of 2021 because the world doesn’t bow down and adhere to my personal opinion. QOT is absolutely meh to me ironically, and yet… unlike you, I am not going to argue against it being the best drama of 2024 because of the same reason stated above.
@Sayaris, totally agreed. 2024 K drama has been mostly a dud for me, including those on this top list. LOL. This is not saying the cast of these dramas aren’t good. They are good and they were the ones contributing to the popularity and quality of these dramas, not the scripts or directing or other production features. Talking about entertainment, fans are looking for interesting programs to entertain ourselves. 2024 Kdrama is underperformed compared with their predecessors from this perspective IMO.
Millie> Quality doesn’t mean quantity. It’s the same for ratings. It’s all. Fans of Lovely Runner or Queen of Tears fell in love with the couples and the actors, they quite became completely crazy about them. Poor actors… I liked those couples too. They were the reasons I watched the whole dramas.
Professionals should be more objective.
@Sayaris – clicked reply to the wrong comment, but my response to you is below.
@Sayaris, by definition something that is objective is based on evidence and facts and QoT did achieve highest TV ratings and Netflix views for a Korean drama in 2024, by a huge margin to boot. These numbers are officially recorded and can be referenced so it can’t be more objective than that.
Lol queen of tears and lovely runner as best drama..the voting must be drunk while voting. Korea khitan war and the whirlind make perfect sense though
@Sayaris – We were never debating about quantity vs quality so I’m not sure where you’re going with that. How that connects to ratings, I’m not sure. However, again, I will restate what I already said – your opinion (or mine because we in fact have the same opinion on QOT) does not change facts.
Whatever the “reason” for people’s obsession, the FACT here remains that QOT beats every single drama aired in 2024 in terms of quantitative metrics. Every single one and by quite some distance. It in fact is one of the best drama this whole decade from a metrics standpoint. So again, why do you think it should not be the best drama of 2024 other than because you didn’t like it?
What objectiveness are you looking for from professionals? If you want them to go against actual hard facts, you’re not looking for an objective vote, you’re looking for a subjective opinion.
Millie> I’m talking about writing : plot, character, arc, morals, society themes, metaphore, references, etc / direction + : lighting, shadow, filters, setting, angle, mise en scène, etc. / music : songs + instrumental / sounds /
@Sayaris – youre either extremely /obtuse/ or purposefully trying missing the point here.
Okay then, let’s talk in your language since you clearly are incapable of comprehending raw facts and numbers. You were talking about /all of the above/ and your opinion is that QOT/LR isn’t the best 2024 drama based on all that. The experts beg to differ. So basically, it’s your “objectivity” vs theirs. In an opinion vs opinion scenario, let’s just say most would regard 200 industry experts far more highly over some internet nobodies 🤷🏻♀️
Millie> Because no need to a pro to see QoT or LR had writing issues…
@Sayaris – since you’re not a pro, I can see why you’re stuggling here 😂
On what planet was qot the best drama, it got alot of criticism with the messy writer. I wonder if it’d be this rated if it had different leads. And then you have love next door on worst drama list, not a perfect drama by any means but one of the best depiction of friends to lovers. Somin and haein chemistry was amazing enough for it to have dating rumours. What to expect for edgy kdrama critics they just love makjang messes rather than realistic stories.
Imzouun, I vehemently agree with everything you’ve said. Thank you
They have dating rumours because tvn made it up. Let’s be real, they don’t have that much chemistry in the drama. Well they do look chummy in bts. But saying it’s better than qot is laughable. Well qot is not that great but it has some good plot, especially about the relationship between ml and fl. It was nice to watch despite the makjang elements
The same planet where LND fans think their boring drama is “one of the best depiction of friends turned lovers”. And same planet where another LND fan openly spoke about how desperately they wish the leads would just date, and therefore “vehemently agrees” with you. That planet.
Funny, you talk of leads. If your claim is the leads were reason QOT got 25%, then that’s simply a reflection of just how unpopular JSM and JHI is, eh? LND wasn’t even close to touching half of that. In fact, they never did get to double digits despite “rating rumors”. Ironic how I ended up defending QOT when I didn’t even like it but my point is – hell yeah, it is the best kdrama of 2024 from absolutely every measurable respect be it numbers, earnings, OTT views, hype and awards. Quality may be subjective seeing as how some fans actually think LND is a good drama lmfao. QOT’s facts are absolutely objective.
Oh, and look up “edgy”. You have a wildly wrong concept of the word if you associate makjang with it.
@Imzouum, the dating rumour was clearly manufactured when ratings dipped into 3% territory. When asked, ML said no comment when he could’ve easily said no they are not dating. Right after the drama ended, the FL publicly denied the so called dating rumour. Aside from the die hard fans, most viewers criticized the leads for their lack of onscreen chemistry.
I didn’t watch Queen Woo, but saw many good reviews about it (not from Jin Chang Wook fans, if this is important), so a little surprise by it on the list.
Honestly, I didn’t watch any of these dramas, but I watched Hierarchy. I liked some of the cast and started to follow future projects of three of them, but still the plot was very-very weak.
I didn’t watch that one as well, but it seems pretty good competitor for this list by others reviews, is Impossible heir. So it makes me think insiders didn’t look through ALL dramas airing this year, just choose the more talked ones.
And as Jung So Min fan I’m sad how this drama bring not so good things on her side. She’s a decent actress with a big portfolio to prove it, but LND seems didn’t play good for her career. I hope it won’t affect her future projects in a bad way.
And maybe I’m just a whiny girl, but I think such lists are too harsh. I understood if k-drama fans discussing such things, but for journalists to make it? They’re doing nothing positive.
These best of/worst of lists articles are normal at the end of the year in every country for everything from dramas to films to music to sports to clothes to games and anything else you can think of that has been consumed by the public. It’s not just a Kdrama thing.
@Sunny
the best lists? Sure. But the worst lists? I never saw lists of the worst soccer players or singers, or designers, or games.
Insiders always talking about Best things, not the worst
The only worst list I know is one acting award in Hollywood, and this isn’t a good thing either, as they were smart and kind enough to award child actors and were deservely criticised for that.
There’s no maybe. You are just a whiny girl. This is a yearly thing and happens in absolutely all walks of life at this time of the year.
Think about it, if queen woo had done sooo great, guess who’ll get the glory, because I mean the drama and the very name is queen woo, the actress gets the glory. But since it didn’t clearly meet expectations of those employees and reporters asked, folks here have taken it upon themselves to blame ji Chang wook. Can we please be fair. Anyways, Ji chang wook has it in him, after all he played an emperor of a great nation while being a lover (who was somewhat loved) while being mean and kind in the same breath, my point is, it was a very difficult role, in his 20s and absolutely dominated the role. I’m sure he’ll find whatever he’s missing soon.
As for Love next door, I disagree period.
Think about it, think about the worst drama or underwhelming drama or movie you ever saw, you can’t remember, because nobody does,that’s real life. Now think about the movie or drama you call the worst, anyone you can think of is a memorable drama. Years from now, when folks mention love next door, you will remember it and not just the name, I will argue that if A drama is memorable, it has indeed succeeded.
I don’t think anyone is blaming JCW for the drama being terrible. The writing, directing, editing, lighting, gratuitous female objectification and the drama as a whole received terrible reviews and the acting criticism I have seen is mainly about the female lead being miscast and wooden rather than JCW who was a guest role.
People are correlating terrible dramas with JCW as he has developed a reputation for being an actor who accepts anything he is offered and a lot of the stuff he has acted in is trash like this.
Nailed it.
Love next door definitely doesn’t belong in this list of top 5 worst. It’s far from being the best but it’s not exactly deserving of a razor award either. All the actors deserve better and did their best with the material they had.
LND really was difficult to watch with an atrocious FL (both character and how she was acted). Deservedly made the list. Impossible Heir is the one missing and should replace the harmless weekender.
Overall the whole list make sense in fairness including the best dramas. I dont have to like QOT/LR to admit they were the best dramas of 2024 so far. I did like LR a lot tho. Lets see if the list is shaken up a bit with Light Shop premiering soon. I think it can take second spot and so can JN.
Dear Hyeri.
Had no idea that jcw was considered a bad actor.He is always working..maybe he wants to retire
Queen Woo is a really good drama. I have no idea how anyone can think that one is terrible but that trash Queen of Tears is somehow great.
This has very little to do with quality then.
I have no idea how anyone can think Queen of tears is a trash drama either.
We all have different opinions, and if you didn’t see any good thing in a drama it doesn’t mean no one else can see it.
The theory that JCW is a bad actor is dumbfounding. His dramas not being successful doesn’t mean he can’t act. He can. Similar argument goes to JCW’s costar, Shin Hye-sun, in Welcome to Samdal-ri. They both have a good range of acting skills but I’ve ever been interested in only one or two of their dramas so far among so many other boring ones they have done. To mock his acting is kinda hyperbole and doesn’t make other lesser actors in more successful dramas look better. LOL.
I’m glad I have not squander time watching any from this top worst list. But the top best list of 2024 wasn’t worth my time that much either. LOL. I’ve spent more time outdoors this year appreciating beautiful nature and seasonal variation in landscape. It’s way healthier and entertaining than wasting time on subpar and boring dramas. LOL
As much as I’m fond of Lee Jae Wook, I equally agree the Impossible Heir should be in the top worst list. At least, tIH is one of the worst (among C- and K- dramas altogether) I’ve ever watched with perhaps the worst-ever Female lead in the history. LJW and his 2nd male lead saved the viewership. Nonetheless, that drama was totally a waste of time and attention. I’ll avoid any works scripted/directed by the same writer/director in the future. That “actress” should not be in the acting department anyway. She shouldn’t have any acting projects in the future.
I didn’t know how that director accepted that fl and then shoot his drama with her. They could have made the drama interesting but they throw it all away with the addition of her. It was a waste of lee jaewook and lee junyoung acting skills. And honorable mention to choi heejin, she showed such amazing acting in that drama
I googled her. She looked like a popular online influencer with a substantial fanbase. Perhaps that’s the reason, to woo viewership? Obviously it failed. LOL. Agreed about Choi Heejin. I even shipped her with LJW’s character thanks to FL’s nonexistent acting. LOL.
Somebody –
I binge watched Impossible Heir blindly and thought CHJ was the lead.
The angst and chemistry aside, her character had more screen time.
Or am I imagining that?
Only half way realized she is the 2nd lead and almost dropped the drama.
Anyway, tht ws the 1st time I watched smth without knowing who the actors even were.
Also the last time.
@Somebody
To be honest she does have that good looks. There is someone who looks so similar to her, yeonwoo. They could have used her.. she did pretty good in bitter sweet hell, definitely could pull off impossible heir role by miles. When I saw her psycho acting and her similar looks, I just regret why they didn’t get her to be fl…
@lol
I mean with the fl acting her screentime isn’t really memorable. She is just zero. I would have preferred other character talking to the air. She just breaks my immersion watching other cast’s actings
@lol & Yuhyi, I watched TIH soon after I finished Alchemy of Souls. You should get how disappointed I was. My LJW was totally wasted. LOL. I always thought K actresses were much better than C actresses overall. But obviously there’s still at least one exception. LOL.
@Somebody
Yep never thought there would be k actress that bad. I would say even ycy or jjy is better lmao
LND doesn’t deserve to be named in the list of 5 . The drama wasn’t what fans were waiting for but it was interesting . 2024 wasn’t a great year . I liked Good partner , Black out, I enjoyed Flex cop, Queen of tears, Chief Inspector 1958 .Currently, i’m enjoying a virtuous business and Doubt . The bad ones for me are Love song for illusion, Frankly speaking , my sweet mobster, Wedding impossible ,
I dont care about the dramas but all JCW comments made me laugh.
Can’t deny that he is the representative flag for garbage dramas w/ mediocre acting.
Does he even hv any reputable award to his name? Baeksang? Blue Dragon?
He doesnt even have top excellence award from the networks to his name??
All his peers have won daesangs already. LJS, SJK, KSH, JW, Junho, etc.
Even Revolver his movie this year did so badly but his costars got nominated in the blue dragons and he is obviously not there.
Um….actually forget about those awards. New industry article just dropped and apparently JCW commands a much higher salary than awards winners such as Nam Goong-min, Ji Sung, Kim Nam-gil, etc, bc he can drive overseas sales, which is where all the big money is.
Fees wise, he is in the same group as SJK, HB, KSH, etc.
Link – https://n.news.naver.com/article/016/0002381243?sid=103
Umm, actually nah – awards are a different topic so why should that be forgotten because of a journalist writing a dailymail type article lmfao.
Did you actually read where the article’s source is? There is none.
That’s like blindly believing one randome article without looking at what anyone is saying.
Read the knetz comments. And the questions they are asking. As in, where did this journalist get the info from.
Every comment is asking where the info came from and if it’s pulled from someone’s ass. And that’s not only regarding JCW.
It’s about many of the people mentioned like AHS, Kim Seon Ho.
When that TV station lied about bts member, did these freedom fighters ask for proof or evidence or even ask commonsensical questions before going all out? Now we’re supposed to take their questionings seriously because they have an impeccable record of deep thinking before accepting stories from journalists. They can keep kidding themselves, and looking for excuses.
Jennilee –
Freedom fighters for some bts oppa or jcw oppa 🤣🤣🤣 you need to grow out of your teenage phase because it’s so embarrassing.
Unless you are 14. Then I get it.
If you associate ‘’deep thinking,, with questioning journalists who have no source for their info, all I can say is, L O L.
No one needs to ‘’deep think,, to refute some celeb’s salary.
Knetz are questioning the article because the journalist has no source. It’s not a complicated concept to digest.
But I get it, you want the keep the wool in front of your eyes.
Screw ‘’freedom fighters,, because if your oppa doesn’t even have this singular thing going for him then what aspect of his career is not a total flop?
Fan Girls like you is the answer to that I guess.
So you keep freedom fighting for your oppa bcz he needs you big time. 🥺😂
And I need to get outta this post 🤣🤣
@lol, not defending JCW cos I’m not his fan and I couldn’t even start to watch most of his dramas either. But to be fair, I’ll just raise a legit question: why did he continue to be offered ML roles costarring with very decent actresses who aren’t industry nugus while some other veteran actors whining about not getting new projects? Production teams invested in the dramas offered to him as the ML just to see these projects flop one after another but still continued to seek him out for the lead roles!!!!!???? That must be a joke and ppl think investors are as business-ignorant at best and stupid at worst as many keyboard nugus themselves!!!! LOL. He, as the ML for those dramas, must have his appeal to some drama markets, maybe not here on this site where Koala’s visitors love to generalize their theories by merely sitting in their own small well looking out to the sky, but somewhere with bigger audience cohorts out there who would be willing to pay streaming sites or cables for membership just to watch him. At the end, it’s all business that is about money.
The small group visiting this site oftentimes present misinformation with their own subjective preference and bias about actors and dramas that doesn’t necessarily give ppl the right pictures.
If JCW were truly as bad an actor as those who got exhilarated LOL by imagining him being an epitome of ultimate failure in the acting department, JCW wouldn’t continue to be offered high-profile projects as a leading man. Ppl mocked his acting or dramas or not, JCW has definitely got his bank accounts inflated and that most likely continues to happen to him. LMAO.
Somebody, you have my respect. Thank you.
Oh look, @Somebody, aka a keyboard nugu, writing a thesis accusing others of being keyboard nugus. The sheer irony lmbo.
JCW – a good actor with bad career choices aside – aren’t you a QOT keyboard nugu hater? In your words, investors, production teams and directors alike know more than Koala’s site visitors. Good to know you agree with them then on what this year’s best drama is. 200 experts has their say on the huge drama you despise. And, in your own words, they all know more than – you – a nugu koala site visitor 😉
Can’t wait for you next thesis to come through btw. All the swearing and kindergarten insults to cover up your lack of logical arguments always makes my day 😀
@:D, sure as you wish, here you go the thesis you asked for! LOL.
You can save your energy from getting worked up with a shorter thesis too bcos I’m also one of the keyboard nugus LOL. I admit. I did not exclude myself when referring to nugus. We BOTH ARE and I believe you already knew I was talking about people like you so that you couldn’t help writing me a short thesis too! You should rest assured and get off line with peace. LOL.
Since you were the one bringing up the long forgotten QoT, I don’t mind reminding people again I still stand by my personal opinion that QoT is overrated with repetitive and uncreative tropes that are boring to me even gazillions of QoT fans rave about it and persistently (to the point authoritatively) trying to brainwash their passion for the drama into others’ heads. LOL. TBH, I have long forgotten QoT because there’s so much deserving my attention in real life and the virtual world. But some rabid QoT fans (yup I’m talking about you) appear to have hard time letting it go and accepting the fact that not everyone can tolerate the acidity coming out of the fruits you love. LMAO. Some dramas are just like acidity hurting my stomach. You love orange? Enjoy it! Don’t force it into my mouth! My GI can’t take it. Only dictators might force people to swallow something they couldn’t digest. LMAO. Would you like to act like that?
@:D, my reply did not pop up. So I’ll be just be brief with this one. Everyone including you and me behind a keyboard rambling here is a nugu. Or are you suggesting you’re someone prominent out there cos you’re protesting me calling everybody nugu? LOL. Significant in your own life or not, you’re still a nugu to me behind the keyboard, like everyone else hiding true identity. Or should I single you out calling you drama queen? Then you wouldn’t feel that much offended? LOL.
Oh wowww, thank you for this very needed information.I’d love to see y’all bashers faces now. See money pursues value, if he’s worth much he’s valuable, this is a fact. If he was so mediocre and all that, and has such a bad reputation with dramas, how is he driving overseas sales? Please note that the tense is present, it’s not that he used to, he does! Please tell me how he’s doing it, with such bad acting and bad eyes for scripts? Unless of course unless you think overseas audience have such bad taste while y’all are the brainaics.
I’d like to voice similar points as you. But my comment doesn’t show up now. I don’t think investors, production teams, and directors alike know less than the small group of Koala’s site visitors here. LOL.
I am a mini fan of Ji Chang-wook since My Too Perfect Sons I have watched him in Smile, Dong Hae, Empress Ki, Healer, Suspicious Partner , Welcome to Samdal-ri , Lovestruck in the City, Variety show-My Name Is Gabriel. I may not enjoy some as much as others.
His acting have improved over the years. He may not have great scripts recently but I will still watch his drama if it interest me.
To be honest, I never knew there are negative news about him till I read this article today, I always thought he is very popular and well liked.
I was surprised by his smoking news years ago but that is his personal life, not for me to judge. I am not kissing him anyway, I moved on from the news shortly after.
No ones questioning JCW’s personality or personal life here. At least I haven’t seen anyone do that. Most of the dramas you mentioned were before his enlistment. Since returnubg, he has been in a string of bad dramas one after the other. But the issue is more than that, it’s his hesitancy in being selective and practically taking on anything that knocks his door.
But I totally agree with you, he is indeed a good actor. However, I also agree with everyone here that he makes terrible career moves. Someone mentioned that due to law of averages, he has 1-2 decent outings out of 10. Absolutely spot on but for his level of popularity, seniority and general ability, that is a piss poor record. But yup, anyone judging him for smoking or whatever is out of their everlovingminds.
What organization is Joynews?
Is it a South Korean news organization?
Who are the people in Joynews?
Who or which parent organization are they related with or connected to?
Are they biased / honest / truthful?
What do they mean by the Best Dramas? The Most Popular or Best-Rated / Highly-rated Dramas?
Who are the ‘entertainment industry experts’? Is this all bluffalogy?
Is their ‘survey’ trustworthy? Sometimes, things are manipulated.
Some of the so-called Best Dramas are trashy.