Park Eun Bin and Sol Kyung Gu Match Surgical Genius and Wits in First Poster and Teaser for Disney+ K-drama Hyper Knife

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• Expecting PEB do deliver another Baeksang worthy performance. My current guess for best actress nominees are:
  1. Kim Taeri
  2. Jang Nara
  3. Lim Jiyeon
  4. IU/ Park Boyoung
  5. Park Eunbin

  Let’s see how many I get right ultimately.

  • Kim Hyesoo for Trigger may also be in the running and potentially Han Jimin for LS. PBY was excellent in Melo Movie and Light Shop but IU has a period drama so she might edge them all. My picks for the win already even with Hyper Knife not yet released are either KTR or PEB. They, along with KGE are without a doubt the top actresses in that age group and no one even comes remotely close.

• It’s definitely not your typical medical drama, and that’s to be expected of PEB. It’s eerie and slightly unhinged and I’m seated.

  I do agree with it’s now or never for Disney. Either they promote the heck out of their A-list led dramas, or they will forever remain in the shadows of Netflix. You literally cannot get better than dramas led by PEB, SKG, KSH, JJH, and KDW back to back to back. Feels like they already faltered with Trigger, and they just can’t afford to keep doing that.

  • Agree. D+ has an incredible line up but they did last year too and so far I only know of Moving and Shop for Killer that are considered hits. Everything else fizzled or just never got the traction including CMS’s first kdrama this century. If they can’t get it right this year, they probably need to wrap up kdrama productions as planned before Moving.

    • I think Light Shop did very well for D+ late last year. It had the advantage of the Kang Full (Moving writer/screenwriter) connection though as it was based on one of his works and Disney really played up the connection - it even had Go Youn Jung cameo.

• I am still confused about the plot. Is PEB playing the psychopath role or SKG? Nonetheless I am excited. Teaser was good. I am also a fan of SKG. Btw, I am noticing that many movie actors are now doing dramas. Is it because movies are not working anymore or is there another reason?

  • The Korean film industry is struggling and there isn't the same stigma about doing dramas these days because of cable and streaming There used to be big dividing line between Chungmuro (film) actors who were seen as more prestigious and drama actors.

• Her expression seems over the top. Let's see how this will fare.

• Oh wow. Not a fan of medical drama. But this one thriller definitely has elements to pique my interest besides great cast.

  IMO, Disney+ seems to produce better Kdrama than Netflix. Disney+ has been growing in revenues and profits from Kdrama streaming. Given Disney's long history and legacy in the filming industry, it's hard for Netflix to compete with Disney+ for the quality of Kdrama production. By far, I think Disney+ has an edge over Netflix in terms of the quality of Kdrama in general. Netflix hosts a greater variety of show contents including drama. But I found a lot of shows popular on the streaming platform aren't worth any investment of my time and money.

  • I liked some medical dramas as Brain, Romantic teacher, Dr Kim season 1 ,Surgeon Bong Dal hee,. . this one seems interesting and i'm waiting for another great PEB's performance .

    • I've never tried to watch one medical drama before except for boring Dr. Slump with PSH and PHS that's not really a medical drama TBH. Perhaps this one would be the first one LOL. Perhaps I should try one of these you liked after finishing My Liberation Notes. I'm loving MLN to pieces right now LOL.

    • Me too... I love Japanese Dr X too and along others.

    • @Somebody, i'm happy that you like My liberation notes , i loved it very much and all the cast was SO great . Back then,the drama wasn't promoted but it became known for the quality of the content and form . As i interact a lot with you and @HL, i did remember recommend to you Beyond Evil, Stove League ... but i don't know if i mentioned LIVE, SAVE ME, SIGNAL, TRAIN ...The medical dramas that i watched are now outdated ( 2011, 2007, 2016,)

• This looks thrilling and I say that as somebody who dies not like medical dramas. PEB's track record is so strong and looks like she will give another stellar performance.

  Disney+ has such a strong Kdrama line-up this year. I am hoping D+ gamble pays off and more of their dramas can break out because majority of them look to be much better quality than the mediocrity Netflix churns out but NF dramas automatically get a lot more attention unfortunately.

• Kim Taeri and Park Eunbin are Tops in my book.

• Already looking like a battle between PEB and KTR at the Baeksangs this year. Honestly, I didn’t love the trailer and I’m not into thrillers of this sort but the acting looks amazing right off the bat. I hope it does well. Disney needs a win or few.