Category Archives: K-dramas

K-netizens Excited about the Upcoming Movie Adaptation of Fantasy Adventure Web Novel Omniscient Reader But Worried About Casting for the Male Leads

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A super popular South Korean fantasy story is getting the big-budget big screen adaptation and there is a lot at stake. The web novel Omniscient Reader started in 2018 and was so popular it has over 100 million readers and also got a webtoon adaptation. K-ent has picked it up for a 5-part movie adaptation by the production team behind … Continue reading →

First Drama Stills for tvN Period Romance Drama Twenty Five Twenty One with Kim Tae Ri and Nam Joo Hyuk

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Setting a drama in a past real life time frame is a delicate thing, to capture that experience and weave it into a fictional story well plus doing justice to those who lived through it. It’s a reason the Answer Me series is so beloved and highly rated when it aired, nostalgically using fictional characters to remind everyone of the … Continue reading →

Netflix Sci-fi Drama The Silent Sea with Bae Doo Na, Gong Yoo, and Lee Joon Premieres to Tepid Reviews on Christmas Eve

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There may be a pause in the Netflix K-drama hit train but it’s understandable, not every risk is going to work out. This Christmas Eve the streaming platform continued its one K-drama a month release and the big budget high profile drama selected to premiere on a big time slot was The Silent Sea. Starring Bae Doo Na, Gong Yoo, … Continue reading →

Disney+ in South Korea Drops 47% in Subscriptions in One Month Due to Complaints About Poor Subtitles, Limited Programming, and Most Recently Streaming Controversial jTBC Drama Snowdrop

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It’s like a triumvirate of bad jujus for Disney+, the streaming platform started by media company Disney to house it’s own produced content from movies to TV shows and also any content it licenses. Unless one has kids or is a super Marvel fan, the content on Disney+ is quickly exhausted outside of those two genres and even within it’s … Continue reading →

Lee Chung Ah, Park Kyu Young, Jeon Hyeoseong, and Kang Min Hyuk Sign on for 2022 Netflix Drama Celebrity

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I’ve seen folks asking about the 2022 Netflix produced K-dramas and there hasn’t been that many announced yet. So here’s one more to start expanding that short list – Netflix is producing the 12-episode K-drama Celebrity which is called a social and psychological thriller about fame. It will star Lee Chung Ah, Park Kyu Young, Jeon Hyeseong, and Kang Min … Continue reading →

FeeLM Poll for Best Drama CP of the Year Goes to Park Hyung Sik and Han Hyo Joo in Happiness But Everyone Loves Yoo Ah In and the Death Angel in Hellbound Making the List

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Opinions are just that, subjective and definitely not meant to be taken so seriously that one gets offended by an opinion that is different. I never take myself seriously, what I like today can even be different tomorrow lol. This week South Korean entertainment website FeeLM released the results of a reader poll on Best Drama Couple of 2021 and … Continue reading →

K-netizen Groups Send Protest Trucks Around Seoul Demanding the Cancellation of Snowdrop for Distorting Important Modern History and jTBC Responds By Airing 3 Episodes This Weekend Vowing it Will Clear Up Controversy

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Okay, network jTBC has decided that it’s just premiered Sat-Sun period romance drama Snowdrop is the hill to die on, likely because it has powerful backing and there is lots of money already pumped into the drama to just pull the plug. So it’s not going to voluntarily agree to cancel the drama but now the K-netizens are also not … Continue reading →

Kwak Dong Yeon Makes Cameo Appearance in SBS Drama Our Beloved Summer with Choi Woo Shik and Kim Da Mi

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The sweet summery SBS Mon-Tues Our Beloved Summer has been a low rated series since premiere but for those who are watching hopefully its been a good watch so far. A new reason to watch has showed up this week with K-actor Kwak Dong Yeon making a cameo opposite male lead Choi Woo Shik. I love me some Kwak Dong … Continue reading →

jTBC Issues Statement Saying Allegations of Distortion of History are Not True in the Plot and Further Episodes Will Clarify It and Vows Not to Cancel the Drama

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Hahaha, talk about doubling down HARD! After four days of media and netizen bashing on the first two episode plot and set up of 1980’s romance drama Snowdrop being exactly what it was feared to be, a distortion of the events of the 1980’s democracy movement where the male lead is actually a North Korean spy and the second male … Continue reading →

KBS Mon-Tues Youth Sageuk Moonshine with Yoo Seung Ho and Hyeri Premieres to Promising 7.5% Ratings and Positive Viewer First Impression

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Okay, I’ve just gotten up from collapsing on the bed in major relief. I so wanted this drama to be good, do well too of course but be good is most important, because another bad Yoo Seung Ho drama and my well will probably have run dry. The first episode of newly arrived youth sageuk Moonshine (Thinking of the Moon … Continue reading →

K-media Article Highlights Jung Hae In May Face a Second Drama Cancelled Early with Snowdrop and How it’s His Own Choices that Keep Hampering His Rise to Fame

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Wow that is one harsh and clearly stated article, and honestly one foot in mouth moment is enough to hamper success but more than one and it’s a legit problem. K-actor Jung Hae In is having a whiplash 2021 year as he’s in both one of the highest critical acclaim dramas of the year with D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) and also … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In and Ahn Eun Jin Will Star in Netflix Produced Supernatural Drama The Fool at the End

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This year 2021 exploded the Netflix produced K-drama hit machine and validated the slow and steady way the streaming platform entered the K-drama market 4 years ago and now carved out its own successful niche. It excels in the shorter and tighter plotted K-dramas and really takes risks with edgier far like horror, sci-fi, and dark fantasy. Not many Netflix … Continue reading →

Newly Premiered jTBC Period Romance Drama Snowdrop Brings in 2.985%, 3.845% Ratings for First Two Episodes as Controversy Rages Over Distortion of History

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I get the request from the production of jTBC drama Snowdrop to have viewers wait and watch the actual drama before demanding it be cancelled and accusing it of distorting important South Korea history. That’s a reasonable request. But now the viewers have watched the first two episodes and the renewed calls to cancel this drama because it is in … Continue reading →