Kdramas

[Kasimir he/him]

I feel like this is outing myself in some way as this is super niche

Anyone Shard-side watches kdramas? What're your favourites? I just caught a few episodes of Reply 1988 on a rewatch the other day - it's so old but good. I also really like The Light In Your Eyes and it wrecked me the first time I watched it unspoiled.

Not really into Squid Game, but I am liking what I see of My Liberation Notes and while I bounced off the romance aspect of Midnight Studio last year, I really loved the conceit of a photography studio helping ghosts to take one last photograph and move on.

[Treamayne]

I'm guessing you mean Korean Drama? If so, I have not watched much Korean TV since the 90s, but I still love many Korean Films - English Titles: JSA, Shiri, 3 Iron, etc.

[Kasimir he/him]

45 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

I'm guessing you mean Korean Drama? If so, I have not watched much Korean TV since the 90s, but I still love many Korean Films - English Titles: JSA, Shiri, 3 Iron, etc.

Yeah I watch kdramas more than I watch Korean films though of course I caught Parasite. I think I like that the older ones tend to be better at being self-contained: if it's eighteen episodes then it's eighteen. No season drama. I am a bit sad that Netflix and Signal kind of started to break that model to the best of my memory with things like Arthdal Chronicles and the eventual Signal 2.

I'm not a romcom fan so I do bounce off quite a few but dramas like Misaeng and Memory are great. I do like the creativity although after a while they also get tropey in a funny way. Truck/palanquin of doom, water slap... Heh.

[Briar King]

Mr. Sunshine

[Kasimir he/him]

On 1/24/2025 at 10:30 AM, Briar King said:

Mr. Sunshine

Oh God, that one was so good. Enjoyed both the story and cinematography. Dong-mae and Eugene both had arcs I liked.

I liked the Righteous Army coverage - I do feel it was a nice breath of fresh air from modern dramas or sageuk and set in a period that I don't pay as much attention to.