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NOTABLE K-FILMS Gonjiam Haunted Asylum My Daughter Is A Zombie Ghost Train Troll Factory The Match Grotesque Mansion NEW NOTABLE 2025 AND BEYOND (No Particular Order) Daily Dose Of Sunshine Night Has Come The Manipulated The Dream Life of Mr. Kim My Youth Queen Mantis Doubt Revenant Nine Puzzles The Whirlwind Heavenly Ever After Resident Playbook Divorce Insurance The Trauma Code Karma Oh My Ghost! Clients Twelve NOTABLE DRAMAS (No Particular Order) Hush Navillera Item My Mister The Sound Of Magic My Liberation Notes "Haebang" "Strange" Attorney Woo-Young-Woo Taxi Driver Bad And Crazy Vincenzo Blind On The Verge Of Insanity Forecasting Love And Weather Happiness "Ohjingoh" Game Stranger S1 Monthly Magazine Home Voice S1 Signal Uncle (Sahmchun) Prison Playbook Ghost Doctor Bring It On, Ghost! Strangers From Hell My Country: The New Age Live Up To Your Name Tunnel Kairos My Dangerous Wife Bad Guys Beyond Evil Hospital Playlist Shall We Have A Cup Of Coffee? Because This Is My First Life Romance Is A Bonus Book A Korean Odyssey Was It Love? Hi Bye Mamma! Daebok Realty: Sell Your Haunted House Police University Live Soundtrack #1 The Killer's Shopping List Welcome To My Wedding Hell Doctor Lawyer |
PERSONAL THOUGHTS 01/10/26: Daily Dose Of Sunshine (2023) What makes "Daily Dose Of Sunshine" outstanding, is its relatability and how it's all too real. There is also a lot of comfort and warmth in this. At the same time, relatability in terms of what everyone goes through. It certainly made me reflect on my life, and my depression. If it weren't for classical piano, I'd probably would need to be hospitalized. A lot of individuals do not have creative outlets to channel their angst or negative energy / thinking. As a result, they become mentally ill or unstable. The drama deals with disorders and mental illnesses. Depression and suicide or self-harm. Even the nurses and doctors are not immune to them. Everyone is human, including out-going folks like Nurse Jung's best friend (who suffers from panic attacks). What the drama does well, is to integrate patient cases / resolutions within the drama as well as providing us with a bit of a Rom-Com amongst the nurses and doctors. The most tragic individual or situation happened to be Kim Seon Wu, suffering from delusions of the fantasy video game as real life. He used the video game to cope with the stress of not passing the Civil Service exam every time, immersing himself into that video game world as real life. The quiet, soft-spoken types can either be the most dangerous, or the most tragic. They might seem alright, but as we see with Kim Seon Wu's eventual suicide - it hit the nurse hard. Suffering from deep depression as a result. Also - the meeting with the protestors hit home, something most of us would say - how would the outside world react to Your Kid once they are released or discharged from the hospital? Would anyone would want to take them or treat them the same as healthy individuals? This, after protesting the Nurse from working as a result of being admitted to a psychiatric hospital to treat her depression. The drama can be sad, depressing, happy, funny, etc. There's not a moment where it's over-done. Sometimes, the warmth and niceness of everyone seems a bit unrealistic. But it's a drama afterall. I'm glad we found this. It cracks my Top Five. 01/07/26: "Daily Dose Of Sunshine" - why didn't I hear about this before. It's a pleasant surprise so far. This drama highlights the psychiatric ward, dealing with disorders and mental illness patients. There's a bit of humor, romance and other drama so it doesn't solely focus on patients. I had thought one episode would be dedicated to a patient case, but it's been all integrated. We started to binge this at the resort, because there was nothing else. Don't get me started on terribad remotes. Perhaps on my regular blog haha. Anyway, final judgment reserved after we finish watching this. "Nice Not To Meet You" - I enjoyed the humorous conflict between the main characters, and the subject of 'typecasting'. Sometimes, being 'typecasted' can be of great benefit. While some actors can land a lot of different roles, they can all be forgettable and terrible. While that one actor who is only known for 1 famous character (but as a result, couldn't land other roles), can be lasting or eternal. It's all in the attitude however. If you are a career or permanent asshole in real life (as is with most of lame-ass hollywood), then even the typecasted role is completely forgettable. Currently checking out "The Judge Returns". Ultimate 'judgement' reserved. While waiting for new ones, gonna find more. 12/13/25: "The Bequeathed" For a mini-series, it was good. It dealt with land ownership / inheritance, shamanism and the twist at the end - incest. In that sense, you gotta feel for that son and the type of bullying or suffering he might have gone through. While incest is a taboo or an absolute, disgusting No-No, I'm surprised a K-Drama would involve this subject. Then again, they've done a few controversial things. Most recently, a drama about 'defective' children being discarded. I felt this was too extreme to even bother watching, so I passed on it. Also, who would have thought an old ahjumma would be the culprit or serial murderer. While it is hard to believe that she could move or re-locate grownup or heavy men after murdering them, this is a drama afterall. In dramas, women of all ages apparently have the strength to do so haha. It would make my notable list, but I felt the controversial elements in this one kind of stifled that. Still - it was different at least. 12/06/25: "The Manipulated", "Night Has Come" "The Manipulated" - it was a fast-paced, action thriller about revenge. It was beautifully shot or directed, as well as acted. I think the "You Don't Mess With The Yo-han" was too brutal or violent. He had everything at his disposal to get what he wanted (whether killing somebody or manipulating / framing somebody), and did it with a calm, quiet demeanor with an annoying laughter. I was like, we need "Vincenzo" did dispense the just punishment on Yo-Han. Taejoong was just the right balance of seeking revenge but with the proper justice. He doesn't look to kill while most of us would. Fortunately, the ending was a happy one when things looked really bleak by the final episode. So whatever happened to that blind lady servant? Was she ever brought to justice or killed. Hopefully, both. Of course - they had to throw in a cliffhanger or something of the sort - a new or re-built monitor room where you can open up thousands of windows at a time, and someone sitting behind a chair. Did Yo-Han survive, or might there be a copycat or successor? "Night Has Come" - if you ever wandered what the Mafia game was like, here it is in drama form about - wait for it - revenge. The theme of revenge is a prevailing theme in crime thrillers. This one, is more supernatural and a mystery unfolding. Students come to a retreat center, only to be forced to play the "Mafia" game with only 1 team standing (either civilians or mafia). It involves voting to execute or kill whoever the majority thinks is the mafia. Paranoia, secretly collaborating with others, back-stabbing unfolds. It's kind of like "The Thing" - who is or has become, The Thing. We realize at the end, it's all virtual reality the students are trapped in, having to play the game one after another once finished for eternity. The parents of the bullied, suicide victim are the perps or game masters. You'd think the parents of the trapped students would eventually have the police or investigation team track down the villainous parents and eventually free the students. That's probably left for viewers to decide. Overall, it was suspenseful and unraveled well enough to enjoy it. 12/01/25: The 'Liberation' of Kim Nak Su The finale left a satisfying resolution - Kim Nak Su finally snaps out of it, and becomes liberated from his prideful self of only focusing on climbing the corporate ladder or identifying work as your self-esteem or only value in life. In the end, he realized he had lost his family and his true self as a result from becoming too attached to work rather than what is most important in life. Kim Nak Su forces himself to work menial / manual labor jobs to make ends meet - designated driver, and his new occupation of car washing at his brother's auto shop. In the end, he realizes that is just fine as he is allowed to grow his own Car Washing business with his friend that he alienated / back-stabbed while they were at ACT. In the process, Kim Nak Su re-gained valuable family time and a free or liberated mindset. The wife and son also went through their own journeys. While most wives might have gave an ultimatum to separate or divorce, Kim Nak Su's wife remained faithful even through the scam secrecy. The son on the other hand, learned also hard lesson in being scammed but at the same time, remained steadfast in following his own path in starting a business. There are a lot of lessons in this drama, other than don't let yourself be demoted to a factory cleaning 'Kae Ddong' haha. Job titles, salaries and high positions might be all fine and dandy - but don't let that be how you identify yourself. It's a never-ending cycle of competing and comparing. While it might make materialistic people happy, it doesn't make most of us happy. I'd much be happier working in retail than corporate. I'd be much happier pursuing passion projects in Music or other than having a high salary job in an office (who wouldn't pass up high paying jobs unless what you're doing is miserable or didn't make you happy. In the end though, everyone has to support their families and themselves. So it's a crapshoot or situational). This cracks my Top Drama list, I'll have to expand it 15. Archived Entries |
PICTURES / IMAGES / MULTIMEDIA "WE'RE HERE TO HELP" "THEN LET'S SLAY THE DRAGON TOGETHER"
FIND YOUR LIGHT - LIGHT SHOP (2O24) 
THE DREAM LIFE OF MR. KIM: "DO I WANT TO BECOME A BALLET DANCER, OR CLEAN UP 'KAE DDONG' FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE" HAHA 
"YAH 'GI-YONG' AH! REMEMBER US?! WE LOST THE GAME BECAUSE OF YOU" HAHA 
"IT TAKES LESS ENERGY NOT TO DOUBT, SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE 'DOUBT'" - 'JUST' BECAUSE HAHA 
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN | 
MY PLAN IS SET IN MOTION TO CREATE MY OWN BUSINESS | 
WANNA RUN WITH THEIR CREW, HUH? REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED....FROM A TAXI SERVICE! | 
CAST OF VINCENZO MAKING FUNNY FACES (Behing The Scenes from social media) | 
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