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Gonjiam Haunted Asylum My Daughter Is A Zombie Ghost Train Troll Factory The Match Grotesque Mansion NEW NOTABLES / RECENT (No Particular Order) Paechoo Saenhwal - Cabbage Your Life The Scarecrow Giriko: If Wishes Could Kill Siren's Kiss Face Me 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 06/17/26: Paechoo Saenghwal: Cabbage Your Life Sometimes, down-to-earth, "Feel Good" dramas is all I need. If it makes me 'feel good', that I end up enjoying or liking it. It's a moot point whether the story is not unique or not. Slice-of-life dramas are supposed to be "feel-good". So a corporate researcher is sent down by his company to a rural village, only to be met by opposition at first. The clash between city slickers and villager or farmers is nothing new. Also - you have family dramatics / turmoil. Probably the most relatable issue is with their eldest son - who just wants to figure out life on his own rather than being forced to become a doctor (which he is adverse to - heck, I'm even afraid of knives as well in a way. I can't cut or peel fruit or veggies for crap). The evil corporation (or in this case, the devious director of the company) is also usually a common plot point. What stood out or was just "feel good" enough to watch in its entirety, is just the banter, the conversations and lifestyle of the villagers as well as the main family trying to adapt to life in the village. In the end, they become one with the villagers and end up living there as villagers. Right now, just taking a break since there isn't anything worth watching yet. 05/27/26: The Scarecrow What a drama - if a drama can elicit not only interest but also emotional responses in terms of being immersed, it's done its job well. We all know crime thrillers - the villains are usually caught and punished accordingly at the end. But in reality or real life, there are no happy, fairy-tale endings. Some dramas take it too extreme, and have some villains get away. This one - The Scarecrow - is a bit of both, but in terms making you think in terms of how real could this be. It's also a period drama across time, where the present meets the past and vice versa. The story unfolds mostly in the past, only to reconcile in the present. We end up finding out it's Prosecutor Cha, his father, and the corrupt detectives who are the real villains. The serial murderer might have been seen initially as the target for the viewer's thoughts as the Ultimate Villain, but in the end, it sort of shifted towards the corrupt Prosecutor Cha and his cronies - as we see that he did everything to cover up and hide all his misdeeds for the sake of his own career. Even to the present. More than just bribery, slush funds or corrupt rulings, Prosecutor Cha ordered the beatings and torture of innocent suspects, and the most tragic and vile situation of all - burying, and hiding the whereabouts of Hye Jin (the young child murdered by the serial murderer). This case remained unresolved or unsolved even at the end of the drama, as well as leaving viewers to ponder whether any of these villains would get their Karma bite them in the ass. Besides lawsuits. Well, at least Gi Beom's son seemed to have abandoned the villain (who ironically, acted as a father-figure). The drama is based off true serial killings back then, and probably the brutal nature of the police and prosecution handling things, failed to protect the innocent and instead worsened the situation. Kang Tae Joo was forced to flee and hide as a result of a blackmail - and had to remain silent for those 30 years. In the end, everyone involved was guilty in their own right. The "Statute Of Limitation" is a very frustrating thing - this should be abolished. 05/16/26: "Cabbage Your Life" has been enjoyable and funny so far, a pleasant surprise. It is a slice-of-life comedy about a corporate kiss-asser (similar to "The Dream Life Of Mr. Kim") who moves to a rural farm to grow cabbages at the behest of the company (with vile / evil intentions). And then you have the family dysfunction drama going on, as well as clashes and good times with the rural villagers. Full review upon finishing. I wish they'd upload two episodes per week instead of one. "Giriko" (aka "If Wishes Could Kill") is a supernatural thriller about a cursed app that grants wishes but with a deadly consequence - that person has to die. We learn the backstory of the origins of cursed app and its creators, and how it all started. I found this enjoyable enough to add it to my notables. One observation - why are most horror or supernatural thrillers involve high schoolers or teens? haha. Perhaps it caters to that type of audience in Korea - the youth enjoy horror or the supernatural more. So do I - I might be 50, but I look like 20 but feel like 100. "The Scarecrow" - this is also more about prosecution / police brutality and corruption in treating "suspects" back in the '80s. I'm curious as to how true was this if at all - was Korea that corrupt back then in terms of their police departments or prosecution. They probably used some kind of "beating the hell out of the suspects to get them to falsely confess" methods. Archived Entries |
PICTURES / IMAGES / MULTIMEDIA SOMETIMES, THE TRUE VILLAINS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE AND PROTECT 
"WE'RE HERE TO HELP" "THEN LET'S SLAY THE DRAGON TOGETHER"
FIND YOUR LIGHT - LIGHT SHOP (2O24) 
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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
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"YAH 'GI-YONG' AH! REMEMBER US?! WE LOST THE GAME BECAUSE OF YOU" HAHA
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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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