tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post7290933681371130512..comments2024-03-28T13:54:32.155-04:00Comments on Outside Seoul: Disease-of-the-week Dramas: Ratings and Spoiler-free Capsule ReivewsAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-42727017345019512092012-07-10T16:47:47.884-04:002012-07-10T16:47:47.884-04:00You should watch it, well I liked it :) It wasn...You should watch it, well I liked it :) It wasn't slow at all but there are 2 or 3 eps for the childhood scenes. I don't think it was as tragic as the other series in Endless Love but still retains some similar elementsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-63663869061369320102012-07-08T08:14:35.099-04:002012-07-08T08:14:35.099-04:00Summer Scent’s ending was stupid and totally unbel...Summer Scent’s ending was stupid and totally unbelievable, but could be interpreted as happy ;) I’m actually sort of looking forward to watching Spring Waltz—this series may be slow, but they're lovely in a lot of ways.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-47511297726496284892012-07-08T01:01:29.718-04:002012-07-08T01:01:29.718-04:00Yeah Spring Waltz has a happy ending and I usually...Yeah Spring Waltz has a happy ending and I usually like happy endings but in this case, it just didn't fit. It would seriously make more sense if the last episode was sad. I mean, everything led the audience to believe the ending would be tragic. Haha sorry I kinda vented there. You should watch it though, I really liked it.<br /><br />Was Summer Scent sad as the first 2 in the series?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-40134373337423948952012-07-04T08:17:53.058-04:002012-07-04T08:17:53.058-04:00I did watch Summer Scent, and totally forgot to in...I did watch Summer Scent, and totally forgot to include it on this list. It's probably my least favorite of the Endless Love dramas, though: 3 episodes of plot stretched out to fill 20 hours isn't my idea of a good time. (Even if it is gorgeously shot.) <br /><br />Spring Waltz is on my almost laughably enormous list of dramas to watch... I've heard it's less tragic than the rest of the series, which sounds promising.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-84690661106799073472012-07-04T01:32:53.153-04:002012-07-04T01:32:53.153-04:00Did you watch spring waltz or summer scent?Did you watch spring waltz or summer scent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-91785181398998296262012-05-11T09:43:38.605-04:002012-05-11T09:43:38.605-04:00I have heard mention of how annoying Summer Scent ...I have heard mention of how annoying Summer Scent can be.. I'm not to that one yet however. I'm still trying to decide what I REALLY think of Autumn in my Heart/Winter Sonata. I classify them as guilty pleasure chick-tragedies. I mean, I understand that there's a level to them that makes them totally awesome. They're also a large part of Kdrama culture and therefore highly influential (and a must-watch because of that alone). The first one also made me cry buckets of tears - a feat for me! Therefore I know that at least emotionally, it works extremely well. (On the flip side, I enjoyed Winter Sonata a lot, and never shed a single tear. Am I broken/immune to them already??). And yet, they do drag.. and I fast forwarded through a lot of parts in the second half of each show.. so does that mean I don't like them overall? I'm torn.. I'm really torn between loving the genre, and wishing it would just get it over with.SaraEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-41369979457395461292012-05-11T09:37:58.649-04:002012-05-11T09:37:58.649-04:0049 Days for me was I guess of the "love it&qu...49 Days for me was I guess of the "love it" variety. It ranks as one of the very few kdramas which I rank a perfect 5 on DF (though I seriously hate the 5-star rating system. Any decent self-respecting ratings system should at least have 6 stars and make you differentiate the totally blah 3-star shows). That said, I would.. recommend it? Well of course I would. The acting definitely carries it - and it's not because it's only the main characters' acting abilities. It's the whole cast. But I definitely like the drama, the plot, the relationships, the actors - who of course are all drop dead gorgeous, I mean what could go wrong??SaraEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-41172874654961596152012-05-10T23:56:12.971-04:002012-05-10T23:56:12.971-04:00I've watched it. It's definitely not for e...I've watched it. It's definitely not for everyone -- the writing carries the acting most of the time and the ending is very love-it-or-hate-it. The premise is very interesting though, and the writing is solid. I'd suggest watching the first few eps (ep 1 starts off shaky but it improves) and see if you like it enough to continue.whimsyfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-3937319732676742722012-05-10T12:57:22.253-04:002012-05-10T12:57:22.253-04:00Hehe...Kdrama isn't totally immune to the Neve...Hehe...Kdrama isn't totally immune to the Neverending Cycle of Going Nowhere. Operation Proposal much? In fact, the makers of Korean TV being unfamiliar with drawing plots out forever without making any progress might have been a contributing factor in that drama's suck quotient.<br /><br />I definitely agree that these shows are more than just disease-of-the-week fodder, unlike a lot of American output. (I really did like A Walk to Remember, though...Damn you, Nicholas Sparks.) It's part of being just the right length to really explore the universe you've created. Kdramas are novels, after all, not short stories or endless serials<br /><br />And I loved Winter Sonata. Clearly =X The last Endless Love drama I have left to watch is Spring Waltz, which I'm putting off until I get over how annoying Summer Scent was. Two episodes worth of plot, twenty episodes of drama is not a good equation.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-72502678378013236942012-05-10T12:41:39.920-04:002012-05-10T12:41:39.920-04:00I'm not much of a fan of this type of show, ei...I'm not much of a fan of this type of show, either—and discovered that a number of these dramas were focused on diseases <i>after</i> I started watching them, naturally. I haven't seen 49 Days yet, but it's been on my Dramafever queue for ages. Have you watched it? Should I give it a try?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062557298628072047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-28005833080486714442012-05-09T18:43:37.100-04:002012-05-09T18:43:37.100-04:00Huh. I avoid disease-centric dramas like the plagu...Huh. I avoid disease-centric dramas like the plague (no pun intended), but I agree that it's more suited to kdrama's shorter format. Btw, have you seen 49 Days?whimsyfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952798172649226841.post-30130760533647362362012-05-09T13:53:30.308-04:002012-05-09T13:53:30.308-04:00Yes, my initial attraction to Kdramas (like so man...Yes, my initial attraction to Kdramas (like so many others) was and still is that shortened length that allows for SO much more! Namely, character developement with an end always in sight, and not 2 seasons of "Is he finally going to grow up/man up/quit being a jerk/confess his love. is he? He is.. omg he is!.. oh wait, what crappy plot device is this now that brings him back to square one for another 2 seasons?!?.. whatever, I quit."<br /><br />Having seen 4 of these dramas on your list today, with the other 2 in perpetual queue status.. I am struck with the fact that even though they are all part of that disease-of-the-week genre, they are ALSO so much more. American movies when they do or did such genres usually make the disease and/or inevitable death the Prime focus, so you know it's going to be dead depressing the entire time. But these? They're hints, or at least side stories of a much more enjoyable world. <br /><br />Seriously though: did Winter Sonata REALLY have to have 2 cases of amnesia with 2 car accidents to set it off? Oh well. It was still awesome.SaraEnoreply@blogger.com