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Suicoke x Midorikawa Vibram Five Fingers
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Tormentil (Potentilla erecta) wildflower photo I took today 03/09/2023, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Warren āWarioā Maritello
Best Subject: Economics
Extracurriculars: Football Team, Video Game Club
When this obnoxious fatso isnāt stinking up the halls with his farts or trying to hit on girls with his garlic-scented breath, heās crashing one of his cousin Marioās parties and tackling some poor, unsuspecting fool into the snack table! Heās never the one mad about it, though ā itās always a big, hilarious joke to him! He may be annoying, but at least heās not incompetent. Heās always lifting weights to maintain his status as an intimidating bully, and heās even one of the few kids to have his own car, which he restored by himself! He plans to be rich when heās older, so heās started learning about computer programming ā itās a lucrative field! He even convinced the teachers to let him start a Video Game Club, dubious as its academic merit may be.
Ji Chang Wook is one of the best actors in Korea. The first time I saw him was in drama āHealerā. After watching that I went through his filmography and watched the most of his dramas. The list is long.
āSmile Againā as Carl Laker / Donghae
- Itās a family drama. Ji Chang Wook is very young and cute here. It has total 159 episodes for about 30 minutes each. It is packed with characters you want to punch in the face most of the time and it can easily get you frustrated, especially the main villain 𤣠The main subjects are running a hotel and cooking (You gonna be expert in kimchi after watching it š)
Even though it was frustrating it was a good drama to watch.
āWarior Baek Dong Sooā as Baek Dong Soo
- Itās a historical drama. The first few episodes are happening in the past when main characters are still children so we see Ji Chang Wook in his role in about 4th or 5th episode.
The most important part of this drama is friendship of 2 main characters. It was the most enjoyable part. Also soundtrack is really good.
What I disliked was romance. It was lacking. I wish they skipped it.
āBachelorās Vegetable Storeā as Han Tae Yang
- At first I thought it is going to be more like comedy or very light drama but after watching the first episode I knew it is going to be one of those heavy stories.
The first few episodes are in the childhood years. What happens then is very important to the whole storyline when main characters are adults.
This drama has many sad and heartbreaking moments but also happy ones about not giving up because of the obstacles.
I wasnāt fan of romance in this one
āFive Fingersā as Yoo Inha
- You could say that Ji Chang Wook is second lead here but also a villain. His role is different of the most dramas he is in, wher he is nice and righteous human being. Itās the opposite here. His character is more complex than just being villain. Itās more like he is very angry and also very emotional.
First few episodes are childhood years. The kid that acted as young Inha was amazing then Ji Chang Wook nailed the adult version. You had no doubt itās the same character.
The main female lead was played by Jin Se Yun and Iām not very fond of her acting. Also I donāt think her character brought any depth to the series.
Apart from that drama is very good. It has 30 episodes and has many plot twist. Definitely worth watching.
āEmpress Kiā as Emperor Ta Hwan
You can find the long review of this drama in one of my previous posts š
āHealerā as Park Bong Soo
- It is more of an action drama with cool main lead. I loved all the running on the rooftops etc š
It has many good characters and also some mystery to be solved.
I love the love the love story in this one. One of the cutest in Kdrama
āThe Whirlwind Girl 2ā
- Itās a Chinese drama so Ji Chang Wook voice was dubbed. Fortunately dubbing was good and we could still enjoy his acting skills there as he can act even with his eyes only š
This drama is a sequel. I think it disliked by many fans as the actress from the first season was replaced with different for the second one. Also they didnāt solve a storyline of male lead from the first season as he was absent in the second one and there is no news on the third.
I personally liked the girl who was with Ji Chang Wook in second season. They looked good together. His character wasnāt in the first season and because of the absence of the guy from the first one, he was the main lead.
Story is not that spectacular but it was enjoyable and Wookie was hot in this drama. Martial Arts coach š
I liked the music.
One of the biggest minuses was too many flashbacks. To the point that 2 last episodes were basically one huge flashback of the whole series.
āThe K2ā
- Proper action drama. Shooting, breaking windows, fist fights etc
Ji Chang Wook is very fit here and shows as some nice skills.
I liked the storyline of the main villain in this drama. She had a great chemistry with Wookie.
Background music was good to.
I didnāt like the romance. I think Yoonaās character was boring and really annoying. However there is many people who loved it.
āSuspicious Partnerā
- I love the drama and the whole cast. Characters and storyline is really good.
It is legal drama and we have some mystery to be solved.
Romance is also good.
I donāt watch it anymore as toxic Nam Ji Hyun and Ju Chang Wook shippers put me off so atm I canāt enjoy it as I used to.
I mean itās ok to like the couple in the drama but forcing actors to be together in real life is a whole different story. If they were together thatās great but fans spreading unconfirmed rumours just because they blindly believe in their ship is not right. Like pushing into peopleās face the rumours about their marriage just because they saw video on YouTube
āMelting me softlyā as Ma Dongchan
- Iāve read many people call this drama disaster. I personally loved it.
Iāve been born in mid 80s and my childhood and some of teen years were through 90s.
The way they showed how characters jumped 20 years from 1999 to 2019 was just great. I remember well how life was back then and all those little thing we witnessed in this drama were so accurate
I like the chemistry of our main couple
Top Ten Shows with #s in the titles
Because there are many ways to divide dramas, and this is one. XD The K2 Oh, yes, let's start with the one that should have been so much cooler. What should have been the core of the story: is it possible for a good, if terribly broken (kudos to the show for portraying PTSD), man to save a bad, and equally broken, woman with the power of his friendship? Unfortunately, they thought a ridiculous lot of action, a few good actors, and the potential for awesome could save an 11th hour gutting of the best parts of the drama in favor of an absolutely idiotic (and entirely inappropriate) loveline with a actress who could not hold her own against the other leads. It did not work. I will say the action scenes are still fun and the OST is one I still enjoy, though. Right along with the glorious speculation on what could have been. XD 7th Grade Civil Servant ...'k, and this was a DNF. It was a stupid, slapstick spy comedy that even fans of such (of which I am not one) did not enjoy. I was hoping, because it had Joo Won in, but...no. I could barely make it through the beginning. Two Weeks Okay, I liked this one. It is a drama not really for children or the undiscerning...but a good story in multiple ways. Itās one of those incredible redemption stories that I adored but that which is slightly harder to recommend to everyone indiscriminately. Basically, the MC made a terrible choice in attempting to protect someone he loved, and his life was destroyed. When the story starts, he is in a very bad place, and the story doesn't shy away from the depths to which he has sunk. When his ex-girlfriend finds him and tells him that she actually had the baby he demanded she abort, and that baby is now a young girl dying of leukemia who needs him donate stem cells...his life takes a different turn. Watching him fight step by step to believe that he can change, that he can become the person those he loves need so desperately, and come to a full understanding of what exactly he has done in the past...it's incredible. {There is a scene where he ends up helping a stranger deliver her baby, and the moment it truly hits him what he almost forced his girlfriend to do and that he might never have met his daughter if his girlfriend had followed through...gah.} This ^ scene, sure, might lose a few points for why is a man on the run from the police and the bad guys helping a random lady deliver a baby of all things? and is this too on the nose in forcing him to make up for not supporting his own family when he should have done so? But it all depends on how you feel about symbolism. XD Also, I just discovered, doing my usual fruitless search for a good MV of Two Weeks, that Japan has also done a version, which stars Miura Haruma. Which A) brb, watching that now, and B) that leads directly into: 5 Minutes to Tomorrow A man enters the twisting reality of a highly concerning pair of twin sisters...which one died and which one came home as his wife?Ā This also counts as a DNF, I guess, because I have tried to watch this movie 2-3 times and fallen asleep promptly every time, which is not a great recommendation for any kind of murder mystery. To be fair, the Chinese or Japanese movies I have watched have been few and far between. All of the latter, however have been the fault of the following drama: Bloody Monday 1-2 This is totally cheating and I really don't care. There are rare Korean or Japanese shows with seasons, so I'm utilizing that unique aspect. XD Anyway, it's been a while since I watched it, but I highlight it for 2 reasons: Miura Haruma and Sato Takeru. Ā Okay, just kidding. But I keep checking out and then dropping Japanese films and shows in hopes of one or the other of these two will be in another show as brilliantly addicting as this one. So far, Sato Takeru is the only one who has managed it. What made Bloody Monday so good? Plotting, pacing, characters. It is a j-drama/dorama, so be warned that compared to the k-dramas I tend to watch it is a little more graphic in terms of language, death, clothing choices, subject matter...but if you're looking for a fight-the-terrorist-save-the-world story utilizing a genius hacker and his best friends and a brilliantly charismatic villain..this is it. The villain subconsciously inspired a decent amount of my Contract to Time Travel character Ja-Il - his intelligence, his charisma, his relationship with his siblings...but one of the main reasons I love it is that the MC is so resoundingly true. When it comes down to saving his country or betraying his principles, what choice will he make? Tactically he may be stupid, but he's still practically a child, and the strength of his convictions matters to me. Also, I loved that season 2 did not pick up with everyone the same. It showed how people were hurt, how people were changed, how people grew up, from season 1. It hurt, but it felt real. Queen for Seven Days Speaking of watching new dramas because of who is in them...Park Min Young SLAYS in every drama I've seen her in (including rom com, which I DO NOT EVEN WATCH but which I have watched for her and pretty much died laughing over)...and Yeon Woo Jin (who...now that I think about it...I have watched a rom-com with him in it too...yikes...this is not me...) Maybe I'm an idiot for wanting to ruin the two rom-coms I've enjoyed in my life by seeing two of their leads in a tragedy, but...I have heard nothing but high praise for every aspect of this drama except the trailers, and once I get past my current stack of tragic historical dramas, I'm definitely going to watch this one. Five Fingers This one is on hold...to be honest, I only ever wanted to watch it because of the opening sequence of piano music, which I watched. All I know is it's about pseudo-brothers and revenge and pianos? And there's a fire in there somewhere? Which sounds like a fun combination, but I'm not sure as a story that has enough weight to pull me completely in. I might do better with my time to just learn some piano music for myself.... 38 Task Force Okay, for something not a revenge tragedy...this weirdly named show is for fans of Leverage and Seo In Guk. The relationships weren't quite so well done as I'd hoped, and the cons (which then became the point of it all) were minimally memorable. I remember one of them involved the main conman giving a speech at a fancy place...and another involved him coming up with a car out of thin air...and another had something to do with antiques and throwing money everywhere. So. I remember enjoying it enough to watch it...but not much else. Rating: Eh. School 2013 Aw...one more drama that is neither tragedy nor romance. It's a school drama about guilt, honesty, dreams, the impact of adult role models on troubled children, and a David-Jonathan friendship that went horribly wrong. As such it is a lot less weighty than most of the others on this list...yet while you're watching it you forget that the only thing at stake is the friendship of some high school boys and possibly their futures. Which I think is something Korean dramas sometimes excel at - is the tragic destruction of a friendship going to destroy the world? No, but when you're in the situation it might feel like it is, and the drama manages to pull you in so that you feel what they're feeling. Six Flying Dragons Sooooo....back to tragedies....*cough* Caveat: I have not yet finished this. But just the first few episodes plunged me into the founding of a nation and the creation of a man - I love how Korean dramas are not afraid to spend the time setting up the world and showing you exactly what choices were made to make someone the person they became. And maybe itās a bloody mess of history but itās tragic and fascinating and even if largely fictionalized there is so much to learn from history, let alone about story-telling. Iām looking forward to watching this one as a whole. Ā What is your favorite drama or movie with a number in the title? Which of the above have you watched? XD