Korean TV series

RedViking said:
Romance and Drama.

Yuck. Any thrillers?
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Give these a try:

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Agui Maeumeul Ilgneun Jadeul (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb

Agui Maeumeul Ilgneun Jadeul: With Nam-gil Kim, Jin Seon-kyu, Ryeoun, Kim So-jin. A crime thriller drama based on a web novel of the same name that contains the field experience of Kwon Il Yong, Korea's No. 1 profiler.
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Geomeun Taeyang (TV Series 2021) - IMDb

Geomeun Taeyang: With Min Namkoong, Ji-Eun Kim, Ha-seon Park, Jang Young-Nam. A spy investigation show with a story about a top National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent. In his endeavor to uncover the internal traitor that brought him to his downfall, he confronts a much bigger enemy behind the...
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Flower of Evil (TV Series 2020) - IMDb

Flower of Evil: With Lee Joon-Gi, Moon Chae-Won, Seo Hyun-woo, Choi Dae-hoon. "Flower of Evil" is a suspense melodrama about a man who hides his cruel past and changes his identity, while his detective wife tracks down his past.
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Some of the reasons I like the Korean TV series I've watched. Obviously your mileage might vary...
  • The Korean dramas seem to be technically better done than US or British TV series. Cinematography is clear and perfect, sound is better (less emphasis of music or sound effects overwhelming voices).
  • The plots are planned at the start. They can be complex, but since most series are 16 or 20 episodes, there isn't this thing of season after season of scriptwriters writing the most desperate things they can to meet the weekly deadline. The Korean TV hangs together.
  • The romances are generally pretty sweet, and there's a good chance you'll be getting a happy ending to the series. Frankly, I think we get enough real-world and gritty in our daily lives, thank you very much.
  • I don't know if it's the acting or direction (both, likely), but the acting is superb. The actors tell stories with facial expressions, with a quirk of the lips, twitch of the nose, or narrowing of the brow - you know what they're thinking or feeling.
  • There's character development. The characters change and grow throughout the series. And not just the main characters; many of the character have their own stories, and they change too.
  • There's often an element of destiny - the characters met as children, or have significant back stories, etc. I really like that. Not just the main characters too; many of the supporting characters have their own backstories.
 
Try:
Under the Queen's Umbrella
Glory
Dr Cha
The Good Bad Mother
Queenmaker
Sky Castle
 
Claymore said:
Some of the reasons I like the Korean TV series I've watched. Obviously your mileage might vary...
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I have one major problem with them..... I cannot even force myself to take the acting seriously.

Some of their movies are flawlessly magnificent but mostly even breathing seems to be overacted......
 
Claymore said:
Some of the reasons I like the Korean TV series I've watched. Obviously your mileage might vary...
  • The Korean dramas seem to be technically better done than US or British TV series. Cinematography is clear and perfect, sound is better (less emphasis of music or sound effects overwhelming voices).
  • The plots are planned at the start. They can be complex, but since most series are 16 or 20 episodes, there isn't this thing of season after season of scriptwriters writing the most desperate things they can to meet the weekly deadline. The Korean TV hangs together.
  • The romances are generally pretty sweet, and there's a good chance you'll be getting a happy ending to the series. Frankly, I think we get enough real-world and gritty in our daily lives, thank you very much.
  • I don't know if it's the acting or direction (both, likely), but the acting is superb. The actors tell stories with facial expressions, with a quirk of the lips, twitch of the nose, or narrowing of the brow - you know what they're thinking or feeling.
  • There's character development. The characters change and grow throughout the series. And not just the main characters; many of the character have their own stories, and they change too.
  • There's often an element of destiny - the characters met as children, or have significant back stories, etc. I really like that. Not just the main characters too; many of the supporting characters have their own backstories.
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Korean Romance is cringe most of the time.
 
Claymore said:
Anyone else been watching Korean TV series? I watched Crash Landing on You after a recommendation, and I've been hooked since. I'm still a bit weirded out by it, given I was a sci-fi/fantasy/crime watcher, and now I love Korean romance dramas. I guess it's a nice break from the real world, get tired of grittiness.
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Love them. Absolutely love them.
 
The Glory was awesome.

I'm busy with My Mister at the moment. Very slow burn, and lots of complicated relationships.
 
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