Previously: Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – June – July – Aug – Sept – Oct
Completed:
- YG Future Strategy Office – this counts as a drama, right? I’m counting it, anyway, since my completed list this year is woefully small and it can use all the bolstering it can get. I’m also apparently one of the few people in the world who thoroughly enjoyed it, cringe-worthy mockumentary style and all. It made me laugh and I want more of this stupidness plz.
Currently Watching:
- The Guest – the last episode airs when this posts so I’m thisclose to putting in the completed pile. It’s also one of the best dramas I’ve seen all year* despite my instinctive aversion to horror (although, to be fair, the scary bits lose their oomph once you’ve spent hours editing screencaps thanks to a director who likes to shoot everything in utter darkness). *this is also the director who gave us Black so I can’t say anything truly definitive until the last second airs.
Dropping/Skipping:
- Er… everything? I think I gave just about every premiere a go last month, but didn’t get past the first week with any of them. Not because I didn’t want to (at least, in some cases), but because I was overwhelmed by all the premieres and couldn’t stick with one show – so I stuck with none show (okay, that’s not proper grammar, but it rhymes!). I’ll probably go back later eventually and pick up a few things to binge at my leisure, but I make no promises.
Upcoming dramas of interest:
- Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter – I’m not the greatest fan of Moon Chae Won, but this drama looks adorable and ridiculous and has a cast of a lot of my other favorites, so I’m excited to see if it lives up to my expectations (mostly I’m excited about a show with fantasy elements!).
- Happy If You Died – I like the cast and the premise sounds interesting. But I won’t have lots of time to watch anything in November, so I’m content to wait to hear about the buzz and add it to my watch-list to binge later if need be.
- Top Star Yoo Baek – this looks cute and zany, but I’m not sure I’d put it high on my list. Maybe it’ll be a fun binge when I’m looking for something delightfully dumb and ridiculous.
- Red Moon Blue Sun – Kim Sun Ah, the love of my heart! I’m excited for this primarily because of her, but this writer makes me think it’ll be an intriguing mystery, too.
- Priest – it’s an OCN drama about an exorcist. *squints* I’m not exactly sure I’m ready to immediately dive back in the supernatural after spending all this time with The Guest.
- Clean With Passion For Now – this has potential, but I feel like I need to know a little more before I make a decision. It’s not high on the list but I’ll keep an ear out for the buzz to see if it’s the kind of thing I want to add to my list.
- Bad Detective – I am both wary and excited, since I enjoyed Luther and this is the remake. But because it’s a remake, I have no idea if it will be a quality remake along the lines of The Good Wife or Life on Mars, or a complete disaster like Criminal Minds. The production team doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence, but omg the cast! I know nothing can compare to Idris Elba, but Shin Ha Kyun is a total ahjussi crush so I’m already game.
- Boyfriend – nothing about this particularly appeals to me. Maybe it’ll turn out to be amazing, but it doesn’t sound like the drama for me.
- SKY Castle – this sounds boring on paper but I’m still dying to check it out since it’s from the writer of Bridal Mask (among other things) and the director of Harvest Villa (among other things) so I feel like it has to be more than the premise we’ve been given. Plus it stars women in their thirties and forties and it’s not the usual weekend drama (well, it airs on the weekend, but it’s JTBC), so I wanna root for the show to do well just to give these ladies awesome recognition. Basically I want another cracktastic Woman of Dignity-esque drama, plz.
The Obsessive Dilettante 