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Dramaland Forecast: July 2017

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Previously: 2016 – Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – June

Completed:

  • Chicago Typewriter – it started out slow and I was *thisclose* to dropping it around ep 5 because I didn’t care about the modern timeline dynamics, but ep 6 was good and then it just got better and better until the ending crushed my heart in all the best ways.
  • Man to Man – a fun, idle binge! Even though I wasn’t super invested, I loved every moment Park Sung Woong was on my screen (he can do no wrong!). I preferred the goofier side of the drama than the srs bzns spy stuff, but the action scenes were pretty slick and I liked the production values. I don’t regret wasting my time on this show although I will probably forget it ever existed.

Currently watching:

  • Super Family 2017
  • The Best Hit
  • Duel

Dropping/skipping:

  • I purposefully didn’t start many dramas this month knowing that I wouldn’t have time for them. I’m waiting for Lookout, Circle, Secret Forest, and Fight My Way to end so I can binge at my leisure (and no one had better spoil me on Circle until I do because that’s the one I’m most looking forward to – I’ve worked incredibly hard to avoid spoilers so far and you don’t want to make me cry, do you? Do you?)
  • Oh and I also plan to look into Woman of Dignity but my hopes are sub-basement level and I’m only doing it for my love of Kim Sun Ah.

Upcoming dramas of interest:

  • School 2017 – I never watched the 2015 version but I really enjoyed the 2013 version (all my beloved students with their various problems, and the reunion of the Baby-faced duo Jang Na Ra and Daniel Choi). Although, based on this writer, I have a feeling there will be loads more humor than tears.
  • Strongest Deliveryman – I know nothing about this except it has Go Kyung Pyo in his first leading role, so of course it has my attention.
  • Reunited Worlds – “A love story between an 18-year-old man and 31-year-old woman, born in the same year and were childhood friends.” Well, this is certainly a new take on the noona romance. The writer is dependably okay and I like the cast even though no one particularly excites. I’m curious but not to the point where I’ll make a point to clear my schedule for the premiere.
  • Save Me – I love OCN thrillers (esp. in the Sat/Sun timeslot) as much as anyone, maybe even more than most, but… but… Taecyeon.  I dunno if I can last a whole drama with him as the lead.
  • Man Who Dies To Live – the plot is vague but the cast is decent. There’s potential here but I’m gonna need more info.
  • Manhole – “Bong Pil and his five friends travel between the past and present through a manhole in order to stop a wedding scheduled a week later.” Starring Jaejoong and UEE and Baro. Heck, let’s get all the idol and ex-idol actors and make it a thing. From the writer of TEN and TEN 2 so it shouldn’t be quite as ridiculous as it sounds (but it better be just a little bit ridiculous. Just a little).
  • Hospital Ship – the plot makes me think of a gender flipped version of my beloved Matsuda Shota’s A Clinic on the Sea, so I’m tentatively willing to give it a chance if it promises me a quirky mix of characters.
  • Mojito – the plot sounds like a standard chaebol-candy rom-com buuuuuuuuuut Sung Joon and Baek Sung Hyun reunited? Yes, please!
  • Live – Noh Hee Kyung’s newest offering that potentially could star Lee Kwang Soo in a role that I’m hoping reflects more than just his comedic abilities. There’s no airdate set (some time next year, probably) and only a vague plot but MY BODY IS READY.

As always, any drama not listed means I have nothing new to add since the last mention and/or it’s not something I care about enough to add to the list.

Dramaland Forecast: May 2017

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Previously: 2016 – Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr

Completed:

  • None yet – all the dramas I’m watching are still currently airing!

Currently watching:

  • Super Family 2017 – ahh, I can’t believe we’re halfway through!
  • Radiant Office – if this show doesn’t give me at least one teeny-tiny scene where Hoya and Feeldog’s characters meet, I’mma cry.
  • Whisper – definitely not what it could have been but still entertaining enough to keep me focused on it, although maybe not my favorite choice to recap because there’s so much plot in each episode that it makes my brain hurt.
  • Tunnel – I’m not really invested in the main mystery, but I’m still planning to finish it, at least for Yoon Hyun Min’s sake and to see how the past will be rewritten whenever Choi Jin Hyuk finally returns to it (because he totally will… won’t he?).
  • Chicago Typewriter – ep 6 saved this from the drop list, and once again I get to experience “second-lead syndrome” for a ghost. Yeah, this will end well.

Dropping/skipping:

  • Tbh I’m genuinely surprised that I haven’t dropped anything. Just look at that list of what I’m watching! I’m still unsure how I’ve managed to keep up with it all (or mostly keep up with it). Chicago Typewriter came close, though, and there’s still a chance it will make this list. But as long as it gives me ghost shenanigans and lots of 1930′s flashbacks, it will still tentatively stay on the list.
  • Man to Man – I’m not consciously skipping this one, but the episodes I’ve downloaded have remained untouched (sorry, Park Sung Woong!). There’s just so much I want to watch right now and not enough time to do it. *cries*

Upcoming dramas of interest:

  • I don’t really have much to add from last month, actually. The dramas that I was eager and curious about last month are the still the dramas I’m hoping will do well once they air. I don’t think there’s been much new buzz to add, or at least any buzz that interests me. Then again, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really paid attention to anything other than what’s directly in front of me.
  • I’m not ready for the May premieres! I’m still watching too many things!

As always, any drama not listed means I have nothing new to add since the last mention and/or it’s not something I care about enough to add to the list.