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DiscussionWhat are you watching now?
Posted September 30, 2024 by floral in Television

After a long TV hiatus I have finally decided to start watching again for a bit. It wasn’t for any exact reason other than it can be a time sink and I wanted to do other things, but I’m currently on a saving money journey for a bit and 🏴‍☠️ some shows is one of the ways I can keep my costs down.

Currently just started Cinderella After 2AM, a Korean drama about a working class young woman who gets paid to dump her boyfriend, a bribe from his rich mom.

I also discovered how much I LOVE watching TV when the sound comes through my noise cancelling headphones. A way more pleasant experience than traditional viewing without for me, especially because my apartment complex can be noisy sometimes.

If anyone has any Korean dramas they rec, I would love to hear about them.

Forgot to add in at first that I still want to know what you’re watching even if it’s not Korean, that just happens to be my jam right now!

24 comments

Carrots90September 30, 2024

Was Parasite a Korean drama?

I haven’t yet seen it but my daughter loved it

floral [OP]September 30, 2024(Edited September 30, 2024)

It was, yes. Well, a Korean movie. I quite enjoyed it myself.

steelwomanSeptember 30, 2024

Bake Off - new season coming out!

truthisnthateSeptember 30, 2024

This isn't a Korean drama, but ....I just started watching THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE on amazon prime, it is a wonderful women-centered series. If you enjoyed CALL THE MIDWIFE you may also like this.

Here is a nyt review: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/arts/television/the-bletchley-circle-on-pbs.html

MascaraRunsFreeSeptember 30, 2024

I'm reading about Bletchly Park (?) right now, it's so interesting. Thanks for the tip! I want to watch this, and it's affordable!

RegularFeministSeptember 30, 2024

The Bletchley circle is amazing!

MandySeptember 30, 2024

I loved:

Crash Landing on You

Coffee Prince

Dear My Friends

Goblin

Vouivre_in_meSeptember 30, 2024(Edited September 30, 2024)

Crash landing on you is somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine - the storyline is so over the top ! I was in love with all the secondary characters/North Korean soldiers.

kuzcos_poisonSeptember 30, 2024

The soldiers were great, weren't they? Compelling and heartwarming personalities. I liked the women in the village as well. Lots of fun dynamics there.

EvileineSeptember 30, 2024

We're rewatching Blue Eye Samurai atm. It's gory, but a really fun watch otherwise.

We're in the middle of Scavenger's Reign, an animated scifi that's really quite mind blowing.

Bakeoff has started, and it's a promising season. Alison Hammond is such a breath of fresh air after Creepy Uncle Fester's seasons.

Looking forward to the new season of Severance.

I was planning on watching Rings of Power. I mean, last season was problematic, but it was still a fun watch. I've read a lot of bad things about this season, so I'm not sure I want to waste the money.

How's the Wheel of Time these days? I've only seen the first season, but I loved it. Rosamund Pike is so gorgeous.

RegularFeministSeptember 30, 2024

Scavengers Reign is awesome! I am absolutely in awe of the artists' and writers' creativity. I love all the creatures on Vesta!

EvileineOctober 2, 2024

Yes, I'm blown away by their creativity.

norman_batesOctober 1, 2024

Rings of Power S2 is resoundingly 'meh' as expected. It looks nice but the substantive scenes are too far apart. It made me feel emotions for Celebrimbor by purely it own merit (since I haven't read the books) so that's an improvement over S1.

EvileineOctober 2, 2024(Edited October 2, 2024)

I'm a huge Tolkien nerd, and get upset when programs deviate from his writing. I get how ridiculous it is as it's all made up in the first place, but I still hate it when they deviate from the "real" story.

Also, I hate it that Gil-Galad in Rings of Power is the pure embodiment of an aging high school football star turned used car salesman. In fact, a lot of their casting sucks when it comes to the elves. The actress playing Galadriel is pretty amazing though.

norman_batesOctober 10, 2024

Totally agree with you about the elves. I was convinced Gil-Galad was Matt Berry for a hot minute since I only saw him in armor at first, having missed an episode, and if they were intending to go for goofy Chad bro-elf I wish they had hired Berry.

SherSeptember 30, 2024

Watching High Potential - A single mum with the deductive powers of Sherlock Holmes, its quite good but only two episodes in so far. Also Slow Horses - Great cast, on season 4.

Vouivre_in_meSeptember 30, 2024(Edited September 30, 2024)

Oooo, I might be able to help you - I have only watched Korean movies/dramas for the past two years (got tired with western scripts) :

One dollar lawyer - you laugh, you cry, and then they make you laugh again. Actors are stellar - all of them. Story of an ex-prosecutor turned lawyer who takes on cases for only 1000 wons (around 1 dollar). The story is way deeper than that, but I can't summarize it.

Reply 1988- Story of a few families living in the same neighborhood. Got to go past the first/second episode as it is very dense. Then, it's just perfect. Love all the characters. So well written

Escape from Mogadischu - movie based on true story of how ambassy workers (both North Korea and South Korea) tried to escape Mogadischu as civil war broke out. I was RI-VE-TED. One of the best historical/action movie I have ever seen. Actually cried at the end, for both parties involved.

Be melodramatic - slice of life with my favorite actress JEON YEO-BEEN. The story revolves around women living together.

I have more, but I don't want to spam :D Hope you find something you like

RegularFeministSeptember 30, 2024

I am currently watching Mama Cake (2024) - a Mexican comedy about an elderly woman who bakes cakes with a special touch. It's a bit silly sometimes, but I find it really funny.

m0RT_1September 30, 2024

Nothing has caught my attention for quite a while so looking forward to some recommendations

some Korean dramas I liked in the past. Alchemy of Souls & Bulgasal: Immortal Souls.

Others that i haven't seen yet but are meant to be good "Under the Queen's Umbrella" & "Empress Ki"

norman_batesOctober 1, 2024

Not Korean, but thinking about Kdramas reminds me of the anime, "The Way of the Househusband" from a couple years ago. It's a cute, mindless guilty pleasure if you didn't catch it. There's a Netflix anime and a live action version I have not watched.

My girlfriend is making me watch Arcane, which I must begrudgingly say is good. Same with Yellowjackets.

RegularFeministOctober 2, 2024

Loved Arcane too! Can't wait for season 2!

vulvapeopleOctober 1, 2024

In terms of new-ish shows, I've been watching The Righteous Gemstones and Severance. I've also been rewatching Xena for probably the third time. I'm looking forward to the next season of the C.B. Strike show, although I have no idea when that's supposed to drop.

norman_batesOctober 1, 2024

Severance is fantastic. It's challenging in a really masterful way.

kuzcos_poisonSeptember 30, 2024

Currently watching Taskmaster (UK series) on YouTube.

K-dramas I enjoyed in the past: Crash Landing On You, and Master's Sun. Master's Sun starts off with a horror vibe but it eases and gets fun.