The Duo - to watch or not to watch (and a bit on kdramas in general)
As you can tell, kdramas have largely disappointed me this year.
I am wondering if checking out The Duo may break that streak. Period dramas are my favorite genre, even if I generally prefer Chinese ones to their Korean counterparts
But the big problem is, the adults finally entered TD's story, nine (!!!!) episodes in. And when I consider that in order to watch Chun Jung Myung and the rest do their thing, I first have to watch 8+ hours of kids and teens, I blanch. Watching dramas should not feel like a chore. But that is the problem with having such a long intro - by the time the grown-ups show up, I lose interest. It's one thing if there were recaps and I can catch up that way but as is - ugh.
It doesn't help that while I like Chun Jung Myung, I am not into him enough to want to check out something he's in just because he's in it. And there is an almost total radio silence on my flist about this drama. I've checked out dramas I've initially dismissed because my flist loved them and was so persuasive (Baker King, Brilliant Legacy) but I hear nothing about TD.
As things stand, I am tempted to use my giant cdrama backlog to satisfy my period drama craving and just wait for Crime Squad/49 Days/Royal Family/Thorn Birds to start for my kdrama needs.
So, to watch or not to watch?
I am wondering if checking out The Duo may break that streak. Period dramas are my favorite genre, even if I generally prefer Chinese ones to their Korean counterparts
But the big problem is, the adults finally entered TD's story, nine (!!!!) episodes in. And when I consider that in order to watch Chun Jung Myung and the rest do their thing, I first have to watch 8+ hours of kids and teens, I blanch. Watching dramas should not feel like a chore. But that is the problem with having such a long intro - by the time the grown-ups show up, I lose interest. It's one thing if there were recaps and I can catch up that way but as is - ugh.
It doesn't help that while I like Chun Jung Myung, I am not into him enough to want to check out something he's in just because he's in it. And there is an almost total radio silence on my flist about this drama. I've checked out dramas I've initially dismissed because my flist loved them and was so persuasive (Baker King, Brilliant Legacy) but I hear nothing about TD.
As things stand, I am tempted to use my giant cdrama backlog to satisfy my period drama craving and just wait for Crime Squad/49 Days/Royal Family/Thorn Birds to start for my kdrama needs.
So, to watch or not to watch?