God of War (Moo-Shin 무신 武神) is superb. Gripping story (I was riveted the whole. time.), impeccable direction (courtesy of Time Between Dog & Wolf's Kim Jin-Min), excellent casting (except for one rather glaring weak link, but here's hoping she finds her footing soon), GORGEOUS score (much as I loved Tree With Deep Roots, didn't think the music ( Read more... )

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*weeping*



No complaint about the soundtrack this time around, it's gorgeous, pitch-perfect and wrenching.

Coherent thoughts later. Maybe.

There isn't much to nitpick about yesterday's Tree With Deep Roots--it was a strong episode with important developments for the characters, and I was hardly the only one who was moved to tears by the end. But there was a serious misstep, which was all the more annoying because of the overall quality of the episode. Out of nowhere, they decided to ( Read more... )

Given my past behavior after a prolonged obsession with a k-drama, I seriously doubt I'm going to be following this in realtime but it does look good, with the first signs at its ties with IRIS:

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to end all withdrawals by the end of the year... I want Daemul to end properly, on schedule, on a wonderful note for this great journey, but I will have a hard time of letting it go. Just can't believe I'll only have four weeks left after tomorrow ( Read more... )

* HyeRim makes an adorable drama drunk, though those boilermakers remind me of a similar situation I faced a few years back and the worst agonizing, 'kill me now' kind of hangover I suffered the day after. ::shudder::

I thought her hangover in ep. 8 was really cute (as entertainment):


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was (yet again) my first thought on seeing the latest poster for Athena. Not in the 'I'd like to watch it again' sense, but I miss the gritty, intense, alert, pulsating fun of watching IRIS:


(#10 track Chase from the IRIS OST Special)

Neither Runaway nor Athena need be the same (and it's just a poster in the latter case), but it feels like ( Read more... )

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