Surprisingly Enjoyable

I have reconsidered this series multiple time whether I should watch it or not as It's not something I usually watch, however I decided to give it a go as I ran out of series I really wanted to see and I've been pleasantly surprised by this series. The series itself was full of action, drama and a great story.

The acting was probably one of the strongest part of the series as all main characters did an outstanding job with Kim Su Hyun as Lady Maeda being the absolute highlight for me. She played her role as a true villain. The story itself had it's few dropdowns at several occassions, but at other times was very unpredictable with an example to the last few shots of the series.

The music however wasn't the highlight of the series and have definitely seen series with better ones.

Regarding the rewatch value, It's something I do not take into account as I never re-watch a series.

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As I had a huge list to watch, I did not find any time to watch Squad 38. Eventually I managed to squeeze it in and I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised with this series. A refreshing mix of crime, suspense with a very very light touch of romance. The story itself was quite unique and caught me off guard at several occasions making you doubt whether this or that was part of their plan. Ma Dong Suk did an excellent job as boring Seowon's City Hall's Tax Chief who eventually ended up with a team of conman in order to retrieve the tax those taxpayers refused to pay by avoiding law and tax cheats. Seo In Gook did an excellent job as main conman, while I was most definitely fan of Lee Sun Bin and her performance. The only downside was that I am not so fan of it's OST, but that's just a minor detail.

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Signal has always been a series which caused me doubts whether I really like it or not as the summaries I have read about this series did not really catch my eye, so I am glad that I gave it the benefit of the doubt (thanks to you voters!) and I ABSOLUTELY love it! It is pretty safe to say that this series is among my favourites right now.

The story was well-created and told in a way that it would keep your interests throughout the show, in which they mislead you with different plot twists and side stories, which eventually were connected to the main story itself.  By dealing with several crime/rape cases. the producers and directors approached each crime in a different way. For example in one crime, you'll know the culprit immediately, while in others you did not. They did even hire the perfect actors/actresses for specific roles as all three of them exceeded my expectations with their performance, especially Lee Je Hoon's role as Park Hae Young impressed me.

So I definitely recommend you all to watch it if you haven't watched it as of yet. It is totally worth it.

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As I am very fond of Historical dramas, I thought I may give Hwarang a shot. Even though it was not that bad, the series did not meet my expectations, while having so much potential. The series had some decent side stories, which were pleasant to watch. However failed to meet any expectation of mine with their main story, which was very lacking, basic and weak. No clue why this series actually got twenty episodes as I am sure it would have fitted in just sixteen episodes. The actors were not doing a bad job and must say that they were up to standards, however I don't think Go Ah Ro (I like her as an actress though) should be used for a character like this.

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I selected a rewatch value of 1 as I do not like to watch any series again if I have watched it as I already know what's going to happen.

Tong: Memories is a 12 episode series of 15 min. about a group of friends involved in street fighting. The series is outstanding when it comes to their fighting scenes as they are very realistic and pretty much little to no special effects in it. The acting of the actors was up to standard and the music scenes fitted, unfortunately it lacks a bit of a story in it as to me it is very basic.

So if you have spare time or just want to watch it during a short ride in a bus/train or whatever, I would recommend you to watch it.

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I watched Operation Mekong during my flight back to home as it was pretty much the only Asian show I didn't watch and did contain subtitles. It is a film about a Chinese operation together with Thailand, Myanmar and Laos to clean up a certain gang which is very active within the Golden Triangle to illegally transport drugs accross borders (although you will only see the Chinese point of view)

The series was a bit basic, though there was plenty of action for those who prefer that. I would have preferred if characters were a bit more described, though the film did have some good features in it too as their own soldiers were vulnerable to enemy bullets too. Actors spoke in their language too, so it was not uncommon to hear thai, lao or burmese.

Overal it was an ok movie if you are bored, however do not expect a great piece of filming.

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Crash Landing on You caught my interest from the day it was announced that tvN ordered it and the channel did promote it quite heavily for one of the series to watch for 2020, which made me even more curious to watch it and couldn't wait for it to start..... However the series did not meet my high expectations and it eventually took me much longer to finish than I, myself had anticipated. It wasn't bad, pretty enjoyable, but it simply did not meet my expectations.

The story had potential and was unique in it's way (which you obviously can read by reading the summary), I found that the producers/directors and writers repeated certain stories over and over again simply to fill in certain episodes to be at least 16 episodes long, while I wished the production went more in depth to their backstories and families surrounding them to really understand the trouble they've been through and understand the stories/anger of certain characters, which they kept vague and were forced to be guessed by us.

Concerning the actors, the cast was enjoyable and Hyun Bin was definitely one of the key holders in this drama, however I was not a fan of Son Ye Jin playing her role as Yoon Se Ri as everything was just too much in any form of emotion that it simply became ''fake''

The music was nothing to comment about it as it was good and enjoyable and I find the ''rewatch'' value always a difficult thing to judge as I never feel like I want to rewatch a series I have already watched, so I just stick to the note I gave for the series myself.

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