Time is melting down the speaker

[sovay]

I could without exaggeration have watched sixteen movies in the time it took me to watch Crash Landing on You (사랑의 불시착, 2019), maybe more if some of those movies were pre-Codes, but since this mostly a romantic drama but also a political noir, a corporate thriller, a double fish-out-of-water comedy, and intermittently a music video was very nearly the first media I have been able to watch since the end of May that I didn't dream up, I'm calling it a win for mental health and going to bed.

Comments

[asakiyume]

That definitely sounds like a win. Did you binge it?

[sovay]

That definitely sounds like a win. Did you binge it?

Yes, which I realize militates slightly against the mental health argument, but emotionally I say it still counts. I'm trying to decide if I can write about it or if I should just enjoy having watched something—a quite good something—at last.

[asakiyume]

Consuming something as a cure is a good part of complete mental health. You're good!

[skygiants]

I'M STILL EXTREMELY DELIGHTED

[sovay]

I'M STILL EXTREMELY DELIGHTED

I AM DELIGHTED BOTH THAT IT EXISTS AND THAT YOU TOLD ME.

[choco_frosh]

Yay win for mental health!

[sovay]

Yay win for mental health!

Thank you!

[lauradi7dw]

We've been partly focusing on Korean output for our stay at home entertainment. We watch some KBO Korean baseball on ESPN. We watched the first two episodes of "Crash Landing" last month and abandoned it, but we'll go back to it since you think it's worthwhile. In the meantime, we watched "Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung" (a costume drama set in the early 1800s), and most recently "Top Management" (made for Youtube, with good production values), which is primarily about the K-Pop world but has other stuff going on.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6JWep-40E

[sovay]

We watched the first two episodes of "Crash Landing" last month and abandoned it, but we'll go back to it since you think it's worthwhile.

Everyone's mileage varies, but I liked it a lot. It did not hurt that I glommed onto one of the supporting cast from his first appearance, but it helped that I liked both of the leads and their relationship and the romance itself did not give me a heteronormative migraine. I also enjoyed the way its complex storyline cohered out of a number of initially quite disparate threads and genres. I may not be the target audience for romantic kdramas in general, but this one, definitely. (The interweave of noir and comedy, again, did not hurt its chances.)

Thanks for the other recommendations!

[lauradi7dw]

We watched episodes 3 & 4 after I got your comment, and I think we will stick with it this time.
I didn't see "Parasite," but it was pointed out that two of the actors overlap. I can't find you an article that isn't full of cookies and ads. These are they
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4525883/?ref_=tt_cl_t21
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3745391/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t32
I've noticed that the IMDb puts family name last for the actors' names but family name first for the characters' names for cultures in which the latter is traditional. (Korean and Chinese productions, at least).

[sovay]

We watched episodes 3 & 4 after I got your comment, and I think we will stick with it this time.

I'm glad! Enjoy.

I didn't see "Parasite," but it was pointed out that two of the actors overlap.

Oh, that's neat. Well, they work very well together and I hope they keep doing it!

[pameladean]

That sounds like a win to me! P.

[sovay]

That sounds like a win to me!

Thank you!

[sartorias]

Oh, that was a fun one for late at night/exercise bike.

[sovay]

Oh, that was a fun one for late at night/exercise bike.

I do not watch a lot of TV, but I enjoyed this particular TV very much.

[sartorias]

I loved the N. Korean villagers, and the hero's squad.

[sovay]

I loved the N. Korean villagers, and the hero's squad.

Agreed. The character I glommed onto (as mentioned to lauradi7dw above) was Man-bok.