Dear BDH,
We love you thiiiiiiis much. Please stop offering to hire mafia hitmen. Also, please do not perform rituals cursing the unnamed paint contractors. That is not good for you. We had to lock the comments.
Love,
Your Hosts.
In the end, it’s paint. Yes, it sucks, but it’s only paint. It can be fixed with money and inconvenience. The house is clean and feels a bit more like home. We will get it fixed.
Let’s talk about something else.
I have watched this. It was amazing
He dies and pops back into his body a decade before his own death. This is called a portal fantasy. Political intrigue, found family, competence porn. Happy ending. Lee Joon-gi is a real martial artist. The fight scenes were great. Everything was great. I liked it so much, I have this on my playlist now.
I am watching this. It is amazing.
The magic! The fighting! The angst! The funnies!
I will watch this. It will be amazing.
Now you do your three.
PS. Mod R will be gone for a few days, so it will be me moderating. ::rolls up sleeves:: I think I still remember how.
I will have to get Hulu just to watch this the princess love the trailer . Don’t have viki but might check if it is offered in alaska.
I have watched it and it’s amazing: Vincenzo, on Netflix and Descendants of the sun on Viki
I am curretly watching this : Goblin on Viki and Tomorrow on Netflix
I will watch W on Viki
Dang, sorry to hear about the house.
The movies look interesting.
Thanks to all who have put up reccs! I bow to you.
I have a bit of a different Asian recommendation if anyone else gets in the mood for an “over the top” action flic that is fun to watch. I had a blast watching RRR on Netflix. Unashamedly OTT, Indian action movie set during the English colonization period. Beautifully done, broken all records in India and been a (suprise) hit in Europe and now US. And yes, there is a dance number in the movie itself (kinda reminded me of the competition dance number from 7 Brides for 7 Bros, for some reason) and then a really fun one after the movie ends. But the film itself is almost non-stop action, with two fun protagonists against the English villians. BElieve it or not over a 3 hr movie that went by pfffst!
Agreed, Again My Life was fantastic, and Lee Joon Gi (이준기), was amazing as the mail lead.
I loved He is Psychometric and The Devil Judge (Park Jinyoung is one of my faves) I also enjoyed Itaewon Class. I haven’t started Strange New Worlds but I love Star Trek Discovery. I’ll need to check out the kdramas on Viki you mentioned.
Only Murders in the Building on Hulu. It’s silly and funny and mystery all rolled in one. Loving it! Just about to watch season 2!
I’m really liking Beware the Chicken by Casual Farmer. They have book 1 on Amazon. Other chapters are on Royal Road
Yup, Lee Joon Gi is excellent at fight scenes, always a joy to watch.
Again My Life is on my plan to watch list.
Ooooo Alchemy of Souls is great so far! Fun and has magic! Only the wait each week for new EPs is torturous 😀
Just re-watched The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion in anticipation of the 2nd part coming out. First one was great and just one word – charisma. Our female and male lead were oozing it. Like seriously, they were totally rocking the characters.
And from trailers 2nd part looks to be excellent as well.
And just started watching the currently airing Why Her?
Promising so far and the lead couple does have veeeery nice chemistry.
So I read through half the comments and was surprised to find no one had mentioned these Kdramas yet:
Have watched: Vincenzo (netflix) -perfect blend of serious and comedic elements, big pharma, heist and La Familia. Just really fun.
Would also recommend Itaewon Class. Chinese Drama: Kings Avatar is good if you like gamer culture.
Am watching: Harrow (hulu) – a forensic pathologist played by Ioan Gruffudd (whom I’ve love since Hornblower- based on an excellent naval book series btw)
Will watch: Just got my friends Apple TV ID to watch All for Mankind.
Excited to see a “self-saving” princess film 🙂
Oo I am also watching Alchrmy of souls currently and it is indeed amazing! . Some cool recommendations-
W two worlds
strong girl do bong soon
Goblin
Sell your haunted house
+1 on all of these!
Dang!!! Now I want to watch The Princess and I don`t have hulu! Grrrrr!
So cool thanks for the suggestions
I watch a lot less TV than I used to (I’m on a reading kick lately), but I have finished Move to Heaven recently on Netflix and that drama is a balsam for the soul. It’s thoughtful and heartfelt and makes you care about the characters so so much.
I don’t really watch tons of TV but we have been watching the latest Marvel instillation, Ms Marvel and it’s pretty great.
I have trouble paying enough attention to the TV to actually read sub titles but I maybe I should give it another try. All of your recs look pretty cool.
Well let’s have a theme. The Irishman, Assassin’s Bodyguard, and “Summoning Demons and Assassin’s to harvest the souls of bad paint contractors.”
Doctor John – A lovely weeper; Kill Me Heal Me – Ji Sung is so good! Also Devil Judge
Descendants of the Sun – So much fun and of course Vincenzo
I’m started watching Namgoong Min and enjoying The Veil – Its so different from his other stuff
Who else saw The Princess preview and screamed ‘Shrek’ in there head? Princess Fiona for the win
I usually lurk but have fallen in love with Kdrama’s.
Romance is a Bonus Book which is set in a publishing house so much about how a book is made. A former copywriter get a job because she’s been out of the work field for too long, lies on her resume to get an entry level job. Budding romance between the editor and her.
Her Perfect Life: Curator of an art museum who tries to keep her fangirling of a pop star secret because it’s considered unprofessional by the director who is horrible and takes all the credit for curator’s innovations. Enter the new director, a former artist who develops Stendhal syndrome, and sparks fly.
Hospital Playlist: 5 doctors and their relationship with each other, patients, and family.
+1 Her Private Life which I am watching now and is freaking hilarious ????
Yep, that’s what I meant. Her Private Life, not Perfect life. Slip of the keys. All can be found on Netflix. Enjoy!
I got into K-dramas because of Ilona. She recommended “Love in the Moonlight” and I fell hard for Park Bo Gum. I like to know more about artists I follow (which is why I follow this blog), so I looked up more on that actor and found his trip to Jeju Island with V and that got me into BTS. Sigh. “Her Private Life” pretty much is me now. I am learning Korean and spending all my money at the Weverse shop. I blame/ thank you very much, Ilona. It has opened a whole new world of debt and happiness.
“I Remember You” (2015) on Viki has Park Bo Gum and Seo In Guk and it is an incredibly well directed and well acted psychological thriller. I’ve seen the entire thing at least 3 times.
OOOHH. Thank you for the recs!
I’m so very sorry about the subcontractors. Your “OMG how did we miss that” story is–the guys who did my place in Austin had never used stain before. So they painted the stain onto our ash kitchen cabinets. They had to soak the wood in paint thinner to get the ghastly brown “paint” to look right on the cabinets. We heard lots of laughter and singing when we dropped by briefly at one point.
I would still be screaming. Hope the pool is a comfort.
I will offer something different that might be fun. There’s a new version of FRUITS BASKET out. Word has it that people who love anime like it.
I dug out some comfort movies this week. PERSUASION with Amanda Root may be slow for you, but PRACTICAL MAGIC worked nicely as a movie.
Hang in there. Hope they can fix this.
I love Persuasion with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds — it’s one of my favorite movies. When it came out on disc, years ago, I gave copies to my sisters and friends.
I love Lee Joon-Gi, and Again My Life. Such good action scenes. He was great in Flower of Evil, too.
Do you like Ji Chang Wook? He has good action scenes, too. I loved him in Healer.
I subscribed to Viki when the pandemic started and have watched a staggering amount of K dramas since then. ???? I binge watch and knit or spin yarn after my kids go to bed.
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Thank you for the recs!
I have so many “favorite” k-dramas… so I’m going to give 3 all-time favs by genre ^^ (I have not seen most of them recommended in the comments of this post).
– Life & romance: Heart to heart, Pasta, A Piece of Your Mind
– Thriller: Signal, Two weeks, Mad dog (the last one has a bit more of a “Leverage” feel)
– Supernatural/Fantasy: Oh my Ghostess, Chicago Typewriter, The legend of the blue sea
– Science-fiction: Circle (= Circle: Two Connected Worlds), Duel, Awaken
– Historical: Six flying dragons, Mr Queen (hilarious!), Warrior Baek Dong Su
And amongst the dramas I’ve watched a bit more recently : Law School, It’s ok to not be ok & Snowdrop
Now I’m going to go & watch Again my life ^^
I was waiting until all the episodes had been released and kind of forgot about it, so thanks for reminding me of this one!
I have been watching “Julia” on HBOMax. It’s about Julia Child trying to get “The French Chef” on air. It’s a good show and I’m really enjoying the costumes. The only problem is it always makes me hungry.
I’m also re-watching “Firefly” because…it’s “Firefly.” It’s one of the best sci-fi shows ever in my opinion. Funny, dramatic, with a crew of criminals trying to (occasionally) do the right thing in a mess up universe.
I’m also trying to catch up on “Ricky and Morty.” It is very hard to describe but basically it’s a sci-fi comedy about a mad scientist grandfather, Rick, who has misadventures with his grandson, Morty. Even though it’s a comedy there is philosophy loosely woven in and the show can get surprisingly deep at times.
I just got to the last episode of the Widow on Amazon Prime. I never have the patience to binge watch and I binged watch this. The story evolves in jump backs and memories, but it never gets confusing, and Kate Beckinsale is awesome as a human and not a vampire.
Strange New Worlds, the new Star Trek series on Paramount Plus is an amazing episodic series that gives OT Star Trek vibes, but without the suck of the typical first year of the series.
I discovered that ALL of the Agatha Christie episodes from Masterpiece are on Britbox, and am watching them all over again. Hercule Poirot is one of my favorite characters.
I saw a trailer for The Princess and I want to see it sooo badly
I’ve enjoyed watching a dozen or so Turkish series, but have only sampled a few Korean series (other than watching the Korean zombie show, Kingdom — which is great).
My most recent Netflix 1, 2, 3 are —
1) I loved Peaky Blinders. The final season wraps things up well.
2) I’m loving Umbrella Academy’s third season.
3) I’m more than ready for the second half of this season of Stranger Things.
KDRAMASSSS!
Totally recommend these dramas.
My love from the star
Crash landing on you
Secret Garden
The Moon Embracing the Sun
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So addictive and fun to watch!