A new Korean drama has just started airing on 21 April 2017, replacing the super cutésie Strong Woman Do Bong Soon.
I have looked forward to the new drama after I saw a trailer starring Park Hae-Jin, a gorgeous clean cut Korean actor, who I first saw in the drama Cheese in the Trap. He was so good with his role that I’ve been watching his other dramas.
And of course, he is currently starring in Man to Man. Two episodes of the series have been released. But I am still not really hooked. Not because of Park Hae-Jin was lacking! He is still very good, in fact, he is maturing into a very fine actor.
But there is something about the drama that is rather off-putting, at the moment.
It is the lead actress, Kim Min-Jung; her character is too full on, that you want to strangle her or even banish her from the show. It is how they made up poor Kim Min-jung. The actress is pretty but she was made to look very androgynous with her full lips and enormous big eyes highlighted by her severe fringe, she looked like not a cuddly but rather a ferocious bush baby. She has so many scenes where she is annoyingly stalking either one of the main actors. I just wanted her to go away!
I noticed that the best scenes were the interactions between the two male leads and therefore, the female lead is really redundant.
Anyway, the drama series is about a popular action star Yeo Woon-Gwang played by Park Sung-Woong, who was being used by a government agency as a cover for a secret agent Kim Sul-Woo played by Park Hae Jin, for undercover work.
Park Hae Jin, looked so cool at the beginning of the drama, where he was a member of an elite team; as a sharp shooter, he saved a little girl from a terrorist but got court marshalled for insubordination.
Just for Park Hae-Jin, I will persevere to watch a few more episodes before I give a final verdict of continuing to the end or not. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Update:
25 April 2017, I opened Netflix and found Man to Man as being shown but sadly as an instalment just like normal series on telly!
More updates:
I tried watching episode 3 but fast-forwarded a great deal of the drama. It is just not catching my attention. 🙂 Episode 4 has also been released, at least a couple of days ago, and I am still undecided whether to watch it or not.
Probably, I’ll just let it pile up and watch the whole series in one lump.
I heard that Man to Man garnered the highest first episode rating in JTBC history. The trailer for the show was really thrilling. 🙂
But after the first episode, apparently, there was a sharp drop in the ratings.
Sadly they might not be able to remedy the situation by making the characters, especially that of the lead actress to be more viewer-friendly because the whole series was pre-packaged; it had been completed before it aired on television.
It is really important to introduce the characters and allow the development of empathy during the first episode, otherwise, viewers lose interest despite the good story.
