#twDrama #BreezeByTheSea is the first TW remake of a #kDrama I've seen. The first #kDrama remake of a #twDrama I'd already seen was #FatedToLoveYou and I love the #kDrama remake SO MUCH MORE than the TW original. Into ep 5/18 and this one is shaping up to be the other way round.

I dropped #TopStarYooBaek, picked it up more than a year later and found it better than I expected. But this remake is AWESOME - quieter, less frenzied and with much more low-key emotion. The total runtime is only ~50 minutes shorter, but the pacing feels sharper and more lively. Plus, the fact that the 2 leads have been leads together before clearly helps with their onscreen chemistry.
The other BIG difference is geography: one BIG difference - the #kDrama set on a remote Island, the #twDrama shot on Kinmen, an island in sight of the country that almost certainly will one day invade it, as the screenshot shows

#EYDC2025 #EndOfYearDramaChallenge

Day 4: Fave orirginal song

I tend not to notice these things but in rewatching #MyLoveFromTheStar, I found myself humming You Are My Destiny which was used before in #FatedToLoveYou with Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara.

OK I’ve finished my mad binge of #FatedToLoveYou #Kdrama
Lots of OTT acting, absurd coincidences, ridiculous humor, bad character decisions, over-used tropes, tacked-on ending episodes …
I LOVED IT
Even the side characters are wonderfully humanized, and the actors (main and side) are so good that I found myself laughing and crying.

But I think I need more Jang Hyuk. I’ve seen Deep Rooted Tree and My Country. What next?

Spouse, catching a couple of minutes of Jang Hyuk during my #FatedtoLoveYou binge: “That guy is weird.”

Well, yes. He is undeniably weird. And yet …. and yet… how do I explain 😂

#DramaRecsChallenge

Day 15: Undeniable Chemistry. FL/ML in Korean version of #FatedToLoveYou and FL/ML in #CLOY