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Rants and Weekly Raves (RAWR) #471

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Anne: Hello Drama Lovers! Another couple of weeks have gone by, and I haven't made much progress in my drama watching.  But this week, there will be a change of pace. I will be discussing two Korean shows, both on Netflix. Officer Black Belt The first one isn't a drama series, it's actually a movie. I started this because of Kim Woo Bin. And it was pass 11pm and I didn't want to stay up too late... It was, for the most part, a fun watch. Lee Jung Do is a young man who spends his days having fun, playing games with his friends or learning various marital arts/fighting techniques. While delivering food for his dad's restaurant one day, he comes across two men fighting. When the "criminal" got the upper hand, Lee Jung Do stepped in and "helps". Due to this act, he is introduced the parole unit. His natural fighting skills makes him a natural fit to fill in for the injured officer he saved that day. Since it is a movie, it is quite fast paced. Be war

Rants and Weekly Raves (RAWR) #470

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Anne: Happy Tuesday, or Wednesday, or whenever this post is read. Hope everyone in the US had a good three-day weekend. I spent the entire weekend debating if I should work or not. Am I crazy, or am I just a masochist? But, my laziness won out, and I decided to move a training presentation to the next week instead of trying to finish it with my other 3 presentations. I have spent a lot of time watching my YouTube dramas, but I did managed to catch one main stream production. Faithful Love (流光引 ) This one is a bit hard to find based on the English title, due to the fact that there are too many other similar titles that came out this year. I can't remember why I started this show, out of all the others that aired in the last three weeks. I think it was the "God of War" mention and the "illegitimate daughter", both of which have been in my favorite short dramas lately. Well... everything points to this being a period drama of some sort...imagine my confusion when t