Dalrae Doen, Jang-guk: Yisimnyeonmanui Jaehoe

I like very much the actress who plays the young Jang Guk and the actress who plays the adult Jang Guk now called Dal Rae. I also like very much both the actors who play the role of young and adult Yu Joon Su. At first, the transition in time, 12 years later, was a little jarring. After watching for a few minutes, I adjusted to the change and find myself very involved in the lives of the hero and heroine.

The drama and acting was superb for this show. The storyline was especially different from any show or movie I've seen so it was a refreshing change. Great solid storyline and I was pleased with the ending. You won't be disappointed with this series!

After the absolute torture of the opening theme song (not speaking Korean it reminds me of a very bad 1970s Australian soapie theme sung to fingernails down a blackboard - apologies, the words might mean something to others but no translation was given), and a very slow first episode with lots and lots of wailing and screeching, i persevered it seems to be quite a good show so far with a good plot line, acting and character development. EDIT: great story, but the mothers have two volumes, SCREECHING and MEGA HYSTERICAL SCREECHING. I'd rate it higher but for these intolerable women.

I'm a total fangirl of Namkoong Min and am waiting patiently until his episodes really start. EDIT: it picks up in a great way when the 12 year jump happens!

Moral of this admittedly negative introduction? Skip the intro sequence if you can and you'll get a good, engaging, interesting story if you stick it out. Just hit the mute button when the screeching returns, which it does, often.

Should have kept original cast. After 12 years, changed actors. This was completely unnecessary. The younger actors could've played the older version rolls just fine. The producer should be shot. Actors after 12 years loose chemistry when interacting together. It's torture watching a completely re-casted show that Lost all the elements that made the first half of the show successful in the first place. Lead male was older, shorter, and non- charismatic. Episodes prior to the reunion were pretty good.

Classic Korean society always blaming the woman. Anyway, there are two major problems that completely ruined the drama. The first being the writing. The writer was creating new plot threads and doing nothing with them while having other plot threads left loose. Some major events and actions left without a follow up. No consequences were applied. The other major issue is the pacing. I can say with confidence the no one working on the project had any idea how many episodes they were making. This is why the major incident mentioned in the synopsis took 14 episodes in the past before moving to present day. It didn't leave a lot of room for the characters to develop in the present. What's even worse, none of the development from the past characters carries to the present. The only thing that was carried over is the fact that the incident happen. This created an irreversible disconnect. What's even worse than that is how every story doesn't progress or resume from the past until episode 25. The way the concluded every story is actually moronic. This drama didn't need more than 8 episodes to tell its story from start to finish.