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MBC Drama - Tempted / The Great Seducer - Woo Do Hwan, Park Sooyoung (Joy), Kim Min Jae, Moon Ga Young


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They went on Section TV!

 

And they trended

 

So MBC posted a video of Minjae dancing to Dumb Dumb on Radio Star and revealed that the 10% rating promise is to have Minjae do another Red Velvet dance cover

 

I want to see that so i'll start praying, though realistically speaking, whether the drama can reach double digits or not I do not know (I'm just hoping for a 5% tbh).

 

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So far, the ending for all the adaptations are all bad. Don't know if they'll apply the same thing to this version. 

 

 

I'd rather Sihyun and Taehee not end up together and not Sihyun die.

 

 

A major spoiler of the South Korean movie adaptation so open at your own risk!!!...

 

 

In Untold Scandal he dies and she commits suicide rlytearpls.png 

 

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But I don't think it makes sense for the modern era Taehee to commit suicide bc of a liar tbh, especially with the tough persona she has. At best, she'd be pissed af and becomes hellbent on taking revenge.

 

THOUGH 

 

IF SIHYUN AND TAEHEE WERE SET UP. THEN A SEX TAPE WAS RELEASED, RUINING TAEHEE'S LIFE...

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The same thing might happen. 

 

Why am I thinking of the dark turn when the drama hasn't happened yet jfc warstarplz.png

 

 

Another spoiler-filled post, so once again open at your own risk!

 

 

 

 

Lady Jung didn't exactly have the same character as Taehee does, she was really pure and innocent and she was aware of how much of a player Jo Won (Sihyun) was, so she only pushes him away to protect her purity, not because of the same reasons as Taehee supposedly does (Viewing love as a pathetic thing).

 

When Jo Won breaks up with her, her reputation was already ruined by Madam Jo (In the drama it would be Sooji) who spread out that she had slept with Jo Won so the combination of these two caused her to fall into a depressive state where she refused to eat or drink, in a sense Jo Won dying was the final trigger for her.

 

 

 

You could be right though, in Untold Scandal Madam Jo spreads out that Lady Jung slept with Jo Won and it was one of the triggers, if something like a sex tape or anything related to spreading Taehee's relationship with Sihyun happened in the drama, then we could get the same turn of events.

 

I do not want that to happen though rlytearpls.png warstarplz.png And I highly doubt we would get anything related to a sex tape in a public broadcasting system

 

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Ah, I'm tired of people commenting about Gayoung seeming like a lead actress more than Joy bc of the screentime in the highlight video and on pann when the main leads are meant to be all 4 of them. 

 

Though, character wise, is this the closest correlation between the source material and the drama?

 

Taehee - Madame de Tourvel

Shi Hyun - Valmont

Soo Ji - Merteuil 

Se Joo - ??? 

Hye Jung - Cecile but plotwise, isn't Taehee seemingly a Cecile also? 

Kyung Joo - Cecile's mother

Ki Young - Comte de Gercourt

 

Who's Danceny supposed to be?   

There is someone on twitter who has a thread about the drama comparing and finding similarities between what we have thus far and all of the source materials.

 

 

Sejoo is probably based on Valmont and Jo Won too, so if the theory is right the drama has 2 equivalents for Valmont.

 

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Early interview Vlive http://www.vlive.tv/video/62125

 

^ Is in 2 hours and 20 minutes

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Just watched! I just wrote an opinion somewhere else so i'm too lazy to get into details but I like the drama so far, is reminding me a lot of Cruel Intentions.

 

But the BGMs are so... Annoying... Please tone it down sound editing team.

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2nd highest of its timeslot! Should We Kiss First is recording above 10% so its timeslot rivals stand no chance, the minimum for public broadcast is usually 5% but in this particular case, 3% turns out to be a good result as it places it 2nd with highest viewership ratings.

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ummm,i don't think these are good ratings 

As I said, the minimum for public broadcast is 5%, but this performance isn't showing in current Monday-Tuesday dramas minus Should We Kiss First which will for sure record a 10% overall rating when it comes to an end (Perhaps higher than 10%).

 

The drama ranked third (Radio Romance) only recorded 2.9%, in this case in specific, 3.6% is enough and it makes it rank 2nd for its time-slot, the ratings will probably rise since supposedly it got good responses (However this can't be confirmed until someone properly translates netizen comments, praying for NetizenDrama to do it!).

 

Edit: The buzz is there, that is the most important type of response

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I just now watched the first 2 episodes without subtitles and so far so good. I still have to get used to the editing of the show. It was kind of weird for me. Understandable that there's less of Tae Hee in the first few episodes since the all the characters are just getting introduced. Her entry scene was so funny harharplz.png

I also feel like Joy's improved from her first drama so I'm happy overall. Can't wait for the next episodes and hope someone subs it. 

 

The two boys are definitely playboys imstupid.png

Girl subs came out ages ago imstupid.png

 

Use dramahood or quick-drama.

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Ah, the rating went down today though tbf, everyone except Radio Romance went down. 

 

But still, I just want the show to somehow rise to at least 5% lul rlytearpls.png rlytearpls.png rlytearpls.png

I don't understand why the ratings are so bad right now for most dramas in the time-slot idontthinksobetchplz.png  everytime I look at the ratings for Radio Romance I get salty af bc I expected it to be a hit lmao rlytearpls.png 

 

If it it could rise that would be lovely! But i'm just going to enjoy the drama without paying much attention to everything else laugh.png

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Yeah, at this point, I'm just enjoying the melodrama and silliness of the drama (like how I enjoyed Love O2O when it's so ridiculous).

What about cable drama? Do they seem to do better than the current public ones (sans My Golden Life ofc)? 

Can anyone explain why is there a large discrepancy between TNMS and Nielsen? 

I don't know about current cable dramas airing in the Monday-Tuesday time-slot, but is pretty clear public broadcasting systems currently are showing the same performance as cable dramas in the time-slot when they should be showing a performance of 5-7% (8-10% and above for those with above-average performance).

 

Is rather confusing because a public broadcast shouldn't be expected to record less than 5% but most public dramas in the Mon-Tues time-slot are underperforming like ??? Radio Romance has Kim Sohyun and is really only recording 2.9% on its now final episodes, what is going on...

 

With MBC the ratings have been bad for a while so the underperformance of Tempted could be a mixture of impact of underperformance from previous dramas and MBC getting an idol as their female lead for the 2nd consecutive time (The predecessor to Tempted was Two Cops and the female lead was Hyeri), the hatred for idol actors is very real so it could be the GP protesting by refusing to watch, just an observation.

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Dramabeans published a recap of episode 1 and 2! I hope they continue it, I love reading their recaps.

 

Source http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/03/the-great-seducer-episodes-1-2/ 

 

COMMENTS

That was a solid cliffhanger for an overall solid premiere episode, and I find that I actually liked it more than I anticipated. That’s saying a lot, because I love the original story, and the casting of this remake set my expectations pretty high. I thought that the characters were mostly introduced well and that the pacing was good, giving us all the information we’ll need to know once the primary plotline kicks in, without feeling rushed. Considering that the writer has a significant challenge in converting a traditionally two-hour whirlwind train wreck into a sixteen-hour drama, after such a good start, I feel confident that we’ll still get a the raw, sensational tale we expect, and that the moments between the driving narrative will feel natural to the story.

My only real nitpick is that we didn’t get to see much of Tae-hee in this first hour, but in hindsight, it makes sense that we focused on the three best friends first. Those three are complete asses to pretty much everyone, but I still can’t help but love them. I watch how they treat people outside their circle with complete disdain, and I think they couldn’t possibly be worse people. But when it’s just the three of them, you can feel how much they genuinely love and would do anything for each other. And it’s so sweet how utterly gone both guys are on Soo-ji — Se-joo particularly breaks my heart in this area, because he’s well aware that Soo-ji prefers Shi-hyun, but he can’t help loving her anyway and uses his goofy humor to hide his sadness. Not that Shi-hyun has much of a chance with her either, because Soo-ji only sees him as her best friend. I’m almost looking forward to their revenge plan, because it’s time for something to happen to pull their focus outside of their safe little friendship bubble.

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I originally had mixed feelings about the casting for The Great Seducer â€” while I felt that Woo Do-hwan and Kim Min-jae are just about perfect for their roles, I was unsure what to expect from Moon Ga-young and Joy, who seem to be capable but can still be a bit green. I’m happy to report that Moon Ga-young is frankly killing it as Soo-ji — she turns in an excellent portrayal of a girl who seems to have everything, but who secretly feels insecure and inadequate, causing her to lash out at anyone who crosses her. She turned in a much better performance than I expected of her in this premiere, and I’m excited to see what else she can do as the heat turns up and things start to go horribly wrong.

I adore Kim Min-jae and Woo Do-hwan in their roles, too, and although that was more expected, I’m still impressed with how well they’re doing. I’ve only seen Kim Min-jae playing serious, broody characters, so his bouncy, cheeky Se-joo is a lot of fun, largely for the novelty. He does a great job with his hidden crush on Soo-ji, letting his feelings sneak out just enough for us to see them, then shoving them back deep inside again. And I think that Woo Do-hwan is so far proving that our faith in him to make a great leading man was not misplaced (not to mention, the boy can smolder like nobody’s business). And I love how well he plays Shi-hyun as jaded but not heartless, someone who’s capable of seeing the truth about people that they try to hide. He acts like a disaffected playboy, but in reality, he’s actually very sensitive and observant. And we can see how much he loves Soo-ji but knows that she doesn’t feel the that way, and how much it hurts him. I can’t wait to watch him struggle with his conflicted feelings once Tae-hee enters the picture.

I’m very familiar with the source material, and I’m so gratified to see that so far, the Korean adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons (and the subsequent re-adaptations, Cruel Intentions and Untold Scandal) seems poised to tell the same dramatic story about love, revenge, and betrayal. At the same time, I appreciated the humorous moments, which weren’t too silly and managed to balance out the darker undercurrents quite nicely. My biggest concern was that the darker, sexier moments would be watered down for television, since the story wouldn’t be nearly as compelling without digging deep into some pretty raw issues. But so far, the characters don’t shy away from generally taboo subjects like sex, so I feel like I can trust that we’ll get the story we expect, and not a cleaned-up, much tamer version.

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Ok so I watched ep 3 and 4 last night!

 

I feel really satisfied with the drama so far, I was really scared of how MBC would handle it but it looks like they will handle the story well and it makes me feel glad, I can totally see why people are calling it crack, is definitely a cringe-fest, but Cruel Intentions was a cringe-fest too (far cringier imo) and I love it for that, this drama won't be the exception, unless the script-writers fuck it up bigtime at the end.

 

The sexual tension between Sooji and Sihyun is just insane, as it should be, I definitely understand why people are shipping them more, especially because the moments between Taehee and Sihyun are basically non-existent, but these two will be on screen together a lot more starting from next week and I can't wait for that!

 

Although everyone wants her to not be that bad and have a happy ending perhaps with Sejoo, Sooji's character needs to turn darker as the drama goes by, if she doesn't this is something that will bother me a lot, her character is supposed to be evil, and I want her to reach the extents Madam Jo and Kathryn Merteuil reached to make sure Jo Won and Sebastian Valmont completed their bet regardless of how deep in love they were for Lady Jung and Annette Hargrove, I want to see Sooji being manipulative, she is not an adapted version of these two if she isn't manipulative with no sense of humanity when it comes to getting what she wants.

 

The BGMs didn't bother me these 2 episodes, the editing is still confusing though, the cinematography remains absolutely gorgeous.

 

As for Joy, I would like to say that she definitely improved a lot since her last drama, it could be because i'm her fan but people feeling outraged by her acting are exaggerating it way too much, her screentime in these 4 episodes were that of a supporting role so for me it makes it quite amusing, the girl is definitely green, but she's not that bad and considering this is merely her 2nd drama she's improving a lot faster than I anticipated.

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