Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
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I just finished this earlier this week. It's easily one of my favorite Korean dramas of all-time. I never even heard of this drama until recently when many people said it is one of the most underrated dramas. I love the OST, the cast, the storyline, the witty script filled with philosophical dialogue. Everything flowed so well together, and the ending is short and sweet. If they're meant to be together, then they'll find each other again.
It's amazing that not too many have seen this. After finishing this drama, I researched more about it online and found out that it had very low ratings and interest. That's shocking because it's a very high quality drama, not your typical Korean drama at all.
Exactly. This drama..it makes no sense how the ratings are so low. T_T but maybe it has something to do with the fact that the actors and actresses aren't huge celebrities. Wasn't that the reason they said they couldn't do the second season?
*sigh* I also couldn't believe it when I noticed just how many people had never even heard of it.
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1/ Popular daily-dramas without any buzz (You're My Destiny)
2/ Lowly rated dramas but getting plenty of attention (My Sweet Soul)
3/ Dramas with both ratings and buzz. (Iljimae)
But there is a 4th category she doesn't mention, which is:
4/ Low rating dramas that no-one talks about (Soulmate)
If it wasn't for the members here at d-addicts I wouldn't have even known about this little gem as there was no discussion about it anywhere else previously. Can always rely on DA to find the golden egg!
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Sigh ... I really want to see a second season just as much as you guys want it. =( The chances of it happening are slim. After all, if they are going to produce it, they want good ratings for it. Or else all the time and effort they waste to make the series will waste everything they put into it ... I wrote an email to the director of MBC but I wrote in english. I don't know if my email will be read at all. But I wanted to reach out because I love Soulmate so much, and would be so very pleased if I could see a second season...
I can see Soulmate is a korean drama different from the usual ones you see that almost immediately gain popularity partially if the parts are being played by very well known and good actors and actresses. Perhaps it's one of the reasons why most people aren't watching it. >< But Soulmate isn't like one of those dramas that gives you a definite look into where the love triangles start and who's in love with who because everyone is so intermingled with each other. Also, Dong Wook and Soo-Kyung didn't even meet each other until like halfway throughout the series even though they were already connected to one another indirectly. I'm waiting for others to discover this drama and give it a chance. From the moment I watched the first episode I was hooked onto the very end, and then longing for more and more.
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I tried contacting the people at MBC at http://caption.imbc.com/eng/qna/qnawrite.aspx but I don't know if I'll get a response. The link that was given earlier by someone didn't work for me either.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I really liked this drama from the first ep, its very different from the usual love-triangles ... the acting was great and the characters were well developed...i could actually relate to each of the characters, they are ppl who you encounter in your everday life
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Yeah, I agree. I wish we could show MBC how many fans Soulmate really has so the second season would have better ratings. Is it because MBC didn't like the ratings for the first season? I heard the ratings were so-so; not exactly terrible but not really high like lots of people were tuning in to see it. Sigh ...
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I finally finished watching this show. It was refreshing, entertaining funny and had a killer OST but I still kind of regard it as a waste of my time. I may be the only person in whole world who thinks like that...So-Kyung and Dong Wook had great chemistry, it was amazing. But it was annoying how the same scenes kept repeating again and again. At first it was such a sweet idea of destiny but all that talk about destiny and soul mates suddenly turned me off. Especially when So-kyung and Dong Wook finally met it was so overly sweet <_< And Yu-jin became so annoying toward the end that I was wondering why all other characters bothered to be her friends. So-kyung brother was such a cool character. I also loved all the absurd humor in the show.
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Ending was such a disappointmen. I was like bujaaaaa!!! Shirooo!! Gimem back my time. Of course they are gonna meet in Japan and all but it was such an annoying ending. I'd prefer that Dong Wook had bumped into So-kyung when he ran way from the camera.
Shin Dong Wook is such a hottie xD He looks like an angel without the hairband <3
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
heh....so many people hate the ending to soulmate and some have even gone as far as going through the final few frames to try and point her out! But it's just a typical open-ended ending that's prevalent in k-dramas and movies.
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
LOVE this series! its not the typical korean drama where someone is diagnosed with a chronic disease :X
It's also has its humorous side. And the soundtrack is GREAT!
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
When I first saw this drama, man, I thought the cast was a bunch of actor rejects, but then the storyline and the characters blended into some kind of really weird feeling drama almost to the point of disgust for me. It included too many themes revolving from one character to another for me to follow and understand. There is a girl character who is always polite, then another girl character who can't keep his boyfriend straight with a seductress, and then there were many different types of men characters, some manly, others articulate, and another an intellectual player.
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
This was really good. i hope they have a sequel. I liked how the characters developed their relationships. There was one guy that was very funny, but i don't remember his name. He was like some character's younger brother
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
i really thought ther would be a second season to this, but i guess not since it's been so long! i just wanted to see the 2 main characters end up together .. but i guess that they kinda implied that they were because they ended up both in the same place.
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