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I agreed! I know that @SilverMoonTea drops a lot of dramas (LOL!!), but I think I've dropped more dramas this year than I've ever had before. Some starts off so well and it just lose steam towards the end. Granted, I've been pretty busy so I haven't had time to catch up on a lot but some of the ones I'm behind on, I don't have the motivation to continue (HCCC, PU, FaE, etc.). If Reflection of You is one of those, I'm going to be sad. It's the only melodrama I put on my watch list this year. I avoided that genre all year. Haha!

@SilverMoonTea What's that drama about?

I have the same settings, but sometimes I go between selective and adaptive and for quality, sometimes I play with bicubic and bilinear The gif looks great!! Sorry, I forgot to tell you that to get "do not dispose", you would select all the frames and just right click. I watched Upcoming Summer last week and while I liked some things about it, I was a bit disappointed. There were a lot of things left unanswered. I was telling my friend that I spent almost two hours watching this movie only to realize that I had to come up with my own explanation for everything. The scene where he vomited, Wu Lei actually drink a lot of water and ate many bananas for that. He straight up made himself vomit which I thought was a bit insane considering that stomach acid can ruin the lining of your esophagus. I watched their other movie (Adoring) after and it was much cuter. Wu Lei plays a teenager who becomes blind and she is his BFF. Zhang Zifeng ends up training her dog to be a guide dog for Wu Lei because she's moving and she can't walk him to/from school anymore. They are one of six stories in the movie. It's all center around pets and people's relationships with their pets. I actually cried watching the story about Wallace Chung's character and his pig. @SilverMoonTea I also got the same result as you but I never watched DP so I have no idea what he's like in that. HAHAHA!

@SilverMoonTea I think it's a bit slower than I thought it would be. I like it though!

Wow! It hasn't even been 24 hours since I last checked this thread and so many updates!!

I think Tea is only interested in one half of that duo.

More casting news...

This is really random but I really like GHJ's and SHB's hairstyles. They look so nice! And more clips, OMG!! Filming of the posters.

@abs-oluteM I agreed with you on MH. He may not understand idioms but running a business is something he's good at. The reality is the museum does not have enough money to operate so they need to cut the things that's not needed (maybe that empty café? Haha!). I will say that DL is that she has put aside her own comfort. I hope she gains her confidence again because would love to see the DL we saw in the first episode. I do not understand the second lead's infatuation with DL. That ship has sailed, so why is he still around -- it's been five years. If he wanted to make amend with her, why did he wait until she returned to South Korea? I wasn't thrilled to see that DL used him for his money so she could promote the space exhibit at the press conference. That's sending the wrong message, even if he was willing to help. LOL @ MH cleaning up the museum because he thought the artwork was trash. I probably would have thought someone littered the museum too, but did he not notice that it was in an empty space waiting to be set up and some things were in boxes?! Haha! Adding on to what you said, @abs-oluteM, there are soooo many unlikeable characters. I have not found one other person other than the main leads that I like -- maybe at most WT. I think if I was to drop this drama down the road, it's because I can't stand the side characters and the two main leads are not enough for me to continue. At least with Oh Master, all the characters were likeable! By the way, I was glad to see was MH calling out the media and people for focusing on what DL wore at the press conference when she was just robbed and victimized.

Why is everyone so cute?!

@abs-oluteM I'm just glad the mom stuff gets resolved quickly. I understand her not wanting PQH to follow his father's footstep, but PQH is not his father. He's much smarter and think things through before he acts out on it (sometimes he thinks too much like his feelings towards Tan Yuan. Haha!). I'm hoping to watch episode 27-30 this weekend. I'm a bit sad to see that it'll be done airing next week.

@Mouse Don't say that out loud! The male lead is currently @mademoiselle main oppa. @abs-oluteM That character chart...

@mademoiselle I'll screenshot how I normally do mine. I don't think there is a right or wrong way to make the gif. To make it less choppy, I try not to go above 0.1 and make sure I choose "do not dispose" as my option. How I normally make mine: Sorry @SilverMoonTea! A little off topic but it's about creating gifs of our oppas so I thought it was ok. Hahaha!

So happy for him! He's had a great year and I loved that he mentioned TJS! @mademoiselle Do you open the full video and then cut it down to size?

@abs-oluteM They did! They broke up when Xiao Chuang left Huayan. They were separated for a few episodes before they got back together. I think they got back together around episode 25 or 26? We find out that Xiao Chuang is an orphan! He doesn't have parents like he had been telling everyone! His parents died and he lived with his grandma until she passed away when he was 12. He has been on his own since. I was so shocked and sad at the same time. Because I've been so busy, there's only one drama I'm not behind on. All the other ones I'm behind or put on hold because I just can't keep up.

Some more photos:

@mademoiselle Hahaha! I'm curious to know what his reaction is to everyone's reaction.

I just love that it's a sageuk that made him shed his shirt. @mademoiselle In regards to your gif question in Affection's thread, the quality of the video you use matters. You'll get better results if your video quality is good. Play with your curves and levels to adjust the brightness, sometimes your exposure setting too. You can ways use selective color and color balance to color correct once you get the brightness you want. I prefer to make the edits to my gif while it's in a video file on PS. Once I like how it looks, I'll flatten everything to layers. I use smart sharpen to blur/sharpen and that's easier to use when it's in the video file instead of frames. If it's in a frame, I have to convert it to a smart layer before I can use smart sharpen. When you save and your setting is on pattern, it'll save a bit darker so don't be afraid to go a little brighter. Sometimes diffusion looks better so switch between the two to see which ones look better. The file for diffusion will always be bigger than pattern.

@IpohBanana I know! You have to admit that there's currently not many good ones airing or rumored to air soon. I can't remember when I last watched a historical drama because I just can't get into the current ones.

They usually release a lot of posters when we get closer to the airing date so I think we'll get more soon. Haha! We have just a little over a week left until this drama airs, yay!

Lee Joon Gi shared a photo of his scripts on Instagram recently. It seems like they have completed the script reading.

@abs-oluteM How far along are you? I finished episode 26 on Monday, so I have about four episodes left to catch up with the current airing schedule. So many things has happened to Xiao Chuang and Pei Qing Hua. For one, Pei Qing Hua and Tan Yuan are finally together and it doesn't prevent her from going abroad either! She happily goes to further her education while still maintaining a long distance relationship with Pei Qing Hua. Xiao Chuan goes through some growth of his own. He was caught up in a scam which really affected him but he continued to push forward. He's not really one to talk about his feelings, he makes up lies to cover up his struggles instead. He did it with Xie Hang and also Pei Qing Hua but both of them knew. My friend told me that the group come together around episode 28, so I'm excited to see that! I love watching all of them together.

I'm interested to see how they are going to portray Wi Ha Joon as Lee Dong Wook's other personality. Lee Dong Wook, Han Ji Eun, And Wi Ha Joon Confirmed For New OCN Drama Sep 7, 2021| by L. Kim New OCN drama “Bad and Crazy” (literal title) has confirmed some of its cast members! “Bad and Crazy” is directed by Yoo Sun Dong and written by Kim Sae Bom, who previously worked together on the OCN hit drama “The Uncanny Counter.” It is about a protagonist who has lived his whole life as a materialistic police detective, but changes into a champion for justice and fights against police corruption when a hidden persona called “K” awakens inside him. As previously reported, Lee Dong Wook will play Soo Yeol, a competent but bad guy who is a senior inspector at a regional police station. He is a materialistic detective who willingly throws away his face and pride in front of success, and he is better at changing his stance than anyone else. However, his life comes to a sudden halt when “K” appears in his life. Wi Ha Joon will take the role of K, one of the multiple personas that Soo Yeol possesses. K is all about justice, and he will take on injustice with his fists. He dreams of becoming the last hero of this era, and he will be the lamp in a dark world full of wrongdoings. Han Ji Eun will star as Hee Kyeom, a police lieutenant in the drug investigation team at a regional police station. She comes from a wealthy background and had a good education, but is considered the “black sheep” of the family. She also constantly butts heads with Soo Yeol. The drama’s producers commented, “With just the casting of Lee Dong Wook, Wi Ha Joon, and Han Ji Eun, we take pride that we will give the birth of a unique hero and a refreshing action [drama] that serves justice. The pleasant yet exciting synergy completed by the three actors will give viewers crazy fun and excitement that can only be seen in ‘Bad and Crazy,’ so please look forward to it.” The drama will premiere in December 2021. https://www.soompi.com/article/1487587wpp/lee-dong-wook-han-ji-eun-and-wi-ha-joon-confirmed-for-new-ocn-drama

Lee Joon Gi And Kim Ji Eun Confirmed To Star In New Drama Oct 5, 2021 | by L. Kim Lee Joon Gi and Kim Ji Eun will be starring together in the new SBS drama “Again My Life” (literal translation)! On October 5, Xportsnews reported that the actors have been cast in the drama. Later on the same day, both Lee Joon Gi’s agency Namoo Actors and Kim Ji Eun’s label HB Entertainment confirmed that they will be starring in it. “Again My Life” depicts the story of a young prosecutor who gets a second chance to get justice after failing to bring down a powerful person. It was originally a novel by Lee Hae Nal, and it has also been released as a webtoon. Han Chul Soo, who worked on “My Little Baby” and “Graceful Family,” will be working as the director. Lee Joon Gi will star as the male lead Kim Hee Woo. He had the poorest grades in high school, and it took him three tries to enter law school. After enlisting in the military, he lived as a martial arts athlete and passed the bar exam. He was unfairly killed while investigating the corrupt politician Jo Tae Seop, but he unexpectedly gets another shot at life. Kim Ji Eun will star as Kim Hee Ah, the youngest daughter of Cheonha Group’s CEO who is also a genius. She is practically perfect and has an easygoing personality, and she will become interested in Kim Hee Woo. “Again My Life” is set to premiere in April 2022. https://www.soompi.com/article/1491947wpp/lee-joon-gi-and-kim-ji-eun-confirmed-to-star-in-new-drama

I finished episode 5 and I think I'm a bit disappointed at the lack of screen time between DL and MH. DL is struggling to adapt to her new life and besides making bad choices to learn from, some of the life lessons she's learned has been through her conversations with MH. I'm hoping we get to see more of them working to save the gallery together. DL could use some of MH's experience in running a business, but maybe she could allow her employees to use more toilet paper.