My picks for entertainment ~ suggested movies, TV shows, music, and books ~ so you can enjoy some quality ME time! (ATTN Korean drama addicts! This blog has lots of K-drama love.)
The
Hwaseong Serial Murders were a series of brutal crimes committed in
rural South Korea between 1986 and 1991, in which at least 10 women
were assaulted and murdered in the area around Hwaseong.
The case
became one of the country’s most infamous unsolved mysteries for
decades, marked by investigative missteps and public fear. It was
finally linked in 2019 to Lee Choon-Jae through DNA evidence,
bringing long-awaited answers to a case that had deeply shaped South
Korea’s criminal justice system and popular culture.
It's
unfortunate, but these murders might likely have been solved
faster were it not for the serious weaknesses in South Korea’s law
enforcement / investigative practices and procedures at the time.
Police relied heavily on coerced confessions, lacked modern forensic
tools, and struggled with coordination. This led to wrongful arrests
and missed evidence.
Because
of these murders, authorities modernized their approach to solving
crimes. The use of DNA analysis was expanded, procedures for
preserving evidence were improved, and standardized
investigative procedures were introduced. In addition, reforms were
aimed at protecting suspects’ rights and reducing reliance on
forced confessions.
But
the most significant change was that the serial murders played a key
role in pushing South Korea to adopt criminal profiling as a formal
investigative tool. Together, all of these changes transformed South
Korea’s policing. Investigating, particularly investigations of
major crimes, became a more scientifically grounded and accountable
system.
Several
K-drama series and films have been directly based on or inspired by
the real-life Hwaseong serial murders. There is also a documentary.
“Tomorrow With You” is a 2017 drama series,
with 16 episodes, and can be categorized as Time Travel, Romance,
Comedy (Rom-Com) and Fantasy or Supernatural.
SUMMARY: Suppose you meet someone on one day and that chance meeting saved your life. Then on another day you see your lifeless body being a carried away and the lifeless body of the woman who saved your life is also being carried away. Since you have the ability to time travel, maybe you can go back and sever the relationship you have with her. That should be fix everything. Right? That might work IF ... the ability to travel through time also gives you the ability to change the future. But if it doesn't ...
Yoo
So-joon is a handsome, young and wealthy CEO. You could say he has
it all. What more could he ask for? Love? Well, that's obvious.
But what else? How about the ability to travel through time? That
wasn't exactly something that Yoo So-joon had on his wish list. But
one day while riding the subway train, he felt a terrible pain in his
head. The next thing he knew he was in a different time period. As
soon as he got off the train he met another time traveler. The time
traveler told him he'll have to get used to going back and forth
between past, present, and future. But the most important rule is to
never be in the same time period with yourself. He can't be with his
present self and his future self at the same time. That's bad!
OK!
Important safety tip! But guess what happened? Yoo So-joon saw his
dead body being carried away on a stretcher. There was also a woman
who had died and her name was Song Ma-Rin. Yoo So-joon wondered if
it was possible to change the outcome of this tragic event. He time
traveled again and it turns out he and Song Ma-Rin were married. In
another time period, he and Song Ma-Rin were both on the same train.
They got into an argument with each other and got off the train.
While they were still arguing, the train blew up! Yoo So-joon had
intended to stay on the train that day. If he had, he would have
died.
Somehow
the timelines of their lives were intertwined. In one period, she
saved his life. In another, they both died together.
Song
Ma-Rin is unaware that Yoo So-joon has already seen her future. She
is barely managing to live in the present because her past keeps
getting in the way. Song Ma-Rin used to be a child star but when she
grew up she did not pursue an acting career. The problem is
reporters keep writing articles about how she has not accomplished
anything since her fame as a child actress and this gets in the way
of her moving forward. When she met Yoo So-Joon he gave her this
advice: "Life is shorter than you think. You shouldn't be
hung up on the past.” He
could say that, since Yoo So-joon already knew her future.
Yoo
So-joon decided to traveled back in time to see if he could break
their connection. If he could somehow sever their relationship, they
wouldn't be together, they wouldn't fall in love and get married, and
they probably would not die in a terrible accident. But does
having the ability to time-travel also give you the ability to change
your future?
This
Kdrama series had mixed reviews. Some did not give high marks for
the acting or the script. Others said it was underrated and thought
the chemistry between the couple was great.
I
am always interested in how a scriptwriter will spin a
time travel fantasy / love story. In “Tomorrow
With You”:
The
female lead had a difficult time trying to get away from her past,
so that she could live productively in the present.
The
male lead was trying to get away from his grim future that had her
in it.
He
felt should she could easily fix her problem if she just wasn't hung
up on her past. Whereas the best way to fix his problem was to get
her out of his life, because she is the problem!
In
"Miraculous Brothers", the two main characters ~ Yook
Dong-Joo and Lee
Kang San ~ meet
each other by accident. But perhaps the accident that brought them
together was actually a miracle. This Korean drama series was
released in 2023 and has 16 episodes.
Some
people are chasing after a young man and he is running for his life.
The night is dark, it's raining, and just as lightning strikes he
runs into the street and gets hit by a car. The driver of the car
takes him to a hospital where he is pronounced dead. While in the
hospital's Emergency Room, the driver hears someone calling “Brother!
Brother!” Not sure where the voice is coming from, he approaches
the bed where the young man is lying dead from his injuries. When he
leans in closely, without realizing it, his breath goes into the
young man's nostrils and his eyes open. HE'S ALIVE!! It's a
MIRACLE!
Lee
Kang San
is alive but he is suffering from amnesia and doesn't even know who
is. Except he does remember having a backpack, although he can't
remember what was inside the backpack. Yook Dong-Joo is keeping
something a secret and kind of hopes Kang
San won't remember. If
Kang San regains his memory, Dong-Joo will want to be there so he can
explain his actions and beg for forgiveness. Since
Yook Dong-Joo was the driver, he accepts responsibility by allowing
Kang San to come and live with him.
Lee
Kang San has no memory but discovers that he has superpowers. He
hears voices, can feel the pain of others, and can disappear and
reappear. Dong-Joo advises him to keep his special abilities a
secret.
At
first, Dong-Joo is worried that Kang San would find out he stole the
manuscript that was in his backpack. But he becomes even more
anxious because:.
An anonymous phone caller tells him that the manuscript should have never been published. He realizes someone else must know he stole the manuscript. If they know, then what are they after? Is he in danger?
A
police detective tells him that the murders written about in the manuscript are actually happening. Not only that but the present-day murders are linked to a 27-year-old murder case.
Dong-Joo
begins to do research on his own about the murders and makes a
shocking discovery. It appears that Lee Kang San is a TIME TRAVELER!
Things
just keep getting more and more complicated.
Main
Characters:
Yook
Dong-Ju (played by Jung Woo)
Lee
Kang San (played by Bae Hyun-Sung)
"Miraculous
Brothers" is streaming on Viki
and Netflix.
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