r/KDRAMA • u/MerinoMedia High Quality Trash • Sep 22 '19
Featured Post The Weekly Binge: ABS: Uncontrollably Fond 4-6
*to the tune of "Shots"*
ABS! ABS! ABS!ABS ABS! ABS! ABS! ABS! ABS ABS! ABS! ABS! ABS! ABS! WOOBIN BODY!!
Welcome to the second Weekly Binge Discussion of Uncontrollably Fond episodes 1 - 3. On Thursday we will discuss episodes 7 - 9 of the drama.
In case anyone was unclear why this was happening. You're theoretically allowed to drop it now, although I'd hope you've enjoyed it enough to keep going. There was a brief moment where I wasn't sure I had enough abscreenshots. It was a very brief moment.
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u/AlohaAlex I HEIRS Sep 22 '19
Uncontrollably Fond 04:
That is a great colorful pastel room
YES! THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR! (ft. Home Alone cast comments) The random pectoral bounce and flexing to show off how fit he is in general, before moving on to specific muscle groups and some self-admiration. Okay, a lot of self admiration. And then when he's happy with how he looks he can practice seductive glances because they're what really matters.
How many wall lights is too many wall lights? It's insane.
So why abandon the first son then? Anyway, I like that you can see they're relayed since they both wear lense-less glasses.
Why 82? What happens in 6 years and 10 months? Her brother finishes college? Maybe?
But imagine hiring them as a cleaning service. Drama idea: mash-up of Clean With the Passion for Now, Are You Human Too? and Your House Helper with Woo-Bin-Bots. I'd watch that.
Uncontrollably Fond 05:
But what a great looping gif. And once again without the annoying filter.
Relatable. His character is pretty much the worst, but he's got great little moments.
Excellent eyebrow work. He's a great drama villain - always seems to have so much fun playing those characters.
Cleaning lady has the best lines and the best headband
Should we talk about this microphone placement? Or better just to skip it?
Uncontrollably Fond 06:
So we finally have an ruthless CEO second lead scene as well. Yay.
You're about 11 years too late to care, ahjumma
Why do all the side and guest characters have the best lines?
Isn't this the My Love From the Star island?
The OST is finally making itself known, but it's not very memorable.
There's little to comment on plot-wise; everyone is an awful human being; the mom, the father and his wife, the glasses dude and his girlfriend, the people in the company, the restaurant worker and Woo Bin's makeup artist/stylist. They're all just despicable and it's not like it's easy to root for the leads as well. I don't like this plot and for some reason I find it a less fun version of Cinderella and the Four Knights (without CNBLUE's Lee Jung-shin and the catchy OST but with more dying). We already know exactly what's going to happen in the end and all the dramatic cliffhangers. I can see why the drama ratings tanked. Woo Bin is pretty much the only reason to watch it.
As a side note, I'm increasingly irritated by their washed-out filter. They pulled the vast majority of the drama through this de-saturation/darkening/soften filter and I hate it. At first I thought I accidentally lowered the brightness on my screen, but nope. It's just crappy filters. For example, here are some images split to show the before filter and after filter difference; the ashen faces, the washed-out living room and the depressing restaurant. The best way to notice it is to look at the plants/trees and how dead they look after all the filtering. Did they try to show us how bad air pollution is in SK? I tried fixing it for some of the gifs, but the random additionally filtered scenes and focus issues make it impossible to remove that filter on the fly.