The Reason Why I'm Watching "Iron Family" | Short Review (Kim Jung Hyun, Keum Saerok, Choi Taejoon and more!)

It's been a while since I've seen myself this patient watching a 16+ episode Kdrama. 36 episodes clearly is a task to finish unless it's a great series. Iron Family is not the best of the bests out there, and probably not everyone would like it, but it's intriguing enough for me to stay and continue watching the next 2 episode every week. I'm not gonna lie though, with this much episode, the phasing of events is really slow but to be fair, it's a family drama which means it revolves not only on the main family characters of the show but also its extended relatives/connections too. It's meant to be that way, so if you do not have the patience then I don't think you can ever get into it up to the finale. I'm not gonna blame anyone at all if they cannot put up with it, I mean 36 episodes in total?? I'd tap out as well if it weren't because of Kim Jung Hyun.

I'm not his biggest fan, as I don't like the controversy he was once involved with his attitude problem before with SNSD's Seohyun, but I cannot deny the fact that he's really good at acting. It was Mr. Queen that first made me like him. Anyway, let me tell you a little bit about the story because I now remember the other reason why I continued on watching this and it was Darim's poor eyesight. Somehow I could relate to that. lol 

Lee Darim (Keum Saerok) is a daughter of a lady who runs a small dry cleaners shop and she suffers from a poor eye sight, she's losing vision as she grows older leading to blindness. The only hope for her to get back her vision is to get 2 shots of injectable medicine on her eyes that costs 400,000 dollars each, a total of 800,000 dollars is needed. If she does not undergo surgery at a short given time, she'll completely loss her vision for the rest of her life. Seo Gang Ju (Kim Jung Hyun), on the other hand, is a son of a wealthy family in their neighborhood. His mom is the heiress of a loan shark and his step dad runs a fashion company. He works as the director in his step-dad's company. 

Gang Ju and Darim had a one night stand and they reunited after 8 years again. Darim's eyesight came back because her grandparents and mom took Gang Ju's mom's inheritance m0ney that got stolen and buried in the mountains by thieves. They do not know who the money really belonged to but still took it home to spend for their needs including Darim's eye surgery. And from there, the story became complicated and now everyone's looking for the money. 

Despite the quiet response from international fans, the drama is actually doing really great locally. Their viewership ratings nationwide varies from 14-17% only. So far, their highest to date is 17.8% achieved with episode 16. As of writing, there are already 24 episodes left and there are 12 more episodes to go! Whew! Good luck to me. 

Why Seo Ye Ji Suffers Heavily On The Consequences Of A Scandal More Than Kim Jung Hyun?

It all started with Kim Jung Hyun and now we're ending with Seo Ye Ji being criticized to the fullest. Seriously, she's suffering most from this scandal as she's the 'bigger' artist compared to Kim Jung Hyun when it comes to popularity. Seo Ye Ji is considered one of the biggest actresses in South Korea and her continuous popularity over the time and great acting capabilities landed her to a lot of acting projects and commercial brands. Now that she's suffering from a scandal that tarnishes her 'good' and 'role model' image to the general public the projects and brands that she's currently in are also suffering great losses. Being cancelled by the general public surely is a nightmare especially when you're this popular and have many active projects or endorsements like Seo Ye Ji. As of writing, a lot of brands were already starting to cancel their contracts with Seo Ye Ji amidst the scandal and it certainly has consequences as per their contract agreements. As per reports, Seo Ye Ji is expected to pay billions of Korean won as penalty in 'breaching' her advertisements/brands' contracts.

Kim Jung Hyun And Seo Ye Ji Are Being Cancelled By K-netz Amidst Attitude Problem & Gaslighting Scandal

I took a break from blogging/updating about Kdrama stuff lately due to Wendy's solo debut but I assure you that I'm still updated with what's happening lately especially the scandal involving Kim Jung Hyun and Seo Ye Ji. I find this scandal really ridiculous if you'd ask me. I mean, it all started with what we all thought would be a good news which is the dating of Kim Jung Hyun and his partner in Crash Landing On You, Seo Ji Hye, but it actually became a window of revealing the truth from the past. Dispatch posting photos of him and Seo Ji Hye were all denied by both parties and then it turned out that Kim Jung Hyun was 'only' having negotiation with Seo Ji Hye's agency as he was considering transfer of agency. Hmmm I won't really comment much about this anymore since there's a much bigger issue to look at and I think what's happening now with Kim Jung Hyun's career is something that should have happened way back what he did in 'Time' drama. 

Crash Landing On You Stars Kim Jung Hyun And Seo Ji Hye Are Dating?!

 

Move away Mr. Queen shippers, Crash Landing On You surely is the one that makes real couples! lol Kim Jung Hyun and Seo Ji Hye dating reports were making a buzz today! According to Sports Chosun, the two are dating and they started seeing each other shortly after the drama Crash Landing On You series. Kim Jung Hyun and Seo Ji Hye's close acquaintances said that Kim Jung Hyun fell in love with Seo Ji Hye's feminine and sensible charms. 

The Controversies That Mr. Queen Kdrama Endured

Mr. Queen has already ended with a high viewership rating which meant the audience were delighted over this drama. But did you know that Mr. Queen has faced many controversies before and during it's airing period? This drama might have taken the 5th spot for having a high viewership rating in the history of TvN but they have endured a lot of controversies as well. 

Mr. Queen is a historical romantic fantasy comedy drama so it's really inevitable to not cause a stir to the viewers, especially when it refers to important historical figures of the nation as main characters. But we all know how it goes when our creativity is used in our works, right? We challenge new ideas to infuse to our work to make it perfect to our eyes and interesting for the others. So I'm sure that Mr. Queen production team does not intend to hurt sensitive viewers but just wanted to serve something new. 

Mr. Queen Closes With A 17.37% Nationwide Viewership Rating

This drama has officially ended and weekends won't be the same exciting and joyful anymore. Who wouldn't miss our tactless Queen Cheorin and naughty King Cheoljong? Their tandem is such a great combination that's fitting to anyone's taste in a Kdrama. The plot of Mr. Queen challenged creativity with wits and humor to infuse in their history. It was brave of them to do, the production have received criticisms along the airing period of Mr. Queen but garnering a high viewership rating meant how ready people are with such creativity too. They say you can't be creative if you're afraid after all. Kudos to the team of Mr. Queen for that. 

Kim Jung Hyun To Sing An OST For Mr. Queen Kdrama

Today, it was officially announced that actor Kim Jung Hyun, who portrays King Cheoljong, will sing an OST for Mr. Queen. Not only he will lend his voice but he also helped in writing the lyrics for it. Wow! Talk about jack of all trades! 

The track is entitled 'Like The First Snow' and will be released this February 17. This song is about a desperation of a man who wanted to be with someone on the first snowfall. Somehow, I remembered True Beauty's Lee Suho and Lim Jookyung at Namsan tower because of this. 

The King Is Alive In Mr. Queen Episode 18

We got heartbroken for a few minutes with Sobong mourning and longing for his king when she got informed that her husband is dead. But thankfully, that didn't last long since my heart cannot take it anymore. Yes, Cheoljong is still alive and it's all thanks to Sobong's groping skills that she was able to distinguish if the corpse was her husband or not. lol I wonder what part she groped! hahaha! Sobong really is a weird but effective creature. 

Kim Jung Hyun Made A Difficult Decision To Save Shin Hye Sun in Mr. Queen Episode 17

Rumors spread like wild fire, and the root cause of everything is none other than this witch Queen Dowager. Ugh. Seriously, she's one of the people I want Cheoljong to punish but being a King isn't always the most powerful one in Joseon. Sometimes watching these historical kdramas made me think how pitiful they really are behind their royal dresses and titles. But anyways, as I was saying, Sobong's pregnancy is the hot topic in the palace! 

The Queen Is Pregnant In Mr. Queen Episode 16

What did we know? Sobong (mixture of Soyong and Jang Bong Hwan's name) is pregnant! Come to think of it they are having so many smexy/ramyeon time lately so, I think it's understandable. lol They are also madly in love with each other even though Sobong is still in denial. It's really funny how they acted out that scene, everyone was so excited about her pregnancy except her. haha!

Kim Jung Hyun Found Out Who Truly Saved Him In Mr. Queen Episode 15

It's really clever of South Koreans in making a storyline out of their history books. I'm sure I'm not the only one who researched about Korean history while watching this drama. When So Yong jokingly said that Cheoljong won't be living for long, I got really curious if she was just bluffing but I found out that this King died really young. It was a fact, he was only 33 years old when he died and reigned only 14 years. It's nice to know about their history in this kind of way because even though I am not particularly interested with it, this drama made me curious. I think it's one of the great tactics to make Korean culture/history be known by other nations watching their kdramas. I wish my country would have the courage and creativity in doing the same with our dramas in here, but I could only wish. 

Mr. Queen Kdrama Will Indeed Make Anyone Laugh

I finally started watching Mr. Queen and was able to catch up with the episodes. Wow, I already had the impression that it is a funny one but I didn't expect it would be that hilarious. A man with an oozing self love whose soul transferred to a woman, of all people, it's the Queen from Korea's history! Man, if you don't find this hilarious then there must be something wrong with you. I am very much delighted with all the turn of events, from episode 1 to 14. I seriously binge watch that in 2 days! Sure, I'm a bit late with all the fun in watching it episode by episode, but I am so glad I was able to catch up! I'll be doing reviews for the remaining episodes, so stay tuned!