Overall Rating: B (oh my gosh is this the lowest grade I've given a show yet?)Subtitles: In general the subtitles were strong, as the Netflix co-production subs tend to be. However I am not a big fan of the way names are translated in the Netflix subs--I've complained about the name order thing before (which … Continue reading My First First Love →

Overall Rating: A+ for pure entertainment valueSubtitles: The subtitles were strong (this was a co-production with Netflix) and since it was a variety show it also featured my favorite Korean TV element which was the "explanation" subtitles that are essentially like an audience member narrating things and reacting to things in real time. It's beautiful. … Continue reading Busted! →

Overall Rating: A+ (I'm on a roll lately with these A+s)Subtitles: The Netflix sub for this were not my favorite. I don't appreciate how Netflix reverses the name order in subtitles even though the characters say it in the correct order and this had some awkward translations/odd grammar issues. I think I get pickier with … Continue reading Hello My Twenties/ Age of Youth →

Overall Rating: A+ (Don't even try to argue with me here)Subtitles: There were little grammar things here and there but the subs were overall very fluent, not a single moment that I did not understand or was confused by. Brief Synopsis: A group of people haunted by a traumatic event 13 years ago are brought together … Continue reading Thirty But Seventeen →

Overall Rating: A+Subtitles: If there were any issues with the subs for this, I did not notice them. Brief Synopsis: A famous author, his number one fan, and a mysterious ghost writer are brought together by a typewriter that wants them to tell a story about their past lives as freedom fighters during the Japanese Occupation. … Continue reading Chicago Typewriter →

Overall Rating: A-/B+ (Loved it enough to make it A-, the issues I had with it are usually the issues that make me rate things B+ so??? Here we are). Subtitles:I remember really liking the Viki subtitles for this—I think they included a lot of helpful explanations, especially when archaic phrases for more common Korean … Continue reading Hwarang (Poet Warrior Youth) →

Overall Rating: A (it's so painful not to give this an A+ but I have to have established standards or something)Subtitles: Viki subtitles for this were very good, though there was a decent amount of English spoken and the English subs didn't always match the English being spoken which was a bit puzzling to me. … Continue reading The King 2 Hearts →

Overall Rating: A (Soooo close to an A+)Subtitles: Solid subs. Brief Synopsis: During the Joseon era a man fell in love with a mermaid and they met a tragic fate. Hundreds of years later their reincarnated souls are reunited, but the threats from the past persist and the love between a man and a mermaid … Continue reading Legend of the Blue Sea →

Overall Rating: A-Subtitles: Solid subs. Brief Synopsis: A group of four new detectives joins an experimental squad led by a disillusioned former top detective. The lead and some of the new recruits are tied together by the mystery of a gruesome murder sixteen years before. Watch it on Viki here. **Full show spoilers below the image. … Continue reading You’re All Surrounded →

Overall Rating: A+Subtitles: The Viki subtitles for this were strong. As always little grammar mistakes pop up but in terms of the actual translation it was very fluent. Brief Synopsis: An alien who appears human but has superhuman abilities has been on earth for 400 years desperately waiting for the time when he can return … Continue reading My Love From the Star →