Paradise Diner

What do you think of Episode 10 and 11 (the final)? Thoughts/comments/observations, anything really.

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What do you think of Episode 9? Thoughts/comments/observations, anything really.

( My thoughts under a spoiler cut )

Voting for the next round includes voting for which sound to match to which group, and there are song previews of the demo versions: https://peaktime.jtbc.co.kr/peaktime/en/matching/second

I deliberated a lot on who I wanted to see perform which song, and it was a lot of fun deciding on my final picks.

What do you think of Episode 8? Thoughts/comments/observations, anything really.

What do you think of Episode 6 and 7? The performances, contestants, thoughts/comments/observations, anything really.

What do you think of Episode 5? The performances, contestants, thoughts/comments/observations, anything really.

Crossposted from my journal.

I'm watching a (currently airing) k-drama called The Heavenly Idol. A priest/saint from an alternate fantasy world is isekaid into the body of a K-pop idol in our world. He retains his healing powers, so the Grim Reaper becomes his K-pop group's road manager to stop him from saving lives. And the leader of the Evil Forces becomes head of a broadcasting firm to take him on. XD

I started watching it because the manhwa it's based on is hilarious. The drama is less so, but still ridiculous and enjoyable. I continued watching it because Kim Min-gue is perfect for the role of a saint, second only to the role of a puppy. He has those pleading-sparkle eyes. He has those eyes brimming with benevolence, accentuated by eyebrows that naturally tilt upwards, that only puppies and true actual divine not-scammy saints (if they existed) would have.

I want to share a clip here. Kim Min-gue has a duet with a famous singer, and the Evil Forces have caught the famous singer's vocal cords, so Kim Min-gue starts singing first while healing the famous singer. Basically, he heals through touch, so it looks like a lot of skinship, and the famous singer is confuzzled, and the audience is loving it because they think it's fanservice. XD

I love that, but what I really love is the way Kim Min-gue sang this. It's a cover of Lee Sun-hee's 'Fate', and it's so beautiful in this lower register, so angelic in his voice, as melancholy as a music-box tune, plucking at my heartstrings in accompaniment. I love that he doesn't vibrato the whole thing the way other singers do with this song. Instead his voice glides, like a bird coasting on the wind without moving its outspread wings; instead his voice flutters at the right moments, at the end of a song-sentence. I wish we could get a full studio version of this.



Also, as great as Tak Jae-hoon (the famous singer) sings his part, I want a version with Kim Min-gue singing this song from beginning to end. May the multiverses manifest this for me.

I enjoyed y'all's reactions to the first three eps! What do you think of Episode 4? The performances, contestants, thoughts/comments/observations, anything really.

I'm watching the JTBC idol survival show Peak Time. Three episodes are out so far, and it's on Viki. I like it because unlike the other shows I've watched, it's not individual idols competing against each other, but rather idol groups. (So it's kind of like if Kingdom was smooshed with a Boys Planet or PD101). I also like it because it's wholesome so far, boys cheering on other boys.

Are you watching it? What do you think of it? I saw the episode reaction posts for Boys Planet (so I formatted the title and tags of this post similarly) and I wonder whether I should do posts like that for this show.