The romantic Korean drama 'King the Land', starring 2PM's Lee Jun-ho and the SNSD's Yoona, premiered on the 17th and was met with mixed reactions. Netizens' responses varied greatly, garnering attention.
"King the Land" is the follow-up drama to the highly-rated "Doctor Cha." Therefore, there is considerable anticipation regarding the performance of "King the Land." The premiere episode last night achieved a viewership rating of 5.1%.
Actually, in terms of the premiere episode ratings, "King the Land" had a slightly higher rating of 5.1% compared to the 4.9% of the first episode of "Doctor Cha." However, a post titled "Poorly Received Premiere Drama" appeared on an online discussion forum, sparking discussion.
Netizens flooded in with comments expressing their opinions, leading to polarised reactions. Some netizens strongly supported the drama and stated, "How can we judge it based on just one episode... at least watch until the fourth episode."
"I think it's really good," "The first episode already had a lot of funny moments," "Even my dad finds it enjoyable and interesting," "It's too rash to make a judgment based on just one episode, I have a feeling the second episode will be quite good," "I didn't think too much and just watched it, it's pretty good," and other supportive comments.
Meanwhile, on the other side, some netizens criticised the drama, stating, "It feels like a drama from the 90s, too cliché," "My mom watched it and found it boring," "I already had a feeling it wouldn't be good from the trailers, and the two actors didn't have much appeal, so...," "I had high hopes but ended up turning it off in the middle," and so on.
"There are too many unnecessary scenes," "The scene with the shaking photocopier and the splattering ink is just too artificial...," "It's clearly a problem with the script, and it wastes the talent of the two actors," "I don't quite understand why Jun-ho chose to be in this," and so on.
