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I'm in love with Yun-O
I liked this, because it let the viewer get to know the serial killer and his lover from a different point of view. I found myself hoping that the building would collapse on the lady cop, so they could continue their relationship and so it wouldn't have to be him that directly kills her friend.Kim Young Kwang played the hell out of this role. Overall, this drama was brilliant, and I am left feeling connected to the main characters. I do wish it could have ended differently, as I really started to feel for Yun-O, even though he was a serial killer. The series made me see how alone and vulnerable he was and Sum was the one light in his life. At the very least, I would have wished to see them die together, both having finally found the one who understands them.
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for those with a distinct taste
*Contains Spoilers*I liked the beginning. It was very promising and hitting the right spots in my brain. The whole drama in general is for people with a distinct taste. It is as someone else described it "poetic", it has an appreciation for art and detail. I felt like certain details were there for a reason even if not directly explainable. Toward the middle of the series I started getting a bit lost. I loved the romantic aspect of the lead male and female but I wished for something good to come out of it instead of taking it into such a dark tragic ending. Maybe because I am biased towards romance I expected something rather positive to come out of their relationship. Unfortunately the exact opposite happened. Then again, their romance LACKED emotion.
A lot of the time I felt odd watching this drama, it is almost as if the writer wanted us to view it from the female lead's point of view. Her mind, her distinct way of thinking, and perception of things. I did not feel comfortable watching it but I did not want to stop either.
I wish the drama was 16 episodes instead of 8, with more life to it, better turns of events, less simplicity, more sophistication, a rather happy ending than a tragic cold one, and more romance than emotionlessness... this is probably too much to ask for and it is never going to happen.
Now that I think about it, I just wish to see the two lead actors or one of them in a whole other romantic drama instead. I don't think this one was meant to be romantic anyway.
As for the serial killer, I wish we got more into his mind and personality. Like why did he suddenly turn into this person? a parentless childhood is not enough for me as a viewer to understand all of this violence and thirst for blood.
AS FOR THE ENDING?
What was THAAAT... I mean I saw it from a mile away that she is going to be the one to kill him, though I thought she would kill herself right after him. Staying alive after killing him was not that explainable... because all the time we saw her she seemed to genuinely like him. I know they might have wanted the viewer to be caught by surprise that she kills him after showing all this support/ liking for him, but I was not surprised. All that time I was wishing they would not go for this typical ending. I can see where they wanted to go with this whole drama but I feel like they did not have enough time to bring it to life, the writer could have added a lot more too. :(
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"Somebody" follows the story of a programmer named Sum, who is introverted and has a hard time interacting with other people. She spends most of her time chatting with strangers online through her AI program. She starts chatting with a man named Yun Oh, unaware that he is a serial killer.Their relationship is quite strange, but that's exactly what I expected, since both characters are like that. Yun Oh is clearly a psychopath, but Sum isn't far behind. She had all the traits of a psychopath, she just never acted on them. At first, I thought she was with him knowing he was a murderer, but later it was implied that Sum thought he was innocent, especially when Mok Won started questioning her.
I enjoyed seeing Kim Young Kwang playing a role like this, he is the biggest reason to watch, since the drama ends up being quite disappointing. There was no depth to Yun Oh's past, his motivations and I think this was essential to understanding the character.
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Well…
I Watched it 2 months ago and all I can say is, is that I truly think this is one of the most forgettable kdrama’s of this year. It’s slow, but not in the good type of slow. When the show gets interesting it then just brings your back interest down. Every woman that the killer hooks up with have no personality and all are just alike imo. The detectives are stupid. I don’t understand the ending at all…and sm other shit I can’t even put into words. I personally feel like the writers had many ideas they wanted to implement into the show without thinking how it would work yk.Was this review helpful to you?
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I am distrubed
Ok, I admit that cruel things happen in this world, many times committed by people. I was watching the 1st episode of this seeing if I could get a feeling for the autism spectrum FL. There was a cat hit and badly hurt. She goes and looks at the ca, see's that it's suffering and still looks. By the time she decides to do 'help' the cat, you're lead to believe she's taking it to the vet, even more time passes. She even stops to look at her pc. There's a hurt and yowling in pain cat, laying in the gutter and she's d***ing around. When she gets back to the cat, she covers it in hand towels like a shroud. I thinking she's covering it up cause she finds it offensive. She then pulls out a utility knife...then you see her physically struggle using it....I was shocked and horrified; it made me sick. That was it, couldn't watch anymore. Then before I could turn it off, she said she killed a cat. I was thru. I know animals are put down every day, but this! She asked the person on the phone what should she do and they said take it to the vet. She was so emotionless, ice cold and her face devoid of any emotion except did I get the blade long enough? No pity, no sorrow, total void of human caring. I couldn't take it and turned it off.
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a big disappointment (again)!
I know that I probably shouldn't say anything with just watching one single episode, but I have to. I keep getting disappointed with these new Netflix K-dramas over and over again. They are just very confusing and don't make really any sense to me at all and I think it's because of the popularity of Squid game. They are trying to make something dark like squid game but end up failing very badly. Also I think that they are trying to make K-dramas westernized/American with these unnecessary sex scenes that are just very badly placed to please the American viewers to get popularity globally.The drama seemed very interesting in the description because I'm very interested (only interested nothing more) in serial killers and psychopaths, but it wasn't anything that I expected from reading that. Also the placing was much more interesting/ clearer in the trailer than in the drama itself.
The good thing about this drama was the cinematography (and the acting) and that's about it.
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Forced diversity.
Why do so many kdramas made by Netflix have non Koreans in them? I keep seeing white and black people with no dialog just there to be there. that's called tokenisim. Netflix is pushing their political agenda into their original programs. 🙄 . kdramas don't need white or black or brown people. They are Korean shows thqt take place in Korea and are spoken in Korean. Miscegenation and diversity is not needed at all. it is clear political propaganda. they do this in the states and in Europe already to force mixed couples as the norm even if people who hold no negative opinions of other races just want to be left alone. Korean couples in a Korean show is normal not a African or European in random meetings and scenes with no dialog.Was this review helpful to you?
Stop promoting animal cruelty!
Immediately dropped it after the cat scene. I'm so sick of it! When will we finally stop promoting animal violence and cruelty in media.(abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ !"§ $%& /() =?* '<> #|; ²³~ @`´ ©«» ¤¼× {} abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ !"§ $%& /() =?* '<> #|; ²³~ @`´ ©«» ¤¼× {} abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ !"§ $%& /() =?* '<> #|; ²³~ @`´ ©«» ¤¼× {} abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ !"§ $%& /() =?* '<> #|; ²³~ @`´ ©«» ¤¼× {} abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQ )
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Just Too Much
I’m American, so it’s not like I’ve never seen all the R-rated stuff in nearly everything produced over here. But I’ve had enough of all that, which is why I mostly watch Kdramas now.I’m unhappy to see any westernization of the genre, but I’m not saying that these types of dramas can’t be made. I AM saying that anything with the degree of depicted animal cruelty and disturbingly vivid forced intercourse needs a substantially stronger warning about content than I understood from the rather tame description.
Yes, I know that shows put a little blurb top left at the beginning to list the possibly offensive stuff to the audience, but with Kdramas, I’ve never felt like I had to actually pay much attention to those. Guess that’s changing…
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Un bon thriller
Ce drama m'a captivée ; un tueur en série qui se sert d'une application de rencontres, j'ai trouvé ça intéressant. C'est un thriller psychologique assez mystérieux. Le jeu des acteurs est vraiment pas mal du tout ; je ne les connaissais pas et j'ai bien accroché. C'est intriguant jusqu'au bout. Ce qui est un peu ennuyeux c'est que c'est assez long ; mais chaque épisode est vraiment bien, on a de plus en plus de détails et l'enquête avance. Ce qui est original c'est que les trois copines et le tueur ont tous un truc particulier : l'une est chamane, l'autre est handicapée, l'actrice principale joue une fille atteinte d'asperger, et le tueur est un psychopathe. Donc, chacun a un rôle bien à lui et ça donne du style à l'histoire. Biensûr, des questions restent en suspend, ils auraient peut-être dû creuser un peu plus, mais sinon, j'ai apprécié ce drama.Was this review helpful to you?
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Começa interessante, porém descarrilha do meio para fim
Um drama que começa intrigante, mas de alguma forma se perde no meio do caminho. A atmosfera e a trilha sonora meio "de época", instrumental de filme de detetive, traz toda uma áurea intrigante para o drama. A própria ideia de um psicopata que usa o aplicativo de namoro para atrair suas vítimas é muito interessante. A jovem criadora do app também é interessante. Porém, no desenvolvimento do enredo as coisas vão descarrilhando.Achei interessante o fato do psicopata e da criadora do app terem estabelecido uma conexão, porém acho estranho que ele tenha parecido tão "amoroso" com ela, o que parece incoerente para um quadro de psicopatia. Mas se for para falar de incoerência, o que dizer da policial? Até entendo que ela tenha se colocado em risco para conhecer o rapaz no meio do nada porque há muito tempo ela desejava esse tipo de conexão, mas ela é uma policial, poxa. As atitudes dela não pareciam de alguém treinada para situações de risco ou investigativas.
E para fechar. O que dizer daquele final? Se a Sum tivesse tomado aquela atitude final por conta própria eu teria ficado satisfeita, porém parece que tudo desde o início foi uma manipulação da chefe dela e, nesse caso, eu preferia que ela tivesse se aliado ao psicopata porque no fim das contas a vida dela é toda manipulada pelos interesses da diretora da empresa.
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Um thriller sufocante onde amor, desejo e violência se confundem com tecnologia
A tecnologia que deveria aproximar se transforma em uma armadilha mortalA relação tóxica entre Sum e Yun-oh questiona os limites entre amor, obsessão e submissão
O contraste entre fragilidade e brutalidade: corpos, telas e almas expostas
Visual denso, sombrio, que traduz a distopia de uma sociedade conectada mas solitária
Cada encontro pode ser o último, cada “match” pode ser uma sentença
Na era digital, a intimidade pode ser o disfarce perfeito para a violência.
Um suspense psicológico onde tecnologia e obsessão revelam o lado mais cruel do humano
O escritório de Sum se chama Spectrum, uma ironia direta à sua condição neurodivergente
Tecnologia como máscara: o aplicativo Somebody conecta e ao mesmo tempo condena
Um thriller que mistura distopia digital com tragédia grega moderna
Às vezes, o que parece conexão é só mais uma forma de prisão.
“O algoritmo não mente, mas o coração pode ser facilmente hackeado.”
“Nem todo match é destino — alguns são só o começo do pesadelo.”
Kim Sum (Kang Hae-lim) – programadora com síndrome de Asperger, mente brilhante mas vulnerável, presa ao próprio código
Sung Yun-oh (Kim Young-kwang) – arquiteto sedutor e sociopata, que usa o app para caçar suas vítimas
Im Mok-won (Kim Yong-ji) – xamã urbana e melhor amiga de Sum, a ponte entre espiritualidade e realidade sombria
Yeong-gi (Kim Soo-yeon) – policial determinada, desconfiada de que os crimes estão ligados ao aplicativo
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