HeatherOfEden

The law forcing a rape victim to marry her rapist is in the Old Testament. Christ did away with the strict adherence to rules (letter of the law) in the Old Testament. Instead, Christ taught love, justice, mercy, and the heart behind obedience (spirit of the law). Under New Testament ethos, a rapist violates the spirit of the law and should be punished. Give me a Christian nation that forces a rape victim to marry her rapist. Also give me the biblical references of "mix fibers" and "shrimp is sin". A morula is not just any cell. It is a "fertilized egg". Big difference.

Compared to having lived, a few minutes of funeral is meaningless. Where does it say that the baby was non-viable? She lived, floating merrily all over the space station just as how a baby on earth would be crawling all over the house. And considering how excited Kang Gansu was about the experiment, it meant they had figured out how to get the baby back to earth. In fact, Ryong and the baby were expected back any time. And that could have been her at the end by her father’s side by the ocean with her own baby. As for Eve, she had a funeral that she would have loved - her ashes scattered in the place she loved the most - the outer space.

Eve had a choice to abort her unborn baby. She was on her way back to earth that would have caused the baby to be aborted but CHOSE to go back to the space station. Whether it was because of her dedication to the cause of science or because she bonded with her baby, that's up for discussion. But it was obvious that she CHOSE to have the baby despite being warned of the risks in delivering a baby in zero-gravity condition. Her best friend specifically told her about the fatal risk to her pelvis but she made the CHOICE to have her baby.

Reading the comments, I'm appalled at how those who posted negative comments got this so wrong. I'm inclined to believe those who suspect that most negative reviewers have not watched the drama; that they are merely haters.

Contrary to what many negative reviewers contend, this is not pro-life, but pro-choice. In fact, there are shocking anti-life scenes that turned my stomach, since I believe that morulas are human babies.

Please see spoiler below for why this is pro-choice.

It means everyone has a right to his space in the world. It means just because you know how to use a gun, you can't kill animals for sport. Killing other animals for survival, such as a lion killing other animals for food, should be the only reason to kill. This includes unborn babies. They have a right to live. The only reason to abort them would be if the mother's life is at stake but then it's her choice and hers only.

So you're saying Christianity is propaganda? Because Christians believe in life at conception. A fertilized egg is a human being.

How so? Were the rats allowed to roam free in the space station as Eve did? Were the rats allowed to experiment with flies as Eve did? Were the rats allowed to choose whether to carry her baby to full term or not as Eve did? Note that it was Eve's decision to stay at the space station. Everyone else was expecting her to go back to earth. It was her decision to stay. Did the rats have any choice? Eve was told of the risks and she took them.

All pregnancies carry risks. When the risk is more than average, moms have the choice to take a chance or not. Eve took the chance. It was her choice. And I consider her decision heroic. She took the risk for her BABY, not just cells. By the way, morulas are not just cells. They are fertilized eggs. There's a world of difference between them. It should be obvious considering the cost and effort spent to create the morulas.

Can you show me a comment same as mine? I wouldn't be surprised tho if other lovers of the drama say the same thing since we love it because we have the same understanding of what this drama is about.

The message of this drama is that all living beings are equal - be it zinnias, lettuce, mayflies, humans, the earthworms in your backyard, the weeds in your lawn. "They are miracles made by the spirits of the universe. Every being is a miracle on its own."

In fact, this drama needs the watcher to be attentive. I found the story to be coherent and cohesive. Try rewatching it with your full attention. If you still can't understand some parts, ask questions in this forum. That's the best use of the comment section, for watchers to help each other understand the drama instead of stoking toxicity.

I came to this site to share my excitement about this fantastic drama that has amazing cgi, gave me a taste of how it feels like to be up there in outer space and the story is cool, made me think of substantial topics like, is a morula a human being (apparently not, for scientists) and would you ever do anything unethical for any reason? The drama made me laugh, cry and think. It also has many suspenseful scenes that had me on the edge of my seat. And the leads' chemistry set my heart racing.

Imagine my surprise at the low rating which proves just how inaccurate online drama ratings are. Never believe them, especially for kdramas. Apparently, kdrama fans routinely sabotage dramas of actors considered competition of their idols, manufacturing negative comments and giving absurdly low ratings to the dramas.

This drama definitely does not deserve such a low rating. The suspenseful scenes alone deserve at least an 8. Yet you can see many reviews with a rating of 1. it's so ridiculous and disgusting it can make one crave for justice and wish bad karma on whichever actor reviewers are sabotaging this drama for.

I haven’t had this much difficulty being understood. First my question about ratings was misunderstood to have anything to do with quality which is distinct, though loosely related, to ratings, but distinct still. They don’t always go together. Now, my observation about the loose association between ratings and quality got misunderstood to be about the “worth” of a drama. There is nothing to point out as “flawed” here since I haven’t even started theorizing on the “worth” of a drama and I’m not inclined to do so in this thread.

Did I mention anything about quality? The author of this article claims the drama is a “hit” but I’m not seeing evidence of it based on ratings charts like Datawin and Vlinkage, which are normally how being a “hit” cdrama is judged on

My affinity for ratings is due to my affinity for math and analysis, it has nothing at all to do with any hankering for quality. As a drama afficionado (not just Chinese but Korean and western), I’m well aware that ratings and quality do not always go together, though I’ve noticed that, as long as a high-quality drama is not sabotaged, quality will eventually push the ratings up. With so many dramas to watch nowadays, among the prime determinants in helping viewers choose a drama to watch are the cast and ratings. Quality helps to make them stick it out to the end.

Thanks. I’ll check it out when it’s released on Viki

Yet, the author of the article already claimed it was a “hit”

I’m a ratings person. That’s my “hidden agenda”, Geez, are cdrama netizens generally this malicious?

Thanks for the info. Been asking on X/Twitter about the data sources of these rating charts but haven’t gotten a satisfactory answer. The most baffling is Aiman coz it seems to deviate a lot from other charts like Datawin, VLinkage and Maoyan. I’ve been wondering if some of these charts are based merely on surveys, not on viewing stats

Not my genre actually. I was just curious about the author coz an article she wrote about another cdrama was misleading. So, was wondering if she is one of those who use misinformation to promote an actor/drama or attack an actor/drama. Also , as a stats nerd, I've been wondering how ratings stats for cdramas are determined and how trustworthy they are. China, after all, is known for fake news and troll/water armies.