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Cheesy cartoon "makjang" but with some deep meaningful messages
The drama is JunHo-centric, showing him as a "nobody" good bland small guy who turns into a superhero, something like Superman. Also he narrates the video, and that is where a lot of comedy is, to see the discrepancy between his thinking and his actions LOL and the content of his thoughts LOL
Also, this is a supernatural makjang, so do NOT expect perfectly executed fights and crispy technicalities. Frankly, it is absolutely irrelevant. The messages are about very deep issues of life, this is really a psychological melodrama /thriller / comedy.
Until ep 6, I was just wondering wth I was watching, what the messages are, and where the catch is. The ML is a rather bland guy, a good, dumb guy, complacent, lazy, selfish, not a bad guy but not a great guy with integrity... He is under the slipper of his girlfriend, who is very smart and materialistic and forces him into that mold. This is 100% opposite from the typical kdrama plot.... our "superhero" is a very real life guy..... He and she do not communicate, she just gives him orders... They are consumers trying to move up the social ladder. They are driven by cash but have little of it :)
Ep 6 and on, there is growth and change, and some profound messages about life in general. I really enjoyed the subtle and obvious messages. I am not going to spill the beans. The jist of it: the small people win by individually conquering their own demons and by working together. It is not sugar coated - for example, if you have only heart, but no cash, you cannot fight and you die LOL
But since this is a cartoon, you can come back to life by magic tricks :)
The plot is cheesy but this is a cartoon..... so the plot does NOT have to be super tight and is, imo, ok to have a loose plot in a supernatural fantasy cartoon ..... so be it. For example. the scene of hanging out in church fire for like 10 minutes drove some audience insane bc of it's unrealness, BUT this is not a drama about reality. It is really a cartoon, where our heroes can do all kinds of stuff and get out unscratched :)
Also, loan shark, etc were not really explained but ... who cares, right?
Now imo a serious complaint:
I disliked that the villains go to a Buddhist shrine and the good guys are working under a Christian agenda. Someone is pushing christian churches into kdramas. That is quite rotten.
The music was ... sooooo... bad. I really disliked it. The singer cannot sing well... adn the words... fell by the side....
The acting is ok for most part. JunHo seems to "act" the same in all his dramas, hopefully his idol life will wear out and he will be able to relate to many more expressions from "real life"..... right now, he is ok as a "sweet guy" ... He is quite physical so he acts "action scenes" quite well.
and the young villain dude is the same in every drama - the same face, th same acting... and the same type of role... and he is not even good at it. I suggest trying more varied roles and really trying to ACT.
Overall summary: I enjoyed the experience of getting to know the characters and their stories and I learned somethng from it, and I thank the drama crew for it.
Also, this is a supernatural makjang, so do NOT expect perfectly executed fights and crispy technicalities. Frankly, it is absolutely irrelevant. The messages are about very deep issues of life, this is really a psychological melodrama /thriller / comedy.
Until ep 6, I was just wondering wth I was watching, what the messages are, and where the catch is. The ML is a rather bland guy, a good, dumb guy, complacent, lazy, selfish, not a bad guy but not a great guy with integrity... He is under the slipper of his girlfriend, who is very smart and materialistic and forces him into that mold. This is 100% opposite from the typical kdrama plot.... our "superhero" is a very real life guy..... He and she do not communicate, she just gives him orders... They are consumers trying to move up the social ladder. They are driven by cash but have little of it :)
Ep 6 and on, there is growth and change, and some profound messages about life in general. I really enjoyed the subtle and obvious messages. I am not going to spill the beans. The jist of it: the small people win by individually conquering their own demons and by working together. It is not sugar coated - for example, if you have only heart, but no cash, you cannot fight and you die LOL
But since this is a cartoon, you can come back to life by magic tricks :)
The plot is cheesy but this is a cartoon..... so the plot does NOT have to be super tight and is, imo, ok to have a loose plot in a supernatural fantasy cartoon ..... so be it. For example. the scene of hanging out in church fire for like 10 minutes drove some audience insane bc of it's unrealness, BUT this is not a drama about reality. It is really a cartoon, where our heroes can do all kinds of stuff and get out unscratched :)
Also, loan shark, etc were not really explained but ... who cares, right?
Now imo a serious complaint:
I disliked that the villains go to a Buddhist shrine and the good guys are working under a Christian agenda. Someone is pushing christian churches into kdramas. That is quite rotten.
The music was ... sooooo... bad. I really disliked it. The singer cannot sing well... adn the words... fell by the side....
The acting is ok for most part. JunHo seems to "act" the same in all his dramas, hopefully his idol life will wear out and he will be able to relate to many more expressions from "real life"..... right now, he is ok as a "sweet guy" ... He is quite physical so he acts "action scenes" quite well.
and the young villain dude is the same in every drama - the same face, th same acting... and the same type of role... and he is not even good at it. I suggest trying more varied roles and really trying to ACT.
Overall summary: I enjoyed the experience of getting to know the characters and their stories and I learned somethng from it, and I thank the drama crew for it.
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