Well, perhaps not surprisingly, this isn't my bag. Serial killer programs are rarely something I enjoy watching as they often disguise lazy writing. Here the thriller parts are overdone, plenty of long drawn out moments, will he won't he stuff and suspenseful music with little substance. For all the twists and turns it's all just a bit too glib, a bit too designed to thrill. Though they did their best to stick a 'different' twist on it all.
The leads act well and on the whole are ably supported, so if you like this sort of thriller give it a go. It you want something a little more cerebral try Nobody Knows. Dropped.
Uhh, I really can't stand the female lead, if she wasn't happy with her boyfriend of four years she should have…
I'm with you on this - I started a rewatch recently and I'm struggling with her courting the ML whilst still going out with her boyfriend who is still talking about marriage. I get that life isn't cut and dried, that things can take you by surprise etc. but when you realise you want to break up with your partner and see someone else then that is what you should do. Full stop.
RANT Alert! If you ever find someone lying unconscious especially after a fall or car accident etc. please do not lift them up, shake them and slap them whilst shouting "wake up! wake up!". It only ends well in KDrama Land!
Please use DR ABC - Danger - is there any to the casualty or yourself? Response-Does the casualty respond to touch or noise. Airways- are they open and clear? Breathing-are they breathing? If not resuscitate them, then- Circulation- check for bleeding.
If you think the casualty is unconscious due to impact try not to move them if at all possible. Broken bones can cause massive, even fatal damage if moved around. In the case of the spine or the skull it can cause life altering injuries.
Sorry but it bugs me every time I see that particular trope.
I am with you on the first three and the last one. I also find accidental kisses a rather ridiculous cliche used…
Number 2 and THIS ^ are my pet hates. If the only reason a the FL likes the JERK ML is because he's handsome and rich then I end up disliking them both. Accidental kisses? There's artistic licence and then there's 'that absolutely never ever happens', it just puts me off.
So this is OK if you like episodic dramas about court cases (all dealt with in a quite twee way). All the actors do a reasonable job and the plots are fine in a not too heavy way. Not my bag though so I dropped it half way through.
Whilst agreeing that sexual harassment is wrong whatever the gender of the perpetrator and the victim, I'm not sure if the examples you give prove the point you are trying to make. The bit with Lee Elijah unbuttoning her shirt etc. 'you are 10cm away from being the same' was to make a point about a specific person rather than a seduction. Hence the repeated comments about 10cm separating 'him' from 'them'. She didn't do it to anyone else. The Market again was making a point and, though they never made it clear how much, at least some of it was a put up job (the Aunties). It also had Grandma coming out and remonstrating with them. It was then pointed out that whilst embarrassing and intimidating (thus making it sexual harassment by most legal definitions) it lacked the true menace that a lot of sexual harassment towards women contains, they reminded us of that with the female associate having to tag along with the football fans to avoid the thugs at the end of the episode. As well as the lingering PTSD of Oh Reum's character Having said all that I thought the bit with the cleaning lady in the loo was completely out of the loop and wrong to the point of arrest. Also as you say the reversal of the roles is too often used as comic relief which normalises rather than criticises the behaviour, which is again wrong.
I've tried this twice now but I can't get past episode 3. Just doesn't do it for me at all, I'm not a fan of medical dramas in the first place and the characters are just annoying which leaves me with nowhere to go. They say third time is the charm so I might try again in a year or two.
First episode was enough for me, too much like a Western drama (there's a reason I watch K drama). Didn't need half the episode to know where it was going either, so was already skipping. Love triangles aren't really my bag so I probably should have left it alone.
People claim this is low key and grounded and avoids clichés: nothing could be further from the truth. It's an…
I sort of agree and yet I keep trying to find somewhere to watch the last few episodes. Loads of clichés hung on the kid and grandpa a storm wracked boat on a sea anchor.
Ueto Aya is gorgeous but the rest of it is just childishly simple especially if you have no real interest in commercial aviation. If you like your humour like that or are interested in being an Air Hostess you might enjoy it.
Terribly over the top and cheesy stuff which is absolutely fun to watch. Leave your critical faculties at home, take breaks as needed and enjoy the ride.
Managed a couple of episodes before dropping this. Cute and fluffy it definitely is but short on all else. Why does she have lipstick on when being a boy? I'm pretty sure ice hockey doesn't work like that. Plot, pacing...DRAMA CLICHES! If unsupported cute and fluffy with pretty people is your thing then this looks like a winner, if you want the cute and fluffy hung on a reasonable scaffold - probably not. Though it does have one of the worst accidental kisses I've seen so perhaps worth watching for that.
Serial killer programs are rarely something I enjoy watching as they often disguise lazy writing.
Here the thriller parts are overdone, plenty of long drawn out moments, will he won't he stuff and suspenseful music with little substance. For all the twists and turns it's all just a bit too glib, a bit too designed to thrill. Though they did their best to stick a 'different' twist on it all.
The leads act well and on the whole are ably supported, so if you like this sort of thriller give it a go.
It you want something a little more cerebral try Nobody Knows.
Dropped.
If you ever find someone lying unconscious especially after a fall or car accident etc. please do not lift them up, shake them and slap them whilst shouting "wake up! wake up!".
It only ends well in KDrama Land!
Please use DR ABC - Danger - is there any to the casualty or yourself? Response-Does the casualty respond to touch or noise. Airways- are they open and clear? Breathing-are they breathing? If not resuscitate them, then- Circulation- check for bleeding.
If you think the casualty is unconscious due to impact try not to move them if at all possible. Broken bones can cause massive, even fatal damage if moved around. In the case of the spine or the skull it can cause life altering injuries.
Sorry but it bugs me every time I see that particular trope.
Accidental kisses? There's artistic licence and then there's 'that absolutely never ever happens', it just puts me off.
The bit with Lee Elijah unbuttoning her shirt etc. 'you are 10cm away from being the same' was to make a point about a specific person rather than a seduction. Hence the repeated comments about 10cm separating 'him' from 'them'. She didn't do it to anyone else.
The Market again was making a point and, though they never made it clear how much, at least some of it was a put up job (the Aunties). It also had Grandma coming out and remonstrating with them. It was then pointed out that whilst embarrassing and intimidating (thus making it sexual harassment by most legal definitions) it lacked the true menace that a lot of sexual harassment towards women contains, they reminded us of that with the female associate having to tag along with the football fans to avoid the thugs at the end of the episode. As well as the lingering PTSD of Oh Reum's character
Having said all that I thought the bit with the cleaning lady in the loo was completely out of the loop and wrong to the point of arrest. Also as you say the reversal of the roles is too often used as comic relief which normalises rather than criticises the behaviour, which is again wrong.
Love triangles aren't really my bag so I probably should have left it alone.
Why does she have lipstick on when being a boy? I'm pretty sure ice hockey doesn't work like that. Plot, pacing...DRAMA CLICHES!
If unsupported cute and fluffy with pretty people is your thing then this looks like a winner, if you want the cute and fluffy hung on a reasonable scaffold - probably not.
Though it does have one of the worst accidental kisses I've seen so perhaps worth watching for that.