I've been a fan of this director since I watched Bleak Night years ago and couldn't wait to see what else he made after wards. Finally got around to watching this— I did really like it. The story is nothing too special, but I think the cinematography, music, acting, and the extremely well-done tension, make it good.
I originally dropped this drama - I read + watched mindhunter and the beginning felt so based off of that it didn't catch my interest, but I finally restarted it and finished it. I'd say it's worth the watch if you're hesitating!
It's a little less of a mystery than thriller + character study. Hayoung is the most convincing part of the show, and the most interesting piece to keep watching for.
this was soooooo cute omg >.< I haven't watched many cdramas, but this one makes me want to watch more. if anyone has recommendations off of this one, I'd love to see more stories that are this cute and well done ^^
it definitely had its problems but overall I'm just so happy to see a kdrama in the sci-fi genre that has such a nice quality of production! I liked the direction the worldbuilding went in and would love to see more of it, and a more developed version of it.
would recommend watching it if you like sci-fi or action at all, it's really short + worth it, despite some aspects of it falling a bit flat.
I wanted to watch this cuz vampires but i hate the "girl in the present resembles (or is secretly, but just resembling is worse lmao) love from the past" trope
some of these comments are so nasty omg ;-; it doesn't have to be that serious— it's like one of those messy melodramas you watch cuz you enjoy watching it all burn lmao not every drama needs to be hyperrealistic or have a nicely gift-wrapped plot
and I actually think the characters are pretty well written and developed?? like cha's relationship with Sunghee, and even sunghee's whole character herself; and then cha and her daughter, too; the relationships changed and developed so nicely over the course of the plot. If there's ones that i wish were better done it would be cha and her son and the son and daughter (brother-sister relationship wasn't really explored/shown, but dramas don't have time for everything so can't really fault it).
I really liked this movie, and I feel like some of the bad comments are missing the point? Or maybe I just read…
Tho there were def things that could have been better! not saying it's a perfect movie. I do think at times the FL made choices that were a little questionable, but it could also just be that as a hearing person, I can never totally understand/relate to her experience. I also felt like lack of sound could have been utilized more in some parts to give viewers a more complete sense of her experience.
I really liked this movie, and I feel like some of the bad comments are missing the point? Or maybe I just read into it differently... but to me the point of it was more about her disability, how other people see her and had prejudice first before actually trying to understand her.
Also if you've ever visited/lived in Korea, I feel like the issue of bystander syndrome is very well-known there? Like it's such a big problem, and this movie combined that with prejudice in a thriller/chase setting to make a point. Ppl who are calling the cop who wanted to save his sister first, or saying that cops would have known better, or that ppl on the street wouldn't have acted that way, have waay too much faith in humanity lmao. Everyone's first instinct is to save themselves or not get involved.
If anyone has other show recommendations that are similar to this one, please let me know. I savored this drama + drew out finishing it as long as possibly lol, I'm so sad I've finished this :')
I think this is one of those shows that you just have to find (or it finds you lol) at the right time. I LOVE this drama, and now it's possibly one of my all-time favorites. It just hit all of those right places for me. Though I know that at different times in my life, I probably wouldn't have liked it this much; the pacing + style aren't for everyone. But I really needed it right now. And I definitely came away with a stronger addiction to coffee haha~
To me Park Minyoung's acting in past projects has fallen flat/ kinda stone faced?; Jiwon in the webtoon is clever and charismatic, and I haven't really seen that kind of acting from PMY. And as much as I love Gikwang haha Eunho is a shy barista/boy next door vibe, which is not Gikwang loll but he's a side character so it doesn't matter as much. Admittedly the other cast members I don't know very well.
I understand where people are coming from in hating part 2 but I think they're missing the point of the show/original…
not to say it's the best drama ever or something lol I definitely found other faults with it, I just feel like the message/ purpose was misunderstood. really wish they'd cut down the cast a bit even if it made it differ from the webtoon + focused on fewer students to go better in depth in their development.
I understand where people are coming from in hating part 2 but I think they're missing the point of the show/original…
And I feel like this one (I have not read all of the webtoon yet) is probably more of an allegory for the actually Korean SAT/college entrance exam + academic competition; how kids are made to see each other as the enemy and that's a fierce battle/competition. In the end the character who has been putting academics above everything else has a mental breakdown + perceives his fellow students as the ones holding him back and ruining his life, thus he turns on them and kills them. It's not a happy story but it was never meant to be.
I understand where people are coming from in hating part 2 but I think they're missing the point of the show/original author. if anyone has read any of the author's original webtoon's, I think you can quickly understand that they are meant to be allegories/metaphors for larger issues. continued in spoiler comment -
I just finished ep 3,what does amanza mean though?(like in this show)
amanza is the Korean word for cancer patient! I think it comes from how after he has cancer, he's identified by that instead of by name, like in the animated/dream world they call him "amanza/cancer patient" instead of his name.
It's a little less of a mystery than thriller + character study. Hayoung is the most convincing part of the show, and the most interesting piece to keep watching for.
would recommend watching it if you like sci-fi or action at all, it's really short + worth it, despite some aspects of it falling a bit flat.
and I actually think the characters are pretty well written and developed?? like cha's relationship with Sunghee, and even sunghee's whole character herself; and then cha and her daughter, too; the relationships changed and developed so nicely over the course of the plot. If there's ones that i wish were better done it would be cha and her son and the son and daughter (brother-sister relationship wasn't really explored/shown, but dramas don't have time for everything so can't really fault it).
Also if you've ever visited/lived in Korea, I feel like the issue of bystander syndrome is very well-known there? Like it's such a big problem, and this movie combined that with prejudice in a thriller/chase setting to make a point. Ppl who are calling the cop who wanted to save his sister first, or saying that cops would have known better, or that ppl on the street wouldn't have acted that way, have waay too much faith in humanity lmao. Everyone's first instinct is to save themselves or not get involved.