May_me

Well, what can I say about my favourite webtoon becoming a butchered ghost of itself? Resident Evil fans, I feel you. I remember hoping for the great adaptation that could be pulled by Netflix's budget, feeling satisfaction seeing concept videos and trailers, which pulled the looks of monsters and location sets, and absolute dread watching first, then second episodes, and later more. It pulled the visual aesthetics of webtoon, suitable actors, and failed to provide the essence of the whole meaning of the webtoon. And for that? To milk an anorexic cow that this story became for more seasons?

It ruins the ending of the webtoon, failing to adapt beloved character dynamics, and adding unnecessary characters could've been forgiven if it were a good survival/apocalyptic story. It was not. It ruined the built-up suspense and potency that was built in the first episodes. It fails to provide how dangerous the monsters are, it dampens down the tragedy of the ruined world and the fragile state of characters. I can't believe they really added a freaking scene where one of the characters, right in the middle of an apocalypse, somehow successfully rides on a bike, doesn't get eaten or even seen by supernaturally strong and vicious monsters, and returns to that damn house?????????????????? How are the stakes of your story weaker than those of the Resident Evil movies, brother? I knew Alice was an indestructible Mary Sue, and I still felt more worried about her than a human firefighter.

It becomes a melodrama, and the tragedy of the story comes from something absolutely unnecessary instead of building on the problems of remaining human.

I loved the main actor in the role of MC and all others, can't say any negative things about them, but oh God did they just massacre my boy and my girl Jisu. I hated how they softened MC's character as if afraid of showing him truly messed up and imperfect, but it's discussion for other time.