I liked the scene of SH and YR, but I felt the director missed a chance to direct Jisoo to have a more caring…
Like Jung Hae In has really impressed me with his facial micro expression, he's a really talented actor. She didn't need to pretend to understand his plight, obviously she wouldn't have any clue, considering their differing background. But giving him a few reassuring glances, and if they locked eyes even once, would have been such a great move, but alas...
The hostages, have all literally acted like sheep the last 10 episodes or so, with no apparent idea on the evils of ANSP. In fact, they all acted, including the males, that the ANSP are friends. It just feels like such a jarring move to suddenly have them all be so antagonistic enough to suddenly shun a person who has been trying to martyr herself since day 1. It's just a huge disconnect, and shows a lack of continuity. It's not portrayed well how the hostages had built up the anger. It felt just like pure propaganda at that point. Similar to another scene n earlier episodes, when the same propaganda laden "My Captain, My Captain" scene played out.
Like I've said in another comment. There are TONS Of drama of high school students that have shown WAY more maturity, than these college students. The whole "but their 19-21 years old" as an excuse just doesn't really work for me. The hostages, and Young Ro haven't been shown to have grown in any other way, but the direction their character started with in Ep. 1. Showing just massive single toned characterization.
Yes, I enjoy Cheong Ya's character, and Yoon In Na, is just showing me, she is a bonafide action star girl boss. But, let's not forget, she pretty much betrayed Boon Ok in a worse possible way. She gave Boon Ok fake power, which later backfired, and crushed Boon Ok's spirit. It was a huge betrayal, and as ms. Pi pointed out, Cheong Ya is really the person who looked down on Boon Ok. So it seems completely in line with what Boon Ok did there.
That's the thing I don't get. they are reaching not even for REAL power, but rather assumed power. Lim Ji Rok has already been disgraced. All killing Soo Ho does is ease up his bruised male pride. Within the party, he has to get Soo Ho killed so the punishment for Lim Ji Rok is not as severe. It's not even power he is chasing, but self preservation.
As for Eun Chang Su, even more confusing. He is basically doing all these dumb things out of some weird ass loyalty to his ruling party, so that in 5-7 years, he will be favored to be the next candidate? That's so incredibly far fetched. That's not how the democratic elections work in 1988 or 1994, and he is so incredibly naive and stupid to think so. I would understand more if he was doing ALL OF THIS, because was the candidate for THIS 1988 election. Seems like a really poor logic the writer added here.
For me at least, if your going to show such extreme emotions, and actions for the sake of love. Show us that carnal desire then. If Boon Ok is doing all this for her father, show us more scenes of her father. If Eun Chang Su is doing all this because he is power hungry, show more of that side. The drama is just flush full of missing background building that the ensuing foundation in the end just appears massively shaky.
i think eun changsu says kill the hostages because first he was convinced by his wife and the president put pressure…
I think it's similar to the Kang Moo and Soo Ho misunderstanding.
He may have already said other things, and all the viewers see is that last part. A red herring. He may be saying all this for his wife's sake or the presidents sake, but he will ask Hanna to do something different.
It's already clear to me from watching the preview that the spies are going to escape on their own so that they won't be able to blow up the dorm and blame the NK spies, since they will be shown to have escaped. This will save the hostages.
Probably Young Ro will offer herself as hostage so that Soo Ho and gang can escape without being shot at.
the moment where SH & YR talked about the what ifs, if they were just ordinary people was sweet but so sad. but…
I liked the scene of SH and YR, but I felt the director missed a chance to direct Jisoo to have a more caring expression as Soo Ho is basically bearing his soul to her. It seemed to me, that for one of the first few times, Soo Ho is trying to let Young Ro know more about him, and all she can do is nod and smile. Also, he kept looking at her, and she just kept to herself. The director should have done more close up angles, and slight glances. And it didn't manifest even once. The scene could have done so much more.
The girls turning on her, I could understand, but the whole dorm? I mean come on. That scene was so so so over the top, and overdone. Just literally one episode ago, they all acted like they were naive college girls, and suddenly they are all experts on the ANSP's actions and criminality? The whole scene of having the whole dorm, even the nicer hostages throw shade at Young Ro, and leaving her "best friend" for last had me rolling my eyes so hard. They could have accomplished the same thing with just having Hye roung, Jeong Min, and Seoul Hee do the walk off. The writing is TRYING so hard to make Young Ro as tragic as possible, and I am personally getting tired of the repetitive nature of this writing. Such a huge disconnect considering for 13 episodes, there is very little element of danger, and most of the hostages only cared about their law finals, aspiring careers, and how hungry they were. This scene didn't hit the right points IMO.
Boon Ok didn't know old man's son was there. And she was threatened with physical violence, would you rather she name someone else as the ANSP daughter? See an innocent get harassed instead? Would that make Boon Ok look nicer since she defended Young Ro? This writing has doomed Boon Ok from the start, she's left with little avenues, and she is acting the way her character has been written. She's actually quite consistently written, and a character death and failure is in her cards unfortunately.
The way the writer made Lim Ji Rok and Eun Chang Su's character act is just ughh.... I can't anymore. At least they kept Nam Tae il's character consistent from start to finish, but these other two old guys are just flip flopping more than Magikarp. Snowdrop has been nothing but one giant tease. Teases romance, teases suspense, teases redemption arcs. All of it never comes to proper fruition.
The writing has come to the point where Soo Ho and Young Ro are made to look as tragic as possible. The writer literally forced the Romeo and Juliet paradigm in the last few episodes, just so she can say, Snowdrop is a Korean Romeo and Juliet.
Wow this episode... just depressing lmao! Why are they so mean... don't tell you don't hide things from other…
It's all to make Young Ro's story more tragic.
To be fair in this episode, it's not really her fault. And she does feel bad, of what does happen. Guilt and conscience are building blocks of a redemption arc. But yeah I suspect death or failure is her just desserts as well. She was cornered by an aggressive man, who has shown that he has no qualms of hurting women. What was she to do? Would it have made the audience feel better, if Boon Ok had named somebody else who was innocent? Would they feel better if Boon Ok lied and said it was Hye Roung instead?
Ep. 14 so clearly shows why Boon Ok is the way she is. Look at the conversation between Young Ro and her dad. All the dorm hostages will get their parents happy to see them televised, Young Ro herself will get to accompany her BF.
No one is waiting for Boon Ok. Also keep in mind, Kang Moo's threat is fresh in her mind, that she will be jailed, charged for attempted murder and other infractions. So she's finding a way to survive. To avoid incarceration, because she knows no one will come to her aid. No one thus far has defended her. Even her protector Ms. Pi threw her under the bus.
She's alone in this world, taking care of someone who is even lonelier than her. Her ailing father...
what ms pi said in today's episode really re-emphasised the main theme of this drama: "love is more important…
And this is exactly why office romance is frowned upon.
Love is a great feeling, it can be felt between people, it can even be felt for material things, concepts, ideologies and countries.
But the truth of the matter is, love is unreliable, love is in the moment, and love rarely retains the same form over a long expanse of time.
In that vein, ideological principles are more rigid, and in the greater scheme of running a country, more reliable. But as long as one of the factors of an ideological pursuit is human beings, love will always be a concerning factor.
Weren't they completely blissfully unaware of anything ANSP related? And suddenly 1 episode later, they are all ANSP atrocities experts? And suddenly there are so many protestors in the hostages?
I mean come on, I already shut off my brain, but this is just...
Not a fan of this director's filming style. He missed so many better angles.
Frustrating, they are wasting the acting of some of the actors/actresses who have been stellar.
This episode was less boring and draggy, but way more frustrating.
The hostages, have all literally acted like sheep the last 10 episodes or so, with no apparent idea on the evils of ANSP. In fact, they all acted, including the males, that the ANSP are friends. It just feels like such a jarring move to suddenly have them all be so antagonistic enough to suddenly shun a person who has been trying to martyr herself since day 1. It's just a huge disconnect, and shows a lack of continuity. It's not portrayed well how the hostages had built up the anger. It felt just like pure propaganda at that point. Similar to another scene n earlier episodes, when the same propaganda laden "My Captain, My Captain" scene played out.
Like I've said in another comment. There are TONS Of drama of high school students that have shown WAY more maturity, than these college students. The whole "but their 19-21 years old" as an excuse just doesn't really work for me. The hostages, and Young Ro haven't been shown to have grown in any other way, but the direction their character started with in Ep. 1. Showing just massive single toned characterization.
Yes, I enjoy Cheong Ya's character, and Yoon In Na, is just showing me, she is a bonafide action star girl boss. But, let's not forget, she pretty much betrayed Boon Ok in a worse possible way. She gave Boon Ok fake power, which later backfired, and crushed Boon Ok's spirit. It was a huge betrayal, and as ms. Pi pointed out, Cheong Ya is really the person who looked down on Boon Ok. So it seems completely in line with what Boon Ok did there.
That's the thing I don't get. they are reaching not even for REAL power, but rather assumed power. Lim Ji Rok has already been disgraced. All killing Soo Ho does is ease up his bruised male pride. Within the party, he has to get Soo Ho killed so the punishment for Lim Ji Rok is not as severe. It's not even power he is chasing, but self preservation.
As for Eun Chang Su, even more confusing. He is basically doing all these dumb things out of some weird ass loyalty to his ruling party, so that in 5-7 years, he will be favored to be the next candidate? That's so incredibly far fetched. That's not how the democratic elections work in 1988 or 1994, and he is so incredibly naive and stupid to think so. I would understand more if he was doing ALL OF THIS, because was the candidate for THIS 1988 election. Seems like a really poor logic the writer added here.
For me at least, if your going to show such extreme emotions, and actions for the sake of love. Show us that carnal desire then. If Boon Ok is doing all this for her father, show us more scenes of her father. If Eun Chang Su is doing all this because he is power hungry, show more of that side. The drama is just flush full of missing background building that the ensuing foundation in the end just appears massively shaky.
By escaping the dorm for all the eyes to see, the ANSP can't blow up the dorm, and thus saving all the hostages.
He may have already said other things, and all the viewers see is that last part. A red herring. He may be saying all this for his wife's sake or the presidents sake, but he will ask Hanna to do something different.
It's already clear to me from watching the preview that the spies are going to escape on their own so that they won't be able to blow up the dorm and blame the NK spies, since they will be shown to have escaped. This will save the hostages.
Probably Young Ro will offer herself as hostage so that Soo Ho and gang can escape without being shot at.
The girls turning on her, I could understand, but the whole dorm? I mean come on. That scene was so so so over the top, and overdone. Just literally one episode ago, they all acted like they were naive college girls, and suddenly they are all experts on the ANSP's actions and criminality? The whole scene of having the whole dorm, even the nicer hostages throw shade at Young Ro, and leaving her "best friend" for last had me rolling my eyes so hard. They could have accomplished the same thing with just having Hye roung, Jeong Min, and Seoul Hee do the walk off. The writing is TRYING so hard to make Young Ro as tragic as possible, and I am personally getting tired of the repetitive nature of this writing. Such a huge disconnect considering for 13 episodes, there is very little element of danger, and most of the hostages only cared about their law finals, aspiring careers, and how hungry they were. This scene didn't hit the right points IMO.
Boon Ok didn't know old man's son was there. And she was threatened with physical violence, would you rather she name someone else as the ANSP daughter? See an innocent get harassed instead? Would that make Boon Ok look nicer since she defended Young Ro? This writing has doomed Boon Ok from the start, she's left with little avenues, and she is acting the way her character has been written. She's actually quite consistently written, and a character death and failure is in her cards unfortunately.
The way the writer made Lim Ji Rok and Eun Chang Su's character act is just ughh.... I can't anymore. At least they kept Nam Tae il's character consistent from start to finish, but these other two old guys are just flip flopping more than Magikarp. Snowdrop has been nothing but one giant tease. Teases romance, teases suspense, teases redemption arcs. All of it never comes to proper fruition.
The writing has come to the point where Soo Ho and Young Ro are made to look as tragic as possible. The writer literally forced the Romeo and Juliet paradigm in the last few episodes, just so she can say, Snowdrop is a Korean Romeo and Juliet.
I saw her using her magic to save Snowdrop!
To be fair in this episode, it's not really her fault. And she does feel bad, of what does happen. Guilt and conscience are building blocks of a redemption arc. But yeah I suspect death or failure is her just desserts as well. She was cornered by an aggressive man, who has shown that he has no qualms of hurting women. What was she to do? Would it have made the audience feel better, if Boon Ok had named somebody else who was innocent? Would they feel better if Boon Ok lied and said it was Hye Roung instead?
Ep. 14 so clearly shows why Boon Ok is the way she is. Look at the conversation between Young Ro and her dad. All the dorm hostages will get their parents happy to see them televised, Young Ro herself will get to accompany her BF.
No one is waiting for Boon Ok. Also keep in mind, Kang Moo's threat is fresh in her mind, that she will be jailed, charged for attempted murder and other infractions. So she's finding a way to survive. To avoid incarceration, because she knows no one will come to her aid. No one thus far has defended her. Even her protector Ms. Pi threw her under the bus.
She's alone in this world, taking care of someone who is even lonelier than her. Her ailing father...
She's a tragic hero through and through.
Love is a great feeling, it can be felt between people, it can even be felt for material things, concepts, ideologies and countries.
But the truth of the matter is, love is unreliable, love is in the moment, and love rarely retains the same form over a long expanse of time.
In that vein, ideological principles are more rigid, and in the greater scheme of running a country, more reliable. But as long as one of the factors of an ideological pursuit is human beings, love will always be a concerning factor.
Honestly, they just have so much chemistry. I wouldn't mind seeing a REAL spy drama with Seong Jo, Yoon in Nah and Jung Hae In on the same side.
Eun Chang Su: Hey honey how are you doing?
Young Ro: You know, still stuck at the dorm.
Eun Chang Su: Ok, don't worry I will send a car for you.
Young Ro: You see dad, I met this cool guy, and he just rented this super expensive limo, and I was thinking of going to prom with him.
Eun Chang Su: Oh, is it Andrew Clark?
Young Ro: Nope, it's John Bender.
Eun Chang Su: Oh, that's nice...
"Skycastle"
and
"The Dorm"
comes the smallest plot setting yet..
"The Bathroom"
I mean come on, I already shut off my brain, but this is just...
Not a fan of this director's filming style. He missed so many better angles.
Frustrating, they are wasting the acting of some of the actors/actresses who have been stellar.
This episode was less boring and draggy, but way more frustrating.
Nam Do San in Start Up?
Or
Young Ro in Snow Drop?
it's a pretty close match IMO
I mean come on now...
If we defeat the bad people early, the show would end too early.