it’ll be interesting to see how soo-ho’s future characterisation pans out because you can see that his current…
I find that as a black comedy, Snowdrop really misses it's mark. Rather than a masterful blend of gravity and comedy, it instead takes turn being in one genre before switching to the next.
I believe the drama will force the idea that Young Ro will become a super badass, and she'll start having her own screaming scenes, and crying loudly scenes. Basically I can see overacting and compensating in Jisoo's acting moving forward. Then the audience will be forced to believe now she and Soo Ho are in equal ground, and he won't be able to intimidate her, then yada yada yada...
We are now a third of the way, and I have to say, now that we have thrown the romance out of the window, the drama is actually starting to get more interesting. I realize now, that the earlier episodes tried to push a coupling that lacked any serious chemistry but visual ones. The overacting, and caricatured characters are thankfully kept at a minimum, and replaced by probably the three most competent men in Snowdrop, the Three Northmen.
Although Snowdrop EP. 5 still retains the same illogical, almost stupid situations that irritated me in the previous episodes, they have at least decided to stick to only two genre types, slapstick comedy and spy thriller. Although both of these genres fall short of it's intended mark at times, the quality is no longer diluted by acid-laden writer room ideas, and boilerplate crib notes, that had no purpose being in the episode in the first place.
Now that everyone can start acting their true selves, the drama is starting to show signs of life. As if the writers could hear my inner thoughts, they finally decided to cut down on the number of names and faces we have to pretend to care about, and just focus on the main cast.
One of the weak points of Ep. 5 is a problem that many Kdramas seem to have. Although I had hope to see it later in the 16 ep, arc, it reared it's ugly head early in Ep. 5. The problem I speak of, is when FL's character don't have enough characterization to work with, the writer, in the quest to give the FL some sort of conviction and stalwartness, will cut off every other single female character at the Achilles, as to prop up the FL. As it stood, there were just too many well acted female characters that dominated the first four episodes, how can I forget Ms. Pi vs Boon Ok in the previous episode. Which is why I became a little sad to see their characters reduced to mere plot devices.
Another female character who suffered greatly is Jang Hanna. Once a steely no nonsense ANSP agent, who was the only female ANSP agent, once her "Man" got shot, she once again devolved into a whimpering puppy, whose greatest skill is to shout loudly and repeatedly at the annoyance of the men around her. After being touted as the ONLY female agent in ANSP, her actions and willingness to throw it all away is a bit disappointing.
At times, I find it confusing and jarring to figure out what is important to the show and what is not. The North Koreans are so careful to talk in code, and whisper in secret. The South Korean contingent on the other hand are shown to be very callous with their words, and humorously enough is ready to be heard within earshot of anyone who cares. I know they are suppose to be plot devices, but they are very lazily written ones, as if the writer cannot be bothered to add a little espionage in their spy drama.
Let us just ignore the whole scene With Han and Young Ro's brother in that shootout. I am assuming that is an idea derived from one of those acid-laden writer's trip.
In my opinion, Ep. 5, regardless of it's flaws, has hit all the right marks, and all it needed to do was cut back on the romance completely. In fact the chemistry between the Three Northmen is greater than the chemistry of the main couple. I feel that Snowdrop is at it's best when they are able to stick to the spy/espionage angle, and add just the right amount of comedy.
The spy plot moving forward is fairly predictable and nothing special. But if they can keep the bromance between the Three Northmen going, and the romance of the main couple far far away, I can see Snowdrop slowly becoming a better Kdrama.
To add romance at this point would be disastrous and detrimental to the good will that Snowdrop has earned this episode.
I believe the drama will force the idea that Young Ro will become a super badass, and she'll start having her own screaming scenes, and crying loudly scenes. Basically I can see overacting and compensating in Jisoo's acting moving forward. Then the audience will be forced to believe now she and Soo Ho are in equal ground, and he won't be able to intimidate her, then yada yada yada...
From the Ep. 6 preview, I can already tell we will have to do more stretching.
We are now a third of the way, and I have to say, now that we have thrown the romance out of the window, the drama is actually starting to get more interesting. I realize now, that the earlier episodes tried to push a coupling that lacked any serious chemistry but visual ones. The overacting, and caricatured characters are thankfully kept at a minimum, and replaced by probably the three most competent men in Snowdrop, the Three Northmen.
Although Snowdrop EP. 5 still retains the same illogical, almost stupid situations that irritated me in the previous episodes, they have at least decided to stick to only two genre types, slapstick comedy and spy thriller. Although both of these genres fall short of it's intended mark at times, the quality is no longer diluted by acid-laden writer room ideas, and boilerplate crib notes, that had no purpose being in the episode in the first place.
Now that everyone can start acting their true selves, the drama is starting to show signs of life. As if the writers could hear my inner thoughts, they finally decided to cut down on the number of names and faces we have to pretend to care about, and just focus on the main cast.
One of the weak points of Ep. 5 is a problem that many Kdramas seem to have. Although I had hope to see it later in the 16 ep, arc, it reared it's ugly head early in Ep. 5. The problem I speak of, is when FL's character don't have enough characterization to work with, the writer, in the quest to give the FL some sort of conviction and stalwartness, will cut off every other single female character at the Achilles, as to prop up the FL. As it stood, there were just too many well acted female characters that dominated the first four episodes, how can I forget Ms. Pi vs Boon Ok in the previous episode. Which is why I became a little sad to see their characters reduced to mere plot devices.
Another female character who suffered greatly is Jang Hanna. Once a steely no nonsense ANSP agent, who was the only female ANSP agent, once her "Man" got shot, she once again devolved into a whimpering puppy, whose greatest skill is to shout loudly and repeatedly at the annoyance of the men around her. After being touted as the ONLY female agent in ANSP, her actions and willingness to throw it all away is a bit disappointing.
At times, I find it confusing and jarring to figure out what is important to the show and what is not. The North Koreans are so careful to talk in code, and whisper in secret. The South Korean contingent on the other hand are shown to be very callous with their words, and humorously enough is ready to be heard within earshot of anyone who cares. I know they are suppose to be plot devices, but they are very lazily written ones, as if the writer cannot be bothered to add a little espionage in their spy drama.
Let us just ignore the whole scene With Han and Young Ro's brother in that shootout. I am assuming that is an idea derived from one of those acid-laden writer's trip.
In my opinion, Ep. 5, regardless of it's flaws, has hit all the right marks, and all it needed to do was cut back on the romance completely. In fact the chemistry between the Three Northmen is greater than the chemistry of the main couple. I feel that Snowdrop is at it's best when they are able to stick to the spy/espionage angle, and add just the right amount of comedy.
The spy plot moving forward is fairly predictable and nothing special. But if they can keep the bromance between the Three Northmen going, and the romance of the main couple far far away, I can see Snowdrop slowly becoming a better Kdrama.
To add romance at this point would be disastrous and detrimental to the good will that Snowdrop has earned this episode.
Now they just made her a weak FL character. So disappointing.
I really really hate when the writing makes every other female character garbage to make FL shine.
Code 1 is higher than code 2 and vice versa.
Kind of their fault for signing with Disney and not Netflix.