Only this dream of a cast can carry such underwhelming plot
I cannot stop thinking about it. What a stellar cast was assembled in S2. It makes absolute sense that in S2, arguably the most famous Korean show, gets onboard the most phenomenal Korean actors of our time. How did they get them all is beyond me? And all those brilliant actors competed for viewer's attention. How delicious and exciting! Keep reading to see who won over mine...
One right move was to bring S1 actors in a different light. Time has passed and they changed. Lee Jung Jae as Gi Hun was a different character from S1, physically and mentally. Although his decision to not board that plane...was the wrong one, indeed. Then Gong Yoo in his convincing comeback as the salesman. He was well loved for his short cameo in S1 and I was so happy to see him back with some development. Then Lee Byung Hun as In Ho... tbh him joining the characters in such manner was unexpected and intriguing. Although he lost me throughout and if his story was to be the center, the mission was not accomplished as S2 was so scattered. Wi Ha Joon as Jun Ho did not shine at all, the focus was not on him, and the plot placed him nowhere.
As for the newcomers -- the producer brought their A game with all that cash from S1. What an ensemble!!! Probably 70% of my favorite Korean actors came together in S2. We got Kang Ha Neul as Dae Ho, who delivered perfectly his golden-wimpy convincing character. Then we got Park SungHoon. Please tell me how many words are enough to explain the brilliant performance he gave as Hyeon Ju. He is definitely the best performance of S2. There I said it, he won the competition of the attention. And the mere fact people are now taking this away from him, trying to bury him as if he is hateful towards transgender people -- please, why would he be ACTING as one. And everyone, I mean EVERYONE was pleasantly surprised by his performance. Stop cancelling Korean actors for everything for God's sake. We are losing art over here and they are losing their careers.
...And finally, my increasingly fave actor Yim Si Wan. You gotta make the best out of Siwan, he truly can give every movie award potential. He is a great actor and needed a stronger role. But I understand he is not as established as some of the others. I hope more complex character arc is coming in S3.
I mean all three of them really: Ha Neul, Sunghoon and Si Wan can carry the heavy role so give them sufficient backstory. S2 was disappointing in such sense.
There is no point in missing it if you watched S1, but it seems like a trap for S3, because nothing really happened.
Thanks for reading.
One right move was to bring S1 actors in a different light. Time has passed and they changed. Lee Jung Jae as Gi Hun was a different character from S1, physically and mentally. Although his decision to not board that plane...was the wrong one, indeed. Then Gong Yoo in his convincing comeback as the salesman. He was well loved for his short cameo in S1 and I was so happy to see him back with some development. Then Lee Byung Hun as In Ho... tbh him joining the characters in such manner was unexpected and intriguing. Although he lost me throughout and if his story was to be the center, the mission was not accomplished as S2 was so scattered. Wi Ha Joon as Jun Ho did not shine at all, the focus was not on him, and the plot placed him nowhere.
As for the newcomers -- the producer brought their A game with all that cash from S1. What an ensemble!!! Probably 70% of my favorite Korean actors came together in S2. We got Kang Ha Neul as Dae Ho, who delivered perfectly his golden-wimpy convincing character. Then we got Park SungHoon. Please tell me how many words are enough to explain the brilliant performance he gave as Hyeon Ju. He is definitely the best performance of S2. There I said it, he won the competition of the attention. And the mere fact people are now taking this away from him, trying to bury him as if he is hateful towards transgender people -- please, why would he be ACTING as one. And everyone, I mean EVERYONE was pleasantly surprised by his performance. Stop cancelling Korean actors for everything for God's sake. We are losing art over here and they are losing their careers.
...And finally, my increasingly fave actor Yim Si Wan. You gotta make the best out of Siwan, he truly can give every movie award potential. He is a great actor and needed a stronger role. But I understand he is not as established as some of the others. I hope more complex character arc is coming in S3.
I mean all three of them really: Ha Neul, Sunghoon and Si Wan can carry the heavy role so give them sufficient backstory. S2 was disappointing in such sense.
There is no point in missing it if you watched S1, but it seems like a trap for S3, because nothing really happened.
Thanks for reading.
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