I hope this great actress is resting and reading scripts for her next project, and that she works again with her Queen Mantis director, who gave her the respect she deserves. So many close-ups that let her face do the work! A brilliant decision on the part of that director.
yea. calm down. it's called "fiction" for a reason. you obviously and readily understand the twist to…
We've seen more than enough examples in real life of the sort of evil, sicko behavior among Christian pastors portrayed in this drama. Church leaders tried to protect them, which merely encouraged other evil sickos among the clergy to think they could do it and get away with it. Imo it's best to publicly admit that that sort of thing goes on and to punish the guilty. Just think of the children, who suffered and, in some cases, whose lives were ruined because of those bastards.
She isn't a badly written cop; she's simply who she is, which isn't you.
Neither. I'm just disagreeing with you. According to your comment, you want the character to act and react the way you would. Anyway, if, as you said, she simply acquiesced to being overlooked for promotion, would she then have ignored protocol and gone out on her own to solve the case and show how much better she was than the guy who got the promotion?
If the police in c-dramas were portrayed the way they are in k-dramas, the dramas would be censored.
Ha! I see your point. But in addition to being entertaining, life affirming, intellectually stimulating, etc., for me dramas must also reveal the truth about the society in which the characters live, not just what's good, but also what's not so good. It's important for an understanding of the characters' motivations and development. I guess this doesn't apply to Mobius, though.
A compelling premise and brilliant acting couldn't save this thriller from its own flaws. While the central idea…
What part of the "execution" fell flat? The portrayal of the police as being incompetent? Imo, if they'd been competent all of the things you liked about it, i.e. the main thrust of the drama, would become secondary to how the competent police successfully find the copycat killer. Actually, k-dramas wouldn't consistently portray the police as incompetent or shackled by their superiors who are taking bribes to let perps go free, if there wasn't some truth in it.
so sad this is so cringe and Bai Jing Tings performance is so overacted - never seen him like this before. I am…
Do you only ever post negative opinions about actors' performances? You're like a failed actor whose only pleasure is bashing the efforts of other actors.
In most k-dramas the cops are either grossly incompetent, or their efforts are stifled by superiors who have been…
You were not being generous; you were being perceptive.
But no one is suggesting that she isn't a psycho serial killer taking vicious revenge on all men who are pederasts or batterers of women. In patriarchal societies I'm surprised more women don't take the law into their own hands. They kill themselves instead. But since there are already too many such cases of young women (especially) committing suicide in South Korea, k-dramas are pushing the better-to-stay-alive- and-seek-revenge trope almost like it's a public service message.
Now, based on the documentaries I've seen about serial killers, and there are plenty such documentaries in America, they all act pretty much the same way. Like know-it-alls. Unlike the male serial killers, however, Queen Mantis had a somewhat "reasonable" reason for doing what she did, and whether he forgives her sins or not, her son, who is as broken as she is and so mortified that he's the son of a serial killer that he's withheld it from his team, must finally face those reasons full on.
I must say I find your idea of a "distorted, hallucination-driven POV of what's going on" very appealing, and I think it would certainly work if this were a k-film. But a k-drama? I've been watching some c-dramas lately and have applied an often-repeated line from those dramas to k-dramas: "Don't overthink it."
In most k-dramas the cops are either grossly incompetent, or their efforts are stifled by superiors who have been…
You're obviously way too rational for k-dramas. Before I watched this show, what surprised me most was that they made the serial killer a woman, when women serial killers are relatively rare. So, I figured this was just going to be Silence of the Lambs but with the best actress I've ever seen playing Hannibal Lecter, which was fine by me. Quite early on, though, the reason for the gender swap became clear, and for me at least, the drama became less about the mom helping to identify the copycat, and more as a vehicle for the mom to finally have a chance after many years to talk to the son, who had steadfastly refused to talk to her or see her as anything but an insane monster who killed merely for the pleasure of killing. Won't give away any spoilers, but will just say that he's a lot less pedantic by the end.
France IS a progressive country. So maybe in both the original and this remake, you had a knee-jerk reaction to a Trans person being portrayed in a negative light and failed to take in her backstory.
But no one is suggesting that she isn't a psycho serial killer taking vicious revenge on all men who are pederasts or batterers of women. In patriarchal societies I'm surprised more women don't take the law into their own hands. They kill themselves instead. But since there are already too many such cases of young women (especially) committing suicide in South Korea, k-dramas are pushing the better-to-stay-alive- and-seek-revenge trope almost like it's a public service message.
Now, based on the documentaries I've seen about serial killers, and there are plenty such documentaries in America, they all act pretty much the same way. Like know-it-alls. Unlike the male serial killers, however, Queen Mantis had a somewhat "reasonable" reason for doing what she did, and whether he forgives her sins or not, her son, who is as broken as she is and so mortified that he's the son of a serial killer that he's withheld it from his team, must finally face those reasons full on.
I must say I find your idea of a "distorted, hallucination-driven POV of
what's going on" very appealing, and I think it would certainly work if this were a k-film. But a k-drama? I've been watching some c-dramas lately and have applied an often-repeated line from those dramas to k-dramas: "Don't overthink it."
Before I watched this show, what surprised me most was that they made the serial killer a woman, when women serial killers are relatively rare. So, I figured this was just going to be Silence of the Lambs but with the best actress I've ever seen playing Hannibal Lecter, which was fine by me. Quite early on, though, the reason for the gender swap became clear, and for me at least, the drama became less about the mom helping to identify the copycat, and more as a vehicle for the mom to finally have a chance after many years to talk to the son, who had steadfastly refused to talk to her or see her as anything but an insane monster who killed merely for the pleasure of killing. Won't give away any spoilers, but will just say that he's a lot less pedantic by the end.