Imoogi

how dare you compare this subpar drama to a masterpiece that is Awaken???????????????

they are already reshooting from 9 to 20, they should have just done 1 to 9 as well, even if it's more money their drama would have been more popular for it.

I was planning to binge this once it finished but I won't be doing that anymore. If they had reshoot all of the scenes from episode 1 and then re-aired those episodes then I would have watched but I simply can't handle a change like this mid-series, it's a lot to ask your audience to get emotionally invested in a character and the actor portraying it and then see it change midway through the drama.

Thank you for sharing your expert opinion on this matter, it reflected what I had in mind exactly. I didn't even know about the inconsistencies you mentioned so prompts for noticing those.
People are being very rash with their dismissal of Ji Soo with no proof whatsoever presented and from my standpoint it seems the accuser is looking for hard-cold revenge and probably money down the road, and people are quick to jump on the sympathy-wagon and destroy a promising young actors career.

You said that "being young doesn't excuse that tf" which means to you being young and naïve means nothing and you believe that people should be punished the same way no matter the age.
I never said that they shouldn't face any consequences for their actions and if this incident was reported when it happened I'm sure the punishment would have fit the bill.
If you read my previous comments you see that all I'm saying in summary is that the "victims" should have tried a more private solution rather than going online, they should have seen with their own eyes if Ji Soo is the same person as before or he has changed for the better and if so then they should have asked for apology and compensation.
These "victims" actions have not only affected Ji Soo but the drama he is starring in now and everyone involved with the project, their actions has irrevocably damaged this drama beyond repair, this isn't these "victims" way of getting heard or seen, this is an inhumane act of malice and evil.

what people?
the production company?

first of all that hasn't been proven yet and if being young doesn't excuse someone then juvenile halls wouldn't exist and kids would be tried the same way as adults and serve jailtime and even getting executed, is that what you're advocating to jail kids and minors, or to even kill them if the crime is severe?

I completely agree with you, but we don't know what kind of an environment he was living in as a kid, maybe pressure and problems at home made him lash out in school, or his parents failed at teaching him right from wrong and he later in life learned on his own how to treat a women with respect, my parents for example never discussed things like consent or how to treat a girl right with me, I learned about this stuff from the TV and when internet became a normal thing and maybe if I was in Ji Soo's situation I might have done the same without knowing any better, should someone's life be utterly destroyed because of misinformation.
so far nothing has been proven and I believe in innocent before proven guilty and so far there have not even been a picture or a video presented as proof, all there is are words of an anonymous "Victim" online.
I'm not particularly a fan of Ji Soo and before this drama I had only seen him in Do bong soon, and in that I hated him and didn't like his character and thought he had too much screen time and until the killer was revealed I thought he was the culprit, so as you can see I'm not a fan, what I am is a person who can see this slandering and baseless defamation not only has impacted Ji Soo but also this drama and everyone involved in it, which I believe is unfair.
if this "Victim" wanted revenge only on Ji Soo then he should have done this before this drama aired or wait for it to finish and then do it, or go to court and fight face to face against your "Bully" like a man not hide and hurt innocent people like Ji Soo's co-stars , the production staff, the company.
It's really a shame because I was really looking forward to this drama and now I have to drop it because of lack of continuity in its main lead.

probably money, the answer is always money,. they don't care that it will ruin continuity for the audience or that a lot of people won't watch this drama now cuz of their stupid decisions, for example me and my friends were planning to binge this after its over but after knowing that there will be two main actors, we have decided to not watch it. I'm sure there are a lot of people who feel like us

that's what they should do, re-film the scenes from the beginning but that's not what they are doing and that's why I'm dropping this.

This is very harsh behavior from the company to drop him from this drama, I don't know if the accusations are real or not but even if they are, these people should have had enough decency to talk to Ji Soo privately about this before going public, it happened ages ago and obviously Ji Soo isn't the same person he was years ago, they should have talked with him before going online about things he had done as a kid, I'm sure a lot of celebrities have skeletons in their closet from their past that they regret, we are all human and make mistakes, I'm sure an apology and compensation in private would have been a much better choice rather than trying to ruin someone's life completely. what he did (if proven) was wrong but he was a minor at the time and he didn't know any better, these people who have ruined Ji Soo's life are adults and completely know what they are doing, in comparison, to me these people are the true monsters not Ji Soo.

I had such high hopes for this drama and was looking forward to it so much, it's so sad that I'm dropping it now.

remember the #metoo movement and how so many fake assault cases were reported because of the hype and so many people suffered because of these false accusations.
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/news/false-accusations-sexual-violence
read this article to know about false accusations.

never liked him on do bong soon and wished he didn't have as big a role as he did in that drama, his character was cringe and he looked like the creepiest guy I had ever seen and I always thought he was the culprit. now! I'm not saying I'm happy about what's happening to him but I don't really care and am happy that he wont ruin anymore shows with his horrible acting.

if you mean the letter he specifically didn't accept anything, it's just a basic apology with no real audience, and most cases of sexual assault that are reported years later is because the female changed their mind and now they want compensation.

it shouldn't be, that's true but the world doesn't run on "should bes" if it did we would have had global peace ages ago. Bullying happens and if reported when it happens with proof it will be addressed by those in charge, to wait all these years and suddenly come out of nowhere and announce these accusations, seems to me like someone out there is hoping to make a quick buck of someone's success, because no matter what he did in the past his achievement and fame is a product of his efforts not a product of bullying someone. this is basically cyberbullying. but as I said if proven that he assaulted someone sexually, then I don't give a shit about what happens to ji soo.

the victims should have talked when it happened, not now that he is famous and they can make a quick buck from going public. this isn't courageous it's just a selfish action of these so called victims to take advantage and make money, if they were really hurt they would have talked years ago.

I really don't care about him bulling someone in school, that's a part of the school life and they should get over it (I have), but if he really did that on some duds face, then he really shouldn't be a respected celebrity.

exactly, this attack of an "anonymous reveal" seems way too coordinated to just happen out of the blue. Someone out there is hunting for revenge and so far the narrative is moving in his favor.

I was familiar with slow-burn and fast-burn romance in dramas, but Episode 8 reached a whole new plain of existence called "Light speed-Burn".