I LOVE this show so much and I NEED a second season.
This is my first review here so I'm not sure how to go about this... But I LOVED this show! A lot!I finally got to see post-military service Ji Chang Wook shine in a show! As someone who fell into the kdrama rabbit hole and loved his shows when he was in the military, I was kind of disappointed with his last two outings but OhMyGod he brought his A-Game. I didn't watch Arthdal Chronicles so I loved seeing Kim Ji Won return on my screens with such a great role. I absolutely adore the whole cast and have enjoyed all of their previous performances so that added to my enjoyment.
For the uninitiated, the show follows a mockumentary style filming format, kind of reminiscent of The Office, but instead of a workplace, it is about the love lives of individuals in the city. To no one's surprise, our main cast is participating in this and their lives are all somehow connected. The 30-minute episode length with the new editing and filming format is a refreshing detour from conventional romantic dramas but still brings on all the feels!
I loved all the couples, even the extra fourth one in the bonus 17th episode. Ji Chang Wook and Kim Ji Won look great together and their chemistry is off the charts! On another level! Kim Min Seok and So Ju Yeon are so cute individually and even more so together! Han Ji Eun and Ryu Kyung Soo's characters have an unconventional relation but they make it work so well!
Janet Suh's opening theme song and all the other OSTs were perfect for this show.
I just finished the show, I loved it, and I know that I'll miss the whole dynamic and I'll definitely come back to it.
I need a second season, if you finish it, trust me, you will too!
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girl what is this? a star-studded trainwreck i want to finish because i've seen half of it.
Calling this show "lacklustre" would be high praise. This started off as a review, but it's become more of a cautionary tale - I watched it so you don't have to lol. The more I watch, the more I am convinced that this is a money laundering scheme from Studio X+U.There isn't a single redeeming quality. I can't believe that ZB1 maknae line OST was wasted on this show.
When I saw the cast and the first teaser, I was so excited to see Park Hyung Sik as a villain, in the same show as Seo In Guk and Ma Dong Seok in a drama! I also really like Kang Mina, though Lee Joo Bin is a hit or miss.
Alas, this is such a colossal waste of a potentially good premise and a good cast. It's a hate/laugh watch for me (binged the first 4 eps to see why people hate it) because it doesn't really take up much time - the 40ish minute long eps don't feel like it because there are so many stretched sequences that I skip here and there and boom ep finished.
I think they blew the entire budget on casting and didn't have the money to pay for decent writing, direction, and editing. The cgi/green screen stuff is bad, and the action scenes feel unnatural, and the comedy is kinda forced and "try-hard".
The editing is so disjointed with random flashback inserts- my god what are those wigs and pre-historic costumes??? like y'all should've made a movie instead because the pacing and plot exposition is dreadful.
IT'S A NOTHINGBURGER if I've ever seen one because the concept seemed interesting, but there isn't even proper world-building or setup, no one even told us what zodiac what angel is for, had to check mdl/wiki, but they have time for a Kopiko ad in ep3 and the chicken place ad in every episode? They're wasting screentime they already do not have enough of??
What we know so far 4/8 eps in:
- 8/12 angels are alive, 4 died. We're left to guess who's who.
- Ma DongSeok is Taesan (tiger), who's the chief and runs a moneylending business and keeps visiting this old lady's food stall + also in the past, when she was a child, along with others (unnecessary full-fledged scenes).
- He hates all other selfish humans apart from her, smth to do with the others' death.
- Sung Dong-il is Marok, a human who is a detective and manages these angels. and there are 7 other angels who listen to him and the chief.
- Ogwi (Hyungsik) has been resurrected by "the priest" who wants to become immortal.
- Ogwi just sits on the roof, flaps his villainous wings as he appears for 5mins max per episode, and sometimes his eyes turn red.
- They need 3 soul stones for that and managed to grab 2 with no sweat.
- These were left behind when someone called haetae died in a flashback.
- 3rd stone is in Taesan's building so they've set up a trap to scatter the angels and retrieve that.
- It's hinted that both Lee Joo Bin's and Park Hyungsik's characters were lovers in some forbidden, star-crossed love, full flashbacks to come?
edited to add:
big reveals and plot developments in ep5 -8 include:
- villains took the stone and Mirr ( Lee Joo Bin) for her dragon soul for some ritual.
- Marok (sung dong il) had found the lair, but evil priest guy Samin became the evil spirits' FINAL BOSS from the stones of Haetae's soul (good guy who became an evil spirit) - so Marok died.
- WE GOT TO SEE MULTIPLE POVS OF THIS RANDOM FIGHT? HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE?
- angels are sad, devastated and crying but eventually the chief opens hellmouth and they got their powers back: angel avengers assemble?
- oh yeah, park hyungsik fainted, woke up, we saw flashbacks of the past forbidden relationship, he was sealed away and memories of the love story were erased but now he has them
and fled the scene with an unconscious Mirr and crashed into a cliff later. THE FLYING IS SOME OF THE WORST CGI YET?
- THE USUAL LONG, DRAWN OUT SILENCES, STARING INTO THE VOID AND INCESSANT SIGHING continues - where is the editor?
- MORE FLASHBACKS TO EXPLAIN PAST STORY - Park Hyungsik/ Ogwi was never the main villain.
- PRESENT DAY BIG FIGHT
- Finally got a proper introduction at the start of the finale lol.
- Park Hyungsik is on the Angels' side - SACRIFICED HIMSELF - wow what an evil villain lol.
- ANGELS WON - and dead angels are back, hellmouth sealed back again.
- Happy Ending
- LOTS OF PPL.
- Please don't make a season2 with the evil Mirr cliffhanger.
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The Pirates 2: The Last Royal Treasure
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I had fun, but I'm biased.
Disclaimer: I'm not a huge fan of historical settings or adventure films and I watched this solely for the cast. I was excited for Sehun's film debut and I really like Soobin, Hyo Joo, Ha Neul, and Kwang Soo and enjoyed their previous performances.It was a fun watch! I had some actual laugh out loud moments. A bit random with plot progression, but I liked it. The action choreography was pretty good. The acting was on point. The CGI was also a B+, it wasn't the best but it's not bad.
Sehun's character doesn't speak much but he's doing his job quietly and serving visuals. We stan. Soobin's character fell in love at first sight when she was brought on board. We relate. They end up together and their little moments are adorable ( wish we had more).
Han Hyo Joo and Kang Ha Neul had great banter and chemistry in the start when they are battling for ultimate control as a pirate captain and bandit leader. The pirate captain FL wins and our bandit leader ML has been whipped since the start so he accepts and goes along with the arrangement. They have their fair share of bonding and at the end, Hyo Joo seals it with a kiss.
Kang Ha Neul had a brief backstory that wasn't explored but he knew the villain Kwon Sang Woo beforehand and that whole arc needed more explanation and time.
Since the start, the movie was eventful, we just dived into the conflict with some text onscreen to prompt us. Not the best for an international audience who might not know the historical eras.
The leads' backstory and more screentime for Sehun and Soobin would've been great. Since this story is set at the end of Goryeo and the start of Joseon - some people/places only mentioned via text on screen could do better with narration.
Giving it a biased 9. (I guess objectively for me it would be an 8). If the story had been a little fleshed out, it would've objectively been a 9 but currently, it kinda feels like a chronology of events rather than a full story since so much happened in 2 hours and there were so many characters whose arcs weren't fully explored. But as I already mentioned, the cast and their performances propelled it towards a 9 because I’m biased.
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Massive Disappointment
I had started this show despite its stereotypical nature to watch actors I had liked in their previous outings as they starred in a breezy rom-com when all the other ongoing shows I was watching were all dealing with darker and sadder topics.Cut to the opening week where our predictably grumpy writer male lead gets hit by a truck of doom sees an angel of sorts, forgets about it and proceeds to move in with our seemingly plucky actress female lead. All goes well, the chemistry is cute, and voila! unnecessary second lead for a gratuitous love triangle. m
Knowing about the love triangle from the posters and the promos did not discount the fact that it was an unneeded addition of an overused cliche. Still, the light comedy and the cutesy atmosphere made up for the sad backstories of both leads in the parents' department and the needless complication in the loveline.
I had put up with superfluous plot twists and storylines till the halfway point solely because the leads were adorable in moments sprinkled throughout the episodes. But cut to week 5, the male lead hides his family problems and is totally aloof in ep9 and in ep 10 the aforementioned angel returns and tells our guy he will start disappearing in front of the love of his life ( we needed more moments between the leads for them to be the loves of their lives ughh) and completely vanish in 49 days. What a start to the second half of the show... not.
When it was time to hit play on ep11, I just couldn't do it. I didn't want to sit through an episode while pressing the skip button and not really liking anything. I wanted cohabitation shenanigans and syrupy romcom stuff, I expected a cliche breakup or whatever but this show gave us barely half an episode of Bi Soo and Joo In as an official couple before the path to their separation started. How does it even make sense?! At least let them be together for a while, give us some of the promised fun but nope.
They broke up towards the end of ep12 (shocker!) as suggested by a Twitter hashtag search which cemented my decision to drop it. I'd rather watch thrillers all days of the week than tear my hair out for a show that was supposed to be a source of low effort enjoyment.
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pls drama gods let this show be great!
wow i went into this show blind because the writer- director duo gave us little women and i’m now locked in for the rest of the show!!! it’s such a jeffrey archer novel coded political thriller right up my alley!!the first 3 episodes were a great introduction! this show is like if The K2 focused only on the bodyguard part lol.
i love jun ji hyun and this is my first time watching kang dong won onscreen and now i gotta check out some of his films.
i can already see the chemistry and it’s going to be one of those “ it’s always the non romance dramas” kind of connection for me lol.
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