I wanted to like it, i really did. 4 episodes in and i just didn't find it funny enough to keep watching. Weird, but something about execution in live-action form didn't click with me. Slow tempo, boring soundtrack and etc. The content does look funny, but execution doesn't make it so, at least for me.
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"Better than manga and anime"; "Acting is superb"? Are you serious people?...
This looked very cheap, rushed and overall badly produced and acted, judging from the first episode.
And what have they done with Light? His character in the drama is terrible and just doesn't suite the role, as was already mentioned.
One movie could have been enough instead of two (or maybe all three). There was no need to overextend that much (first movie was pretty boring and it didn't add much to the final movie). Though mythology was interesting (though i don't like all these religious references) and the final confrontation was enjoyable.
All in all - over-ambitious but lacking and thus partly disappointing ending to the very enjoyable TV series,
Korean version feels flawed in the end, producers wanted to do so much more than japanese version did, but i guess they failed. It just feels, that series didn't know what direction it wanted to go to. Many plot threads are left open, reality show theme lost its meaning in the second half. Series had much more time left free from games, but didn't use it well for character development, so drama felt overextended and boring at times.
Some characters were disappointing, Ha Woo Jin is not that sharp as Akiyama was in japanese show, and Jamie is just much more inferior to Fukunaga. I really liked Kang Do Young though.
Also that pseudo ending while it makes sense, it didn't really satisfied me to see how LG conflict was lowered to some "kindergarten'ish stuff" unresolved from childhood..... but i can justify that as some sort of mid-season finale if the series gets a sequel.
So that teaser in the end got me again in a good mood, because that is what i want from LG, what i was waiting for. But without any official annoucement it just infuriates. Even more so, knowing that viewer ratings were low, so i hope that different factors could be more important here (i am not familiar on what koreans might base the renewals of their series if ratings are low especially in cable TV).
In the end i feel like japanese show is better, it felt much more focused on games, strategy, manipulation, lies and twists, like manga.
On the other hand K-drama was ambitious, dark and really dense at moments, but not fully realised to its full extent especially with that hook in the end. So in my opinion - despite all shortcomings korean LG is an enjoyable ride, but feels more like a prologue for what's to come 7,5-8/10 from me. And i really hope that it gets that sequel it deserves.
Well that would put a big huge red X for me on this show.
No, i guess Kang Do Young's backstory probably might be some sort of human experiment in order to train children to excel in some aspects for manipulative government purposes (well they hinted at some sort of experiment in any case). And if that is going to be true, then i will be disappointed. We don't need that kind of stuff in LG, we need clash of minds full of mind games and strategy and i think korean versions delivered that pretty well untill that sort of hint to big reveal. We will see how it is going to be.
First Kamen Rider i watched and i honestly don't want to watch anything from this franchise anymore. That said i don't think Gaim is a bad show, but in the end it still is shonen'ish story with boring action oriented at kids or long-time fans.It still had its moments, and maybe it could have delivered if it would be a half shorter than it is. Darker story and characters were a big part why i enjoyed Gaim for some time, but after 20-30 episodes it got boring. Action scenes were drawn too long, main character is just reincarnation of heroic anime shonen heroes and the story is also dragged to much. Writers did a good job in making this series much more meaningful than i thought it could ever be, but it wasn't enough for me to enjoy it all in its long run.
I don't really understand how much episodes this show is going to have, 10 or 12? Which source is the most trust worthy when it comes about k-dramas, cause there seems to be a mistake in the information that mydramalist shows, o is the number of episodes not yet confirmed?
Well i was sceptical at first, but it does seem they will be able to do justice to original series/manga and make it a little bit different so it wouldn't be called complete rip-off. I do like different premise, though i don't really know if reality show is a better idea than an underground game, but i don't like female lead. I hate how producers just made her such a pitieful and tragic character, she's just much more similiar to female lead from Liar Game Reborn movie (which i didn't like) than Nao.
The premiere also felt like was much more extended than in the original series, i guess producers wanted to give that extra background information to put show in a different direction than original, we will see how it goes.
So far after episode 3 i am enjoying the series, even when i read manga and saw japanese TV series i like korean execution as well.
But please, just don't do some kind of romantic subplot, that would ruin this show, which has quite a good start so far.
It was too long in my opinion, and so it couldn't keep my full attention. It had some good moments, some new interesting details. But it could have been done well enough with some flashbacks (there were already enough in the TV series to make the story clear) or one 40 min. episode in the middle of the original series. It might be just me, but none of these details felt crucial to the story (i mean, none that we already hadn't know), maybe except the reveal of how Saya unleashed her power. And i couldn't stand that 'american' girl, she was too annoying, also, i just can't think of a reason why they couldn't find a better english speaker for that character. Still, not a bad watch while waiting for the final movies.
If you felt, that the original story was lacking after watching the series, this special is for you to fill some plot holes.
That will sound strange, but...i guess, the creators overdid themselves this time if that's even possible. The movie was ridiculously inconsistent weird mess. I didn't have that problem with the series, and the Shou special was kind of good. But here it seems that creators just put all kinds of ideas into one place not knowing if that would work. The humor wasn't that funny despite being all over the place once again, and the story went into strange direction with religious context. The balance between seriousness and fun moments was all gone. It was also overdone with all these references, remarks and wordplay elements, which just felt irrelevant.
Surprisingly, the movie was entertaining and while being a little bit boring in the beginning it turned out quite interesting later. In the end i can call it a worthy successor, even if it's much more inconsistent and stupid at times.
After two episodes and short look into the others i had to drop it. I don't consider that problem lies in this particular series but in many others of detective genre. And because of the bad writing for stand-alone episodes and unrealistic cases this genre becomes a chore to watch. I really enjoyed SPEC, but this was very boring. Actors were fantastic, characters very interesting and quite realistic, but everything else was just not good. I guess they eventually built up the story to something good, so if you don't mind cliches of japanese detective TV series you might get something worthy. Otherwise enjoy SPEC, but don't even think that you will get the same thing with original Keizoku.
I didn't enjoy the movie. Having read the manga and loved first two seasons of TV series, i was truly disappointed in movie. The script itself isn't bad, though they changed quite a bit comparing with manga and it felt too long and repetitive for a single movie. But i just can't understand some of the decisions the staff made. For example how that genius girl is important here, why would they even consider in introducing that unrealistic character to LG. Then they changed an actress (yeah i loved Toda's Nao and i truly hate the new one), made an original character, one that's completely unbearable to watch, and used her as a stupid plot device. They absolutely trashed Harimoto too and even omitted Yokoya from the movie. And here we have it - they called it "Reborn"..... I may be exaggerating, but it's just the fact that movie feels like totally unneeded and badly produced.
Disturbing and controversial ride in the veins of Battle Royale. Not an easy watch though and kind of slow and boring in the beginning, but I think main actor did a surprisingly good job and the direction by Takashi Miike is quite stellar.
OK.... That was.... a grand festival of cheese. A fun one i guess, but still... That ending ... i guess we had it coming, i am just angry that they didn't attempt to explain anything. It was all just one big "deus ex machina".
All in all Ando Lloyd is nowhere near good as Keizoku SPEC was (having in mind the same writer). It was fun, with some nice looking (and sounding) effects and action scenes, the main actor was quite good in both of his roles. BUT, it was also cheesy, unenxplained show with useless characters running all around (really - that policeman, his daughter, even programmer or the most useless of all Asahi Ando did nothing of worth here). Moroever Kou Shibasaki (Asahi) is pretty bad at acting, and so is Nanase's actress. I liked cheesy mysterious schoolgirl/Last Queen though. The plot is ridiculous and it isn't even a sci-fi, it's some weird fantasy, where it just happens, when it needs to happen. Don't get me wrong i quite like it, maybe creators just intended to do this from the beginning, but they could do so much better. Still an enjoyable show if you can get through its cheesiness and ridiculous story development.
Really good. Quite atmospheric, does justice to original story, avoids falling into shounen cliches. But also the fight scenes looked a little bit vague, still not bad. Good movie, that doesn't disappoint. Waiting for the Kyoto arc.
I wanted to love it. I really liked short anime series, that aired before. And the movies was really funny in the first half. Then it just went down in a bad way. Maybe it's like that only for me.
I am still hoping for some kind of darker twist in the story, cause Gen Urobuchi (Psycho Pass, Fate/Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica) is one of the script writers. If not that fact i wouldn't be watching Gaim and i am quite enjoying it even now. But it can't be that way all 48 episodes, i'm sure it will get more serious. Now it's just introduction of Riders, their armors and etc. The real fun might not even really started.
At last. It's perfect time for the series to finish, cause now they are beginning to drag things out. It's getting unbearably cheesy with the drama. And female actresses, especially Asahi's and Nanase's just can't act (in my opinion). Every time they focus on their drama it's getting difficult to watch. It's a shame, really, cause without that this is really enjoyable TV series and thankfully it will end at the right time. Hoping for the epic finale and battle with Last Queen (surprisingly i adore her) next week.
If someone's still searching for this drama, it's all complete at asiatorrent.me.
This looked very cheap, rushed and overall badly produced and acted, judging from the first episode.
And what have they done with Light? His character in the drama is terrible and just doesn't suite the role, as was already mentioned.
All in all - over-ambitious but lacking and thus partly disappointing ending to the very enjoyable TV series,
Some characters were disappointing, Ha Woo Jin is not that sharp as Akiyama was in japanese show, and Jamie is just much more inferior to Fukunaga. I really liked Kang Do Young though.
Also that pseudo ending while it makes sense, it didn't really satisfied me to see how LG conflict was lowered to some "kindergarten'ish stuff" unresolved from childhood..... but i can justify that as some sort of mid-season finale if the series gets a sequel.
So that teaser in the end got me again in a good mood, because that is what i want from LG, what i was waiting for. But without any official annoucement it just infuriates. Even more so, knowing that viewer ratings were low, so i hope that different factors could be more important here (i am not familiar on what koreans might base the renewals of their series if ratings are low especially in cable TV).
In the end i feel like japanese show is better, it felt much more focused on games, strategy, manipulation, lies and twists, like manga.
On the other hand K-drama was ambitious, dark and really dense at moments, but not fully realised to its full extent especially with that hook in the end. So in my opinion - despite all shortcomings korean LG is an enjoyable ride, but feels more like a prologue for what's to come 7,5-8/10 from me. And i really hope that it gets that sequel it deserves.
No, i guess Kang Do Young's backstory probably might be some sort of human experiment in order to train children to excel in some aspects for manipulative government purposes (well they hinted at some sort of experiment in any case). And if that is going to be true, then i will be disappointed. We don't need that kind of stuff in LG, we need clash of minds full of mind games and strategy and i think korean versions delivered that pretty well untill that sort of hint to big reveal. We will see how it is going to be.
The premiere also felt like was much more extended than in the original series, i guess producers wanted to give that extra background information to put show in a different direction than original, we will see how it goes.
So far after episode 3 i am enjoying the series, even when i read manga and saw japanese TV series i like korean execution as well.
But please, just don't do some kind of romantic subplot, that would ruin this show, which has quite a good start so far.
If you felt, that the original story was lacking after watching the series, this special is for you to fill some plot holes.
Surprisingly, the movie was entertaining and while being a little bit boring in the beginning it turned out quite interesting later. In the end i can call it a worthy successor, even if it's much more inconsistent and stupid at times.
All in all Ando Lloyd is nowhere near good as Keizoku SPEC was (having in mind the same writer). It was fun, with some nice looking (and sounding) effects and action scenes, the main actor was quite good in both of his roles. BUT, it was also cheesy, unenxplained show with useless characters running all around (really - that policeman, his daughter, even programmer or the most useless of all Asahi Ando did nothing of worth here). Moroever Kou Shibasaki (Asahi) is pretty bad at acting, and so is Nanase's actress. I liked cheesy mysterious schoolgirl/Last Queen though. The plot is ridiculous and it isn't even a sci-fi, it's some weird fantasy, where it just happens, when it needs to happen. Don't get me wrong i quite like it, maybe creators just intended to do this from the beginning, but they could do so much better. Still an enjoyable show if you can get through its cheesiness and ridiculous story development.