I am surprised that most of the conversation here is centred predominantly on the dysfunctional family dynamics. It's the least interesting part of the show. It's the usual soap opera one finds in these sorts of longer dramas. We all know the drill in that regard. The saves and the workplace camaraderie is where it's at.
Maybe it's just me. I don't watch these things just for the romance.
I can't say I've watched everything Yang Yang has been in but I think this is his best role (that I've seen at least) because he seems to be challenging himself with a deeply flawed character. An actor worth his salt needs to do these kinds of roles.
The actors I respect the most are the ones that can play antiheroes, heroes and villains.
Even in Episode 7 I can see incremental improvements between the leads.
It's good so far but it does assume some knowledge of the previous season even though about 6 months have passed. I've had to rewatch the whole of part 1 again just to refresh my memory about certain characters. Still wondering what happened to "Friend".
To me it's worth watching for Lee Seung-min and a whole cast of great veteran actors.
It's not a bad show but definitely suffers from an identity crisis. The set-up gives the impression that it's some kind of revenge heist show and then they throw socialization theory into the mix with the whole conspiracy angle. What's the deal with the subplot dynamic of Jay and CEO Jang? I don't see how the show is enhanced by it. The show would have definitely benefited from being trimmed to 12 episodes.
So it's Leverage meets Dark Angel. In a clunky sort of way. It's watchable but the pacing is really off. When the show needs to slow down it moves too quickly. When it needs to move quickly, it screeches to a grinding halt. Not a fan of breaking the 4th wall.
or maybe remembering past memory is cursed and all people who remember the past have the same first-life timeline.…
I guess anything's possible on some level. But no kind of magic has been introduced so far so I'm more inclined to think that this is a straightforward Buddhist story. I personally have no dog in the fight here. Plus it's not like Bulgalsa where curses, demons and immortals were an integral part of the world building from Day 1.
I am surprised that they're going the full reincarnation hog. I thought that was just a MacGuffin. Looks like they've introduced karma into the mix. So apparently whatever has befallen Seo-ha and why he walks around gloomy and ansty suffering a bad case of survivor's guilt is a culmination of his karma. Interesting.
I think that if the occupations were reversed (Yang Yang was the doctor, and Wang Chu Ran was the firefighter),…
Do you know how rare it is for women to pass the firefighting requirements? It is one of the hardest qualification tests in the world. And for good reason too.
Song Yan has serious abandonment issues and its spilling over into work with his rigid work ethic. It's made him a high achiever because he always has something he has to prove. His overachievement is a mask for his fear that he is never going to be good enough to be approved by the people that matter to him. He is still smarting and resentful about what Xu Qin and family did to him. The fact that he takes everything so personally tells me that he's still hurting. Even Suo Jun's relocation becomes a matter of betrayal because he has made firefighting his life and family.
Frankly no woman should be dating this guy at this point -- he has far too much baggage and is bound to blow up some time.
I saw someone compared this drama with Jane Austen's Persuasion, and I think it's absolutely correct. The comparison…
Ugh. The trailer to that adaptation was enough to kill any interest I had in it. Austen depicts her FLs all differently for a reason but all these agenda driven remakes can't think outside the box.
The thing I really like about this writer and why I have so much respect for her projects is the fact that she respects her audience. The way she manages to blend the supernatural with the police procedural and yet grounded in history is a gift.
The plotting here is so far quite masterful. Hope it stays that way. I am so tired of K drama plots going nowhere.
This is honestly terrific. It should be a lot more popular. Goes from strength to strength. I don't remember the last time I saw Oh Jung-sae play a straight up conventional male lead. Apart from the fact that he sees ghosts, he's a pretty down-to-earth decent human being. :D
It's fascinating and I find his dynamic with Kim Tae-ri similar to the one between the My Perfect Stranger leads.
I notice some comments down the feed saying this is scary but honestly it's like watching The Sixth Sense. To me it's just a lot of creepy music with people walking around with bad makeup.
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Maybe it's just me. I don't watch these things just for the romance.
The actors I respect the most are the ones that can play antiheroes, heroes and villains.
Even in Episode 7 I can see incremental improvements between the leads.
To me it's worth watching for Lee Seung-min and a whole cast of great veteran actors.
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The show would have definitely benefited from being trimmed to 12 episodes.
It's watchable but the pacing is really off. When the show needs to slow down it moves too quickly. When it needs to move quickly, it screeches to a grinding halt.
Not a fan of breaking the 4th wall.
Plus it's not like Bulgalsa where curses, demons and immortals were an integral part of the world building from Day 1.
Interesting.
I'm sure everything hinges on how well S2 does.
Season 2: 29 July. It's written in the right hand sidebar.
Frankly no woman should be dating this guy at this point -- he has far too much baggage and is bound to blow up some time.
Austen depicts her FLs all differently for a reason but all these agenda driven remakes can't think outside the box.
I agree with the Persuasion analogy.
The plotting here is so far quite masterful. Hope it stays that way. I am so tired of K drama plots going nowhere.
It's fascinating and I find his dynamic with Kim Tae-ri similar to the one between the My Perfect Stranger leads.
I notice some comments down the feed saying this is scary but honestly it's like watching The Sixth Sense. To me it's just a lot of creepy music with people walking around with bad makeup.