I like this drama a lot. However, I believe it doesn't exploit all its potential. Sometimes it's really slow,…
The idea that it is an another dimension is pretty interesting and in terms of science fiction could provide a rich story. I have already seen a concept like this (in video games) where the main character travels from one dimension to another as soon as he died but he was not aware of it at the beginning because he did not keep his memories. And in resume the more he had this experience, the more he remembered his memories from other dimensions. He can even begin to travel at such a point of time in such dimension to change the course of events. What I found really good with this concept was that for example the information that the character was learning in dimension A could unlock a problem in dimension B. I think that it is not the case with Life on Mars but i hope that the end will be clever and consistent. It is nice to have some mystery / suspense in a story but that if things are revealed after a while. This is where Life on Mars can scare some people, including me, because the end can be very good as very bad.
So no one will talk about the mysterious guy who called Tae Joo ? My idea it that he did not speak about the serial killer but about something else. After all, many moments have been intentionally "foggy" to remind that Tae Joo wants to return in 2018. But let's not forget that Tae Joo own a transfer paper at the beginning but that it did not belong to him really. It is a bit like living his life but in another dimension. He finds commons points and he has the same appearance but it is not his own real life here. The mysterious guy talked about a mission and what if in 1980 Tae Joo is a spy for the intern affairs or a North korean spy but did not knows about this haha !? xD
I'm kind of annoyed at ep 11. The writing got a bit worse, or maybe I'm just less tolerable cuz Ms Yoon was kidnapped.…
What that a little disappointed me is the scene where Inspector Lee serves as bait, a pretty clever plan but did they really have to follow him in a car behin him(10 meters next to him lol) and wait 20 minutes to react when they did not see him for such a long time ?
For other moments, it is probably for the scriptwriting ease but i hate it when they make wise people totally dumb like : Tae Joo knows the killer is a poliman and he even prepare a plan so WHAT THE HELL DID HE TALKS IN FRONT OF A OFFICER THAT HE REMEMBERS HIS HOUSES !? He could not wait few minutes to be alone with Miss Yoon ? No he said everything like a dumb dude. I understand why the director did that but it still annoys me :
1. First for the killer to change his hideout so that Tae Joo does not find him directly in the next episode.
2. Then to shows that Miss Yoon will become his next target. I suspected that Miss Yoon would be kidnapped at one time or another but it is too obvious at this point.
3. And finally the killer will guess that Tae Joo is not" a normal guy". I mean how can he knows what does the house look like without going there ? Oh course, us, the viewers, know that Tae Joo saw 2018 but the killer not so he he will be wary of him.
I am not they only one that wants Tae Joo to never wake up/ get back, right?
No you are not the only one, i hope a twist like "Tae Joo really travels back in time or Tae Joo thinks he come from the futur but is just totally crazy" or something even that is a totally nonsence to keep him in 1988.... PLEASE DO NOT WAKE UP, HEAR MY SELFISH WISH !!
Ok, did we SEE that in this version? I'm getting hazy on stuff LOL
Not clearly, we saw Tae Joo at the door at the beginning when he looks after his ex-girlfriend and he checked the adress. It is strange that we do not hear the voice of his ex-girlfriend when the doctor said that she was "alright "
I was hardly aware of it but i think we saw the older killer in 2018 at 0.57 in episode 10 and from the first episode !!!!! The poliman who talk to him next to the car !!!!! I am sure it is him, it is also him who screams "There is Kim Min seok" when Tae Joo is about to open the door !!! O^o !!!!!
Well, when will he remember that his ex is dead ? I think it is going to be one of the next revelations, otherwise I do not think he would have done so much flashback. "Sung il-ro, 42-7" is surely the house of the killer or something like that and he will remember that he saw the corpse of his ex-girlfriend there when he will investigated that house.
Read this on soompi forum (credit to Prettysup):"Life on Mars’ will not air 7th-8th July this week. Next episode…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! One week is eternity, two weeks is after-life............................................... It will punish me to start a drama without waiting for all the episodes to be released.
I was a child when i see it and the end brokes my heart T_T I hope the ending will be different but how so ? So far it seems that he is comatose so all of this is an illusion... But i want to believe there is something more !
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For other moments, it is probably for the scriptwriting ease but i hate it when they make wise people totally dumb like : Tae Joo knows the killer is a poliman and he even prepare a plan so WHAT THE HELL DID HE TALKS IN FRONT OF A OFFICER THAT HE REMEMBERS HIS HOUSES !? He could not wait few minutes to be alone with Miss Yoon ? No he said everything like a dumb dude.
I understand why the director did that but it still annoys me :
1. First for the killer to change his hideout so that Tae Joo does not find him directly in the next episode.
2. Then to shows that Miss Yoon will become his next target. I suspected that Miss Yoon would be kidnapped at one time or another but it is too obvious at this point.
3. And finally the killer will guess that Tae Joo is not" a normal guy". I mean how can he knows what does the house look like without going there ? Oh course, us, the viewers, know that Tae Joo saw 2018 but the killer not so he he will be wary of him.
I watch light dramas to think of something else and it works.