InspectorMegre

Very well done, realistic

I really like this drama! The plot is NOT the Crazyville ridiculous... The plot is about two middle class families resolving issues because a man left his wife and 2 sons for another woman ... and had a daughter with her.
The 1st wife never officially divorced him, so when he died, there was a LOT of problems bc of the paperwork and gossip - his 2nd "wife" was shunned by the society bc she was not "the wife"

So anyways the plot is real, and the actors are mostly very good.
ML surprised me bc he started as a poker face, so boring, but since he met FL he is super charming smiley.
FL's mom is 10000% staunch narcissist but she is practical and gets things done, and is even fun and charming when she wants to.
1st wife is bitter but a a good person, giving, nourishing, fair
1st wife's sons are ... wow younger is a hypocritical angry IMMATURE food, and older one is a nice guy but is under the spell of his wife Anaconda Mei, she curled up all around him and is suffocating him... making him do evil stuff with her... Well that changed later... but Mai is not a great influence

SFL is a villain Do Hee - aka DooDoo is a classic subclinical psychopath and sociopath. That actress is great in that role and thus super annoying lmao She bullied FL in highschool and was fiance of ML until he fell for FL lmao She keeps causing trouble

FL is an honest decent person
and ML too. But - both are burdened by their moms and dads, who are materialistic and greedy. FL's mom is smart and charming, and ML's mom is dumb and dull and a real coldhearted cruel monster

So anyways, the relationship between ML and FL is quite healthy, so that is promising, they have excellent dialogues

In other words, THE SCRIPT IS NOT STUPID HERE :) RELAX AND ENJOY WATCHING

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THE GOOD BAD AND UGLY
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THE GOOD:
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JH is the ML, JN is the FL
JH-JN script is very well done and the acting conveys it.

JH with his excellent people skills is a fantastic partner for JN. He comes under her radar bc he is honest and he is vulnerable in front of her. And also - he knows how to camouflage himself and lie just enough to soften the edges, so that the scaredy cat JN will not run away in fear. Omg they are perfect together! Their vibe is warm and deep and very very very fine and sensitive, there is no nailing down but a deep honest sharing, like two young people who were lost in the woods and are now holding hands to walk out of there and then walk in unison anywhere they want - they are going on a walkabout, Yeah it is a pair of artists.. Their relationship feels like a watercolor painting... well not too "thin" ... more like something she draws.

And we got to see JH do a perfect hit on JN... ! This was such a smooooooth come-on move, how JH just slid into JN's space, and won her over... ... wow JH!

What a smooth operator JH is, to just slide past JN's walls and barge right in but convince her it is ok... JH really has excellent people skills and is a super excellent negotiator ... and thus a great lover, he really knows how to meet JN on her territory and MAKE HER DO WHAT HE WANTS lmao In this case, he is working to make her accept his confession - but he is soooo sly and soooo clever and at the same time so HONEST about it... that she has no choice but to fall for him. He fits her perfectly.
The staunch forever-single JN found her match! This honest yet softly clever guy who even tells small white lies to make her comfortable... is trustworthy... and vice versa. JN is making JH more self reflective, more honest, and more straight forward. They are a perfect pair, nudging each other to grow.

PS - I also realized why I thought JH actor was too skinny - he has a really bad posture. Stand straight, man! and his face is so sunken. I hope it's not plastic surgery. Maybe it is Keto diet that pulls fat out of even the face....?

This is the scene:
JN: we must avoid each other. bc DH sees us and goes bonkers
JH: ok
JH leaves...

Later: JH sees JN alone in the cafe... He comes into the cafe and sits by JN and asks her how she is doing etc.
JN: didnt we say we will never meet like this anymore?
JH: sure, I am leaving soon
blah blah blah... he keeps talking and she talks back and they converse for like 10 more minutes ....
She is clearly open to him so ... he grabs her hands and gives her a shell and ..

drum roll!!!!

HE DOES NOT ASK HER OUT. Oh no this skilled hunter is not too fast!!!!!
He goes on the sympathy line and says - "I was so empty - but now I am going to be full. CAN YOU HELP ME?"

so he is reeling her in without openly claiming her in words - meanwhile he is holding her both hands lmao so it is clear he is claiming her - but his plea for help - he is MAKING HER COME TO HIM instead of him chasing her.

He didnt come out too openly to say I like you lets date - bc then she would say HECK NO GET LOST - instead he went under the radar and said what he knew she WOULD accept

wow what a skilled skilled .... swindler :) lmao Just kidding. What a skilled... negotiator. He knows how to sneak in under the radar and grab her.

JH really has excellent people skills. He is fantastic partner for JN. He comes under her radar bc he is honest and he is vulnerable in front of her. And also - he knows how to sugarcoat it and lie just enough to soften the edges, so that the scaredy cat JN will not run away in fear.
Omg they are perfect together!


That scene is finally going where ppl wanted to, leads are finally getting together, and it is nice, both JH and JN actors are doing a great job with emotional intimate sharing scenes, and flirting :)
And the scene is beautiful bc their DIALOGUE is really high quality. They are really deeply sharing. That is so great, makes an excellent story.

And is kinda pioneering work, bc that is the "new age" of more equal and more deep and meaningful relationship between the genders.... bc these two ppl are talking as equals - equally smart, equally intuitive, equally caring, equally honest, equally contributing - each in their own way... .... it is nice!!!! the woman is not a caring dumb and the man is not an entitled cement wall who blindly protects... as was sooo typical... ... ... also this is a more meaningful portrayal of deep love and friendship between two lifelong partners. I guess we are starting to see this new age coming to life... and becoming less of new age and more of normal how it is... yay!

Except .. JH gotta fill himself BEFORE he comes to JN.. she cannot fill him up
Please writer dont go the usual sexist route where FL acts as the psychiatric nurse to rehab emotionally dead/shut up ML...


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THE BAD:
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All actors in this drama are very convincingly real, except JH's friend who is a little too stiff but it does not matter since he has little screen time,
and JN, the FL... That actress acted flirty and emotionally deeper scenes with JH quite well - but the rest of the scenes are just ... fake... bulging eyes, flicking the hair... JN does not seem real, It is clear the actress is just pretending

THE UGLY:
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The drama again as usual relies on the the same old cliche "family approval".. The Joseon trope of family saying NO to two consenting adults is kinda ... lame at this point. Bc dramas **always** use it. I doubt that life in Seoul S. Korea is exactly like this today? Or is it really... ? Gasp.
I am so glad I lived in the USA, not the S. Korea :) and am free to watch this Joseon society from far away and just enjoy the good parts in the dramas

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Currently on ep 6 and getting better - interesting twists and great acting

The drama does start with a typical sexist FL character - loser
but it starts quickly improving :) in ep 6 FL shows some spine
ML actor is fantastic
and the other characters are interesting, great script and acting

==== WRITTEN AFTER EP 6====
OMG, KBS seems determined to produce better and better weekenders! I am so glad!
This drama started well... very makjangy... but has quickly progressed into a very decent drama. FL is still quite stupid and backwards... the dad still lives in her house!!!!!! we all said we are dropping if she brings him... ? Bc of that I waited to accumulate enough episodes to see if the drama will become a trashy soap or NOT. Luckily the drama panned out into a very decent drama.

FL is unfortunately still a rather backwards loser character... luckily less than before... and the actress is ok, nothing special in terms of acting skillZ and her role too is too flat, too one-dimensional ... as is typical. All KBS weekend dramas FLs are very stupid and flat.
ML and the kid are really fun. The kiddo is amazing :) The other characters are interesting too, The gigolo guy, the younger siblings and the Fox.... they are all very complex characters, very good scripts!!!! and the actors are very good actors. The Fox is very interesting!!!!! She is smart and immediately figures things out and is usually correct - but rude :) Well the gigolo is interesting too but is a lot less mature or smart... and ModelTwin is a rather complex character too... we will see more of him when his bio mom shows up when he starts making money and fame :)
The bio-mom and her husband are such a nice family... on the surface lol Mom is a professional gold digger wow.... and such a CRUEL person... wow... $10K for the life of her daughter... Not even asking once about any of the kids... At least her husband is a nice person
and ML's friend is fun, and the one-sided crush chick is pathetically unreal.
The dad is ... clearly makjang but the actor makes it real. Ppl like that are out there in real life, for real...
Ah the side dish shop owner and her son are amazing too. I ship him with the Fox. He is THE ONLY suitable guy for the Fox. The roles are complex and the actors are great.

I really like the acting of ML actor, he is so expressive and really makes ML look like a real person...
The actor imo is clearly some kind of a ... player or businessman or something in real life... ? I dont know the person but he looks and acts as someone who is used wheeling and dealing and finds this plot a little ... childish :) and it comes out in his acting...
But he is a great actor, so expressive. I really enjoy watching him.

Overall, this drama is really promising, this could be the next classic! Let's keep our fingers crossed. Recipe for Love started well and then was ruined by being stuck for most episodes in the SAME stupidly boring issue, instead of spending episodes to show HOW it was resolved. Well ok you can say the issue was so deep that it took them so long to resolve it... But no, so many episodes were wasted on NOT resolving it at all... Ok whatever - the drama did not use its time well and spent too much time on the issue instead of resolving it and moving on. It seemed like the writer just ran out of ideas. Everything got MAGICALLY resolved in the last episode or two... wich is a very lazy script copout. It just did not feel real at all.

So I hope this drama KEEPS THE PACE until the end. It is going well for now! Fighting!

PS -

Know that one of the rare faults of kdramas is sexism, where FL is a clutz damsel in distress and/or naive goody loser -
and luckily it has gotten better over years, now at least FLs are competent at their jobs... but still, most kdramas have FL as a very very very immature and weak person.
IT IS IMPROVING, SO BE PATIENT AND KEEP WORKING ON ERADICATING THIS

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Made for Pursuit of Jade and Hwood fans :)

Hm... This feels like watching... Pursuit of Jade or something like that....
Totally looks like a cdrama. A gaunt girl-like idol-face ML, male idol hype and worship... overly dramatic and self-important ... bombastic sensationalistic "pretty" scenes... plus psycho behaviors from ML and FL, and basically - two arrogant psychos getting together to rule the world.
Those are the hwood and cdrama bombastic details that somehow should serve as "the plot"

This is male idol worship and also worship of the rich and ruling. Just like hwood. For example, the scene of ML parading on that runway to the throne in ep 1 in his flowing robes - ah so mysteriously handsome... not. It is CRINGE.

I don't see dialogues, I dont see messages, I dont see content, the acting is cringe, there is no LIGHTNESS anywhere, it is so heavy and so self absorbed in its own self importance -

just lots of bombastic flashy scenes -

overall, looks and feels like a Chinese military parade or PoJ or some hwood trash - cdrams and Hwood are very similar, if you have not noticed yet :)

I am out of here, this is disgustingly content-free. It is a cdrama in Korean lol or hwood in Korean

TOO MANY RED FLAGS :) pun intented

I JUST READ THE REVIEW BY OPPA_ AND THAT IS THE MOST EXCELLENT REVIEW YOU SHOULD READ TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDERLYING BRAINWASHING OF THIS DRAMA.
>>>>Oppa_ review described in great more detail how Perfect Crown brainwashes ppl into romanticizing autocracy. <<<<<< I refer to it indirectly in my review and leave it to you to figure it out, but Oppa_ describes it straigt on and backs it with historical data.
(Oppa_ is a rather sexist person, based on statements againt women in their posts and reviews, so he/she did not comment on the male worship in Perfect Crown... but you have that in my review.)

Farewell :)

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WARNING AGAINST EMPTY/ MALICIOUS REPLIES:
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IF YOU CANNOT REFUTE WHAT I WROTE HERE WITH ***INTELLIGENT SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT ADDS TO WHAT I SAID **** THEN DO NOT WASTE TIME TO REPLY.

If you reply with personal insults or generic feedback, I decided I will not block you. I will leave your comment here as a proof of CRUDE AUDIENCE THAT THIS DRAMA ATTRACTS
Everyone knows how rabid idol fans are :)

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meaningless showy Kwood thing

What is the message of this drama? The plot is showy and unusual but there is no meaning to anything. It is just for watching mindlessly for fun , glorifying a killer as a good person
The meta message is significant, the society is messed up, ppl are hungry for anyone who can help curb the corruption, and there isn't much help .. Police, legal, judicial, government systems are useless... So we welcome mafia boss Vincenzo and killer sniper Bona as "helpers" and WE ROOT FOR THEM AS GOOD GUYS ...
But there is no deeper exploration of this issue in this drama.

It is very Kwood,

and I dislike wasting time like that. I feel sorry that I tried to watch 7 episodes. It was a waste of time. I wanted to watch just to see what ppl like but ... it was a waste of time. I got the idea after ep 1...

I dropped it and then read the comments for the first time after ... 4-5 weeks? bc i am curious how ppl think. I am interested to see how Hwood-style watchers get Kwood-type dramas and get satisfied from it. All the comments are so ... shallow about who did what or should do - there is nothing about character development and deep character analysis. People who watch this are not interested in deeper layers

I dropped it bc it is meaningless. What are the messages of this drama? The only message I was able to identify is that a killer can be a good person, a great wife and mother, doing a "patriotic" thing to help everyone get rid of evil.

and I think it is not a message that I need to be watching for 8 weeks.

I dropped it bc it is meaningless drama, without any meaningful messages, it is just for "shocking fun" - a killer is a good person, good wife, good mother. Yeah sure
Who / what is this message advertising?

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Cliche after cliche, short vertical drama that lasts 10 hrs

I went in all hopeful I am gonna see yet another out-of-box breaktru role of my fav actor .... and found out fast that this drama is just a short vertical ... that lasts 10 hrs. THIS IS TRASH. 100% My fav actor is not even acting here. Boooo!!!!!

---- This is me going into the drama, all hopeful -----
my fav kactor kim young kwang S o far I loved everything I saw him in, and I made a point to go down the list of his filmography and watch,

Yeah sometimes he does cliches like The YEar End Medley but even then his characters are always quirky and very complex. So every piece I watched was unique and special. And.... I didnt think it was cliche :) Every piece I saw was unique and had a really interesting, out of box story
I dont trust netflix though. I hope this one is good. I am starting to watch this now.

AND I HATE THE DROP-ALL NETFLIX FORMAT!!!!! it is awful. It is like eating 1 gallon of icecream at once. It causes indigestion. I want to savor my drama properly

------- This is me in shock, this is written half ep 1===== wow there is always a first... I cannot stand this drama. How it is filmed all hodge podge american way, such TRASH. FIrst piece of my fav actor that I really think is TRASH. Majorly commercial mainstream western TRASH. Consisting 100% of cliches, bad acting, and meaningless chaotic script. It looks and feels like a teenager's nightmare. Like ... Hwood :) Like a video game animation. That kind of feel. FL looks completely cold and idiotic, the same old stupid immature dud woman like in ancient sexist kdramas, and ML is the cold type just like in old sexist dramas. YUCK to this sh.t
So... this actor is off from the pedestal lmao I guess he needed some quick easy cash but this is ... below par in every way

You know what this looks like? LIKE A SHORT VERTICAL. that kind of vibe, filming style, acting, and dialogue. Totally like a short vertical. Just 10 hrs long.

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Not a thriller but a live webtoon! - Proof that strong silent types only cause damages

WRITTEN AFTER COMPLETING:
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I thought this drama will be about father-daughter relationship, but heck no. It is about Agent Kim and his friends beating ppl up. So this is like a more sophisticated adult version of Weak Hero Class 2. Just fights fights fights

The father-daughter relationship starts in the dumps, they never talk, she is hostile, she keeps important secrets, goes out alone at night, etc, causes MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR trouble and then her dad beats everyone up to save her. Sure he saves her and they hug for a minute AND THAT'S IT. There is no character devopment. even the daughter said nothing changed lmao
and his new job definitely got things worse

Sure they had a few sweet moments at the reunion but then.. their life was the same. Well maybe she wasnt all that hostile. But they still dont talk and it feels ... empty. And his new job will create a lot of lying

AND YEAH I WAS QUITE BORED WITH THIS DRAMA. A LIVE CARTOON IS FOR KIDS. I want to see more character development and stuff like that, stuff that real grown ups like to watch. Not some stupid fights.

And for me to be happy about the father -daughter relationship. I wanted to see them doing stuff together and talking, not him going to get this "new job"

But again someone said, the webtoon is about Kim continuing in his spy life, not about father-daughter relationship.

Kim is gonna be an agent forever - and that is the fun part, and who cares for his daughter - is the message of this drama.

AND YESH THAT IS NOT THE KIND OF DRAMA I WANTED TO WATCH it is too shallow and childishly stupid

and I watched or fast forwarded to the end out of curiosity about what ppl like about this MAINSTREAM bologney and I certainly got my answers!!!!

Tthe father-daughter ended up about the same.. Sure they are not hostile anymore but we did NOT see anything that qualifies them as a good family.

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WRITTEN AFTER EP 1: while i still naively believed that this will be about father-daughter relationship :( Apparently, the webtoon is NOT about father-daughter relationship but about agent Kim working as a spy
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I like ep 1 as a start. I do not see this as a fighting drama, so if it goes that way, I will be disappointed. I see this as the generic issue of bad parenting. If the drama resolves that, i will consider it a masterpiece. Sure add some fighting as a side dish, but the main issue is PROPER PARENTING. Also it will be really fun to see Ji Sub act more than just John Wayne, Ji Sub is a cutie so it will be fun to see him as a proper father. In ep 1, he is a John Wayne strong and silent dinosaur and a parental failure.

This drama is essentially a story of bad parenting, the doting parent who NEVER talks with their kid and never takes the time to actually RAISE the kid. Kids need more than just food on the table...
There are many teenage kids in this drama, and they are all total clueless morons who lack any common sense and keep causing problem, unfortunately the entire drama is a product of bad parenting
NONE OF THESE KIDS HAVE ANY SKILLZ FOR LIFE = THE PARENTS ARE 100% INCOMPETENT

In Ep 1, this awesome special agent totally fails as a parent and as an agent, completely disregards his daughter and leaves her hanging all alone as usual, completely disregards common knowledge of bullying in schools, and perhaps he has already caused death of his child.

So forget special agent life and skills... when this special agent is a clueless moron for LIFE and incapable of talking to his own child.

SO THIS DRAMA SO FAR HAS A GREAT ROOT CONFLICT TO SOLVE, THE SAME CONFLICT THAT ALL PARENTS FACE AND ESP PARENTS WHO FAILED TO ESTABLISH A HEALTHY CONNECTION TO THEIR KID AND NEVER COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CHILD DEEPLY AND PROPERLY

So the drama starts with a great generic and widespread issue of bad parenting and kids who grew up on their own and are thus clueless and behaving against the laws of survival and common sense

So... and at this point the drama can EITHER sink or swim

Imo the drama would sink if it becomes an empty shell and be "Weak Hero" quality with fights and special agents

Imo this kdrama can become a truly great drama where parent and child finally establish themselves as a loving caring family and a dedicated team that communicates well and works well in tandem with love care compassion and mutual understanding


AGENT KIM MUST RAISE HIS DAUGHTER PROPERLY

his daughter is behaving in ways contrary to the laws of surivival
The daughter is so clueless incapable of living
and that is all fault of her father. AGENT KIM HAS TO LEARN TO BE A PROPER PARENT WHO TALKS TO HIS KID AND PAYS CLOSE ATTENTION WHAT THE KID IS DOING OR NOT DOING.

IE AGENT KIM HAS TO GUIDE HIS DAUGHTER

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No content... flashy scenes, fake acting, silly dialogue

Well this is like a slide show of very sensational and/or pretty images, whizzing by fast...
The acting is sooooo fake... soooo cringe... ough bad!!!
and the dialogue is super simple and rather silly

it is just over the top bombastic and dramatic
I doubt there is any humor in this or any lightness

it is great for audience that cannot focus on acting
Basically a short vertical but in a long format.
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PURSUIT OF JADE - wow what a scam lmao
I just read an article about Chinese government's public announcement asking for focus on good scripts rather than just looks ... and millions of fans, international too, are saying they just care to see a pretty face and how the ML actor is so beautiful...

I would say to idol fans swooning over the "beauty" of these Chinese actors: Capool beautiful LMAO Chinese military publicly complained about ML not looking like a man... Indeed, he looks like a porcelan doll skinny sickly teenage girl .... yeah with tons of makeup...

Gees, I found myself symphatizing with Chinese military and Chinese government LMAO Never ever expected that :) but on this issue, I totally see their point :)
And I wish them good luck... It is their fault they dumbed down the ppl so much that this is happening... the people do not have any interest to think about deeper subjects and they only care to swoon over some pretty boys.... HOW COME IDOL FANS ARE NOT PROTESTING THE WAR IN IRAN OR GENOCIDE IN GAZA - OR THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT? but are playing hookie worshiping porcelan-pretty faces?...

So funny, the cover photo for the "popular actors" shows 4 ppl 2 men and 2 women - who look almost identical... And inside the article, all these ppl look alike.....

The new trend is a triangular jaw and a unisex look, same for men and women... and they all look like porcelan dolls and like teenagers... They look like they came out of a cartoon..... So weird

So unhealthy.. they all look super skinny, like starved teenagers...

And even a funnier thing, the West is swooning over a cdrama, so communism WON globally LMAO
Pursuit of Jade is the best terrorist attack from China, ever LMAO
Holywood is dead and China gets to brainwash the world! Lol but with Holywood-like dramas lmao No content, just the looks and hype

THE WEST HAS SWITCHED TO CHINESE !!!!
The idol fans are great at spreading Chinese influence :) I never expected this but there we go

I wonder what will come out of this - world peace OR spread of Chinese communism lifestyle.. OR... spreading Hollywood under Chinese name... ?
Let's see :)

Also, Chinese seem to be only able to protest their government by choosing to watch these Hollywood-like delulu shows focused on the shallow ideas of some external beauty and without any meaningful messages.

This is certainly going somewhere....not good lmao

Creative amazing storytelling kdramas are going extinct... The ingredients of a good story:
part 1: flaws,
part 2: falling and having to try hard to get up
part 3: transformation
are to be found only in kdramas.
Unfortunately, new kdramas tend to focus only on the Holywood recipe to show only the TWISTED PART 1: flaws and making more and deeper flaws...

as the Hwood fans switch to ASIAN DRAMAS WITH HWOOD FEEL - essentially Hwood minus too much s.x and violence - the ex-Hwood ppl bring their preferences ... and since the West has the $$$$$$$$ and hundreds of millions of users... they call the shots

Asian dramas are going Hwood way. The totally wicked unexpected twist is that Cdramas - as most fake, silly, dramatic, shallow, meaningless, and sensationalistic - are closest to Hwood so ppl love them LMAO

This turn of events is better than any drama out there LMAO but it is actually scary and sad.
Idol fans are blind and irrational, and lack common sense and objectivity , so them overtaking the world is a scary thing

So let us see what happens :) The way it is going, this is my prediction:
THE IDOL FANS WIN :) ultimately, as the world slides into Idiocracy, 2006 american movie, or american movie Equilibrium, but not quite, bc ppl will be like porcelan dolls and not able to live their own lives.

Eventually one day everything will look like that cheesy cdrama, just a bunch of fast whizzing images and nobody thinking. Then the whole world will collapse and we EITHER enter Matrix movie or everything disappears and humans start from scratch

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wow holywood with asian actors - meaningless fast paced chaos and drama, no content, no acting

If you like holywood, great, this will please you, here is LOTS to see and nothing real is happening. The conversations are menanigless, short and supposedly witty and funny. You will feel right at home!!!!

IF YOU WANT SOME SUBSTANCE AND SOME GOOD ACTING THEN ... RUN!!!!! dont waste time on this drugged-out fantasy without content
and the acting is super bad

the whole thing is fake

yeah the story is kinda interesting but the execution of it is a total hoola boola smoke and mirrors show, just a whirling non stop some kind of crazy happening, AND NO CONTENT

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