It's nothing spoilery, it's in the synopsis. ML has a keen sense of smell, so the weirdness is that he just smells…
Okay. For those of us who have hyperosmia it isn't considered 'weird' though. I guess it would be if one wasn't. I've always thought it was weird others couldn't smell what I could, like fire ants or two people's animosity towards one another when they've shown no signs and later finding out they hated each other when they were in school together. Yes, it has a scent. I've wondered if someone who was born blind might have this heightened sense of smell of people.
Heavenly Ever After will be remembered for Episode 11. Still, I've questioned why Pastor was in an adult body, unless it was a fulfillment of his parent's hearts to see what kind of man their 5 yo son would've become if he hadn't disappeared/died. I was hoping for a few seconds that his 5 yo self would be given screentime to say goodbye bc that's how they remembered him.
Casting aside Som i (still think the name represented someone/Som 1) being Hae Suk's unconscious defense mechanism, aka, rejection of ever having a son for her mental survival, I wish the writers had focused on fewer characters, giving them more compelling earthly back stories. Even Yeong Ae's 'story' didn't leave an impact. Too many fillers led up to Ep 11.
Episode 12, smh, basically meant Nak Jun, though happily together with Hae Suk through 23 past lives, wanted to disconnect from her? It didn't make sense. I thought being reincarnated, as explained in this drama, was to help resolve a grievance with a specific person and until it was they'd continue in one form or another. Didn't he say he thought he hadn't done right by her during each past life? And the Director said they 'qualified' for reincarnation? Subsequent scenes seemed like they'd have another happy life together that would possibly include a child or children. So, how did they qualify for reincarnation? Ep 12 was just as inconsistent as the other 11 episodes. Seriously, one sequence of a dream rapidly changing to another with no resolve. I feel like I was having a waking nightmare while watching. Then I woke.
Is Pastor asking for himself or for the viewers when he asks the Director "What... What kind of twisted drama is this?" in Ep 11 at 10:20 mins remaining.
When viewed from the eyes of experience as I have this week, and not from the view of a new love of Korean dramas, all I've got to say is I was SO in love with anything considered a sageuk and gobbled them up like I was on a fatten-me-up diet. I'll leave my original rating, but in Notes, well, you really don't want to think about it now, do you.
"I cried so many tears for those children back then." and again while reading, like it was yesterday. Thank you for adding the RIP. I didn't know about the irl captain.
Having watched far too many disaster movies from my youth to elder age, I knew everyone would be saved, just like in all the others. It was the execution of the save, and the workings of the bullet train, introduced in Japan in 1964, that peaked my interest. I think this is where BTE shone.
I kept thinking, thank goodness the idgits in my country can't even imagine, much less introduce bullet trains. Only 9 countries have had the smarts to do so.
The antagonist, teen girl's story of seeking revenge on the bullet train's passengers didn't make much sense. Her father's abuse after he'd shot the 109 bullet train terrorist (years before) wasn't explained. WHY did he abuse her? The only thing about her story that made any sense was her hatred towards him after yrs of abuse.. It was a lame excuse from the writer to use a teen girl taking her hatred of her father out on the world. False normality? Many people go through life having been, and are abused, by a parent, and don't use it as an excuse to hurt innocent people, and a very few do, but hey, it was a short movie and not a series, or a documentary.
I do get that the son of the terrorist believed the girl's father took away his father's 'martyrdome' (he blew himself up after he'd bombed the 109 train) when he shot him and then went on for years bragging about shooting him. I get that he used the girl of the father who'd shot his father. So, the only things that made sense in the story were the girl's hatred of her father, and the terrorist's revenge using the girl as a means. It was a kind of sort of roundabout way to pay tribute to his father? Was it explained why the 109 terrorist blew up the train? I don't recall.Surely if the son wanted to pay tribute he'd know why his father did so, right?
The characters Kagami Yuko (Suga mama) and Goto Masayoshi were a waste of story screen time.
Please speak for yourself in appreciation of the drama. Don't include all older people. Adding the word 'some'…
I'm not 'expecting' anything from you. IF I was to 'expect' anything from anyone it would be to give their opinion from a first person perspective without assumptions placed on other groups of people. Given your background, I would think you'd know how this would feel to older people. Have a good life. Be safe please. *bowing to your honesty
Hun, you've shown that having a discussion, rather than getting defensive and lashing out, is the nature of learning, and maturity. You said "English isn't my first language.". I took that into consideration in my answers.
Learning is lifelong. I hope to learn something new every day. Others can learn from you, like I did about the voices and sounds not being aligned, so don't stop commenting whatever is on your mind. Lessons come in many forms IF one one is willing to listen. Much love to you...
"Heavenly" Ever After is definitely not heaven. I think it was the start of clickbait which proceeded to turn everything anyone thought of as 'heaven' into so many inconsistencies that even the writers weren't able to keep what they'd written from one line to the next straight. It was to either persuade those who don't have any faith to not look toward any sort of Faith for Hope, or to dissuade those that aren't firm in their Faith to question what they have based their Hopes on.
One Side of Hell, Another Side of Hell would be apt. Heaven members can transverse to hell. Members destined for hell are roaming heaven. Emotional infidelity, despite it maybe being Hae Suk's younger self (Som l, MAYBE) giving her anxiety is but one example among a mountain of issues that aren't 'heavenly'.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Life, Fantasy. The Genre should have Fantasy listed as the first among the four bc the listing in Genres are usually consistent with the amount of the scenes/elements in a drama. It's been more like Genres: Fantasy, Life, Comedy, Romance. It speaks to the quality of a work when clickbait is offered before it has been released.
I'll finish knowing there's no way to rectify all the inconsistences and the storyline for my satisfaction. A 2nd season is NOT a must. I feel like I'm in hell while watching. I'll continue bc when I drop a drama or movie I don't rate that drama or movie, and I really want to leave a rating for HEA.
If you watched DH in Korean, and noticed the sound quality wasn't right, then blame it on the sound dept, or the editing dept. From your original comment "I hate the dub." and subsequent "Yes it's dubbed... unfortunately" one would assume you'd watched the dubbed version.
Edited: You said in a later comment you watched in the original language, Korean. I'd still look to the sound or editing dept for the lack. I'm sorry it wasn't a good experience for you. Maybe I've been watching dramas so long I overlook the minor faults, and limit the faults to larger areas such as when the editing or the writing isn't consistent. It takes new eyes AND ears such as yours to point them out.
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Casting aside Som i (still think the name represented someone/Som 1) being Hae Suk's unconscious defense mechanism, aka, rejection of ever having a son for her mental survival, I wish the writers had focused on fewer characters, giving them more compelling earthly back stories. Even Yeong Ae's 'story' didn't leave an impact. Too many fillers led up to Ep 11.
Episode 12, smh, basically meant Nak Jun, though happily together with Hae Suk through 23 past lives, wanted to disconnect from her? It didn't make sense. I thought being reincarnated, as explained in this drama, was to help resolve a grievance with a specific person and until it was they'd continue in one form or another. Didn't he say he thought he hadn't done right by her during each past life? And the Director said they 'qualified' for reincarnation? Subsequent scenes seemed like they'd have another happy life together that would possibly include a child or children. So, how did they qualify for reincarnation? Ep 12 was just as inconsistent as the other 11 episodes. Seriously, one sequence of a dream rapidly changing to another with no resolve. I feel like I was having a waking nightmare while watching. Then I woke.
oppa_ wrote what I couldn't.
I kept thinking, thank goodness the idgits in my country can't even imagine, much less introduce bullet trains. Only 9 countries have had the smarts to do so.
The antagonist, teen girl's story of seeking revenge on the bullet train's passengers didn't make much sense. Her father's abuse after he'd shot the 109 bullet train terrorist (years before) wasn't explained. WHY did he abuse her? The only thing about her story that made any sense was her hatred towards him after yrs of abuse.. It was a lame excuse from the writer to use a teen girl taking her hatred of her father out on the world. False normality? Many people go through life having been, and are abused, by a parent, and don't use it as an excuse to hurt innocent people, and a very few do, but hey, it was a short movie and not a series, or a documentary.
I do get that the son of the terrorist believed the girl's father took away his father's 'martyrdome' (he blew himself up after he'd bombed the 109 train) when he shot him and then went on for years bragging about shooting him. I get that he used the girl of the father who'd shot his father. So, the only things that made sense in the story were the girl's hatred of her father, and the terrorist's revenge using the girl as a means. It was a kind of sort of roundabout way to pay tribute to his father? Was it explained why the 109 terrorist blew up the train? I don't recall.Surely if the son wanted to pay tribute he'd know why his father did so, right?
The characters Kagami Yuko (Suga mama) and Goto Masayoshi were a waste of story screen time.
Learning is lifelong. I hope to learn something new every day. Others can learn from you, like I did about the voices and sounds not being aligned, so don't stop commenting whatever is on your mind. Lessons come in many forms IF one one is willing to listen. Much love to you...
One Side of Hell, Another Side of Hell would be apt. Heaven members can transverse to hell. Members destined for hell are roaming heaven. Emotional infidelity, despite it maybe being Hae Suk's younger self (Som l, MAYBE) giving her anxiety is but one example among a mountain of issues that aren't 'heavenly'.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Life, Fantasy. The Genre should have Fantasy listed as the first among the four bc the listing in Genres are usually consistent with the amount of the scenes/elements in a drama. It's been more like Genres: Fantasy, Life, Comedy, Romance. It speaks to the quality of a work when clickbait is offered before it has been released.
I'll finish knowing there's no way to rectify all the inconsistences and the storyline for my satisfaction. A 2nd season is NOT a must. I feel like I'm in hell while watching. I'll continue bc when I drop a drama or movie I don't rate that drama or movie, and I really want to leave a rating for HEA.
Edited: You said in a later comment you watched in the original language, Korean. I'd still look to the sound or editing dept for the lack. I'm sorry it wasn't a good experience for you. Maybe I've been watching dramas so long I overlook the minor faults, and limit the faults to larger areas such as when the editing or the writing isn't consistent. It takes new eyes AND ears such as yours to point them out.