Pincolino

Why? Taelha is extremely smart.

Glad I'm not the only one!

I'm at episode 3, but ...
Did the girl kill her parents?
A katana knife, a paper knife, things that were in the house. A killer from outside would have brought a weapon with him.
The girl was running away, she collapsed, now she has memory loss.
It seems the experiments they conducted on her were affecting her brain, most likely her psychological state too. Who knows what happened?
The bruises indicate they put needles into her, and she was fighting them off. So there is some hostility towards her parents.

Is it just me, or are the actors putting more into this than the script is giving to them? I feel like they try to show us an emotional story, but the plot is weak. With other actors, this would be unwatchable.

Chen Yi was drunk and frustrated. Did he kiss Ai Di to make him shut up, to piss him off? They were fighting. From Ai Di's perspective, he sure didn't kiss him at that moment, because he had romantic feelings for him.

He doesn't have neither the boyish look nor the feminine/androgynous look. LJG as Saya looks like some wizard, SKJ as Saya looked like a mysterious being. His look alone was captivating.

He is a good actor, and it was the right decision to cast a good actor for such a difficult role. But he doesn't have the looks to play the character like SJK did, but well, that's not his fault.
I feel the actress who plays Tanya is also doing a great job. That stoic face that made me mad sometimes .... she nails it. That composed attitude, how she came with the bell at the end of ep 4, her speech, it was 100% like the old actress would have done it.

I loved ep 4, but just to make sure ...
Tagon and Eunseom are enemies, basically. Eunseom leads the rebel army. So why did he help Tagon and was fighting besides him and Taealha? Nobody wants a child to die, I get that, but ... did I miss something? What do those people even want? Tagon wanted to be king and unite the whole country under his rule. But since some tribes didn't agree, he fought them, slaughtered them.
What is Eunseom now doing? He became a killing machine, too.
So what's the goal here? I thought to overthrow the king? So why did he run to help him? He had no obligation to do so. It's not like he had to pretend to be Saya at that moment. He said to Tanya that it could cause problems if Tagon's blood had been revealed. So? Why is that his business?

SJK as Eunseom was very boyish, young, wild, full of energy.
SJK as Saya was very elegant, almost feminine, very beautiful.
LJG can't bring those attributes to both roles, but he is still doing a good job. The acting is intense, and in the last episode, when he was with Tanya, I almost felt like watching SJK and his childlike behavior we know from Eunseom back then when they grew up together in the tribe.
It's honestly a shame that they changed actors, but as long Ta Gon and Tae Al Ha are still the same, I can live with it. I'm sad for the Neanderthal girl. I loved her. They changed her too.

Okay, it's back on his feet. Loved those last two episodes!
And the new actors are doing a good job, it's just that I'm so used to the old faces. It's hard to adjust.

Bad people can be good characters, but I feel all their problems are so unnecessary and fabricated.

I'm dropping this. Everyone is an asshole and messed up. For whom am I supposed to root? Now even Sand looks crazy. I'm so annoyed by all those characters. Not even my beloved FirstKhao can save this.

The concept trailer with the old cast and the music videos were incredible well done. Good actors, very intense looking, interesting dynamics, nice filming, beautiful OST - and now we get this.
Biggest disappointment ever.
Just as a reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVd5ROSopQ&t=253s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obD0oFchHLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDF65JxnzA

It's more the filming I have an issue with. The music, how the dialogues are delivered, how the voices sound, it's not as impactful as I remember it.
The costumes aren't bad. In fact, while watching I was thinking "How much did that cost, and then they couldn't give us better scenes/writing?"
I can't point my finger on it, but the meeting of the brothers was underwhelming, or Moobaek saving the brothers, or every scene with Tanya etc.

I was waiting for those two brothers to meet each other for 18 episodes. They did not meet. Now, the new series start, and they meet in episode 2. I watched SJK giving us an emotional performance throughout all those episodes, and now a new face is giving us this big revelation?
How am I supposed to feel?
Of course, this will not have the same impact.

Btw, is it just me, or does the production look much cheaper? Even the old characters that had such an incredible screen presence like Tagon and Moobaek feel almost cheesy and weak. Didn't even recognize Taealha at first, because her voice and presence felt different, too.

I will watch this, because I'm so invested in the world, but those two episodes were underwhelming to say the least.

Ton is obsessed with Top, that's not normal, why does he even want him? Because he is the top guy? His jealousy is making him crazy. Nick is even stalking Ton, that sure is not normal either, despite them having only a fuck-buddy relationship, and Ray is obsessed with Mew, since he is most likely his only friend who ever cared for him. After so many years, he is still trying to kiss him? Didn't he get it by now?

It's honestly annoying how they can't let go, and I'm not sad for them at all. They dig their own grave for no good reason.

I loved this because of Tagon and Taealha. I was never very fond of the Eonseum character, of Saya and Tanya. So I thought I wouldn't mind if they changed actors. But now seeing the new faces ... it's hard to adjust. For some reason, I miss the actress who played Tanya the most, which is funny, since I often thought another actress would have done a better job.

"They're making their lives unnecessarily complicated."
Exactly.

This is a series about obsession. Ton is obsessed with Top, Ray is obsessed with Mew, Sand is getting a bit obsessed with Ray, Nick is obsessed with Ton, Top is obsessed with Mew. It's just strange why they are into each other - or why they aren't. That makes the drama difficult to hit, because I'm not very invested in their feelings.

The issue I have with this series: Except for Ray and Sand, I find all the other characters extremely annoying, especially Mew and Boston. Top is not even worth my annoyance, and Nick gives me serial killer vibes. Just fuck yourself, or fuck each other. Whatever makes you happy or unhappy. As if anyone of those guys would ever end up in a loving long-lasting relationship. They are too problematic.