Great concept, didn't deliver at all., especially after they got the different boyfriends outta the way. This actually could've been a way better type of show had it been a more serious look at the aspect of an AI that gives everything you could want, especially in a culture like SK. Or the other direction, just made it wacky consistently throughout. Instead, it just became just another by the numbers generic Netflix k-drama.
Maybe I missed it, but uh, what was the point of the X-Wave monitor in the last episode, or the X-Wave period? Seemed like for the first two segments of the season it matter, than it didn't. By the time they started collecting body parts, I did sorta zone out.
This blows almost every show of the past 6 years out of the water. The first time, at any point since watching these dramas with my wife that indidnt groan or roll my eyes at aomething stupid. The characters werent stupid, the acting wasnt stupid, the plot wasnt stupid and it was treated like an actual piece of art via the cinematography and production. Bravo.
Barely finished. These things desperately need script editing. Why make your characters stupid? There's doing something that is "against all odds" because that's the only recourse (and thus heroic) and then theres having the hero try and execute said suicide mission by doing aomething utterly dumb at the start and thus make it ten times worse for him. Seriously, I hardly catch American tv anymore cause of sub 90 iq writing but why the hell do Korean shows suffer this? Just makes me needlessly angry.
Frankly, this writer should never be allowed to work on their own until they can show they know what they're doing. I thought they recovered after episode 9 or so but than threw it right back into the gutter. If youre gonna get my wife raging at psychos and ungrateful *bleep* siblings, you better have a good payoff and this wasnt anywhere close.
This drama needed to be 10 episodes so we could have avoided the writers utterly fumbling what was a slam dunk. While exploring the ML's self torture as he deals with the moral dilema of fighting his heart and the sins of his father is an interesting wrinkle compared to most dramas the audience is being tortured along with him and its ridiculous. I wont get into judgement on the female lead but the charade has gone on way too long needlessly (and nevermind the utter foolishness of the SL in believing he was anything but an orbiter). The way these episodes played out i could see the ML totally self destruct over all this. Thankfully it looks like the torture is over, but man, why can't these writers ever get it right, too much foolishness relying on competent characters not communicating, being illogical or stupid misunderstandings where they don't need to be.
This comment section is hilarious. You know how many times ive watched media where Bible verses are twisted outta context or misconstrued? Plenty. Welcome to the fun.
REALLY need to not allow ratings on a show till it is completely finished. To come on here and see ratings after one episode is frankly reckless behavior.
Long shot here but can someone help me out with who did the stunt/fight choreography for this film? Like to see if they have other work as I was actually impressed with the work.
If someone downvoted this because you think it was some kind of "laugh at this woman and her disability" i think it says way more them than it does this drama.
Funny with a lot of heart it was a great and breezy comedy for what it was. Easy 8.5.
Oh my, a drama in the vein of Queen of Tears that doesnt try to relentless bait us like QoT nor annoy like it either. What a freakin breath of fresh air.
Seeing the comments, again, here after this episode I once again feel vindicated that writers need to stop mashing up genres. Literally having a soap drama villain in a romantic K Drama has hands down turned people to loathing the writer. It's basically caused me to stop bothering with it moving forward. I'll probably just catch the good clips here and elsewhere rather than give another 6 hours of my time to a drama that doesn't know what it is, what it wants to do and wastes the chemistry between the two leads cause they had to fill 16 episodes.
What was the taxi driving by ominously at the last bus stop a reference to? I feel like it was to I Saw the Devil but not sure. Unless I'm tricking myself into missing a reference to within the show itself.
Perusing comments here has reinforced something: Korean writers, for the love of God, understand the main audience of whatever drama you're writing and stick to telling as good story within the genre they want. It is quite obvious, with these two leads, people want a romantic drama between the two and REALLY don't care for constant needless dramatic turns that are more at place in other genres. This constant trying to fuse two genres that are absolutely opposite of one another (in this case, romantic comedy with power struggle/royal court drama) just doesn't work. It's gotta be at least 75% one and 25% the other or not at all. The problem here (and I mentioned this some 10k comments back) is that they're trying to give you THREE types of genres (two being a subset of romantic drama) all in one. From this comment section you can easily tell that people are either getting burned out from it or barely tolerating it so they can make it through to the end for a (hopefully) good payout. Imagine it DOESN'T end well. Whew baby.
It is a plaque of modern writing that everyone wants to subvert everything when the tried and true is what always brings people in. You can deliver really good stories within that tried and true idea, you just have to actually show some skill. Writers/creators are allowing themselves to believe they can do things they can't or have RARELY ever been pulled off. Next they're gonna combine The Wailing with What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (her adopted brother made a deal with the devil and all her co workers will get randomly possessed. Laughter ensues).
Park Sung Hoon mentioned how he would like to play good guy roles or comedy roles. Thinking about it, I would…
My first experience with his acting was Into the Ring (which I can't say enough good about even though I'm in the minority) so it was surprising to me that he's actually more know to be a villain, and a hated one at that.
Halfway through 6 and I gotta let this out: Korean writers need to stop mashing up two different genres that have such a different emotional tones from one another. On one hand you have a Rom Com (that does touch a serious subject) that already has a big enough thing to overcome in place (her sickness and their strained relationship). On the other you have a corporate espionage/royal court drama that is quite serious in tone with loathing villains and a family that, despite one instance (outside our leads), you can't really root for. They could be great stories apart but together? No. It doesn't work. Especially when the ratio between the two in screentime is about 50/50. So half the time you're just pissed about these villains, not because of the family getting boned, but because it infringes on the already steep mountain the leads have to overcome.
Thinking on it, at least King the Land was a better ratio of 75/25 and didn't front load the misery in the first episodes (it was spaced apart). Each episode so far has just loaded up more "villains are 5 steps ahead" without any "light at the end of the tunnel". Even so, it just needs to stop. Stop looking for reasons to fill 16 to 12 episodes and just start cutting back to 8 or 10 and tell a more complete story for one genre or the other. Wanting to be the Penthouse and something like A Moment to Remember in one just makes your audience mad.
Funny with a lot of heart it was a great and breezy comedy for what it was. Easy 8.5.
It is a plaque of modern writing that everyone wants to subvert everything when the tried and true is what always brings people in. You can deliver really good stories within that tried and true idea, you just have to actually show some skill. Writers/creators are allowing themselves to believe they can do things they can't or have RARELY ever been pulled off. Next they're gonna combine The Wailing with What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (her adopted brother made a deal with the devil and all her co workers will get randomly possessed. Laughter ensues).
Thinking on it, at least King the Land was a better ratio of 75/25 and didn't front load the misery in the first episodes (it was spaced apart). Each episode so far has just loaded up more "villains are 5 steps ahead" without any "light at the end of the tunnel". Even so, it just needs to stop. Stop looking for reasons to fill 16 to 12 episodes and just start cutting back to 8 or 10 and tell a more complete story for one genre or the other. Wanting to be the Penthouse and something like A Moment to Remember in one just makes your audience mad.