Martelli

For the ending, the most logical thing for me was to see Ji Woo and Mu Jin killing each other, since the gang boss was a horrible person (to put it nicely), and for Ji Woo I do not think there would be a normal future out there really. I have thought Pil Do would end up alive and just sad the girl he liked died. But as a character, they used him to lure Ji Woo kill Mu Jin in the end. And how did she survive and where and under which name was she living later? I have thought she would just end up in jail for what she did.

I believe Mu Jin also used Ji Woo for his revenge on Gi Ho for planting an undercover cop on him, and let her believe Gi Ho killed her dad. Mu Jin was just a despicable gangster and that's it.
I felt also sorry for how Ji Woo lived like as a child, not really knowing what her dad was doing, thinking he is a criminal and being bullied for that. Tho I am not sure why would you do such a job as a father of a child, would not he feel worried about her, that the gang could use her for threatening him one day?
I can also somehow (but only somehow) understand that she wanted to take revenge for her father, even if he was a criminal, since they were family. But why would you hate the police? Since your father is a bad guy, you need to hate the good guys? She was angry on her dad and schoolmates, but could not she see right from wrong? Plus it seems like she wanted to not only revenge her dad, but also acted like in general she is on the gangsters' side, when all of them were drug-dealers or murderers or both (how can she feel for them even after they tried to drug-rape her?). It was funny to me like she seemed to understand the police only after she felt unsure about Mu Jin and his actions. Seeing all the stuff the gangs did at the police station probably did nothing to her. Even if she thought someone from the police killed her father, she seemed to just hate them all from the beginning.
That is why I could not completely root for her, I wanted her to revenge her dad because Mu Jin and others were just bad, but I don't think it was justified that she helped criminals just because she thought someone else killed her dad.
As for the father, I believe he was actually maybe in too deep, or partially a criminal too, like instead of letting Mu Jin die when there was an opportunity, he saved him several times so he could maybe later get more evidence and hopefully he would end up in jail? Does not make sense to me.

This was a very suspenseful drama, although in the middle I was sure who the murder of her father is, but never mind, there were not many other people who could that be. The fights looked very real, I enjoyed the fist fighting and kicking more than the very visually portrayed knife cuts and sounds etc., but I guess they had to make it look real, so I just closed my eyes a bit from time to time :D
Han So Hee was great in this, I believe the hype for her here was deserved. Although from the start I believed that as a girl she would take less more kicks than she did, in the beginning she was not that trained at all, but still somehow could take a lot, but never mind. She could also handle all the trained guys in every fight. I could see this drama was going in the "strong-female" trend, but they could make it more realistic. Nevertheless (no pun intented), I can see Han So Hee worked a lot for the drama.
I really liked Pil Do's character and Ahn Bo Hyun's acting in this, my first time seeing him. I also felt really sorry for Pil Do, not sure why it was written this way.
Park Hee Soon as Mu Jin was great, but I completely hated the character, I could not feel sorry for him at all. Some of the comments mentioned how everybody betrayed him in the end etc., well what do you expect as a gang boss? If you do this line of "work", you cannot expect your "coworkers" being all nice and being real friends.
Gang Jae was chilling, uuufff, he was a horrible guy, really despicable, his overall image and everything....reminded me of a character from Max Payne..

That's just my opinion, but I don't think Moo Jin was ever having some kind of self-redemption, I think he wanted to kill Gi Ho for planting an undercover cop on him, so he used Ji Woo for that and let her think the cop killed her father and make the dirty job for him.
As for the Pil Do's death, it seemed to me like Ji Woo was on her way to turn herself in, and Moo Jin mentioned that it does not end until one of them dies, so he killed Pil Do to lure her to try to kill him again, as he wanted her to fight (and kill her in the end).

As for the ending, throughout the episode I was like nooo, why they want to do this, this would piss me off, if suddenly Sun Woo is the king (even though he was a nice guy and everything) and he wants to battle Ji Dwi. I hated it how they suddenly made Ji Dwi almost acting like his mother. But then they joined forces and that was the perfect ending for me.

I don't watch many historical dramas, but since this one had Park Seo Joon and Park Hyun Sik in it, I wanted to give it a try. Well, I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would!
Two main actors did a really good job in my opinion, I really enjoyed their characters, tho I wanted them to really talk the misunderstanding through and see more of their bromance moments. Their facial expressions and either sad scenes or fight scenes were great, I think they are both really charismatic.
As for Go Ah Ra, she was not totally bad, but I don't think I have seen many facial expressions from her, most of the time it was this sulky, or playing-hard-to-get, or half-pissed expression. To not spoil anything, I wanted her to end up with someone else at first, because if I remember it correctly, he was kissing her first in the drama (and FLs usually end up with those guys :D ), but this time she did not. But well, I did not mind the pairing that much either (if we forget about some circumstances LOL).
I hated the Queen, not sure if they wanted to portray her later as someone not really bad, but in my mind she was just crude, brutal and selfish and tried to hide behind her son and justify her actions this way.
I really enjoyed watching Ban Ryu's character development and his love for Soo Yeon, they were such a cute couple. I was always smiling when there were scenes of them together :) Even the end was funny :D
As for the story, it reminded me a bit of what I have read about Gaksital, or the Bridal Mask drama. Something in the sense that it is supposed to be a drama about historical events etc., but you are watching mainly ML (or here the 2 MLs) trying to save FL that is always in some dangerous situation. I believe her character should not have been that important in the story, the guys and other people had a lot of critical stuff going on :D Like make her a love interest of MLs, that is fine, but please do not make almost everything revolve around her.
As for Minho, I believe his acting got better since To the Beautiful You LOL (that was the only other thing I have watched with him).
As for V, especially with the BTS hype I believe a lot of his fans were super happy to see him acting, but for me his performance was ok, nothing special, but nothing I would need to criticize really.
I have just noticed that Park Yeong Shil, the spiteful old man, was played by the same actor that was in My Love from the Stars (the lovable Mr. Jang), where I really liked him. He nailed both types of roles for me.
A special mention goes to Yoo Jae Myung, his Pa Oh was brave, just and funny at the same time. I loved his relationship with the king :)

I just wanted to write a similar comment and then I saw yours :D Exactly my thoughts! I was thinking throughout the whole episode, like who is supposed to be this "nice guy" or "innocent man", when he is worried about his sister only for a minute until this girl calls him and then ditches her. Even if he would love the girl I don't know how much, he could first take care of his sister, and then go to her. Even for other scenes in the 1st episode he did not really seem nice, so for now I will watch another episode and see if I can watch his character at all, or if I am at least interested in FL's story maybe...

Jin Taek - LOL, he was a playa at heart, had all the great phrases, but I think it was rather funny than sleazy, he did not seem like a bad guy, and when he made clear to So Yeon that he was not sure whether it's one-sided only before, he seemed to become a one-woman guy. I enjoyed their couple discussions.
Se Hoon - I actually liked him, although I do not think he needed to be so harsh with So Yeon. But it was funny how everyone was coming at him for liking only Ji Yeon, when others were more understanding towards the "Jia-guys" :D But he was naturally funny, and I have found him more attractive and less pathetic that some of the guys pursuing Jia. I was actually smiling when he finally got the date with Ji Yeon he wanted so much, and they seemed to click.
Hyun Joong - what to say about him, he mentioned no one is talking to him, but that was maybe because except for Jia he could not care less about anyone else. He called himself a puppy and was always running to her, so I guess he did not have much of a self-respect. But he looked like quite a nice guy.
Si Hun - oh well, he should have seen Jia was not interested really, he came to realize it quite late, but she never told him really. So most of the time he looked pathetic, like with Jia gone with another man, there is no meaning in life.
Hyun Seung - again, I am not sure what to think of this guy who proclaimed to be shy but then was not really; he was gushing over Yea Won, but then went with Jia. He was fit, but personally, not my type :D I do not think he is a bad guy, but I just did not understand why his words contradicted his actions sometimes.
Jun Sik - a calm, no-drama guy that probably was not appreciated enough. I cannot even say whether he was boring or not, he did not have much of a screen time, but he seemed like a normal guy, which I liked. And had probably the best body I would say :) (like the threshold between not-really-buff and too much). I had a feeling that he fancied Yea Won more than she did fancy him, but he was the type that was actually more shy.

Jia - I don't care that much about her controversies, they happened after the show, but it just shows how funny it is when you create this rich persona for yourself, I guess many youtubers are the same, that is why I do not follow or watch these people, well, I am not interested if someone is trying some clothes on and how do they look in it, but to each their own...
She seems to be the type of girl I absolutely dislike in real life, playing every guy, not being honest, she knew she did not like or wanted some guys, but she acted like she doesn't know so they can worship her and think they have a chance. Was she even able to have a deeper conversation? All we have seen was her answering with counter-questions, or saying stuff like "oh, are you drunk because of me", "do you really think I am pretty?" LOL and they called it mysterious. I call it dishonest. I know people are like you are not supposed to comment on her appearance, but everybody does it, even if only in their heads. Let's not pretend we do not say some actor/actress is pretty/handsome or not. While everybody claimed she is the prettiest, I thought she was the least pretty out of all the girls, rather fake would be the right word in my dictionary.
So Yeon - I really liked this girl, she was honest, and although she was confused at first, she was trying to talk stuff over with guys. She was also super fit, naturally pretty and funny. I felt a bit sorry for her after her convo with Se Hoon, but at least she knew she can stop trying.
Yea Won - I also liked her, I could not understand why she was not really popular, again super fit and pretty, but I guess guys like "mysterious" types more. She seemed like her personality was fine, but I am not sure if she was attracted to Jun Sik or not, I guess he was a safe choice, since she seemed to forget all about him when Hyun Seung came.
Ji Yeon - I do not think she is a bad girl, but I did not really like her in the first half of the show. Tho it was fine to see she knew when to stop pursuing Jin Taek and was not a girl that was trying to mess them up. But I think she started to like Se Hoon only after other girls were interested in him, which is quite typical for some women. I don't know, maybe since she was a neuroscience student, I expected her to be smarter in her decisions too :D But after that, I have found her quite likeable, like she thought everything over and became nicer.
Su Min - she looked like a nice girl, the type I would be friends with, but she did not get enough opportunities, also because she came late into the show.
Min Ji - I have heard she was unhappy that they edited only the parts where she looked pissed, I guess she was not happy, but cannot really comment much on her.

At first I did not plan to watch this because I do not really like reality shows, however after some time and several articles I just wanted to know what was the hype about (especially about Jia). Actually, I was surprised how much I enjoyed watching it! It was probably due to the fact that you are not watching people all over themselves kissing with everybody and what not, I was watching people getting to know each other, thinking and talking, and it looked real. But I was not wrong, the Jia-hype was too much and I think I got to see another overrated person.
I also thought I would be annoyed by the panel, because usually in Korean shows that just means scenes are repeated all over and you are just watching reactions and people laughing. In this case, I did not really mind them, they seemed to like the characters and really comment on their feelings.
I wish it was actually a bit longer so we could really see the characters' bonds being deepened or their feelings being more settled.
I will comment on each character, please note that is my opinion solely, I do not need other people to tell me Jia is great or a queen, or others are mean etc., and that I should like them :)

I also could not understand why he kept exposing his superpowers to people. At the end, he explained that he did that because he panicked in fear for Song Yi, but that was just at the end when she was about to die. But he did it before too, like disappearing in front of people etc., could not he go around the corner somewhere first, or to the toilets LOL
On the other hand, different from his brother, Hee Kyung was cute. It's great how I have seen Park Hae Jin play psychopath roles or ones planning revenge, but here he was really cute.
Song Yi was really annoying for most of the time, like she was pushing herself to him and was super selfish (Min Jun was pushing her away, not wanting to eat with her, but she was like "but I do not want to eat alone, so you have to eat with me.". Well, why would he care? She was a stranger. I do not like characters like that. Although she went through some character development later, like she started to be more caring, I guess she could not get rid of her celebrity disease and thinking she is so perfect. But she was funny in the scenes where she made an idiot of herself :D
As for Se Mi, she was super pathetic and dishonest. Her mother was annoying, but a lot less than Song Yi's mother, who was super selfish, preposterous and always pretending she is better than others.
I really liked Mr. Jang, how he supported Min Jun and it was funny when he bickered with Song Yi's mother, like he was sooo right :D
But it was sad for me how Min Jun several times mentioned how he does not really want to spend his precious time with Mr. Jang, when he was like his father...
The funny moments were also when everybody mentioned their "prejudices" against aliens, like why is your skin not peeling, or they mentioned Men in Black etc. That moment when Song Yi's brother was sticking out his finger to have that E.T. moment and the annoyed face of Min Jun...similar was the trip and the bike-with-a-basket comment LOL
But again, it should have been shorter, since the penultimate episode was more or less like "oh, I love you so much, I want you to live somewhere else, do not die, I will miss you" all over again.
And I am probably ruining the romance there, but what was this uninhabitated island, where she could also easily go to later, with no people around, when there was a huge building (some hotel) and their lodgings with clean stuff and everything? LOL

I believe this drama would have been better if there were only 16 episodes, because with 21 the pace was slow, especially towards the end. It had its suspenseful, cute and funny moments, and I have enjoyed it, but I was expecting that they would make Min Jun less human-like :D Like his blood was red, he was eating and drinking, he had people's mood changes, etc.. Was it because he was on Earth for so long? Anyway, the body characteristics should not be influenced because of his stay, but well, maybe that's only me...
But I liked his character, Kim Soo Hyun is a good actor, I liked it when he got angry with the villain, because that was just one rotten bastard. Tho I did not understand how he could not tell Song Yi anything, like at least be careful around him...

Hmmm, what a nice picture of him :)

Also it was funny how Sung Jun blamed Jung Sun for his affair, saying she pushed him away when they were supposed to go through the grief over their baby together. And he was just acting strong to be supportive for her.
When all the time she was accusing him of not being hurt the way she was and proceeding in his life just fine....so from this he would not know that she just wanted him to open up? He held it back so he could open up to another woman? WTF man....

As for the ending, I liked the fact that they did not make Jung Sun and Sung Jun forcibly reconciled and together in the end since their relationship was irreparable at that point. Jung Sun might have later regretted everything, but he has hurt his wife to such a point that there was no turning back for them.
Yuri ended alone because she wanted to climb higher, but with her way she just made enemies, and at the end even those who were trying to help her in the beginning could not stay friends with her later as they saw her real character.
However, I still thought almost towards the end of the drama that she was a mistress to both Sung Jun and the vice president, like he said she is his daughter just to avoid hatred from the public. Did we not see in the beginning how Sung Jun was bringing her to a hotel room to her "dad" being all dolled up in a laced dress? I thought nobody would dress like that for a meeting with her father, so I was wondering if this was some kind of a plothole, and she was supposed to be his mistress too in the beginning, or if I just misunderstood something...

I really enjoyed watching this drama, it was suspenseful, had it's cute & sweet moments as well, and it was a nice break from the naive dramas I was watching along with it - adult people were here dealing with adult problems.
The actors really did a great job portraying their emotions, I could feel Jang Nara's anger and could understand her actions and feelings, also how she later became tired of everything.
I also liked Sang Woo and Byung Hun (Mina's husband), I believe they showed their support when needed and were funny as well. I was also satisfied how Hyuna and Mina ended up.
As for Yuri, I just could not feel sorry for her, she wanted way too much at the cost of happiness of others. It would be ok if she was ambitious but would not keep hurting people around her.

I did poorly because I obviously had correct answers only for those dramas I had already watched, for others I could just guess :D But I really enjoyed the leprechaun and CF reviews LOL

haha thanks :)

then the ending does not make sense at all :D

Seems like lunar water makes you survive anything, especially while being barefoot :D