I'm honestly a bit disappointed because the writing was horrendous. So much wasted potential. So little effort needed in order to improve things greatly. Such a shame. I wish I could understand how these writers got so popular. Before watching this, I was looking forward to Hotel Del Luna, because it looked great and IU has delivered in everything, I've seen her in, so far. But now I'm less convinced. Hopefully this was only a fluke.
Positives: - The zombie. Criminally underused, but easily the best thing about this show. - The pig. Somewhat surprisingly after my first impression. - Ben's OST. Her stuff is usually good to great. - That cellphone-CEO. Didn't do to much, but was a bit amusing before his gimmick got old. - The dog. Barely did anything, but I liked her. Pretty much always do when I come across this actress.
Negatives: - The romance. Tell me what you want, but there was no chemistry, at all. This might be the least romantic lead-pairing of a korean romantic drama, I've come across, so far. - The plot. Pretty much any semi-relevant character had potential for a decent story arc, but it never went anywhere, because so much time was wasted on repeated jokes, that lost their appeal eons ago, and the two leads changing their relationship status every two minutes (especially in the first half of the story). - Some other stuff, that I won't get into at this point. - The villain. Pure evil w/o any explanation.
Neutral: - I didn't hate anyone, which is atleast something, I guess. Even the most boring or unappealing character wasn't insufferable to watch. - All in all the drama provided good entertainment. While I prefer shows that are actually well done, being able to rant about and make fun of the (repeated) shortcomings of a production while watching it (with other people, of course), can help to assure didn't completely waste your time here.
After the first couple of episodes, the idea, that I could skip to the finale (something I would never do – either I watch something, or I don't) without missing any important plot developments whatsoever, came to my head. I was almost right, because barely anything of significance ever happened in this drama.
Alright. Often enough I don't have a problem with plot elements that put others off, but this actually sounds bad. On the other hand, S2 appears to be an alternate universe/reboot kind-of-thing and should be watchable (and enjoyable) on its own. I'm just not sure whether I can bring myself to watch season 2 of something without having watched season 1, first. I guess we'll see. Either way, this one just moved WAY back to the end of my watchlist.
I need to find this for a variety of reasons including genre, love for Haebin's OST, and certain cast members (looking at especially you, Nam Gyu-ri). Sadly Viki doesn't carry it in my region.
My first asian drama was "Million Yen Women", followed by "Good Morning Call". Out of this list, I've also seen "You're My Pet". I liked all three of them, but the first one has got to be my favourite. It's also the main reason why I am here, today. Back then I was looking for shows that were neither from the english-speaking, nor from my home market. Had a couple of candidates from various countries and landed on MYW. Had this been a miss, I would've probably moved on and landed somewhere else.
To this day, "Because This Is My First Life" is my favourite K-Drama and one of my favourite shows in general. It's also the only drama where I've listened to the entire OST (and did so multiple times). "Can't Go" by Ben and "Marriage" by MoonMoon are especially great.
I also liked "King2Hearts" and "Full House" quite a bit.
What was it this time? Whose office needs to be TP'd?
Best-out-of-3, Best-out-of-5, and so on. You win/advance not by winning a single match/game, but the required amount of matches that make it impossible for your opponent to end up with more wins than you. In a Best-out-of-7-series (like MLB World Series, I think) this would be 4 wins, for example. So depending on the results, a Boo7-series can consist of 4-7 games, meaning a tv networks schedule may change on short notice if they own the rights to air the games.
What was it this time? Whose office needs to be TP'd?
A sports broadcast. Probably a Best-out-of-X-series, if I had to guess. You cannot plan ahead with 100% accuracy regarding those and they tend to change the schedule a bit from time to time. No big deal.
I was actually wondering myself, last week, but this makes all the sense in the world.
Is it true, that this actually has 32 half-hour episodes instead of 16 hour-long ones? I believe SBS sometimes does this so that they can air some commercials inbetween, so I wouldn't be surprised, but it'd be nice, if someone could verify this for me.
I know that Netflix airs it as a 60-70min show, so that's not what I'm asking about.
I loved it. "Love Set", "Collector" and "Walking at Night" were superb, I couldn't name a favourite story between them. "Kiss Burn" didn't quite reach their level, but was still good. Any idea what song was being featured during the fourth story?
Great comedy, decent romance, nice tunes, BAD balance and storytelling. Bong Soon was bad at being a bodyguard, but even worse at catching the culprit. When she knocked him down for going after her friend (for the first time), things should've been over. When she went to the junkyard (again, for the first time) - things should've been over. How much time was wasted with socializing and other stuff, while these women were being tortured, is ridiculous. There were some other plotholes, as well: Why didn't the cop just shoot the tires instead of letting the guy (I'm not good with names) away? Why, after his face was shown everywhere, didn't the guy wear a mask like he did before (the black one)? Why did Bong Soon lose her powers after being tricked, but not after hurting the guy whose bike was stolen? How did she jump from that building without breaking all her bones? Why did they lure the guy to a place SURROUNDED by high rises - knowing that he carried a sniper rifle?! And how exactly did that bomb turn into a firework? Overall, it was a bit disappointing, but I don't regret watching it. Loved the toothless guy, his alter ego, and those high school kids. It was entertaining, but the thriller aspects didn't fit in with the rest. If you want to show lives being in peril and people being seriously injured (and even killed), you need to do it with the proper respect - or not at all.
Positives:
- The zombie. Criminally underused, but easily the best thing about this show.
- The pig. Somewhat surprisingly after my first impression.
- Ben's OST. Her stuff is usually good to great.
- That cellphone-CEO. Didn't do to much, but was a bit amusing before his gimmick got old.
- The dog. Barely did anything, but I liked her. Pretty much always do when I come across this actress.
Negatives:
- The romance. Tell me what you want, but there was no chemistry, at all. This might be the least romantic lead-pairing of a korean romantic drama, I've come across, so far.
- The plot. Pretty much any semi-relevant character had potential for a decent story arc, but it never went anywhere, because so much time was wasted on repeated jokes, that lost their appeal eons ago, and the two leads changing their relationship status every two minutes (especially in the first half of the story).
- Some other stuff, that I won't get into at this point.
- The villain. Pure evil w/o any explanation.
Neutral:
- I didn't hate anyone, which is atleast something, I guess. Even the most boring or unappealing character wasn't insufferable to watch.
- All in all the drama provided good entertainment. While I prefer shows that are actually well done, being able to rant about and make fun of the (repeated) shortcomings of a production while watching it (with other people, of course), can help to assure didn't completely waste your time here.
After the first couple of episodes, the idea, that I could skip to the finale (something I would never do – either I watch something, or I don't) without missing any important plot developments whatsoever, came to my head. I was almost right, because barely anything of significance ever happened in this drama.
On the other hand, S2 appears to be an alternate universe/reboot kind-of-thing and should be watchable (and enjoyable) on its own. I'm just not sure whether I can bring myself to watch season 2 of something without having watched season 1, first. I guess we'll see. Either way, this one just moved WAY back to the end of my watchlist.
I also liked "King2Hearts" and "Full House" quite a bit.
I was actually wondering myself, last week, but this makes all the sense in the world.
I know that Netflix airs it as a 60-70min show, so that's not what I'm asking about.
Any idea what song was being featured during the fourth story?
Other than that, this just got added to Netflix.
There were some other plotholes, as well: Why didn't the cop just shoot the tires instead of letting the guy (I'm not good with names) away? Why, after his face was shown everywhere, didn't the guy wear a mask like he did before (the black one)? Why did Bong Soon lose her powers after being tricked, but not after hurting the guy whose bike was stolen? How did she jump from that building without breaking all her bones? Why did they lure the guy to a place SURROUNDED by high rises - knowing that he carried a sniper rifle?! And how exactly did that bomb turn into a firework?
Overall, it was a bit disappointing, but I don't regret watching it. Loved the toothless guy, his alter ego, and those high school kids. It was entertaining, but the thriller aspects didn't fit in with the rest. If you want to show lives being in peril and people being seriously injured (and even killed), you need to do it with the proper respect - or not at all.