I stayed up to watch today's episode and have no regrets. Honestly, not sure how this drama will reach further highs, because this ep was peak brilliance.
I enjoyed this. For the first time ever, I watched a drama airing from start to finish (I have a habit of getting distracted week 4 and coming back months later to binge the end, or dropping forever) and for all its flaws, it was pretty fun.
And it did contain flaws. I think the drama could have been condensed to a few less episodes, and that would have made for a tighter narrative - there were some shenanigans I didn't enjoy... but thinking back, they were all related to Eun Gyeol, who I never did manage to warm up to. I got so frustrated with the repetitive "Don't do this." he'd spout, and then when asked why, he had no better than, "Because I said so." Like really, he kept expecting that to work. I don't think he grew as much has he should have. Perhaps a different actor could have brought something better to the role, but oh well.
To make up for this, I loved the other mains. Cheong Ah was so expressive and easy to feel for, Yi Chan was fun, once I grasped his character - it was the moment he ran down the street swinging his school-bag in circles that made him feel real, in a lifelike way many drama characters never do (despite his unrelenting optimism). Even Eun Yu was a character I liked, with her clear and apparent character arc.
I seem to be in the minority, but I'm glad they didn't manage to prevent Yi Chan's accident. From a narrative POV, it would have made everything too much of a neat fix-it, made it have less weight and harder to connect to emotionally. It may have tasted sweet to avert the tragedy, but would have left a bad aftertaste (imho). I'm glad they didn't erase his disability, and instead created an alternate reality that allowed him to live a full life (even though it stretches realism) and that was a much, much nicer note to end on.
vigilante made me think of UNORDINARY. Any webtoon readers here?
Huh. I haven't seen this drama yet so I can't remark on the similarities, but I have read the first... about 70 chapters of Unordinary (until I caught up the releases and then lost interest, this was a few years ago now)
A lot of people are getting hung up on Bo Geol giving Mok Ha a pair of shoes, and I just want to remind everybody…
He did promise that the first thing he'd do once they got off that island was buy her a pair of shoes. But the biggest evidence I see is in that they are both prickly and caring, while Woo Hak is just too sweet and nice (and innocent in a way, though that could be excused because amnesia) to be Ki Ho.
Although I absolutely enjoyed the drama I'm so annoyed by the way netflix subs. Adding stuff they never said,…
this is why I hate when a drama is on Netflix, and often little cultural things get completely cut out, or substituted with the American equivalent which is completely out of place (and just as confusing, as a non-American)
I didn't enjoy ep 3 as much as ep 1&2, but that's probably because such obvious fish-out-of-water scenarios where someone has just unexpectedly time travelled stress me out so much -- I could feel how stressed and confused Eun Gyeol was, and it wasn't fun.
so far it's pretty good.(both episodes made me cry). also i hate that the parents(mostly the dad)puts so much…
Eh, it felt realistic. It's natural that they lean so much on him, as horrible as it is. They love each other, and they hurt each other. And as the son without the disability, his needs were side-lined, which is quite familiar.
For everyone who hates the voice over, I get it but also if someone who is visually impaired/ or those unable…
Yep. There some moments where I think, "ah, this scene would be even more noteworthy if it was silent" but mostly I'm kind of relieved the voice over lets me do things while I watch. (I can't concentrate if I'm my hands aren't occupied)
And it did contain flaws. I think the drama could have been condensed to a few less episodes, and that would have made for a tighter narrative - there were some shenanigans I didn't enjoy... but thinking back, they were all related to Eun Gyeol, who I never did manage to warm up to. I got so frustrated with the repetitive "Don't do this." he'd spout, and then when asked why, he had no better than, "Because I said so." Like really, he kept expecting that to work. I don't think he grew as much has he should have. Perhaps a different actor could have brought something better to the role, but oh well.
To make up for this, I loved the other mains. Cheong Ah was so expressive and easy to feel for, Yi Chan was fun, once I grasped his character - it was the moment he ran down the street swinging his school-bag in circles that made him feel real, in a lifelike way many drama characters never do (despite his unrelenting optimism). Even Eun Yu was a character I liked, with her clear and apparent character arc.
I seem to be in the minority, but I'm glad they didn't manage to prevent Yi Chan's accident. From a narrative POV, it would have made everything too much of a neat fix-it, made it have less weight and harder to connect to emotionally. It may have tasted sweet to avert the tragedy, but would have left a bad aftertaste (imho). I'm glad they didn't erase his disability, and instead created an alternate reality that allowed him to live a full life (even though it stretches realism) and that was a much, much nicer note to end on.