The first two episodes are fun. I haven't seen the rest yet.
Episode 4 was extra fun. What an emotional punch that twist was. It's all a bit too neat and easy for an investigation, but I forgive it for being well put together and fitting into just an hour.
I was wondering if I should watch it because it's so popular, and i see your comment first and decide not to.…
Plenty of people did like it. Depends on if you think you will. I'll tell you this: The first episode is pretty indicative of what to expect for the rest of it. Please don't go relying on my one comment.
People are flooding the comments saying it is similar to Big Mouth, however, I think you should understand first…
Yeah, they really shouldn't be compared, though I'm guilty. I started Big Mouth after I started this, and as a result Big Mouth was just lacking - in tension, in seriousness, in believability, it was pale in comparison. It's a shame they aired around the same time.
I'm probably poking the fire here, but I don't understand why this was so popular. I tried to watch it 3 times, and managed to get to episode 9 - that's over 9 hours of genuinely trying to like it, but it was just so boring. I didn't get it.
This drama did some new things for a kdrama, so kudos for that. Maybe its immense popularity will spark more fantasy dramas, and I love fantasy.
But this one, I just didn't know what it was supposed to achieve. I didn't know what the point of the story was. I couldn't become invested, and I didn't care what was going to happen. A lot of fantasy tropes in a kdrama setting was newish, but not fresh, because I'm familiar with both.
The characters were at times funny, sometimes likeable, but not all the cast was good. For example, I found that past romance between the FL and Seo Yul excruciating to watch. His acting was awful, and I simply did. Not. Care.
Feel free to correct me, to attempt to convince me to give it another go by saying what you loved. Just please don't take my opinions personally, because they're about the drama, not the people who loved it.
I must be in the minority, but I genuinely hope the ML did cheat and it wasn't just a misunderstanding. Why? Because for the life of me, I cannot conceive of an adequate reason to lie. In my opinion, hurtful lies are much, much worse than hurtful truths.
Also, the MLs body language whenever the FL brings it up is interesting. He goes quiet and doesn't even try to defend himself. The FL doesn't see it through her justifiable anger, but there is clearly an untold story there. I just hope it's believable, and that the writing doesn't pull some noble sacrifice rubbish.
Whatever the reason, the characters have some growing to do.
I'm feeling emotionally bruised after just the first 30 minutes... putting this on indefinite hold, because I think I need to be in a very specific mood if I'm going to enjoy this.
is this very sad? does it give an unhappy / open ending vibe?because I wanna watch this but I really can't handle…
It's a melodrama, and halfway done so it could end up there... But I'm not really getting the tragedy vibe, it could very well be more healing. It's hard to say.
I don't want to diss something for the sake of it, partly because a lot of people did enjoy it. But Arthdal Chronicles was in my opinion incredibly boring (a lot of its novelty rode off of it being fantasy, but I'm a fantasy buff so it was just a whole lot of redone tropes) and the ending was well, not an ending at all. Very badly paced and horribly written. If you haven't seen it already, you're not missing much. At least wait until (or if) that mythical sequel comes out, because even if they need to have a whole new cast, the current cliff-hanger is just horrendous.
I agree with you about Vincenzo as well. I tried like 3 times to watch it, because of all those raving reviews, but I just barely got past episode 5 at the most. It was so dull.
I don't watch things for the actors - I watch if they're interesting, and if it has familiar actors, that's simply a bonus. This upcoming drama looks like it could be very fun.
Really sucks not to have Song Joong Ki's new drama on beautiful 4k on netflix.
Glad they're not the ones doing the subtitles though. Sometimes the subs on Netflix are pretty bad (like if something needs a cultural context, they'll totally change the meaning to something that needs American cultural context when it would've been much better and much more fitting to change nothing)
When this drama insists on the loveline between Jegal and Ga Eul, it would unfavorably impact my rating of this…
Wait, are they? or are they threatening to? Because if they do, I'm dropping immediately (mental health support roles should not become romantic, no, not at all, that is a huge no, it's just wrong)
This drama did some new things for a kdrama, so kudos for that. Maybe its immense popularity will spark more fantasy dramas, and I love fantasy.
But this one, I just didn't know what it was supposed to achieve. I didn't know what the point of the story was. I couldn't become invested, and I didn't care what was going to happen. A lot of fantasy tropes in a kdrama setting was newish, but not fresh, because I'm familiar with both.
The characters were at times funny, sometimes likeable, but not all the cast was good. For example, I found that past romance between the FL and Seo Yul excruciating to watch. His acting was awful, and I simply did. Not. Care.
Feel free to correct me, to attempt to convince me to give it another go by saying what you loved. Just please don't take my opinions personally, because they're about the drama, not the people who loved it.
Also, the MLs body language whenever the FL brings it up is interesting. He goes quiet and doesn't even try to defend himself. The FL doesn't see it through her justifiable anger, but there is clearly an untold story there. I just hope it's believable, and that the writing doesn't pull some noble sacrifice rubbish.
Whatever the reason, the characters have some growing to do.
I agree with you about Vincenzo as well. I tried like 3 times to watch it, because of all those raving reviews, but I just barely got past episode 5 at the most. It was so dull.
I don't watch things for the actors - I watch if they're interesting, and if it has familiar actors, that's simply a bonus. This upcoming drama looks like it could be very fun.