If you are curious about the July 22, 2009 Solar Eclipse depicted in E01, yes, that was real. ^_^
It wasn't a “total solar eclipse”, it was only partial, however, South Korea was close to the totality path that it actually went noticeably darker than usual.
I blogged about it as well back then, but from the Philippines (we were farther fromthe totality path, unfortunately). ^_^
I like the FL's E01 character. She depicted how fragile a disabled person's mental health is.
1. From giving up, close to ending your life. 2. To recovering and being happy-go-lucky to keep yourself from going back to your past. 3. Then struggling again because of the multiple bad situations she was in one night.
I don't know about you, but as someone who tried to end his life multiple times, and have struggled living on this world with all the discrimination and prejudice against someone like me, an autistic, and society not willing to adjust for us instead they want us to adjust 100% of the time for them… her character resonated well with me.
That bridge scene, I've felt it. You are once again in a situation you want to give up, but at the same time you are fighting to keep yourself happy and avoid that blackhole again. You just want to live a simple and happy life, despite all the struggles and evil in the world.
Then someone comes along, unexpectedly. A person you never expected will be there for you, willing to listen, and help you get back up again.
Well done to Kim Hye Yoon because she fully expressed those emotions and struggles. And to the writer for knowing the right dialogues in such situations.
I hope it wasn't just me who noticed this, especially since I think it will be an important contrast in the story. A person who almost gave up, and a person who gave her hope. Years later, they met for the first time. She was again in spiriling down, and he brought her up again. A few hous later, the one who gave hope twice, was the one who gave up in life.
The person who gave hope to someone and saved her, was actually struggling himself, and there was no one to life him up and share his burdens. I think that role they had for each other will be important in the rest of their story.
That hospital random caller scene was very touching and sad. And was really bad, I fully understand why she was angry. And good save by the Eclipse idol.
Hmmm... the ML is just not it. I wished they casted someone better, short.. miss casting.. 😞Makes you appreciate…
> Also the constant switching between Filipino and English every 2 sec is annoying as hell !!
Uhh, most, if not all, Filipinos speak English fluently. We in fact have our own variety of English called “Philippine English”, which is at par, and sometimes considered by linguists as better than, British English, American English, and Australian English.
It is a common misconception that “Philippine English” is the same as “Taglish”/“Englog”. Again, misconception. It is also compared with “Korlish” and “Singlish”, which again, is wrong.
Thus, you will indeed see Philippine-produced animations and live-actions (TV and films) where the characters are switching between Filipino and [Philippine] English because English is part of our culture, it is natural for us.
If Filipinos only speak in pure Filipino, that IS UNNATURAL, because we don't do that in real life. ^_~
Surprisingly, this is actually good and fun to watch, especially if you are a Filipino because you'll understand the cultural context and why they do things the way they do things.
If you're confused, or comparing “Parasyte: The Grey” with the original, you should not. “Parasyte: The Grey”, as far as the hints they dropped in multiple episodes, is set in the same universe as the original Parasyte.
In other words, this is not your regular adaptation, it is a spin-off. It is called a “shared world”.
“Parasyte: The Grey” is set in Korea and tells the story of what happened when Parasytes landed in Korea. This is why there are a lot of differences, it is not an adaptation, it tells a parallel story. There are also similarities, and that can be easily explained as the world governments sharing information; as well as, humanity today thinks similarly, so we end up doing the same things even without direct contact.
Don't dismiss “Parasyte: The Grey” just because, otherwise, you're going to miss a greatly written live-action TV spin-off of the franchise. Again, based on the hints dropped in multiple episodes, this Korean spin-off exists in the same universe as the original material. It is, however, unclear if they directly based on the manga (the original), or the recent two-part Japanese movie adaptation.
If you're going to ask me, I think “Parasyte: The Grey” is closer to the two-part Japanese movie adaptation than the original manga and anime adaptation. But, that's not important. The important thing is, for the 3rd or 4th time, as per the hints, this series exists in the same universe as the Japanese story.
I changed my mind. I think DaMi is still alive.The title of Season 02 is “Resurrection”.
a. They showed us very early that DaMi is actually dead. That was what is called misdirection. They set us up very early that DaMi is officially dead, only to surprise us near the end that she's actually alive.
b. How come there was a video of that water well scene? What if, after they shot that scene, someone saved DaMi without Matthew's knowledge?
c. Who can possibly fund SAVE? DaMi's grandfather. Either he was also still alive; or he already had other plans in motion, that no one else but him was aware of.
d. Who can possibly develop a security that is far better than LUCA? DaMi's adoptive father. What if while he was on the island, he was also secretly developing SAVE?
It is also possible that he is alive as well (not the mask version). He probably used the tower incident as misdirection. Or, someone saved him.
e. SAVE is strictly about facts and uncovering and exposing facts.
Who was the #1 victim of fake news? DaMi.
Who could have setup the idea of SAVE? There are only three potential people with such a very strong desire to fight back: 1. DaMi 2. Adoptive father 3. Grandfather
What if one of those three are still alive and the real person behind SAVE?
SAVE got funds from the grandfather. SAVE technology was actually developed by adoptive father. The real CEO is DaMi.
The current face of SAVE is also very suspicious. He has a deep interest in the people involved; and he already knew who were the players he needs to target. If he was just a jealous guy because of MoNa, why bother with everyone else?
For a jealous guy, he is far too careful and calculating; and it's too obvious he's targeting the suspects related DaMi. Is someone behind him with a deep interest in the DaMi case?
Could it be the grandfather? The adoptive father? Or, DaMi herself?
His moves to marry MoNa were also very calculative. He was a bit shaken when MoNa revealed the entire truth about her life. He already had an image of MoNa as an evil bitch, and suddenly, that was broken.
Maybe he discussed with whoever is behind him? Maybe to grandpa, papa, or DaMi?
After a few weeks, or months, they finally got married. It really smells of calculation. Because Matthew showed no one can outwit him, and he's ready to go back to killing again, everyone else who wants Matthew dead have to up their game.
Getting married to MoNa is helpful for the SAVE team. A good way to get inside Matthew's circle and tech without him getting suspicious. At the same time, SAVE more likely is aware that Matthew wants his security technology.
Not to mention, SAVE probably realised they can now cultivate MoNa to be their secret tool. They'll keep MoNa unaware they are fueling her hatred, because, it is well known MoNa can't be trusted if she gets cornered. So, yeah, that marriage is no doubt a calculative move from by SAVE.
Which only brings back to, why. For a jealous guy, he's doing all these calculations and misdirections just to get MoNa?
There is definitely someone behind SAVE. Someone who is more invested in the digging the truth and exposing the truth. Someone who was a victim of fake news. Someone with the deepest grudge against Matthew but knows full well Matthew is no easy target.
There's only one person that truly fits that bill: DaMi.
That's why it's called “The Escape of the Seven: RESURRECTION”. Because the final reveal will be, DaMi is alive.
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It wasn't a “total solar eclipse”, it was only partial, however, South Korea was close to the totality path that it actually went noticeably darker than usual.
I blogged about it as well back then, but from the Philippines (we were farther fromthe totality path, unfortunately). ^_^
You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_22,_2009
1. From giving up, close to ending your life.
2. To recovering and being happy-go-lucky to keep yourself from going back to your past.
3. Then struggling again because of the multiple bad situations she was in one night.
I don't know about you, but as someone who tried to end his life multiple times, and have struggled living on this world with all the discrimination and prejudice against someone like me, an autistic, and society not willing to adjust for us instead they want us to adjust 100% of the time for them… her character resonated well with me.
That bridge scene, I've felt it. You are once again in a situation you want to give up, but at the same time you are fighting to keep yourself happy and avoid that blackhole again. You just want to live a simple and happy life, despite all the struggles and evil in the world.
Then someone comes along, unexpectedly. A person you never expected will be there for you, willing to listen, and help you get back up again.
Well done to Kim Hye Yoon because she fully expressed those emotions and struggles. And to the writer for knowing the right dialogues in such situations.
I hope it wasn't just me who noticed this, especially since I think it will be an important contrast in the story. A person who almost gave up, and a person who gave her hope. Years later, they met for the first time. She was again in spiriling down, and he brought her up again. A few hous later, the one who gave hope twice, was the one who gave up in life.
The person who gave hope to someone and saved her, was actually struggling himself, and there was no one to life him up and share his burdens. I think that role they had for each other will be important in the rest of their story.
Uhh, most, if not all, Filipinos speak English fluently. We in fact have our own variety of English called “Philippine English”, which is at par, and sometimes considered by linguists as better than, British English, American English, and Australian English.
It is a common misconception that “Philippine English” is the same as “Taglish”/“Englog”. Again, misconception. It is also compared with “Korlish” and “Singlish”, which again, is wrong.
Thus, you will indeed see Philippine-produced animations and live-actions (TV and films) where the characters are switching between Filipino and [Philippine] English because English is part of our culture, it is natural for us.
If Filipinos only speak in pure Filipino, that IS UNNATURAL, because we don't do that in real life. ^_~
In other words, this is not your regular adaptation, it is a spin-off. It is called a “shared world”.
“Parasyte: The Grey” is set in Korea and tells the story of what happened when Parasytes landed in Korea. This is why there are a lot of differences, it is not an adaptation, it tells a parallel story. There are also similarities, and that can be easily explained as the world governments sharing information; as well as, humanity today thinks similarly, so we end up doing the same things even without direct contact.
Don't dismiss “Parasyte: The Grey” just because, otherwise, you're going to miss a greatly written live-action TV spin-off of the franchise. Again, based on the hints dropped in multiple episodes, this Korean spin-off exists in the same universe as the original material. It is, however, unclear if they directly based on the manga (the original), or the recent two-part Japanese movie adaptation.
If you're going to ask me, I think “Parasyte: The Grey” is closer to the two-part Japanese movie adaptation than the original manga and anime adaptation. But, that's not important. The important thing is, for the 3rd or 4th time, as per the hints, this series exists in the same universe as the Japanese story.
^_^
b. How come there was a video of that water well scene? What if, after they shot that scene, someone saved DaMi without Matthew's knowledge?
c. Who can possibly fund SAVE? DaMi's grandfather. Either he was also still alive; or he already had other plans in motion, that no one else but him was aware of.
d. Who can possibly develop a security that is far better than LUCA? DaMi's adoptive father. What if while he was on the island, he was also secretly developing SAVE?
It is also possible that he is alive as well (not the mask version). He probably used the tower incident as misdirection. Or, someone saved him.
e. SAVE is strictly about facts and uncovering and exposing facts.
Who was the #1 victim of fake news? DaMi.
Who could have setup the idea of SAVE? There are only three potential people with such a very strong desire to fight back:
1. DaMi
2. Adoptive father
3. Grandfather
What if one of those three are still alive and the real person behind SAVE?
SAVE got funds from the grandfather. SAVE technology was actually developed by adoptive father. The real CEO is DaMi.
The current face of SAVE is also very suspicious. He has a deep interest in the people involved; and he already knew who were the players he needs to target. If he was just a jealous guy because of MoNa, why bother with everyone else?
For a jealous guy, he is far too careful and calculating; and it's too obvious he's targeting the suspects related DaMi. Is someone behind him with a deep interest in the DaMi case?
Could it be the grandfather? The adoptive father? Or, DaMi herself?
His moves to marry MoNa were also very calculative. He was a bit shaken when MoNa revealed the entire truth about her life. He already had an image of MoNa as an evil bitch, and suddenly, that was broken.
Maybe he discussed with whoever is behind him? Maybe to grandpa, papa, or DaMi?
After a few weeks, or months, they finally got married. It really smells of calculation. Because Matthew showed no one can outwit him, and he's ready to go back to killing again, everyone else who wants Matthew dead have to up their game.
Getting married to MoNa is helpful for the SAVE team. A good way to get inside Matthew's circle and tech without him getting suspicious. At the same time, SAVE more likely is aware that Matthew wants his security technology.
Not to mention, SAVE probably realised they can now cultivate MoNa to be their secret tool. They'll keep MoNa unaware they are fueling her hatred, because, it is well known MoNa can't be trusted if she gets cornered. So, yeah, that marriage is no doubt a calculative move from by SAVE.
Which only brings back to, why. For a jealous guy, he's doing all these calculations and misdirections just to get MoNa?
There is definitely someone behind SAVE. Someone who is more invested in the digging the truth and exposing the truth. Someone who was a victim of fake news. Someone with the deepest grudge against Matthew but knows full well Matthew is no easy target.
There's only one person that truly fits that bill: DaMi.
That's why it's called “The Escape of the Seven: RESURRECTION”. Because the final reveal will be, DaMi is alive.
The title of Season 02 is “Resurrection”.
Nice nod to their previous work. Hahaha.
Good thing for her, it was her only saving grace in that moment.
Yet imagine if Mone's mother did not wake up. She will push through with it.