The best decision they ever made was to end this at E14. If they pushed for 16 episodes, the ending wouldn't be as great. Or, if they chose 12 episodes, it entire series will feel lacking.
I think what I always struggle the most with in these royal stories where there is someone below the status of…
> I think what I always struggle the most with in these royal stories where there is someone below the status of the King or Crown Prince holding "power" over them
However, that is actually happening to this very day. Most, if not all, modern politicians are usually beholden to their major financial supporters. Not because we don't see it in news does it mean it os not happening.
In addition, you have to remember that this story was set sometime in the early Late Joseon, after the Qing (Manchus, a.k.a. Jurchens) won against the Ming. Around this time, the kings of Joseon was already sharing some of its powers with the advisors. Or in Roman Empire set up, the Roman Emperor shared some of its powers with the Senate.
If you are wise, you can indeed trap someone sitting on the throne. Or, manipulate them for your own benefit. It happened in the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Russian Empire, Greek Empire, even in the Japanese Empire. Joseon wasn't immune to such.
So, it's actually historically accurate as far as politics are concerned, there were and there still are people who are controlling the incumbent political leader of a country. We cannot even say that fictional stories exaggerated it because history itself is filled with unbelievable atrocities done at the highest level of governments. Writers are simply mixint these various historical plots to create a fictional story.
Just started this. One thing I don't understand is why in some Kdramas the king or prince can act out and execute…
No. It is historically correct in some cultures like in the Korean culture. Over time, especially during the mid and late Joseon Dynasty, the absolute power of the king was slowly diminished, giving more power to the advisors. It was no longer an absolute monarchy.
Thus, the king cannot just kill.
However, an evil king can kill anyone because the king's word is still absolute. They can depose him but there are loyal people to him, so you cannot just depose him either.
It is very similar in modern day democracy, you cannot impeach a President just because you want to, you need to get the majority to get the President impeached. If the majority of the Legislative body is controlled by the President's allies, usuallyy their political party, the President will be very strong as well.
In the early days of the Joseon Dynasty, the monarchy was absolute. Meaning, the advisors held no power. This is what most people are thinking about when they see kings and queens. However, throughout history, in various cultures, kings and queens rarely held absolute power. It was always shared with the advisors, or in the Roman Empire era, the Senate.
This is also a form of check and balance.
In Joseon's case, they had a 500-year history. Based on the relaxed court in this series and their closeness with Qing Dynasty, this happened in the early years of Late Joseon period, probably after the Qing Dynasty won the war against the Ming Dynasty. Joseon at this period was buddy-buddy with the Manchus (Qing, a.k.a. Jurchen). So, when the Qing won against the Ming, Joseon and Qing were very close, which was hinted in the show.
I didn't get it? why did the number on an-na shirt keep changing??
It symbolizes the number of times the simulation ran.
The real FL went to space. Before the accident, she said that her solution to finish a new emotion engine is to create a Mother subject and let her repeat the finding her son. The emotion engine is successful if the subject finds her son.
The FL with a numbered shirt is a computer simulation.
Q: Was getting regular humans to space the best choice than the newhuman project?A: Short answer, NO. It is the…
1. When the FL woke up, the asteroid hit only 3 hours earlier. And yet the worldwide flood already reached the 3rd floor.
That's like one floor per hour.
2. There is a massive wave of water every hour or two that submerges like 5 floors in an instant.
ā This tells us that there was never enough time to rescue anyone to space.
3. Rescuing humans to space requires resources. Again, no time to bring resources to space.
4. Bringing resources and rescuing humans requires going back and forth from Earth to space.
We do not have the technology to do that.
a. Every return requires a landing area. All airports were already submerged. b. Every launch requires massive and multiple fuel tanks. No one can deliver those. c. Every launch is vertical. No one is capable of setting it up when the world is submerged.
In other words, rescuing regular humans to space is the worst option.
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Let's assume they did it.
5. We've never done human reproduction in space because we already know what will happen to the baby: deformities, weaknesses, and will surely die.
That is, if the baby even has the chance to be born. Probably not.
6. The mother is guaranteed to die after giving birth in space.
7. For the mother to carry a baby to full term and give birth, she needs to constantly undergo intense physical training. After giving birth, she'll die.
8. Even if we assume the baby is born healthy, the baby can only live in space. It will not survive if the baby returns to Earth where there is gravity.
9. They are not equipped for giving birth and nursery in space.
10. The newhuman project was meant for a long-term research. However, because of the asteroid impact, they have no choice but to use it as humanity's last hope.
---
If the UN chose to rescue humans to space instead of getting scientists up there to fast-track finishing the project, humanity will be extinct.
11. You cannot just bring humans to space.
Even if you do: - half of them will die from the G force at launch - another half will die because of shock, heart attack, and whatever - yet another half will die because their body can't take it - probably the entire population in space will die because of human stupidity, I mean, curiosity and always complaining about everything - and if they survive longer, they'll surely die of hunger
No matter how we look at it, the best option to continue the human civilization is to rely on the newhuman project. That's the harsh reality.
The "lab humans vs real humans" plot was not ridiculous. The scenario they were given was total annihilation. There was absolutely no time to do anything else other than to set up complete the project ahead of the original plan. And that was to complete the emotional engines.
Q: Was getting regular humans to space the best choice than the newhuman project? A: Short answer, NO. It is the worst. It's a recipe for human extinction.
Many like me went in thinking this was a dystopian ,end of the world survival like "The Day After Tomorrow"…
I'll explain it again since I can't find the original post. LOL.
Re: lab human vs regular human
1. When the FL woke up, the asteroid hit only 3 hours earlier. And yet the worldwide flood already reached the 3rd floor.
That's like one floor per hour.
2. There massive wave of water every hour or two that submerges like 5 floors in an instant.
ā This tells us that there was never enough time to rescue anyone to space.
3. Rescuing humans to space requires resources. Again, no time to bring resources to space.
4. Bringing resources and rescuing humans requires going back and forth from Earth to space.
We do not have the technology to do that.
a. Every return requires a landing area. All airports were already submerged. b. Every launch requires massive and multiple fuel tanks. No one can deliver those. c. Every launch is vertical. No one is capable of setting it up when the world is submerged.
In other words, rescuing regular humans to space is the worst option.
---
Let's assume they did it.
5. We've never done human reproduction in space because we already know what will happen to the baby: deformities, weaknesses, and will surely die.
That is, if the baby even has the chance to be born. Probably not.
6. The mother is guaranteed to die after giving birth in space.
7. For the mother to carry a baby to full term and give birth, she needs to constantly undergo intense physical training. After giving birth, she'll die.
8. Even if we assume the baby is born healthy, the baby can only live in space. It will not survive if the baby returns to Earth where there is gravity.
9. They are not equipped for giving birth and nursery in space.
10. The newhuman project was meant for a long-term research. However, because of the asteroid impact, they have no choice but to use it as humanity's last hope.
---
If the UN chose to rescue humans to space instead of getting scientists up there to forcefully finish the project, humanity will be extinct.
11. You cannot just bring humans to space.
Even if you do - half of them will die from the G force at launch - another half will die because of shock, heart attack, and whatever - yet another half will die because their body can't take it - probably the entire population space will die because of human stupidity, I mean, curiosity and always complaining about everything - and if they survive longer, they'll surely die of hunger
No matter how we look at it, the best option to continue the human civilization is to rely on the newhuman project.
If you've watched plenty of Korean scifi movies and TV series, you should already know their type of scifi storytelling and nothing in this movie will surprise you.
However, if this was your first time in Korean scifi, it's understandable if you don't like it because you're used to Western scifi which uses a different approach in scifi storytelling.
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14 episodes was just perfect.
However, that is actually happening to this very day. Most, if not all, modern politicians are usually beholden to their major financial supporters. Not because we don't see it in news does it mean it os not happening.
In addition, you have to remember that this story was set sometime in the early Late Joseon, after the Qing (Manchus, a.k.a. Jurchens) won against the Ming. Around this time, the kings of Joseon was already sharing some of its powers with the advisors. Or in Roman Empire set up, the Roman Emperor shared some of its powers with the Senate.
If you are wise, you can indeed trap someone sitting on the throne. Or, manipulate them for your own benefit. It happened in the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Russian Empire, Greek Empire, even in the Japanese Empire. Joseon wasn't immune to such.
So, it's actually historically accurate as far as politics are concerned, there were and there still are people who are controlling the incumbent political leader of a country. We cannot even say that fictional stories exaggerated it because history itself is filled with unbelievable atrocities done at the highest level of governments. Writers are simply mixint these various historical plots to create a fictional story.
Over time, especially during the mid and late Joseon Dynasty, the absolute power of the king was slowly diminished, giving more power to the advisors. It was no longer an absolute monarchy.
Thus, the king cannot just kill.
However, an evil king can kill anyone because the king's word is still absolute. They can depose him but there are loyal people to him, so you cannot just depose him either.
It is very similar in modern day democracy, you cannot impeach a President just because you want to, you need to get the majority to get the President impeached. If the majority of the Legislative body is controlled by the President's allies, usuallyy their political party, the President will be very strong as well.
In the early days of the Joseon Dynasty, the monarchy was absolute. Meaning, the advisors held no power. This is what most people are thinking about when they see kings and queens. However, throughout history, in various cultures, kings and queens rarely held absolute power. It was always shared with the advisors, or in the Roman Empire era, the Senate.
This is also a form of check and balance.
In Joseon's case, they had a 500-year history. Based on the relaxed court in this series and their closeness with Qing Dynasty, this happened in the early years of Late Joseon period, probably after the Qing Dynasty won the war against the Ming Dynasty. Joseon at this period was buddy-buddy with the Manchus (Qing, a.k.a. Jurchen). So, when the Qing won against the Ming, Joseon and Qing were very close, which was hinted in the show.
I even used an emoji.
But how did you reply? "yeah Iām not reading all that. make as many excuses as you want".
Now, you're whining when you were provided a summary, then playing the victim when it was you who started it?
Like you said to me earlier: go find some humour. That way the emoji isn't lost on you.
The real FL went to space. Before the accident, she said that her solution to finish a new emotion engine is to create a Mother subject and let her repeat the finding her son. The emotion engine is successful if the subject finds her son.
The FL with a numbered shirt is a computer simulation.
I summarized it, and you're still complaining.
Make up your mind.
Or, just ask,.and be sure to tag me, and I'll answer.
That's like one floor per hour.
2. There is a massive wave of water every hour or two that submerges like 5 floors in an instant.
ā This tells us that there was never enough time to rescue anyone to space.
3. Rescuing humans to space requires resources. Again, no time to bring resources to space.
4. Bringing resources and rescuing humans requires going back and forth from Earth to space.
We do not have the technology to do that.
a. Every return requires a landing area. All airports were already submerged.
b. Every launch requires massive and multiple fuel tanks. No one can deliver those.
c. Every launch is vertical. No one is capable of setting it up when the world is submerged.
In other words, rescuing regular humans to space is the worst option.
---
Let's assume they did it.
5. We've never done human reproduction in space because we already know what will happen to the baby: deformities, weaknesses, and will surely die.
That is, if the baby even has the chance to be born. Probably not.
6. The mother is guaranteed to die after giving birth in space.
7. For the mother to carry a baby to full term and give birth, she needs to constantly undergo intense physical training. After giving birth, she'll die.
8. Even if we assume the baby is born healthy, the baby can only live in space. It will not survive if the baby returns to Earth where there is gravity.
9. They are not equipped for giving birth and nursery in space.
10. The newhuman project was meant for a long-term research. However, because of the asteroid impact, they have no choice but to use it as humanity's last hope.
---
If the UN chose to rescue humans to space instead of getting scientists up there to fast-track finishing the project, humanity will be extinct.
11. You cannot just bring humans to space.
Even if you do:
- half of them will die from the G force at launch
- another half will die because of shock, heart attack, and whatever
- yet another half will die because their body can't take it
- probably the entire population in space will die because of human stupidity, I mean, curiosity and always complaining about everything
- and if they survive longer, they'll surely die of hunger
No matter how we look at it, the best option to continue the human civilization is to rely on the newhuman project. That's the harsh reality.
The "lab humans vs real humans" plot was not ridiculous. The scenario they were given was total annihilation. There was absolutely no time to do anything else other than to set up complete the project ahead of the original plan. And that was to complete the emotional engines.
A: Short answer, NO. It is the worst. It's a recipe for human extinction.
Long answer, see below.
Re: lab human vs regular human
1. When the FL woke up, the asteroid hit only 3 hours earlier. And yet the worldwide flood already reached the 3rd floor.
That's like one floor per hour.
2. There massive wave of water every hour or two that submerges like 5 floors in an instant.
ā This tells us that there was never enough time to rescue anyone to space.
3. Rescuing humans to space requires resources. Again, no time to bring resources to space.
4. Bringing resources and rescuing humans requires going back and forth from Earth to space.
We do not have the technology to do that.
a. Every return requires a landing area. All airports were already submerged.
b. Every launch requires massive and multiple fuel tanks. No one can deliver those.
c. Every launch is vertical. No one is capable of setting it up when the world is submerged.
In other words, rescuing regular humans to space is the worst option.
---
Let's assume they did it.
5. We've never done human reproduction in space because we already know what will happen to the baby: deformities, weaknesses, and will surely die.
That is, if the baby even has the chance to be born. Probably not.
6. The mother is guaranteed to die after giving birth in space.
7. For the mother to carry a baby to full term and give birth, she needs to constantly undergo intense physical training. After giving birth, she'll die.
8. Even if we assume the baby is born healthy, the baby can only live in space. It will not survive if the baby returns to Earth where there is gravity.
9. They are not equipped for giving birth and nursery in space.
10. The newhuman project was meant for a long-term research. However, because of the asteroid impact, they have no choice but to use it as humanity's last hope.
---
If the UN chose to rescue humans to space instead of getting scientists up there to forcefully finish the project, humanity will be extinct.
11. You cannot just bring humans to space.
Even if you do
- half of them will die from the G force at launch
- another half will die because of shock, heart attack, and whatever
- yet another half will die because their body can't take it
- probably the entire population space will die because of human stupidity, I mean, curiosity and always complaining about everything
- and if they survive longer, they'll surely die of hunger
No matter how we look at it, the best option to continue the human civilization is to rely on the newhuman project.
> lighten up and find a sense of humour babe
I'm actually enjoying your comments, babe. Like that thread you started, and when I explained it to you, you refused to read. It was so hilarious.
So, no, babe, you should be the one who should lighten up and find a sense of humour because it's pretty cool on my end. š¤Ŗš¤Ŗš¤Ŗ
All things considered, your suggestion is actually a guaranteed path to human extinction.
If you've watched Korean scifi movies and TV series before, you'll enjoy this.
Otherwise, no, because you're only familiar with Western scifi.
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However, if this was your first time in Korean scifi, it's understandable if you don't like it because you're used to Western scifi which uses a different approach in scifi storytelling.
That's all there is to it.
(so I don't have to repeat the same answer)