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.
❗ 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.
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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.
❗ 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.
absolutely baffled with the overall concept of this film. how on earth is it easier to 3D print humans and install…
As per what was revealed, an asteroid hitting was totally unexpected.
The company, under the purview of the UN, was already quietly experimenting on the next evolution of humans. There were already spaceships around the world that they are using to move equipment and personnel to the space labs.
So, no, it is not easy at all to do that than transport regular humans. It just so happen they were already ready for it. It was not part of the plan, it just is what's left.
Some things to consider: 1. The asteroid hit Antarctica 3 hours before the FL woke up. And it already flooded many countries in just 3 hours.
2. Spaceship technology is not at the level where it can just go back and forth to carry food and other things human survivors need in space.
3. With the world flood rising like every hour or two, it's practically impossible to transport goods to launchpads that will support a larger human population
4. You can't just transport humans to space. Many of them will die within a month because they're not built for it. Space technology in this story is pretty much at the same level as what we have. It is not Star Trek level.
5. You said procreate the old fashioned way in space. That's not going to happen. To this day, we haven't been able to fertilize a human egg in space. And even if the old fashioned way has a better rate, the baby will more likely form with deformities—that is if it can even survive for 5 to 9 months.
Oh, and the mother will likely die during childbirth too.
This is assuming they have facilities for childbirth, nursing, and well, intense exercise to keep the mother in shape. Otherwise, the mother might die around her 4th month.
---
What does this tell us?
1. The UN chose the option with the highest chance of restarting the human race.
2. What you suggested is actually a guaranteed path to human extinction. 😉
So, no, there was nothing baffling to it and the plot—as you framed it to be 3D printing + emotion engine vs transporting humans—was not ridiculous. You failed to consider far too many factors.
We don't even know if the there were any regular humans left running those space labs! There were only few of them and they all probably died already.
She left in a helicopter and was sent to space. On their way to the lab where she'll be working, the ship they…
Q: Is the child an AI or human? A: Human
However, they implanted some technology on the child's brain to record every single thing about his emotions.
This is why the FL was so distraught, they are going to kill a real human child to retrieve that embedded tech.
Q: Is the child in the spaceship AI or human? A: It is human too. But "newhuman" species. The body was created in a laboratory though, instead of the natural process.
It still grows as a human. Basically, what was hinted tells us that the company, under the UN purview, was able to create real human bodies, of any age.
How they achieved it is not important as that is not the focus of the story. Korean storytelling doesn't focus on such things in these type of stories, it's the Western world that focuses on it.
So, just take it or leave it.
Q: Is the mother AI or human? A: Human. The first half all happened in the real world. The Great Flood was real. It did destroy majority of the planet.
Q: Is the mother in the spaceship carrying her son, AI or human? A: Same answer as the one for her child in the spaceship. (See above.)
Q: Are all those spaceships in the ending a Mother and her child? How will it restart the human race? A: Probably not.
We can assume that some of them are father and daughter. Based on what was hinted
(a) In the Korean branch of the company, there were two subjects: son and daughter (b) There were two Korean mothers (c) The spaceships that flew were from around the world under the company control approved by the UN. Which means that there were other experiments everywhere.
To create a father emotioe engine, the remaining survivors probably gave the father emotion engine an exact objective and scenario but used a different subject. More likely another survivor, a father-daughter combination.
But since only the FL and her manager were able to perfect the emotioe engine, they followed the plan of the FL on how to virtually train the mother and father emotioe engines.
So, yes, there's a very high probability that some of those ships reterning to earth were father-daughter.
Lastly, there probably are regular human survivors. So there's that option too.
She left in a helicopter and was sent to space. On their way to the lab where she'll be working, the ship they…
As for the "time loop".
No, it wasn't a time loop. It was training the Mother emotional engine.
Have you noticed the numbers on her shirt kept increasing? That's the number of times they've run the simulation to teach the emotion engine what it means to have human emotions.
The simulation only ends once the Mother newhuman finds the newhuman son. That was the benchmark the FL set that signals the Mother emotion engine achieves full parity with real human emotioes.
The Mother newhuman took 13,499 times to achieve a perfect copy of emotions a human mother would have.
After that, she was downloaded into a newhuman body and made to look like the original FL.
She left in a helicopter and was sent to space. On their way to the lab where she'll be working, the ship they were in got it by debris from another ship that was destroyed by an asteroid shower.
She got hit.
She told the project manager to use her as the subjec for the Mother emotion engine. Which is exactly what she planned when she whispered to her adopted son during the rooftop scene. Her dying played well for her plans because then no one can refuse her as the subject.
So, they plugged her in and downloaded her lifetime of memories and passed away. She probably passed away before they were able to download her entire memories because the test subject took 13,499 times before she finally remembered the important memories.
Oh, yes, the original died because they didn't have the equipment to operate on her. Even if we assume she survived, she won't be the one returning to Earth regardless, it's the new mother who will return. That's what the program was about.
Korean productions have this quiet strength when it comes to sci-fi and apocalyptic stories: they never forget the people. While many films in the genre get lost in scale, destruction, and technical realism, Koreans guarantee the human factor is front and center. An apocalypse is not just about cities falling apart—it is about humans breaking and adapting. When everything collapses, it is humanity that bears the weight.
«The Great Flood» («대홍수») does not miss that point. It leans into the often overlooked human factor, which means it may disappoint anyone expecting a shallow, effects-driven spectacle. But for those familiar with Korean storytelling—and for anyone who value character over chaos—this film delivers. At its core is a deeply human story, a simple yet powerful focus on the bond between a mother and her child.
Kim Da-mi (김다미) was perfect for the role. She has never limited herself into a single type of role, and that range shows here. The experience she has built over time allows her to embody the character fully, moving through fear, resolve, tenderness, and desperation with ease. It is the kind of performance that allows the audience to sit with the character rather than merely watch her.
It is understandable that YJS was just trying to make the variety show more fun and challenging. But remember…
Oh, and before some loser tells me to shut up because I'm supposedly watching Whenever Possible from illegal streaming sites, I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm a paid subscriber of Viu Philippines. I watch Whenever Possible legally.
I'm sorry but YJS set them up to fail in the basketball game when he chose who goes out instead of the Whenever…
It is understandable that YJS was just trying to make the variety show more fun and challenging. But remember that the rule and tradition is for the Whenever Friend to choose, not the hosts, not the Whenever Guests. You can put forward your suggestions and argument, but the Whenever Friend has the final say.
Now, if the student did choose YJS, well, the editing team made it look like YJS made the decision for the Whenever Friend. YeJin volunteered, and she was the logical choice, so why would the Whenever Friend choose to replace YJS?
It isn't about YeJin haven't made a point at that time, it wasn't about her, and she herself was aware of it that she immediately volunteered. No one's going to fault YeJin for it, that's just the reality, there are things we can't do that others can't. So, if it was to save YeJin's face, it was totally unnecessary.
I'm really sorry about this, but I was very disappointed. The Whenever Friend's chance to increase their odds of winning was sabotaged as per the scenes included in the final cut.
Remember, the show is about the Whenever Friends, not the Whenever Guests. And the Whenever Guests not doing well is part of the show's charm, it shows the public that celebrities are humans, too—which many seems to have forgotten. This is in fact their chance to prove that they're like every other human, with shortcomings and all. Let the Whenever Guests be themselves, and let the Whenever Friends create memories the way everyone before them did.
1 
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.
❗ 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.
❗ 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. 🤪🤪🤪
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.
🖖🏽
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)
Aed most scifi are _soft_ scifi. If you want _hard_ scifi, that's usually found in novels. 😉
How about you? Why can't you accept that there are people different from you?
The company, under the purview of the UN, was already quietly experimenting on the next evolution of humans. There were already spaceships around the world that they are using to move equipment and personnel to the space labs.
So, no, it is not easy at all to do that than transport regular humans. It just so happen they were already ready for it. It was not part of the plan, it just is what's left.
Some things to consider:
1. The asteroid hit Antarctica 3 hours before the FL woke up. And it already flooded many countries in just 3 hours.
2. Spaceship technology is not at the level where it can just go back and forth to carry food and other things human survivors need in space.
3. With the world flood rising like every hour or two, it's practically impossible to transport goods to launchpads that will support a larger human population
4. You can't just transport humans to space. Many of them will die within a month because they're not built for it. Space technology in this story is pretty much at the same level as what we have. It is not Star Trek level.
5. You said procreate the old fashioned way in space. That's not going to happen. To this day, we haven't been able to fertilize a human egg in space. And even if the old fashioned way has a better rate, the baby will more likely form with deformities—that is if it can even survive for 5 to 9 months.
Oh, and the mother will likely die during childbirth too.
This is assuming they have facilities for childbirth, nursing, and well, intense exercise to keep the mother in shape. Otherwise, the mother might die around her 4th month.
---
What does this tell us?
1. The UN chose the option with the highest chance of restarting the human race.
2. What you suggested is actually a guaranteed path to human extinction. 😉
So, no, there was nothing baffling to it and the plot—as you framed it to be 3D printing + emotion engine vs transporting humans—was not ridiculous. You failed to consider far too many factors.
We don't even know if the there were any regular humans left running those space labs! There were only few of them and they all probably died already.
A: Human
However, they implanted some technology on the child's brain to record every single thing about his emotions.
This is why the FL was so distraught, they are going to kill a real human child to retrieve that embedded tech.
Q: Is the child in the spaceship AI or human?
A: It is human too. But "newhuman" species. The body was created in a laboratory though, instead of the natural process.
It still grows as a human. Basically, what was hinted tells us that the company, under the UN purview, was able to create real human bodies, of any age.
How they achieved it is not important as that is not the focus of the story. Korean storytelling doesn't focus on such things in these type of stories, it's the Western world that focuses on it.
So, just take it or leave it.
Q: Is the mother AI or human?
A: Human. The first half all happened in the real world. The Great Flood was real. It did destroy majority of the planet.
Q: Is the mother in the spaceship carrying her son, AI or human?
A: Same answer as the one for her child in the spaceship. (See above.)
Q: Are all those spaceships in the ending a Mother and her child? How will it restart the human race?
A: Probably not.
We can assume that some of them are father and daughter. Based on what was hinted
(a) In the Korean branch of the company, there were two subjects: son and daughter
(b) There were two Korean mothers
(c) The spaceships that flew were from around the world under the company control approved by the UN. Which means that there were other experiments everywhere.
To create a father emotioe engine, the remaining survivors probably gave the father emotion engine an exact objective and scenario but used a different subject. More likely another survivor, a father-daughter combination.
But since only the FL and her manager were able to perfect the emotioe engine, they followed the plan of the FL on how to virtually train the mother and father emotioe engines.
So, yes, there's a very high probability that some of those ships reterning to earth were father-daughter.
Lastly, there probably are regular human survivors. So there's that option too.
No, it wasn't a time loop. It was training the Mother emotional engine.
Have you noticed the numbers on her shirt kept increasing? That's the number of times they've run the simulation to teach the emotion engine what it means to have human emotions.
The simulation only ends once the Mother newhuman finds the newhuman son. That was the benchmark the FL set that signals the Mother emotion engine achieves full parity with real human emotioes.
The Mother newhuman took 13,499 times to achieve a perfect copy of emotions a human mother would have.
After that, she was downloaded into a newhuman body and made to look like the original FL.
She got hit.
She told the project manager to use her as the subjec for the Mother emotion engine. Which is exactly what she planned when she whispered to her adopted son during the rooftop scene. Her dying played well for her plans because then no one can refuse her as the subject.
So, they plugged her in and downloaded her lifetime of memories and passed away. She probably passed away before they were able to download her entire memories because the test subject took 13,499 times before she finally remembered the important memories.
Oh, yes, the original died because they didn't have the equipment to operate on her. Even if we assume she survived, she won't be the one returning to Earth regardless, it's the new mother who will return. That's what the program was about.
Korean productions have this quiet strength when it comes to sci-fi and apocalyptic stories: they never forget the people. While many films in the genre get lost in scale, destruction, and technical realism, Koreans guarantee the human factor is front and center. An apocalypse is not just about cities falling apart—it is about humans breaking and adapting. When everything collapses, it is humanity that bears the weight.
«The Great Flood» («대홍수») does not miss that point. It leans into the often overlooked human factor, which means it may disappoint anyone expecting a shallow, effects-driven spectacle. But for those familiar with Korean storytelling—and for anyone who value character over chaos—this film delivers. At its core is a deeply human story, a simple yet powerful focus on the bond between a mother and her child.
Kim Da-mi (김다미) was perfect for the role. She has never limited herself into a single type of role, and that range shows here. The experience she has built over time allows her to embody the character fully, moving through fear, resolve, tenderness, and desperation with ease. It is the kind of performance that allows the audience to sit with the character rather than merely watch her.
9 out of 10 stars.
I hope the Koreans noticed it too and call them out. Or, a Korean translates our feedback.
It's really sad this happened.
Now, if the student did choose YJS, well, the editing team made it look like YJS made the decision for the Whenever Friend. YeJin volunteered, and she was the logical choice, so why would the Whenever Friend choose to replace YJS?
It isn't about YeJin haven't made a point at that time, it wasn't about her, and she herself was aware of it that she immediately volunteered. No one's going to fault YeJin for it, that's just the reality, there are things we can't do that others can't. So, if it was to save YeJin's face, it was totally unnecessary.
I'm really sorry about this, but I was very disappointed. The Whenever Friend's chance to increase their odds of winning was sabotaged as per the scenes included in the final cut.
Remember, the show is about the Whenever Friends, not the Whenever Guests. And the Whenever Guests not doing well is part of the show's charm, it shows the public that celebrities are humans, too—which many seems to have forgotten. This is in fact their chance to prove that they're like every other human, with shortcomings and all. Let the Whenever Guests be themselves, and let the Whenever Friends create memories the way everyone before them did.