I still can't believe Kim Byung Chul can be in a comedy role. His face and acting is too serious, yet he made a lot of funny moments in episode 3. A true veteran actor.
If they make it so the mean resident likes her son or some other such nonsense, I'll revolt. Ep 3 ending is comedy…
Actually, I am waiting for that to happen. Just imagine how much funny it will be once she learns she is his mom.
Think of the things that will happen between now and that fateful day. She will no doubt try to spread misinformation because she's thinking the “old doctor” is trying to hit on her crush. She will probably start to hate her, too. And you know, never ever hate your crush's mom. Hahaha.
It will be a very bitter-sweet moment, and the resident's face will be soo funny to watch.
When you see veteran actor Chun Ho Jin in a drama, it is almost always about a character who is very good at manipulating others while keeping his cool.
In that moment I think worrying about the CSAT's is just a way of him wanting things to back to the way things…
That's the thing.
If a student didn't pass a CSAT, they still graduated from high school. That's still better than not graduating from high school.
Here in the Philippines, we have CSAT, too, but we also have to worry about College/University entrance exams. The entrance exams are far more important because that will determine if you can enrol in the university you chose. Our CSAT simply tells which student is ready to enter college.
And at Grade 10 (age 15-16) both male and female students must undergo military training, it's called Citizen Army Training.
If we fail our C.A.T., we do NOT graduate from high school. We have to repeat the entire year again. Not graduating from high school is the worst situation one can put themselves into. You have far fewer opportunities. Society view you as dumb (even though you are not).
Also, even at that age, we never complained about C.A.T. we were actually looking forward to it, and at least half are even excited.
Grade 9 (age 14-15), they open an officer training course. Those who take it and pass becomes an officer at Grade 10 during C.A.T.
But, in this show, those students are turning 19 (international age), and they're acting like 10-year kids.
We didn't complain that we're wasting our time with military training instead of concentrating on taking our entrance exams. But those kids, at that age, are complaining a lot.
It gets worse, they were deployed to hold the lines during an alien invasion. If those aliens are left unchecked, the world will collapse, there will be no more CSAT they have to worry about because there won't be a tomorrow for anyone.
No one is undermining the importance of CSAT. However, in the context of the alien invasion, and how those students are from a culture deeply rooted in hierarchy and military service, they are a total contradiction of everything about their culture.
The show was doing good up to episode 7. By episode 8, it went downhill fast. From being matured students in episodes 6 and 7, they reverted to being 10-year-old brats in episode 8.
They're young adults already!
Only the Science High School students acted their age. Which is bad, because it sends the message that those students acted their age because they're intelligent. That makes the main characters what?
Then in the end, that one of four survivors ditched his CSAT just because he realised CSAT is not important at all. Graduating from High School was more than enough.
Like, wow. Did he not realise that by passing CSAT he honoured the lives of his classmates? If he doesn't want to get into college, at least he should pass his CSAT. His classmates died hoping to pass their CSAT.
Maybe this show was meant as a comedy. Unfortunately, it failed even in that category.
EXACTLY!This show is a joke. It started strong and went downhill.It's understandable during their training, and…
> I can't imagine anyone thought turning a more or less normal teenager into almost a rapist then have him massacre all his classmates was a good storytelling.
Yeah, that plot was totally unnecessary. I can't help but think they were trying to sensationalise the American school shootings. So way below the belt, especially since those American school shootings were often blamed on people with mental health issues even though they never had any prior to that. The American society just refuse to admit there is something wrong with their society, so they use whichever mental health as an escape goat.
Then that, in this Asian show? Very bad decision on their part.
> The producers/screenwriter/director/studio, whoever it was that finalized this script played it like a joke. They didn't know how to end it so they just went for the shock factor. It probably drummed up more discussion then a normal ending would have.
Exactly!
> oh and and one more more thing. Remember how the girls just went to train in their skirts. Then kept those skirts on for the longest time? Saving the world from an alien invasion = important Conforming to the school dress code = more important.
Oh yeah, good catch!
Like, what happened to their uniforms? They were doing well in episode 6, and then they reverted back to being school brats.
So unnatural. They're wearing things that wouldn't give them good mobility.
If these kids can survive that long in the middle of an alien invasion, in the the frontlines no less, I guess all the adults who were wiped out during the first alien attacks were pretty dumb and stupid. ROFL!!!
[Still need to watch last episode]I still find it unbelievable that they would still be thinking of the CSAT's…
EXACTLY!
This show is a joke. It started strong and went downhill.
It's understandable during their training, and up to when their Commander sacrificed himself.
In episode 7, they even showed how much they all matured.
Then by episode 8, they're back to being brats.
They even dropped that they are going to turn 20 years old (19 international), so, why in the world are they still acting like brats?
I would have understood if one or two, maybe even a third of their class are brats, but almost all of them? That's so unreal.
Their culture is also deeply rooted in hierarchy, and yet, they kept complaining every single episode.
They have a mandatory military service, and yet, they don't understand a thing about military and have no sense of patriotism.
Here in my country, by Grade 9 (14 years old), we are asked if anyone wants to be an officer by Grade 10. They'll undergo officer training.
By Grade 10, those officers will train the rest of the Grade 10 students in military training. No one complained. We know we will not graduate if we don't go through it. It is mandatory.
We understood the importance of hierarchy, especially in the military sense. They don't have to teach us about it. They don't have to tell us to listen to people with a higher rank than us. It's common sense.
But these students in this show? They're turning 20. And all they did was complain. And when their commander died, they did not even setup a new hierarchy.
In fact, I find it weird that their commander did not teach them about hierarchy. All he did was assign an “assistant”. He already witnessed how bratty they all are, and yet he expected them to survive out there without instilling in them the importance of hierarchy?
That was so not the way military trainings go. Hierarchy is the core of the military, and the success of any military unit out in the field.
It's a miracle those kids survived that long without a commander. With “democracy” reigning supreme (even though the voting was rigged).
I don't even know what is the message they want to send.
1. Was it about CSAT and how toxic it is? 2. Was it about the aliens? 3. Was it about the importance of military training? 4. Was it about the current state of Korean teenagers? They're turning 20 and still acts like 10-year olds?
Or, was it all for the sake of producing a story, who cares what the message and plot is all about?
Do they have to insert them being immature and annoying late teens? They established in episode 7 that they have matured and accepted their new reality.
And then in that prison scene, were they not taught to not talk to strangers? And isn't it more obvious when it comes to criminals locked up in prisons?
Don't get me wrong. I don't know of anyone when I was at that age (19/20) who acted like them.
Also, after all they've witnessed and been through, all they care about is going home and their CSAT. Like, seriously? How many times do the adults have to tell them there's nothing to go home to if no one will fight? How many times do they have to be reminded that CSAT is impossible if the alien invaders are not eliminated?
Do these kids have brains or not?
Oh, wait! The science high school students are realistic. Does that mean then that the main characters/school are dumb? O_O
Do they have to insert them being immature and annoying late teens? They established in episode 7 that they have matured and accepted their new reality.
And then in that prison scene, were they not taught to not talk to strangers? And isn't it more obvious when it comes to criminals locked up in prisons?
Don't get me wrong. I don't know of anyone when I was at that age (19/20) who acted like them.
Also, after all they've witnessed and been through, all they care about is going home and their CSAT. Like, seriously? How many times do the adults have to tell them there's nothing to go home to if no one will fight? How many times do they have to be reminded that CSAT is impossible if the alien invaders are not eliminated?
Do these kids have brains or not?
Oh, wait! The science high school students are realistic. Does that mean then that the main characters/school are dumb? O_O
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Think of the things that will happen between now and that fateful day. She will no doubt try to spread misinformation because she's thinking the “old doctor” is trying to hit on her crush. She will probably start to hate her, too. And you know, never ever hate your crush's mom. Hahaha.
It will be a very bitter-sweet moment, and the resident's face will be soo funny to watch.
That was so very advance thinking…
and nasty.
Pitting sister to brother.
He probably is aware that the Royal Princess is helping Han Su! Without their knowledge, he is building a case to control the sitting king!
Episode 8 ending is one such example…
If a student didn't pass a CSAT, they still graduated from high school. That's still better than not graduating from high school.
Here in the Philippines, we have CSAT, too, but we also have to worry about College/University entrance exams. The entrance exams are far more important because that will determine if you can enrol in the university you chose. Our CSAT simply tells which student is ready to enter college.
And at Grade 10 (age 15-16) both male and female students must undergo military training, it's called Citizen Army Training.
If we fail our C.A.T., we do NOT graduate from high school. We have to repeat the entire year again. Not graduating from high school is the worst situation one can put themselves into. You have far fewer opportunities. Society view you as dumb (even though you are not).
Also, even at that age, we never complained about C.A.T. we were actually looking forward to it, and at least half are even excited.
Grade 9 (age 14-15), they open an officer training course. Those who take it and pass becomes an officer at Grade 10 during C.A.T.
But, in this show, those students are turning 19 (international age), and they're acting like 10-year kids.
We didn't complain that we're wasting our time with military training instead of concentrating on taking our entrance exams. But those kids, at that age, are complaining a lot.
It gets worse, they were deployed to hold the lines during an alien invasion. If those aliens are left unchecked, the world will collapse, there will be no more CSAT they have to worry about because there won't be a tomorrow for anyone.
No one is undermining the importance of CSAT. However, in the context of the alien invasion, and how those students are from a culture deeply rooted in hierarchy and military service, they are a total contradiction of everything about their culture.
The show was doing good up to episode 7. By episode 8, it went downhill fast. From being matured students in episodes 6 and 7, they reverted to being 10-year-old brats in episode 8.
They're young adults already!
Only the Science High School students acted their age. Which is bad, because it sends the message that those students acted their age because they're intelligent. That makes the main characters what?
Then in the end, that one of four survivors ditched his CSAT just because he realised CSAT is not important at all. Graduating from High School was more than enough.
Like, wow. Did he not realise that by passing CSAT he honoured the lives of his classmates? If he doesn't want to get into college, at least he should pass his CSAT. His classmates died hoping to pass their CSAT.
Maybe this show was meant as a comedy. Unfortunately, it failed even in that category.
Yeah, that plot was totally unnecessary. I can't help but think they were trying to sensationalise the American school shootings. So way below the belt, especially since those American school shootings were often blamed on people with mental health issues even though they never had any prior to that. The American society just refuse to admit there is something wrong with their society, so they use whichever mental health as an escape goat.
Then that, in this Asian show? Very bad decision on their part.
> The producers/screenwriter/director/studio, whoever it was that finalized this script played it like a joke. They didn't know how to end it so they just went for the shock factor. It probably drummed up more discussion then a normal ending would have.
Exactly!
> oh and and one more more thing. Remember how the girls just went to train in their skirts. Then kept those skirts on for the longest time? Saving the world from an alien invasion = important Conforming to the school dress code = more important.
Oh yeah, good catch!
Like, what happened to their uniforms? They were doing well in episode 6, and then they reverted back to being school brats.
So unnatural. They're wearing things that wouldn't give them good mobility.
If these kids can survive that long in the middle of an alien invasion, in the the frontlines no less, I guess all the adults who were wiped out during the first alien attacks were pretty dumb and stupid. ROFL!!!
This show is a joke. It started strong and went downhill.
It's understandable during their training, and up to when their Commander sacrificed himself.
In episode 7, they even showed how much they all matured.
Then by episode 8, they're back to being brats.
They even dropped that they are going to turn 20 years old (19 international), so, why in the world are they still acting like brats?
I would have understood if one or two, maybe even a third of their class are brats, but almost all of them? That's so unreal.
Their culture is also deeply rooted in hierarchy, and yet, they kept complaining every single episode.
They have a mandatory military service, and yet, they don't understand a thing about military and have no sense of patriotism.
Here in my country, by Grade 9 (14 years old), we are asked if anyone wants to be an officer by Grade 10. They'll undergo officer training.
By Grade 10, those officers will train the rest of the Grade 10 students in military training. No one complained. We know we will not graduate if we don't go through it. It is mandatory.
We understood the importance of hierarchy, especially in the military sense. They don't have to teach us about it. They don't have to tell us to listen to people with a higher rank than us. It's common sense.
But these students in this show? They're turning 20. And all they did was complain. And when their commander died, they did not even setup a new hierarchy.
In fact, I find it weird that their commander did not teach them about hierarchy. All he did was assign an “assistant”. He already witnessed how bratty they all are, and yet he expected them to survive out there without instilling in them the importance of hierarchy?
That was so not the way military trainings go. Hierarchy is the core of the military, and the success of any military unit out in the field.
It's a miracle those kids survived that long without a commander. With “democracy” reigning supreme (even though the voting was rigged).
I don't even know what is the message they want to send.
1. Was it about CSAT and how toxic it is?
2. Was it about the aliens?
3. Was it about the importance of military training?
4. Was it about the current state of Korean teenagers? They're turning 20 and still acts like 10-year olds?
Or, was it all for the sake of producing a story, who cares what the message and plot is all about?
I have absolutely no idea.
Do they have to insert them being immature and annoying late teens? They established in episode 7 that they have matured and accepted their new reality.
And then in that prison scene, were they not taught to not talk to strangers? And isn't it more obvious when it comes to criminals locked up in prisons?
Don't get me wrong. I don't know of anyone when I was at that age (19/20) who acted like them.
Also, after all they've witnessed and been through, all they care about is going home and their CSAT. Like, seriously? How many times do the adults have to tell them there's nothing to go home to if no one will fight? How many times do they have to be reminded that CSAT is impossible if the alien invaders are not eliminated?
Do these kids have brains or not?
Oh, wait! The science high school students are realistic. Does that mean then that the main characters/school are dumb? O_O
Do they have to insert them being immature and annoying late teens? They established in episode 7 that they have matured and accepted their new reality.
And then in that prison scene, were they not taught to not talk to strangers? And isn't it more obvious when it comes to criminals locked up in prisons?
Don't get me wrong. I don't know of anyone when I was at that age (19/20) who acted like them.
Also, after all they've witnessed and been through, all they care about is going home and their CSAT. Like, seriously? How many times do the adults have to tell them there's nothing to go home to if no one will fight? How many times do they have to be reminded that CSAT is impossible if the alien invaders are not eliminated?
Do these kids have brains or not?
Oh, wait! The science high school students are realistic. Does that mean then that the main characters/school are dumb? O_O