i love this drama and i love yisoo and kanghyun so bad (chemistry in crime dramas for the win as always). so glad that we get 16 eps and a s2 of this goodness, and i'm barely 5 eps in. i grew up watching shows like this so a well-made procedural is like CRACK to me. π
i got a bit confused from the marketing too, but according to namuwiki which has more accurate genre tags, it's…
i think there will be. looking at the writer's wikipedia, i'm actually more interested in this now because it seems he's an acclaimed veteran writer active since the 80s, and this will be his comeback after 10 years. bong joong ho is even said to be his fan.
still confused if this is romantic melodrama marketed as action thriller or vice versa.
i got a bit confused from the marketing too, but according to namuwiki which has more accurate genre tags, it's supposed to be "romance, family & noir". looking at the synopsis i think we can expect something of a slife of life drama about a member of organized crime lol. which, i think seems like a pretty cool premise.
i'm CRYING i'm in the middle of episode 2 and they suddenly pull an andy warhol filter out of nowhere π its so far from the usual style it took me out lmao
i only gaf about hyunju, junho and noeul if these three survive im good π bonus points if we actually get a junho/noeul team-up (which i purely wanna see bc hajoon and gyuyoungs chemistry during the press events was too damn good)
rewatching again and jang juwon's story has so much subtext it's lovely. in a way he's an allegory to me as an ND person. from the outside, yes he's "gifted" because of his powers but it hasn't ever helped him in life significantly. he's in the gang because it's the only way he can contribute to anything because he's able to do what he's best at, which is a pretty narrow range of things (aka using his strength). but even there he ends up getting the short stick in the end because he couldn't understand his boss' decisions that were made for the sake of money, didn't understand why they'd so willingly integrate themselves with the rival gang because to him, what he was doing and what he was part of actually meant being part of something, a community and not just a business. so they discard him because they can't use him anymore. he's the only one who ends up feeling betrayed. he ends up alone, needing to fund his motel stay through dubious means but the only thing he has is his strength, so he uses that. he ends up at the NIS - again, used for his strength - but as soon as he can't contribute with his only specific, relevant skill, and is put to work at a regular office job - the job that everyone does and is expected to do well - he fails miserably, can barely fit in. he's awkward, always lost, can't find his way, forgets his bag in the bus. his self esteem crumbles because he thinks he can't properly contribute to society, he thinks he's worthless until jihee tells him otherwise. he's not inherently worthless because he has worth to her (and she to him), no matter what kind of job he does and how small that may be. there's still always going to be a place for him, he can still try, still suceed, and she'll support him no matter what. she tells him that, unlike director min who offers him his old job back only so he can "prove his worth". her words are important because it's very much about people who are different in some way or form (and can't be like other people no matter how hard they try, they will forever be different) and who feel they have no real place in society and struggle to think they can significantly contribute in any meaningful way being assured that they don't deserve worth based on how well they perform in the system, but purely based on the fact that they're a person first and foremost.
Stop being delusional and watch Be Melodramatic before you critisize JYB's acting.Guaranteed to see how delulu…
yeah i mean that's on them then. i don't think her ott personality was that hard to grasp, i think it's mostly ppl who fail to accept the overall tone/genre of the drama itself that are always saying this
me when my favorite sbs drama gets a sequel: ππππ₯°π₯°π₯°π€©π€©π€©
no matter how much i'm of the opinion that most dramas are better as standalone stories, the well written sbs dramas always get a pass from me lol.
her words are important because it's very much about people who are different in some way or form (and can't be like other people no matter how hard they try, they will forever be different) and who feel they have no real place in society and struggle to think they can significantly contribute in any meaningful way being assured that they don't deserve worth based on how well they perform in the system, but purely based on the fact that they're a person first and foremost.