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Even Park Seo Joon Couldn't Save the Second Season of Gyeongseong Creature
It was jarring to have an 79-year time skip for season 2. Of course, everything changed in costume, set, and tone. The protagonists were no longer fighting an occupation—it became the run of the mill mad scientist bad guys. None of the new cast were properly introduced, and we didn't understand their motivations. What happened to our heroes in 79 years? We're told Tae Sang had treated Seung Jo as a younger brother, but we were never shown this. MOST OF SEASON 2 WAS A CASE OF TELLING, NOT SHOWING; that's never as compelling or interesting.
If a bad guy calls, and I KNOW he's a murderer, and he wants to meet me in an abandoned building out in the boonies, I'd think to myself, "Self, that's not a good idea. Don't do it." But our heroes didn't think twice. Thinking is evidently hard. It had to take major acting skills to yell, "It's a trap!" once they were surrounded. Yeah, it was a trap of lazy writing. Of course, the cop who was tailing them must have stopped for a burger, because she was nowhere to be found until long after the mayhem had occurred. Maybe she had to pick up her dry cleaning on the way.
I have no idea why the bad guys had such a hard time keeping up with our heroes, because they always returned to the pawn shop. For 100 years, they always returned to the pawn shop. Why bother tailing them? After an especially harrowing escape, I thought (silly me!), they had best hightail to a hotel or remote cabin somewhere to elude the bad guys. No, back to the pawn shop, where everyone from the cops, who had the place bugged, to every bad guy knew where they holed up. They still couldn't find them half the time!
The ending was ambiguous, leaving the viewer feeling incomplete. Nothing was resolved, and I'm afraid there won't be a third season as there hasn't been any indication from Netflix. And I have so many questions!
TL:DR: Season 1 had compelling stories: occupation, freedom fighters, separated families, blended families, and the struggle for survival. Season 2 introduced new characters with no background and didn't resolve anything. Season 1 should have been two episodes longer and completed the story in the past with everything tied up in a bow. Season 2 shouldn't have happened.
If a bad guy calls, and I KNOW he's a murderer, and he wants to meet me in an abandoned building out in the boonies, I'd think to myself, "Self, that's not a good idea. Don't do it." But our heroes didn't think twice. Thinking is evidently hard. It had to take major acting skills to yell, "It's a trap!" once they were surrounded. Yeah, it was a trap of lazy writing. Of course, the cop who was tailing them must have stopped for a burger, because she was nowhere to be found until long after the mayhem had occurred. Maybe she had to pick up her dry cleaning on the way.
I have no idea why the bad guys had such a hard time keeping up with our heroes, because they always returned to the pawn shop. For 100 years, they always returned to the pawn shop. Why bother tailing them? After an especially harrowing escape, I thought (silly me!), they had best hightail to a hotel or remote cabin somewhere to elude the bad guys. No, back to the pawn shop, where everyone from the cops, who had the place bugged, to every bad guy knew where they holed up. They still couldn't find them half the time!
The ending was ambiguous, leaving the viewer feeling incomplete. Nothing was resolved, and I'm afraid there won't be a third season as there hasn't been any indication from Netflix. And I have so many questions!
TL:DR: Season 1 had compelling stories: occupation, freedom fighters, separated families, blended families, and the struggle for survival. Season 2 introduced new characters with no background and didn't resolve anything. Season 1 should have been two episodes longer and completed the story in the past with everything tied up in a bow. Season 2 shouldn't have happened.
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