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Oh, you mean the "get a grip" thing?
I'm over it. :)
I appreciate the apology though, unnecessary as it may have been. God knows I have a sharp tongue and a foul mouth and sometimes put up comments I later wish I hadn't.

But hey, I'm glad this discussion lured you out of your MDL hiding place. :D

When you say "later on they focus more on that," do you mean the asteroid and the inevitable annihilation it will bring to Korea? I love a well-made sci-fi/appocalypse type flick, and this one started out strong with the pandemonium in the streets. I was impressed by all that at first, but then it settled into this boring bit about trafficking and a murdered scum bag.

When that child was being carried over the shoulder of the bad guy up the stairs near the beginning, I figured "well, the teacher's going to go over and kick his ass somehow, and then we'll move on." I never dreamed THAT was going to be the center of the plot, at least for a while.

It seems to me that the dramatic tension in this story is obviously provided by the fact that they will all be burned alive when the asteroid hits. But with the backward time jump to 300 and 200 days to count down, everyone was just going about their lives, mentioning the damn asteroid every now and then. lol

So, based on the general vibe you've gotten from me thus far, do you think I should give the show another try, knowing that Yoo is about to show up and maybe make things bearable?

To me, in the first two episodes, it seemed the focus was on child trafficking and the murder of the low-life gangster who everyone hated. No one seemed much concerned about the asteroid headed their way. Why wouldn't they be trying to get off the peninsula by any means necessary. Now THAT might be an exciting story.

Especially annoying was the army officer woman who was so worried about who killed a vicious gang member? Who cares?

You're a fan of a lot of actors who do drugs. You just don't know it yet.
I'm angry at exactly the correct people, thanks.
If Yoo has a drug problem, then he needs treatment, not judgment and cancellation from people like you, who refuse to understand that his drug problems have zero to do with his professional life, films and dramas.
You think you're in a position to judge and punish. Trust me, you're not.

"Dragging other people into it..." The idea that he held anybody down and forced drugs up their nose or into their lungs is too stupid for words.

I watched 2 episodes and he had 5 minutes. What do you expect me to think? The show is boring as hell anyway, so why would a person keep watching? Get a grip yourself, cranky-pants.

Sounds like the Yoo Ah In "scandal" may be the best thing that could have happened for this terrible show. Lots of people tuning in to see how much of Yoo is left. Thing is, if Netflix just "said" they cut him, then obviously everyone would see, as you are, that they did not, so I don't get the point of doing that.

Do you have a fave Yoo movie? He's tremendous in "Default" and "Veteran."

I am surprised to hear that. How did you get that far without falling asleep? :) I dropped after end of episode 2. Everyone is boring. Is it worth going back for another try?

Oh, well then, I will shut up. Thanks for letting me know. :)

I love good sci-fi. Alive is not that. And Yoo's god-awful yellow crew-cut didn't help things. :D

When you have time to kill someday, go read through comments on the "Bad Buddy" page. "Masterpiece" is all over the place.

Who said we should "appreciate a good drama based on the kisses?" You seem to imply someone said we should do so based ONLY on the kisses, and sorry, but no one said that.

I rated this drama 9/10 DESPITE its two ridiculous, absurd, stiff, fish kisses, which are terribly out of place in an otherwise very well-done production. I didn't "base" my entire opinion of the show on them or I would have given it a 1/10.

For me, low-quality writing, direction, acting, costuming, casting, and overall production vibe. It has a pall over it that doesn't seem to make sense for the material being presented.

I'd argue that ALL well-made dramas/movies become more interesting after that amount of time. That's why people keep watching...or not. If you haven't engaged me, piqued my interest in 50 minutes of screen time, I'm not going to stick with your show. It's insulting.

I've never understood why people are OK with giving up five or six hours of their life (not in reference to the length of this particular series) to a show that takes that long to get some momentum going.

But I hope you enjoy the watch.

The 6.7 rating is 6.7 points too high.

Me too.

Why in god's name would you wait until SIX episodes in to get your story started? Insane.

So what? It's getting what NF and the wuss director deserve for how this whole pile of nothing was handled. NF should have told the director they were releasing his first edit and that's that. No one outside Korea obsesses about actors' private lives to such an extent.

I will happily "rate-bomb" this POS with the 1/10 it deserves.

Agreed. I couldn't last two episodes, it's so boring. And yes, I'm pissed that Yoo was cut out. Put those two factors together and this gets a 1/10 from me and posting that rating will give me great pleasure.

My god, this is terrible. As in dull...lifeless...meandering. As boring as boring can be. Almost every scene feels like filler.

An asteroid is about to obliterate the Korean peninsula and much of the world around it, but this army officer wants to investigate the murder of a low-life, scum bag, sex trafficker...? For real? Who gives a shit? The cops came out and took crime-scene photos. Why? Nothing else to do with the end of the country a few months away?

Scene after monotonous, meaningless scene. Supposedly, law and order has broken down but somehow, electricity and tap water are readily available. On the other hand, the Internet is down...? Why? Who knows?

I'm dropping this POS halfway through the second episode. Maybe it would have been a POS even WITH Yoo in all the scenes the idiot director cut, there's no way to know.

Maybe someday a bootleg copy of the unedited version will leak to the web and proliferate. Then we can see if Yoo's presence can save this boring mess. But then, I found NF/YAI's "Alive" to be tedious and dropped that one too, and it was a big hit.

Don't waste your time.

No.

With all due respect, which is none, you are a buffoon.
I'm in the U.S., where we have a patchwork of drug laws by state, but none as draconian and insane as Korea's.
Do you actually believe that editing YAI out of what so far is a terrible series for his absence, is going to solve drug problems anywhere? If he's an addict, then he needs treatment, not this endless, silly charade of an investigation.

Meanwhile, Korea has one of the highest rates of alcoholism and alcohol abuse (SOJU for everybody!) in the developed world. BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars in health care costs, lost productivity, early death and disease, and social/family/drunk driving/you name it are lost each year to BOOZE. Where is Korea's awesome anti-booze law crusade?

The dumbest and lamest are the laws that equate marijuana with heroin and cocaine. Good god.

This isn't about forcing "Western" ways on Asia. It's about Asia needing to get its shit together in some areas, primarily cultural, and these moralistic, punitive and wasteful drug laws are part of that. The U.S. has LOTS of problems but driving its best artists to suicide with bullshit like this is not one of them. Korea has the market cornered on that claim to fame.

I worry a little every day that Yoo might take LSK's route to peace of mind.