The second half (= second episode) of this is super uneventful and repetitive. Pretty much just re-playing old scenes with no changes or new information.
There are a lot of things to consider, so I'll list them down.- Seo Kyung realized that something was off. As…
You have one bug here: "But since this alien-Chief kept on taking over other Worlds, things kept on repeating for her son because her way of thinking was exactly the same. The true World #2 Chief would have done things differently 12 years ago."
She went through like five sons in as many worlds, and in that time time flowed normally for her, meaning she can't have spent 10 of those 12 years in the same world. She was always world-hopping and (most importantly) getting more and more desperate to "protect" her son.
We also saw that she (some version of her) initially tried the idea of arresting him, or at least started handcuffing him.
This is a VERY derivative drama. If you've watched a double-digit number of shows, you'll keep thinking "oh, this part is like in <...>". Unfortunately Korean writers struggle creating investigation-mystery ("whodunnit", as well as how to find evidence) dramas that don't end up with mostly contrived and convenient plots, or the most ridiculous red herrings that just make absolutely no sense in retrospect. It's why I never watched Lost, I hate when filmmakers ask you potentially intriguing questions that they themselves don't have an answer for.
On the plus side, murder mysteries aren't that suited for flooding the viewer with sponsored products, and it's nice to see the characters that are substantially different in other dimensions.
To me, a very mediocre k-drama. The characters are predominantly caricatures, and VERY inconsistent ones while at it. The main plot is boring and the plight of the leads isn't interesting. It throws in a whole bunch of random makjang elements, but those never serve to make the overarching storyline interesting (or gripping).
The production is of course excellent, though I wouldn't say there was any memorable music / OST. The legal angle is in some ways very good, in others the typical ridiculous case-procedural in which a court battle takes a week from start to finish rather than a year. (Yes, how else would a TV show work.)
There were a bunch of filler episodes, especially the double episodes, and I wouldn't call the ending satisfactory.
Dong Geu Rami was my favourite supporting character / performance. Sadly she too was just the classic k-drama best friend who doesn't exist except when pulled out of the FL's pocket for support & advice.
There's a normal 24 FPS but also a 60 FPS version of this? Anyone know the story behind the filming? Korea's 4K channel UMAX I think showed it in 60 frames per second.
"Underdog Detective is an official adaption of the popular Chinese TV series Luoyang. The game starts 10 years before the TV series' story, when Equinoxes, an organization of killers, and Eosos, a government-back spec-ops agency, are in the constant state of conflict. As the imperial capital, Luoyang is torn between their conflicts, Underdog's Dwelling, a lawless corner in the capital, becomes the next battlefield…"
Leaving all Netflix regions on 2022-05-15: https://unogs.com/title/80986918
Does the Netflix or international version have missing licensed songs or missing singing scenes and such like the Reply 19xx series?
=> Yes, for example in Episode 8, there's maybe two minutes (2:16 by my count) missing from Netflix. NF@17:50 you have a cut from car to karaoke score, while Dramacool etc have ML singing karaoke for about 76 seconds. The following duo karaoke is 32 seconds longer on Dramacool. 38/39 minutes in, mood background music is replaced poorly on Netflix, and FL's stare lasts longer on DC. Another 'stare' has been shortened at 40/41.
The King Eternal Monarch: uh, I don't think the plot is TKEM's strong point
Tomorrow With You: plot issues ( https://kisskh.at/18882-tomorrow-with-you#comment-7614685 ), the lead couple's romance/intimacy is really good though
Train: plot issues ( https://kisskh.at/discussions/train/81299-spoilers-things-that-made-no-sense-to-me )
Tunnel: plot weaknesses, the writers clearly didn't know how to explain time travel implications later on towards the end – so they just didn't bother
"But since this alien-Chief kept on taking over other Worlds, things kept on repeating for her son because her way of thinking was exactly the same.
The true World #2 Chief would have done things differently 12 years ago."
She went through like five sons in as many worlds, and in that time time flowed normally for her, meaning she can't have spent 10 of those 12 years in the same world. She was always world-hopping and (most importantly) getting more and more desperate to "protect" her son.
We also saw that she (some version of her) initially tried the idea of arresting him, or at least started handcuffing him.
Unfortunately Korean writers struggle creating investigation-mystery ("whodunnit", as well as how to find evidence) dramas that don't end up with mostly contrived and convenient plots, or the most ridiculous red herrings that just make absolutely no sense in retrospect. It's why I never watched Lost, I hate when filmmakers ask you potentially intriguing questions that they themselves don't have an answer for.
On the plus side, murder mysteries aren't that suited for flooding the viewer with sponsored products, and it's nice to see the characters that are substantially different in other dimensions.
(Though I gave it a vastly lower overall rating myself.)
The characters are predominantly caricatures, and VERY inconsistent ones while at it.
The main plot is boring and the plight of the leads isn't interesting. It throws in a whole bunch of random makjang elements, but those never serve to make the overarching storyline interesting (or gripping).
The production is of course excellent, though I wouldn't say there was any memorable music / OST.
The legal angle is in some ways very good, in others the typical ridiculous case-procedural in which a court battle takes a week from start to finish rather than a year. (Yes, how else would a TV show work.)
There were a bunch of filler episodes, especially the double episodes, and I wouldn't call the ending satisfactory.
Dong Geu Rami was my favourite supporting character / performance. Sadly she too was just the classic k-drama best friend who doesn't exist except when pulled out of the FL's pocket for support & advice.
Korea's 4K channel UMAX I think showed it in 60 frames per second.
(I would just watch this one.)
Maybe would have been better without the whole CN dubbing thing. (I assume it's originally Cantonese and I watched it in Mandarin.)
"Underdog Detective is an official adaption of the popular Chinese TV series Luoyang. The game starts 10 years before the TV series' story, when Equinoxes, an organization of killers, and Eosos, a government-back spec-ops agency, are in the constant state of conflict. As the imperial capital, Luoyang is torn between their conflicts, Underdog's Dwelling, a lawless corner in the capital, becomes the next battlefield…"
=> Yes, for example in Episode 8, there's maybe two minutes (2:16 by my count) missing from Netflix. NF@17:50 you have a cut from car to karaoke score, while Dramacool etc have ML singing karaoke for about 76 seconds. The following duo karaoke is 32 seconds longer on Dramacool. 38/39 minutes in, mood background music is replaced poorly on Netflix, and FL's stare lasts longer on DC. Another 'stare' has been shortened at 40/41.