mije

so true. often times they already have a set of members in mind who they want in the group, and the survival show is used more so as advertisement for the group's debut, because clips will go viral and watchers gets attached to their faves by voting them to debut, and now the group already has a fanbase predebut. if it was truly just to have the best of the best compete for the chance to debut, some of the contestant would've never been a part of iland in the first place. they were needed so that there were people who could be eliminated and voted out. that's how survival shows mainly always work

https://www.viki.com/videos/1250586v-i-land-2-final-countdown-episode-12

exactly!! Mai really fits the image of what blacklabel and yg artists are known for, better than Fuko does (i'd say the same thing about Sarang, but it's not really relevant since she got in with votes). we also saw a lot of different styles from Mai that we didn't really saw from Fuko. when creating a kpop group it's not just about the skills or the talent, the overall image of the group is very important too

Mai is only like two months younger than Fuko, so I don't think that's the reason she didn't get picked. When it was the last final three, these were the thoughts me an my sister had: Mai really fits the "aesthetic" of blacklabel, and her personality and the way she acts is very important to have within a group, also her skills are stable, she will definitely be able to get better. Saebi would be the fan attractor, meaning when she performs she can really get people to focus on her, which can bring in a lot of fans, she can sing, dance and perform, she doesn't fully lack anything. Fuko's skills are at the point where she would be ready to debut. This is what we thought. In my opinion the producers went with the members who stood out more.

i also wished we could’ve known more about that :/

so how exactly did noh sukmin survive that fall :D

started watching this yesterday cause i thought it would be a drama i’d naturally stretch out and by the time last episodes come out i wouldn’t have to wait…. i was sooooooo wrong, it’s so good i finished all released episodes already,, i guess i have to wait for releases after all D’:

the ost’s for this show are so good it’s immediate 10 from me, story wise there were things i wasn’t a big fan of, but it was still good regardless

i told myself i wouldn’t watch ep7 today cause i need to go to sleep, but i did not listen to myself!!😠 now i have to go to sleep with that ending in mind and wait till tomorrow to continue😮‍💨😭

i skipped so many scenes and it still felt like this show was dragging on and on,, this could’ve easily been 12ep series and nothing would’ve been missing from the plot,, imo there was so much unnecessary filler

i really loved it, but i would’ve wished more from the ending

yeah i was thinking that too,,that how would one get such an intense fear of water, when he wasn’t even the one who fell

honestly it happens at the very end of the show, you could just skip the last 5 minutes of the show and pretend it'll never happen :D

i really appreciate that they had the guts to have both of the main leads die, instead of giving them some sort of "happy" ending

i really liked the show, but i think the ending was a bit too rushed for my liking,, other than that i think it was a very nice drama to watch

this was exactly the type of drama i needed right now, the flow is so nice

as you said, he was starting to get his memories back anyway, so there was no point for him to loose them in the first place,, to me it's just felt like a lazy way to end the show after all that character development he had gone through. in no way can there be a "fresh" start when at least one of them knows everything that has happened.. a better way would've been for them to actually work through all those issues instead of ending it with the cliche memory loss

great drama with such a stupid ending

for me uncontrollably fond really goes down as the drama with the most unlikeable characters.. i'd say jik and nari where the only ones who didn't actively make me want to hit my head to a wall. :D i liked how some characters got less irritating as the show went on so i'd say this was definitely a fun watch :DD

lol lmk if you do :D