I'm glad I haven't passed on this one. By all means not the best historical drama out there, but still worth watching. In some respects it's on par with Six Flying Dragons. Neither general quality, storytelling nor cinematography are one of them, it's more about grand questions and the repetitory of human types.
It has retrospections within retrospection and suffers due to cutting it down from 51 to 39 eps: first it terribly drags through a lifetime of grudges, conflicting characters and different approaches only to be rushed when things are fnally emerging back from the flashbacks. It covers the entire life of four main charcters, but it's one of those rare instances when past arc is essential for grasping the net of motivations and limitations of all involved. As the story goes on, you can't actually hate anyone important despite the things they've done. All the older generation of cast is great as well as child actors.
There is a love square of course, but first and foremost it's a drama for those who enjoy ambiguous, conflicted characters and a certain sense of corruption and unavoidable failure. If Missing 9 brings a wave of Jung Kyung Ho fans here, they'll find a fascinating portrayal. Not your usual prince charming.
Can someone please explain to me why it is called missing 9 when there were more than 9 people on the plane????…
I had troubles counting them properly too :D But my guess is that 9 is the number of those who mattered for public - idols, prominent figures from that company etc. Remember, it's supposed to be a huge case on the media, with accusations that it was all a sham. Stylist, pilot and so on doesn't count for them.
/I hope it doesn't go against MDL rules, but/ do you guys know an english website similar in concept to asianwiki or dramawiki that doesn't only list credits for actors, director and screenwritter, but also more of the production crew (people responsible for music, photography, camerawork, editing and so on)? Is this even a thing? I want to find more dramas looking like this one!
I can't be the only one actually enjoying the main pair's relationship. (Maybe that's some lingering feelings from KMHM times speaking, when PSJ wasn't even proper 2nd lead, because you can't beat a chaebol with DID?). What chemistry with the second lead are you all talking about? He either imposes himself on her or stalks her, not to mention he has, idk, a country to take back and rule. So far the show fails to persuade me that he's fit to be a ruler and cheer for him on any front. She hasn't shown much interest in him so far and I'm not sure that being even more guarded next to him now when she knows what she knows is an improvement.
People in korea paying for tvN network just to watch this drama and most of us pay websites so less or watch it…
Maybe people who like it have nothing constructive to add? They don't feel the pressure to defend their point of view or force it while the haters do. Saying how much they love something or how handsome an actor is week after week becomes boring quickly. Most of the positive comments are redundant too.
As to why not to find oneself something more constructice to do, I can't say. But it's a public page. If there is a group forming based on their common hatred and they want to let some steam off, there's not much to stop them.
People in korea paying for tvN network just to watch this drama and most of us pay websites so less or watch it…
I think the word overrated in this context doesn't refer to the objective value of this drama. Ratings are a funny thing. People were rating it 10 from the start, and it got hyped almost instantenuously straight up to the top 10. It always creates a backlash wave, because something becomes popular and attracts all sorts of viewers looking for vastly different things. When the enthusiasts are still raving, some of those people just scratch their heads in disbelief.
But are comments really powerful enough to bully, brainwash or make you scary or expressing your opinion? Come on. It's just more or less persuasive random strangers with too much free time at hand.
Me too! I'm kinda hoping he stays dead and what was promised in the beginning will come to the full resolution, Sleepy Hollow-like way ('he was dead from the beginning, that's the point'). People want him to be given another, human life or get reincarnated to be in the restaurant with ET in 10 years (how? do your math, he'd be a kid - ha! that's an age difference), but I really hope for something more satisfying than that.
Ok, am I the only one bothered with the title character portrayal? I get it's supposed to be a comedy, but why so extreme? Being an introvert doesn't automatically make one neurotic. It's just a trait, not an illness. Come on.
Serious question though: why do people always take their shoes off before jumping off a building or a bridge? Every single time.
It has retrospections within retrospection and suffers due to cutting it down from 51 to 39 eps: first it terribly drags through a lifetime of grudges, conflicting characters and different approaches only to be rushed when things are fnally emerging back from the flashbacks. It covers the entire life of four main charcters, but it's one of those rare instances when past arc is essential for grasping the net of motivations and limitations of all involved. As the story goes on, you can't actually hate anyone important despite the things they've done. All the older generation of cast is great as well as child actors.
There is a love square of course, but first and foremost it's a drama for those who enjoy ambiguous, conflicted characters and a certain sense of corruption and unavoidable failure. If Missing 9 brings a wave of Jung Kyung Ho fans here, they'll find a fascinating portrayal. Not your usual prince charming.
As to why not to find oneself something more constructice to do, I can't say. But it's a public page. If there is a group forming based on their common hatred and they want to let some steam off, there's not much to stop them.
But are comments really powerful enough to bully, brainwash or make you scary or expressing your opinion? Come on. It's just more or less persuasive random strangers with too much free time at hand.
Serious question though: why do people always take their shoes off before jumping off a building or a bridge? Every single time.