I 100% agree with this review . People are letting it get a pass because it’s healing and pretty . It was super cliche and became a bit of a mess in the end . Thanks for your review!
Gorgeous review! I can feel your amazement!I am currently watching this jewel and I am taking my sweet , sweet time because I do not want to ever leave the Something In The Rain world. The director , the acting , the social commentary , the ROMANCE . ..
I want to looooove this drama but I'm struggling to even find it fluid. The plot is static but its also healing in the sense that the viewer is highly satisfied with character growth but substance is severely lacking . It should actually be more slice of life with a very clear vehicle in mental health but this drama selling itself short on the meta , world building and psychology as theres too much emphasis on style .
First off - I am super honored that a super fan of W found my review good. Super appreciate it.I can definitley…
You have adequately explained my questions by using screen play terms . I liked your take on 'sustainable choice' and the use of an autonomus principle. There is a principle of the absurd in W that one needs to take into conideration too which you are very right in. Oh yeon Joo definitley had the mechnanic of the manhwa.
Thank you so much for this very comprehensive explanation.
Don't ask me why after so many years I hadn't written a review of my favorite drama, but I just did. So I've also…
First off - I am super honored that a super fan of W found my review good. Super appreciate it.
I can definitley take your stance on the flaw of W not necessarily being plot holes per se but rather not providing explanations.I do very much agree on the fact that "some things should have been better shown to help the audience."
I get that the killer became self aware hence he can access not the tablet per se but a portal and beause he has Oh Sung Moo's face - his portal manifested as the tablet which is the'main' portal as used by the author.He stays in the manwha because he wants to be the main character and has no other awareness besides the need to kill and this awareness was negated in the 'real world' , thats my take. I am informed by the fact that Kang Chul had a reason to be aware in the real world because of his love for the girl. His greatest weapon was choice hence he could thrive in both worlds and the killer could not because he was characterised to only kill.
But my gripe is why introduce the fact that Yeon Joo actually wrote W before and not have it play a big role ?I felt like they walked into a plot hole with that as it went against the flow of logic alredy presented.
Unexplained questions I have are :Was it the manhwa ending of 'choice' or was it her ending ? Why did the tablet manifest to be a portal ?And the fact that webtoon just carried on and ended on its own terms? Publishing itself.. may you please help :-)
This drama is amazing . It’s so rich in heart , visuals and empathy . I appreciate the depiction of Mental Health and the OK Psychiatry hospital. This show is giving me good vibes and I can’t helo but smile even though darkness is looming.
I agree that tropes were definitely overused and it wasn’t satisfying for the viewer at all.
Haha! “Perhaps it was healing for those suffering superficial wounds “ that’s sooooo funny yet apt !
Thank you so much for reading my review and finding it helpful .
Thank you so much for this very comprehensive explanation.
Your season 2 sounds very good ! Well done.
By the way- what are your other fave dramas?
I can definitley take your stance on the flaw of W not necessarily being plot holes per se but rather not providing explanations.I do very much agree on the fact that "some things should have been better shown to help the audience."
I get that the killer became self aware hence he can access not the tablet per se but a portal and beause he has Oh Sung Moo's face - his portal manifested as the tablet which is the'main' portal as used by the author.He stays in the manwha because he wants to be the main character and has no other awareness besides the need to kill and this awareness was negated in the 'real world' , thats my take. I am informed by the fact that Kang Chul had a reason to be aware in the real world because of his love for the girl. His greatest weapon was choice hence he could thrive in both worlds and the killer could not because he was characterised to only kill.
But my gripe is why introduce the fact that Yeon Joo actually wrote W before and not have it play a big role ?I felt like they walked into a plot hole with that as it went against the flow of logic alredy presented.
Unexplained questions I have are :Was it the manhwa ending of 'choice' or was it her ending ? Why did the tablet manifest to be a portal ?And the fact that webtoon just carried on and ended on its own terms? Publishing itself.. may you please help :-)