Before getting into a cat fight about which one is better, not sure anyone knows this but the plot of La Casa de Papel is pretty similar to that of the 2006 movie Inside Man, with Clive Owen. So I guess that if you want to compare stories, versions, etc, compare the Spanish series to the movie first (which is very good, in MY opinion). To be more specific, the plot is similar but I'm in no way, shape or form saying that the original series is a rework of the movie. They probably are vastly different, just share a similar premise.
Haven't seen the original Spanish series but I liked this one, it isn't overly complicated, but the characters are likable (even Berlin!) I think.
Doesn't really pay to compare versions (in this case American x Spanish x South Korean) because all of them are different and adapted to the respective cultural mores of their production country. Just like the original American movie and the Spanish series, maybe it is better to judge each on their own merits instead of comparing.
Don't know, just my take, although I understand the need for comparison it's never going to be the same. And isn't that a good thing? Who would want to see 2 almost exactly copies?
I must say there were a few times I wished someone threw the king into the lake and made consort Yoo the regent for her son. She had a lot more subtlety than he did for a stable regime. But anyways the ending was both happy AND realistic because they are each other's equilibrium which is something that is needed most forms of government. Really good, a tad too melodramatic for me at times and kind of confusing, political wise, in the middle, but overall quite a clever political/intrigue historical, with very in-depth characters and actions from everyone involved that made them not heros and villaons, but antagonists of a sort.
It's when a queen's real soul came back to her body. That's how I understood it, maybe I'm wrong lol
Sort of. The guy who entered the Queen's body was never fully in control from the beginning since the Queen wasn't really dead, thus he gets flashbacks. But then the real Queen's soul comes back and they share the body (that's when the romance starts) basically they influence each other, the Queen gains strength to fight for herself and the king and Jan Bong learns to be kinder and less 'mercenary'. And while it does seem like the JB in the Queen did fall for the King a bit it was mostly the So Yong (the Queen). The thing is, she always had the intent of protecting the king, she just didnt know how, because of the time/era. It took JB from the 21st century to make her understand she could be helpful in other ways besides jumping into the lake to avoid being used as a pawn in her family's schemes.
Haven't seen the original Spanish series but I liked this one, it isn't overly complicated, but the characters are likable (even Berlin!) I think.
Doesn't really pay to compare versions (in this case American x Spanish x South Korean) because all of them are different and adapted to the respective cultural mores of their production country. Just like the original American movie and the Spanish series, maybe it is better to judge each on their own merits instead of comparing.
Don't know, just my take, although I understand the need for comparison it's never going to be the same. And isn't that a good thing? Who would want to see 2 almost exactly copies?