samstones

Okay. So I am doing a second watch today (on a slower pace. Cos I want to enjoy the technical aspects of this production). And now I’m coming up with some unpopular opinions. (More will follow).

1. S2 DID NOT NEED THE RETURN OF IN BEOM. No matter what anyone says. In Beom was not needed whatsoever. Any screen time spent on his character in my opinion is wasted screen time.
2. When I started watching the show I whined a lot about “where’s the damn police?!!”. In hindsight, I’m thinking what difference did the police make ?
3. Villains kitted with all kinds of modern gadgetry to support their evil designs, like jammers and shit. And we have this whole law enforcement machinery trying to catch them and all they rely on is batons, cctv footage and tazer guns. Not even surveillance devices like wiretaps and or satellite imagery is utilised.
4. The hotel where the villainous enterprise was staying at (and the lady who alerted the bad guys in advance), just a passing mention. No indicments. Like what the hell does “going by the books” mean here ?
5. Wheelchair girl comeback. Was it required? If so, then why not the archer girl? Like did we need this character?

When the police guy at the end shot the ex-NIS black ops guy, I literally exclaimed “I love guns!!!!” 💀💀💀💀💀💀 and I swear to you, I hate guns. I absolutely hate hate hate those things. But when that scene happened I literally was missing guns 🤭😅

Totally unnecessary.

I don’t mind that he’s crying. Actually I find it totally believable. Also we see that every time he sees a knife pointed at him he sort of flinches and hesitates. Cos he still has that memory of getting his face cut by Kim Myong Gil. It makes total sense that he’s emotional. He’s just a guy who wanted to be a great boxer. And live his life in an upright way that people want to role model (Manny Pacquiao type). So for him to end up in these situations, of course he’s gonna get overwhelmed. He has no criminal bone in him. He struggles with it. I don’t understand why people find him becoming emotional unbelievable or unbecoming. 😒

Also how did knife 2 survive that attack? Like how? I went back to season 1 to see what the attackers did to him. Dude doesn’t even have partial handicap of any kind 😳 wow

He seems like he won’t amount to much but he’s effective in his own way 😅

I am not happy with the ending. Did I need a season 2, maybe not. But I love Lee Sang Yi and Woo Do Hwan as actors. WDH is already in main lead era so for him to comeback and do this again shows how much he loves action as a genre cos it’s no easy feat to get in shape for this and do all that stuff that he did so impeccably. LSY still hasn’t cracked the main lead code, so for me if he gets a main role in this one, I’m all for it. Cos hey, working actors need as much recognition to stitch together a filmography that creates their own niche and place in a super competitive industry. So considering all that, okay I am fine with season 2. But do I now need season 3? No. I do not. If it’s all about achieving and capturing incredible stunts on film but get served a holes-riddled plot then I don’t want it.

This guy always gets trolled. Don’t know why

Hahahahahahahahahaahahah oh my! At this point she should move to Norway or Switzerland lol

Why don’t we ever get Woojin’s backstory. Didn’t he come from a family. His father was a bronze medalist at 27, as we were told in S1. Why does LSYs character feel like a prop or a side character.

The action sequences of WDH and his ability to make them look realistic is 🤌🏻 someone give this guy a spy show. A well written, like super well written spy show.

I honestly don’t want a season 3. Especially how they have literally benched Woojin’s character.

She was the nurse who talked to Woojin. Who asked him are you a gangster?

You can get banned by International Boxing Association if you compete in illegal events. This is to ensure athlete safety and governance. In a way all sporting associations are like a mafia in their own way but in contact sport people put up with it cos these organisations make an effort to protect athletes by having trained and qualified referees and players focused safety rules.

I don’t get it. Why are we pandering to Geena? And not stomping a confession out of her. It’s not like she’s booked or anything. The investigation is off the books. K dramas always show police incompetence and corruption. Why not also show police brutality towards criminals in off the books investigations.

All that trouble and criminal record pile up just to get a boxer to join your illegal boxing championship 🤔😒 and the police infrastructure is completely unable to catch either the criminals or the abettors. No ones checking the hotel staff for leaks and moles.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 one would think Jason Kim is trolling him

You know what, we all want a friend like Woojin.

Okay the cameos that need to be added in the credits.
1. Gong Myung - Episode 1
2. Jung Hwan - Episode 3
3. Ha Young - Episode 3

The funniest thing about Jung Ji Hun’s character is, it makes a lot of money but seems so miserly. lol

Keeps saying do it on your own dime to his minions. Dude your minions are doing a favour to you. Pay for their services at least lol 😂