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MY TWO MAIN POOKIES LETS GOOOOOO

the link below goes to a diff drama - the link to the correct on is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2dSOlciKmo

I already miss it. Make more please :,)

none of the cops in this should be cops my god

well said!

there's definitely a lot more to get into in this show (such as the copaganda, the end message being 'guns are bad unless cops are using them).' I think the reason I couldnt ignore the subject matter and message in my opinion this time is because its the whole story.

The premise is literally 'what if Korea had guns' and the premise falls flat. So while I would like to enjoy the acting or the production, I just can't get passed the terrible writing.

Firstly it aired on Netflix (and is original to Netflix), which means that on some level it is mean to reach non-SK viewers. Particularly after the success of Squid Game, Netflix started to invest more into the K-Drama area because they believed that there was potential there for international draw.

That aside, the SML grew up in America. The whole idea is that he saw the impact guns had in America and wanted to bring that to Korea. The show directly ties itself to America in this way and others (such as bringing up American school shootings on the news). I don't think it was made for American audiences, but I do think it drew a lot of inspiration from American gun violence, and as an American viewer I am allowed to call them out when I think its poorly done. Being made in Korea does not absolve it of responsibility on this topic.

my issue isn't with the anti gun rhetoric but the fact that like, there is a lot of nuance to gun violence in america especially in what pushes people to mass/spree murder and this show just scrapes the surface. there's a lot more to it then 'oh this person was bullied' or 'oh this person was mentally ill' not to mention the fact that whole thing was resolved by being like 'omg we have to have empathy for each other' like okay you clearly don't understand what makes guns such a divisive issue in America. It feels oddly both pro and anti gun at the same time?

poorly written copaganda + half assed research on gun violence in america = this show. thought it would be a fun bad watch, but it was just bad

yepp

I didnt know going in that Kim Young Kwang was the big bad cause I only saw the trailers but I immediately clocked that it was him because of the hair wisps on the shadowy figure in the beginning of S2 lol

LITERALLY ME. That part was the worst

btw dropping a random child on ur brother after abandoning him for years is probably the funniest thing you could ever do

gang what the fuck was that

If catharsis was a show

choosing to watch this at 1am may be the dumbest thing I've ever done that shit was terrifying no thank you

loved it omg. Would love to read the novel too, looks like it has no eng translation tho

could also call it catharsis. fuck yeah for [rapists and rapist accomplices] getting what they deserve. JuYeon girl I hope you sleep peacefully the rest of your life

Lee Joon Hyuk finally booked and busy! Lets go!!

lets go pookie lets go

thank you so much!