The production of this drama is INSANE. It must've cost a fortune because the quality can be seen in everything, from costumes and props to amazing fighting scenes. I usually have an issue with fighting scenes in c-dramas because they just look so fake in many cases, but not here. I keep replaying all of them 😂
Do you have any good recc's for dark ML's (besides the obvious TTEOTM)? I'm always looking for more dark, broody…
Oh, I have both The Smile Has Left Your Eyes and A Journey to Love in my PTW list 😂. I still want to watch AJTL, but since I'm watching dramas with someone who doesn't like tragedies it'll have to wait.
I've heard of Goodbye My Princess but I never thought about watching it tbh. None of my favourite actors are in it and I usually pick dramas based on actors 😆. I read some comments now that you mentioned it and it doesn't sound bad 👀
Do you have any good recc's for dark ML's (besides the obvious TTEOTM)? I'm always looking for more dark, broody…
Just to add about their relationship. It's pretty much filled with misunderstandings, ML knows he loves her but he repeatedly and intentionally tries to hurt her in order to make her hate him (he does have a reason for that). In between all the misunderstandings they have some very sweet moments together, and in the end (before death) they finally 'surrender' to their feelings.
So yeah, while the relationship still may be triggering, ML is actually aware of what FL means to him, but he intentionally tries to scare her away "for her own good". I remember a lot of people back then though it was too dark and rated it low, but I thought it was a quite interesting approach not seen too often 😂
Do you have any good recc's for dark ML's (besides the obvious TTEOTM)? I'm always looking for more dark, broody…
Yes, they both die in the end.
SPOILERY EXPLANATION
ML was sick and didn't have much time left, and then FL took the same medicine he had as a kid and poisoned herself (the medicine was supposed to temporarily strengthen her body so she could fight in the battle, but the side effects were fatal) but eventually died not from medicine's side effects but in the battle. In the end it's said that once ML lost his partner, he followed after her (because that's how it works among the wolves when they lose their partners).
I hope I remember it correctly, but I'm pretty sure he died as well in the end (even if it was not explicitly shown) because even before her death it was said that he won't live long.
Shi Ying dies in order to defeat the villain, but after 1 year time skip, the petal he turned into after death takes his human form and he and Zhu Yan meet again. It ends after that so some people take it as him coming back, while others are more doubtful.
Do you have any good recc's for dark ML's (besides the obvious TTEOTM)? I'm always looking for more dark, broody…
Ah yeah, the ending. I honestly didn't experience it as something sad back then because they both died and left this world together & it was so fitting. I get sad only when one character gets left behind, but that's probably a me thing 😅
Because Hwan time travels. In the end he goes back to the past to try to save his friends. In the original story…
We don't know about the 2nd season, there are no official news. I personally doubt there will be one, but the entire first season looks like it was filmed with 2nd season in mind.
The original story is also kinda fragmented. It's different bits and pieces (from music videos, short films, books, webtoon) put together by fans over many years and this drama adaptation filled in some blanks/created necessary context. Save Me webtoon can be seen as a continuation of the drama, and books are continuation of the webtoon (In a way - from what I remember the book parts were chronologically mixed)
But yeah, I agree that understanding the ending would be hard without knowing the time travelling context of the story. I really wish they would make the 2nd season and expand on that part of the story.
I honestly expected ML to be darker (because of comments). He wasn't even that morally grey, just very smart, cunning and determined. I did like him tho! It's nice to see a ML who is not a pushover.
All in all, it was good. The ending was satisfying so I'll give it 9/10.
Because Hwan time travels. In the end he goes back to the past to try to save his friends. In the original story…
You're not, this drama adaptation is not complete so it's hard to understand some details. Basically this drama shows their original life and the beginning of Hwan's time travelling.
There are some changes from the original story (f.ex. both Cein and Jaeha die in the original) but what is same is that Hwan goes back in time and tries to save them, but every time he fails he returns to the same point in time and tries again, hence he gets stuck in a time loop. Eventually he does get to save all of them tho, it just takes many attempts 😅
Loved but dont understand why they tagged Time travel!
Because Hwan time travels. In the end he goes back to the past to try to save his friends. In the original story he also gets stuck in a time loop, but they didn't go that far in the drama.
Kang Dong Joo is not annoying, What he is saying comes from his experience, yes not explaining his decision is…
That actually doesn't change my opinion in the slightest. He was brought there to lead the trauma center, but he came to an already formed team of surgeons (and other medical staff) that had worked together for years and had their own way of doing things. He kept the trauma center empty while people in other hospital had no one to take care of them and were in the risk of losing their lives because of that. Instead of explaining why he's not helping those patients he kept acting like an ass and ignoring the main principle all other doctors there followed - putting their patients and their needs in the first place, above all useless formalities.
He was the only one who had the experience of working in the trauma center, but instead of explaining why he's doing what he's doing he just kept antagonizing them. He was right in the end, but his role was to be the leader and to guide others, not to boss them around with no explanation whatsoever.
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I've heard of Goodbye My Princess but I never thought about watching it tbh. None of my favourite actors are in it and I usually pick dramas based on actors 😆. I read some comments now that you mentioned it and it doesn't sound bad 👀
So yeah, while the relationship still may be triggering, ML is actually aware of what FL means to him, but he intentionally tries to scare her away "for her own good". I remember a lot of people back then though it was too dark and rated it low, but I thought it was a quite interesting approach not seen too often 😂
SPOILERY EXPLANATION
ML was sick and didn't have much time left, and then FL took the same medicine he had as a kid and poisoned herself (the medicine was supposed to temporarily strengthen her body so she could fight in the battle, but the side effects were fatal) but eventually died not from medicine's side effects but in the battle. In the end it's said that once ML lost his partner, he followed after her (because that's how it works among the wolves when they lose their partners).
I hope I remember it correctly, but I'm pretty sure he died as well in the end (even if it was not explicitly shown) because even before her death it was said that he won't live long.
SPOILER EXPLANATION
Shi Ying dies in order to defeat the villain, but after 1 year time skip, the petal he turned into after death takes his human form and he and Zhu Yan meet again. It ends after that so some people take it as him coming back, while others are more doubtful.
The original story is also kinda fragmented. It's different bits and pieces (from music videos, short films, books, webtoon) put together by fans over many years and this drama adaptation filled in some blanks/created necessary context. Save Me webtoon can be seen as a continuation of the drama, and books are continuation of the webtoon (In a way - from what I remember the book parts were chronologically mixed)
But yeah, I agree that understanding the ending would be hard without knowing the time travelling context of the story. I really wish they would make the 2nd season and expand on that part of the story.
All in all, it was good. The ending was satisfying so I'll give it 9/10.
I was never inclined to watch movies/dramas about that period, but I'll watch anything if Xiao Zhan is in it 😂
Basically this drama shows their original life and the beginning of Hwan's time travelling.
There are some changes from the original story (f.ex. both Cein and Jaeha die in the original) but what is same is that Hwan goes back in time and tries to save them, but every time he fails he returns to the same point in time and tries again, hence he gets stuck in a time loop. Eventually he does get to save all of them tho, it just takes many attempts 😅
(and other medical staff) that had worked together for years and had their own way of doing things. He kept the trauma center empty while people in other hospital had no one to take care of them and were in the risk of losing their lives because of that. Instead of explaining why he's not helping those patients he kept acting like an ass and ignoring the main principle all other doctors there followed - putting their patients and their needs in the first place, above all useless formalities.
He was the only one who had the experience of working in the trauma center, but instead of explaining why he's doing what he's doing he just kept antagonizing them. He was right in the end, but his role was to be the leader and to guide others, not to boss them around with no explanation whatsoever.