Kate

Love the story, would love it more if they had more time to explore the setting they created...

It starts around 5th minute into the episode, as he gets ready, but the attempt itself is on 6th minute. For one minute he prepares the rope and gives us flashbacks of his moments with Yoo Han.

Trigger warning: Yeon Woo attempts suicide in episode 7. It's shown in a not too triggering way (he decided to hang himself). Still, can be too much for some.

the lack of romance genre is quite weird. It's not like the romance is small in there. It's quite a part of the plot lol

Glad you enjoyed the show tho. The characters were for sure the best part of it :)

That was interesting and brave article (brave coz damn the fandoms are clashing quite a bit).

I have not seen Alice yet (and I'm getting less and less interested in it the more I read and hear from the fandom), so I will speak only from perspective of someone who saw Sweet Home and comment only about that part of the article. Since I simply cannot speak about something I have not seen.

There is one thing that I kind of missed here, which is a huge factor in deciding what show to watch by a lot of people - emotional aspects. Like you described SH as "Surviving in the world occupied by monsters" but HUGE part of the plot is fighting against inner demons and desires. This is what, in many moments, is the driving force of the plot and characters decisions.

Totally agree with the jump scares. While it has horror elements, I wouldn't even call it a horror in the top genres. For me it was more action, survival and psychological.

As for understanding the plot, yes SH is quite simple plot wise, but while you can enjoy the show without fully understanding the past stories, you will miss the depth it has as a commentary about humanity. The show is driven by the characters, not the plot itself. So without putting some work to understand the characters and their motivations, the drama loses it's charm.

I cannot agree that SH was about "defeating enemies resolves everything". It was about surviving. They didn't go around trying to kill all the monsters. They didn't try to defeat, they tried to stay alive. They tried to avoid them to survive, while trying to create a system of working together.

True that SH was not the most physically brutal show out there. There were a few scenes that I reacted with: that's more than we usually see. But for a show like that, it was not the worst thing ever. I think SH focused more on the emotional hits. The deaths of some characters were not necessarily extremely brutal and gruesome, but emotionally charged and at times even touching.

And yes, Korea is way more "chill" with nudity. Rarely ever we see any in their productions. More often in movies than in dramas for sure.

So yeah, it was fun article :) There was a lot of "comparing" going around on drama pages, so I would say it's good to create an outlet for people to voice their opinions in a shared space.

From what I heard from other people (so I cannot say it's true lol), Alice was more plot driven, while Sweet Home was more character driven type of deal. But yeah, no idea how true it is for Alice, since I have not seen it.

Of course it differ from person to person, but on average it's rather as I said it is. All you have to do is read some comments on this page or, I don't know.. The Ghost Bride or any other adaptation and you will see that great majority of people who read the source material first liked it better than the adaptation itself. And I saw this pattern with all adaptations I have seen.

Zhou Dong Yu truly slayed the role. I loooove her acting co much. It's so natural and believable. And I agree, the visuals basically explode to your face hahaha

The visuals in the movie were amazingly well done. I got so hungry when watching. The shots of food preparations were just masterpieces of themselves.

Sleeq being flexible person is so true. I think she was the most open abo0ut exploring different music genres and performance styles. She aced her part in each and every performance, no matter what the format was.

Great review, love how you focused on girls and not necessarily the music. Even tho the music itself was AMAZING the truly value of the show was the cast and their interactions, personalities and growth.

damn and here I w as in love since freaking beginning and was into everyone, even if I hated them lol
but yeah, this show is truly beautiful and aesthetic.

↳ About Li Lan meeting male characters for the first time. With Er Lang we could see how free spirited, feisty and curious she is. Comparing it with her first encounter with Tian Bai after he came back from Hong Kong: her being shy, proper and "well mannered", without voicing her true feelings nor intentions. And then we got Tian Ching, of whom she was scared. Who was demanding in her dream, not leaving her much choice. Just their first scenes together show with whom she can truly be herself, who would truly support her and her dreams.

↳ I truly thought her agreeing to marry Tian Bai was quite ridiculous. We could see her losing her romantic feelings towards him as the show progressed. Tian Bai also had some feelings towards Isabela in the past, and even tho he was protective over Li Lan, him asking her to marry so fast after the tragic events was just weird.

↳ I am sorry, but that last 3 seconds of them showing Er Lang having the black veins broke me. R.I.P. me.

oh yeah, the nosebleed was actually only one of the two clues he is turning. He also kept track of everyone healthy, turning and dead and his name was written on the turning list, it was shown in the same scene he got the nosebleed and stayed behind :)

I disliked Hyuk in the show at first too. But at least he did not seem like a psychopath but rather as a hella desperate dude.
As for MC, it just his suicide plan seems to make less sense with how he was written in webtoon, compared to show. And it bothers me a bit.
And nah, I can only read 2 chapters a day for free lol so it will take me a while to finish it hahaha

Well... he was turning, so he didn't want to risk becoming the monster while going with the rest of survivors. Outside of the building there was military which was ready to shoot anything and everything. He didn't have much choice lol
He was like the dudes playing violin while Titanic sunk.

Hyun Soo's ver. in the webtoon if less realistic for me. In the show I did not question once why he wanted to commit suicide, since it was clear he has a deep clinical depression. In webtoon he is introduced as a typical angsty angry teen.
Eun Hyuk and his face smiling makes him seem like a manipulative psychopath. I loved how in show it was clear it was a huge moral dilemma for him, each choice he made. In the webtoon, I feel like he does not think twice about his decision. I mean he literally smiled after saying kids are not priority. Also, not realistic that he would be so fast in taking leadership position when he is only in high school (coz people are dumb, so even if what he said made sense, they would still not want to listen to a kid). him being slightly older in show just makes much more sense. + I feel like there was more opposition to him being the leader compared to webtoon.

I am only 40-something chapters in tho. But for now, I just feel like show was more realistic and quite smart with the choices they made.

Well, this is me but the opposite. I'm reading the webtoon now, and I cannot enjoy it as much as others since I strongly dislike some aspects that are in the webtoon but (for me luckily) were changed for the show.

There is nothing wrong with being "mood reviewer" tho. It's not like you have to review everything you watch. It's 100% fine to just write reviews when you are motivated to do so and have thoughts you want to share :)

Me reading comments from people who were either disappointed in adaptation or disliked the changes made, when I'm reading the webtoon now and all I can think of is how I like all the characters in the show more than the webtoon, and how random Cha Hyun Soo's ver. in webtoon seem. Tho it might change, since I'm barely 40 chapters in.
I guess it's true that whatever media you consume first, you will like it more.

3 reviews is a great beginning :)
Good luck with the reviews and have fun writing! :D

I just noticed that more and more people are starting to write reviews + because of covid, there are more and more new users overall on mdl. It seemed like a good time for article like that + it was nice summary of my 2020 "review everything" New Years Resolution hahaha