So, the thing that didn't make sense to me was if he enters his mom's body, doesn't that mean that she is already gone/dead? Why wouldn't he mourn her that exact moment? It seems weird that he'd take her body to the mountain when she can't really experience it because she left her body. Do we assume that she is still in there with him? But they can't talk? So the original owner of the body was sticking around as a silent passenger?
i dont get the 7th episode with that old man that lost his job and his family. Do the time setting go backward…
I wouldn't think about the time thing too much. Just assume that a linear progression of time is not part of the reality of god-like beings. It certainly did break the routine set up until this point though. Death switched things up towards the end.
The other point is an actual fault in the story's internal logic. The suicide was against the rules. Maybe it could be read as something that already was in progress, like Yi Jae jumped into that body while it was already in full momentum for the act without much influence on how it happened? That's what it looked like.
Anybody else feel like he could be Ji Chang-Wook's hyeong? They have very similar facial expressions at times and even how they move in action scenes. Also some structural similarities in their faces.
I wonder why there is no screen writer listed. Did they film this without a script? Did the writer feel too ashamed to have their name listed? Maybe, was there an actually fine script that got ignored by the direction and then the writer said they don't want to be named? (I'm just running possible scenarios in my mind, no jab at director intended.).
The writing in this is so lazy with lots of exposition. The characters keep explaining their actions or previous scenes in ways that feel very unnatural.
I actually saw a few other people say the same thing you did about why Junmo killed Gicheul after I wrote/posted…
I don't think Junmo and Haeryeon bonded in that way. He just saw that she genuinely liked him and risked her own safety to help him out. I think he would have felt guilty to just leave her to the wolves. Not because he had any deeper feelings for her, but because it would have been a shitty thing to do. Same with the relationship with Gicheol (spelled wrong by Disney subtitlers). I didn't get much of the proclaimed bromance there either. It felt more like Junmo was caught between two different codes of moral conduct, the legal one and the interpersonal one. Like, you don't let someone get f***ed who invested so much into supporting you.
I loved this. Eric Mun seems to have amazing chemistry with whomever he is paired with. Such a sensual, exciting actor.
I see people complain about main couple's morals and I want to disagree because I find these characters refreshing and healthy role models. Too often we are presented with female leads who are demure and perfect angels ready to give up everything for the guy and that seems to me to be a very unhealthy attitude to adapt. Because women and girls who are like this do very often not end up in happy relationships, but are likely to be used and abused.
Look at truly happy hetero relationships and you'll notice the women tend to be somewhat selfish. They are not ashamed of their wants and needs and accept that they can't always make everyone around them happy. They prioritize their own happiness. That is not a bad thing.
Of course, it was wrong to make up lies to her boyfriend. Like, why be with someone and then lie to them? If there is a need for lying, you should end the relationship. But humans aren't perfect all the time and she eventually gets there, too. It is a horrible thing to stick with someone because of some moral principle when the feeling really isn't there.
You need to educate yourself about 16th Century Korean theater, because ALL the women's roles were played by men…
Always love the ad hominems, such a clear sign of superior intelligence and poise.
I never said all AMAB actors playing female roles were trans. Gong Gil however, is clearly coded as a woman. Of course, she doesn't dress like one outside of theater. Without being a historian, I am rather certain that there were no openly trans folk in Joseon at all, hence no trans person dressing like their actual gender outside of a setting such as a theater.
The thing is that trans people existed even when they had to hide. The arts, and possibly especially performance arts, have always been a haven for queer folks. I don't really understand the resistance against this very plausible reading.
Amazed at how people think the relationship at the center was a bromance or friendship. For one, Gong Gil is not a man, she's a trans woman. Look at how sensitive she reacts when she finds out about the king's trauma, all that compassion and motherly instinct. The character is so very strongly feminine-coded. And Jang Seng is hyper protective of her. If it is not romance, he still is an oppa figure to her not a hyeong. But I really think it is romance. Consider that it would have been frowned upon if the film had been more explicit. In the same vein: OF BLOODY COURSE something happened between Gong Gil and the king. She felt compassion for him, he kissed her, then he kept calling on her and hogging her in his chambers. That king who is known for his promiscuity and used to getting his way. She felt pity for him because she had seen his vulnerability, but she truly loved Jang Seng.
Did nobody notice how the timelines in this drama don't match up? I'll explain in spoiler-proofed reply.
Dong Joo has been working at the funeral home for three months (three salaries) but somehow also more than two years are supposed have passed since Joon Ho's accident (Tae Hee did his military service, the driver spent two years in a coma).
Korean series all shifting to Diney+not being a dick, but seriously "a officer" ? I mean a officer is ok, but…
I've been noticing this all over the internet for a few years now. I think in some parts of the English-speaking world it is becoming the norm to not use "an" before vowels anymore.
Only at episode 3 so not much to say about the drama yet, but the streaming quality on Prime is abysmal. I have it set to "best quality" and it is 480 px at BEST, maybe less. Feels like such a scam.
I read that South Korea has run out of beautiful burial sites, so they are really expensive now. Poor people will opt for cremation instead. It would be interesting to know if rich people who die in prison would still be able to get a rich people burial site or if they are bound to go to the prison cemetery.
Am I the only one who feels that this is overhyped? I was so underwhelmed. Not sure, if it was because I have…
I also think it's overrated. I thought the character development and political aspects were rather shallow. Also, they seemed to have cut large chunks of development to make it more fast-paced? But like, after having written it longer, so it seems disjointed, you are not carried along as a viewer. And it still drags somehow. I also dislike the "seasons" being so open-ended. It seems like it's not going anywhere.
Why were people shipping SDM & HJP so hard? I never got any chemistry from them at all. And I seriously disliked HJP's character. That feeling of entitlement when there was never a romantic scene between him and SDM. He constantly overstepped boundaries and meddled in things that were none of his business. I found the character super toxic.
The chemistry between SDM & NDS wasn't amazing either, but the writing gave them a lot of romantic scenes, and there are all the reasons why SDM would fall in love with NDS' character. I don't personally like Nam Jook Hyun that much, but the character was sweet, kind, and believably in love.
I have also concluded that most of this drama's flaws are due to bad direction. You can feel how the actors force and restrain themselves under an overbearing and non-sensical rule. The direction also is to blame for the endless draggy monologues and dialogues. We get so much exposition instead of filmed material. People are constantly describing something that has happened. Then there is issues with sequencing and pacing, and the glaring plot holes. A good director would fix holes in the script, but I have a suspicion that this guy created them. Look at the main director's other dramas, they all have similar issues.
The other point is an actual fault in the story's internal logic. The suicide was against the rules. Maybe it could be read as something that already was in progress, like Yi Jae jumped into that body while it was already in full momentum for the act without much influence on how it happened? That's what it looked like.
I see people complain about main couple's morals and I want to disagree because I find these characters refreshing and healthy role models. Too often we are presented with female leads who are demure and perfect angels ready to give up everything for the guy and that seems to me to be a very unhealthy attitude to adapt. Because women and girls who are like this do very often not end up in happy relationships, but are likely to be used and abused.
Look at truly happy hetero relationships and you'll notice the women tend to be somewhat selfish. They are not ashamed of their wants and needs and accept that they can't always make everyone around them happy. They prioritize their own happiness. That is not a bad thing.
Of course, it was wrong to make up lies to her boyfriend. Like, why be with someone and then lie to them? If there is a need for lying, you should end the relationship. But humans aren't perfect all the time and she eventually gets there, too. It is a horrible thing to stick with someone because of some moral principle when the feeling really isn't there.
I never said all AMAB actors playing female roles were trans. Gong Gil however, is clearly coded as a woman. Of course, she doesn't dress like one outside of theater. Without being a historian, I am rather certain that there were no openly trans folk in Joseon at all, hence no trans person dressing like their actual gender outside of a setting such as a theater.
The thing is that trans people existed even when they had to hide. The arts, and possibly especially performance arts, have always been a haven for queer folks. I don't really understand the resistance against this very plausible reading.
The chemistry between SDM & NDS wasn't amazing either, but the writing gave them a lot of romantic scenes, and there are all the reasons why SDM would fall in love with NDS' character. I don't personally like Nam Jook Hyun that much, but the character was sweet, kind, and believably in love.