Laughter is the best medicine
We might think it odd that comedy and mystery share anything in common. Mystery excludes comedy and comedy excludes mystery. To put it more succinctly, mystery excludes raucous laughter and comedy excludes seriousness. But the playfulness of Joo Won (Hwang Dae Myung), the Korean spideypool, is never frivolous or decorative. The mystery is reconciled with comedy. The compulsion of the comedy to transform problems of cultural heritage crime into solutions adumbrates its larger purpose, which is to explore and then contain fraught social issues within a lithesome and orderly performance narrativeIt makes a spectacle out of the folly of the species. Through laughter, we behold ourselves as the subject of great folly in order that the folly might be recognized and corrected
My ratings would have been higher if not for the so-called "romance"
"Stop getting into fights. Why did you help her? Tell me, do you have a crush on her?"
Kissing, hand-holding, and acts of rescue between two men or two women are seen as "platonic" gestures devoid of sexual undertones. The desexualization of same-sex interactions stands in contrast to the hypersexualization of opposite-sex interactions, where the slightest physical contact is sensationalized and fetishized. This is a poignant illustration of the biases and prejudices that permeate our social fabric. It's a tragedy to those who think
Luckily, the possession of a sense of humor ranks high on my list of essential personal attributes. Joo Won (Hwang Dae Myung) possessed that sense of humor. I was patient with him, for although Joo Won (Hwang Dae Myung) lost his wisdom to a woman, he retained fragments and remnants of his humor
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Great drama
Excellent series, I enjoyed it a lot and I definitely recommend it.All the actors are very good, each of them plays an important role in the whole story, both the "good guys" and the bad guys. Sure, the main character stands out with his humor and dynamism, but everyone contributed in a way to the development of the story. history.
I really liked the series because it combines humor with action and emotion.
The story initially seems predictable at some points, but then it surprises us. Fighting, action and good music, excellent visuals and fast development of the case. personally, the story did not tire me at all and kept my interest undiminished.
I would definitely like a season 2 with the same action team!
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Love the ending!!!
I hate loose ends, so I'm really happy that this show has a real nice closure to the characters involved, including the "bad guy"I fell in love in 1st episode. It's kinda like Marvel Action Hero + Asian Treasure Hunt vibes. It's fusion...lol
I love it since it's different than the typical Kdramas. The story is really nice, many times I was surprised by the unexpected plot twist. There are moments that it got me LOL tooo...
I'm glad I gave this show a shot, esp since I am not familiar with both ML and FL. Now, I am in love w the ML!
The only reason I am not rating 10/10, its because there's something missing that I can't quite pinpoint. It's not boring, it's actually really exciting. I didn't skip any parts, so that I dont miss the important parts. But, somehow I just feel I could be more enteratined/engaged? Like, it could be faster or more intense? Perhaps, I am too used to the fast action show Hollywood provides
Beside that, I really think this show is very welldone!!!
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A very enjoyable kdramavfrom TVN!
TVN is back with the type of content that many of us viewers are looking for! This kdrama is a high quality one, it has a strong villian character(s), and the main characters have sufficient depth and grat chemistry! The action, comedy, mystery all works out well! This story is a newer concept for kdramaland and it works out really well! I watch this kdrama on most days every week before sleeping. It has high rewatch value too! We need more kdramas like this!!It might be a bit predictable but its very much enjoyable. If you give the main characters three episodes for example, you'll grow to like them. I love 'Min Soo Hwa' played character especially. Such a wonderful comic vibe!
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Comedy, Action, Crime well balanced
Stealer: The Treasure KeeperKorean Drama
Comedy, Action, Crime
12 episodes
PROS:
◇The comedy
◇The lightness of it all
◇Karma Team found family
◇JUSTICE OVER REVENGE which I enjoyed alot!
◇The chemistry of the whole cast.
◇The balance of genres was fantastic
◇Well written plot
◇The Music ? (OST)
◇The way it was wrapped up, great ending very satisfying.
CONS:
◇The villian LOVED monologing! We get it sir you are evil, selfish obsessive human.
Overall LOVED this show so much fun really light for a crime show. There are sad moments (flashbacks) crime still really light and had some funny moments.
Synopsis:
"Skunk (Joo Won) is a thief who specializes in cultural assets. He teams up with Karma, which is an unofficial cultural assets recovery team, to redeem cultural assets and punish those who are able to evade the law.
Hwang Dae-Myeong (Joo Won) is a public officer in the Special Investigation Division of the Cultural Heritage Administration. His life is easy going. He never misses the opportunity to make extra money and he likes to take naps during work time. For some reason, he is suspected of being in contact with the mysterious thief Skunk. Hwang Dae-Myeong soon becomes a member of Karma."
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What a Ride
I had no idea the ML was the actor from Carter. That movie was disappointing to say the least. I wasn't familiar with him then and after seeing this I wouldn't mind watching anything he's in-if it involves fighting. I can't stress how much I love action police dramas and Korean actors who know how to fight!!I'm going to talk about the cinematography first. I watched this drama on two different links and thought one would be better than the other. They weren't. A lot of the scenes that happened in this drama were so dark!! I don't mean in a sadistic way I mean in the lighting way. I don't understand what the editors were thinking when this was on the editing floor! It takes a lot of time to get the cameras and lighting set up and I think maybe it was too time consuming to do that. It looks like they filmed the majority of this drama in the winter so it must've been dark all of the time and they had no choice but to film scenes in the dark and tried to use as much lighting as they could. The problem with that was that some of the key elements were lost. If you can't see what's going on you won't know what's going on. You'll be left in the dark...literally!
I just couldn't believe they let all of those dark scenes stay.
Now for the chemistry...I wouldn't say it wasn't there, it was just...I don't know how to put it. I don't want to say it seemed disconnected because it wasn't. It just wasn't as strong as I would've liked it to be. That's just MY opinion.
I liked the fact that this drama kept it's consistency. They even threw in a 'Escape The Room' kind of spiel which reminded me of that show 'Busted'. But this one was better.
I liked the whole cast. There were no sappiness. No dripping oozing romance. Dramas work without the unnecessary fluff.
When they say 'the pen is mightier than the sword' in this drama they weren't kidding. Just like 'Weak Hero Class' I will never look at a pen the same.
Now as usual I always comment about the last episode. I don't know if I liked how it went. Especially in the beginning. I thought some grand heist was going to happen but it didn't. They built it up like it was going to be a 'gotcha' moment only to have it go in another direction. It also irritates me when they need to complete something they do a news segment to wrap everything up. Sometimes it's for the best but sometimes it just make it seem as if the director and writer had no where else to go. It's like that 'deux ex machina' kind of thing.
You also get to learn about Korean artifacts if it was real. I never cared for materialistic things even if it held some kind of history to it. After all they're just objects with a story behind it and nothing else.
I truly liked this drama. Somewhere down the line I will watch this again. I just have to tweak the contrast on the computer to get some of those dark scenes brighter.
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Shiny rock and a skunk!
"There is no future for a nation who has forgotten their history. There is no past for a nation, who has lost their cultural assets."Stealer is what you get when you mix Leverage with White Collar add a dash of Indiana Jones and Batman and a big dose of "not taking themselves seriously" kind of humour and sprinkle it with patriotism... a very fun watch, with likeable, funny characters and over the top villains!
The plot is not important; a bunch of rugtag solitary individuals are brought together to get the big bad villain down. The big bad is your ordinary baddie: a super rich, greedy guy surrounded by an army of bodyguards/killers dressed in matching suits and ties. He is looking for a treasure that will bring him eternal life of course. And he is completely mad: laughing loudly, raising hands in the air and laughing in triumph some more. An over the top bad guy!
The good guys are a trauma suffering lot: orphaned, humiliated, abandoned etc. So they are looking for a revenge beside trying to get hold on to treasure. Here's where patriotism comes in: the cultural assets belong to the nation not to rich men!
This is a fun, adventure drama: there is a lot of running around, thinking hard, getting dressed up, fist fighting, computer mambo jumbo and maniacal laughter. There is no romance to speak of, glances are exchanged, fluttering was felt but it remained there: the mission is all that counts.
I usually avoid watching previews of the next episode but they caught me unawares and I saw the one for the episode 9 and in that preview everyone was unconscious on the ground. In spite of me trying to convince myself that this was a comedy show so no major characters will die, I was really stressed while watching mostly because they kept dragging it on and on.... The drama itself is not draggy: there is always something going on and the quiet moments are few and far between and usually interrupted by an emergency!
Not the best drama out there but they managed to wrap it up nicely in 12 episodes so it is not draggy and definitely a good watch if you need to give your brain a rest!
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healer
He took me to the era of HealerIt gives off a lot of vibes
Hit a boy who is doing a bad job
which is working exactly with Hiller's detective agency
God bless the director and those involved
I am very satisfied
Among all these silly historical and modern series, this one is really good
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Just the most fun you will have watching a kdrama
Maybe at some point I'll come back and write a proper review of this hilarious comic action parody about a vigilante named Skunk who steals back Korea's artefacts from dastardly villains.For now, I'll just say - it's the most fun thing I've watched in years. With a perfect mashup of comedy, action movie parodies, well-directed fight scenes and a boat load of tongue-in-cheek humour (and okay possibly a smidge too much patriotism), Stealer is a ride that you won't regret taking.
The longer review will probably note the second half is maybe not as strong as the first. But who cares, really. It's a hoot.
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