Elin Einarsdottir
Iceland
This K-drama is... Different
I'm seeing a lot of mixed reviews for this K-drama which inspired men to write my own.It's not a bad K-drama, it's just as if it's kind of stuck between being 2-3 different things, ending up by being none of them. It's not very light hearted, but not horribly dark either. It's not really a Whodunnit, nor a typical procedural show. The love triangle/-s is/are interesting, but definitely in the background. The conflicts are there, but not very prominent.
I don't regret watching it through to the end, many of the actors are really good and enjoyable to watch, but this is very unlikely to be something I'll ever watch again, and I'm really glad it's only 14 episodes.
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It is what it is... Not bad
First things first. One of the male leads gets switched out for a new actor after episode 16 - I've seen a bunch of complaints but I have to go say that it was decently done. I particularly like how they played with it, comments like "you've changed!?" or "there's something different about you" show that the people involved in the making of the drama acknowledge that a new actor has arrived in place of the original.Second, to the comments that the series should have been cut after episode 16... There wouldn't have been closure and it was obviously written in 3 "acts" where e 17-20 are the final one. Too many things had been set up in previous episodes.
It's a fun and silly drama. The two main characters 쌍박 are a bit OTT and the "fighting" between them and then the "cringe worthy" making up with the finger hearts ?? are playful. The topics that they are dealing with are very heavy and this playfulness and silliness prevents the drama from becoming too gloomy and broody. It was entertaining while I watched it... Would I watch it again... I don't know.
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Not your typical romance
Romance is definitely a secondary plot of the drama, if not tertiary.I'm writing the review as I'm re-watching the drama as there are a couple of nitpicky things that bother me.
1. The marketing team is in charge of development, working with production, and all the other things. ??? Why not just call it The Team as they seem to be doing it all.
2. Director of the headquarters, what sort of title is that? It's the label on 옥자정's office but she's Director of marketing (see rant above). As there is barely an office scene without showing it it's annoying me more and more.
3. There's the main cast that's the focus of the story, but there are at least 2 people in the same office space as The Team who are on occasion shown as part of the group but they don't otherwise get any acknowledgement or even a name. At one point there's a performance review and there are ~7 personnel files, but it's all focused on the main 4. Why bother padding the numbers if they aren't involved in any way whatsoever. Actually excluding these extras would probably make more sense and emphasize that this is a small business. Otherwise making it a marketing team focused only story would also make more sense.
It's still an enjoyable watch, even as a re-watch, but don't expect too much from it.
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