Definitely something else

This for sure was an odd one. It started interesting and that is why I even continued; the whole AI/Someone theme was pretty nice but it went just downhill with hella weird ending.

Story
Story was fine, but storytelling? Or rather lack of it? Not so much. Plot depended on illogical decision made by characters is a bad storytelling. So many tropes that were abandoned and never explored and to be honest unlike other series, I am not even disappointed by this since they were pretty unimpressive. I am mainly talking about things like Gi-eun and Seom relationship, what was even their problem? It was mentioned briefly and resolved in one scene after like the shortest dialogue ever or Yuno being abandoned by his mother (it was mentioned once and never brought up again). Some dialogues were very vague. Also, whole police theme was just waste of time and brought nothing to the table. Overall, it just felt pretty flat but pacing was good (with rather abrupt ending).

Characters
The biggest fault I have with this series are totally unrelatedeble characters and their decisions. But the worst character was probably Gi-eun. She did not bring anything to the table and her decisions were the worst. Yuno was also not it, just your typical psycho. Seom was just weird and annoying at some point in the story. The only interesting character was the Shaman and only her actions were logical. Oh, yeah there was also Samantha, her role probably should have ended with being in the company, because there was almost nothing coming out of her involvement.

Acting/Cast
What saves this series is definitely acting. I think cast did great job in trying to capture that odd, eerie vibe and this is what distinguishes it from the others.

Still even great acting cannot save so-so story and badly written characters. Music was fine, I guess but nothing out of this planet. I would rate it 6. I probably only finished this because it was quite short. There is nothing making me to want go back to it. I would only recommend if you are looking for something different than your average Netflix K-drama.

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Short and rather simple story about how secrets, greediness and distrust can turn into a tragedy

Story 6/10
Even though this series is really short having only 4 episodes, it feels draggy while being predictable. While I understand that it focuses mainly on psychological/emotional side of things, I think it would definitely work better as a movie. A lot of unresolved tropes and a metaphorical (kinda open) ending that will make people either love it or hate it. While I get it why it was done in that manner, I wish we got the answer to the main mystery but it never happened (other than a vague hint). The same goes for unresolved tropes. For example, I do not know why we got so many scenes with the detective.

Characters 7/10
Characters were mostly well written and even though in the end all people from the village played a part in all of this, you could still sympathize with stories of Ok Soon, Jin Kuk, In Seong or even Hyun Min. Sadly it cannot be said about In Seong's parents and their actions. What bother me the most is the fact that Ok Soon did not really feel like a main character. For me, In Seong who was gone for almost 2 episodes felt more of a main character. Expected a bigger role of Ok Soon in the story, especially when you compare it to the role Young Soo played in the story.

Acting/Cast 9/10
A lot of veterans as well as young actors that did well job.

Music 9/10
Not much to say about music. The main soundtrack helped keeping the suspense and mystery feeling even when it was all already obvious. While nothing expectional in that aspect I would not change anything regarding music, hence my high rate.

Overall 7/10
I think it is worth watching if you like psychological/emotional stuff since this series focuses on those aspects.

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Felt more like a setup for season 3 rather than continuation of season 1

Second season is totally different from the first one. First season focused on surviving in a closed space while fighting off the monsters. Second one mostly takes place outside, in an open space and the main focus is placed on human s greediness and fighthing among themselves. People that will go into watching this season expecting something similar to season 1 might be dissapointed.

Story
First 3 episodes pretty much felt like a good continuation from where the story was left hanging at the end of season 1. It seemed like you know where the story is headed, but then episode 4 happens and there is a big shift in how the story unfolds from this moment. First we have a time skip, which is one of the main points I disliked - we do not even know how much time has passed, main character dissapeared for almost half of the series (and then he comes back again in this horrendous wig ... . Additionally the whole story SLOWS DOWN. Too much time wasted on dialogues between side characters that you could not care less as a viewer. Season 2 generally feels like a setting for Season 3, but it could be done better.

Characters
I dislike what was done with the survivors from Green House. Most of them was killed just to make some screen time for other (mostly bland and uninteresting) new characters. This season introduced WAY TOO MANY side characters and gave too much screen time to them. I could not care less about them. Most supporting characters that we cared for from season 1 are dead. Park Chan Young is the only good character introduced in this season.

Acting
Acting was great but I still find season 1 superior even in this aspect. Not much more to say.

Would I watch it again? Probably not, mostly because of pacing. I still enjoyed it, it was just not what I was expecting. Hoping Season 3 will be what Season 2 was supposed to be.

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