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Its been good , and could have been better

ML look like he was high in Episode 5 when he visited city hall,
and director shoot that scene like that and don't even edited it out Great..
most of time ML look at FL he look like a Pervert then her lover....
Girl and her Boyfriend and her ARMY Friend and her Pastor Friend
all are 1D character boyfriend is boyfriend army friend is just army friend
i like Army Captain were a fan or crush on her after watching her in shooting stars,
so i was more interested in her story but Director just focus on Stereotype strong woman image, Army girl who is strict with a iron wall build around herself, has no weakness not feelings
she don't have a love interest when she is around so many handsome soldiers , since she is the captain she cant have feeling for solider below her rank and there isn't anyone that is above her, and those above her are old uncles
WHY male can have crush on FL who is below his social status as CEO and his Assistant but Female cant have those to make her look strong it just made her look old fashioned stereotype ,
i wanted to see her have love line or flirting to make her more human then only a army girl and a friend, she is also a woman and human being with a lot more feelings
you don't like someone after seeing there rank in army, she is cute and pretty but no solider got a crush on her ?
i know this is Dooms day drama, and they have 199 days left to live so , that more important to give more your own feelings and desire then trying to look cool Captain.
main couple love story was boring as someone mention FL has more chemistry with Army Captain then her Boyfriend who half Seens where cut,
In ah needed a partner other then her Bestie FL or any other thing with her so she wont look 1D character just a solider nothing more then that,
You father 2nd ML was useless for most of the drama,
his church was useless

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ROUND OF APPLAUSE

THE ACTING IN THIS DRAMA IS TOP-TIERRRRRRRR...
I've always been a big fan of Lee MuSaeng. His acting is always amazing but the side that we got to see in this drama, made me fall for his acting skills once again...
I don't think, Lee BoYeong's talent needs any introduction, like always, she delivered her best in this drama too....♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Now, let's talk about the story.....Every episode of this drama was meaningful, no extra scenes, no dragging story....Everything was perfectly balanced...

I wanna mention my most favorite scene, soooo SPOILER ALERTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!




The moment, MoonYeong sees her husband cheating on her, instead of crying and blaming him, she drives her car into the house and beats him with a golf stick.....Woahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Queennnnnnnnn>>>>>>>>

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Wow…

This was literally so so good.
The acting and the chemistry was 10000000/10
All the actors were great. Mileapo and biblebuild made this show worth it with their outstanding chemistry and great acting.
I also loved the side characters. They were so funny at some points and I actually laughed (I’m telling you, you can’t make me laugh really easily).
The oldest brother of the family also stole the show. Especially on that one episode I died laughing.

To people saying that they were toxic OF COURSE were toxic too ITS A MAFIA SHOW!! Did you expect all the characters to be 100% sane and kind and good?! For me that was realistic. It’s not like they are telling everyone “romantise toxicness”. I’m repeating, it’s a mafia show they are not characters that you should idolize. With that logic it was toxic literally killing people, no sh*t sherlock.

The production, the music, the outstanding acting and scenario made this show to live up its reputation for me.

The only reason I don’t put a 10/10 is because I was annoyed with some repetition of some actions. I can’t comment a lot without spoilers but imagine someone doing a mistake or something not good for him and just doing it over over and over and us getting back to 0 for like the 4th time. At a point I said “you have to be stupid to… again” and “here we go again oh my god”. For that it’s like they wanted to add a little bit of teenage drama.

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Passable

Jeon Yeo Been is an amazing actress, the switch between Min Ju and Ju Hee is amazing so much so that I was able to recognize which character she was just by her eyes. Ahn Hyo Seop was good especially in Episode 11.
overall story is meh, but the characters are good ( sometimes). The first 2 episodes are snoozefest, it gets better in the middle but starts going down when they start explaining their time travel mechanics, as there are numerous plot holes and a bunch of unnecessary stuff. Still the ending message was good alingwith the final plot twist.
Ok watch. Don't really recommend it. Watch it if you're a fan of Jeon Yeo Been.

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Interesting story ruined by its nonsensical ending.

This is one of those titles that I would have enjoyed watching when i was still 15. I would have put a higher rewatch value and would have liked this drama much more than i do now when i'm older and seen many detective dramas with better writing (one of them from the same writer).

Story, pacing and writing:
So many plot twists and mysteries. The story was pretty intense and kept me up, but it had lots of plot holes and did not make sense a lot of the times. I watched a lot of mystery kdramas, but this one was confusing as hell, and not in the best way. As some reviewer already pointed out, it felt like a puzzle that was revealed piece by piece each episode. But think of it like that - this puzzle has many missing pieces, and many pieces were forcefully put in the wrong places. The puzzle is not complete.

The way some of the plot lines were lining up did not made much sense at all, there is no way it would all connect the way it did. There were many missed opportunities and loopholes, and you would think that in the span of 18 episodes they would give us a proper explanation but it did not happen. The pacing was also messy, draggy at times when it was not needed and super fast at times when it is not supposed to be. Everything was leading up to a boiling point, and the big reveal was completely ignored. It does feel like it was supposed to be 20 eps but they squeezed everything in those last episodes (better say the last 20 minutes of the last episode).

Cast:
I have heard lots of bad reviews about Go Ah Ra's acting, and I tried to avoid her kdramas. But i recently watched Voice 4 with Song Seung Heon and i grew a liking towards him, so i gave this a chance. FL was a typical damsel in distress and i guess it was fitting with the overall story.

Final opinion:
If you want a detective + mystery + romance + thriller kdrama with bits of comedy, don't really care for logic in the writing as much and don't tend to overanalyze stuff - then i would suggest this drama to you. I ran out of good detective thrillers, so i resorted to watching Black even though it had mixed reviews. I do not regret watching it, even though i was very disappointed with the ending. Again, it seems like it is not the writer's fault. This kdrama deserved a better ending.

The ending and my venting (contains spoilers!!!):
The ending was dogshit awful and very nonsensical. After I've read articles saying that it was the director who came up with the last 5 minutes trying to make it a happy ending, completely disregarding the writer's original script which made much more sense to me and many other viewers. I'm wondering that was in the director's head when he came up with with that granny make-up and fairytale-like ending? This kind of story did not need a happy-end, although i wish that at least Ha Ram found out about the whole grim reaper thing while he was still there, i was waiting for the moment of revelation and tried to imagine how it would turn out. Missed opportunity to explore that old man who also saw shadows - was he also a half grim reaper, and another one with her mom who knew that her husband was a grim reaper and now her daughter's romantic interest is also one as well. Also, maybe it was just me, but for the most part of the kdrama i thought that that shady doctor and evil killer-stalker guy were the same person. The actors looked a like and it made no sense to me that this doctor had that much time to do all of the stuff he was doing... Just wanted to add that here lol

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A great story with well-developed romance, and AMAZING SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

I just want to say the side characters in this drama are amazing, I love so much of the supporting characters. I love how they all have their own personalities and are fun to watch.
I rated the music low as none of it really caught my attention. SEVENTEEN's Ost was nice but its too repetitive for me. Anyways, that aside. The story and characters are all great and I really enjoyed it. I want to mention the development of the romance between Tong Yao and Lu Si Cheng. I find it really natural and well-developed, and they are pretty cute too
I like the gaming aspect, though I did skip ahead on the video game animations I just simply didn't care enough.
Anyways, I recommend it, its a good drama with all amazing characters and a good romance and story.

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If a plate of scrambled eggs wrote a screenplay, it would have written this.

You may or may not have fun watching this one. But you'll probably have fun talking about it in the comments.

So many things don't really make sense. So. Many. Things. Where to even start.

You will be confronted on many levels by this drama. It begins with an ML who is supposed to be "almost 30".... being played by an actor who is 47. That is an 18 year age difference. Some say the ML is hot and manly. That is up to you to decide. But we can safely say there is something strange going on in his neck area, and his hair makes him look like an ancient chinese car salesman. Maybe that will bother you. Maybe it wont. Who knows.

Then you will be confronted by a 2ML who you will have to decide if you ship. Will you think he's Simpy McSimperson, an NPC with no real character of his own, who is annoying and stupid and serves no real purpose in the show? Or will you think he's sexylicious, and the FL's only real friend, and she's stupid for not running off with him to live a live of banditry in the woods? There is no telling, you'd just have to find out for yourself.

Then you will be confronted by the way the ML treats the FL. Is he manly and protective with reasons of his own for doing what he does? Or is he stockholming the FL and being a spineless passive aggressive douchebag? That's up to you to decide.

You will also be confronted by ML/FL kiss scenes. Will you think they are fiery and electric? Or will you think they are disturbing and strange. There is only one way to find out, and that's to see it for yourself.

And then... you will be confronted by plot holes. Lots of them. You could make a game out of it.... how many plot holes did YOU find? Five? Ten? Twelve? Winner gets bragging rights. You will likewise be confronted with a mind boggling amount of scheming and villainy. Sometimes you will not understand why a character did what they did or said what they said. Does anyone have the answers to clear your confusion? Perhaps. Or perhaps not.

I can say, the styling was really phoned-in and lo-effort. There were some scenes where I was looking at the dotted pattern along the wigline on ML closeups. I can also say that there is an abundance of overacting. It's not THAT bad, but it's there. Many actors and actresses on this drama were overacting to one degree or another. For some, it was just a hint of overacting, like the FL. For others on the supporting cast, the overacting was really quite much. And that's fine, I don't really mind that so much if other factors are present. But just so you know going in... this is less of an understated, subtle drama.... and more of a thrill-ride drama. I guess what you'd expect from 30-min episodes, really. Let's just say these performances aren't winning any awards, know what I'm sayin. It's meant more for fun, and not for serious viewing. If you go into this one very serious-minded.... you are going to have a BAD time. But if you go in to watch just for fun.... who knows what kind of time you'll have.

It's all mixed up. It's kind of mindless. Plot and logistics of things are pretty nebulous. Ending was kind of.... shall we say conversation-inspiring. Will you like it? Maybe. Or.... maybe not. I am reminded of a Blackadder quote by Lord Talbert Buxomley: "This drama talks like a plate of beans negotiating it's way out of a cow's digestive system." And I think that says it best, really.

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Crash Landing on My Heart

This drama is just too good! Everything was well done and perfectly balanced.
I actually started to watch this because my English teacher recommended it to me, since watching K-dramas was something we had in commen (where I'm from the teachers are very friendly with their students so it isn't weird to talk to them about stuff like that). She watched it with her daughter and said that they liked it and that she thought I would like it too and oh boy, she was right.
So please, if you haven't seen "Crash Landing on You", PLEASE watch it!! You will not regret it.

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In the race of chicken or the egg, the mother hen wins!

Let’s just get the easy bits out of the way first. This series is watchable and entertaining at times. The OTP are well matched and they have good chemistry. However, this is where things get complicated.

As one of my friends commented after finishing the show, who is the FL of this drama? Ok, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but she does have a point. While there is no doubt Yang Zi is the FL, her mother’s role is more titular. In fact, so many of the subplot radiate from the matriarch that her screen time and presence more than rival the FL’s. Furthermore, a lot of the time, most characters are placed in a reactive roles due to her machinations and has little agency.

I can understand that this will resonate with a lot of Asian viewers because they are probably living in a similar situation or knows someone who is. It is a reasonable premise to kick-start the show and give the FL reasons to grow. In that sense, the first half of the show is the best. This is helped by the sage like grandmother who sees all and pulls the strings to get our OTP pass the frenemy stage. Her presence counterbalances the mum’s and provides a safe harbour for our leads.

It all changes after she passed. The FL’s mum’s presence looms larger than ever before. Her interference reaches new heights once we factor in the grandma's legacy. I understand that it is an effective way to introduce some angst as the official antagonist was a bit light weight. However, it also means that the show becomes unbalanced and lacks focus. Everyone is tiptoeing around the mum and keeping secrets from her which set up more confrontations later. It is a vicious cycle.

In the meantime, the mum continues to meddle in people’s affairs and guilt trip her family regularly. It is tiresome to watch and might trigger some viewers. It distracts us from our CP’s romance. When love is in the air, it is sweet and swoonworthy, but they are like deer in the headlight. After more confrontations and some heart-to-heart talks, the mum finally tones down her actions, but it is an uneasy truce.

The problem from my perspective is that we can't really hate the mum because she is not evil in the literal sense, but her constant meddling is annoying and very harmful to her closest and dearest. Yet she always falls back to the old chestnut of “I’m doing this for the good of ….”. Hence all the characters are in a no-win situation.

This shunted several characters into the margins. Chief among them is the ML. He should have a much stronger presence but between helping the FL in her business and being the peacemaker to her family, he became just the nice guy putting out spot fires. In fact, the mum casted such a big shadow that no characters are spared. This is even more dramatic in the last 3 eps when it is all about the mum.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for a mother centric show and there have been some excellent ones. However, in this case, it felt like the mum was initially used as a catalyst for change but ends up taking over the show. The series is still watchable, but it can be very trying at times.

Ultimately, if you are looking for an escapist rom com then this might hit too close to home to be fun. If you want a family melodrama then this is inferior because it is just a hotchpotch of tired tropes. Throw in the PITA matriarch and we have an inverse trifecta. One time watch for me.

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