Intriguing mix of MIB, Doctor Stranger and Matrix kind of Time Travel Drama ?
Story:If you love watching time travel, sci-fi kind of drama then you must watch this drama. It is not a perfect plot though, there's some holes in the story and illogical scenes but still this drama gave me full of excitement, curiosity and all kinds of emotions from ep.1 to 16. I love that it has a clear lesson to convey to the viewers, - "don't dwell on the past that cannot be undone, appreciate more your present time and the persons around you." If you're a person who keeps turning back on your past, this drama might help you to get some realization.
Acting/Cast:
Perfect 10 for the main role especially to Joo Won and Kim Hee Seon. As always, you will never disappoint in their acting.
Music:
All OST are all good, but some of it are not my type of music.
Rewatch Value:
If I will miss watching Joo Won I will watch it again. I actually watched the first half 3x.
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Alice isn't what I was expecting, in a bad way!This drama wasn't super awful since it started pretty well which hooked me since it had a pretty decent concept but then it went downhill up until the end. The fact that there are too many scenes that hint towards a potential romance between mother and son grossed me out, but I pulled through and watched it till the end.
Honestly, there were parts that were harder to understand the plot, but the actors did an amazing job considering what they were working with. Maybe the 16 episodes were too long for this plot which caused it to be a bit awkward?
Finally, the ending to me was a little vague since I was expecting something more concrete than this, to be honest.
So, if you're not grossed out by the possible incest or you don't mind the confusing plot, go ahead and watch it.
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Confusing levels of multi-dimensional taboo love
This drama was pretty good with an engaging story that often became super convoluted and confusing but was wrapped up really well at the end...apart from the whole in love with your mom thing. Like ok....so it's your mom from another dimension...it's still your mom and WTF you doing, boy? And like...once you figure out it's your mom why you still trying to get with her. IDC what dimension you're from, if you birthed me or any version of me I'm not DTF.Apart from the romance, the drama's actual storyline was really fascinating. Any sci-fi theme show I'm down to watch, but I liked that this one had elements of sci-fi that you could envision being possible in present-day world with a few minor fantasy upgrades. I'd maybe watch this one again, if I can get past the taboo romance part.
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Underrated
I applaud the writers attempt of a more scientific approach to time travel. Even if there is some pseudo scientific entanglement for story reasons.Ultimately though all time travel events are transitions into parallel universes (alternate timelines). And it is quite interesting to see the protagonists struggling with this concept and trying to fix things.
The acting is fine. No one stands out in particular though. The special effect are okay. Background music and sound effects are quite good in creating tension and suspense. The script is a bit heavy on dialog at times. I think 12 episodes would have been more than enough to tell the story.
It's one of the few shows that would linger in mind for some time after watching an episode. And is thus worth a 9/10.
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A fun ride
I personally found Alice to be a fun and exciting show. The first few episodes were especially good. It's towards the end that things became pretty complicated, and while I appreciated some of it, I also wanted more. For example, I wish that Jin Gyeom's past with his detective father-figure wasn't erased.I also never read his relationship with his mother as romantic like some of the other viewers have, but it was sometimes too close for comfort. Jin Gyeom said he doesn't feel any romantic interest for anyone, which did provide some relief in that aspect.
I did enjoy the characters and the acting. I thought Joo Won did a really good job of balancing a lack of emotion with the character's more emotional moments. I also enjoyed Tae Yi as a smart and pretty capable character. I thought the show nicely balanced humor, emotion, and suspense.
This show certainly isn't flawless, but I don't really nitpick flaws and rather judge on enjoyment There are some things I would change about the ending, but I'd still recommend Alice as an exciting and enjoyable show.
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What no?! that's your mother!
There was no satisfying end to Alice I'm thinking it's one of those shows that mess with your mind to the end then pulls it all together and it all make sense and worth it in the end I was wrong I'm actually quite disturbed by the ending I mean it wouldn't have been so bad if they just cut out that last highly suggestive incestuous scene. don't even get me started on the space-time conflicts within the show it's like no! time doesn't work like that what are you doing?!if your future self travels to the past and kills your past self HOW DOES FUTURE SELF EXIST?! it gave me a headache just trying to wrap my head around all the nonsense going on I kept watching because I was wanting it all to make sense eventually it never did.
like someone else said I'd like to go back in time and tell myself not to waste 16+ hours of my life on this series!
lessons learned.
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A Really Poor Series…
I’m a big fan of hare-brained ideas and sci-fi fantasy shows. Some people mind find them absurd but I think that they have a certain peculiar charm to them.I think that Alice was one of those shows which on paper and in the initial reading sounded brilliant. In fact I really liked the concept of the detective meeting his mother’s doppelgänger and the mystery element to the sci-fi fantasy action.
On the other hand I felt as though that even the screenwriters weren’t entirely sure what they were going with here. The plot logic seemed to be out the window. For example let’s cover the basis of the main leads’ parentage. I can’t believe for a minute that the female lead’s mother could’ve been THE ONLY female time traveller ever in the agency to be pregnant when time travelling, so why did it affect her of all people?
A lot of plot ties which seemed important in early episodes was rarely touched upon in the next episode . I think what made this funnier was the fact that despite seemingly being revolved around some big brained scientists who are main characters or have an active role in the events of the series a lot of evident matters with time travel such as paradoxes and the problem of the butterfly effect were often left disregarded.
I didn’t think the acting was entirely bad here but it was hard to feel anything authentic with the onscreen relationship between our leads!? I don’t know if I blame the actors entirely as it seemed as though the dialogue was a bit wooden and the slow pacing was an immediate turn off for me.
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Could be...sorry spoiler
This is my opinion...I know it may seem unfair but for me the writer that write this story perhaps have different views about pararel universe and time travel.I compare it to the flash who use concept of ime travel and pararel universe which is very good.
In the beginning it was interesting...specially kwak si yang as min hyuk since i like him frim the era wgm with kim so yeon. But it becomes weird and confusing for me...i have no problem with the actors and they did a good job but i am so confused with the cocept of the writer...is he trying to use time travel in the same universe or is he trying to mixed it woth pararel universe...or probably the poor translation that made me confused....seeing tae yi in the past and future and present admiting as they are different but then the will face the same event in the prophecy make me confuse...suddenly there is a to version of each character of bad and good...it did not solified the effect of wormhole or blackhole because the baby from the future was born and raised in the past...and why does it took so long for the writer to unite father and son..even until ep 14...gin gyeom still have no clue that his father was mjn hyuk...i mean...why is he more giving a vibe of rimance between a woman with the mom's face ...it is siçk...unless gin gyeom have mother complex sindrom which just not possible since he has a mental problem regarding his emotionless...i mean there is no info to help me as an audience to understand the background timeline....gosh...it has a lot of potential but if you are used to see the flash and like it ..believe me you wilk compliant like me..but if you are here because of kwak si yang and joo won...very recommended but just donot analyse...overall the cast is really good specially kwak si yang...his aura is different...if you watch wgm him with kim so yeon....so different....he is so manly 🥰🥰🥰...and he does not appeared much but he shines the same as the lead.....nice acting 👏👏👏
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absolutely underrated!
I'm halfway through this drama and it definitely has me wanting to see more and more.I don't understand why people that have actually watch this drama would give it low ratings.
I'm so glad that I read at least one rating that had good things to say about this amazing drama!!
There is everything you want in a drama. I've had a hard time shutting off at night, I always have to watch one more episode. That's the kind of drama that deserves a top rating. Even if I don't understand what's happening at times, it still has you wanting for more and more.
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absolutely funny
how I totally forgot about finishing this earlier in 2022!! until I was looking for some good old k..dramas I might have missed while watching other ongoing one's .so I started watching it again this evening and as soon as I started first episode somewhere inside me I knew and tried to guess whats going to happen next? and remembered I did watch this earlier. but seeing how my memory was almost erased I thought it'd be just a destiny and ended up rewatching this hope you guys enjoy this as well.Was this review helpful to you?
The good one about this drama is the OST... I'm totally enjoy the OST especially the part one by yuju (gfriend). The main lead also good but got waste with the weird storyline.
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