Lou

I agree with you. I kinda do think episode one was weak directed. The actors, the story it all is actually quite promising but the directing was ....eh I dunno what they tried to accomplish there but I don't think that was a smart decision for a 1st episode.
Still, since its only 1 episode so far, there is lots of room to grow and make this drama be what it could be :)

no offence but that makes no sense. it still is 6 years but sure lets go with it like that if it makes people happy

"Kim Bo Ra was born in 1995 while director Jo Ba Reun was born in 1989. They are seven years apart."
I don't understand.
In my calculation (even with korean year-counting) that's still 6 years difference?

if you look for something similarish try Blue Eye Samurai.
That is also a very very good series about similar topics, which is also focused on portraying an accurate time representation. thought it Is animated but truly it is quite brutal and definitely not something for people under 18.

seriously wish they'd have put all 10 episodes online right away. The wait for this is gonna be agony.

I love the actors but comedy.....+ investigative journalism? Yeah I dunno....I really wish they'd do a more serious approach with it.

Oh it was just an example I don't actually recommend it. I'd actually recommend "the mess you leave behind" more tbh. Or also the movie "Breath In". Miller's Girl is more dark with a pg18 warning. not because of any scenes but more so because of the stuff the girl and her teacher write one another.

absolutely agree with you. 2016 was when I started watching kdrama and truly the quality of the dramas from a camera/picture angle was extremely different compared to 2015 or 2014.

actress, hired for an irl role, being the main lead.......reminds me of a happy version of Little Drummer Girl

really really like the article! Well done and thank you for taking the time to write it!
What I find always so striking with the Reply series is the similarities and differences between each time. Like how it was to be a teenager in 1988 or in 1997. And what my own teenage years looked like or how today's probably look like.
It is fascinating to see so many similarities but at the same time so many differences.

the movie reminded me a lot of Nobody Knows but this one had a happier ending.
I do think this could have been directed a little different, it did feel at times a bit too stretched.
Though the acting was very well done, especially that of the child actresses
7,5/10

Well it actually was not a bad adaption. I really liked the first 4 episodes, had a couple of more trouble with the last 4 though but overall it was fine. The actors were very well casted.
8/10

the ost of this is absolutely beautiful!

OHHH!!!!!! I will definitely watch this! He was an absolute amazing Detective in Signal! And if we cannot get a 2nd season of Signal I take anything similarish :)

really really liked Son Suk Ku's performance in this one. He definitely became someone I am going keep an eye out now. Nine Puzzle sounds super interesting!

no, there are some pretty explicit scenes.

lol I actually think the opposite. I really really liked his looks and I really would love to see those 2 couple up again.

if you are an arthouse fan than this is a masterpiece

I absolutely agree. I really enjoyed it too but I really would have enjoyed it if we had one more episode where what happened with the uncle was more fleshed out. See the drama was absolutely great but omitting everything with Bale and the uncle is like having an ice cream but it turns out to be made out of paper.
I love open endings but that was not open. That was an empty one.

yeah! plus the uncle suddenly appearing and looking so beat up? It makes no sense. He had a knife wound to the neck when he "died". How did he turn up looking like someone that was in a car accident?