LilMeggs
San Jose, CA
Feel like I am late to the game with this one, but to be fair I was a little scared. I remember when this came out back in 2019, everyone and their mom was OBSESSED and it got some of the highest ratings, but then started to see ratings and . Reviews fall with the last episode... so I put it off.
My thoughts? This is probably one of my favorite kdramas I have ever watched if not tied for first place for 2022. I loved how the story wasn't what I was expecting - two people who signed up for a 24 hour frozen human experiment, but end up getting frozen for 20 years, and when waking up trying to live their new normal as well as trying to survive (as they were ultimately test subjects to see if a human can be frozen).
I loved both characters, regardless of what other reviews say. Ma Dong Chan was a bit rough, but once he is a recipient of Go Mi Ran's love, he starts to realized what true love is supposed to look like. After, we start to see this romantic af side of Dong Chan, who was a little jealous at... most times, but ultimately knew they were both in certain position that wanted him to be her protector. Go Mi Ran on the other hand was a 24 year old girl (in 1999) who was on the surface very headstrong, but internally extremely selfish, doing things to help others and take care of her younger special needs brother. Both characters butt heads in the beginning, only seeing the surface level versions of one another, but through this experiment and shared experience, they become close and learn to love one another. BUT I can easily find a lot of reviews on MyDramaList that will disagree with my statement.
Maybe I am too much of an empath for my own good - where I found myself constantly ugly crying trying to imagine myself being in both their situations... trying to imagine their day to day lives changing in the blink of an eye. Who cares if Dong Chan might have been a bland character? I actually really enjoyed how both characters were mundane family oriented everyday people. It made their reactions and experiences to waking up 10 years later that much more relatable. ALSO, I think I have this weird talent where I am able to watch or read anything and just completely accept and immerse myself in the world. Did I think the whole let's experiment on dolphins and whales and then now people a little odd - like jumping from step 1 to step 6? Yes. I feel like there might have been a few other steps we could have done between... but I also think it added to the urgency of finding an antidote/medicine with Dong Chan and Mi Ran facing side effects.
At the end of the day.. this was a romance drama. And I was fully immersed and ugly cried for a good portion of it - their experiences of wanting to love like normal people, trying to rebuild their relationships after 20 years of disappearing and people thinking they had died, and ultimately them feeling like they missed out on years of their life and figuring out how to adapt while trying to figure out their next steps and how they fit into this new normal. This is also probably one of my favorite Ji Chang Wook dramas, and honestly.. believed in him and Won Jin Ah's chemistry and love for one another.
Honestly, I do agree that were some places where the drama could have been better, but I was extremely happy with what I was given.
My thoughts? This is probably one of my favorite kdramas I have ever watched if not tied for first place for 2022. I loved how the story wasn't what I was expecting - two people who signed up for a 24 hour frozen human experiment, but end up getting frozen for 20 years, and when waking up trying to live their new normal as well as trying to survive (as they were ultimately test subjects to see if a human can be frozen).
I loved both characters, regardless of what other reviews say. Ma Dong Chan was a bit rough, but once he is a recipient of Go Mi Ran's love, he starts to realized what true love is supposed to look like. After, we start to see this romantic af side of Dong Chan, who was a little jealous at... most times, but ultimately knew they were both in certain position that wanted him to be her protector. Go Mi Ran on the other hand was a 24 year old girl (in 1999) who was on the surface very headstrong, but internally extremely selfish, doing things to help others and take care of her younger special needs brother. Both characters butt heads in the beginning, only seeing the surface level versions of one another, but through this experiment and shared experience, they become close and learn to love one another. BUT I can easily find a lot of reviews on MyDramaList that will disagree with my statement.
Maybe I am too much of an empath for my own good - where I found myself constantly ugly crying trying to imagine myself being in both their situations... trying to imagine their day to day lives changing in the blink of an eye. Who cares if Dong Chan might have been a bland character? I actually really enjoyed how both characters were mundane family oriented everyday people. It made their reactions and experiences to waking up 10 years later that much more relatable. ALSO, I think I have this weird talent where I am able to watch or read anything and just completely accept and immerse myself in the world. Did I think the whole let's experiment on dolphins and whales and then now people a little odd - like jumping from step 1 to step 6? Yes. I feel like there might have been a few other steps we could have done between... but I also think it added to the urgency of finding an antidote/medicine with Dong Chan and Mi Ran facing side effects.
At the end of the day.. this was a romance drama. And I was fully immersed and ugly cried for a good portion of it - their experiences of wanting to love like normal people, trying to rebuild their relationships after 20 years of disappearing and people thinking they had died, and ultimately them feeling like they missed out on years of their life and figuring out how to adapt while trying to figure out their next steps and how they fit into this new normal. This is also probably one of my favorite Ji Chang Wook dramas, and honestly.. believed in him and Won Jin Ah's chemistry and love for one another.
Honestly, I do agree that were some places where the drama could have been better, but I was extremely happy with what I was given.
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