I don't care about the webtoon. Bury that! I want good screenwriting.
You seem to read a lot of webtoon. I would like to have your opinion.
I feel like it's not interesting to make so many dramas from webtoon. Except the concept and some scenes. It's because a drama needs to be structured from the beginning to the end. But I'm afraid that webtoon are stories written on the fly, a bit like weekly fan-fiction. So it can make for fun stories, but they're pretty shallow.
What do you think? Am I wrong? I don't read enough webtoon to know for sure. Just a feeling I got after watching some dramas based on webtoon. Even if I enjoyed some. Light rom-com. But difficult to make it deep or to get plot-twists that need to be set-up from the start.
Then, I also think it's a shame that screenwriters are just employed to write the story of a webtoon, when they could write their own stories. Much better structured to be dramas. Maybe with the adaptation of a novel, I'm better ok because some novelists carefully prepare their stories. And they can go deep into the characters and their emotions.
I don't care about the webtoon. Bury that! I want good screenwriting.
By the way, I've read the first chapter of the webtoon, and the screenwriters made a good job. Instead to start on the roof scene, they introduce first the conflict and use that scene as a cliffhanger. Without giving this context and character exposition, the scene wasn't so powerful, and even the sequel.
I read your opinion, but can u explain more details about LJG acting? There is something off? Coz LJG is well…
The scene with the parents fake death was very well about acting. But of course I understand if you don't like the line "I'm going to be an orphan again", a bit on the nose. But please, blame the screenwriter, not the actor!
Where is the body of himself as a prosecutor thrown from the top of a building? I don't mind spoilers on that…
The answer is... there is no body on the ground yet because... all the drama is a daydream he has when he's falling... and then the end will be harsh!!! :-D
Easy to watch drama, all fun. For now, I'm at episode 8. Good article, you capture the essence of the drama. I could just add: all look a bit stupid in the drama, and it create a kind of silly comedy I enjoy. I like very much the SFL.
You ask for questions nobody know and about what the writer won't reveal anything. Or be ready to go to her home…
Kairos is good. It's cathartic with strong emotions from the start. The high-concept isn't very complicated, so I didn't find any errors about that. Maybe there is some, but the drama is enough good so you don't pay attention to that. I remember it's more logical than Signal about some points (here too a good and emotional kdrama). The concept don't have a Sci-Fi source, it's more an unexplainable mystery (or Twilight Zone kind of thing, like Signal), but the way it unfold is Sci-Fi, in a logical way. I didn't tried to nitpick because nothing wrong jumped in my eyes.
Kairos gets also a strong side story with the antagonist and provide a masterfull scene of what I call "multicontextual" because I don't know any other name. So I just call it like that.
"Multicontextual scene" : Kind of thing I find hardly in any drama. It's when different meaning mix on a focus moment, and emotion is provided by the high-concept. I could just give examples of this : Memories of alhambra, episode 5 (parking lot scene), Sisyphus episode 8 (grave scene), W episode 7 (police station scene), Nine Times travel episode 19 (phone boot scene). If someone said me there is one in Kairos, anyway the drama is good or bad, I jump and watch it!
I remember we had some good discussions and agreed from time to time . Here I am skeptical... Need to see more.
"more complex than living again the events of your past life in your past body to do things differently."... ahaha... I remember when I was starting to watch "365 repeat the year", I was worried about that... Maybe it will be this kind of boring drama with the changing life of many people. And it was not that, it was crazy!! Quite convoluted with a lot of plot-twist, keep note of that if you don't like this kind of thing.
Now we speak about "Again my life", there is only one character to do that. I didn't watched episode 2 yet. Maybe there could be exciting situation if the main character goes around the vilain. Good comedy when he act as his prosecutor self but in his younger past. I expect he meet the "red lady" too, at a time she's not a grim reaper, and she don't know him. Will see that. For now, I'm ok to watch this kdrama, as I don't know much about other current kdramas.
You ask for questions nobody know and about what the writer won't reveal anything. Or be ready to go to her home…
I was very motivated to do it for Sisyphus because the drama was hooking from the start. I just liked it, so I didn't care when there was some flaws or some confusing things (hopefully not too much). Also, the time concept was enough logic and explainable. But Grid? Damn, too much things out of the blue. I don't know how I could find an explanation, I feel each time I have one for a point, it counter another explanation for another point. As the show isn't so much exciting, I lose my motivation to do that. I'll just wait to watch until the end. :-)
I remember we had some good discussions and agreed from time to time . Here I am skeptical... Need to see more.
If it's at least as good as lawless layer, I would be happy. But for sure, this drama don't have the obvious power than the first episodes of "flower of evil". It's too "comics books like". It could be better than "Devil judge". The script has some limits from the start because we get a classic "after life" thing. So, we can't rely on a kind of very earthly tension and suspens. I don't know if you get what I mean. It's very difficult to bring seriousness in fantasy plots. Some are able to do it, but mostly it's not the case. Here, I really enjoy the script on the screen, how fast it is and it hooks well. With amazing two enemy actors. I'm cool about that. Not a huge fan as I could be when it's something like "Memories of the Alhambra". So, like you, I'm curious to see more. I'm confident because I like the actor and the situation. ;-)
Can someone tell me who the hell is Kim Man Ok actually? I have watched 8 episodes but there is no explanation…
You ask for questions nobody know and about what the writer won't reveal anything. Or be ready to go to her home and torture her. Then she will just say "I don't know, the audience can end the story like they want, it's not my problem anymore". ^^
Of course it fits. The main problem of the protagonist is to fight without other purpose than what he thinks is the justice (with arrogance). And the red lady says to him "be as bad as your enemy"... Just a bad advice that meet what he is now. But there will be character development. What will meet the protagonist is that love is a stronger power than hate. It's like I see this. So the love story is obvious. But we will see how it happens next, I can't predict. ;-)
I feel like it's not interesting to make so many dramas from webtoon. Except the concept and some scenes. It's because a drama needs to be structured from the beginning to the end. But I'm afraid that webtoon are stories written on the fly, a bit like weekly fan-fiction. So it can make for fun stories, but they're pretty shallow.
What do you think? Am I wrong? I don't read enough webtoon to know for sure.
Just a feeling I got after watching some dramas based on webtoon. Even if I enjoyed some. Light rom-com. But difficult to make it deep or to get plot-twists that need to be set-up from the start.
Then, I also think it's a shame that screenwriters are just employed to write the story of a webtoon, when they could write their own stories. Much better structured to be dramas. Maybe with the adaptation of a novel, I'm better ok because some novelists carefully prepare their stories. And they can go deep into the characters and their emotions.
Good article, you capture the essence of the drama. I could just add: all look a bit stupid in the drama, and it create a kind of silly comedy I enjoy. I like very much the SFL.
Already 3 girls fall!!!! We can choose the one we prefer. ^^
Kairos gets also a strong side story with the antagonist and provide a masterfull scene of what I call "multicontextual" because I don't know any other name. So I just call it like that.
"Multicontextual scene" : Kind of thing I find hardly in any drama. It's when different meaning mix on a focus moment, and emotion is provided by the high-concept. I could just give examples of this : Memories of alhambra, episode 5 (parking lot scene), Sisyphus episode 8 (grave scene), W episode 7 (police station scene), Nine Times travel episode 19 (phone boot scene). If someone said me there is one in Kairos, anyway the drama is good or bad, I jump and watch it!
Now we speak about "Again my life", there is only one character to do that. I didn't watched episode 2 yet. Maybe there could be exciting situation if the main character goes around the vilain. Good comedy when he act as his prosecutor self but in his younger past. I expect he meet the "red lady" too, at a time she's not a grim reaper, and she don't know him. Will see that. For now, I'm ok to watch this kdrama, as I don't know much about other current kdramas.
But Grid? Damn, too much things out of the blue. I don't know how I could find an explanation, I feel each time I have one for a point, it counter another explanation for another point. As the show isn't so much exciting, I lose my motivation to do that. I'll just wait to watch until the end. :-)
Just 10 minutes of blurry an rushed explanation about 10% of what we want to know.