I finished the last episode. I have a comment on the intelligence of the script. The court scene is a big mess, quite funny and intense. We notice at this point that Yoon-Hee's verdict is not mentioned. The moment when this happens is afterwards, during a flashback. The scriptwriter has separated this moment in the chronology of the script, so that it is not interfered with by the general mess of the scene. Thus isolated, this moment fulfills its function of being truly moving.
I explained that previously. 4 episodes is probably too much for a compression/compact. It need rewrite and removal. Then it's possible the pace is more slow after than before. There is production decision, it's hard for channel to give more than 16 episodes about SF-like drama. You can even see than LUCA is just 12 episodes, 365 Repeat the year too. Last time I remember a drama like this with more was 9 times travel (20 episodes). I think the drama could be told in 16 episodes if really needed.
This kind of drama look like risky for production house. We know often the rating are less good. And even the best dramas with high rating don't have the same kind of rating than other dramas because of the genre. Remember how the Memories of the Alhambra rating was good. But it was just 11% average. It's too SF/twilight zone kind of story. The producer are ready to go more in full fantasy. Take Hotel del luna or Goblin. I don't like Goblin, it's the most boring drama I never watched and dropped. But the rating was huge and this drama is now a cultural reference.
no matter how bored it makes me but once in 2 eps every week, it gets on my mind and I just want to watch the…
Future scenes always have a purpose, and even not just one. We see for example the encounter with TS bodyguard, linked with the school plot-twist. We see Sigma in the future with rich men and even some older ICB agents. Etc. It is essential also because this way of telling the story really make the loop, permanent link past-future. You couldn't get that if you write the story in a linear way. It's more easy to understand. It make crazy good scenes like Seo Hae discovering her grave.
Sometimes, these scenes should be better if shortened. With that time back, there is a lot of other things to tell and show, that would be more logical : why Tae Sul don't try to get information about how the war will begin ? This war look like from nowhere. Before a war, there is some tension, political context, and even a declaration of war. Why nobody from the future speak about that, also ?
About radiations, finaly after many episodes, a short sentence give us a context : in case of nuclear attack (it's not a disaster like tchernobyl), radiations become lower quickly. We also get a scene with many corpses in the subway, and understand that these people probably die of radiations. So the future we see can't be that dark one, immediatly following the war. Future scene say us Seo Hae and father stay 9 years in the bunker. This part at least is logical, and we can expect naturel life, tree, vegetation coming back.
As I have the reflex to stick to the context when telling a story, cause and effect, and give a following at what happens, How is it possible that Korea is alone after the disaster ? We could expect international help. Always take situation seriously and think about logical contigences and consequences. Easy to say, not always easy to make. The writer is focused on other parts of a complicated story. And if it don't go directly in the current plot, many things could be missed. It's sometimes difficult to spot, or it's spotted but it's difficult to make the decision about what is really needed to tell. Some explanations could make logical scenes, but also useless ones for the dramaturgy.
This drama is dead ass boring. After the first two episodes, I lost interest. I dropped it but managed to pick…
The problem is that there is a tone a bit similar to the one in the drama My Country The New Age in its second part. That drama started out very well and then completely drowned in long, limp, slow, soft spoken scenes. With that, a terribly soporific background music based on violins or cellos. A snail's pace. Entire episodes with almost only that, in scene of intrigue where nothing happens. RWTMR suffers the same problem, fortunately, less heavy.
I prefer the classism of the old historical dramas: a spoken plot scene is short, has some punch, with a more identifiable background music, the volume is higher on the highlight. And the scenes follow each other quickly like in a comic book. The drama is never drowned in endless dialogue scenes where nothing happens. It's possible to have 3 intrigue dialog scenes in a row, often linked to each other, and this is done very quickly without slowing down the drama. In these conditions the political intrigue scenes become interesting and produce the desired effect of surprising or introducing a plot twist or a threat.
Good Luck for W season 2.Completely respect your opinion.
I tried hard, but it never worked for me. And characters can be also sharply designed in plot-driven story. Well, have to, because they have to be accurate to the plot. It's not linear but reverse story structure.
There are many funny dialogues or reactions in the drama. When the husband says "I'll take this pen to my grave." It's all pretty grim. But it is interpreted as a sweet word by his wife and she immediately excited and want to make love.
I watched ep 5, and I'm in. I don't really like plot with NIS or things like that for now. But relationship are fun. It's good comedy, no slapstick, natural situations. Many times, the husband think he get catch, but his wife always find another reason, lol!
With "suspicious partner" writer, this have potential.
Damn, Ive made an error. It was about "Link: Eat, Love, Die" not Mr Hong remake. I didnt watched Crowned Clown. I put that aside because I watched Ruler of the Mask recently. So a king with a mask too. I will watch that later, as I like very much historical dramas.
My current watch list: - Kairos - Times - Alice - Someday or One Day
That's a lot of time travel dramas. It's recent dramas and I didn't watched dramas during weeks or month before, so I missed that. I will wait Sisyphus ending, I prefer watch only one time travel story at the same time.
The companies wasted their time trying to make viewers happy by replacing actor and not cancelling the drama but…
The rating are just like before, so it's ok. If you want to compare, they should have keep Ji-Soo episode 7 and 8. Then the rating would have mean something. (if the rating are very low, people don't accept this actor anymore. If rating are like before, nothing change, so the actor change is useless).
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The court scene is a big mess, quite funny and intense. We notice at this point that Yoon-Hee's verdict is not mentioned. The moment when this happens is afterwards, during a flashback. The scriptwriter has separated this moment in the chronology of the script, so that it is not interfered with by the general mess of the scene. Thus isolated, this moment fulfills its function of being truly moving.
Just watch 2 episodes and you will get your own idea.
No man on earth could resist a woman like that, poor ML!! :-))
This kind of drama look like risky for production house. We know often the rating are less good. And even the best dramas with high rating don't have the same kind of rating than other dramas because of the genre. Remember how the Memories of the Alhambra rating was good. But it was just 11% average. It's too SF/twilight zone kind of story. The producer are ready to go more in full fantasy. Take Hotel del luna or Goblin. I don't like Goblin, it's the most boring drama I never watched and dropped. But the rating was huge and this drama is now a cultural reference.
It is essential also because this way of telling the story really make the loop, permanent link past-future. You couldn't get that if you write the story in a linear way. It's more easy to understand. It make crazy good scenes like Seo Hae discovering her grave.
Sometimes, these scenes should be better if shortened. With that time back, there is a lot of other things to tell and show, that would be more logical : why Tae Sul don't try to get information about how the war will begin ? This war look like from nowhere. Before a war, there is some tension, political context, and even a declaration of war. Why nobody from the future speak about that, also ?
About radiations, finaly after many episodes, a short sentence give us a context : in case of nuclear attack (it's not a disaster like tchernobyl), radiations become lower quickly. We also get a scene with many corpses in the subway, and understand that these people probably die of radiations. So the future we see can't be that dark one, immediatly following the war. Future scene say us Seo Hae and father stay 9 years in the bunker. This part at least is logical, and we can expect naturel life, tree, vegetation coming back.
As I have the reflex to stick to the context when telling a story, cause and effect, and give a following at what happens, How is it possible that Korea is alone after the disaster ? We could expect international help.
Always take situation seriously and think about logical contigences and consequences. Easy to say, not always easy to make. The writer is focused on other parts of a complicated story. And if it don't go directly in the current plot, many things could be missed. It's sometimes difficult to spot, or it's spotted but it's difficult to make the decision about what is really needed to tell. Some explanations could make logical scenes, but also useless ones for the dramaturgy.
RWTMR suffers the same problem, fortunately, less heavy.
I prefer the classism of the old historical dramas: a spoken plot scene is short, has some punch, with a more identifiable background music, the volume is higher on the highlight. And the scenes follow each other quickly like in a comic book. The drama is never drowned in endless dialogue scenes where nothing happens. It's possible to have 3 intrigue dialog scenes in a row, often linked to each other, and this is done very quickly without slowing down the drama. In these conditions the political intrigue scenes become interesting and produce the desired effect of surprising or introducing a plot twist or a threat.
It's good situational comedy and dialogues.
No over-the-top forced comedy, I enjoy it.
And characters can be also sharply designed in plot-driven story.
Well, have to, because they have to be accurate to the plot.
It's not linear but reverse story structure.
slice of life = even more boring.
When the husband says "I'll take this pen to my grave." It's all pretty grim. But it is interpreted as a sweet word by his wife and she immediately excited and want to make love.
And the wife say "for me, it's like the national day", looking at korea flag.
(≧∇≦)/
But relationship are fun. It's good comedy, no slapstick, natural situations.
Many times, the husband think he get catch, but his wife always find another reason, lol!
I didnt watched Crowned Clown. I put that aside because I watched Ruler of the Mask recently. So a king with a mask too. I will watch that later, as I like very much historical dramas.
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I need to watch Times soon. ;-)
My current watch list:
- Kairos
- Times
- Alice
- Someday or One Day
That's a lot of time travel dramas. It's recent dramas and I didn't watched dramas during weeks or month before, so I missed that.
I will wait Sisyphus ending, I prefer watch only one time travel story at the same time.