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Some good new characters and some funny moments, but not as warm as S1 which had better character and underlying plot developments - the humour of S1 was derived from the narrative, but in S2 the jokes are written first with narrative twisted to accommodate... a bit too much gross-out comedy... and way too much spitting. I don't correlate disgusting with funny unless there's some wit attached. There were also too many 30 minute segments built entirely on simple misunderstandings, which got a bit tiresome.
Although Kim Seon Ho's part was a new character, it was written as the equivalent to Kim Jung-hyun's... and it wasn't a natural fit - they should have adapted more to KSH's natural disposition to create an emotional connection with the audience.

I like the cast a lot, all of them... I'll say why I think it could have been a little better.
Direction was a little lacking. This is a cast of good actors, too often they're left floundering with no direction, standing aimlessly at the end or during scenes etc.
Writing was a little lacking, the characters' words were often too shallow... For example, halmeoni's catch phrase could have been "gwaenchanh-a"... does she ever say anything meaningful apart from "I'm so glad to see you again" and did she have the disposition of a businesswoman that built a mega-hotel from selling rice cakes? Or a sick 92 year old?
We spanned time across the drama but nothing eventful occurred, just a few key moments alone occupy a tiny slice of the allocated time, the remainder is largely pointless, soapy time-wasting.
Writing again... all of the big 'reveal' moments were anti-climaxes, the trick was missed every single time.
Finally, we were promised Son Ye-jin and Youn Yuh-jung and their absence couldn't be overlooked... the setup was intended to be a reunion of Crash Landing On You actors, even some jokes such as Hwang Woo-seul-hye (I love her btw) wishing to take a romantic trip to Switzerland were left in, but had no impact... it was a little bit obvious something wasn't quite right but they battled through. Of course I think Youn Yuh-jung would have added the necessary gravity to halmeoni, maybe she dropped out because the script was lacking, or maybe she and Ha Ji-won clashed in previous work together, it's possible one or both possess superstar egos, not that I'd know.
Saying all that, Ha Ji-won is the sole reason I stuck to the end and gave it 10/10, I'm a fan, I'll watch everything she's in and have seen almost everything - I find her enigmatic, she seems to hide behind a facade, so I often wonder what she's like.

Great, thanks, that'll be next on my list!

And he has that magic ingredient... charisma

I quite liked the previous title The High Priest Rembrary, it was more unusual, subtle and a little mysterious. Oh well, I guess the showrunners know best what title suits it.

Thanks for the tip, I've only seen Start-up, will look forward to this one

Wow, this looks like an interesting and fun story

This looks great, glad it's available on Viki, I love this cast and scenario

Almost totally agree... except I love Im Soo-hyang, she can act, she's smart and she possesses a subtle charisma that grips me every time.
Edit, forgot to add: she's beautiful.

It will appear after it airs in Korea, or at best, simultaneously

I just tore through the first 6 episodes of this totally excellent drama, it's incredible. The acting is first class, the director doesn't leave the actors floundering and the writer conjures captivating situations and dialogue. Really impressed with Moon Ga-young, she's transcended from likeable to virtuoso in this role, it's one of those productions where the whole cast enters a slipstream and effortlessly give their absolute best. 10/10. Quality from JTBC and Netflix. Can't wait for tomorrow!

There aren't any 'hate' comments, some posted critical views, myself included. It's not 'hate', that's just another stupid sns term invented by kids with small vocabularies. A few users dwell on critical views and simply can't accept them - another modern sns phenomenon: shut down all opposing views, preferably with an organised gang of flying monkeys.

Thanks, about 25% of my comments are satirical, I can't stop myself sometimes, the rest are typical fan comments. I managed to stop myself with Curtain Call, rated it 10 and ignored its flaws completely, for personal reasons. Tbh I regret what I said about this - I'm glad Amazon supported the drama after the casting problems; I like Amazon much more than Disney and Apple, so I shouldn't criticise. Their subtitles are excellent too, better than Viki in that regard, although they still make strange encoding choices (international text, should be utf-8) in their Android app. Saying that, I won't delete my comments since they've got replies now, and I still believe they're a fair assessment of the first 5 minutes.

Thanks, I didn't think I was making fun of anyone... if you have time, let me know who please...

"Island Season 1"
Island is too generic a title on its own I suppose. Google TV has it listed as "Ireland (2004)" a completely different k-drama apparently starring both Hyun Bin and Kim Nam-gil. Lol! Google's artificial intelligence is a nightmare when it f**ks up!

The first few minutes tell me a lot about a show, alarm bells started ringing, I thought it was allowed to express my view here, sorry about that. I should have added something positive too - here goes.... it's definitely a good choice of genre with potential and I like the cast. Also perhaps I could have toned down words like 'annoying' with 'frustrating'. When I watch the rest I look forward to learning about how the demons' magic works... so far I see that statues sink into holes in the ground and turn into smoke, a person breathes the smoke and turns into a slug somehow, the slug can be either squished or not squished, it turns back into a physical form (somehow) resembling the original hosts but with blue skin and sticks poking out... then says boo to people... looks good! I'm more a fan of subtlety and suspense I guess.

Sorry, I'm going to refute your "entire" comment... I did use "nobody likes", it's called hyperbole - I expect the reader to recognise that - your focus on one phrase (style) is what's known as a straw man argument.
And surely I only criticised the first five minutes? I made it clear I wasn't talking about "the entire show" or "all aspects" of it... how did you come to that bonkers conclusion? (I'm asking a rhetorical question, I expect you to recognise that, no need to answer.)

Let's Go Get Stoned?

I just watched a few minutes... Island is going to be annoying. I saw a confused, foreign goth girl in a Halloween costume chained to a bed - not in the slightest bit frightening. Since she can't act, the least they could have done was put her in her underwear to add an edge to handsome-yet-blasé priest Cha Eun-woo's energetic exorcism ritual. I also saw a ridiculous pantomime scene where a photographer starts rummaging around his equipment, muttering to himself for ages whilst his clients are clearly facing an issue, then just as it's resolved he looks up and says "what just happened?"... nobody likes idiots like him or scenarios that indulge such idiots - the absurdities of Sisyphus The Myth flashed before my eyes (and pro wrestling matches where the ref always finds a reason to distract himself during instances of foul play).
Seo Ye-ji must be amused - did all the funding dry up when she dropped out? It sure looks underfunded.
Horror value: total zero.
I'll watch the rest when all episodes are out, just to see how Lee Da-hee and Kim Nam-gil battle their way through.
Only pressed play because Google TV told me it was Ireland (2004) but took me to Island (2022) instead - probably the bigger source of my disappointment which started me off on the wrong foot!

You haven't watched this drama, you're a tiny part of an organised hate campaign, your comments are insubstantial.