Moonbeam

I’ve only given 10 once so far, because I really liked it, and I think that objectively it's a good drama too. It's not the greatest though, it's
not even my favorite drama, but I just feel like it has
everything it needs to have (it fits it's genre perfectly,
plot is quite well executed, the ending is satisfactory
and well fitted and I like the "message" it carries).

I guess everyone really has their own criteria and way of rating.

I think it kinda depends on how people view the 1-10 scale to be honest. For example, on mdl in general, a rating about 7.5 is an “eh …” to okay drama and good or very good dramas are usually ranked starting between 8-8.5, but for me personally 7 is a high rating, and a good drama is a 7-8 or between. Now, if the person goes along the mdl rating norms, or if they’re going to rate accordingly to their own criteria, the numbers will be different.
I don’t care much about the mdl rating (unless a drama would be rated super low), so I have dramas that I love but recognize their lower general quality, so I’ve rated them like 5 out of 10, even though they’re one of my favourites. Someone else might completely disregard my logic in this situation, and rate dramas based on a completely different set of reasons etc.

Or maybe it’s not that deep and I’m just weird, idk

[watching EP 11]
So… did everyone in their class just think that GyeonU had like a psychotic breakdown or something for like one week (idk how long that was), when Bongsu was in control of his body and was being extroverted, fighting (especially because he seemed to be abnormally strong in GyeonU’s body), making friends and shouting about kissing SeongA etc, and then he just went to normal?? Did like nobody bat an eye?? It was very sad how SeongA commented on how nobody really noticed that it wasn’t GyeonU anymore etc. I completely understood that plot point and I liked it, but then, wasn’t it weird when he went to back to being himself? Wouldn’t someone notice then? I feel like they left that part of the plot underdeveloped, or rather without a proper finish. I’m still confused over it, like… I’m not, it wasn’t dealt with right.
Bongsu literally had huge impact on GyeonU’s reputation among his classmates, and teachers and on how they treated him (since they made friends with Bongsu in GyeonU’s body, and what about his crashout about archery in front of the trainer and club members? Like that’s definitely bound to have some consequences and be super awkward/weird for GyeonU afterwards - did GyeonU even know what Bongsu was doing in his body during that time? Was he even aware? Or did he just go back to school and was super confused about everything/how people treated him?), so it’s a pretty big deal, what happened after GyeonU came back.
It’s an important point, especially to GyeonU’s character, why didn’t they cover this plot line more (to like, properly finish it)?

This still really bothers me..,

When was this drama-profile created? Recently or long ago? Is this an upcoming drama or one that was given up long ago?

Has Jaehan enlisted in the military (or social services etc) already?

(I’m on episode 4-5) I know this is a serous series with mature topics, but why is Moon Baek such a cute?
From experience, he’s most likely going to turn out to be a bad guy, eh…
I really like Kim Young Kwang, but he’s been playing so much villain and bad guy roles recently (or maybe that’s just my impression??), I hope to see him as a more positive protagonist in some new drama.

agreed 💗

Of course even as an introduction to another story, this drama isn’t above criticism of how the plot was or wasn’t handled.

Apparently (people are saying) that this drama is supposed to be a prequel to another story/drama/movie based off of the same S Line webtoon.

If that’s the case, I guess that this short series was supposed to serve as sort of the genesis of the world depicted (as in the world in which S Lines exist and all people see them), and rise questions that might be answered (or even might become important plot points) in an eventual sequel.
Hence the confusing (and seemingly sometimes pointless) nature of this short drama, which functions in the world-building aspect but also withholds information/answers from the viewers and doesn’t reach desired conclusions.

The only thing now is… are they ever going to make a sequel or another drama set in the same universe???

* breakdown after finding out his father has raped his niece Seona (she is his father’s granddaughter) and that they were connected by an s line.

I’ve got to be honest, the breakdown in the hospital*? Lee So Hyuk totally nailed that scene, he was great.

That’s a very interesting take on that scene, I didn’t think about it before (I know it’s not like that in the series but still), certainly would have changed a lot of things, maybe even it’d be more dramatic?

Thanks

Makes sense!

same, that “date” they had at the pool in earlier episode was so wholesome too… uh, because of his death this drama didn’t have a “happy ending” (as some people say it had) for me.

“And MY SHAYLAAA, did that kid really have to die??”

my exact reaction too, he really didn’t do anything to deserve that

Oh really? A prequel would make it make more sense then! So is there going to be a s2 or other drama continuation (like, in the same universe)? Do you know something or did LSH say something more? Sorry with all the questions.

The ending sucks a bit. I mean, it’s not some amazing drama as a whole, but it has potential (the premise and the characters are initially engaging), I feel like it should have been a bit longer.

Anyway, we actually didn’t get to know anything about Detective Han’s lines, which I don’t have anything against this character but I was low-key curious if there was any backstory there.

Well, this drama seems very artistic (nice shots and camerawork, images etc + acting is good) but the plot is a mess, it’s like the characters and stories seem to connect, but it feels like someone put a bunch of situations together and called that a consistent plot.

It is however quite entertaining and an interesting thing to watch. It wasn’t boring, I’m not going to re-watch it though. It’s not completely bad (someone reading this comment might come under the impression that I don’t have any positive thoughts about it). I didn’t dislike it, but I’ve also come to watch this without any expectations so I couldn’t really get disappointed with anything anyway.

I watched it with sort of a distance to it, I didn’t get much emotionally invested (besides my curiosity to know what’s going to happen next) so it was quite easy for me.
But I totally get how someone could get overwhelmed, drained or really disappointed with this drama.

Yeah, but is it supposed to mean something, or just like “here you have an intense scene is a funky dimension”? Maybe I don’t get it, since I’m not that emotionally invested into this drama…

he was too innocent for this drama so they got rid of him… :[