There's the suggestion of romantic feelings, but at most, it's a sub-plot. We get to see the two main characters…
I will hear people talk like it's a cinch for actors to separate their personal and work life when they're doing pretty intimate stuff on screen. I bet it can be done (can't speak from personal experience), and many are probably successful at it, but I doubt it's as easy people always think (so many actors get involved romantically/sexually with costars in their personal lives due to starring as leads together...), so I admire an actor who can just draw a line in the sand about this. I think it's refreshing and quite bold, but I'm also honestly surprised she can still get cast if she does indeed have such a clause. 😅 It can't be easy to do in the film/drama industry.
Kissing isn't the only (or most important) thing actors do, though? Can't they enjoy acting AND have personal boundaries? I don't see anything wrong with it.
watched ep 5 and 6 and I am wondering if we are headed to a sad ending(?)! There are so many hints here and there…
The slapstick comedy (and Man Sik's character) is the only thing giving me hope. It just doesn't give those melodrama vibes that dramas with sad endings tend to give. Most action thriller dramas have open endings, at worst. I can't think of many exceptions with full-on sad endings.
And I already pointed out to another user that Life On Mars was based on an already existing BBC show, so the plot/ending was already more or less set. This is an original, I think? So it's hard to know. Other than Life On Mars, I don't think this screenwriter has a precedent of sad endings. If it ends like Mr. Sunshine, for instance, then I would be very surprised and VERY disappointed.
If this were a Cdrama, then I'd be much less confident of a happy ending. But Kdramas do tend to blur the line of serious and comedic far more than western shows, I've noticed. They will confidently place a foot in each and try to play both genres.
I am afraid of the future for this drama. Every episode has so many things happening parallely yet nothing that…
It's like two steps forward and three back. Right now they just seem to be uncovering the root system of Ju Yeong's crime syndicate. It will obviously take time to tear it down. But it will be interesting to see how they fill 16 episodes. I'm debating waiting from here on out after Episode 6 until it finishes to make sure it's not a sad ending... it IS making me nervous.
And hopefully they trust Ha Na's intuitions a bit more moving forward now, too. 😉
Is it possible the Drug Demon might have a change of heart later on? Possibility of a redemption arc? She seems to admire Dong Ju/be grateful for what he did for her and finds him cute, and she didn't kill the Captain's daughter when she could have. She also partly went all berserk on the druggies because they had clearly been trafficking women and that seemed to tick her off... Ju Yeong is just so nuts I'm looking for some hope. 😅 Maybe she'll be won over or betray Ju Yeong...? I suppose she could also be a lot worse than we've seen, too... 😬 She's the only one who doesn't seem scared by Ju Yeong.
Dong Ju doesn't realize his bravado is egging Ju Yeong on. He's an aggravating mix of quick and perceptive, endearing and full steam ahead, "let me punch you first," bull-in-a-china-shop. 🤯 Don't poke the bear, Dong Ju! It's a messed up bear, and he won't do normal "That's it!" and lose his temper... he'll go full psychopath on you and everyone close to you!
How has this Ju Yeong dude even managed to get so much power? Everyone cowers around him when he shows his true colors.
I did mention chronic concussion earlier. My kids play contact sports and the number of players who subsequently…
I hope that's all this is! But why make such a fuss about it in the drama? Do they want to raise the stakes cause you never know at what point he'll faint? 😅
Regarding Pearl Harbor’s comment on Ji Ha-Na below, i feel the same but we can see that it’s a part of her…
Yeah, I'm trying to think of what the purpose of showing him having a health condition would be? Raise the stakes for him to always be putting his body at risk and going berserk to catch Ju Yeong? So they can kill him off at the end (but why, when the emotional impact of having the criminal or one of his cronies do that would be far more impactful)? To just make a martyr out of him? 😰
I mean, if honestly makes sense that he would have some issues with his brain due to his sport, but a terminal illness doesn't make as much sense. I think it would be a cheap shot to do something terminal, I'm just not sure what the purpose of building all this tension for an illness or condition is, and I'm skeptical about where they'll take it... 🤔😳😣
Episode 4 was noticeably better than the previous episodes (though I really liked the end of Episode 3, too).
Also, I think Bogum seems to be enjoying playing a character who's a bit unhinged. 😅 He's channeling his psychopath vibes from Hello Monster and combining them with his Love In The Moonlight/Reply 1988 cuteness. It's making for a really fun combination, but he's definitely an adorable, unpredictable wild thing. 😅
Also, I discovered that it looks like Life On Mars was based on a BBC TV show made much earlier, and the Kdrama basically followed it. Isn't Good Boy an original? If so, we can't base the screenwriter's creative deicision for this dramq on an ending of a remake, yes?
Did Life On Mars have the goofy/comedic moments and lighthearted parts this drama has? My impression was it was a weightier drama from the start. I haven't seen it, because I heard it was sad. Darn. I hope it's not like that one!
I kind of made the mistake of looking up some stuff about this one, got some stuff spoiled, and lost steam in finishing. 🤦♀️
(Won't make the same mistake twice.) 😉🫡
And I already pointed out to another user that Life On Mars was based on an already existing BBC show, so the plot/ending was already more or less set. This is an original, I think? So it's hard to know. Other than Life On Mars, I don't think this screenwriter has a precedent of sad endings. If it ends like Mr. Sunshine, for instance, then I would be very surprised and VERY disappointed.
If this were a Cdrama, then I'd be much less confident of a happy ending. But Kdramas do tend to blur the line of serious and comedic far more than western shows, I've noticed. They will confidently place a foot in each and try to play both genres.
And hopefully they trust Ha Na's intuitions a bit more moving forward now, too. 😉
Dong Ju doesn't realize his bravado is egging Ju Yeong on. He's an aggravating mix of quick and perceptive, endearing and full steam ahead, "let me punch you first," bull-in-a-china-shop. 🤯 Don't poke the bear, Dong Ju! It's a messed up bear, and he won't do normal "That's it!" and lose his temper... he'll go full psychopath on you and everyone close to you!
How has this Ju Yeong dude even managed to get so much power? Everyone cowers around him when he shows his true colors.
I mean, if honestly makes sense that he would have some issues with his brain due to his sport, but a terminal illness doesn't make as much sense. I think it would be a cheap shot to do something terminal, I'm just not sure what the purpose of building all this tension for an illness or condition is, and I'm skeptical about where they'll take it... 🤔😳😣
Also, I think Bogum seems to be enjoying playing a character who's a bit unhinged. 😅 He's channeling his psychopath vibes from Hello Monster and combining them with his Love In The Moonlight/Reply 1988 cuteness. It's making for a really fun combination, but he's definitely an adorable, unpredictable wild thing. 😅
The screenwriter also did Bring It On Ghost, and that wasn't sad. There's hope. 🤞
But the FL and ML's little spat happens much closer to the end, after they marry. I didn't care for it.