Shouldn't have existed

I initially dropped it b/c I thought the problem was the switch of actresses, but after death's game and moving I grew to love the actress. So I started it again,
turns out the problem wasn't the actress nor the chemistry, the writing was just unbearably soap-level bad:
- They dragged out the amnesia until the last 2 episodes, and they had no reaction to it, b/c he was already in love with the new Naksu and didn't care about the old one that much apparently.
- Naksu had a personnality transplant and lost all brain, they turned our smart lead into a damsel, she never got her powers back.
- The secondary characters were just there,
- there was no solid plot just milking a soapy story
- I couldn't follow the characters logic in anything...

Anyway a total waste of my time, fortunately the FL did other projects and won't be remembered for this flop

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Started out great than lost its way

The plot had so much potential and I was immersed into the story until the 12th episode where things started to get boring and some answer weren't given

The good:
- For a show about a time loop the story was surprisingly moving at a steady pace and things kept happening.
- The acting was good

The bad:
- The reason was underwhelming, I would understand if the creep was in the bus but that wasn't the case
- the girls action didn't make sense, why didn't she get off when the bus stopped in an actual station instead of the highway, and I'm supposed to believe that a girl timide enough to stay silent while being molested would then cause a scene to get off the bus
- The scenes of the police suspecting them for giving them informations was interesting the 1st time but it got old really fast.
- I hate how now shows don't even bother explaining why they are in a time loop of time travel. I know it's a genre but a little throw away line would've been enough, unless I missed it.

It was a fun ride overall but the conclusion was weak, could've been better.

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Everything goes downhill after the haircut

It's a good show but it has some serious flaws. The production, style, OST and acting were on point.

The good:
- How they connected the dark fairytales with the ongoing events was original and gave the show a darkish fairytale atmosphere.
- The FL was indeed toxic but that's what I liked, Shows with anti-heros lead are my favorite and there's never enough of them, specially the FL, it's always the ML.
- Sang tae was really well written and acted.
- The comedy aspect was well written and made me laugh most of the time.
- The last episode was heart warming and didn't made me feel like I wasted my time.

The bad:
- The ML was too wooden, I don't know how KSH being the star that he is accepted a role meant for a newbie. I say it b/c I didn't know who he was when I watched and I barely noticed him beside his crying scenes nothing really stood out for me.
- The main plot twist and the resolution of the mystery was a hard miss, all over the place and didn't make sense. It's ok for a show to miss some plot here and there but this was the main mystery that was building from the start, they should've at least come up with something logical and try to explain the jarring potholes if nothing else.
- They dropped the gloomy fairytalish atmosphere in the second half for some reason and it became a classic melodrama-romance with comedy here and there.

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Too much slapstick

While the concept was good and I laughed and giggled at some scenes (the suitecase theft...ect) I cringed at most of the "Funny moments" which relied too much on a character doing something dumb of embarrassing. The second hand embarrassment I had while watching every episode was painful. Most jokes were predictable, slapstick and standard (changing diapers, being catched in a lie...ect)
As for the characters, the 3 male leads were great, the FL was dull, wasn't even funny, and didn't have much chemistry with anyone. Heck his ex-GF was more suitable as FL of a sitcom, and their story was more interesting. I'm not even going to talk about the useless love triangle we have to sit through in every drama.

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Unforgettable

I started watching this without any expectations, I knew LJG from moon lovers and I read some reviews that said it was great until the last episode. I didn't know it'll end up being my absolute favorite drama.
The first 3 episodes are intriguing but a little on the slow side, and it made me think it was going to be a case of the week kinda show which I don't like, thankfully it isn't and the 3 cases were actually there to introduce the main plot line.
It's one of the few shows that actually gets better with every episode and there's a point were you just can't stop watching.
The romance is top notch and never boring, considering they're married with a kid, I consider it an accomplishment.
I understood what they were trying to convey with the last episode, and I loved that they gave themselves the time to have an actual episode long ending to resolve every loose ends, most thrillers just have them running until the last 5-10 minutes and then slap together an open ending or leave it's audience hanging.

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Not worth watching

I'll admit that I watched it recently, 5 years after it aired and I may have enjoyed it more had I watched it then, the beautiful scenery and production would've blinded me. But since it's not the case and kdrama since then have a better production so it's not the only high budget drama anymore, I'll say it really wasn't worth watching.

The story didn't move at all, they spent so many episodes going back and forth, and they would go as much as 5 episodes without nothing substantial happening. The story could be condensed in a 1h30 movie, I'm not sure there was even a story worth telling to begin with.
The second leads helped me get through the show, their storyline was a little more interesting, but the second part of their story was a little boring to.
The bromance was on point though.

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Great 1st half

The 1st and 2nd parts are not just different but not even the same genre.
I enjoyed the 1st half it was warm and light with serious and intense scenes in between to keep things interesting, it was really well balanced with really funny moments.

The 2nd part was a melodrama with the whole generic fights about the trône and hidden identity, it heavily relied on troops with some light scenes here and there. I found the constant angst overkill and ended up fast forwarding most scenes.
The chemistry and build up was still good and the only thing that kept me watching

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Frustrating

This show deserve first place on the list of most frustrating k-drama ever.
There isn't even a back and fourth, the villain wins and wins and wins some more until the very end.
The concept of him waking up without remembering and then piecing what led him there slowly together, was great but the key word is slowly, b/c damn he really did it slowwwly until I didn't care anymore.
They made the villain do something irredeemable from the get go which doesn't leave much room for sympathy or redemption. If they were going to give so much wins they could've at least made redeemable. There was a few attempts to make him sympathetic with his daddy issue and the actors really played it well but what he previously trumped everything.
The best thing about this show is Jisung acting, he's truly one of the best actors out there.

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Suffers from perfect ML syndrome

I really enjoyed it, everything was perfect, the chemistry, the town, the characters, a flawed FL, until they revealed his supposedly haunting past, what's really upsetting was that they tried so hard to make him blameless, his guilt seemed overkill. He could've just been an overconfident broker or whatever at the start of his career that gave a well intentioned advise that turned sour and started a chaine of reactions b/c it could happen to anyone and it would have added a little dimension to his character and made his back story more relatable, heck him not giving him a warning would have been enough but no! they had to make him mr perfect and by doing that the crumbs about his past that was given through the show didn't make sense (his son blaming him, him giving them money for something he didn't do and to someone he barely knew ...ect) It felt like they changed the story halfway through.

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A better second half

While I liked their spin on the zombie virus and how the look at the infected as potentially curable patients. There was way too many dumb decisions, boring moments, useless scenes to drive home that a despicable character is in fact despicable(The under the table seduction scene, been there seen that enough in any given American show).
And to add insult to injury, most of the characters besides the protagonists aren't even remotely likable, so I found myself watching a bunch of unlikable characters stuck in a building and wishing they would all just die.
With that said, I've yet to watch the second half, maybe there is a twist that's going to redeem the rest.

Edit after finishing:
The second half is a thousand times better than the first, I found myself actually enjoying the story and laughing in some scenes of the last 2 episodes. Loved the ending and how it was actually treated as a virus, and they bothered actually giving a reason for the outbreak instead of being like "who cares? Just focus on the flesh eating zombies and how our heros survive!" Like most do.
I give it a higher score than I originally did, I would even recommend it.
Bonus point, the romance was well written, not overwhelming just the right amount giving the genre.

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Good but not great

While I wouldn't consider it a masterpiece, it was entertaining,
the obvious weak links were:
- the people of the plaza (one could skip all their scenes and not miss a thing)
- The over the top acting and humor, I didn't find it funny but ridiculous most of the time, even though I love comedies.
- The writing of the script felt like they started with the wanted result and then stumbled their way writing the reason or the process (why did vincenzo bother with babel? )
- Storylines that went nowhere or weren't needed. (The gold was at the end of the day just a catalyze for Vincenzo to be there when shit happens and they didn't bother giving that aubplot any substance, but we had to sit through countless scenes of them discussing or looking for that damn gold)
- Everyone but the ML is dumb and can't think for themselves, including the antagonists

For those interested in watching, the 1st 4 episodes are boring, so you should get past those before deciding if it's worth watching. The middle is really interesting and full of twists, SJK acting is on point.

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