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Doom at Your Service korean drama review
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Doom at Your Service
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by NoobieFan
Jun 29, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
I'd say it's only criticisms are that it doesn't quite live up to initial expectations. It's a fantasy involving impending doom so it should be an emotional experience and it just doesn't really draw those tears out. Only when Dong Kyung comes to grips with her fate does those tears seem to come out. But it's brief and it's predictable outcome makes it hard to feel that doom lingering. And back to the other criticisms (that's right, plural): it's a little disjointed. There are two main plots: Dong Kyung and Myeol Mang doing the fantasy elements with deities, illnesses, etc and the other half, a love triangle with Joo Ik, Lee Hyun Kyu and Na Ji Na. Both were good on their own. Yes, the Love Triangle took its time to get interesting but there was something lacking in linking these two together. Maybe it was to do some world building and put emphasis on the otherworldly elements but it felt disjointed. It didn't seem like these plots were in the same universe. I enjoyed the show but it was, at best, a pretty good show. I have a tendency to not complete dramas and this had me watching from Ep 1 to Ep 16. That's an accomplishment.

All the actors were good in their roles. Kang Tae Oh was somewhat wasted as he mostly just stood there and smiled. Admittedly the idea of his character was a fantasy, a figment of past memories by Ji Na but wasted is the term that I'll go for. The best two actors were the ones with the strongest characters - Seo In Guk and Lee Soo Hyuk. Lee Soo Hyuk is so good and I'm glad he was used correctly. Tak Dong Kyung as a character was likeable. The choices the writers go in aren't too wayward. Park Bo Young was witty and amusing as always.

I had a good idea of what I was going to write for this review and rethinking about it has made me rewrite complete sentences. Enjoyable but wasted potential.
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