Anyone else found Lee Sung Jo pretty fun villian to watch? Bale is your typical one, but Lee Sung Jo while also evil he is pretty funny otherwise. I really enjoyed his scenes.
I liked her mother roles in "Because This is Your First Life", but I absolutely loved her in "Reply 1988". The 3 mothers were outstanding in that series. When they sat and chatted with each other you believed 100% that these 3 have been life long friends.
I am a person who doesn't give much thought to awards, or care about them, but I am happy for the individual artists. Congratulations!
I really like your review, and I largely agree with it. I didn't feel the need to skip, but I agree that considering it was only 8 episodes, that time could have been used better. I am not mad with the end, but more of "meh" or "here we go again". I am afraid American production companies simply can't help themselves. They either believe or used to the multi-seasons format. Personally, I am highly unlikely to watch another season even if they do one. Watching S2 will probably means S3 and I am back in that model that I grew to absolutely hate and escaped from. If this series had two more episodes to wrap things properly I would have given it at least 9, or maybe even 9.5. But, as it is, I am still undecided between 7.5-8.
so does it have case of the week or multi episode cases kind of thing or every scene matters in the end?
No. It is not case of the week. It has one story that runs throughout the series.
The similiarties with the American dramas, and this isnot a spoiler since it is in E1, is that the hero is a badass "night courier" (runs all kinds of errands for a fee) going by the name of Healer. His identity is unknown to the public, and has an awsome oddball hacker helper. One day he gets a task that gets him involved with the heroine (I think in E2), and from there the story gets more and more entwined.
First of all...I should have read your comment when I asked about the finality of the end, but as it was marked spoiler, I didn't know the extent of it. In a previous experience with another series someone more or less gave me full spoiler.
Logically, she is dead and he took her to bury her properly instead of leaving her to the cleaners, but MinHye has very thick plot armour and she is probably still alive. Considering that she was a totally badass and incredible character, they will almost certainly have her in S2 if they make one.
Anyway, I thought it was very good series, but the end was meh and has all the marks of American produced series. Leaving things for another season(Not sure I will watch it, because it will never ends. I escaped from that exhausting model where you are constantly waiting). I don't need everything wrapped in a bow, but Bale is still out there and that major conflict hasn't been resolved. Yeah! I should have read your comment lol.
They should have been given much more screen time. Instead of repetitive scenes between leads, they should have given them more time.
This drama had a potential to be really awsome. Mental struggle of doctors, and a relationship between two single parents.
Unfortunately, the writer either just not good enough, or didn't have the courage of their convinction, and thought audience will be put off by serious topics. So, instead we got this. Poor examination of mentall illness, and endless scenes of grown ups acting like some teenagers (honestly, even in teen dramas some scenes are better). Adults might do this once in a while, but not al the time (not to mention stressed out adults). There is a thin line between cute and cringe.
Also, why spend so much time on things that have been established instead of exploring the difficulties of working single parents dating??
*Sigh* What a waste of talent. Actors are really good, but without good writing and coherent narrative no matter how good they are, they can't rescue it. This drama had a potential to be iconic and people will see it for years to come. Instead we just have some beautiful people goofing around. It has some very funny moments, and some very cute ones, but I doubt people will talk about it in few months.
I think this is perception rather than reality.I admit that I haven't been on MDL for years (Btw..I can't comment…
" And I think we're going to see more and more moderate people alienated from this site due to extreme comments (on either end of the spectrum)" I totally agree.
I think this is perception rather than reality.I admit that I haven't been on MDL for years (Btw..I can't comment…
I think in the absence of stastical analysis about the comments it is hard to determine whether there are more positive or negative comments. We seem to have a different view on the dominant nature of comments, but since neither of us have solid proof, I wil leave it there.
I agree some of the negative comments are absurd in their nature, and have nothing to do with the drama itself. But, don't you think some of the gushing is equally ridiculous? Lots of the gushing is also superficial.
Now, on a purely personal level, I prefer superficial gushing over negative one. Positive vibes are always better.
However, I also noticed there is such a high level of defensivness. A criticism is NOT hate. You can love something, but still point out its shortcomings. Things are not binary. There is wide spectrum.
MDL should stop being so negative. Every single drama page currently (last 6-12 months) are drowning in negative…
I think this is perception rather than reality. I admit that I haven't been on MDL for years (Btw..I can't comment on Twiter because I have never joined it), but if I go through the comments then I would say the majority, maybe even the overwhelming majority, are positive and lots are even gushing.
But, I think there is something with the human brain (all of us) that retain negative comments more than positive. I have heard almost all the YouTubers I follow say that few bad comments ruin hundreds of good ones.
The other point is as Kdrama become more popular and more people are watching you are bound to get less favourable comments. That is just the nature of things regardless of the platform.
But, finally, and maybe most importantly, why negative comments are bad? Negative comments are just as informative as good ones. If I don't know anything about something, then a variety and contradicting comments are more useful than a uniform voice. I think viewing all dramas with rose glasses is more harmful than good. Because if all you read is positive comments and then you watch and you don't like the show, you simply stop ignoring all comments alltogether and therefore harm the genuinely good shows.
Sincere feedback is more valuable than blanket positivite one.
Bale is your typical one, but Lee Sung Jo while also evil he is pretty funny otherwise.
I really enjoyed his scenes.
I am a person who doesn't give much thought to awards, or care about them, but I am happy for the individual artists.
Congratulations!
I didn't feel the need to skip, but I agree that considering it was only 8 episodes, that time could have been used better.
I am not mad with the end, but more of "meh" or "here we go again". I am afraid American production companies simply can't help themselves. They either believe or used to the multi-seasons format. Personally, I am highly unlikely to watch another season even if they do one. Watching S2 will probably means S3 and I am back in that model that I grew to absolutely hate and escaped from.
If this series had two more episodes to wrap things properly I would have given it at least 9, or maybe even 9.5.
But, as it is, I am still undecided between 7.5-8.
It has one story that runs throughout the series.
The similiarties with the American dramas, and this isnot a spoiler since it is in E1, is that the hero is a badass "night courier" (runs all kinds of errands for a fee) going by the name of Healer. His identity is unknown to the public, and has an awsome oddball hacker helper.
One day he gets a task that gets him involved with the heroine (I think in E2), and from there the story gets more and more entwined.
Logically, she is dead and he took her to bury her properly instead of leaving her to the cleaners, but MinHye has very thick plot armour and she is probably still alive.
Considering that she was a totally badass and incredible character, they will almost certainly have her in S2 if they make one.
Anyway, I thought it was very good series, but the end was meh and has all the marks of American produced series. Leaving things for another season(Not sure I will watch it, because it will never ends. I escaped from that exhausting model where you are constantly waiting).
I don't need everything wrapped in a bow, but Bale is still out there and that major conflict hasn't been resolved.
Yeah! I should have read your comment lol.
MinHye in particular.
It just had a very powerful cameo in "Doctor Slump".
Instead of repetitive scenes between leads, they should have given them more time.
This drama had a potential to be really awsome.
Mental struggle of doctors, and a relationship between two single parents.
Unfortunately, the writer either just not good enough, or didn't have the courage of their convinction, and thought audience will be put off by serious topics.
So, instead we got this. Poor examination of mentall illness, and endless scenes of grown ups acting like some teenagers (honestly, even in teen dramas some scenes are better). Adults might do this once in a while, but not al the time (not to mention stressed out adults).
There is a thin line between cute and cringe.
Also, why spend so much time on things that have been established instead of exploring the difficulties of working single parents dating??
*Sigh* What a waste of talent. Actors are really good, but without good writing and coherent narrative no matter how good they are, they can't rescue it.
This drama had a potential to be iconic and people will see it for years to come.
Instead we just have some beautiful people goofing around. It has some very funny moments, and some very cute ones, but I doubt people will talk about it in few months.
You see White Van, you know what it means.
What a treat! lol
I totally agree.
We seem to have a different view on the dominant nature of comments, but since neither of us have solid proof, I wil leave it there.
I agree some of the negative comments are absurd in their nature, and have nothing to do with the drama itself.
But, don't you think some of the gushing is equally ridiculous?
Lots of the gushing is also superficial.
Now, on a purely personal level, I prefer superficial gushing over negative one. Positive vibes are always better.
However, I also noticed there is such a high level of defensivness. A criticism is NOT hate. You can love something, but still point out its shortcomings.
Things are not binary. There is wide spectrum.
I admit that I haven't been on MDL for years (Btw..I can't comment on Twiter because I have never joined it), but if I go through the comments then I would say the majority, maybe even the overwhelming majority, are positive and lots are even gushing.
But, I think there is something with the human brain (all of us) that retain negative comments more than positive. I have heard almost all the YouTubers I follow say that few bad comments ruin hundreds of good ones.
The other point is as Kdrama become more popular and more people are watching you are bound to get less favourable comments. That is just the nature of things regardless of the platform.
But, finally, and maybe most importantly, why negative comments are bad? Negative comments are just as informative as good ones.
If I don't know anything about something, then a variety and contradicting comments are more useful than a uniform voice.
I think viewing all dramas with rose glasses is more harmful than good. Because if all you read is positive comments and then you watch and you don't like the show, you simply stop ignoring all comments alltogether and therefore harm the genuinely good shows.
Sincere feedback is more valuable than blanket positivite one.
I just want to know if it has a complete arc?
Or does it end on a cliffhanger/no conclusion at all?
Thank you.