I initially didn't understand it either. But I rewatched the scenes after understanding some things and I discovered…
I read the book and watched the drama. Also felt that the drama was more romantic. By removing the titillating aspects it became about growing into soulmates and overcoming so many obstacles within themselves and from the world to be able to live that truth.
That scene in the cave is so precious. The headband. The song. The panic. LWJ, who has been trained from birth to never express anything, sought moments to overcome his anxiety and send signals to WWX several times. I was so impressed with how well Wang Yibo played that role. The subtlety he had to manage required some depth of human understanding that we rarely see from someone so young.
Dropped on episode 3. Not for me. There's absolutely no chemistry between the leads, she looks much older than…
I found that, over time, you see them get more and more comfortable with each other and the chemistry builds. It’s sweet, slow burn type of relationship, built on trust and gradual bonding.
I also wanted to see him in another role. I enjoyed his performance here. A good balance of youthful playfulness and being mature behind his years. It was nice to see him as a more natural character. Looking forward to seeing how he grows as an actor.
I don’t usually enjoy CDramas in a contemporary setting, particularly when it centers around an office or business stuff. Reasons….
But, this was engaging. A lot more realistic than usual. In the beginning, when the FL is dealing with the misogynist BF who puts on a display of “romantic” and then sabotages her career when she rejects him, it was hard for me to watch. Hard because I have experienced it, almost exactly. It hit me right in the gut. And the way the men constantly try to undermine her simply because she’s a woman showing them up. Ugh. Way too familiar.
Some refreshing things about how the FL was written: she sticks to her convictions, very consistently; she is multi-dimensional with personal interests outside of her job; there is more to her personality than the “hard-nosed business woman” who has become heartless; she’s great with personal boundaries; once she makes a decision, she goes all in, no wavering.
Refreshing things about the ML - he’s patient and never crosses any inappropriate lines. He appreciates who his love interest is, as a person, and respects her way of being. He never once implores her to change or imposes his feelings upon her; he is perfectly comfortable being in the support role for a woman, while also maintaining his own ambitions. (A great example of how it’s not either/or, it’s both/and.)
There are other aspects that I appreciated and some that I didn’t so much, but, the very well-paced development of the central relationship and the way the lead characters approached everything made for a thoroughly enjoyable story. One that I’d tell my daughter to watch as a good example of generating a mutually respectful and trusting partnership. And that’s rare. So many of these dramas present absolute trash as “romance”. This is worth it just for that.
Among many other dumb scenes....The episode where they raid the center who exploit the homeless' organs... How…
Omg, the basement scene! It’s a police building. Send people from the next room! Plus, How did Hyuk get there before people who were in the same building?
This is the first show that made me write a review here. It was so frustrating. The police just run like a bunch…
I’m struggling to finish it. I can’t even begin to note all the stupidity, inconsistencies, poorly written dialogue, and bad acting. Plus, Voice has a FL with a very annoying voice.
I wanted to watch it because I can’t think of another Korean drama that got 4 seasons. I wanted to see what the phenomenon was.
I’ve concluded that the phenomenon is that the viewer is tortured as though we’re another victim of the psycho killer.
Every single thing was so unrealistic, illogical and overly-contrived. The dialogue was stilted and trite. Why…
Also, the FL lacks the ability to show gravitas. She just speeds up her speaking pace to sound “serious”, but it feels like when a child tries to be serious and everybody gets a laugh out of it. I saw her in something else and didn’t think she was this bad. What the heck happened here?
This drama over dramatic for me very thing was stretch simple Stab wound turn into a bacteria virus WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…
Every single thing was so unrealistic, illogical and overly-contrived. The dialogue was stilted and trite. Why was it always preaching at the viewer? There was really nothing in this story to engage a viewer and have them wanting to come back to see where it was going. I find it hard to believe that professionals got paid to write this.
I have to say, the first prince she married was really a good person and what they said later that he is to blame…
That’s not really true. He knew she loved Chu Che and he took the excuse of peace between nations to ask the king to hand her over to him. While he wasn’t directly involved in how it went down, he knew that she was being forced against her will.
Then, he’s just creepy, being happy that she’s with him, without caring at all that she’s miserable. She was a possession and the one woman who was hard to get. I mean, at least he didn’t rape her (though he tried once) and, yes, to keep her at his side, he was willing to adopt the baby. So, he wasn’t a total monster, but he was a creep. He makes my skin crawl every time he smiles when she’s clearly so unhappy.
I was kinda liking the slow burn relationship build up. But, then, all of a sudden, it goes from nothing to marriage talk.
I’m may be stopping at episode 11, as I found it infuriating that the FL would use such a manipulative tactic. He agrees to her request in order to stop her suicide. But, if I were him, I’d then say, “Ok. I made the promise you asked for a and that’s the end of our relationship, because I can’t be held hostage to this kind of manipulation. End of story.”
I came here to see if anyone was as annoyed about the FL brother, like dude she was raised as your sister!!! yuck!!!…
I mean, he can have the interest, as long as he doesn’t impose it. He is a bit dumb, though. Many people don’t trust government agents. That’s not the issue, per se. It’s that he is so patronizing to his sister that he thinks he knows better than she does. And that his jealousy clouds his ability to see how the prince treats her with so much care. And that, even if you don’t trust government, why would just believe what some guy whom you don’t know, at all, without verifying anything? Again, his jealousy is clouding his judgement. I think the writers are trying to present him as a hick. That’s fine, I guess, but he’s rash and patronizing.
Totally engaging. Fast paced. It’s over before you know it. And leaves you wanting more. Or imagining your own story of what’s next.
Fantastic ensemble acting. Every single character occupied their space and interacted with the other characters so well.
I enjoyed the mix of gritty realism with the somewhat comic like monsters and scenarios. It felt like it came from a manga or Webtoon,, in a good, entertaining way, while giving characters who were so compelling that you’re attached before you know it,
Liu Yu Ning really steals the show. His is the best written character and he performs it so well. LeYan is second best character in terms of development and their pairing is fantastic.
First of all... Check out the spoiler box, because you are literally spoiling the end to everyone...Second, you…
I suppose it could be interpreted that way. But, he shot himself in the head. I thought he was just having last thoughts before heading into the light.
Well executed makjang farce with anti-hero theme. Great ensemble comedy. Wonderful acting jobs. A theme we don’t hear often enough: if the infrastructure of a society will not embrace and provide justice, there will be those who will rise up to righteously mete out what they can.
Han tae sul is genius inventor who invents a machine which can sort of teleport things to different time and space.…
I think we are agreeing on that. I was trying to work out if there was a plausible explanation for how Sigma would have sent the nuclear missile back in time, if there had been no war originally. But, I can’t make that plausible. In the original timeline, he’s a down and out artist who has no money and no social power. How would he have gotten into the position to send a nuclear warhead back in time, if the society hadn’t been completely upended by a nuclear war? So, yes, there had to be a war in the first place, for the story to exist. Yet, if there had been, that war was launched when the uploader had only existed for one day and Sigma was a nobody. So, what caused it? If I’m traveling back in time, I’d be looking at international politics and how to change that dynamic.
On your comment about US/UN, etc. The US is the one who has turned S Korea into a nuclear state. And, if you look at the history, the US was just fine bombing every city on the Korean Peninsula during the not-Korean War. (It was really a war between Russia and the US.) we leveled the entire peninsula. No one has seen that magnitude of destruction before or since. (Well, maybe Syria, now, which were also involved in.) The UN has never stopped a US military incursion. It can’t. We have overwhelming military might and we just ignore any objections. And we’ve spent decades demonizing N Korea, specifically so we have can claim justification for going back in and doing what we did in the 50s. Koreans have experienced it and it’s the thing which frightens them the most. The US has been adept at using this fear to turn N Korea into the bogeyman that S Korea needs us to protect them from. N Korea has never launched a first strike. Never. But, the history of what has happened on the peninsula makes the war scenario depicted here fit the S Korean storytelling norm.
That scene in the cave is so precious. The headband. The song. The panic. LWJ, who has been trained from birth to never express anything, sought moments to overcome his anxiety and send signals to WWX several times. I was so impressed with how well Wang Yibo played that role. The subtlety he had to manage required some depth of human understanding that we rarely see from someone so young.
I also wanted to see him in another role. I enjoyed his performance here. A good balance of youthful playfulness and being mature behind his years. It was nice to see him as a more natural character. Looking forward to seeing how he grows as an actor.
But, this was engaging. A lot more realistic than usual. In the beginning, when the FL is dealing with the misogynist BF who puts on a display of “romantic” and then sabotages her career when she rejects him, it was hard for me to watch. Hard because I have experienced it, almost exactly. It hit me right in the gut. And the way the men constantly try to undermine her simply because she’s a woman showing them up. Ugh. Way too familiar.
Some refreshing things about how the FL was written: she sticks to her convictions, very consistently; she is multi-dimensional with personal interests outside of her job; there is more to her personality than the “hard-nosed business woman” who has become heartless; she’s great with personal boundaries; once she makes a decision, she goes all in, no wavering.
Refreshing things about the ML - he’s patient and never crosses any inappropriate lines. He appreciates who his love interest is, as a person, and respects her way of being. He never once implores her to change or imposes his feelings upon her; he is perfectly comfortable being in the support role for a woman, while also maintaining his own ambitions. (A great example of how it’s not either/or, it’s both/and.)
There are other aspects that I appreciated and some that I didn’t so much, but, the very well-paced development of the central relationship and the way the lead characters approached everything made for a thoroughly enjoyable story. One that I’d tell my daughter to watch as a good example of generating a mutually respectful and trusting partnership. And that’s rare. So many of these dramas present absolute trash as “romance”. This is worth it just for that.
This drama was made for heckling.
I wanted to watch it because I can’t think of another Korean drama that got 4 seasons. I wanted to see what the phenomenon was.
I’ve concluded that the phenomenon is that the viewer is tortured as though we’re another victim of the psycho killer.
Then, he’s just creepy, being happy that she’s with him, without caring at all that she’s miserable. She was a possession and the one woman who was hard to get. I mean, at least he didn’t rape her (though he tried once) and, yes, to keep her at his side, he was willing to adopt the baby. So, he wasn’t a total monster, but he was a creep. He makes my skin crawl every time he smiles when she’s clearly so unhappy.
I’m may be stopping at episode 11, as I found it infuriating that the FL would use such a manipulative tactic. He agrees to her request in order to stop her suicide. But, if I were him, I’d then say, “Ok. I made the promise you asked for a and that’s the end of our relationship, because I can’t be held hostage to this kind of manipulation. End of story.”
He is a bit dumb, though. Many people don’t trust government agents. That’s not the issue, per se. It’s that he is so patronizing to his sister that he thinks he knows better than she does. And that his jealousy clouds his ability to see how the prince treats her with so much care. And that, even if you don’t trust government, why would just believe what some guy whom you don’t know, at all, without verifying anything? Again, his jealousy is clouding his judgement. I think the writers are trying to present him as a hick. That’s fine, I guess, but he’s rash and patronizing.
Fantastic ensemble acting. Every single character occupied their space and interacted with the other characters so well.
I enjoyed the mix of gritty realism with the somewhat comic like monsters and scenarios. It felt like it came from a manga or Webtoon,, in a good, entertaining way, while giving characters who were so compelling that you’re attached before you know it,
It’s a ride. Enjoy it!
On your comment about US/UN, etc. The US is the one who has turned S Korea into a nuclear state. And, if you look at the history, the US was just fine bombing every city on the Korean Peninsula during the not-Korean War. (It was really a war between Russia and the US.) we leveled the entire peninsula. No one has seen that magnitude of destruction before or since. (Well, maybe Syria, now, which were also involved in.) The UN has never stopped a US military incursion. It can’t. We have overwhelming military might and we just ignore any objections. And we’ve spent decades demonizing N Korea, specifically so we have can claim justification for going back in and doing what we did in the 50s. Koreans have experienced it and it’s the thing which frightens them the most. The US has been adept at using this fear to turn N Korea into the bogeyman that S Korea needs us to protect them from. N Korea has never launched a first strike. Never. But, the history of what has happened on the peninsula makes the war scenario depicted here fit the S Korean storytelling norm.