It's kind of the Kdrama curse (for most series, not all ofc) to be good only until the middle episodes. Here it's the same, it became uninteresting somewhere there. Not sure if SHS actually performs well in any other series; heard Mr. Queen is really good but didn't find that (stopped after a few eps though because I'm sometimes allergic to over-scheming in historical dramas, so can't say I'm completely fair). Here she is kind of not expressive too (same facial expression throughout the whole series) and has gestures that *try* too hard to make us think of a "powerful career woman" image (iirc, shrugging, throwing hands with palms out etc. etc.) But that's partially because of the director etc. so can't blame all on her. Things seem superficial near the end too, so yeah, not that great... 7.5/10
Very good series overall, though of course there are some exaggerations and (on the other hand) oversimplified points. What can we do, it's webtoon (it's practically copying the "24/7 everywhere" school fighting trope from old Japanese mangas - in episode 2) Main guy did well. The girl is good, I've liked her from the other series "Undercover highschool" and especially "My perfect stranger". She might never get an AAA role in series but I must say she's entertaining to watch. She's cute here too, though again, sometimes too much screaming.
Didn't read the source webtoon but here's my opinion on the kindergarten ep:
The girl is too docile. You can be conscientious in your work, but don't be THAT conscientious and docile, this is to the point you are taken advantage (yeah, that's what happened, but still... it's just unreasonable for someone to be that docile.) - Who tf doesn't block that biyatch's number after the 5th or so phone call from her to your personal phone number? IIRC, she only tried to ignore the calls AFTER a while. - And when she advances to the level of appearing at hour house, any normal person would realize "Hey this b is insane. Let's use all my resource to stop this", no? I know it's shown that she reported to the principal to no avail but that's a previous point in time IIRC (she also consulted a lawyer, but it's a later point in time). My point is that she should do anything and seek help from ANY sources. For example: "Hey Mr. Policeman, isn't it illegal that this woman messaged me 19669 times in the chat app and called 9669 times via phone, even off work too?" 🤣 I get the message & story from the author and that they just want our blood to boil at these b*tches (ep 3 & 5, even more than with the boys in normal bullying scenarios). But stuff needs to make sense. Nobody would be that inactive.
And yeah, the kid can't be fixed that easily as depicted in the end too. He threw stuff at the other boy in the incident. Obviously, it's from the environment with the parents. That won't be an easy fix 😂
Meh series. Not because of the ending. Nor the plot-holes. It's because of the series (script + direction) itself. Quoted: "Like from ep 9-15 It's like the same betrayals happened but in a different department and in the end, it was all a plan of Do-jun" (From this review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/watching24_7/review/290279) Like, (more than) half of the episodes of the series are about the scheming against one another and the betrayals of the greedy and not-so-smart people in the family. I get that even in real life, there are people like that too. But this is a series and it can't be sign of a good series to be like that. With such writing, the two main characters (Do-Jun and the grandfather) have less space to perform. For example, why tf do I need to care about the stipud wife of the eldest grandson? Or even that grandson, and his father, both of whom are super bland? Would actually have liked it better if there had been 1 more episode about his kid period (when he just gone back to that time) instead of the ridiculous pew-pew corporation sh*ts. It's all maybe because of the source material, but still... Note: my personal opinion.
Yeah absolutely enjoy all the cooking moments. Otherwise there are things that are too absurd to not notice:-…
- So the king kinda had a hunch about how his mother was plotted against and harmed from the very first episodes, and the entire story is about other dudes trying to feed him that other milligram of info/evidence so that he can get super angry? Woah, PhD-level plot right there my man/girl author 😂 (plan B is fine, but this plan A is ...) - Does this king have any clues about anything at all? Other than having a supposedly really good taste bud? 🤣 Looking at his face asking "why, really, why, etc." questions around, especially to FL, might make us question the survivability of the country at that time. Let's not even talk about any more complex problem-solving skills or plotting/scheming (what a king needs).
Yeah absolutely enjoy all the cooking moments. Otherwise there are things that are too absurd to not notice: - ML getting all cutesy/curious/surprised at everything by FL is really annoying. Abrupt change (I know he was healed by her from the first episodes but it's weird and ... bad. Just my personal opinion, kinda bad acting too.) - Giving chocolate to a person with mental illness to make them say sane things (in a few minutes)? Woah woah web novel author (or scriptwriter, whoever did this), you need to be more serious than that. There are some other minor issues like this one, this is just an example.
Can we all talk about how ARISU team all survived the train mission while Usagi team barely made it out alive?…
Yeah it seems everyone is curious to know how he (their team) survived that train game in such a (seemingly) easy way. Kinda sad, it should have been shown instead of the other pretentious emotional BS. After all, this is a survival show - viewers want to watch more of the - well, survival stuff. To avoid duplication, maybe just show what the method is.
That Ryuji dude's face is such a pain to look at.Not talking about the convoluted story and unnecessary stuff…
As some people said, it's quite unnecessary for her to go into this world again. Not talking about the micro-macro-nano-whatever-the-f-cheating stuff, the script about her returning is just plain obtuse. What kind of wife doesn't share her feelings with her husband like that? You might argue she's very understanding and don't want to involve Arisu in her troubles and all that stuff, but it's just plain obtuse. Always share with family, girl! Else what are they for? There are just various other ways to do the script, this is just out of nowhere and ... bad. Anyway, survival shows are always fine to me, just feel they could have done better and don't be such cash grabbers.
That Ryuji dude's face is such a pain to look at. Not talking about the convoluted story and unnecessary stuff the scriptwriter introduced, his face is just so evil and dull and irritating to look. What kind of 3-cent ass(istant ) professor would give that kind of drug to people, watch them d*e AND then get really surprised? B*TCH, of course it'd happen like that because you are not a f*king certified doctor! And to boost, absolutely no medical preparation / consultation beforehand whatsoever! I know it's to introduce his past and to show that he's kind of unstable, but we are not 3 years old, scriptwriter needs to do better than that. And yeah, Usagi needs to get a grip too because ((explanation below))
Very good movie. Piqued my interest throughout the beginning and, like the boy (coincidentally) said, carried…
For f*ck sake, why would you include that s*x scene there. Now we can't recommend it to people (relatives and friends) without it being awkward. What a waste.
Very good movie. Piqued my interest throughout the beginning and, like the boy (coincidentally) said, carried a metaphor through the whole movie. For more info, go on yt and search for clips like "things you missed" or "hidden meaning" etc. That'd prove more useful than staying here arguing with bot-like children that won't accept others' opinions. BUT
Didn't read the webtoon so I'll express my opinion based on what I have watched: This S2 is totally anti-climatic and uh, weak (cough 🤣) compared to S1. For example, in S1: - In ep 1, we can 100% feel ML's rage when he beat that guy. He just wanted to be left alone, and the guy wouldn't let him!!! - In final eps, again we can feel ML's raging rage (and sorrow etc.) when he hunted for that MMA guy. When he smashed the weight on that guy's foot, it's no joke too. Awesome depiction. In this S2, everything gives off a feeling of ... done in a half-assed manner. Like, hey oh it's another cool fight. Ok cool bro. Another ep, another ... ok-to-watch .. fight? Final fight leaves not that big an impression too. (Even as someone said, 2 vs 1. And we can't feel the "fire" needed in those moments, like the 2 instances I listed above.) You might say it's because of the story - we can't force a sad reason (like Su Ho's situation). Well, that's what makes a film good or bad too, so my opinion is that it's not good.. Still somewhat ok, but can't live up to S1. (Rating is another story 😂)
Good series overall (might even be worth a rewatch), but of course, there are plot holes and it also lacks depth too. But it serves as a fun, light watch (though it has action scenes) Some observations: - Missed chances for Ye Na - student council pres. There could have been more romance built around her. It'd require more eps too, of course. But maybe that might just lead to more misunderstanding and mess the script. I just feel bad that she had so little screentime and lines (she's very pretty 🥰, but it seems she's at her early stage of learning to act, tbh.) I know people can get really anti-romance in these genres but I'm kinda interested in the whole interaction of ML, Yoo Jeong and her. - FL has had a few main roles (I liked her in My Perfect Stranger too), but it seems she's still mostly suited to cutesy roles (with maybe less depth??) But that's a little bit overanalyzing. - Some "comedic" moments with the teammates were totally over-exaggerated 😅 Like, what agents would be that kinda noob and careless? But again, it's a nitpick thing.
If South Korea is really like it’s depicted in this series.. I am sorry to say they are on the way to extinction
I haven't actually watched it, just read the comments. But to reply to your comment (about extinction), there is a video from Kurzgesagt (a very famous science channel) that talks about just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk Really, Korea's future does NOT look good 😅
Some people say that there is too much negativity around the trio's environment/coworkers. I'd say that, to some…
About the Arab thingy, yeah, it's kinda disrespectful of the director/scriptwriter to have not done research or preparation around that (as I heard, Indian actor for that role, oh dear...) Some Korean movie makers are just like that. I have also seen many movies where they showed quite a condescending tone to other countries. Let's just ignore that and watch the drama.
Some people say that there is too much negativity around the trio's environment/coworkers. I'd say that, to some extent, those things might happen in real life. Not to that extreme level, but might just happen (actually, I did encounter worse coworkers than that.) Anyway, like in Love Scout, the rival/enemy is a bit "weak" and has no real strategies at all, but you must remember that these series are mostly about lovey-dovey moments. Like, how ML just goofs around all week/month (or 95% of the time) and things get solved automagically 🤣 To my personal taste, I can't stand Business Proposal (although they might look very alike in genre and format) but I can empathize with the support roles here (not that much skipping) and the series overall. Although there are also too many tropes/cheesy stuffs but it's ok to spend some time watching (some scenes are just too much so of course I fast forwarded).
Not sure if SHS actually performs well in any other series; heard Mr. Queen is really good but didn't find that (stopped after a few eps though because I'm sometimes allergic to over-scheming in historical dramas, so can't say I'm completely fair).
Here she is kind of not expressive too (same facial expression throughout the whole series) and has gestures that *try* too hard to make us think of a "powerful career woman" image (iirc, shrugging, throwing hands with palms out etc. etc.)
But that's partially because of the director etc. so can't blame all on her.
Things seem superficial near the end too, so yeah, not that great...
7.5/10
Main guy did well.
The girl is good, I've liked her from the other series "Undercover highschool" and especially "My perfect stranger". She might never get an AAA role in series but I must say she's entertaining to watch. She's cute here too, though again, sometimes too much screaming.
- Who tf doesn't block that biyatch's number after the 5th or so phone call from her to your personal phone number? IIRC, she only tried to ignore the calls AFTER a while.
- And when she advances to the level of appearing at hour house, any normal person would realize "Hey this b is insane. Let's use all my resource to stop this", no?
I know it's shown that she reported to the principal to no avail but that's a previous point in time IIRC (she also consulted a lawyer, but it's a later point in time). My point is that she should do anything and seek help from ANY sources. For example: "Hey Mr. Policeman, isn't it illegal that this woman messaged me 19669 times in the chat app and called 9669 times via phone, even off work too?" 🤣
I get the message & story from the author and that they just want our blood to boil at these b*tches (ep 3 & 5, even more than with the boys in normal bullying scenarios). But stuff needs to make sense. Nobody would be that inactive.
And yeah, the kid can't be fixed that easily as depicted in the end too. He threw stuff at the other boy in the incident. Obviously, it's from the environment with the parents. That won't be an easy fix 😂
Not because of the ending. Nor the plot-holes.
It's because of the series (script + direction) itself.
Quoted: "Like from ep 9-15 It's like the same betrayals happened but in a different department and in the end, it was all a plan of Do-jun"
(From this review: https://mydramalist.com/profile/watching24_7/review/290279)
Like, (more than) half of the episodes of the series are about the scheming against one another and the betrayals of the greedy and not-so-smart people in the family.
I get that even in real life, there are people like that too. But this is a series and it can't be sign of a good series to be like that.
With such writing, the two main characters (Do-Jun and the grandfather) have less space to perform. For example, why tf do I need to care about the stipud wife of the eldest grandson? Or even that grandson, and his father, both of whom are super bland?
Would actually have liked it better if there had been 1 more episode about his kid period (when he just gone back to that time) instead of the ridiculous pew-pew corporation sh*ts.
It's all maybe because of the source material, but still...
Note: my personal opinion.
- Does this king have any clues about anything at all? Other than having a supposedly really good taste bud? 🤣 Looking at his face asking "why, really, why, etc." questions around, especially to FL, might make us question the survivability of the country at that time. Let's not even talk about any more complex problem-solving skills or plotting/scheming (what a king needs).
- ML getting all cutesy/curious/surprised at everything by FL is really annoying. Abrupt change (I know he was healed by her from the first episodes but it's weird and ... bad. Just my personal opinion, kinda bad acting too.)
- Giving chocolate to a person with mental illness to make them say sane things (in a few minutes)? Woah woah web novel author (or scriptwriter, whoever did this), you need to be more serious than that. There are some other minor issues like this one, this is just an example.
Kinda sad, it should have been shown instead of the other pretentious emotional BS. After all, this is a survival show - viewers want to watch more of the - well, survival stuff. To avoid duplication, maybe just show what the method is.
Not talking about the micro-macro-nano-whatever-the-f-cheating stuff, the script about her returning is just plain obtuse. What kind of wife doesn't share her feelings with her husband like that?
You might argue she's very understanding and don't want to involve Arisu in her troubles and all that stuff, but it's just plain obtuse. Always share with family, girl! Else what are they for?
There are just various other ways to do the script, this is just out of nowhere and ... bad.
Anyway, survival shows are always fine to me, just feel they could have done better and don't be such cash grabbers.
Not talking about the convoluted story and unnecessary stuff the scriptwriter introduced, his face is just so evil and dull and irritating to look.
What kind of 3-cent ass(istant ) professor would give that kind of drug to people, watch them d*e AND then get really surprised? B*TCH, of course it'd happen like that because you are not a f*king certified doctor! And to boost, absolutely no medical preparation / consultation beforehand whatsoever! I know it's to introduce his past and to show that he's kind of unstable, but we are not 3 years old, scriptwriter needs to do better than that.
And yeah, Usagi needs to get a grip too because ((explanation below))
BUT
This S2 is totally anti-climatic and uh, weak (cough 🤣) compared to S1.
For example, in S1:
- In ep 1, we can 100% feel ML's rage when he beat that guy. He just wanted to be left alone, and the guy wouldn't let him!!!
- In final eps, again we can feel ML's raging rage (and sorrow etc.) when he hunted for that MMA guy. When he smashed the weight on that guy's foot, it's no joke too. Awesome depiction.
In this S2, everything gives off a feeling of ... done in a half-assed manner.
Like, hey oh it's another cool fight. Ok cool bro. Another ep, another ... ok-to-watch .. fight? Final fight leaves not that big an impression too. (Even as someone said, 2 vs 1. And we can't feel the "fire" needed in those moments, like the 2 instances I listed above.) You might say it's because of the story - we can't force a sad reason (like Su Ho's situation). Well, that's what makes a film good or bad too, so my opinion is that it's not good..
Still somewhat ok, but can't live up to S1.
(Rating is another story 😂)
Some observations:
- Missed chances for Ye Na - student council pres. There could have been more romance built around her. It'd require more eps too, of course. But maybe that might just lead to more misunderstanding and mess the script. I just feel bad that she had so little screentime and lines (she's very pretty 🥰, but it seems she's at her early stage of learning to act, tbh.) I know people can get really anti-romance in these genres but I'm kinda interested in the whole interaction of ML, Yoo Jeong and her.
- FL has had a few main roles (I liked her in My Perfect Stranger too), but it seems she's still mostly suited to cutesy roles (with maybe less depth??) But that's a little bit overanalyzing.
- Some "comedic" moments with the teammates were totally over-exaggerated 😅 Like, what agents would be that kinda noob and careless? But again, it's a nitpick thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk
Really, Korea's future does NOT look good 😅
She's very cute in King the land 🥰
I have also seen many movies where they showed quite a condescending tone to other countries.
Let's just ignore that and watch the drama.
Anyway, like in Love Scout, the rival/enemy is a bit "weak" and has no real strategies at all, but you must remember that these series are mostly about lovey-dovey moments. Like, how ML just goofs around all week/month (or 95% of the time) and things get solved automagically 🤣
To my personal taste, I can't stand Business Proposal (although they might look very alike in genre and format) but I can empathize with the support roles here (not that much skipping) and the series overall. Although there are also too many tropes/cheesy stuffs but it's ok to spend some time watching (some scenes are just too much so of course I fast forwarded).