I dropped it because they are stuck in past, and not going back to reality till the last chapter. I've done a video essay review of this drama (and the novel it is based on) and how it is different from the book as well as an analysis of this genre of escapist fantasy and other dramas (love between lines, the judge returns, when destiny brings the demon, etc.). Kindly do share your opinion, whether you agree with the thesis or not:
I think the male lead was as per the description and dimensions as given in the novel - and I love the FL. This…
I've done a review of this drama as well as an analysis of this genre and other dramas (How Dare You?! etc.). VR business in Shanghai and some famous global crimes rooted in inability to distinguish fact from fiction are also mentioned. Kindly do check it out and / or share your opinion on:
I think the male lead was as per the description and dimensions as given in the novel - and I love the FL. This drama did the escapist fantasy virtual reality location based entertainment well, instead of sending the leads time traveling or in some alternate universe or transmigration theme, VR became a prop and a tool to show their slow burn romance and also their character growth.
This poll is not structured in a way for users to pick and choose a favorite, it is structured rigidly as you HAVE to pick one of the two shown to move to the next round - which is ridiculous.
Very enjoyable but the B plot brought the drama down to a low point that never really recovered for me.I don't…
The SFL saw her husband kiss his former classmate sitting on a bench outside her office, when he went to see the other woman. He was spending more and more time away from the wife - SFL even said, it was like they were now roommates - she thought he was working hard - no, he did have work problems, but he was also having an affair (maybe he had an affair for work-related reasons, but he did have an affair). That's why the SFL left him. At least that's what I understood from their scenes (though I used to forward their scenes.)
I'm sorry, Ep.35-39 are UNWATCHABLE - they are that bad - I'm not going to give any spoilers on major ridiculous 'plot' developments, my problem is simply with the basic love story at this point: the ML has done nothing but cry and sacrifice, the FL has done nothing - period, except using ML and SML and giving them false hope for TWO years!!!! Everyone is doing everything for her!!!! Why is she so special? Because 2 super human beings like her? What else is there? She obviously cannot walk 2 steps without being rescued by a man. No kissing scenes either. Exercising choice is great (because Rens & Yins don't usually form pacts out of love but necessity to live), BUT ML is a doormat puppy trophy husband & she loves him but doesn't show it. So we are supposed to see psychotic elders ruin the world while ML cries and FL is leading guys along? The ML's parents were great, good sensible people - they died because of her family. Her bro was an evil creep who tortured Rens & ML & r*ped SFL & created a s*x slave out of her just to survive & then called it love! And then didn't even have guts to face the consequences of his actions. Her mother is nuts, her father is nuts. And did I mention there are no kissing scenes?! I don't care what happens in Ep.40!
6 months - it's not 2 years. FL's colleagues clearly says it's been 6 months she joined as a PhD. student. And she told ML that she was going to complete PhD. to find a vaccine for the virus and also search for the fragment. It's all there in Ep. 34. It's not 2 years.
Episodes 33-34 were released earlier than usual (they are usually released 12pm PST - I watched them at 9am PST.) Everything is fine BUT since they formed the 'pact' with the blood transfusion, I think they allude to them going 'all the way' in Ep.33 kissing scene - and it was an extremely flat scene considering all the hot and heavy stuff before - I think the director failed to show their emotional bittersweet good bye with sizzle. They shortchanged the audience after building up their 'coming together' for 33 episodes! There is no sizzle any more! Maybe they didn't really 'do it'? Other than this, the drama is fine and on the right track. Some poster below said that Ren are more human than Yin, and that poster is right. Ren have been turned into guinea pigs and demonized while Yin and non-virus people are prejudiced and cruel towards them. So world order on Planet Y needs to change.
I think they will show that the guy and girl were never 'cheating' with anyone - because 10 year ago, the girl made up a story of having a boyfriend and then the guy said he had a girlfriend - and in actuality both were single. The guy thought the girl had ghosted him, the girl thought the guy had moved back with his girlfriend. Typical no communication Japanese drama selling physical intimacy as a hook to watch a drama where people are not honest with each other. At least that's what it looks like in first 3 episodes. Plus, the woman is 'dating' 2 guys from the same office that she works in!!!! She knows nothing about anyone. Everything is so juvenile.
She's fine but in a coma and won't wake up. So he takes her to that dream forest to trigger her memories and get her back to reality / real world - he thinks she's in an amnesia, and has tried the process 9 times: and what he finds out at the end of Ep.32 is that she ALWAYS knew who he was and the trauma she suffered when he didn't save her bro - and uses the dream world to punish him again and again (9 times so far) - and HE is the one who had amnesia, not she. This is the reign of the 'evil / vengeful' FL. She realizes that she is hurting herself and him but wants to punish him. I think this is good writing - I hope they go their separate ways in the real world for a while and she gets to be strong on her own. She was too reliant on her bro and then this superhuman guy for safety. They need to bring down that agency that is using the virus to make guinea pigs out of people. And frankly, the makeup after separation is going to be good.....
To ban or cancel or shame a person for what they may or may not have done as a teenager is ridiculous. South Korean audience and netizens need to grow up. This feels like cyber bullying - same thing that led to the death of Lee Sun Kyun. People make mistakes. JJW paid for the crime. He is a fabulous character actor and has been part of award-winning projects in his middle age. I loved Signal and hope that all this gets resolved soon and that JJW takes back his 'retirement' and works for a long time.
Both leads are excellent in their roles and a hoot, the direction and editing is good and lift the comic scenes. Midway I thought the 'demon' was actually SeonJi's inner child (stuck in time period when her mom died) and GG will fall for her, but well, the big reveal was okay too and the ending is fine. I liked the film.
Ignoring the way in which it starts (the drugged forced s** scene), this is a solid story. I think the ending ultimately was that the marshal died in the war, because the last picture in the album is of SW pregnant and then we see the "Titanic" ending (grandma SW dying and reuniting with the young Marshal). But to see the happy grandma SW was a joy.
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