1. So, DJ keeps going on a punching spree while being in the police. All he does is fume, pout, be reckless and beat the bad guy every time he faces him. Not just him, but his whole team seems not to be doing their actual job of doing police work. But we have to keep believing the original premise, i.e. the guy is a good boy.
2. The romance insert - it is so unnecessary. The story would have progressed without it.
3. "Everything was planned. Everything from stealing the captain's gun to provoking Dong ju" a dialogue the FL says at about the 8-minute mark of episode 7. We are talking about professional police officers here—the so-called Avengers. The villain hasn't even done a big maneuver. Just basic thug stuff, and he has been able to jeopardize the future of this so-called "special" team completely. Also, what kind of sport has DJ been playing that he is unable to control his better instincts and can be easily provoked? A cartoonish mess. And all the team captain can think of, to save his team from getting disbanded, is his usual weird wrestling antics. What?!! Although his ways are so effective with the top brass and the police commissioner, he manages to prevent DJ from being let go. Wow! lol
4. All their crime arrests are like old-school Jackie Chan movies where the bad guys try to make a run for it but fail. They are running a fake passport peddling and burner phone business but they are simpletons who get caught easily. Simple criminals, like small-town folksie bad guys, providing bad comic relief.
5. Oh, just like the good Avengers, a team of 5, we also have 5 bad Avengers. 1 gal and 4 dudes on each side.
6. Let’s talk about the comedy, cos this is where the whole show is hedging its bets so far. Slapstick humour, people call it. It isn't good. There are no other words for it. Bad. Who was this drama intended for? For 1980s audiences? Or people with lower intelligence. It is loud and crass while trying to make any point, and still fails to sit in its own mess. I am dropping this, I don’t want brain damage from bad content.
7. The marketing juggernaut that this show has embarked on is embarrassing when you look at the actual product and the wasted talent.
8. Lastly, DJ and his recurring nosebleeds are reminiscent of Hae Jo and his 14 brain warts and nosebleeds. Wherever this is going, Good Boy is a spectacular failure and cannot be taken seriously even for its comedic value. Dropped with a loud thud.
It's not a slow burn. It's a slow rot. It drags and toils and coughs and hiccups, but doesn't do anything. 32 episodes!!! This story could have been wrapped up in 8 or, max 10.
C dramas aren't for me. Happy to stick with the 8-12-16 format of K dramas. I can't meander with an incessantly, needlessly repetitive storytelling style where we are just ringing around the rosies for only one plot point to unfold. It drops dead quickly. Quick Tip for those who still wanna believe the hype: forward at ease to avoid brain rot.
Well she is genz lol and for someone to die anytime her being openly expressive even tho it seems childish doesn't…
Don’t wanna sound ageist but here we go - let’s rip the bandaid, shall we. A 35 year old actress is playing a 25 year old 🤷🏻♀️ and yeah the character is gen-z but she DOESN’T look it. And that’s why her aegyo on steroids is … unsettling. It’s just so misplaced. The whole screeching on the stairs scene (when he is dropping her back to her hospital) where she is telling the void life is short and bopping and jumping around. Yeah… no. I don’t know if it’s the cliche riddled character that’s off putting or the whole character + wrong casting is killing the deal
The quirkiness of the female lead is giving me the ick. It's giving dumb and feinged instead of endearing and genuine. The girl is old enough not to act like an ingénue. It's kinda an ick, her character.
Enjoyed the show, loved the actors.But i want to rant over how vague and impossible the murders are to commit,…
Best comment about this show is right here. Although I have rated the show really high (don’t ask me why. I just did). But this comment summarises everything that I had in my mind throughout the show lol
(Trying to keep it spoiler free) It’s a fantastic watch. Except the last episode and a half. Plus we didn’t get much insight into what happened to the killer when they were abandoned. All we got was their hate first at the person who abandoned them and then the people who actually wronged them.
What a cartoonish mess is this show. Not my cup of tea. Unnecessary comedy OTT characters Police officers who mess the shit up more than solve it A guy whose friend has just died but he is fuming, pouting, flirting, stuffing his face with boiled eggs and constantly acting childish and immature out of jealousy. A female lead who has unnecessary beauty shots while in the heat of the moment. A team leader who is stupid and incompetent for comic relief. Only redeeming angle is Lee Sang Yi's character who is the only one focused on the job of not just protecting the girl but also trying to solve the damn case while a caccophony of lunacy unfolds around him created by his own colleagues. Oh and these olympic avengers also have some sort of Olympic PTSD, which glitches their system and the bad guys conveniently get away cos of this.
1. So, DJ keeps going on a punching spree while being in the police. All he does is fume, pout, be reckless and beat the bad guy every time he faces him. Not just him, but his whole team seems not to be doing their actual job of doing police work. But we have to keep believing the original premise, i.e. the guy is a good boy.
2. The romance insert - it is so unnecessary. The story would have progressed without it.
3. "Everything was planned. Everything from stealing the captain's gun to provoking Dong ju" a dialogue the FL says at about the 8-minute mark of episode 7. We are talking about professional police officers here—the so-called Avengers. The villain hasn't even done a big maneuver. Just basic thug stuff, and he has been able to jeopardize the future of this so-called "special" team completely. Also, what kind of sport has DJ been playing that he is unable to control his better instincts and can be easily provoked? A cartoonish mess. And all the team captain can think of, to save his team from getting disbanded, is his usual weird wrestling antics. What?!! Although his ways are so effective with the top brass and the police commissioner, he manages to prevent DJ from being let go. Wow! lol
4. All their crime arrests are like old-school Jackie Chan movies where the bad guys try to make a run for it but fail. They are running a fake passport peddling and burner phone business but they are simpletons who get caught easily. Simple criminals, like small-town folksie bad guys, providing bad comic relief.
5. Oh, just like the good Avengers, a team of 5, we also have 5 bad Avengers. 1 gal and 4 dudes on each side.
6. Let’s talk about the comedy, cos this is where the whole show is hedging its bets so far. Slapstick humour, people call it. It isn't good. There are no other words for it. Bad. Who was this drama intended for? For 1980s audiences? Or people with lower intelligence. It is loud and crass while trying to make any point, and still fails to sit in its own mess. I am dropping this, I don’t want brain damage from bad content.
7. The marketing juggernaut that this show has embarked on is embarrassing when you look at the actual product and the wasted talent.
8. Lastly, DJ and his recurring nosebleeds are reminiscent of Hae Jo and his 14 brain warts and nosebleeds. Wherever this is going, Good Boy is a spectacular failure and cannot be taken seriously even for its comedic value. Dropped with a loud thud.
C dramas aren't for me. Happy to stick with the 8-12-16 format of K dramas. I can't meander with an incessantly, needlessly repetitive storytelling style where we are just ringing around the rosies for only one plot point to unfold. It drops dead quickly. Quick Tip for those who still wanna believe the hype: forward at ease to avoid brain rot.
I'm sorry, I can't stand the female lead. It's just cringeworthy. The gratuitous "Aegyo" is misplaced. It throws you off.
Watching it for NKM. So will stick with it.
Unnecessary comedy
OTT characters
Police officers who mess the shit up more than solve it
A guy whose friend has just died but he is fuming, pouting, flirting, stuffing his face with boiled eggs and constantly acting childish and immature out of jealousy.
A female lead who has unnecessary beauty shots while in the heat of the moment.
A team leader who is stupid and incompetent for comic relief.
Only redeeming angle is Lee Sang Yi's character who is the only one focused on the job of not just protecting the girl but also trying to solve the damn case while a caccophony of lunacy unfolds around him created by his own colleagues.
Oh and these olympic avengers also have some sort of Olympic PTSD, which glitches their system and the bad guys conveniently get away cos of this.
Who wrote this crap.