The drama essentially should have ended on E12. The no purpose dragging of the plot from there onwards is just a crime against this superb romance story.
FL was always very frustrating and immature despite being an adult of over 23 years. But on E13, I sincerely wished the villain to finally end her. Just because the drama had to have 16 episodes they made the FL go back to her dumb personality which had just been fixed an episode before... really disappointing.
There are so many plot lines that are completely unnecessary like the story of the ML's dad or the FL's brother's antics, too slapstick and lame. None of them were memorable and could have been replaced with the necessary evil of the villain's bogus storyline.
The drama also does not take the rules it sets itself, seriously, and sacrifices them for melodramatic effect. Essentially the whole time travel is taken too seriously at first and then completely forgotten. Even ML's predicament that actually required a long-term solution is forgotten and its seriousness ignored.
There was only one plot in the whole drama that didn't make any sense to me at all. That is when the FL comes to know about her deceitful senior's wedding date and feels the extreme anguish.
What triggered that sadness is beyond me. Really what for? They didn't have any romantic feelings. Yes, he did deceive her in a teacher's capacity, and capitalized on her accomplishment, but him getting married has nothing to do with her at all. Seems to be a broken plot device or perhaps a remnant of a love line the writers sloppily abandoned. It was so jarring when the drama completely forgot to expand upon that.
Man Korea is such a toxic country! I knew about the workplace hell and the competition in schools leading to highest suicide rates but man this drama really shows a more extreme version of it.
For me the later parts were very slow because majority of romantic tension had been settled a long time before…
I would have loved the last parts if the couple still had some romance and steamy scenes lol, but they started avoiding them as if they had grown old overnight.
Yes, the chemistry is awesome. It is the pillar and for me it is the downfall of this series as well. I was giddy to find such a gem and in the last third I was dozing off. The romantic tension dies down at that point. The show simply drags and drags.
IMO there was no need to show Yi Yang getting inspired and resuming his career when snooker was never really taken seriously in the whole show. Just showing few minutes of each game does not constitute a sports theme. Hell I had to consult wiki to understand the rules of the different types of games. The drama didn't even care to tell us that, nor any techniques were discussed nor the rigours of training for the sport.
I want to watch for Leo Wu and Wang Xi Yue but i hope its not to slow.
For me the later parts were very slow because majority of romantic tension had been settled a long time before the end. And frankly the show does not have any hard problems for the couple to solve, things just work out for them one after the other.
I loved the drama at first but I couldn't stand the ML actor so I gave up on it at ep 14. I had no problem with…
I did feel the strong chemistry but I do agree the ML is not very attractive. Regardless though, it was the length of the drama that made me lose patience. I dropped it at 28 haha, a first for me. Actually it just lost its charm after the ML got the championship.
Who do you consider the villains in this drama. There're a few in this drama, and if their objectives change they…
It does not matter as I said she did wakeup when the ML took her body to the wonderland. Essentially this plot device is completely compromised at that point.
You cannot just pick a series of plots from your imagination and apply it to the scene just to make it more believable for everybody. That's essentially changing the story. And I am discussing the actual story, not an imaginative probability.
Well. regardless, its apparent that you feel different about it. Lets agree to disagree.
Who do you consider the villains in this drama. There're a few in this drama, and if their objectives change they…
I understand the reasoning behind his action but it was too weak of a plot for a man of such calibre. The whole coup was executed in an unbelievable way. How a team of 20 people in ragtag getups made it inside the throne room in broad daylight. Let alone that there were simply no guards posted around the area at all.
The villains didn't even have a powerful fighter at all that could pose a challenge to the ML in the first place. The fight was lacklustre and frankly didn't have that thrill factor at all as nobody was essentially in danger.
The whole episode of FL behaving like someone dead was also handled very badly. There was simply no reactions aside from that gaze after she got up from the casket.
Not including the ML in the scheme was also bizarre as he is essentially a top rated pretender in the drama.
As she did wake up in one instance before the penultimate scene it made even more bizarre sense of how she can behave like a corpse. She obviously does not take some medicine that hides her pulse to cause a near death state. The ML is a very meticulous investigator.
There was essentially no need nor benefit in her faking her death as after all nothing really happened between both points in the timeline. It did not encourage the villain to expose his hand either as it was already set in stone.
That's why I said its a forced plot device which ruined the overall vibe of the drama.
Who do you consider the villains in this drama. There're a few in this drama, and if their objectives change they…
I am talking about the PM who wanted his daughter to marry the ML because she liked him and made a rational case for her to attain that position for him.
His action of actually staging a coup is diametrically opposite to his objective. He has also shown no tendency of actually replacing the king because he had no irreconcilable issue with him. He had no issue with the ML as well and had seen his genius and compatible personality.
He was a man with extreme proficiency towards politics and manoeuvring for his gains. He knew how to work the system and the King. He was also sincere towards the people.
But all that went down the drain when he engaged that tribe to stage the coup.
Currently am watching a 4k version of the drama and I just had to mention the level of cinematography is so high that I have rarely seen such quality picture in even the latest of dramas. Everybody looks so gorgeous in this drama.
But my opinion still stands that I don't really like the main couple.
Though I am upgrading the rating to 8 this time around just because of the high quality picture.
She could have used it so many times to escape similarly but the mechanism is completely forgotten.
FL was always very frustrating and immature despite being an adult of over 23 years. But on E13, I sincerely wished the villain to finally end her. Just because the drama had to have 16 episodes they made the FL go back to her dumb personality which had just been fixed an episode before... really disappointing.
There are so many plot lines that are completely unnecessary like the story of the ML's dad or the FL's brother's antics, too slapstick and lame. None of them were memorable and could have been replaced with the necessary evil of the villain's bogus storyline.
The drama also does not take the rules it sets itself, seriously, and sacrifices them for melodramatic effect. Essentially the whole time travel is taken too seriously at first and then completely forgotten. Even ML's predicament that actually required a long-term solution is forgotten and its seriousness ignored.
What triggered that sadness is beyond me. Really what for? They didn't have any romantic feelings. Yes, he did deceive her in a teacher's capacity, and capitalized on her accomplishment, but him getting married has nothing to do with her at all. Seems to be a broken plot device or perhaps a remnant of a love line the writers sloppily abandoned. It was so jarring when the drama completely forgot to expand upon that.
IMO there was no need to show Yi Yang getting inspired and resuming his career when snooker was never really taken seriously in the whole show. Just showing few minutes of each game does not constitute a sports theme. Hell I had to consult wiki to understand the rules of the different types of games. The drama didn't even care to tell us that, nor any techniques were discussed nor the rigours of training for the sport.
You cannot just pick a series of plots from your imagination and apply it to the scene just to make it more believable for everybody. That's essentially changing the story. And I am discussing the actual story, not an imaginative probability.
Well. regardless, its apparent that you feel different about it. Lets agree to disagree.
The villains didn't even have a powerful fighter at all that could pose a challenge to the ML in the first place. The fight was lacklustre and frankly didn't have that thrill factor at all as nobody was essentially in danger.
The whole episode of FL behaving like someone dead was also handled very badly. There was simply no reactions aside from that gaze after she got up from the casket.
Not including the ML in the scheme was also bizarre as he is essentially a top rated pretender in the drama.
As she did wake up in one instance before the penultimate scene it made even more bizarre sense of how she can behave like a corpse. She obviously does not take some medicine that hides her pulse to cause a near death state. The ML is a very meticulous investigator.
There was essentially no need nor benefit in her faking her death as after all nothing really happened between both points in the timeline. It did not encourage the villain to expose his hand either as it was already set in stone.
That's why I said its a forced plot device which ruined the overall vibe of the drama.
His action of actually staging a coup is diametrically opposite to his objective. He has also shown no tendency of actually replacing the king because he had no irreconcilable issue with him. He had no issue with the ML as well and had seen his genius and compatible personality.
He was a man with extreme proficiency towards politics and manoeuvring for his gains. He knew how to work the system and the King. He was also sincere towards the people.
But all that went down the drain when he engaged that tribe to stage the coup.
But my opinion still stands that I don't really like the main couple.
Though I am upgrading the rating to 8 this time around just because of the high quality picture.