xenogear
Amsterdam
What Is there to say,After ive seen the series "Ghost" i gave this one a chance where i would think nothing could be as strong as ghost,This series is TOTALLY OUTSTANDING GOOD!.
From episode 1 till 20 you are sitting on the edge of your seat in this series looking forward "OMG" Whats goin to happen next.Full with emotions i watched these series in 2 LONG nights.The actin/music is really well done and deserve awards.I doubt any North american series can come even close to the emotional "roller-ride"you get from this show.The love and romance is there abit where its needed but this is the ind of series where it doesnt matter at all,words and feelings are enough to tell whats goin on.The ending was really well done and they took there time to conclude the ending which is rare these days normally they RUSH last 5 minutes but here you get atleast a full 40m of a conclusion about what should happen in the future and leaves you with a smile in the end.
For me this is one of best series ive ever seen and the only thing what could miss is re-watch value bcuz i doubt you ever gonna forget this masterpiece :).
DONT ONLY READ THIS! WATCH IT!!!
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Since i am a big fan of Sports in series i had to give it a shot!.
Let me start about the cast which is totally build of new actors from which it is the first drama they made.The acting was So-So and you could clearly see that some of them are still lacking.
The story is about a player Kang-San who is struggling his ways trough the bad era to become a successful basketball player.In the very first episode its starting of pretty good and tempt you to watch more episodes.Right after the first episode its becoming insanely slow and very dramatic,so much that its clearly not only about basketball anymore but about powers of the japanese goverment.Finally after the first 4-5 episodes the ball starts rolling and you get some basketball action which where i was waiting for.It was a very short happy time i can tell you and it went back into the pace of Govermental powers and betrayal.In that part i was very dissapointed and this series lacks allot of sport action!
However it still became kinda interesting at some point and was worth to follow trough with it and also became kinda fun to watch from episode 5 on till the end i would say.I enjoyed it atleast.
The romance in this series isn't as bad as in the comments i read but WAYYYY TOO DRAMATIC! The people cry way to much and at some point you get really sick of the over dramatic reactions and that is then exxactly the point where the acting was not so good.Its really irritating when someone Talk-Stop-talk,wait3sec and talk again!.The first few times you wont notice this but at the end of the series you will get irritated a bit and just wanna skip that part.As end-result i would say its a bearable romance but i wouldn't wanna see more of it.
I'm not going to spoil any of the series and i wont but the ending! OMFG!
i dunnow whether you would call it an ending xD.So i would highly suggest you watch it yourself and decide upon it haha.
I know the series was cut-down to 18 episodes and would leave out some after-part,but they could have atleast putted some effort in finishing it of which they clearly didn't i am not sure whether they ever will continue this series or just leave it as it is.
Conclusion: For the people who cant decide to watch it yes or no? i would say just watch it because it ain't as bad as the people say and for sure have some enjoyable time in the series however if you are looking for hardcore basketball action just stay away from the series and try to watch a good sports-anime!.
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Let me start with the acting in this series is Super Good.The main actor (park shi on) played his role brilliant which is i think one of the hardest things to act like person with Autism i really wanna compliment on that besides that the other actors where also really good in this series.
In this series there where allot of good moments but also allot of bad ones,I found myself being mad at some of the (Bad Guys) inside the series.The story evolves around a person with autism with special abilities which only people with that sickness can have and turn them into something beautifull.This drama is certainly one which will leave you with some tears on some moments and that's all because you will love park shi on so much that you kinda start to like him allot.It was a real big pleasure to see things going forward each episodes and seeing him getting passed his Traumas he encountered in his child-hood stage.I really don't have much to stay on the story besides the fact that there could have been some more hardcore operations and ecxitement in the operating part,however that's certainly a small minus.Music in the background was simply amazing and fitting.
Conclusion: A Really good-feeling drama with a nice ending,A romance which you wont easily forget and some tear-drops along the way.
Am very happy i seen this drama and its a recommendation ^^
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From start to end your bounded on your seat(atleast me).
The Thriller,The Ride,The romance,the action this series has everything and thats why for me this is one of the best dramas out there!.
The Story is so well written that its almost impossible to write what actually happend in here.But it basicly comes down on fight over LAW and justice.
This Guy who can read peoples mind makes this series totally epic,Since he can see exxactly hear what the culprit is thinkin in his mind and know whether someone is guilty or not.
You will see that in some episodes someone has to deal with the Fact that the Killer is out there luring to attack you + you have to deal with your own personal life/work and cases.After each episode you will find yourself thinking whats next ? and before you know it you go to sleep the next morning without any breaks haha :D atleast that happend with me xD.I am so exxited from this drama that i wanna Spoil badly but i cant do that.I just tell you watch 1 episode or 2 and you wont be able to pull out anymore..! A MASTERPIECE! DESERVES AN 11!
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Story: The story is pretty good and interesting and kept being fun to watch untill the end of the show.The maincharacters where acting good and funny at times.
If there is a negative in this show is that the story could have been more sepperated with mini storys inside with Oh Cho Rim solving some other cases with her special eye to see scents so they could save the Climax for more towards the end.It started way to soon from episode 6-7 till the end of the show which some people maybe hate,however it was still really fun to watch and i didnt really bother with it.
To sum it up it was a great ride of story and emotions.
The ending of the show is ammazing in my eyes! Since its very long and makes you feel completed when its over thats why i have to attack the negative feedback on this show and i feel that there are allot of trolls ammong them or just haters that wanna bash everything thats only a bit bad!.
Romance:This part was one of my favorites of the show since i think the couple was really cute together and made me laugh and love them at many times.
Music:The music is nice,especially the opening them of the show i loved.Also in the love monents and in the moments of action it gave a nice feeling.
Conclusion: Dont read the negativee feedback people give and watch this show! Its worth your time and its really fun!.Drama should be watched with a relaxed view and not only to try to find the minus points just becuz it became a bit draggy.The ending of the show made up for that and thats why its a great watch in overal!.If i had to give a comparrison to an other show it would be to You're all surrounded and that was a great show as well.
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This Story is a really Thick one with many layers,In the start of the drama i had To be honest no clue what was goin on and couldnt find myself to love any characters yet inside,However after the 2nd and 3rd episode kicked in i started to notice how deep this drama actually is.This story evolves around "Drugdealers" that seem to be so deep inside it that they end murdering up each other for whoever dont make the deals correctly.The Tital "CRUEL" Means cruel since people are hitting each other with GOLFCLUBS And Iron Maces.People getting most of the time brutally murdered bcuz they made errors and getting slaugtered by the people above them(The higher ups).
The guy in the police department is trying to get revenge on those druggdealers since his younger brother lost basicly his life on druggs and is now hospitalized.Then you got this other dude called Doctor's Son which is an "Undercover agent" for the police which is himself involved into the drug buisness and by doin that he is trying to capture the bad ones "the higher ups".
The story will evolve bigger and bigger and is one big mystery since the police will try to capture Doctor's Son for certain reasons and Doctor's Son is trying to stay alive since he is an undercover and need to accomplish his mission to become a police again.Then you got the Higher ups which are in command of all this and have the power over everything which makes the Police completely Useless to accomplish what they actually want too.
I can go on about this for ages but i cant "spoil" more of the story,there is so much happening wich so much meaning behind it that this drama is certainly 1 of the dramas with the biggest story ever.Only funny part is that THE "KNIFES AND KILLER WEAPONS" Are CENCORED.This is completely new for me and never saw something like that but im not really bothered by it but its kinda funny.
The music in this drama is kinda dark and if its running in the end of the episode it gives you some sort of a thrilling feeling.However it does get repetitive at times and there could have been a bit more variation to that.
The ending in this drama is really open ended and leaves you with some thoughts in your head.
Conclusion: A super good K-Drama with allot of Suspensive and twists in the story,Its definately a must watch!,I think story wise you wont find anything more deeper and dark than this one however dont expect to see happy tea times in this drama bcuz its really as the name says "CRUEL CITY".
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Its about a Guy named "Naoki" And A Female "Rikko" Who accidentially coming across each other like it seems some sort of fate.Naoki is a guy who loves Basketball and is trying his best to achieve his goals.While Rikko is trying to become a Female music artist with violins.They both are engulved in problems and issues in their personal life.Cant really tell allot whats goin on cause that would mean i would spoil allot of stuff.The chemistry between people is amazing and heartwarming at times.In these series you feel absolutely connected with the people involved inside and the Cuteness is undeniably good.While the series could have been a bit longer for my personal feelings since the time Flies! it seems.It just means it was so good and fun to watch this Love-Romance series.Its for sure one of the best japanese dramas ive ever seen and wont be forgotten quick.The theme song is still Running on my background from time to time and once you listen to it you get all those feelings back from when i was watching the series ^^.
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It was ammazing!!
Everything about it was top! The acting,the action,the suspense and the mystery.
It was 1 big Roller coaster ride of Drama and lot of things happening episode after episode.This is a truly masterpiece people should see if they like action/crime series.
I didnt expect a korean crime series to be this good! After the first episode i joined a roller coaster ride of 20 episodes long pure fun and action :) a must SEE!!!
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The Fact that this drama plays in Historical setting makes it perfect,The music is very rememberable and at some point you are kinda obsessed with all the characters and also will hate a few xD.
If i had to put a few negative comments it would be the ending which leave you with so many thoughts and a unsatisfying factor that you almost keep thinking,Damn maybe there must be a 2nd season to cover it up.Offcourse even with a bit weaker ending the drama is really good and worth a watch.Also some people tend to scream allot! xD.All by all a very good drama with allot of things that makes you Laugh,Cry and hate.
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Story: It continues after season 3 which i liked and it went on with all the crazy investigations.It was also nice to see the romance evolve more between Dr han and Kang Kyeong Hee which brought a bit more
life in the series.The thing that i dont like is that every season there are new actors inside and the genius computer hacker wasnt there anymore and he was in all previous 3 seasons.Then again in season 3 there wasnt Kang Kyeong Hee which was a dissapointment for that season since she is my favorite actor in the series.However it all connected to each other all seasons and this one is ended again with a open possibility for more god quiz which i like :).
I liked this season most because it was the most easy going of all of them.Not to much pressure on Dr han and his problems and his brain and i think the investigations where a bit eassier to understand.
Conclusion: A very nice show that can continue till season 10 all i care of:).The investigations are fun to watch and interesting.I would suggest this show to everyone that likes crime/investigations and you wont regret watching it :).
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Forced myself to watch this!
Going to make a honest and short review..Boring show..dragged 1 case all the way to the end and i forced myself to watch it just because it was so overrated.Ive seen tons of thrillers,crime,investigations dramas but this one is one of the worst for me..Im trying to understand what people find exciting about the 2 main protagonist in this show.They are so blank and boring.For people that wanna try this show just try 2-3 episodes..If at that point you feel not connected or bored just stop it immediately or just skip trough it.Its not a slow start and get better..Its actually boring all the way trough if you dont like it.One or 2-3 parts have a nice music and thats litterly the only thing for me.The show probably misses allot of action and epic thrilling moments that take you back.Its way to much talkin and blabla.
Give the show a shot! and if its bad just stop it and dont force yourself! peace out.
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Story: The story is very simple to understand and was pretty slow paced.The bullying part in the beginning of the show was horrible to see and i never hated a character so much than in this drama.
Kang So Yeong the bitch of the show was horrible beyond horrible without any logica to it and i often wanted to trow a freaking shoe in the screen right in her face.Its one of her first dramas and o dear god i doubt i can ever see her face again in any shoe after this lol.Offcourse i understand its acted but she was really plain evil and i didnt feel any sorry towards her in the end of show xD.
Its still a good story and could have been told in a few less episodes tbh but it was worth a watch.
I enjoyed the show with allot of hate and love to some characters so in that sense it was special.
Romance: Ok , now to the part where i was really dissapointed.Im not gonna spoil anything in here but omfg,this is litterly one of the first shows i think the girl end up with the wrong guy and it completely makes no sense to me.Now i have to say romance wise is there not that much happening and the character development is just not special enough to really fall in love with either of the couples but it was clear to me that i found towards the end she ended up with the wrong guy in my eyes.
Music: Music was one of the good parts of the show especially the song : Reset made allot of impact in the show.The minus points are that there could have been a bit more varrety and other songs between it because if you marathon a series like me and have to hear that song over and over it doesnt add up as well.
Conclusion: I know i bashed the show abit with the negatives here and there but it doesnt mean it was bad,The show was actually really good and worth all my time spend in it and i advice anyone to just watch it and see it for themself.I hope to see more of Kim So Hyun because i really love her acting and she will be really good material for the next super romance series.She reminded me allot of Suzy in dream high xd.
MY score is an big fat 8 for this show,Fun to watch but if they made the romance a bit stronger and the music a bit more varriated than it could have been easilly surpassing an 9.
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where to start? After ive seen the first season of Dream High i was full with Joy and Emotions.I was still dancing on the opening from dream high one which was awesome.Full motivation i opened the first episode of this ride of hell of Season 2.The beginning was already weird .The theme song and all of the actors had changed,I was like oh dear,WHERE IS HYE MI and Sam Dong Dong???.After this whole cast change i noticed the most funny guy was still included: Yang Jin Man...Ok lets come not on conclusions now and lets watch :)
After a few episodes:
Mygod,are you for real ? what happend with DREAM HIGH ? some parts became so kiddy and unbelievable that i was on the edge of stopping my hopes on this series.Kirin art School has turned into a Junkjard with some Noobish Dansers.What happend to this school ? The point that i loved in DH1 is that the people where really trying to become better even though they where not so good in the beginning and overcoming struggles.In part2 you barely see this.There was this episode where i was like YESS now the noobs goin to get super training and goin to show the upper class what they got.They where send to some millitair camp and what did they do ? They find a box and got send home ? WTF ? where is the epic Training and motivation to make them stronger.Really a let down part in my eyes.WHERE IS THAT ROCKY Feeling from DH1 that Samg dong Dong and Hye mi improved.
Music and Dance:
DH1 was so awesome where they had this Epic dance battles in japan and this epic song dream high what i loved alot.In part 2 the dancing is minimal and noobish as i can say.The main actor Shin Hae Sung became a composer where i had loved to see her turning into an epic dance machine and a good singer to show everyone that she is pro.In Dh1 you saw them training and becoming better.However there where 1-2 moments where the music was kinda fun and enjoyable it is not enough to hold up the expectations i had after Dream High 1.
Romance:
I can honestly say. I MISS JASON AND MISS SUSHI AND Hye mii and Sam dong dong.The big happy romance feelings where kinda left out here.They didnt even end up kissing in the end.
Overall:
I was really dissapointed with this series,however it became watchable after 5-7 episodes in the hope of turning into a killer one which would give me the goosebumps back in the ride that i had in Dream High 1.If i think back about it i should have not started this at all to stay in the dream high 1 zone where i was overloaded with emotions and joy.I was watching this right after Season1.I dont wanna be to hard and bad towards the series since it made me laugh at some points and also feel good,But the ending literly destroyed everything for me and was really dissapointing.I would suggest alot of people to just stay away from Season 2.And keep their joy from season 1 and dont let it get ruinned by this.However its hard to stop you from seeing season 2 since you will LONG FOR MoRe Dream high.I really hope they will make a dream high 3 in the future which will bring back and the love and joy i felt from part 1 and then i only feel that this series will get its place between the 2. :)
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The Truth About This Show!
There was so much negative that i almost skip this show but i started watching and it was actually really fun all the way through. It was for sure predictable as a veteran k-drama watcher but in general i was never really bored and wanted to see all of it. Like always ignore all the comments and watch for yourself!.I usually don't write reviews as much but i felt like for this show i had too because these days people set the expectation bar so high and can't really enjoy anything anymore.
A Solid story with joyfull and bad moments.They could've had maybe explained the abyss and the whole alien faction behind it a little bit better but in the end i finished the show with a smile and no regrets.
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An Absolute Beautifull Drama!
Let me first say that this drama is absolutely Fantastic and i would like to thank the actors for giving me an ultimate joy and sadness troughout the whole show.From the first episode all the way to the end i enjoyed the show.Regardless of the few flaws that every drama has this is definately a drama you must see and will enjoy.Im sure
I wanna keep praising the show but there are also things that i wish that would had not been there.I think if the show was 12 episodes it would had been enough already.I feel they dragged it a little out.I really appreciated the sub story with deok jin and ms ok as anime fans.Gave me a little break from the heavy main actors and made me laugh.
Also i understood that Hong Dae Young wanted to be with his family but since he had the gift of being young again why couldnt they just ignore everything be together and let Hong Dae Young enjoy his basketball career together with his Son for the sake of it.The anchorwoman got her dream in the end.I feel like he got pressured into either not being together or get back together being older.I dont understood the whole dramatic part why she had to break up with him to give his dream to him.Why not both ?I mean she had also a chance to sleep and cuddle with her younger version husband..HELLO TAKE ADVANTAGE HAHA.
All that said...it was a fantastic drama and i could barely stop thinkin about what if and what after i finished the drama and the feelings are still lingering inside me.I would definately not forget this drama for a long time and i advice everyone to watch this.
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