BionicDreamer
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Too many episode for its own good.
I really wanted to like this drama, people are always raving about and the reviews for the most part are glowing, here and on other sites.And I did mostly like it. The first three episodes I found to be funny and touching with a bit of mystery looming in the background.
Cut to the end of Episode 10 and almost NOTHING has happened from Episode 3, it feels like we're still stuck on the same story as we were 7 episodes ago, I cannot believe how slow they were to get the ball rolling.
But when we arrived at Episode 11 things started to happen, plot points that had been left hanging for half a season suddenly became relevant again, even the writing overall seemed to become better, funnier and more emotional.
I just wish the show had been this all the time. Cause this had the potential to be an all-timer for me but as it is this will just be a so-so drama with a middle part that drags so much that it almost made me quit watching.
This is a drama that would have benefited from being 12 episodes instead of 16 REALLY long episodes, there just isn't enough story here to tell.
Or maybe there is?
This drama has a bunch of excellent side characters, from the people at OK Hospital to the people working at the book publishing company. But the show does so little with these characters it is almost criminal. We have an older man with PTSD from the Vietnam war, why not give him more of a character arc?
A show with 16 episodes like this one NEEDS to flesh out all of it’s characters but instead of almost completely focuses on the main trio for the bulk of the 16 episodes which just doesn’t work, it becomes trite and boring when we see the two brothers have yet another fight about the same thing they’ve already argued about for 4 episodes.
So yes, there is enough story to fill 16 episodes but I my mind they decided to focus on the wrong things, give the main couple and their drama time to breathe, make us miss seeing them on screen together by actually having the sideline characters do interesting things.
The OST in this is great with a lot of songs that I’ll probably keep listening to. Everything with this production is great, the acting, the wardrobe, the cinematography, it is all so very well done. It just isn’t enough when the script is this thin. I also cannot believe the whole deal with the antagonist of the show and how all that was dealt with, incredibly underwhelming.
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Want to be in a good mood? Watch this!
If candy-floss was a drama this would be it. Absolute delight and all-around feelgood show. There is almost zero conflict in this drama and when there is conflict it is often solved within an episode or two. This drama is like watching cute animal videos and youtube, it just makes you feel good and laugh. The chemistry between Lee Dong Wook and Yo In Na is great and it was fun to see them on screen together again after Goblin but there are a few other couples in this show and they all get their time to shine.Was this review helpful to you?
Even The Devil Was Once An Angel
” If the devil really exists among us it would be the self-pity of the powerful “After the 1 hour and 22 minute pilot episode named " A Monster Emerges in Turbulent Times " was over I knew I was in for something good, when the last scene of the episode starts and the song " Enemy of Truth " from the original soundtrack kicks in I got chills, what an episode and what a way to get the audience hooked.
But could something that started so strong keep up this steam for another 15 episodes? Both yes and no. I'd say that MAYBE one episode in the second half of the show was dragging a bit but overall the long runtime of each episode ( at least 60 minutes ) was used well and I always wanted more.
The cliffhangers made me press " Next Episode " faster than I could read the text saying " Next Episode "
The Devil Judge could be described as a courtroom drama but it is so much more, sure the scenes that are the live streamed court cases are great but the show quickly moves on the to bigger picture of it all, why does Yo Han want to live stream all these cases and what is his end goal?
This is one of those dramas in which the journey is equally as good as the destination. The small cases that appear along the way all lead up to something much bigger and when the credits are rolling ( After a 95 minute long final episode!! ) you will definitely feel satisfied.
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Who hasn't had the dream of one day getting superpowers and then take revenge on your bullies?
That is what happens to So Mun one day when he gets possessed by a spirit. Well, that is kinda what happens, turns out you only get to keep the superpowers you get if you use them for good, aka hunting down evil spirits and making sure they don't go around hurt and killing peopleThis is such a good drama that keeps the momentum from the first episode going all up until the last one, it is a fun ride with plenty of emotional moments that didn't fail to get my eyes all misty.
This is one drama I'd recommend everyone to watch since it has a little bit of everything. Great stuff!
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