![]() ![]() I liked the opening scenes of Seo Hae in a post-apocalyptic Seoul. Or is that an area of concern at all, with this story?Į4. I just wonder what kind of ripple effects might occur, with her changing the winner like that. When he keeps telling her that he can’t afford to die, and that he needs to support his family, she opts to leave him behind at the train station – after giving him the winning lottery numbers that he’d asked for. Seo Hae’s been quite demanding of Sun, but she’s not without conscience. ![]() This reminds me of the initial badassery that Park Shin Hye showed in Doctors, and I love it.Į2. I will talk more about this in my comments on the ending, but essentially, without getting into specific spoilers, the problem for me with this show, is that in the end, Show prioritizes the comic book treatment of its story, over the emotional journey of our protagonists. ![]() I wanted to root for their success, and I wanted them to be spared the obvious emotional pain, that the journey of saving the world entailed. How can you reconcile treating a character’s trials and tribulations lightly (an almost defining factor in a comic book world), with serving up emotional beats that are stirring?įor most of my watch, I felt that Show does a reasonably solid job of this, and I did become invested in our characters’ quest. The paradox for me, is that in a comic book sort of world, it’s actually pretty tricky, to stay true to the emotional resonance of the story. This made me believe that Show wanted to be a more emotionally driven beast. In fact, I was sucked into the emotion of Seo Hae’s journey right away, from the first scene in episode 1. ![]()
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