hi Lily! I am reading this post of yours and thinking, "ah yes, she nailed it regarding 'Gyeongsong Creature' (GS)... totally all my thoughts." I probably will come back as more thoughts come to mine, but I really struggled "GS" on so many levels too, and I think mostly the characterizations were so blaring in a weird way. As a fan of Park Seo Joon, he pulled the role off fine, but it was not memorable, and I honestly think anyone else could have played this role too. That's sad to me because there's always a win in a drama when one watches something and walks away no one else could have nailed the role. PSJ's character of Jang Tae Sang (JTS) felt a bit all over the place. There was one scene I remember where JTS's mother-figure character told everyone that the rescue was JTS's idea all along. It felt cheap to me because there really wasn't much character development because all they did was show us that JTS just has a facade, but he really has a great heart underneath all that. Because the character, Na Wol Daek said that anyone who came to JTS for a favor would always be helped...so then that now undermines the part where they tried to play it off as someone who doesn't care about anything but his wealth initially. All this cheapened the possibility of his character growth to me. And then Han Soo Hee, whom I have no issues with, but her character here had me rolling my eyes as Yoon Chae Ok (YCO). She is supposed to be this really intelligent sleuth, and yet the first moments we see her tailing JTS and becoming hostile, when she's the one who needs help, made no sense to me. Throw in their romance together, even more lack of sense to me. It's as you mentioned, suddenly the show wants to use love that is the catalyst that changes JTS? So is he or is he not someone who cared from the start because of his own backstory? And why the heck would the show just reveal everythingggg at the start? Makes me wonder if they thought they'd have their budget cut, but that is not an excuse for lack of great storytelling. This drama had potential, but I was so disappointed ultimately how things were executed.
I totally forgave bits and pieces of the lack of world building, but nothing else really kept the show going. Do you think you'll be tuning into season 2?
LOL. Honestly once you know what the monster is or where it comes from... there's no more reason to be watching it because the human stories are so poorly presented. Worse than cliche actually. The terrible waste of Wi Ha-joon in this is quite unforgivable. In fact the whole independence movement aspect was very weak.
HAHAHA YES! the independence movement could have been so much better, and Wi Ha Joon's character could honestly have been played by anyone else. I actually felt even Jang Tae Sang could have been played by anyone else instead of Park Seo Joon. And this is coming from someone who is a Park Seo Joon fan.
hi Lily! I am reading this post of yours and thinking, "ah yes, she nailed it regarding 'Gyeongsong Creature' (GS)... totally all my thoughts." I probably will come back as more thoughts come to mine, but I really struggled "GS" on so many levels too, and I think mostly the characterizations were so blaring in a weird way. As a fan of Park Seo Joon, he pulled the role off fine, but it was not memorable, and I honestly think anyone else could have played this role too. That's sad to me because there's always a win in a drama when one watches something and walks away no one else could have nailed the role. PSJ's character of Jang Tae Sang (JTS) felt a bit all over the place. There was one scene I remember where JTS's mother-figure character told everyone that the rescue was JTS's idea all along. It felt cheap to me because there really wasn't much character development because all they did was show us that JTS just has a facade, but he really has a great heart underneath all that. Because the character, Na Wol Daek said that anyone who came to JTS for a favor would always be helped...so then that now undermines the part where they tried to play it off as someone who doesn't care about anything but his wealth initially. All this cheapened the possibility of his character growth to me. And then Han Soo Hee, whom I have no issues with, but her character here had me rolling my eyes as Yoon Chae Ok (YCO). She is supposed to be this really intelligent sleuth, and yet the first moments we see her tailing JTS and becoming hostile, when she's the one who needs help, made no sense to me. Throw in their romance together, even more lack of sense to me. It's as you mentioned, suddenly the show wants to use love that is the catalyst that changes JTS? So is he or is he not someone who cared from the start because of his own backstory? And why the heck would the show just reveal everythingggg at the start? Makes me wonder if they thought they'd have their budget cut, but that is not an excuse for lack of great storytelling. This drama had potential, but I was so disappointed ultimately how things were executed.
For me the world building and the character work was seriously lacking. It's death for a fantasy show when the worldbuilding is not up to scratch.
I totally forgave bits and pieces of the lack of world building, but nothing else really kept the show going. Do you think you'll be tuning into season 2?
Not a chance. I didn't even finish S1
LOL! I fastforwarded. I think I got through the last 3 eps in under 30 min.
LOL. Honestly once you know what the monster is or where it comes from... there's no more reason to be watching it because the human stories are so poorly presented. Worse than cliche actually. The terrible waste of Wi Ha-joon in this is quite unforgivable. In fact the whole independence movement aspect was very weak.
HAHAHA YES! the independence movement could have been so much better, and Wi Ha Joon's character could honestly have been played by anyone else. I actually felt even Jang Tae Sang could have been played by anyone else instead of Park Seo Joon. And this is coming from someone who is a Park Seo Joon fan.