conan의 리뷰

BEST PILOT EPISODE FROM A KDRAMA THIS YEAR!

"Episode one alone felt like a full-length movie, and I'd give it a perfect 10/10. It was genuinely the best pilot episode I've seen from a K-drama this year, with everything about it being cinematic. The setting, atmosphere, characters, flow, and emotions all contributed to that movie-like feel. I'm absolutely delighted!The show's premise follows a screenwriter desperately waiting for his big break after years of watching others succeed. The protagonist, Hwang Dong-man, is shaping up to be a character I'll remember for a long time. He's been beaten down so many times that all he has left is hatred, jealousy, and negativity. Yet, he keeps pushing forward despite everyone telling him to give up. He smiles, talks endlessly to himself, trying to feel alive, yearning for power and recognition. His life drowns him daily, but he's someone you'd root for, flaws and all. He's a morally grey character driven by emotions that could make you like him, hate him, or understand and relate to him.This show, with just one episode, delivered a story rich enough to fill several. The acting, particularly from Koo Kyo-hwan, was phenomenal. I always knew he was amazing, but experiencing it firsthand, seeing his micro-expressions and how deeply in character he is, truly broke my heart. There's so much more this show has in store, and I'm eagerly waiting for it all to unfold."

antoben83의 리뷰

Totally delightful, a true treat

I am writing this after ep 1 because the summary writeup in MDL top page and the earlier MDL article for the drama does NOTHNG to convey what this drama is like. This is absolutely delightful! What a masterpiece! such a great story and acting, and filming. So creative. Gods prevented me from bailing out on this drama by sending me an Angel user who wrote that the script writer for this drama also wrote My Mister, which is one of my top favs. Based on the writeup in the MDL preview article long time ago, I thought this would be a gloomy psychological melodrama - no thanks!!!!!... - but heck no! There is humor, there is depression and hunger and loan sharks, and there is sunlight and fields of flowers and new experiences and love. Totally charming and delightful. A real art piece :) Very deep, compassionate, painful, funny, such a treat! I give Thanks to the Great Creator and drama production team that made this kdrama possible. I trust that this will continue in all episodes :) Helelujah baby we got a real kdrama to watch!!!!!!! This is an event to be celebrated - we will be watching a masterpiece being born for the next 6 weeks. Also we will be watching transformation and rebirth of ML and FL, and hopefully all the commercially oriented 8 and their entourage.