Post by ajk on Jan 6, 2018 15:06:56 GMT -5
Let's start with a big round of applause for a small thing. When everybody was searching for that messenger, I wondered how they all knew who they were looking for because only one or two people got a good look at the guy. Then Im Yon just casually unrolled a sketch of the guy, like a mug shot. And there's the answer. That kind of thoroughness and attention to detail is one of the best things about this series. In a lot of other series that kind of thing doesn't even occur to the writers, much less get dealt with properly.
Overall I wasn't crazy about this one. It was well done as usual and it had a couple of very good angles in the storyline, but this business about Choe Hang being a lunatic, a little of that goes a long way and it can get tiring to watch pretty quickly. And also the question about the real CH probably not being a lunatic; if that's the case then they need to move on from the lunatic story ASAP.
This whole thing about Kim Mi's letter, that's gotten pretty tiring pretty quickly too. If everybody is so concerned with Kim Kyongson's welfare then KJ or somebody else should have gone right to Choe Hang and explained the situation. Yes CH might have blown up over it but it wouldn't possibly be any worse than letting it drag on and letting all of this tension build up over it. Just seems like kind of a weak premise to be given so much episode time.
The one thing I liked the most is the question that's emerging about how far you should go to support your leader versus when do you take a stand and say enough is enough. Yangbaek has never been a rocket scientist and we can see him clinging to his role as an unquestioning, obedient servant, but we know he's a good person at heart and so now we wonder what he'll do if things continue to deteriorate. And it's not at all clear what will happen, which is good writing. The question also came up with the soldiers who saved Oh Seungjok's life. That was a big surprise. "Overlord or not, he's a bloodthirsty scum." Already we have people who have given up on CH.
"My idiot nephew has finally gone too far." Kim Kyongson is facing this with remarkable bravery. Yet another scene that begs for this guy to get his own series.
"True, but your stepmother...What about her?" So the weasel official is trying to talk sense, who would have expected that. And Jung Ho Keun, sorry to keep mentioning him but there was a scene in this one that he just about stole simply by the shifty way he was looking around. What a treat that he showed up in the series.
A good job once again by the actor playing Manjun. Especially the scene where he talked about his mother. That also was a nice bit of writing; gave us some great insight into the character's mind and made him more complete.
"Better a fool than a clever man. I should have chosen Manjong." Well that's just crazy second-guessing. Manjong would have been just as bad and we all know it (and KJ certainly knows it too).
That's a heck of a house KJ is living in now. Wish we'd gotten to see more of the outside than just a quick glimpse.
Just ten more episodes to go. Starting to become clear why this series is also called "Soldier"--obviously we're not going to get more than a brief glimpse of KJ as the top guy.
Overall I wasn't crazy about this one. It was well done as usual and it had a couple of very good angles in the storyline, but this business about Choe Hang being a lunatic, a little of that goes a long way and it can get tiring to watch pretty quickly. And also the question about the real CH probably not being a lunatic; if that's the case then they need to move on from the lunatic story ASAP.
This whole thing about Kim Mi's letter, that's gotten pretty tiring pretty quickly too. If everybody is so concerned with Kim Kyongson's welfare then KJ or somebody else should have gone right to Choe Hang and explained the situation. Yes CH might have blown up over it but it wouldn't possibly be any worse than letting it drag on and letting all of this tension build up over it. Just seems like kind of a weak premise to be given so much episode time.
The one thing I liked the most is the question that's emerging about how far you should go to support your leader versus when do you take a stand and say enough is enough. Yangbaek has never been a rocket scientist and we can see him clinging to his role as an unquestioning, obedient servant, but we know he's a good person at heart and so now we wonder what he'll do if things continue to deteriorate. And it's not at all clear what will happen, which is good writing. The question also came up with the soldiers who saved Oh Seungjok's life. That was a big surprise. "Overlord or not, he's a bloodthirsty scum." Already we have people who have given up on CH.
"My idiot nephew has finally gone too far." Kim Kyongson is facing this with remarkable bravery. Yet another scene that begs for this guy to get his own series.
"True, but your stepmother...What about her?" So the weasel official is trying to talk sense, who would have expected that. And Jung Ho Keun, sorry to keep mentioning him but there was a scene in this one that he just about stole simply by the shifty way he was looking around. What a treat that he showed up in the series.
A good job once again by the actor playing Manjun. Especially the scene where he talked about his mother. That also was a nice bit of writing; gave us some great insight into the character's mind and made him more complete.
"Better a fool than a clever man. I should have chosen Manjong." Well that's just crazy second-guessing. Manjong would have been just as bad and we all know it (and KJ certainly knows it too).
That's a heck of a house KJ is living in now. Wish we'd gotten to see more of the outside than just a quick glimpse.
Just ten more episodes to go. Starting to become clear why this series is also called "Soldier"--obviously we're not going to get more than a brief glimpse of KJ as the top guy.