Memories Of The Alhambra
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satalasers This was a slow, but lovely show. It was very pretty.
- I really liked the videogame aspects, but I kind of feel that the bug part of the game weren't explained? How did Yoo Jin Woo become a bug?
- This show kind of felt more consistent that W: Between Two Worlds. While W always had me gripped, the latter half really kind of fell apart when it tried to throw more and more plot twists, only to explain them at the start of the episode; this one kind of felt more... stable, for lack of better words.
- Kind of loved the romance. I do think it needed a bit more, but them flirting (and kissing) was super cute. I liked that Hee-Ju was such an anchor to him, and his acts of kindness (besides the hissy fit at the start) was what made them become so drawn to each other.
- Yoo Jin Woo really held the show together. The actor clearly loved his character SO MUCH, and was really able to relay the pain he was going through. Also he has VERY good cheekbones.
- I got super attached to Jeong-hun. I didn't think he was going to die, but then he DID, and that made me really sad.
- I kind of wanted to know about the backstory of Yoo Jin Woo/his ex-wife/Hyeong-seok a bit more?? Maybe I just wanted a bit more agency about both of Yoo Jin Woo's ex-wives. More about Hyeong-seok would have been great, although my god, props to the actor who continuously was a vengeful wraith haunting Yoo Jin Woo endlessly.
- I found a little bit wierd that three languages were spoken in this? The Korean and Spanish totally make sense, since this is set in Granada, but the English took me out a bit. (I mean it makes sense that Spaniards would also speak English; and Koreans speak English; (it seems to be the curriculum these days?) so that's how they can communicate without speaking Spanish, but I still found it a little strange?) IDK. It was both great and a little strange.
- Did they ever explain why Hee-Ju named her shop Emma (and Se-Ju named the NPC that looked like his sister Emma)? Because if they did, I missed that completely.
- I felt extremely bad for Park Sun Ho. Because he's not playing the game, of course he's so confused and everyone appears as if they've lost their sanity to him. (Him also being played by one of my favourite actors also doesn't hurt.)
- I totally KNEW that Se-Ju was going to appear again in episode 14, because the end of every 16 episode kdrama, episode 14 seems to be when the "drama bomb" drops; and the writers gotta hurdle towards that ending. I still don't necessarily know what I think of it -- or if it applies to all the shows I've watched, but on general principle, if there's a "secret" the story line of kdrama, it tends to be revealed right at the end of episode 14.
- I wish there had been more Se-Ju. The show tried to track ground with Marco being in the backstory, but I kind of... wanted more?
I think, from the writer, I still prefer Nine: Nine Times Time Travel over both MOTA and W: BTW; and I like W a bit better than this one, because I really liked the villain in that one, also that kdrama went extremely bonkers, but MOTA might have the best protags. IDK. There are elements that I think MOTA does better than W, but Yoo Jin Woo's struggle was really great; although the protag of N: NTTT also went through the wringer, in what to me, was a truly fantastic screw up repercussion, in an earnest attempt to do good.
IDK> The writer always has an interesting rules set, but I'm not always convinced they're 100% thought through, though I like the creativity very much.
- I really liked the videogame aspects, but I kind of feel that the bug part of the game weren't explained? How did Yoo Jin Woo become a bug?
- This show kind of felt more consistent that W: Between Two Worlds. While W always had me gripped, the latter half really kind of fell apart when it tried to throw more and more plot twists, only to explain them at the start of the episode; this one kind of felt more... stable, for lack of better words.
- Kind of loved the romance. I do think it needed a bit more, but them flirting (and kissing) was super cute. I liked that Hee-Ju was such an anchor to him, and his acts of kindness (besides the hissy fit at the start) was what made them become so drawn to each other.
- Yoo Jin Woo really held the show together. The actor clearly loved his character SO MUCH, and was really able to relay the pain he was going through. Also he has VERY good cheekbones.
- I got super attached to Jeong-hun. I didn't think he was going to die, but then he DID, and that made me really sad.
- I kind of wanted to know about the backstory of Yoo Jin Woo/his ex-wife/Hyeong-seok a bit more?? Maybe I just wanted a bit more agency about both of Yoo Jin Woo's ex-wives. More about Hyeong-seok would have been great, although my god, props to the actor who continuously was a vengeful wraith haunting Yoo Jin Woo endlessly.
- I found a little bit wierd that three languages were spoken in this? The Korean and Spanish totally make sense, since this is set in Granada, but the English took me out a bit. (I mean it makes sense that Spaniards would also speak English; and Koreans speak English; (it seems to be the curriculum these days?) so that's how they can communicate without speaking Spanish, but I still found it a little strange?) IDK. It was both great and a little strange.
- Did they ever explain why Hee-Ju named her shop Emma (and Se-Ju named the NPC that looked like his sister Emma)? Because if they did, I missed that completely.
- I felt extremely bad for Park Sun Ho. Because he's not playing the game, of course he's so confused and everyone appears as if they've lost their sanity to him. (Him also being played by one of my favourite actors also doesn't hurt.)
- I totally KNEW that Se-Ju was going to appear again in episode 14, because the end of every 16 episode kdrama, episode 14 seems to be when the "drama bomb" drops; and the writers gotta hurdle towards that ending. I still don't necessarily know what I think of it -- or if it applies to all the shows I've watched, but on general principle, if there's a "secret" the story line of kdrama, it tends to be revealed right at the end of episode 14.
- I wish there had been more Se-Ju. The show tried to track ground with Marco being in the backstory, but I kind of... wanted more?
I think, from the writer, I still prefer Nine: Nine Times Time Travel over both MOTA and W: BTW; and I like W a bit better than this one, because I really liked the villain in that one, also that kdrama went extremely bonkers, but MOTA might have the best protags. IDK. There are elements that I think MOTA does better than W, but Yoo Jin Woo's struggle was really great; although the protag of N: NTTT also went through the wringer, in what to me, was a truly fantastic screw up repercussion, in an earnest attempt to do good.
IDK> The writer always has an interesting rules set, but I'm not always convinced they're 100% thought through, though I like the creativity very much.
