O Mito de Sísifo (2021)

Great Production

Many other reviews have mentioned how terrific the production was, how talented the actors were, and how erratic attention to science was throughout. I agree. I think the female lead was not particularly sparkling and, despite having survived and thrived in a horrible dystopian future, she often behaved like a spoiled teenager in interpersonal relationships.

I have one major issue with Sisyphus - TOO MANY FLASHBACKS, MANY OF WHICH ARE STUPIFYINGLY LONG. Quite a few are unnecessary and/or boring. Otherwise, it's an above average series, and you can watch it without having to warm up your thinky bits much.

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Le faltó guión en el capítulo final

Espero un rato para ver este drama después que salió, amo todo lo referente a viajes del tiempo, este guión tiene mucha inspiración de Terminator, jajaja, salvando las distancias. Se que escribir con viajes del tiempo, paradojas, y todo lo referente no es fácil, ya que el espectador siempre quiere que todo este explicado de la mejor manera. Pase toda la serie tratando de no ser exigente para no decepcionarme. También me llamo muchísimo la atención que cuando pasaban cosas que no estaba explicada, siempre llegaba un capítulo donde lo explicaban, para que uno pudiera entender el porque.
Entonces, por qué hacen ese final en donde no hay ninguna explicación? va haber 2da temporada? Se quedaron sin escritores y no saben terminarlo bien? Tenían la intención de dejar final abierto, sin lograrlo?
Ella, no me termina de convencer, y eso que visto varias actuaciones de ella. Él me encantó, y el villano, es muy bueno, le compro todo, desde Goblin que lo odio, jajaja, excelente actuación.
Me encantó la canción con que cierran los capítulos. Oiré todo el soundtrack ahora que terminé de verla.

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Bueno, que mas les puedo decir, sin decir spoiler, así que aquí voy.
Específicamente el último capítulo, tuvo un montón de detalles, que me dejaron confundida.
- Por qué? (tono de desesperación) involucran a Eddy Kim, ahoraaaa. Todo el mundo traicionó y jodió a Tae Sul, no hubiera sido mas lógico que fuera lo contrario, que lo ayudara. Para que hacen esto sin ninguna lógica. solo para dispararle y no hacer nada mas, es super tonto. Ese personaje estuvo ahí toda la serie solo para ese disparo final?
- Se pasaron de exagerados al extender la existencia de ella en esa escena, todos desaparecieron, ella también tenia que hacerlo. las leyes que impusieron tienen que ser para todos.
- Necesito que alguien sea amable y me explique como es posible ese final, no se si soy yo la despistada, pero no le veo ninguna lógica. Y si pasaron todo la serie explicando los porques debería haber sido importante hacerlo con ese final.
No por querer un final feliz, lo van a imponer sin ninguna lógica.

Al tener este final tan flojo, hace que se transforme en una serie irrelevante, y pierda importancia. Lo único que haré es es ver mas actuaciones de Jo Seung Woo, es la primera vez que lo veo, le seguiré la pista.

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " Sisyphus: The Myth " is an innovative drama. The story is well crafted, starting slowly, and building up to become an intriguing sci fi thriller. The future dystopian 'flashbacks' were excellent and reminded me of a game or an American movie. The family drama was also a strong factor that added some teary moments and intense scenes.

However, there were some parts that the drama fail to handle. The ending was okay, mysterious and made sense to be wage. But the plot started twisting things up, making everything confusing. The drama's last episodes had actually, lost intensity and had a slower pace.

Also, the drama didn't manage the villain well, as he lost his appeal after a while and fell flat. The romance was out of the blue and didn't make sense that the couple developed that strong of a bond in such a short period. However, the chemistry was overflowing.

The acting, finally, was great by everyone in the cast. The cinematography was masterful as well.

So, overall, seven out of ten.

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Non è questo il modo di viaggiare nel tempo...

Questa serie è molto appassionante, nonostante sia effettivamente piena di incongruenze e di illogicità. Nonostante le scene d’azione siano prolisse e abbastanza patetiche. Nonostante delle lunghe digressioni su avvenimenti marginali. Nonostante tutto questo, io me la sono veramente "bevuta". Ritengo che i temi che tratta, che sono principalmente il rimorso, la redenzione e gli affetti familiari, evidentemente sono coinvolgenti nonostante la trama faccia acqua da tutte le parti.

Gli sceneggiatori sembra che abbiano utilizzato il metodo dei foglietti appiccicati alla parete, solo che alla fine li hanno utilizzati tutti inserendo gli avvenimenti qua e là, dimenticandosi la coerenza delle linee temporali, che in una serie sui viaggi nel tempo mi sembra fondamentale.

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Tae-san secondo me è quello trattato peggio. Nella prima puntata viene detto che è morto nel 2010, e anche molto male visto che all’obitorio hanno preparato il fratello a quello che avrebbe visto. Bene, in 18 ore non sono stati capaci di dirci come è morto. In ogni caso, a un certo punto viene svelato che Tae-san non solo non era morto, quel giorno, ma soltanto rapito e sostituito con chissà chi (quindi non si sa come sia stata fatta l’identificazione), ma è sopravvissuto anche alla guerra e poi è riuscito a tornare indietro, nel 2020, materializzandosi a diecimila metri di altezza e andando a sbattere contro un aereo. Tutto questo viene semplicemente accennato e mai si vede cosa realmente sia accaduto a Tae-san.

Quindi nel 2020 abbiamo Tae-san 1, tenuto nascosto da qualche parte mentre il fratello lo crede morto, e Tae-san 2, di cui non è dato sapere che fine abbia fatto dopo aver sbattuto contro l’aereo. Va bene, è evidente che Tae-san 2 è morto, ma mezza informazione la potevano dare, visto che è uno dei personaggi più importanti della storia. È anche imbarazzante il fatto che Tae-san 1 sia, per qualche motivo, perduto nello spazio-tempo… ma perché? Gli hanno dato una botta in testa ed è entrato in coma? Gli hanno dato un farmaco particolare? E perché si risveglia appena il fratello si suicida? Oppure è Tae-san 2 ad essersi perduto nello spazio-tempo? Come ha fatto a tornare indietro nel tempo, se era prigioniero? Si è svegliato ed è scappato? Oppure è stato fatto scappare da Sigma, per qualche motivo che non viene spiegato compiutamente tranne che “era tutto calcolato”?

Purtroppo la verità è che non c’è alcuna logica nella vicenda di Tae-san. Non viene mai spiegato come e perché Tae-san fosse a conoscenza già dal 2010 dei viaggi nel tempo; e poi, quand’è che Tae-san dice al fratello “ci rivedremo”, dal momento che è scomparso all’improvviso? Invece di inserire nella valigia un biglietto con su scritto “Sigma è Won-Ju”, vi sembra logico che abbia messo gli annuari della scuola elementare, in modo che Tae-sul impiega mesi a capire e un giorno intero a individuarlo? Apparentemente è stato predisposto da Sigma per far arrivare Tae-sul alla scuola, ma il tutto è molto farraginoso e spiegato molto frettolosamente (basti pensare che Sigma non poteva calcolare al minuto quando Tae-sul si sarebbe recato alla scuola). E cos’è tutta quell’altra roba che sta nella valigia, a cosa serve? Si va per intuito, ma sarebbe stato carino se ce lo avessero spiegato (per esempio ho capito che le medicine vengono “contrabbandate” per il loro valore).

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Warning : This pile of garbage will destroy your brain cells.

What in the world is this ? How can you bring two of the best actors of this generation and turn it into this mess of a drama ? Lazy writing at best, completely taking the audience for morons at worst. I rolled my eyes so many times my head started hurting and had to drop the drama. I strongly recommend a hard pass, you won’t regret it. unless you like being taken on a roller coaster of utter bullshit, that is. The amount of times I stared at my screen in disbelief at what I was seeing set a record. It’s like one bad scene into another, every time you think it can’t be worse BAM they relentlessly shower you with even more bs. Like when 20 ultra trained agents somehow sneak in a neighborhood in broad daylight, fire more than 1000 rounds and couldn’t get even one stray bullet to hit while the two leads were a mere 2 meters away. Or when she gets hit by a 7.62 cal sniper bullet and not only somehow gets away in the most far fetched fashion, but she also recovers instantly ?! Hahah Man that’s not just bad, it’s criminal and i’d press charges if I could.

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Not even the great actors can save this show.

In a nutshell, it's like the director and the writer (mostly the writer) conspired to make sure there's a bad apple in CSW's basket of delicious acting fruits. Come on! Bad guys shooting around them in a blanket of thick smoke and NOT hitting each other in the process? Tens of bad guys seemingly waiting for their turn to be kicked by a girl? All those powerful guns but couldn't hit their targets? And let's not forget that refrigerator door. The first 2 episodes are ok at best but the will to carry on dropped as fast as irritation grew.

Lesson missed: if any attempt at time travel is done again, at least show some basic logic. If the viewer ends up making their own interpretation or justification for each and every crucial event just to appease their confused brain cells, then they should get paid as co-writers. I don't mind scientific thinking: i do that for a living. It's just that this show failed sorely in being logical.

If only CSW can travel back in time and refuse this show.

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Promising 1st episode!

Promising 1st episode giving me Tony Stark-In-Heroes-TV-Series-kinda vibe with that time travel I hope the viewers who left bad comments of The King can understand this drama. This ahjussi does not really do much dramas so probably he's new face for some, but then there's warrior-from-the-future Park Shin Hye who'll do all the saving (saw the stunts in teasers, I'm just wow)

Love the plot, it's evident they really invested millions in this drama. Happy 10th year JTBC! Hahahaha
I'll probably update this post after watching a few more episodes since this started to air last night.

P.S. Wished they casted a more genius-cocky-oppa-vibe actor like Ju JiHoon, Park Seo Joon or Lee Min Ho but they prolly wanted a late-30s oppa they could go for Ha Jung Woo or Hyun Bin jk. Anyway, this ahjussi looks okay but I don't see the chemistry yet.

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I wish I hadn't started watching it

This is a drama that I wanted to give up in the first five minutes and every minute thereafter. Due to the actor, whom I have positive memories of from Secret Forest, I managed to get through to the second episode, but here I probably survived for ten minutes. I love s-f, love it, but I'm begging the Korean industry to abandon this genre. This drama is a nightmare that I will dream about at night as one of the greatest stupid things ever produced. The whole scene in the plane is the negation of any sense or reason.
There may be something good about this drama, but a plot nonsense where, of course, there has to be a great tragic romance regardless of whether they come from other timelines ... (not a spoiler, that's my guess based on the second episode) Okay , I just didn't see anything good about this drama, I gave it up in the first minutes of the second episode and I regret that I started watching it at all, because I have a bad taste in my mouth because of it.

As people criticize me for daring to speak badly about this drama, I will add:
The thread "you must not meet him, you must avoid him at all costs", spoken by the girl's father, who turns out to be her husband's brother ... Why confuse the situation so much? Are these telnovela heroes who fall in love with each other, discover that they are close family so they cannot make love, but at some point it turns out that she is adopted after all, so they are not really relatives ...
Because she is killed on their wedding day, is he going to develop time travel technology? To avoid her death? This 1888 thread has been used so many times since then that I yawn.

I started watching because I love sci-fi, but that doesn't mean I'm uncritical to the genre and watch everything. I like K-dramas and have been watching them for years so I was curious about the combination and it totally missed my taste. I really don't understand why I have to keep explaining to people that everyone has the right to have an opinion and express it.
I respect those who like this drama, but I also dream about them respecting those who don't like it. If nobody blames the people who give 10/10 after watching the first episode because they are delighted and nobody tells them "wait until the last episode because you may not like you" why should I watch more episodes, "because you might like like the next episode "?

Please respect the rights of others to opinions other than yours, because not everyone has the same taste and one day you may come across a drama where you will want to tell the world how much you don't like it.

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Really wonderful stories

Han Tae-Sul is a genius engineer and the co-founder of Quantum and Time Company. He is handsome and he produces innovative results. Thanks to his efforts, Quantum and Time has become a world-class enterprise. He is known as a miracle worker and a hero in Korea, but reality is a little different. After his older brother's death 10 years ago, he has exhibited eccentric behavior. The company's stock price has fluctuated accordingly. One day, Han Tae-Sul learns of an unreliable truth behind his brother's death. His dangerous journey begins.

Kang Seo-Hae is an elite warrior. She can take down the biggest men with just her bare hands. She is also a sharpshooter and able to make bombs. She learned these skills to survive in a world that is dominated by gangsters and military cliques. One day, after a long and dangerous journey, she comes to Han Tae-Sul to save him.

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An old tale of sci-fi world!

Based on 2 episodes and what folds next, it is safe to say that the plot is extremely simple. It is like Hollywood style script, that fell behind the hit the mark.

Story:
In a future dystopian world where people or their holograms / shape that requires some pills in their suitcases, are secretly sent back in time through illegal means to carry out missions to stop what causes the destruction. Some are sent back to have a normal life, mostly parents sending their children back. It is obvious that ML and his brother is a huge part of a pandora that sets the events for future. ML will join FL to stop what cause the destruction in future, fighting powerful secret organization, who is most probably seeking funding and technology from ML's company in secret. While fighting truth behind his brother disappearance he will encounter enemies residing in his company, most probably his best friend, who will turn on him, when ML will refuse to do illegal stuff. Outcasted and framed ML, together with FL, brother and restaurant guy form a team to stop all the "bad people". ML brother will eventually die in the end saving his brother.

Acting:
JSW is an amazing actor, there is no doubt. But he is not one for comedy roles. In the first episode he is shown guilt ridden, rich jerk who has a kind heart, but does not acknowledge it. A typical arc for a such characters. But it didn't suit him. May be in Stranger and other series he has played too may serious characters, that his image is imprinted on our minds. I do not understand why there is so much critique when it comes to PSH. She is always a victim of serious public scrutiny, just like Bae Suzy. I have not watcher her, except in Doctors, and she was quite good, plus she is insanely famous. Her acting no joke. I know Chae Jong Hyeop from a award-winning web-drama Rumor, he was a jerk in it, but he did extremely well. He is handsome hunk, and he is doing good, hope this show gives him boast.

Production Values:
Rumored to be most expensive series, it is sad to say it didn't live up-to its expectations. Set designs, vfx, editing, mixing, cinematography is just like an average series. Not like someone with budget they claim more than DOS. Fighting scenes, tech scenes, is not even high tech. Putting robots, big screens, advance computers does not make a series sci-fi. Hello, I mean, has someone seen Arrival, it was decade's best "sci-fi" film, and it did not included high tech.

I am not writing this review in a haste. But I did wanted to write after watching just 2 episodes that is it a very basic plot, with predictable things happening around. There wasn't much left to guess the story after watching first two episodes, I mean, yes, its not like I know the story, but the outline is pretty guessable. Having said this I do not hate the series, I scored it at 7.5. It may change if they really managed to surprised us with some serious and top-notch stuff for rest of the 14 episodes.

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