Apostando Alto (2020)

Biggest flop in k-drama history

This drama had one of the best start any drama I have watched to the day, and really excited me to continue to watch it because it was intriguing. Not gonna lie this series is a good one overall but it has some of the biggest flaws in the story. The writer wasted almost have of the drama in a triangular love and didn't develop any of the main leads after episode 8. the series just stagnated. From the very first episode we are introduced to this amazing character and we are led to believe that he is the main character of the story, but nono.
The story revolves around Mr. Han who wrote letter to Dal-mi becoming her only friend during a really difficult period of her life, and yes he only did it because Dal-mi's grandmother asked him to, but we have to take in consideration that even after that he wrote a lot of personal stuff in those letter, so the story starts after this letters and Dal-mi's father dying after getting and investment.So we're let to believe that Mr. Han and Dal-mi are the main characters. in the case of Dal-mi she is amazing in the begging, a very talented woman capable of accomplishing anything she wants with a relative different approach to life, and her driving force is her older sister that choose to live with her mother instead of her father like Dal-mi choosed, basically she wanted her sister to regret her decision.
Up to this point we basically have the plot set in stone to the story begin.
Hey with this kind of plot you're set to have an amazing drama. Then you introduced this other character Nam Do-san who is consider to be a genius programmer but a really awful like really bad as a CEO, why is he introduce you may ask? well, the letters I talked before where sent to Dal-mi using his name as sender. This just make this story a love triangle and really interesting which one of the two she will choose her partner or boyfriend or whatever you wanna call it. Up to now everything is enticing.
The problem this series have is that after she is led to believe this Do-san guy is really her friend is told that it isnt and it was infact Mr. Han. So after them lying to her their relationship went south, because she doesn't know which one of them is the one she likes, the Do-san of the letters or this other Do-san. This part is basically what can move the story forward to our next problem. So she became mad at the two of them and up to this point, we are led to believe that she is only with Do-san because she thought he was the one from the letters. So either Do-san wins her heart or Mr. Han does and here resides the problem of the story, not only Do-san does nothing to win her heart or her trust again but also Mr. Han does basically nothing to win her heart apart from a love confession. So either of the character can't be with her in my opinion, this was basically the part to win her heart and both fail so hard in my opinion to do.
So when the writer then says that Dal-mi love the new Do-san, it doesn't make any fucking sense, like why? She needs a really good reason in order to be with him, Writer: Dal-mi likes Do-san because he is Do-san. What???????????????? How????????????? Why?????????????????
This guy after Dal-mi finding out became violent (he punched Mr. Han because of his own poor decision making abilities and jealousy), low-selfesteem, dork, jealous, an idiot. So why does she likes this toxic guy? What sets him apart from Mr. Han? this is a very important question to answer when your reason is because he is Do-san. This is why a lot of viewers are discontent with how the story came to be.
Personally I liked a lot more Mr. Han to end up with her BUT he is also at fault that he lost Dal-mi, He does nothing to win her over again. So in the end I think she didn't have any reasons to be with any of them.
Another problem that this series have is her second lead, Her older sister is set from the very begging to be her driving force to become better and an amazing business woman more succesfull than her older sister. This character is left in a corner with no screentime what so ever. If she is her driving force you better have them interact with each other like a lot but no. This character had so much potential but wasted to bad.
Finally the start-up problems, eventhought I'm not a succesful businessman or own a big enteprise, but hey trust me when I say that, this guys just got lucky. They develop and amazing app but with no oportunity to generate money. This kind of project you can only make possible and viable when you have already a succesful business and you have a lot of money not a really good idea to a new company to be making. I feel like everything they achieved is because of luck and not because of hard work. So, what could have been a point in favour to the series becomes one of its problem.
Apart from the Story, I can say with full confidence that all actors did a really amazing job in portraying this poorly written story. I can say that this director has to me accountable for this dramas problems. because when you're shooting this series you can probably tell that some things are not right and should be changed because this is also part of the Director job.
I will never rewatch this drama in my life and I will never recommend this drama to anyone unless I hate the person, because this series overall is an above average one probably a 7 or 8, but those problem makes the story so dragging and anoying to the point of not wanting to watch the next episode. Hope this is writer and director learn from their mistakes and improve in their next drama, because we're humans and humans can make mistakes.

Leia Mais

Instilling wrong values in youth by glorifying them!

I expected a lot from this drama because in the beginning I felt so excited and felt like it was going to sweep all awards away! But NO!

There was a beautiful back story, the direction and acting in the first few episodes were so touching that it connected with the audience really fast! It is OVERHYPED! Like a gift box which is beautifully wrapped but hollow inside!!

An orphan boy, an ambitious girl, a kind grand mother, letters, the geek and his friends all were likeable and story was at its best until episode 9-10!

What went wrong? I will only talk about characters!

DALMI : Sassy, ambitious, outspoken, bold girl became a dumb robot! She doesn't have a voice of her own, can't take decisions of her own! Leads on the second male lead for 3 years. Takes best advantage of him to climb up the ladder! And she doesn't need explanations to anything! Her bf lies to her left to right. She is OKAY with it! She only has her grand ma who is getting blinded. She is ready to leave her alone and go to San Francisco for her job! Not a single second thought! Her bf is violent, manipulative, has no integrity, and she is completely OKAY with that too! In fact she is digging her own grave in the drama itself! A very bad example for the young generation! I saw young suzy fans glorifying her as the best character in the drama! IMAGINE THE DAMAGE THE WRITER HAS DONE! She literally poisoned the young minds! Dalmi is a very dangerous example for youth because she just doesn't think and act! This is the era of reason! People are smart! Young girls should especially be upfront and inspiring! THE WRITER GLORIFIES a flawed woman and what a waste of her effort! The actress plaing Dalmi gives ambiguous expressions and we can't read her face! We don't know if she is in love or sorrow or anything sometimes because of her blank expressions!

DOSAN : Extremely likeable, ambitious, kind character in the beginning! He was like a breath of fresh air which soon started smelling like trash! Yes he is very supportive to her gf. In fact she is her dream! NOW THAT IS A WRONG MORALE! He is an already lost character as his business is a failure! He lacks common sense about business which in the beginning is funny and adorable! Soon his character starts to deteriorate! He is not honest! Has no integrity! Doesn't give the gf the space she needs! Manipulative! He takes advantage of others' stories from the beginning to the end! He leaves his mother on the road in the middle of nowhere that too in the night to go to the gf! Is it something to glorify? Ah! he love sthe girl so much that he even left his mother and came running to her! she loves her so much! ???? Is it the message to the young generation? This is very DANGEROUS because I have seen many young Nam Joo Hyuk fans glorifying the character! Best character in the story??? THE WRITER AND THE MAKERS will have to be responsible for the damage they have done!

Taking a cute, handsome popular actor to perform the male lead and justifying every bad thing he does is outright criminal and very socially irresponsible! They knew that he will be glorified, they knew the young gen will relate to him and think this guy is exemplary! But in order for TRP and popularity they betrayed their own conscience! At least they could have made him a little likeable and justify that he is the male lead! no it was shoved on our faces by a single line : "Dosan, you have changed" HOW PATHETIC!

HJP : The saving grace of the drama! He was blunt , spits out the truth, brutly honest when it comes to criticism, chivulrous, loving, caring and kind! Despite being an orphan, he is living a grand life but with no friends or familial love or any romantic love. The Good boy remains a good boy but he is so sacrificial that even in the end he says : " I am not the Dosan from the letters" to make Dalmi feel unburdened and to make her take her decision! (To which she responds OKAY! yes! no honest real discussion about the most important part of the play, even after the time skip and not even in the end!) He is pitted against the weakly written male lead in order to bring a change into the K drama Norm by the writer! And they also cast a brilliant actor with excellent looks! He even has micro expressions being a theatre actor for 12 years! He made the general audience fall for him easily with the nuances of his acting! and easily outshines all other actors including the Male and Female leads who actually are not very good actors! Now he is the exemplary character here for all the youth! BUT sadly the youth obsessed with their favourite actors refuse him as a character. I read a NJH- Suzy fan tweet which said , " Please uncle, don't disturb their kiss" !

So the age gap of five years between Dalmi and Dosan has been painted as a bad thing and the more mature character has been rejected by the youngsters! They idolize the weak and bad male and female leads!

And the writer and the producers are very careful not to give any space or promotion to the second lead around who the whole story revolves! They don't give him interviews, they don't put him in posters, even the only OST which was made for him as his point of view, carried the cover photo of Dosan-Dalmi! Makers purposefully stopped pushing him because they knew his popularity among the audience will over shadow the whole drama and the cast!

Other characters : don't have anything to do much in the drama! Their I said it! But they all acted well!

Overall it is a wasted potential! Now cry for the spilt milk!! The writer may have tried something new but it failed. Started with a bang and ended with a whimper!

I wish they had not glorified bad values! I wish they had written the story with a flow! I wish they had shown some character growth in the male and female leads! instead they deteriorated! I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRAMA TO ANYONE I KNOW!

Leia Mais

I feel like the writer wanted to be different by making dosan the ml. he was unlike the usual mls. he was awkward, self continuous, easily got hurt and thought he was lacking, he believed everyone's criticism about him so he always seemed to not want to try.
that's when he met dalmi and she was like a spark for him. she wasn't his goal, but his motivation, he didn't want to succeeded to get her, he wanted to succeeded with her and I found that support and road really sweet.

usually mls are rich, confidence and jerks (kinda like the 2ml), they also share the "childhood connection", so most of the time romances feel forced by "destiny" and the ml is way too controlling. (again like the 2ml ;/)
so this was refreshing in that part, I'm giving them another 0.5 just becasue the ml was not the "childhood friend to lover" trope xD

on other ways dosan was dalmi's motivation, her support and the hand that chose to walk along side her rather than in front or behind her.

I LOVED, saha and her coupling with Cheol San, I wish they focused more on them though. also I think the writer should've went with a slow burn romance instead of the random middle breakup and getting back together at the end.

also I think they wasted In Jae. thankfully she wasn't the evil witch, but then it was kinda like dalmi "made it" becasue she depended on her sister's company. tbh if she started fresh no one would've made her a ceo so fast.
then there was the fact that the grandmother's ex daughter in law came back running to her, and her own grand daughter didn't for 3 YEARS! just becasue she wanted to change back her surname (how long does that even take).. that was just an excuse to add her story for the last ep so they could have content...


for the 2ml, tbh I see him as a fairy godmother, he gave and gave but stayed in the shadows which just shows how the writer doesn't intend to give him anything else in return, he was just the spark for the main couples' fire/story.

basically the writer wanted a past connection without a past connection. and in some ways "this" was the drama the writers chose the 2nd lead. (personality-wise) dosan always felt more like the 2ml. he was not the 1st love, he was not rich and he didn't have a chance until he "browned" the typical 1st lead's backstory, ie the rich 1st love ;)



there's a difference between "samsan tech couldn't have made it here without you" and the "tell her if she fails I'll be her plan b"
2ml was like the fairy godmother mixed with the evil witch, it just didn't add up. there's a big difference between guidance and being cynical, I really can't function around someone who keeps yelling that I'm wrong or useless...

there's a difference between "depending on someone" and someone who'd break your motivation ;p he didn't say, "work hard but if you fail I'll be here", he says "don't do this, you'll never make it"


there was a drama like this, the 1st couple had the rich girl/poor guy but people were all about the 2ndery couple who were the usual rich guy/poor girl.
so here people are not getting sls but they're getting first lead syndrome xD

the songs were nice but kinda felt like itaewon class and I never rewatch stuff

Leia Mais

It's not real life, but an enjoyable drama

Quite an unusual story. Experiences and negative situations in their childhoods provide us with 4 main characters as adults who carry some baggage.
Broken families, white lies, naivety, tenacity, bonds, expectations and anchors in the past, are the mainstays.
I liked every character, as the well matched cast were so good.
Do San (NJH) is a drama typical geek; desperate as a child to not let his parents down, naive, self conscious, low self esteem, feels a failure, doesn't quite fit in and very soft.... but, somehow very likeable. His 2 best friends and business partners are great characters and their friendship is heartwarming.
Dal Mi (BS) family was split, with her childhood becoming a polar opposite to that of her sister's, which leads to fractured, competitive, cold and distant adult interaction. She wants to make her father proud, beat her sister and take care of her grandmother.
Ji Pyung (KSH) had a tough childhood, found guidance and support from Won Dook (wonderfully played by a favourite, Kim Hae Sook) and provided emotional support, as a favour to her, through letters to someone.
As adults the planets align and all these characters, plus some, are brought together.
We journey through shifting expectations as compromises have to be made for dreams to be fulfilled.
We occasionally come across characters that value their personal reationships, love and loyalty over money and there are several of those here.
There is a fast forward of 3 years in the story line, but I felt this drama was more about relationships, trust, consequences and the main characters' lives together, than their businesses, so I wasn't too bothered about that.
However, I felt the final episode was very rushed and the ending of it very crammed, however I still enjoyed the drama overall.
I laughed out loud and shed a few tears.
NJH's acting is very understated. He can play a cold, arrogant character (like in Bride of Habaek), attractive boyfriend (Weight Lifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo), 'out there' (School Nurse Files) and awkward/soft (this one), with ease.
Don't believe all the negative reviews, try it with an open mind and make up your own about it 😊

Leia Mais

One of the best 2020's dramas

It is sad to see that the 'shipping war' messed up the experience for many viewers.

In the first episode one of the most distressing and exciting death scenes I have ever seen in my over ten years at dramaland.

Photography and direction are spectacular and the script was impeccable, the characters were not betrayed (so much so that in the end even the 'good boy' understood that he was attached to a false memory). There was an acting show by all the main actors, Kim Seon-ho deserves the recognition he got (I was following his work before Start-up and I know it was already time for it), Joo-hyuk had his best performance as an actor in this drama (the Do-san before Silicon Valley was very unique, different from all the protagonists he has ever done), Suzy was wonderful and Dal-mi was an inspiring and empowered woman, her family made me cry a lot (that is the grandmother everyone wanted).
Perfect drama!
Looking forward to the upcoming projects of the actors, writers and directors.

Leia Mais

A very insightful and inspiring show

Start up is a drama that I enjoyed watching every second of. It was well paced, inspiring and satisfying in every aspect.
The point of the show doesn't lie in the romance, that's something I didn't even think about unlike the millions of people on the internet putting themselves in teams about who deserves her. I was more worried about the other aspects of the show. It is rare that the other parts of the show are so much more interesting than the romance.
The show first of all shows the process and problems of starting a business in detail. It shows the society losing trust in you including your family.It shows how hard it is to actually start a business.
The concepts brought out in the show are straight out of entrepreneurship textbooks. The idea of "sandbox" was extremely interesting. I think this show will really help someone who is planning on starting a business. It's rare that a drama can be that insightful.
The pacing of show along with perfect titles and definition of concepts was a very interesting, there was not one time where I was annoyed or bored of any character or scene.
The characters were all lovable and leave a huge impression. The female lead is hard working and works her way up with not much family support or college degree. The second female lead works with her insecurities, ego and guilt and comes out as a more competent and confident woman. The male lead also goes through a similar change in terms of finding himself and his strengths. The grandma's role was so heartwarming along with second male lead. They were the ones that made me cry the most.
"Money" and "choices" are huge underlying concepts in this drama. It shows how small decisions can change your life and bring more problems and benefits, no choice can be right or wrong but have thier own consequences. Also that no person's life is a bed of Roses.
It also brought out many dilemmas in terms of technology and people and the middle ground that must be maintained. Some of the points put across by the characters really made me see different perspectives.
The show is a visual treat, the scenes are shot so beautifully along with some filters here and there. The music that plays throughout the drama is beautiful with songs from some of the biggest artists like red velvet, gaho, Jamie, bol4 etc. The list has not one average song in it. The acting too is really good as expected, the casting is perfect.
Overall I really enjoyed this and would recommend it.

Leia Mais

Take The Risk!!

Ofc i hesitated! The reviews and rating were a boat that was neither sinking nor staying a float. Everything seemed like a risk. i was scared that i was going to waste my time and whether such a simple plot can keep the tension that i needed to continue to see the drama.
The drama may seem slow at first, i think because they focused on the past and wanted to make it beautiful to make it last longer, but after it picks up motion, it going to depend upon u. The whole plot was to highlight how beautiful and stressful the process to reach the best is! I cant say they did a perfect job but i can say they did the best job i hv ever seen. (Stories about start-ups many at times fail to impress). They showed the best side since it is a drama and all drama are not reality.
the comedy factor in the drama was weird. it was very very weird. it seemed unusual but good. i didnt seem to hate it nor like it much but i want it. i cant help but smile but i didnt reach a part where i would laugh.
Bae Suzy and Nam Joo Hyuk did a good job but they didnt reach my expectations but no worries. i am pleased. Kim Seon Ho and Kang Ha Na blew me off though. I really liked their acting in this one. The Grandma also. Hats off to You. The supporting actors also did a great job. without them, it wouldnt be done. It would be like a pen without ink.
Honestly i did consider dropping the drama but the cast was tooooo good to not see this drama and their faces were a pleasure to see. Han Ji Pyung (character in the drama) also made me stay. i underestimated him. He was such a factor in this drama.

Leia Mais

This deserves higher ratings

STORY LINE---spoilers----
First off the beginning, the story was so adorable and when---spoiler--- BLANK's father died i was absolutely heartbroken. this drama is so much more than starting a business.. it has love, its tragic, and heartbreaking at times, but near the end we are rewarded with a beautiful outcome. The ending had me in tears of joy. In all, the series left little to no cliffhangers unanswered. Any points not answered im sure it was the writers idea to let the viewers imagine what might happen if there were to be later episodes.. even though there wont be.

THE DRAMA---spoilers---
I love do-san and dal-mi's relationship with each other and i think that the drama between each and every character made the series worth watching because i never felt bored while watching once. There is always something going on that keeps you on the edge of your seat.. for example ---spoilers ahead--- the reporter trying to take down their start-up, the "love triangle" i guess you could call it.. secret relationships,,, heartbreak, and so much more.

EDUCATIONAL?----
In addition not only does it include such an interesting story line, but it also is actually teaching us the steps of starting a business. If you have watched it, you have seen the notes at the bottom of the screen explaining the definition of their business "grammar" and each episode starts off with a note of what step their business is on the road to.. on top of that, it shows what each character went through to get where they are and how they are further improving themselves and their business. so i think its safe to say that this drama is also somewhat educational. i think this was such a good series. i would definitely watch again.

Leia Mais

The best of scenes, the worst of scenes..

I finished watching Start-up months ago, but I still haven't decided whether it was good or bad as a series. The first few episodes were world-class - the show features some of the most emotional, touching, visually superior scenes ever seen before in kdramas. But it went downhill so fast, and the last few episodes and the ML's behaviour did not make any sense at all!

I am being generous with the rating despite the absolute catastrophe the last few episodes were because:
- The OST is superb!
- The cinematography, visuals and fashion are top class
- The world discovered Kim Seonho thanks to this series
- The endearing scenes - HJP and Halmeoni scenes, the noodle scene, the HJP drinking scene, the sam san check twirls, the happiness on HJP's face when he meets the charity guy, the little gestures and mannerisms of HJP, HJP driving in fancy cars,.
(eh, the good scenes all belong to HJP? Never noticed)

I work in a start-up, and the start-up story line is fairly accurate as it goes. Until we hit episode 12 or so, and it takes an absurd, nonsensical direction that I can't explain. It's nothing to do with business from that point on.

I would still recommend this series - just for them to see the talented KSH in action. I am sure a minority of them will be okay with the ending as well. But good luck making sense of the fall from grace, episode after episode.

Leia Mais

10 STARTS ONLY FOR GOODBOY

I'm giving 10 starts to "Start-Up" , reason I'll reveal at the end of my review.
After completing 16 episode, I took some time to look back into previous episodes and write this review.
This drama is about young generation who have dreams to achieve something in their life from null and how they fulfil their dreams with the help of mentors, guide, friends and family.
👉Seo Dal-mi (character played by Bae Su-ji) wanted to start a business to follow her father's dream.
👉In-jae( character played by Kang Ha-Na) is elder sister of Dal-mi, who chooses her mother after divorce of their parents and later point of time became successful business women with the help of her step-father.
👉Han Ji-pyong(character played by Kim Seon-Ho) is successful investor who struggled a lot in his childhood due to an orphan.
👉Nam Do-san( character played by Nam Joo-hyunk) is a genius software developer, who won gold medal in mathematics olympiad in childhood and started a start-up with his two friends and his family members invested in that start-up.But couldn't succeed.

After watching first episode of this drama I cried because of the story. How halmoni(dal-mi and In-jae's grandmother) gave shelter and food to jipyong who kicked out of the orphanage, their bonding and trust, how jipyong wrote letter to dalmi to make her feel less lonely(though halmoni forced him to write 1st letter but rest were written by him), but Han Jipyong choosed Do-san's name as pen-name for those letter ( he picked up that name from news article of youngest gold medalist) and became friend without even meeting her. As time passes Jipyong shifted to Seoul with the help of money he saved in halmoni's account and dalmi lost his father.
From the next episode onwards you'll see how Jipyong found halmoni and dalmi again after 15 years later. And how he helped halmoni and dalmi to pay his debits to halmoni.
To pay his debit jipyong even found the real Do-san( which he used as pen-name) but grown up version of Dos-San tuned out as lacking in confidence and the business he started almost shut down. However, jipyong convinced dosan to act like dalmi's pen pal and tried to groom him. At this point the love triangle started, where dosan fell for dalmi on the other hand jipyong who had feelings for dalmi couldn't able to admit that. On the other hand In-jae left his step father's companion and planned to start her own business. Do-san along with his friend started a company with dalmi and In-jae started another company within a Start-Up accelerating company named "Sandbox" and jipyong became investment mentor of dalmi's company.
Everything was fine till this point. This could be a business drama where we could expect some real life story and struggle to establish a start-up. But as time goes on I felt it's like other K-drama where romance is main ingredient and that "love triangle" which writer Park Hye-Ryun use in her drama to create 1st male lead and 2nd male lead war among viewers.

Some positive points:
1. Jipyong's relationship with halmoni which I enjoyed most. How halmoni was there for jipyong till the end . Emotional scenes where jipyong confess his mistakes and his anger through the dialogue "why it can't be me?"😭…..even after that halmoni hold umbrella for his "good boy" . It's just like mother and son warm relationship. Their bonding is the key point to watch this drama.❤️❤️
2. Bromance between dosan and jipyong 😂😂….. I really enjoyed those parts where jipyong was trying to groom dosan. They were like real brothers.
3. Dalmi and jipyong's untold love story. Though dalmi loved the person from those letters only, not jipyong in reality…..it was a one-sided love story from jipyong's perspective. How jipyong protect dalmi in any kind of situation. Small but sweet gestures without any skinship. 😪
4. Dosan's character growth from beginning to end. Nam Joohyunk gave his best to potrait this character 👍
5. Heartwarming OST, cinematography, quotes to motivate youths.
6. Jipyong's sacrifice for dalmi's happiness 😭
Some disappointing points are like:
1. In-jae's screen time is less.
2. Dalmi's first love was jipyong ( though in letter it's dosan as per the pen-name ), those letters comforted each other in their tough time and for those letters only dalmi used to reject boys .When she get to know that fact that Jipyong was her real pen-pal not Dosan, everything became meaningless to her. Dalmi and Jipyong never talked over that even after Jipyong's confession and after spending 3 years together.
3. It's a story for motivating youth to pursue their career choice and the message tried to convey in the entire story is "Follow your dream". But in reality Nam Do-san make dalmi as his dream to fulfil and for that reason he joined dalmi's company.What kind of message writer actually tried to convey I couldn't understand. How a person become someone's dream to fulfil his career path?
I started watching this drama because of Nam Joohyunk and Bae Suji but never expected that I would fall for Kim Seonho and Halmoni's acting skill ❤️❤️❤️….. Though Kim Seonho is 2nd lead but his acting skill nailed everything else…...after episode 10 I thought I shouldn't watch this anymore but I finished this only because of Kim Seonho and Halmoni's chemistry. I found Nam Joohyunk and Bae Suji 's chemistry is a bit forced…. I wish writer could focus more on business perspective rather than love triangle so I could say it's a drama of the year.
The reason I gave 5 stars only because of "good boy" HAN JIPYONG ❤️, screenplay, Fabulous OST( day and night is my favorite) and Halmoni. The way Kim Seonho executes the character of Han Jipyong, I bet no one could do better than this. Thanks for creating a memorable character in kdrama history ❤️. But the ending wasn’t promising because the writer ruined her own creation (Han Jipyong) for nothing.
I recommend these drama only because of these points that's it.
P.S- I tried my best to give an unbiased review but I can't help it because of the character "HAN JIPYONG/GOOD BOY"❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️☺️😊😊☺️

Leia Mais

reasons why Start-Up was the worst experience of my life while watching kdramas

First of all, I would like to say that nothing what Im about to writte down here is related to the real actors; its all about the characthers (yes, we need to clarify since some people seems to be really upsed when we talk about characters).

I would like to start with the strong points of the show:

- the OST was on point
- the construction of the SL was on point
- the first episode was on point and was probably the best pilot episode so far

Now lets with the bad points:

- poor storyline
- predicable plot
- support characters without any deep meaning or real self development
- extra longs scenes
- non resolutions to the same conflits (like d-day presentation) for several episodes in a roll
- extra longs episodes with the average of 1h20 minuts per episode


** disclaimer this specific pharagraph its totally PERSONAL **: For me the day chosen for the show to be played also plays an important key to the excitement of the public; like when you are going to airing someting I think you should be aware of the most likely behaviour of the potential public that you want to be your principal supporter and think about it as a target since it can affects the excitment of the viewers.
This show was aired with one of their episodes being played on sundays ( which one was - for me - an addictional problem), and again its really a personal observation, but this kinda of show on this kind of day was - for me - super (extra) boring and depressing to watch, since I had to spend more than 1 hour of my "day-off" on a show with a poor history, a predicable plot that was also fulled with so many holes. After every episode, at every week, I kinda felt like, "oh this show on this day is really the perfect match for a bad day routine" :').

Now lets go to the review:

I would like to say that I've started this show without any expectations, since it was getting all sorts of attention from the media and a real a strong promotion even much earlier than the premier date, I've decided to not keep my expections hight to not be disappointed later on, but even doing this, and even expecting almost "nothing" from the show it really managed to disappointed me so well in so many ways and being too hard to watch; it was not that well made even when we think about basics topics: like the support characters, or the durationg of some scenes.

The first two episodes of the show were on point and we felt a great chemistry between the actors and the storyline was looking promissive, but unfortunatelly it turned out to be a real boring show about adults who are supposed to acts as adultcs but they havent, the only ones who showed some kinda of matured behavious throught the whole 16 episodes was the second male lead Han Jipeyong, and the female lead sister's Seo Injae, theyre both the best "portrayed" characters who have showed development. Nam Do-San, and the whole SamSamTech didnt showed any lights of adults behavious until the very end. About the female lead, Seo Dalmi, she started as a strong woman giving the viewers a slice of hope about being sucessful in life despit having a hard childhood story, but somehow they lost it and made her just about a character who was obsessed with hands and a woman who uses a "luck" app to check on wich atitudes she shouldve do or done in life :')

The tech parts was so boring that for the first time in almost 4 yers watching kdramas I've choosen to press the 2x speed button in a way to help me to watch the show since it was so repetitive, boring, childish and anything else, so I couldnt help, but just check the time at every minute expecting to the show to be at the corner of the end but somehow everytime I did that Ive realized that I have just watched like 20 minutes of the show (yes the panic was real) :').

The SST squad was the most childchild grown up guys Ive ever seen in my whole life, I just couldnt imagine myself as 27 years old woman working with these type of people who not see anything as a serious topic, and not to say about Nam Do San, who was a clearly manipulative boy; the way he treated Dalmi until the very last moment by not kwnoing how to separate his personal love life of his professional life, and the worst thing is that she turned herself in someone just like him; she didnt it either, she didnt separeted her personal feelings until her sister have brought up with the topic "you will be fired if you dont do your job properly"; so in fact theyre both just like two childs who are experiencing dating while being coworkers, without showing any slice of professionalism thourgt their relationship. - Their kind of behaviour is what gives the bosses around the world the fear of allowing love realationships in the most of companies, the reason why theyre mostly against realationships between coworkers, is because of people who acts like Dosan and Dalmi :')

Dosan until the very end havent had his real development; the main female lead Dalmi, was being sould out as a independent and strong woman, but at the end they showed her to us a messed up girl who was non ending crying just because the guy she used to like have - probably - seen her with messed up clothes, like seriously?

I thought theyre going to make she as girl boss, but with the end of the show as the corner they choosen to give it to us, a girl who cries and who hide herself under the desk, seriusly... I cant belive at the fact that no one have read this kinda of script and havent thought that its was not good.

And to complet all this mess, at the very end, at the real very last episode, the whole team was going to do their presentetion about their Tarzan's project (not to comment about this lame name), and they just went like "we are doing this just for experience", and then started to make crazy bets about being the winners, like "if we win I'll shave my head", "if we win I'll buy a nice car to everyone" (like REALLY? PLEASE!), and like if wasnt enough the main went like "if we win I'll propose", like are you being serious? And so the female lead looked at him saying an absurd like that on their workplace with her lovely eyes like if it was the biggest and hottest loved confession on the whole world; please hes saying that he will propose to you if you win, but actually no ones belivies you will win, it is cush a lame to be like this at the last episode of the show...

So yes, for me, this show was pathetic in so many ways that I could literraly writte a whole book telling why this lacks in so many ways, but Ill end here by leaving with the worst of the worsts messages of this show so far: "sail without a map" and I hope no one who have watched this to DONT BELIEVE that sail without a map is actually a good idea because it isnt, it will literally make you die if you sail without a map.

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