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One of the easiest 10/ 10's I have given in a while - I went into this excited, but scared that the trailer would have been overhyped, and the drama itself would have fallen flat. Instead, this exceeded all my expectations and then some. Each episode had me on the edge of my seat, but also had me stressed out that I couldn't watch another episode even though I really wanted to. Impressed and Intense was my motto. I am not sure how to explain how much I loved this series. I loved how gruesome and gorey it was. I loved the religious "undertones" with Christianity and how the six episode series ended. I loved how it was broken up three and three episodes, the first introducing the "beginning" with characters are we thought were mains, but weren't, and the last three introducing this new world. But most of all, I LOVED how dark it kept getting - you thought that in episode one or two or even three, that a certain event would be the turning point, or the most fucked up (excuse my language) thing that has happened in the episode, and then the writer is like...no...we can top it. Especially with the premise of the last 3 episodes, I was impressed that someone would even go that far, but at the same time, was sobbing because it was extremely messed up how far everything was going.
I would recommend this over and over again if you like dark television - and not that there is a "supernatural" dark aspect, but the fact of how society would react if something happened that was outside of their understanding. And it's a scary thing.
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Human Nature at its worst.
This show was insane. I enjoyed it so much the most gripping part for me was this is the true side of humans. Gullible, cruel, mean, violent, just all around evil. It made you take a real good look at yourself and wonder could I be like this. They say no person is born evil we are just born into evilness. That is an insane but logical statement and it is talked about in the show. Now if we talk about the violence of this show then omg it was crazy but I’m twisted so I like stuff like this. The end episode was amazing and the love shown was truly remarkable… BravoEsta resenha foi útil para você?
Unforgivably dark... just the way I like it
WHAT I LIKED:Pretty much everything. Despite the fantastical nature of events depicted in the show, one can easily draw a parallel between those events and reality. Pretty much every authoritarian system out there, which includes religion and the current environment of shoving everything down your throat for "your safety" because "they" know better, is succinctly and brutally demonstrated in the show. To me, the show is about death and the randomness of it, and how certain despicable opportunists have taken advantage of that phenomenon and contorted it to suit their mythical narrative and amass untold influence and wealth.
However, the best part of the show was the end. It's the most beautiful thing I've seen in a show/movie in a very very long time. That one thing balances out the nihilism and overall bleakness of human nature the show is spilling over with.
It's just six episodes long, as opposed to the meandering and repetitive 16 episodes that most Korean shows tend to be. I suppose we have Netflix to thank for it, as they impose that condition, and have managed to get some really good shows produced, e.g., Squid Game, D. P., and the entertaining My Name.
There's no point talking about the making of the show and other technical accomplishments. And those don't matter to me much. If a show can pull me in into its world, regardless of the nature of that world, and keep me invested in the characters and the events, then that show has done pretty much everything right. So was the case with this one as well.
WHAT I DID NOT LIKE:
The show suggests there will be another season. In and of itself, the show is complete. It reaches its conclusion, and there are plenty of answers one can extract from it. The last-minute "twist" was unwarranted and made me go, "Oh, come on. Not you, too", a reaction identical to the one I had after watching another amazing show, "Squid Game". To me, the "twist" just overcomplicates the narrative, which clearly wasn't required. I guess the financials took precedence over art here, yet again. Or, maybe, the story was conceived this way from the beginning. Regardless, I don't like it. Too many shows and their impacts have been ruined because of this stupidity.
Another complaint, although this is just me nitpicking, is that one of the main characters in the first half of the show is abruptly dropped, never to be seen again in the latter part. He was a prominent character, and no reference was made of him in the second half. That just stuck out like a sore thumb for me.
BOTTOMLINE:
After a bit of world-building, the show gets going, and is relentless in its bleakness and just the overall repulsive human behavior. As mentioned, the beautiful end is the only moment you get some respite from all the doom and gloom. If you can digest all of this, then this show should be an unforgettable experience for you, just as it was for me.
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Basis or no Basis.
See, i felt it's gripping, it will keep you invested, you will be on your toes the entire time because it's very unpredictable, But it's Completely unsatisfactory.Like you will watch the whole thing and still won't understand shit.
It basically felt like a ground work for season 2 where we will get to know what the heck is happening.
The message that it is trying to send is pretty good and the execution is top notch but totally personal opinion.. i just felt empty after watching it.
People who judge the story with more than just script will love it cause everything else was mindblowing.
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