Comments | dangermousie: City Hunter - ep 20; absolutely NO SPOILERS OUTSIDE OF CUT

dangermousie

City Hunter - ep 20; absolutely NO SPOILERS OUTSIDE OF CUT

Jul 28, 2011 22:09

I was going to hold out for subs, but viki is freezing on me and I am working and travelling all day tomorrow so no getting to a subbed version until Saturday. No way was I going to hold out that long. So I watched the raw. I'll probably do a proper liveblog once I get the subs, but for now this will have to do.

( My two favorite scenes behind the cut )

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millie10468 July 29 2011, 02:30:31 UTC

Oh good. I was afraid you'd think (like some Soompiers do) that it was a horrible ending and there was no closure and there was no big reunion scene btn YS and NN. Truthfully speaking, I think it was a really kind way to end a revenge thriller. I mean, we all know how they tend to end. At least, YS lived and he's with NN, right?

dangermousie July 29 2011, 02:36:02 UTC

I thought it was a great ending. It was a revenge drama, not a love story (much as I adored the couple). And a big mushy smushy thing would be out-of-whack at that point - hopefulness and new beginning struck the right tone. Tongue makeouts, much as I would appreciate it, would feel wrong after all the tragedy and tonally really off.

Plus yeah, revenge thriller. They should just pray to heaven they didn't get another IRIS or Mawang. Even dramas that have kinder endings are either open but hopeful (Dog/Wolf and Resurrection) or totally the same as CH - new hope and start of happiness (Green Rose, Lobbyist, Swallow the Sun, Return of Iljimae). It just fits.

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dangermousie July 29 2011, 02:37:44 UTC

LMH was beyond amazing. I want him to make a period drama next.

Yes, the gun at his head was the lowest point in the entire drama for him precisely because while he was doing it to stop Undaddy, he really didn't care if he lived or died at that moment, he just gave up.

And yes, Nana's presence saved him (doesn't it always?) because she gave him a desire to live, to try to survive again (and also shot Undaddy giving Undaddy time to snap the fuck out of it).

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dangermousie July 29 2011, 03:05:38 UTC

Yes, it would just feel tone-deaf.

Everyone should be ecstatic we didn't get IRIS or A Love to Kill or Mawang or one of many other revenge dramas where by the end there is a tower of corpses and otp buys it.

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seven_trees July 29 2011, 03:00:40 UTC

Honestly, I'm not even bothered that there was no big kiss scene at the end. Before watching those two scenes (haven't watched the rest of the ep) I read a spoiler which was basically: "OMG HE'S GONNA SHOOT HIMSELF!". You can imagine the conclusion I came to. Basically, the fact that YS and Nana live is enough reason for this to go into my top five drama endings.

dangermousie July 29 2011, 03:04:44 UTC

I have yet to see a revenge drama which ends with a big makeout. Even the happiest ones like RoI and Green Rose do not do it. Probably because it would feel really jarring. "here, look at all the corpses and angst. And now look at tongue.'

Yeah, I am still a little shellshocked and very surprised and pleased they live and live together. I was half-paranoid about IRIS through to the end.

popaddict July 29 2011, 03:08:04 UTC

I agree with your overall feeling on the sries and this episode. I still haven't caught up and I'll be in NYC this weekend, but once I return I plan to marathon the heck out of this series. It's going to be awesome.

I am actually very annoyed with 80% of the soompiers right now but at least the people I think are sane are proving to be.

dangermousie July 29 2011, 03:14:42 UTC

Well, people on soompi seemed to view CH as a romcom, if you go by the amount of shippy stuff and kind of shippy stuff they wanted in it. Now, I love a good romcom, especially if the leading couple has half of Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young's chemistry. But this was not a romcom.

I do not get wtf else they expected.

It's like watching Princess' Man or some other sageuk and complaining that the characters are freaking out at the sight of an ankle or that they spend a lot of time on politics and swordfights and less on romance.

popaddict July 29 2011, 03:32:55 UTC

That's true. Unreasonable expectations will lead to unwarranted feelings of betrayal! :)

That said, great visuals, great performances, and great story.

popaddict July 29 2011, 07:43:01 UTC

You can't really blame them. Romance was build up from the first half of the series till he pushed her away (btw, episodes 12-14 got some of the most highest ratings post-Best Love).

No one's also saying that this is a rom-com but a proper conclusion to what has been build up would have satisfied most people. Maybe they just feel shortchanged. I would have to agree though that some posts expressing disappointments are really annoying. I also find it funny that a few people are condescending towards the YS-NN story arc, saying how CH is not about romance and then they romanticize the JP-YS relationship. hah. Justice was just served.

All in all it was a very good drama, imo.

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rectherapyfreak July 29 2011, 05:02:50 UTC

The only thing I didn't like about the ending was no closure with the president! I need closure in my dramas! Is he in jail? Do people know that YS is his son? Inquiring minds want to know!

I liked the ending part with Nana and Yoon Sung.

I feel bad for poor plot device Sae Hee.

dangermousie July 30 2011, 03:57:17 UTC

Poor Sae Hee, I cried for her.

I would have loved to know more about Pres but it didn't bug me much because blood or not, JP was YS real daddy as far as feelings and importanc were concerned.