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Messy downhill ride
Honestly, it started off quite well setting up the characters, stories, only to ruin the whole show for me.What I liked:
The music was decent.
The show opening.
Friendship.
Colourful setting, pretty faces...
What I disliked:
The show TOTALLY failed to integrate the romantic & campus vibe with the crime aspect of the drama. While watching, each half, felt like a different drama with similar actors(honestly, even Police University did better at this one). Honestly, it should just have stuck on one side & made the other a complimentary.
The acting sucked, for most of the time, esp. Daniel(hate me or not, that's my opinion), he obviously needs more experience if he ever considers taking on more main roles or it would just be a waste with his face & opportunities.
No character development, the characters just remained blunt, like what they learnt went through one side of the head & went through the other. Plus it felt like a huge percentage of the characters were thrown off the show(shadowed) as it progressed.
The main couple, no chemistry, like things just happen because the writer has pen in his hands & dictates the scene. They should have just stuck with the other couple & limit the rest to friendzoned or whatever...
The deal breaker, Dae II's death; honestly you don't go & kill off the most lovable character in the whole crappy show just to create a sad environment & try to evoke emotions from the viewers & confrontation basis to the villain.
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A prototype story meant to cause frustration through repetition before the final pay-off
Well, that was a rollercoaster ride!Rookie Cops is a prime example of a show that has a structure that frustrates me throughout the entire story, and serves as a prototype for other shows that exhibit similar story telling.
Don’t get me wrong, the show was good, and I’ll talk about the good stuff in more detail later, but it was frustrating to watch nonetheless.
A story can be comprised of smaller stories, which serve as a purpose for character development or the incremental progress towards the main goal. This is exactly the route Rookie Cops decided to take. The students, still naïve, morally guided and always seeking justice, find themselves in various troubling situations, where not everything goes according to plan, if anything at all. During these various encounters with unlawful citizens they find out how awful some people can be and how difficult it can be to catch some of the criminals. Not only that, they also realise that their plans are full of gaps that can be exploited, and that good plans can also have negative consequences.
The extreme justice seeking behaviour, naivety, total disregard for possible dangers and the repetition of such behaviours is the way to get me frustrated. To be fair, I also am extremely concerned with justice, and I often disagree with how people are being punished or treated in relation to how the public perceives the perpetrator and their crimes. Justice, is not the rehabilitation of the criminal, justice has nothing to do with human rights, justice is when the people feel that the perpetrator in question is punished or treated in a way that is equally or more harsh than the crime they committed to the victim. Justice has nothing to do with preventing crime, it has to do with pleasing the population and gaining trust in the system, not with giving certain people second chances.
I find it important to make that clear, because it seems that people really do not understand why prisons exist or why people threw tomatoes at criminals, or paid to watch someone get decapitated in the past. There’s a reason why people lack faith in the judicial system, especially nowadays. While this show does not mention any of the punishments given to any of the criminals, the way they get captured is too light. Think about of Ottomans, who amputated hands from thieves in some severe cases. Compare this to today’s system, where any small injury of the criminal can cause an investigation or punishment to the cop, this is a bad system, and now wonder that so few people actually want to do such dangerous work while barely being able to defend themselves or carry out the work they have to do.
This is why I dislike justice seeking behaviour, because most of it, has nothing to do with justice, it’s punishing criminals, trying to cure them, while treating them with velvet hands. The naivety, disregard of danger and repetition of such behaviour should be clear enough of why it frustrates me.
Because of this, I cannot give the show a 10/10 even if the rest of it was perfect, which it wasn’t, but it was good.
I know that if there’s anything people dislike about the show, it’s the characters. I found the characters to be fine, the male lead is calm, somewhat difficult to read emotionally, but not boring. The female lead was amazing, she played her role really well in all situations. The side characters were interesting in their own way, but Ari and Woo Joo Young really lacked depth that Yoo Dae Il, Kim Tak or Ki Han Na had.
I don’t want to make this too long, so the final thing I want to say is that, the plot twist at the end of episode fifteen was glorious! They face on Jo Hansol when he saw they captured Go Eun Gang instead of their prostitute was so satisfying to watch! The soundtrack that played during that scene and during the credits was great too, written by the male lead of the show Kang Daniel. At that moment, Jo Hansol really didn’t know what to do anymore, he just didn’t have anywhere to go. Anything he’d do would just lead to his demise.
The final episode was somewhat disappointing, as I had hoped the capture of Jo Hansol had taken a different direction than it did, and not knowing what punishment he and the corrupt former officers faced after trial is wasted potential, as it’s a moment where you can really influence people’s feelings.
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Slowly getting boring
I really love how the series start, so youthful and fun. However it took 90 degree turns at the middle and becoming depressing. The ML and FL relationship is not as cute as before and somehow it’s like watching a different series. I’ll easily give 9/10 for episode 1-12 but the rest really went downhill. Too heavy if you want to watch something light .-spoiler-
Daeil’s death is so unnecessary! They should just let him live since the series is almost reach the end. And, I hate how they wrote Shin Ari character. She’s selfish and annoying. Always unnecessarily screaming and being mean to daeil. The fact that she didn’t even bother to ask how Kim Tak is doing during their first meeting after a while and still have the audacity to say something selfish like the world only revolves around her. How can she beg to be with him again since every one know abt them so it’ll be embarrassing for her to break up. Definitely a wtf moment watching that scene.
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Quite nice
I wasn't really dying to watch this drama, but decided to give it a shot since I like Kang Daniel & Chae Soo-bin. I also wanted to see more of Lee Sin-young's acting since he didn't play much of a role in Crash Landing on You.I generally enjoy watching light-hearted dramas, and Rookie Cops was no exception. The storyline was well-developed in my opinion. It wasn't too draggy and did not pass by too quickly. I thought the acting was pretty nice, but nothing spectacular.
This drama kind of reminded me of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, but with some crime/mini-thriller elements to it. The plot was nice but I wish they touched a bit more on the 2 leads' romance. I also think it was a bit unrealistic that the kids would throw themselves into danger so recklessly, which is why I gave a lower score for the story. Overall, a pretty nice drama with nice OSTs.
In summary:
What i liked - it's a feel-good & light-hearted drama
What i disliked - sometimes unrealistic
Star of the show: I don't think anyone was really "star quality" but honourable mentions are Park Sang-hoon (empty package boy Lee Se-hyun) and Kim Kwon (Jo Han-sol).
Rating: 7.5/10
Watch if you like light-hearted dramas.
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Storyline
I love that the storyline wasn’t focused too much on adults, they focusing more on the students who is studying to become a cop. It’s interesting to see how the students was trained and there’s also some funny scene which don’t even seem exaggerated or too much. The casts are interesting and everyone match their character well. However I’m the type of person who focuses more on the storyline rather than the casting. So far the storyline does look interesting and I can’t wait to watch for the next episode.Was this review helpful to you?
Recommended drama so far
Recommended drama so far imo. Im always skip the intro part when i watched kdramas, but not this one. It's so disney like and i love it. I saw few comments saying abt ML acting is too cringey, stiff etc. As his fans and also kdrama lover, i always told myself not to be bias when giving review.He might not be excellant in his acting yet but it's not that bad either compared to other idol turn actor who have been in several projects but still couldnt grab my attention to watch them. I agree that there are part tht a bit awkward in his acting, but i believe it will be improve when the drama progress. And i saw this in ep 3&4. I love his eyes expression the most. He might need something to work on his acting, but is not tht bad to get overly criticize (positive criticism is welcome since that what a newcomers need the most)
Im looking forward for more character development for the ML since what i saw from ep 1-4 the drama are focusing more on FL character.
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So far, so good ?
First off, I love the intro. Besides being cute, it shows the stark contrast between the 2 lead actors.The flow of the story is nice and it has a good mix of comedry, drama and suspense. It touches on family life, growing up, etc. I'm loving it so far. Looking for the romance between the 2 leads soon.
As for the cast, Chae soobin has always been one of my favorites. She's a natural. As for Kang Daniel, besides a few awkward moments, he did well for a newbie actor. I feel he's lucky to be paired with CSB for his first drama. And I love their chemistry?
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an amazing watch
this show gave everything it needed to the right storyline amazing acting beautiful actors and both sad and happy episodes. the last bit of the show is a bit sad but it comes with an amazing ending in every way possible. if you want to watch i recomend disneyplus it gives the best quality . the couples and ships of the second leads might be confusing but hang in there.Was this review helpful to you?
Gostei demais do começo, vai nos apresentando cada um, nesse mesmo momento a gente vai se simpatizando com cada um deles. De cara você, começa a entender suas personalidades, e com isso criamos uma afinidade com cada um dos personagem da historia.
Assistindo esse dorama eu senti que todos os personagens são pessoas que existiriam na vida real, seus trejeitos, manias e atitudes, qualquer um pode ser assim, Eu e/ou Você. Com isso, sinto que eles não são personagens que eu simplesmente me identificaria ou me representava, me identifico sim, mas parece que é uma roda de amigos contando uma historia, de tamanha naturalidades que esses personagens nos passa.
Defeito que achei nesse Dorama, se resume a algo pessoal, simplesmente não gosto de um "super vilã megalomaníaco" e ele ser "derrota", por jovens adultos. Mas era algo que é óbvio de acontecer, afinal eles estão numa academia de policia, portanto vão prender criminosos.
Com isso é um Dorama onde eu assistiria fácil varias e varias outras vezes.
E confesso que tenho um carinho especial pela Chae Soo Bin, entao foi um Dorama Incrível.
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Apesar do descompasso no roteiro, é um drama legalzinho.
Apesar do início frenético de perseguição, o desenrolar dos primeiros episódios nos distraí do plot de suspense e nos leva a achar que vai se tratar apenas de um drama leve, de amadurecimentos de jovens entrando na vida adulta, encarando os obstáculos desta fase e também se apaixonando. Essa parte da história foi muito divertida de acompanhar, porém todo o plot de corrupção da instituição policial e a chocante morte de um membro do grupo de amigos me pareceu um pouco deslocado. Parece que o roteirista não conseguia se decidir se o drama era uma história de jovens adultos encarando os obstáculos dessa fase da vida ou uma história mais adulta de corrupção policial. Tanto que a partir do momento que o Jo Han Sol entra na trama parece que o drama (até então leve) se transforma em outro drama.Apesar do descompasso no roteiro, é um drama legalzinho. Gostei especialmente da amizade entre o grupo de cadetes novatos. Dos casais, gostei bem mais do casal Shin Ah Ri e Kim Tak do que dos protagonistas principais, apesar deles também serem bem fofos juntos.
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Vine por la comedia y me fui llorando
Llevaba un tiempo viendo melodramas, finales tristes y romances imposibles, así que empecé Rookie Coops para apaciguar un poco eso. Pensaba que era una serie universitaria de comedia más, pero me acabé enganchando bastante. Es un poco doble cara, porque como digo, pensaba que solo tendría comedia, pero es mucho más profundo de lo que parece. El final me tiene un poco destrozada, no lo he visto innecesario lo que ocurre en los últimos episodios pero a lo mejor faltaba un poco de desarollo con ciertas relaciones y el cómo han pasado los sucesos.Was this review helpful to you?
Un grupo de caras bonitas y nada más.
Considerando las críticas sobre esta serie creo que soy de las que están en un grupo minoritario porque no me gustó la serie. Según mi modesta opinión, que no tiene que coincidir con ninguna, las razones de que no creo que sea una buena serie son las siguientes:La historia: es está bastante mal desarrollada en su conjunto. Si ves todos los episodios te das cuanta de que no hay un equilibrio entre las historias porque lo que tienes es un grupo de cadetes de policía guapos que andan de un lado para otro a la vez que se establecen relaciones amorosas o investigan crímenes. Si hablamos de los casos que investigan ¿qué hacen estos personajes metiendo las narices en dónde nadie les llaman? Que los guionistas quieren meter acción y misterio es comprensible pero lo han hecho de un modo muy chapucero. Creo que si la historia estuviera mejor desarrollada puede que hubiera disfrutado de esta serie pero desde el principio me pareció un desastre, no dejé de tener la sensación de que lo importante no era cómo esa historia evolucionaba sino que lo principal fue unir a un grupo de actores jóvenes guapos, ponerles el uniforme que mola mucho, y añadir romance y algo de acción. Y todo el mundo contento.
Los actores. Kang Daniel es un cantante y esta es su primera incursión en la interpretación, no se le puede pedir mucho pero he de reconocer que a medida que los capítulos pasan él parece que se va sintiendo más cómodo con lo que hace. Su compañera de romance es Go Eun Gang, y no me gustó. No sé si es la actriz, su personaje o lo qué sea pero me resultó antipática desde el comienzo. Si Kang Daniel hace de chico rico, Lee Shing Young hace de guapetón pobre con un pasado triste. Park Yoo Na es la guapetona pobre con un pasado triste gracias a una madre poco amorosa. Cada uno de estos personajes está esbozado en líneas muy gruesas y así se quedan hasta el final de la serie. El único que me gustó realmente y por el que he seguido viendo la serie fue por Kim Woo Seok, con su personaje de Seo Beom Joo, que el aporta un poco de humor a la trama.
No es una buena serie y creo que está muy sobrevalorada pero hay que considerar que es una serie creada para un grupo de edad particular y por eso es más ligera en contenido que otras.
Como reflexión final decir que personalmente me gustan las series con un gran contenido argumental, con una historia bien contada y que me aporte algo. Series en las que lo único que se hace es satisfacer las expectativas de los seguidores más entusiasmas no son lo mío.
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