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I read other reviews and have mixed feelings about this series, but....
..anyway, I binge-watched this series on Netflix in two days. Not as bad as some reviews say, but I also wouldn't say this was this us a great dorama. I know it's science fiction, so I wouldn't expect everything to be perfectly logical. But there's one thing that bothers me, although I take it lightly, these people were stranded in the middle of nowhere, starving for a few days, not taking showers for how long I don't know, and yet they still looked good in clean clothes with hair still in good shape? Okay, a hairstylist gave a free haircut to everyone, that was fine with me, but wearing the same clothes for days and still feel comfortable wearing them?
The personality clashes between passngers were fine with me, and in fact this was what made the series more realistic. You could find the usual human character type her: the Hero, The Non-Conformist, The Trouble Maker, The Attention Seeker, The Rebellious Adolescent, The Worrywart, The Neurotic, The Self-Centered, The Clown, The Genius, and of course the Followers. Also the "war" between Train #5 and #6 just shows our human nature: being selfish, greedy, possessive, and entrusting our lives to leaders whom we don't really know about. This is just like daily politics between groups and between nations. Who do we really trust and believe in?
Another thing which did not make sense was when the three main leads found out there was another community living nearby, which happened to be another disappearing train, how did the community leader (which apparently were passngers of Train #6) knew exactly that they were from train #5? It was also strange that after building peace with Train #6, we never heard about them anymore. When Train #5 passing discovered the worm hole, no one remembered the other community. In fact nothing was mentioned about them afterwards.
I would not be surprised that as they return back to 2026 (instead of 2023), not many people would believe that they were lost in 2060. But in a film, to make this more dramatic, shouldn;t there be at least someone who believed them and approached them? Also why was there no comments from the scientific community? Yes, one survivor managed to meet his professor, and another survivor managed to inform a minister, but if this was in real life, i am sure there would be controversies.
Anyway, this was light entertainment for me. The only thing I did not like was the music. They could have made a better musical score for some dramatic scenes, and oh, I couldn't help sensing some bromance between the two male leads. In fact, it could have been made into a fantasy BL series :-)
The personality clashes between passngers were fine with me, and in fact this was what made the series more realistic. You could find the usual human character type her: the Hero, The Non-Conformist, The Trouble Maker, The Attention Seeker, The Rebellious Adolescent, The Worrywart, The Neurotic, The Self-Centered, The Clown, The Genius, and of course the Followers. Also the "war" between Train #5 and #6 just shows our human nature: being selfish, greedy, possessive, and entrusting our lives to leaders whom we don't really know about. This is just like daily politics between groups and between nations. Who do we really trust and believe in?
Another thing which did not make sense was when the three main leads found out there was another community living nearby, which happened to be another disappearing train, how did the community leader (which apparently were passngers of Train #6) knew exactly that they were from train #5? It was also strange that after building peace with Train #6, we never heard about them anymore. When Train #5 passing discovered the worm hole, no one remembered the other community. In fact nothing was mentioned about them afterwards.
I would not be surprised that as they return back to 2026 (instead of 2023), not many people would believe that they were lost in 2060. But in a film, to make this more dramatic, shouldn;t there be at least someone who believed them and approached them? Also why was there no comments from the scientific community? Yes, one survivor managed to meet his professor, and another survivor managed to inform a minister, but if this was in real life, i am sure there would be controversies.
Anyway, this was light entertainment for me. The only thing I did not like was the music. They could have made a better musical score for some dramatic scenes, and oh, I couldn't help sensing some bromance between the two male leads. In fact, it could have been made into a fantasy BL series :-)
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