MattPeddlesden
Kent, UK
Short: Chae Soo Bin and Jung Hae In - fantastic combination and loved their chemistry. Story is fairly slow but has numerous related threads so doesn't feel too slow. Actors did a great job, music was just the ticket. Lots of piano, my favourite instrument. Really enjoyed it!
Detail:
This one was cut short from 16 episodes to 12 due to low viewer numbers I was afraid it would have a rushed or just outright poor ending - but it doesn't. If anything, cutting it to 12 may have done it some favours, it's a fairly slow paced drama that deals with the scars and emotional pain that the characters have locked away.
The ML is a tech developer and is working on an Artificial Intelligence project that lets him bring a person to life in a small device so you can talk to them as if they were really there. Yes, this bit is a bit nonsense, and yes the science of it is... drama-full... but let's just skip over that and enjoy it as if it were true, because that's more fun :)
The FL is a sound engineer, working in a studio with various musicians.
Without going into any detail, the AI element is really good and gives you this feeling of being able to talk to those who have passed away.
Both characters have scars from their pasts, emotional damage that they are papering over to live on with their lives but this story pokes and prods and pushes those scars and forces the characters to deal with it. Theres numerous things going on here that are somewhat intertwined, not just with the two leads but with other characters as well.
Through the story we see the characters who are not aware of how closely they are linked in some cases, resolve their issues in a really nice fashion, there's no magic reset buttons in this story. It's almost a little slice of therapy.
I especially liked the ending though it was a tad abrupt, it would have been so easy to say "all is great" and re-paper over the remaining cracks, but they didn't, even in the last episode the characters are resolving their pains. I felt it was abrupt because I honestly just like to bask in the final bits of a story once it reaches its conclusion - whatever that is - you've spent the entire show getting here, let's stop and just rest a bit and take in the feels before we hit the credits eh? Still, a minor complaint in the grand scheme of things.
Lots of Piano in this which I especially liked as it's my favourite instrument. I can listen to the Piano for hours :)
Overall really enjoyed. Music was really good too.
It's a shame it wasn't watched by enough viewers, but I think there's been a lot of the slow, arty, therapy style shows this year so far so it's probably more bad timing than anything else. It'll probably find a better place as people watch it later.
Jung Hae In is playing a fairly similar role to ones he's done before, the melancholy loner who finds love - but for Chae Soo Bin this was somewhat different to her normal role and I think she aced it (but i'm a fan so... take that with a pinch of salt I guess :) )
Lastly, special call out for Park Joo Hyun who plays Kim Ji-Soo, this was her first drama and she only had a movie before this so a newcomer and I thought a very strong entry too (particularly given the unusual nature of this role), definitely will be looking out for more from Joo Hyun.
Detail:
This one was cut short from 16 episodes to 12 due to low viewer numbers I was afraid it would have a rushed or just outright poor ending - but it doesn't. If anything, cutting it to 12 may have done it some favours, it's a fairly slow paced drama that deals with the scars and emotional pain that the characters have locked away.
The ML is a tech developer and is working on an Artificial Intelligence project that lets him bring a person to life in a small device so you can talk to them as if they were really there. Yes, this bit is a bit nonsense, and yes the science of it is... drama-full... but let's just skip over that and enjoy it as if it were true, because that's more fun :)
The FL is a sound engineer, working in a studio with various musicians.
Without going into any detail, the AI element is really good and gives you this feeling of being able to talk to those who have passed away.
Both characters have scars from their pasts, emotional damage that they are papering over to live on with their lives but this story pokes and prods and pushes those scars and forces the characters to deal with it. Theres numerous things going on here that are somewhat intertwined, not just with the two leads but with other characters as well.
Through the story we see the characters who are not aware of how closely they are linked in some cases, resolve their issues in a really nice fashion, there's no magic reset buttons in this story. It's almost a little slice of therapy.
I especially liked the ending though it was a tad abrupt, it would have been so easy to say "all is great" and re-paper over the remaining cracks, but they didn't, even in the last episode the characters are resolving their pains. I felt it was abrupt because I honestly just like to bask in the final bits of a story once it reaches its conclusion - whatever that is - you've spent the entire show getting here, let's stop and just rest a bit and take in the feels before we hit the credits eh? Still, a minor complaint in the grand scheme of things.
Lots of Piano in this which I especially liked as it's my favourite instrument. I can listen to the Piano for hours :)
Overall really enjoyed. Music was really good too.
It's a shame it wasn't watched by enough viewers, but I think there's been a lot of the slow, arty, therapy style shows this year so far so it's probably more bad timing than anything else. It'll probably find a better place as people watch it later.
Jung Hae In is playing a fairly similar role to ones he's done before, the melancholy loner who finds love - but for Chae Soo Bin this was somewhat different to her normal role and I think she aced it (but i'm a fan so... take that with a pinch of salt I guess :) )
Lastly, special call out for Park Joo Hyun who plays Kim Ji-Soo, this was her first drama and she only had a movie before this so a newcomer and I thought a very strong entry too (particularly given the unusual nature of this role), definitely will be looking out for more from Joo Hyun.
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