SeikaRin
LoSt My WaY
Started off with a kick, only to end flat
Woah what to say about this? I have no clue, as I have just finished watching the last episode and am at a loss of words for this. And although usually that can happen because the drama was that good that drives one speechless, this one was not the case.
Lovers of the Red Sky had plenty of reasons to be a good hit. A phenomenal and seasoned cast, pretty awesome CGI effects, and partially an interesting premisse for a plot, although slightly cliché with the star-crossed lovers theme and well curses and fantasy of Joseon historical dramas. Still, we had a few expectations towards this, given the main leads and cast.
To bad it didn't last long. The first couple of episodes were good, despite the storyline of the whole we know each other in our childhood plotline being the same as ever, and tragic events that lead them to be apart, it is still endurable to watch. Even though the whole story being centered about the sealing of the Demon, there is still something missing within the middle of the series and towards the end. Something not even I can fully explain, it just does. It drags and drags, until the final episode.
The secrets and schemes are easily spilled and presented to the viewers creating no chance for any theories, we just see the clueless characters being havoc with something we ourselves already know. It looses the essence, the magic and surprise effect the drama could uphold with a few couple of plot twists that never happen. And the ones that do, are too predictable or simply not interesting enough besides aiding to the angsty plot they are trying to sell throughout these 16 episodes here.
It's a mess with good CGI effects and a few beautiful paintings.
If you are into art like me then the art and the way they painted and made paints in the drama will be far more interesting than the whole plot of the obsessed Demon with his eyes, and the whole Ritual that is bound to happen, but takes a lifetime, a few ruined paintings, some misunderstandings, two bystander Deities and well 16 episodes to finally take place.
This clearly shows us the lesson of the whole, 'why save everything for the last 10 minutes' when you could have made in 12 episodes instead... That useless time skip only to offer a sort of "Happy Ending" with a 'strange miracle' that no one will ever get how it happened... And btw for a King who complained of not having much time to live, years later and he still kicking. The ending with the two angry Princes? Again for someone who complained to not have time, the older Prince is still stronger than ever... (mind that shaving while locked down was probably a given, because years later and he still looks dandy.)
Who dies? Who lives?
So many answers that were left unsaid.
Well besides me - and any other viewer, - dying of boredom.
Not sure about the rest that was left in thin air...
Plot holes, plot holes EVERYWHERE.
Don't get me wrong.
It's not that I did not want a happy ending here or don't like them per se. But there's a "little" thing called cohesive storyline and this drama had a twine of that instead. If this was compared to a lifeline support, it was erratic for its inconsistencies and fell flat from the middle towards the end.
Died faster than the King if I may say.
Ghosted us better than the Crown Prince too.
So, how come I, - like most people who are sharing their disappointment - did not drop this drama?
How come was I able to stay until the very end? And endure this historical train wreck for 2 months?
Well, besides the cast doing their roles the best they could, we could say the OST did a good and pleasant job. And perhaps my sheer curiosity made me hope for a better outcome than the one it had. With one more episode, one more week until today.
It's not surprising that drama endings are mostly a huge disappointment. This is not a first, and will certainly not be the last. After all we all created great expectations and have different opinions and likes, so in order to not be disgruntled about it, the best we could do is to not expect that everything will go smoothly. It's easier said than done, because we are bound to make the same mistake by another synopsis and good premisse, let 'Lovers of the Red Sky' be a good example for that.
In terms of cinematography it was somehow enjoyable in some given points. I also liked the color pallet in general here, from the pastel colors of their childhood and the fact that her "blind eyes" were pale green, to the darker shades as the plot sort of "intensified" (well they tried to), and the detail that his "blind eyes" were pale red.
The "sacrifices" were either pointless or with bad timings. And the fillers were endless.
Good luck for those of you starting of this drama, it's not bad. Believe me there is worse than this.
But if you're easily peeved by unresolved situations or characters, or by everything happening last minute despite going on and off about if for most part of the story, then this drama is not for you.
Still, do not create expectations.
Give it a go. If you don't like it, then drop it.
Don't be dumb like me, don't be sadistic like most of us.
We lost 2 months of our precious time so we could save you all xD
Lovers of the Red Sky had plenty of reasons to be a good hit. A phenomenal and seasoned cast, pretty awesome CGI effects, and partially an interesting premisse for a plot, although slightly cliché with the star-crossed lovers theme and well curses and fantasy of Joseon historical dramas. Still, we had a few expectations towards this, given the main leads and cast.
To bad it didn't last long. The first couple of episodes were good, despite the storyline of the whole we know each other in our childhood plotline being the same as ever, and tragic events that lead them to be apart, it is still endurable to watch. Even though the whole story being centered about the sealing of the Demon, there is still something missing within the middle of the series and towards the end. Something not even I can fully explain, it just does. It drags and drags, until the final episode.
The secrets and schemes are easily spilled and presented to the viewers creating no chance for any theories, we just see the clueless characters being havoc with something we ourselves already know. It looses the essence, the magic and surprise effect the drama could uphold with a few couple of plot twists that never happen. And the ones that do, are too predictable or simply not interesting enough besides aiding to the angsty plot they are trying to sell throughout these 16 episodes here.
It's a mess with good CGI effects and a few beautiful paintings.
If you are into art like me then the art and the way they painted and made paints in the drama will be far more interesting than the whole plot of the obsessed Demon with his eyes, and the whole Ritual that is bound to happen, but takes a lifetime, a few ruined paintings, some misunderstandings, two bystander Deities and well 16 episodes to finally take place.
This clearly shows us the lesson of the whole, 'why save everything for the last 10 minutes' when you could have made in 12 episodes instead... That useless time skip only to offer a sort of "Happy Ending" with a 'strange miracle' that no one will ever get how it happened... And btw for a King who complained of not having much time to live, years later and he still kicking. The ending with the two angry Princes? Again for someone who complained to not have time, the older Prince is still stronger than ever... (mind that shaving while locked down was probably a given, because years later and he still looks dandy.)
Who dies? Who lives?
So many answers that were left unsaid.
Well besides me - and any other viewer, - dying of boredom.
Not sure about the rest that was left in thin air...
Plot holes, plot holes EVERYWHERE.
Don't get me wrong.
It's not that I did not want a happy ending here or don't like them per se. But there's a "little" thing called cohesive storyline and this drama had a twine of that instead. If this was compared to a lifeline support, it was erratic for its inconsistencies and fell flat from the middle towards the end.
Died faster than the King if I may say.
Ghosted us better than the Crown Prince too.
So, how come I, - like most people who are sharing their disappointment - did not drop this drama?
How come was I able to stay until the very end? And endure this historical train wreck for 2 months?
Well, besides the cast doing their roles the best they could, we could say the OST did a good and pleasant job. And perhaps my sheer curiosity made me hope for a better outcome than the one it had. With one more episode, one more week until today.
It's not surprising that drama endings are mostly a huge disappointment. This is not a first, and will certainly not be the last. After all we all created great expectations and have different opinions and likes, so in order to not be disgruntled about it, the best we could do is to not expect that everything will go smoothly. It's easier said than done, because we are bound to make the same mistake by another synopsis and good premisse, let 'Lovers of the Red Sky' be a good example for that.
In terms of cinematography it was somehow enjoyable in some given points. I also liked the color pallet in general here, from the pastel colors of their childhood and the fact that her "blind eyes" were pale green, to the darker shades as the plot sort of "intensified" (well they tried to), and the detail that his "blind eyes" were pale red.
The "sacrifices" were either pointless or with bad timings. And the fillers were endless.
Good luck for those of you starting of this drama, it's not bad. Believe me there is worse than this.
But if you're easily peeved by unresolved situations or characters, or by everything happening last minute despite going on and off about if for most part of the story, then this drama is not for you.
Still, do not create expectations.
Give it a go. If you don't like it, then drop it.
Don't be dumb like me, don't be sadistic like most of us.
We lost 2 months of our precious time so we could save you all xD
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