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Stupid but fun
Sigh, where do I start....
This is the dumbest zombie drama ever. It makes you wonder how tf did these people survive for so long with such subpar IQ. I guess the answer is looney tunes and plot armor, just like in this show.
-You know you're an extra if it takes 5 seconds for you to turn into zombie, while main characters start turning only when they noticed they were bitten, and then 10 minutes(I counted) of slow magical girl transformation sequence with melodramatic monologue and sad music.
-I wish they didn't show how incompetent police and military were. I mean, they have to be incompetent for what is baiscally an outbreak of rabies to spread at all, but fuck, I wish they left it up to our imagination. I mean, for example, the police kept using riot gear to fight zombies a whole 24 hours after the outbreak started, where they already knew what they are dealing with. They didn't use guns at all, they didn't even unlock their armory(yes, few eps later onjo's dad had to break into locked armory to get a gun....only to lose it without firing it even once not long after that)
-But special order of stupidity goes to cheongsan's mom, nothing can beat that, this cringe will haunt me for years to come
-First person was infected by zombie hamster. So cross species infection is possible, and infected hamsters attack humans. However, we never saw infected animals again, and it didn't seem human zombies hunted animals, either. Did the writers forget? Personally I'd be more worried about outbreak of zombie rats, or zombie ants than zombie humans.
-One moment a single zombie is a threat, the other the main characters take on multiple zombies at once, and wrestle them without problem. It's obvious that whenever someone gets bitten or not depends on plot armor and plot convenience alone
-The protags are dumb as a brick, but don't worry, they will have enough time for high school drama and teary good byes even when surrounded by zombies. the zombies just wait until the melodrama is over, like in ep11 when they waited for onjo
-Namra realized she's ignored by zombies, took her almost 2 episodes and 2 deaths to capitalize on it
-onjo was bitten by infected person in first episode, it was never brought up again, the writers forgot
-the zombies don't just bite anything. like in first episode, in that iconic poster scene in cafeteria where a zombie got on top of onjo to make it appear like he is threatening her sexually rather than carnivoriously. He could have bitten her in the leg, but no, he had to get on top of her and aim for her face. this happens over and over again. But no worries, zombies have no qualms biting extras in the ankles and turning them immediately
-My favorite trope, zombie-human hybrids, was executed quite well all things considered
-Bullied people both become villains, and they are portrayed as guilty of their own predicament when they refuse help in the beginning, then take revenge on those who didn't help them. Victim blaming, much?
-One of the few positive portrayals of fat people in Korean dramas. applause.
-These high schoolers are just build differently. They can survive two days without water without showing signs of dehydration and then just hydrate with raindrops. They also take quite an impossible beating, but always rise up without bruises or broken bones.
-The actors who played Nam-ra, Gwi-nam and the fat guy were good. The other young actors were not so good.
-The detective guy was a dumbass, should have went to military and tell them about magic laptop having all the answers rather than trying to be a hero and retrieve it himself
-A student gave birth herself in a toilet, and then just cleaned herself up and left without any further complications.
-God, the gore was good in this one. And the faus-teengers looked great in gore stained uniforms.
-The action scenes were exciting, and almost made me forget how stupid the plot is
-The military gave up on rescuing students out of fear of them being half-zombies, but then kept accepting other refugees from the infected city like it's nothing, and welcomed the said students with open arms when they came to the military themselves
-Everyone knew about zombies, called the infected zombies, and even mentioned "train to busan" by name. Yet, in episode 12 they still didn't figure out they neat to aim for the head. Except for the bully, he figured it out immediately and kept one-hit-killing zombies by stabbing them once in the neck with a knife with insane strength and precision.
-Teenage drama in the weirdest places
-The archery club wasn't redpileld about anything going on after they joined the main group, they must have been hella confused with gwinam, halfzombies and all of that, but just rolled with it.
-The scientist guy just stood up calmly after being bitten, but it was never addressed why it was so.
And so on, and so forth. I am tired.
The show is shit. But if you like guro and schoolgirls, you will like it.
This is the dumbest zombie drama ever. It makes you wonder how tf did these people survive for so long with such subpar IQ. I guess the answer is looney tunes and plot armor, just like in this show.
-You know you're an extra if it takes 5 seconds for you to turn into zombie, while main characters start turning only when they noticed they were bitten, and then 10 minutes(I counted) of slow magical girl transformation sequence with melodramatic monologue and sad music.
-I wish they didn't show how incompetent police and military were. I mean, they have to be incompetent for what is baiscally an outbreak of rabies to spread at all, but fuck, I wish they left it up to our imagination. I mean, for example, the police kept using riot gear to fight zombies a whole 24 hours after the outbreak started, where they already knew what they are dealing with. They didn't use guns at all, they didn't even unlock their armory(yes, few eps later onjo's dad had to break into locked armory to get a gun....only to lose it without firing it even once not long after that)
-But special order of stupidity goes to cheongsan's mom, nothing can beat that, this cringe will haunt me for years to come
-First person was infected by zombie hamster. So cross species infection is possible, and infected hamsters attack humans. However, we never saw infected animals again, and it didn't seem human zombies hunted animals, either. Did the writers forget? Personally I'd be more worried about outbreak of zombie rats, or zombie ants than zombie humans.
-One moment a single zombie is a threat, the other the main characters take on multiple zombies at once, and wrestle them without problem. It's obvious that whenever someone gets bitten or not depends on plot armor and plot convenience alone
-The protags are dumb as a brick, but don't worry, they will have enough time for high school drama and teary good byes even when surrounded by zombies. the zombies just wait until the melodrama is over, like in ep11 when they waited for onjo
-Namra realized she's ignored by zombies, took her almost 2 episodes and 2 deaths to capitalize on it
-onjo was bitten by infected person in first episode, it was never brought up again, the writers forgot
-the zombies don't just bite anything. like in first episode, in that iconic poster scene in cafeteria where a zombie got on top of onjo to make it appear like he is threatening her sexually rather than carnivoriously. He could have bitten her in the leg, but no, he had to get on top of her and aim for her face. this happens over and over again. But no worries, zombies have no qualms biting extras in the ankles and turning them immediately
-My favorite trope, zombie-human hybrids, was executed quite well all things considered
-Bullied people both become villains, and they are portrayed as guilty of their own predicament when they refuse help in the beginning, then take revenge on those who didn't help them. Victim blaming, much?
-One of the few positive portrayals of fat people in Korean dramas. applause.
-These high schoolers are just build differently. They can survive two days without water without showing signs of dehydration and then just hydrate with raindrops. They also take quite an impossible beating, but always rise up without bruises or broken bones.
-The actors who played Nam-ra, Gwi-nam and the fat guy were good. The other young actors were not so good.
-The detective guy was a dumbass, should have went to military and tell them about magic laptop having all the answers rather than trying to be a hero and retrieve it himself
-A student gave birth herself in a toilet, and then just cleaned herself up and left without any further complications.
-God, the gore was good in this one. And the faus-teengers looked great in gore stained uniforms.
-The action scenes were exciting, and almost made me forget how stupid the plot is
-The military gave up on rescuing students out of fear of them being half-zombies, but then kept accepting other refugees from the infected city like it's nothing, and welcomed the said students with open arms when they came to the military themselves
-Everyone knew about zombies, called the infected zombies, and even mentioned "train to busan" by name. Yet, in episode 12 they still didn't figure out they neat to aim for the head. Except for the bully, he figured it out immediately and kept one-hit-killing zombies by stabbing them once in the neck with a knife with insane strength and precision.
-Teenage drama in the weirdest places
-The archery club wasn't redpileld about anything going on after they joined the main group, they must have been hella confused with gwinam, halfzombies and all of that, but just rolled with it.
-The scientist guy just stood up calmly after being bitten, but it was never addressed why it was so.
And so on, and so forth. I am tired.
The show is shit. But if you like guro and schoolgirls, you will like it.
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