Red Moon, Blue Sun is over and though I enjoyed the journey, I feel the end was empty. I think the down turn began when Lee Eun Ho was removed from the picture. He was a great character.
The drama ended up taking the all-too-familiar “safe” route and neglected possibilities of some exciting and unexpected twists. For example, I thought something interesting was going to happen with Jeon Soo Young’s character…but nothing.
And with Cha Woo Kyung’s character, the drama could have been ended ominously with her either picking up the mantle of Red Cry or eluding to the possibilty of it happening in the future off-screen.
But at the very least, the step-mom should have been punished. Instead she was rewarded, which also contributes to the unsatisfying ending.
I disliked the ending, period. It was incredibly rushed as if they had hoped for an episode extension. For a drama that had made every word every person uttered important the final episode was a mess. And the stepmother storyline was completely unsatisfactory.
I was actually satisfied with the ending. People get away with the horrible things they’ve done just because the law is not powerful enough. It’s not a good thing and it definitely didn’t make me happy , but it was closer to the reality.
Although red cry’s intentions were good and I do kind of understand him, he had no right to judge people just because the law couldn’t judge them. Again showing the reality of the legal system.
What I’m not happy about is how mom was unrepentant even when confronted with proof. While it’s a good thing that WK might not forgive her, it still bothers me that she’s hanging out with her, if only for the sake of her daughter and sister.
It’s also strange to allow her around children after she had killed one in the past…
I get the realism behind the ending, but reality is boring. The reality of the law and people getting away with things are messages I’m tired of hearing about. I like stories with twists and a lot of thought and development behind them that really make you think. I think K-dramas play it safe way too much when it comes to plots and characters. That’s probably why I love White Christmas and Kill Me, Heal Me so much.
But don’t kdramas usually give us happy endings and everything neatly wrapped up? So depicting it the way it is makes it an actual twist IMO. And I think if we wish for those kind of endings, we’ll be disappointed with real life easily, even if I do watch them precisely to escape from reality sometimes.
I loved white christmas. But what about KMHM? What twist are you referring to? I watched it long back, so I don’t remember.
I was referring to not playing it safe with characters and plots and Kill Me, Heal Me was all kinds of crazy and super dark.
But this kind of ending is what I consider to be neatly wrapped up because everything gets resolved in the way we would all expect (except the step-mom isn’t punished) and “happy” because the leads didn’t become murderers. So, for instance, compare this ending to I Remember You (even though I didn’t like I Remember You); the lead lets the killer go. Actually, I think I Remember You has the same plot…
In IRY, he wanted to find his brother and that took priority. I think he knew what the killer was capable of and he was scared that he would never see his brother again. But then this could be my bias speaking. It’s one of my favourite dramas 😁
I don’t think they played it safe. The safe way would be what people were expecting from WK to do and go in the steps of RC. I admire the writer and KSA how they portrayed WK – that disgust and sheepishness in her entire presence while with her stepmom! People change especially with regrets and new opportunities – she gifted her stepmom with it – she reunited mother and daughter and she allowed her daughter to have a grandparent. She made her biggest catharsis through this experience and chapeau…
It’s what I expected. K-dramas tend to try to keep everyone virtuous, redeem everyone who isn’t, and restore families. That’s why I was so surprised when I watched W (Two Worlds) and the ‘hero’ straight up shoots the villain multiple times. It’s not often a ‘hero’ becomes a ‘murderer’ in K-drama’s view (even the times it is self-defense).
And with Woo Kyung, she came across to me as completely mentally unstable with her sanity hanging by a thread. I was waiting for that thread to snap the entire time. I liked it though. It is kind of weird that an hallucination (or maybe it wasn’t?) kept her sane XD
Eden
January 16, 2019 at 7:37 PM
Red Moon, Blue Sun is over and though I enjoyed the journey, I feel the end was empty. I think the down turn began when Lee Eun Ho was removed from the picture. He was a great character.
The drama ended up taking the all-too-familiar “safe” route and neglected possibilities of some exciting and unexpected twists. For example, I thought something interesting was going to happen with Jeon Soo Young’s character…but nothing.
And with Cha Woo Kyung’s character, the drama could have been ended ominously with her either picking up the mantle of Red Cry or eluding to the possibilty of it happening in the future off-screen.
But at the very least, the step-mom should have been punished. Instead she was rewarded, which also contributes to the unsatisfying ending.
Midnight
January 16, 2019 at 8:45 PM
I disliked the ending, period. It was incredibly rushed as if they had hoped for an episode extension. For a drama that had made every word every person uttered important the final episode was a mess. And the stepmother storyline was completely unsatisfactory.
superwhopotterlock
January 16, 2019 at 10:27 PM
I was actually satisfied with the ending. People get away with the horrible things they’ve done just because the law is not powerful enough. It’s not a good thing and it definitely didn’t make me happy , but it was closer to the reality.
Although red cry’s intentions were good and I do kind of understand him, he had no right to judge people just because the law couldn’t judge them. Again showing the reality of the legal system.
What I’m not happy about is how mom was unrepentant even when confronted with proof. While it’s a good thing that WK might not forgive her, it still bothers me that she’s hanging out with her, if only for the sake of her daughter and sister.
Eden
January 16, 2019 at 10:41 PM
It’s also strange to allow her around children after she had killed one in the past…
I get the realism behind the ending, but reality is boring. The reality of the law and people getting away with things are messages I’m tired of hearing about. I like stories with twists and a lot of thought and development behind them that really make you think. I think K-dramas play it safe way too much when it comes to plots and characters. That’s probably why I love White Christmas and Kill Me, Heal Me so much.
superwhopotterlock
January 16, 2019 at 10:53 PM
But don’t kdramas usually give us happy endings and everything neatly wrapped up? So depicting it the way it is makes it an actual twist IMO. And I think if we wish for those kind of endings, we’ll be disappointed with real life easily, even if I do watch them precisely to escape from reality sometimes.
I loved white christmas. But what about KMHM? What twist are you referring to? I watched it long back, so I don’t remember.
Eden
January 16, 2019 at 11:11 PM
I was referring to not playing it safe with characters and plots and Kill Me, Heal Me was all kinds of crazy and super dark.
But this kind of ending is what I consider to be neatly wrapped up because everything gets resolved in the way we would all expect (except the step-mom isn’t punished) and “happy” because the leads didn’t become murderers. So, for instance, compare this ending to I Remember You (even though I didn’t like I Remember You); the lead lets the killer go. Actually, I think I Remember You has the same plot…
superwhopotterlock
January 16, 2019 at 11:38 PM
In IRY, he wanted to find his brother and that took priority. I think he knew what the killer was capable of and he was scared that he would never see his brother again. But then this could be my bias speaking. It’s one of my favourite dramas 😁
BC
January 17, 2019 at 7:03 AM
I don’t think they played it safe. The safe way would be what people were expecting from WK to do and go in the steps of RC. I admire the writer and KSA how they portrayed WK – that disgust and sheepishness in her entire presence while with her stepmom! People change especially with regrets and new opportunities – she gifted her stepmom with it – she reunited mother and daughter and she allowed her daughter to have a grandparent. She made her biggest catharsis through this experience and chapeau…
Eden
January 17, 2019 at 10:21 AM
It’s what I expected. K-dramas tend to try to keep everyone virtuous, redeem everyone who isn’t, and restore families. That’s why I was so surprised when I watched W (Two Worlds) and the ‘hero’ straight up shoots the villain multiple times. It’s not often a ‘hero’ becomes a ‘murderer’ in K-drama’s view (even the times it is self-defense).
And with Woo Kyung, she came across to me as completely mentally unstable with her sanity hanging by a thread. I was waiting for that thread to snap the entire time. I liked it though. It is kind of weird that an hallucination (or maybe it wasn’t?) kept her sane XD
BC
January 17, 2019 at 2:10 PM
KSH played this kind of revenge hunting persona in her movie The Five.