And Round 2 of Haechi vs. Item goes to Haechi again.
*Sigh* Item is really going to have to step it up next week if it wants to avoid being dropped. There’s just too many other shows out there to watch right now to bother giving a mediocre one more than a 2-week chance. I keep feeling like the show is trying to take some aspects from Red Moon, Blue Sun, but RMBS was a mystery crime thriller that hooked you from episode one because we really didn’t know the antagonist until the end. The same approach doesn’t work with Item when we, the viewers, keep having access to the antagonists’ POV. I feel like Item’s only hope is to go full out supernatural action-thriller, like the opening sequence in episode 1, and tone the law/investigation talk way way down.
On the other hand, I’m loving Haechi right now. I think having an ensemble main cast that’s not all in the palace and making the show not about just putting an underdog on the throne, but reforming Joseon as a whole is really working to its advantage. Our leads have already started building a rapport with each other and working together, despite not being a team yet, and switching between each of them really helps to break up the political talk. I wish they could have gotten the music director from The Crowned Clown though. It’s amazing how much a couple instrumental tracks can really transform and heighten a show.
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Hobakky
February 13, 2019 at 4:58 AM
And Round 2 of Haechi vs. Item goes to Haechi again.
*Sigh* Item is really going to have to step it up next week if it wants to avoid being dropped. There’s just too many other shows out there to watch right now to bother giving a mediocre one more than a 2-week chance. I keep feeling like the show is trying to take some aspects from Red Moon, Blue Sun, but RMBS was a mystery crime thriller that hooked you from episode one because we really didn’t know the antagonist until the end. The same approach doesn’t work with Item when we, the viewers, keep having access to the antagonists’ POV. I feel like Item’s only hope is to go full out supernatural action-thriller, like the opening sequence in episode 1, and tone the law/investigation talk way way down.
On the other hand, I’m loving Haechi right now. I think having an ensemble main cast that’s not all in the palace and making the show not about just putting an underdog on the throne, but reforming Joseon as a whole is really working to its advantage. Our leads have already started building a rapport with each other and working together, despite not being a team yet, and switching between each of them really helps to break up the political talk. I wish they could have gotten the music director from The Crowned Clown though. It’s amazing how much a couple instrumental tracks can really transform and heighten a show.