Premiere Watch: Island (Part 2)
by missvictrix
Time slot: Fridays
Broadcaster: TVING
Genre: Fantasy, action, thriller
Episode count: 6 (Part 2)
Reasons to watch: In case you’ve been holding your breath since Part 1’s cliffhanger ending, you can now breathe again. TVING’s Island concludes its run with its final six episodes, tying up all the mayhem that was previously unleashed on Jeju Island. Present-day craziness, ancient tie-ins, and all sorts of mythology are at play. While the drama might not have hit par for quality, it’s fun to have a campy action drama out there that’s giving its all.
TL;DR: Campy supernatural thriller completes its run
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1 Kafiyah Bello
February 23, 2023 at 2:02 PM
Fun fun!!!
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2 Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
February 23, 2023 at 2:56 PM
But the real question is -- will a split series like this count as one Bean or two?
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panshel
February 23, 2023 at 3:30 PM
If both parts air in the same year (Island, The Glory, Bait), I would count as one bean. You just luck out if the parts are split across years (Alchemy of Souls, Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area) because then you get one each year.
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Kurama
February 25, 2023 at 3:58 AM
Personally, I think we would deserve more than one bean but technically, it's the same story with the same characters. They just cut it in 2 parts for the production. It's not 2 distinct seasons like Missing the Other Side for example.
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3 currypuff
February 23, 2023 at 3:04 PM
I'm in Team Camp and unabashedly so! Let the viewing begin!
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4 Gikata
February 23, 2023 at 3:19 PM
I can proudly share that I've done some research in preparation for this epic moment - namely read like half of the source material. Which, to my deep shock, turned out to be not some trendy webtoon, but a paper manhwa back from 90s. And the era it was made in screams at you from every page of this mess. I can see why they deviated from manhwa so much - many things there would've hardly fly nowadays, starting from leads. Kind of a pity that it was THIS butchered though. Some of the traits of manhwa!Van could've make the drama version livelier, same for Miho. Yohan is better here though, hope they don't make him boring now that he's IN PAIN.
P.S. Let Van die fast and peacefully so KNG can be free to do a drama with a script not written by AI monkeys next.
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Kafiyah Bello
February 23, 2023 at 4:57 PM
LMAO AI monkeys!!
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aicaramba
February 23, 2023 at 5:51 PM
LOL at letting Van die fast. Yes, this is the only good reason to want a main character to die quickly!
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5 aicaramba
February 23, 2023 at 5:49 PM
I'm watching this only for Kim Nam Gil but I feel like there wasn't enough of him in the first half (or am I just beeing too greedy?). He's all brood-brood-fly-kick-punch-stab-stab and then nothing. Not that I don't enjoy the action and the effort that goes into them, but he's grossly underutilized as an actor. We all know he can do so much more. Gah!
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6 cozybooks
February 23, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Oh my gosh I literally just discovered this was on Prime and binged part one... and part 2 is already here?! Blessings.
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7 Kurama
February 24, 2023 at 1:31 AM
I hope Sung Joon will stop to play at hide and seek and they will give us more scenes between him and Kim Nam-Gil! I don't really care about the rest.
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8 lizj58
February 24, 2023 at 7:13 AM
The two other fantasy dramas airing right now are so weak that I was longing for this one to return.
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9 Ally
February 24, 2023 at 12:04 PM
This was kind of cracky for me, so glad it’s back to finish its run!
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10 Diana Hansen
February 24, 2023 at 1:34 PM
I had to wait to watch this on the dark side and boy it was worth it! I loved everything, but especially Kim Nam-gil. Hope the wait for part two is not too long.
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11 Eazal
February 25, 2023 at 7:38 AM
I’m all in to watch this train wreck. I have lost hope on it, but somehow I enjoy how bad it is.
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