I just started Life on Mars and I’m up to ep 3. I don’t know if I’ll keep it up, though, seeing as the tone seems to want me to be on the side of police corruption and brutality?? hopefully i’m wrong and as the show progresses the message will be a little less strange. It makes me think of Signal and how at first, I couldn’t understand why everyone blamed the main guy for doing bad, but it was kind of everyone else’s fault for being too self-centered and you’re kind of let feeling like you should side with the police because you’re SUPPOSED to. I guess I got on board eventually–when it comes to saving lives your pride has to take a sidestep when working with others–but, I mean, I still get worked up just thinking about it 😠
A large part of why the show is so good, in my opinions, is the characters’ arcs/developments. I think if you keep on watching, you’ll be pleasantly surprised! 😀 All that police brutality and evidence fabrication will be addressed and changed for the better.
Rather than choosing which side, I think this drama is more towards showing the real side of how most SK police worked during that time. It’s a grey area, it doesn’t mean you need to be on their side, rather take it as a lesson to not repeat the same history.
I think the reason why SK police were so rough and full of corruption at that time was because the previous government was a dictatorship (in 70’s) and there’s still traces of it during 80’s.
Sim
September 14, 2018 at 1:48 PM
I just started Life on Mars and I’m up to ep 3. I don’t know if I’ll keep it up, though, seeing as the tone seems to want me to be on the side of police corruption and brutality?? hopefully i’m wrong and as the show progresses the message will be a little less strange. It makes me think of Signal and how at first, I couldn’t understand why everyone blamed the main guy for doing bad, but it was kind of everyone else’s fault for being too self-centered and you’re kind of let feeling like you should side with the police because you’re SUPPOSED to. I guess I got on board eventually–when it comes to saving lives your pride has to take a sidestep when working with others–but, I mean, I still get worked up just thinking about it 😠
strawberry
September 14, 2018 at 1:54 PM
A large part of why the show is so good, in my opinions, is the characters’ arcs/developments. I think if you keep on watching, you’ll be pleasantly surprised! 😀 All that police brutality and evidence fabrication will be addressed and changed for the better.
🍃noobita🍃
September 14, 2018 at 11:24 PM
Rather than choosing which side, I think this drama is more towards showing the real side of how most SK police worked during that time. It’s a grey area, it doesn’t mean you need to be on their side, rather take it as a lesson to not repeat the same history.
I think the reason why SK police were so rough and full of corruption at that time was because the previous government was a dictatorship (in 70’s) and there’s still traces of it during 80’s.
And this happened on that year (1988), read with caution, definitely not for the faint of heart.
https://nypost.com/2016/04/19/south-korea-covered-up-mass-murder-of-vagrants-before-1988-olympics/