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It’s on Netflix starting tomorrow. I appreciate reviews. Thank you.
Please, please, please, drama gods! Don’t make this Lee MinHo drama as lame as “The Heirs” (2013).
Let’s enjoy the show.
The thread is open.
It’s on Netflix starting tomorrow. I appreciate reviews. Thank you.
Please, please, please, drama gods! Don’t make this Lee MinHo drama as lame as “The Heirs” (2013).
Let’s enjoy the show.
Please, please, please. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
If it is, I’ll rewatch The King, Eternal Monarch . 😂
I’m not sure what to expect really.
i’m a fan of Gong Hyo-jin and also Sci fi(I was a Star Trek and Battlestar Gallactuca fan as well as an avid Jules Verne and Robert Heinlein reader)so I’m hoping that the CGI is good. South Korea is known for its tech industry and it should translate to K Dramas. I am also wondering if Gong Hyo-jin will be speaking English and if she has an Sustralian or American accent(she did live in Btisbane and is married to a New Yorker). Australian actors do pull off American accents. I am also interested in the pairing of Lee Min ho and Gong Hyo jin i’ll be interested in reading the comments here after the first few episodes.
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Review of Episode 1
I watched the trailer and decided to give this Show a try. It looked like a space rom-com of sorts and so far it’s been fun. The name, IOU Mission Control made me laugh. We know there will probably be lots of problems in space, but not necessarily of the space kind!
Episode 1 – Gong Ryong (LMH) gets entangled with a chaebol’s daughter and is forced to go into space or have his marriage to her cancelled. As an OBN-GYN he is to spend 8 days in the space lab to look into how human infertility might be solved. GHJ is Commander Eve who impresses him in the way he had hoped to impress his patients. We find that several characters are in relationship and the question is whether they will remain faithful to their partners.
Show does not take itself too seriously. It’s quirky and funny with several veteran, familiar comedic actors, GHJ who is great, a cameo (so far but he’ll have a bigger role later) of OJS, and LMH being a mess and a klutz (for a change) and making a fool of himself. I didn’t know whether to cringe or laugh.
There are even cameos by Park Jin Joo and Jo Jung Suk.
Within a few minutes we get the gist of the background on the relationships of the several characters on earth and in space, and can foresee a mile off, the love triangles that will ensue.
The computer graphics and camerawork are good and the zero-gravity movement of things and people look realistic enough. This is going to be a depiction of several likely messy human relationships playing out in space and on earth. I don’t know how it will end but for now it looks like it’s going to be entertaining.
Watch out for the Epilogue. Shades of Snow White in reverse where the black queen saves the prince. 😉
@GB I was surprised! Like LMH not looking grand and like king of the universe? Really? I’ll be trying this show just because LMH has dared to look less than immaculate. I like the FL too, no surprises there.
People. Like GB says, we don’t know how this show will pan out. But just for the surprise of a clumsy and human looking LMH, ep 1 seems worth it !
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I really enjoyed the first episode. LMH is more relaxed as an actor and let himself shine even in a shitty environment… 😅
I had a good laugh in the first half of the episode.
@Cleo, at last LMH does not mind being seen as an inefficient loser and sort of unkempt. That hair and fringe was annoying. I’m glad he cut his hair before the space trip. Yes, I find that he’s more relaxed and at ease in this role. Less of obvious acting and more being the character.
I find that all the actors, even those who’re senior, have been skin smoothed or something… they look so young! It’s like I’m seeing them as they were some 10-15 years ago. Very pretty!
From the look of the production, and the number of well known actors, I’m not surprised that it is one of the most expensive dramas made. Even if the plot falls apart later, at least it looked convincing!!!
@Arihsi, I liked that LMH has become relaxed enough to laugh at himself. He was a good doctor on earth but a hopeless space tourist.
The drama is worth the watch for the laughs (and cringes) and the pretty good looking space views. Quite impressive to my unsophisticated eyes.
Unnie kalimera! How are you feeling!?
I think Panchiko did him a good service. In Korea LMH is /was stereotyped into being a Prince, then a King. He couldn’t break free and when he did, it gave him the artistic space to be fully himself as he truly is.
I really like him. His Lee Gon is one of my most favorite ML characters ever. As an ob – gun, he made me laugh and it was so unexpected!
It is also nice to see Oh Jung Se as the antagonist. He looks amazing too.
And Lee El! I really like her since watching Goblin. I truly believe that her talent is unrecognized. She is not only a pretty face.
I agree with you, that they all look fabulous! Most likely they went to their dermatologists for that glow up.
I really like Gong Hyo Jin. She is a natural beauty and her playing goes smoothly.
Let’s see how it will go… 😊
@Cleo, by the skin smoothing, I meant that the lighting and editing of the film did the trick of removing lines and stuff that ages us. It happens a lot in period cdramas and I felt it was happening in this kdrama because the skin of our actors all looked too perfect and some looked so young!
I’m not complaining though. 😁